Chapter 155 - Trouble

Alyssa felt her blood run cold. She told herself not to be jealous of Stella and Elias getting close. It didn't matter.

Maybe she wasn't even meant to be with Elias, and she wasn't going to keep him from being with anyone.

She just wasn't sure how she felt about Elias talking to Stella about them.

"We had a conversation," she merely said.

"He told you about who he is," Stella said, pushing a little more.

Alyssa felt her jaw tighten slightly when she realized that Stella knew that Elias was a vampire too.

Did that mean that Stella was a vampire too? It wouldn't surprise her.

"You know who he is?" Alyssa asked her.

Stella smiled and shrugged.

"We were very close friends," she replied. "I'm glad we're starting to get back to that point now."

Alyssa almost rolled her eyes. It was obvious that Stella was trying to rub all of this in Alyssa's face, but she wasn't going to take the bait and act upset.

She was going to be calm and figure out why Stella was really here.

"Yes, he told me who he is. What about it?" Alyssa asked, wondering what point Stella was trying to make by bringing all of this up.

"Well, I care a lot about Elias, and I just wanted to make sure that you wouldn't repeat what he told you. His parents wouldn't be happy," Stella replied.

Alyssa wanted to scoff so badly. She would never repeat anything that Elias told her, but it looked like Elias ran his mouth a little.

Had he told Stella about her. She hoped that he hadn't. She didn't want Stella knowing anything about her.

"Why's that? I thought you two were just friends," Alyssa asked, narrowing her eyes slightly in confusion.

It seemed like Stella was hinting at the possibility of there being more history between her and Elias.

Stella laughed faintly.

"I guess we were a little more than that. We were really close," she said.

It seemed like Stella was teasing her with the details, but Alyssa wasn't going to fall for that and pry.

She had to act as uninterested as possible. Then, Stella would back off of this whole act. It was starting to get annoying.

"Well, at least you guys are back to being friends again," Alyssa said, plastering a fake smile of her own onto her face.

She decided to take matters into her own hands to end this conversation. She looked at her phone and faked a wince. "Oh, shoot. I need to head to work soon."

Luckily, Stella took a hint and stood up.

"Well, it was nice talking to you. I'm sure we'll see each other soon," Stella said as she walked over to the door.

"Yeah," Alyssa said, hoping that wasn't true. She could go her whole life without seeing Stella again, and she would be happy.

She knew that she was thinking a bit mean, but something about Stella didn't feel right.

Something about her really dug under Alyssa's skin. After all these years, she finally started listening to her gut.

Stella paused at the door and turned to face her.

"Your silence is appreciated," she said before heading out of the apartment.

Alyssa narrowed her eyes as she watched Stella walk out. She wondered what Stella meant by that.

She quickly shut her door and locked it, sighing as she shook her head. She wished that her life could be normal for once.

She didn't want to deal with vampires and old friends. She just wanted to be a doctor and live her life, but it looked like things weren't going to be that simple anymore.

Elias was back, which meant trouble was back too.