Okay, so I wrote this story for "One Picture is Worth a Thousand Words" Contest in which I have to write a story based off a picture I was provided. (The Link for the picture is on my profile if you want to see it!)

I hope you enjoy because this is my first Alec/Nessie fic. And I know the title is corny but I couldn't think of anything else!

(Prologue)

Choices

Life is full of choices; what to wear, what to eat, which way to turn, whom to love. This is my dilemma, one that must be given an answer. The choice to love is a difficult thing, choosing whom to love is an even worse choice to decide. My choice is this; Love thy family or love thy mate. Family will be by your side through thick and thin, listening to your erratic stories, holding you tight when you hurt, sharing in your happiness. Family is forever. But like everything else, family is not perfect. They feel disappointment in your failure, disobedience in your rebellion, and discontent when making the wrong choice. Many things are imperfect, hell, everything is imperfect, with one exception-love. "Love is not about finding the perfect person, but seeing an imperfect person perfectly." Some may call him a demon, a murderer, a monster, but I call him soulmate. I've learned to look past his discrepancies, to forgive the undoable. I've learned that I am in control of my life, that destiny is nothing more then a word, for if it were real, I would not be here right now, I would not be in the arms of my love, nine pairs of disappointed, angry, hurt eyes staring down at me. Life is what you choose, and I've made my choice; I choose love.