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Chapter 11

I had a dream. I was back at the tree and the woman who I had drawn was there. I don't know what we were talking about or why we were there. All I remember is feeling completely relaxed like I was at home with someone who loved me. I woke up with a serene feeling until I remembered the questions burning in the back of my mind and I rolled out of bed and quickly got dressed in a black sweatshirt and jeans.

I walked downstairs to find that no one is up yet so I decided to raid the bookshelves for something to do while I was waiting for them to come down and make breakfast. Since I was normally the last person up I don't know where anything is so I can make it myself. I skimmed through their collection of books and decided not to read anything since all they had were boring non-fiction books.

"See anything that interests you?" I heard Trevor say from behind me.

"No but you may have some information that could interest me," I said. He raised his eyebrow as if he's waiting for me to continue so I decided to let it all out.

"Everyone here owes me answers about everything. First of all, who the hell is this Vanessa chick and what does she want to hurt us? Like if she's one of us why doesn't she help us and get over her stupid little argument with Bella? Also what does she want with me? Why did her people show up at my school? Also why do we even have school if there's no government? Ok I know it's for people who have no where else to go but come on, what's the point of learning? Also how did you guys know about me? How did anyone know about my powers if I didn't even know? I've been very careful about re-locating and changing my appearance. I even forget my natural hair colour I've dyed it so much! And finally why me? Why did I get 'gifted' with this immortality when my parents died and so many people die on a daily basis but I still have to suffer on this piece of shit we call earth?" I said tears streaming down my face. It felt good to let it all out but it left me feeling angry. Just think of the tree, I told myself over and over again till I was calm.

Trevor guided me to the couch and put his arm around me and let me cry into his shirt. He was so sweet and adorable and he actually cares about me and whenever I was near him I felt happy and tingly. He smelt like soap which was a welcome scent seeing as it was hard to come by nowadays. Why did I have to have feelings for him? Why did Alex have to like me? Why did Alex calm me down better than anyone else but also make me the angriest? I felt like my life was like some stupid YA novel from the 21st century, stuck in a love triangle and I hated it. I didn't say any of this out loud but continued to sob into Trevor's shirt. He stayed silent with his arms wrapped around me until I had stopped crying before he said anything about my questions.

"Please don't be angry but you aren't ready to know the answers to most of these questions. Some I don't even know the answers to. I will say what I can though." I felt a pang of annoyance when he said I wasn't ready to know the answers but I guess I kind of understood, they didn't want me to burn down the house if I lost control of my anger.

"First, I can't tell you much about Vanessa or why she wants you but I can tell you that she has lived for centuries and knows more about the world than any of us. She and Bella used to be friends before their argument, which I don't know anything about except Vanessa has been our mortal enemy ever since. Second, the point of learning is that-" I cut him off by putting my finger over his soft lips and chuckling slightly.

"You do know that one wasn't a serious question, right?"

"Oh... yeah totally," he said winking and making my heart jump. Why did he have to do this to me?

"So anyways... what was the next question again? Oh wait never mind I remember! How did we know about you. Well we're also immortal so we've had time to search for others like us." I gave him a confused look, I still didn't understand how they were able to discover that I was like them, "We had access to school records and we saw your name popping up in a bunch if different places. Next time you may wanna change your first name too because it's easy to find a connection since your face and first name are always the same." I gasped, I thought I was doing a good job at hiding my identity. I wonder who else had found out? Or if anyone was actually as smart as them and was able to figure it out? Well I was in a safe place now so I guess it didn't matter. "And I can't answer your last question I'm sorry. I know that Bella knows but she won't tell anyone."

"No, no it's fine don't be sorry it's not your fault. She probably doesn't want me to blow up the house or something." I said laughing even though I was kind of hurt she didn't tell me, it was my life after all. "Thank you," I said putting my hand over Trevor's, "thank you for being the first one to give me answers in this place."

"Anytime," he said smiling his adorable, heart-stopping, perfect- ok I'm getting carried away now.