Chapter 1: Liv


 So it all began in Alexa and I's senior year of high school. Yep that's right that means prom, graduation, and unfortunately SATs. Some amazing things happened to us over the past few hundred years. (oh yeah did I forget to mention we are immortal) We found others like us, they have become our best friends. William was the first of the four that the two of us met. We had come across him while at our little school in Phoenix, Arizona. James came next. He apparently was Williams best friend that's what clued us in, seeing as when you are immortal and you find another like you, you tend to stick by them and become eternal best friends. That would be the case for me and Alexa if we weren't already sisters. Cody and Carter on the other hand were more difficult to find. Everywhere we went there would be a sign that they were there but some how we always missed them. Then one day they just appeared from what seemed to be thin air. But who will ever truly know? Certainly not us.

      Anyway the day that brought us into a world of fighting, terror, and running away started out as any other day.
     "Liv guess what I just heard!" Alexa squealed running up to me in the hall.
     "What could you have possibly heard that would interest me Alexa?"
     "I heard that a certain someone that you have been crushing on wants to ask you out!"
     "OMG! Please tell me it's Carter because if it isn't I just might die."
     Alexa had no time to answer before James, William, and Cody were standing next to us with a questioning look in their eyes. I glanced to Alexa, then to the guys, then back to Alexa to see if she could get them to go away.
      "Hey, can you guys give us a minute, tune us out and pay attention to something else cause I know that you guys can hear us... Just for now, please?"
      They sighed and walked away.

      "Okay, Carter DOES want to ask you out! EEEK! It's so exciting!" Alexa whisper yelled to me.
      "Oh my goodness!!!!!!!!! I can't believe this! well.... I can because I sorta...."
      "NO YOU DIDN'T!!!!"
      "I did..."
      "I can't believe you had a vision about this!!!!!! What was the point of me telling you this!! When you already knew it was going to happen!!!!!!"

      "Oh please... I had to see if it would come true.... I hadn't expected it to be this early for me to find this out."
      "What do you mean?"
      "I had the vision...."
      "Yes?"
      "I had the vision yesterday!"
      "Man... I wish I could see the future like you can... I only see it when I dream and get eerie premonitions when things are bad!"
      "It's not all happy fun things that I see... Remember that Alexa...."
      "Well, I do remember... Hmm... The guys are coming behind me huh?"
      "Yep."
      They came up behind Alexa, she turned around, and yelled BOO at the guys. They jumped, and Alexa laughed. 
     "Hahahaha you three are such losers! My little sister scared you guys that badly!"
     I had more I wanted to say but suddenly lost track of my thoughts when I saw him walking down the hall. His long, gorgeous black hair shining in the florenscent lights. His grey eyes sparking with excitment. His stride seemed to quicken when he caught sight of me and the gang. 
     "H...Hey Liv ummm can I talk to you for a minute?"
     "Yeah Carter that would be great!"
     I side glanced at Alexa who was grinning from ear to ear. To me her thoughts must have been, "Wow my sister is so cool I wish I was more like her!" hahaha just kidding I can't read my sisters thoughts no matter how cool it may be. I followed Carter around the corner and that's when he asked me the question I had been waiting for, for the past two days!
     "Hey Liv there is something I wanted to ask you."
     "What is it Carter?"
     "Ummm well would you possibly.... Maybe consider being my girlfriend?"
     "Umm yeah I would really love to be your girlfriend!"
      His smile appeared on his face and he grabbed my hand and we headed back towards the others. When we got back to the group Alexa couldn't do anything but squeal with excitement. Cody, Will, and James all stared at me and Carter in disbelief. Suddenly, my gorgeous Carter glanced to the side of him to the staring people, watching them with wide eyes and in silence. He smiled at them, and they went back to what ever they were doing.
      "YAAAY!!!!" Squeled Alexa, "I'm sooo happy for you guys! Honestly, I had a feeling this would happen!" She winked at me, and I stared at her with a smile on my face.
      "Yeah, well, I coulda swore that I told you I was going to do it soon..." said Carter with a smile on his face.
      Will, James, and Cody exchanged a look of disgust and happiness in they're own way of course. Alexa and I never really understand the ara of males or immortal males at that fact. Wow, I just realized that we don't get out much.... haha! Anyways, Alexa was so happy she was jumping all around and her brunette hair flying all around in the air. I could tell my life is going to change because of this specific moment in time. It was deja vu.... My vision! yes... That is exactly what it is....I saw this coming..... What was next? I forgot.... It'll come to me though...
       Today, had started out dream-like. The guy of my dreams asking me out and my vision coming true... Suddenly, I caught a glimpse of Alexa quiver. I stared at her in disbelief... It was something bad, because that's what my sister see's. Why? Why now? She looked at me with pleading eyes as if to be telling me that something was going to happen soon... Only she will know if she doesnt' tell me, and I know she will. But... What if she forgets? Ugh, so many questions that are unanswered... Will I ever get them to be answered? Then it hit me. I remembered my vision but there was no way that the same vision could make it's way to my sister so quickly, could it?
     "Alexa could i talk to you in private for a moment?"
     I let go of Carter's hand and walked out of hearing distance from the guys before i said anything else to Alexa.
     "Alexa what did you see?"
     "There's trouble coming Liv but i don't know what it is."
     "I should have told you earlier Alexa but i had a vision about a coming threat too. I think we need to get out of here and soon!"
     "Liv we don't know when or what is going to happen. Maybe everything will be fine and we can finish
high school and be on our way to college!"
     I knew she was right but i still had a bad feeling. We walked back to the rest of the group and Carter stared at me intensely. He leaned down and whispered in my ear.
     "Is everything OK with you and Alexa?"
     "Yeah everything is great!"
     The bell rang and we all headed off to class. the thing i loved most about the last of class of the day is.. well it's the last class and all six of us are in the same class. Carter and I luckily sit right next to each other, so the entire time he was planning where he would take me tonight on our first date. That caused me to become over excited and unfortunately our teacher Mr.Ishihara took notice.
     "Ahh Ms.Way would you like to tell me how to say hello my name is... in French please?"
     I guess it's a good thing I know French fluently. Thanks to my mom letting me go to France last summer.
     "Yes Mr.Ishihara. Hello my name is Liv is translated into French like so.... Bonjour, mon nom de facon Liv IA."
     Alexa, Carter and pretty much everyone else looked at me in amazement.
     "Thank you Ms.Way. Very well done!"
     I turned to face Alexa and she shook her head, smiling, because she knew that I had gone. She didn't want to take tthe trip to France so she went to Spain instead. Honestly, I don't know what we gained from that trip, she already knows perfect Spanish, but I know that most of the time she was on the beach, surfing, or chatting with random people on the beach.
     "Wow..." said Carter.
     "What? You never noticed that I speak perfect French with my sister?"
     "Uh... Sure... Umm... No I never have..."
     "Oh..." I laughed, "That's surprizing!"
     "Sure, sure."
     Mr. Ishihara looked from the smartboard toward the class, he glanced around and chose my sister, Alexa, to answer a question. Since we were in foreign language class, he asked her a questioon to answer in Spanish.
      "Ms. Alexa Way, how do you ask  how are you in Spanish?"
      "Hmm... That's a hard one Mr. Ishihara..." She laughed, "How are you in Spanish is: Como estas? My answer would be: Bien, i tu? And you would answer...."
      "Bien, bien. Good job Alexa, mucho bueno seniorita."
      "Gracias, Senior Ishihara!"
      I turned to look at her, and she smiled proudly at me. Sure, she can be a show-off now and then but she was always proud of her fluent Spanish. Cody, James, Will, and Carter were surprized however... Alexa had never spoken in Spanish before so they had no idea that she was good at it. I on the other hand know that she loves to flaunt her spanish talents around. She winked at me when I shook my head and smiled at her.
      Finally, the afternoon announcements came on. They were talking about the cheerleading, basketball, and football try-outs scheduled for this week. Alexa was, and always has been head cheerleader on all the times she's made it. Actually.... She's been making teams for the past hundreds of years... She likes to be a show-off for sure, but I am a fast runner so I like to show off at Track meets and even just races for fun. No one beside Alexa and the guys dares to race me besides in Track of course... They knew better then to race me for I showed no mercy against them. I mean with mortals maybe a ten second head start but with immortals there is no such thing! Anway after the bell had rung Alexa asked me what my plans were for after school, but when she saw my Carter coming she stopped and just smiled.
     "Hey Alexa. Hey Liv!"
     "Hey Carter. Hey you know what Carter you should give Liv a ride home I mean I have a few stops to make on the way home and I don't want to make her wait."
     "Ummm I guess I could give her a lift if she wants one."
     I wanted to tell my sister how sly she was pretending to have somewhere to go so Carter would give me a ride.
     "Umm Alexa may I talk to you for a sec?"
     "Sure I guess. What's on your mind?"
     "In French that way they can't understand us please."
     "Um OK."
     "Euh ce que enfer est votre problème? Pourquoi avez-vous lui demander de me donner un tour?" ( what the hell is your problem? Why did you ask him to give me a ride?)
     "Wow, je pense il na pas été si grave un accord, je voulais simplement GWT vous deux un peu plus près!" (Wow I didn't think it was that big of a deal I was just trying to get you two a little closer)
      "Gee.. Thanks...." I scowled at her, "You better get to your things to do, before I...."
      Alexa ran off before I could finish. Of course she took the car, I wasn't going to need it. Carter was going to take me home, which I felt weird about because no one knew (or remembered) where I lived at. Only Alexa, and the guys knew. I sorta had James erase his memory of where I lived because at the time, I was scared of what he would remember it as.
        "So are you ready to go?" Carter asked.
        "Of course! Let's go before I chase after my sister to rip off her head...."
        He laughed, "Okay! Lets go!"
        We walk to his blue lamborghini murcielago in the school parking lot. Alexa and I always wondered why it wasn't stolen. I pictured him freaking out over his beautiful car. It definatly wasn't a pretty sight at all.... His eyes bright red, with tears streaming down his beautiful pale face. He seemed broken... Like the one thing that mattered to him most was taken from him... Wow... An awful picture.... I shook it from my head, and I realized he was staring at me from inside the car... If I could blush I probably would....
        "Come on Liv, get in."
        I jumped in the passenger seat, and buckled my seatbelt to look some what normal. I never usually wear a seat belt but, I kinda half to, to keep up my appearance. Carter looked at me and then behind him to see if he could back up yet. Fully out of the school parking lot he sped toward my house. I rolled down the windows and blasted the music.
     "I love this song!" I said as Justin Bieber's Baby came on.
     Carter actually started laughing at me but not in a way that said he was making fun but in a way that said he cared.
     "I really appreciate you giving me a ride but do you even remember where I live?"
     "Of course i remember where my baby girl lives how could I forget!"
     I liked the sound of me being his baby girl. I realized his speed had slowed immensely and before I could ask why I saw the front of my house. I didn't think we had been driving that long but hey who knows.
     "My car... It isn't here! Alexa should have been home before us....."
     "Well she said she had a few places to go first maybe she is still running errands."
     "Yeah maybe..."
     "Want me to stay and wait with you that way if she isn't home in like an hour i can take you to go look for her?"
     "Would you? That would be great! Thanks Carter!"
     Carter and I went inside the house and dropped our stuff off in my room. He stopped to look at all of the paintings on the walls.
     "Liv can i ask you something?"
     "Sure Carter what is it?"
     "Who painted these?"
     "What those old things" I asked pointing to the paintings of places i wanted to visit or had seen in a vision.
     "Yeah those?"
     "Umm I did actually!"
     He looked at me as if he were shocked and amazed. He had a smile of envy on his face, and I looked at him and smiled with excitement. I started to walk out of my room, and he walked further into it. I turned around to see what he was looking at. He was looking at the painting of Alexa when we lived in England in the 1800's. She loved the purple dress she was wearing. I'm pretty sure she has it some where stored away, either in her closet or up in the attic in an ancient chest or something... I laughed silently to myself, but Carter heard me a little bit he turned around.
      "What? And... Is that?"
      "Alexa. Yeah.... And I was just thinking of something. An inside joke between me and Alexa. Don't ask... It's hard to explain."
      "Okay. So? When do you think Alexa will be back?"
      "Hmm.... Good question. Hang on, I'm gonna call her to see where she is..."
      "Okay."
      "Excuse me i gotta go get the house phone. She has my cell and her cell... I might rip off her head."
      "No you wouldn't. That's impossible. You guys love each other too much."
      "True. But, that wouldn't stop my from kicking her butt when she gets home."
      He laughed, "Wow, my baby get's rough. oooo...." He winked.
      If I could blush, I would've. That was a little weird. Then I heard a car coming down the drive way.
      "Oh. Alexa's home."
      "How do you know? I don't hear any.."
      Outside a door lightly shut but sounded like a slam. I looked at him with a look as if saying 'Told ya so.' He smiled and walked over to me, gave me a hug and kissed my neck. It was a shock to me of how amazing that one little peck of warmth felt to me. I was hypnotized. Alexa came up stairs glanced in my room, walked away threw her stuff in her over-sized room and came back down the hall to watch us from behind the wall.
       "I love you, Liv."
       I looked at him pain-struck. I whispered close to tears, "I love you, too, Carter."
       Alexa backed away from the door, tip-toeing, almost silently, but I could hear her of course walk to her room. When she got there she closed her door to a crack and started to play her Steinway Grand Piano, one of the first piano's made in the world and she played The River Flows In You. I smiled. I looked up toward Carter and his eyes were love-filled. I couldn't find words to explain how I felt at this moment. Beautiful music played by a musician, the love of my life in my arms, and his look right now were dazzling me.
       He smiled. "Is your sister playing that?"
       "Yeah. She never plays this anymore and yet she remembers it. All the notes and the melody is exactly in place. Wow... I'll have to give her credit for that."
       She walked down the hall when she was finished. I turned around and saw her smiling. "Thank you, my lovely sister."
       "Yeah, yeah, yeah. Whatever."
       "It's true!" said Carter.
       Alexa smiled at us. She walked into the room and she turned to the picture of her on the wall. "Oh... How I do love this dress.... I have it still! Would you like to see it Carter? Liv?" She skipped away without an answer. She went to her closet, and we followed her. she pulled out a dusty chest that had emeralds, diamonds, pearls, topaz gemstones, and so many more valuable and beautiful priceless stones. She took a key from... I don't even know where, but she must have gotten it before we came into her enormous walk-in closet. She looked at the almost breakable key. She lightly stuffed it into the lock, and twisted so carefully... Click. It unlocked. Wow, I thought to myself.
       She pulled out a powder-blue dress before she came along the majestic purple dress. I remember wear the blue one to church every Sunday morning among the beautiful young women me and my sister stood out of course. She pulled it out, and she pushed it up against herself as if to check to see if it still fit. Of course we haven't changed since the transformation over 100 years ago.
        "Aww.... I love this dress so much. I used to wear this for Halloween and I kept it for soooo long." She winked to me. "It just might be my graduation dress as well. I keep it maintained along with my other clothes." She stretched out her arm, as if to invite us to look at every little detail in the fabric to see if she was telling the truth.
        I finally broke off her gloating, "Carter, don't you think you should go?"
        "Um yeah, do you have the time?"
        Alexa quickly took out her phone, "5:11."
        "s**t! Yeah, I better get home. If I don't finish my homework my mom will never let me go anywhere besides school, home, and the store."
        Alexa giggled a smigde. I shot her a look that told her to shut up, cause if she doesn't I'll hurt her. She quickly stopped giggling.
        "Okay. You should go. I'll go and walk with you out of the house. Come along, Carter."
        "Wow... I love the way you said that. Did you just speak in a British accent?"
"Maybe..." I turned to look at Alexa who was holding back hysterical laughter.
Carter looked at me in shock and i just shrugged. I walked out of the room with Carter right behind me. I kept looking back to see if he was still staring at me funny. He always was. We walked out side and to his car. We talked for a little bit longer until his cell phone rang.
        "Hello. Hi mom......."
        "Yes I'm on my way. OKAY!!!! Mom calm down I was hanging with Liv for a while, while we waited for her sister to get home. Kay mom. Love you too. Bye."
        "I gotta go my mom is furious that I'm not home by now."
        Before I had the chance to say anything he grabbed my wrists and pulled me close to him. But again before i could protest he kissed me with the passion and intensity that i had always dreamed of. That is when I knew that our relationship was gonna be a good one. We would always be there for each other through the good times and the bad. He let go of me and apparently it was my turn to giggle. I would have blushed if I could have. He gave me one last look and got into his car. I watched as his car pulled out of my drive and then I turned to head for the front door. As I took my first step towards the door my phone rang. I looked at the caller I.D. It was Carter.
        "Hello there what a surprise!"
        "Hi Liv. So I had a good time tonight. We should hang out again soon since we are going out and stuff."
        " Yeah but hopefully next time we can be alone and not have my sister showing us her old clothes. Sorry about that."
        "It's all right. I enjoyed it. It showed how different you two really are.
        "Yeah I......."
        Someone grabbed me and told me to be quite. I dropped the phone and began screaming for Carter or Alexa whoever could get there first.
        "Liv! Liv! Are you there? Are you Okay? Liv? Answer me!!!"  




Chapter 2: Alexa
 
      I walked around my room, sat down on the beautiful leather bench, listened attentively to the surrounding vibrations from my piano as I played Evanescence's My Immortal. I played tthe beautiful scale, and came upon the words... I sang into the microphone that connected to my piano. I always have loved Amy Lee's work as a musician and a writer... She's intelligent in the art, and I wish to someday become just like her... I close my eyes and only listen to the soft, slow melody. My window wall was in the front of me, and I stared into the surrounding sky and open meadow. I love my house, lived in it for centuries, I adore it. I know it like I know my keyboard... I layed my head down on my keys and played around it.
      Honestly, I understand why Liv became an artist with paints and sketches... It's easier for her. For me on the other hand... I love I am easily addicted to any music that comes my way. But what's surprising is that I HATE Jazz... Haha! A piano player who absolutely despises Jazz... I am awesome like that... Haha! I stood up and walked to my window and propped myself upon my purple walls... I looked down to the empty road... It felt like a dream... My bed was at the end of my room close to the closet and the door, my piano was set in the middle of my room, a couch was set a few feet from the piano but not too close to my window. I blinked in what seemed like a dream, and awoke to silence, then I heard Liv's voice call to Carter and then to me... Her voice was distressed, scared even. I got up as fast as I could, ran with the quietest step that I could imagine, and found Liv in someone's arms... I couldn't tell who it was, because I felt that i was still in a dream, hazy and yet perfectly clear... My sister was in trouble, and the person holding her, knew who she was...