His vision was much better than any regular humans by this point, and yet he couldn't notice anything, not a single living being, not a single squirrel or any wild life really, nothing at all.
If this was at his apartment, he wouldn't find it that strange even though even there he did see the occasional wild life, but here? In the middle of the woods? It was most definitely not something that he had expected.
'And there's also no sounds, not a single one, not the birds chirping, nothing. Maybe its muffled by the window?' He thought to himself inwardly as he slowly opened the window and walked out into a small balcony that overlooked the forest and yet still… there was nothing.
'Right, vampires naturally release that oppressive aura, the wild life most likely sensed it and went fleeing away.' Alan thought finally before shaking his head to get it back towards the thoughts that actually mattered.
'I keep thinking about other things in the middle of actually important thoughts… am I… am i deflecting the thoughts? My own thoughts?' Alan thought for a moment before nodding his head and leaning against the balcony railings, his eyes almost glazed over for a moment before he looked back up at the forest and the darkened sky, the moon was slowly starting to come into view through the tree line of the forest.
Minutes passed as he kept looking at the treeline whilst not really looking at it, lost inside of his mind, it wasn't as if he was thinking of anything either, his thoughts had… simply stopped, he was empty minded, he had come across a problem that he truly did not know how to solve, at his current position, he didn't have a clue on how to grow stronger without giving out the existence of the system to the Cullens which would lead to sudden death. He did not know how to deal with the Quileute without growing stronger, he did not know what to do.
There likely was a solution somewhere, maybe it was even simple but currently, his mind simply couldn't come up with an answer, it had been too overstimulated throughout the entire day, it had to deal with too many things, with too many emotions, too many threats, too many secrets until it had come to the point that it had simply decided that enough was enough and shut down.
Finally, after an unknown amount of time atleast to Alan, after his eyes had turned heavy and his mind had started turning sluggish even with the most basic of actions like standing up and leaning against a railing. Alan stood up straight and turned around before heading back inside of Alice's room and walking to the bed before simply laying down on it, not bothering to change out of his clothes, even though a pair of pajamas had been placed on the bed sometimes earlier by likely Alice, though he hadn't even noticed her entering the room whilst he had been staring out in the balcony.
Laying down flat on his back, Alan closed his eyes and in what felt like an instant opened them once more… having slept instantly and woken up only to find that it had already become the next morning without him even realising it.
Sitting up groggily from his position on the bed, he brought a hand to his head as he felt a small headache already forming.
'God… I slept like a rock, almost instantly. Or instantly, can't really remember those last few moments before i fell asleep. My head hurts like a bitch though.' Alan thought to himself as he slowly stood up.
It was at that moment that a knock rang out at his door and he instantly turned his head towards it as his eyes widened and the situation he was in crashed into his mind almost instantly after.
'Right, I forgot for a moment where I was, this isn't my apartment, my apartment is basically gone, I'm at the Cullens, and last night… happened. Fuck.' He thought to himself before he opened his mouth and finally spoke out loud.
"Come in."
The door opened and inside walked Alice Cullen, her eyes looked even more amber than usual, it was… confusing in a way, the situation that they had to deal with today wasn't going to be great and yet the woman looked like she had never been happier in her entire life.
'Weirdo…' Alan thought to himself before slightly shaking his head just an inch and then focusing on her once more as she spoke.
"Good mornin Alan~! I hope you slept well after last night, I was worried for quite a few hours but then I came inside and saw you looking like a sleeping curled up rock. So that kinda helped with my worries, anyways you should come downstairs, Esme made food and her food is to die for or atleast thats what humans who have tried her food say, can't really give my personal opinion about it but its made with love and…" Alice said, her voice rapid as she spoke almost a few words a second, only stoppign when Alan raised his hand, palm facing her in a stopping motion whilst his eyes narrowed in slight pain.
"Slower… slower Alice, I already have a headache and I really cant listen to you talking a hundred miles a second right now. But yeah, I slept well. I rested and I'd be happy to try out your mothers food. I'm sure its great." Alan muttered with a tired deadpan, already exhausted with having to deal with this, this early in the morning.
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