This one is getting to the end..then what!? Oh..I still have 3 stories but I'm use to 4!! NOT COMPLAINING!!!! Just making the statement!!
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End of Chapter 42
"We'll ride with Alice and Jasper." Esme said as she pushed Edward towards Rosalie and Emmett's car.
"Have fun with that." I thought.
"Gee thanks." Edward said as he climbed in the back seat with Bella who looked like she would fall asleep any second.
I giggled and Jasper raised one eyebrow at me. "Edward?" He asked.
"Yeah, he really doesn't want to ride with them." I said as I walked to Carlisle's car.
Esme waited by the car, arms opened. I rushed to her, hugging her tightly. "Oh Alice." She said as she held me close.
"Esme, I missed you." I said as I kissed her cheek.
"Alice." I heard Carlisle say from behind me.
I turned and hugged him also, it was so nice to have people around me who cared and missed me. I hugged Carlisle, smiling when he kissed the top of my head.
"Now that we're all home and safe, let's go." He said as he opened Esme's door for her.
Jasper was standing next to the back door, holding it open for me. I ran over and stood on my tip toes so that I could kiss his chin. It was so nice to be home. I knew that there were going to be a lot of questions on this ride home, but as long as I had Jasper...it didn't matter what happened.
Chapter 43
I climbed into the backseat and smiled when Jasper walked around to the other side, climbing in beside me. I didn't want there to be any space between us, so I moved over to sit next to him, my head resting on his chest. He wrapped his arms around me and tilted my head up so that I could kiss him. I believe the kiss was suppose to be a sweet kiss, but I had been away from him for 3 days while I was in danger..sweet wasn't going to do.
I kissed him with all the feelings I had built up inside. He kissed me back with the same fever, as if he were feeling the exact same I was. I pulled back and winked at him before laying my head on his chest, his arms wrapped tightly around me.
"Alice?" Carlisle asked.
"Yes?" I said, knowing that the questions were about to start. I really wished that Edward and Bella could have ridden with us.
"Can you tell me what happened? Esme and I came back and found you gone, Jasper was terribly upset and wouldn't talk to anyone about what was going on. All he would say is you went to be with Charlie." Carlisle said.
I turned and looked up at Jasper, he wouldn't talk to anyone? I knew that he wasn't happy that I went to interfere, but for him to shut everyone off...we had a lot to discuss when we were alone. His eyes watched me, nervous about how I would react. I took his hand in mine, raising it to my lips. "I'm so sorry." I said against his hand.
"Me too love." He said as he kissed the top of my head.
I took a deep breath, figuring out how to word this conversation. "You know about the vision I had of Bella diving off the cliff?" I asked.
"Yes." Esme said softly.
"Well what I didn't see was that she did jump off the cliff, but she wasn't attempting suicide, she was...well she says she was having fun. Bella has made new friends since we left, and..she saw them do it one day and decided to try."
"She saw kids jumping off a cliff and thought it would be fun? That doesn't sound like the Bella we all knew." Carlisle said as he turned to look at me.
"Well, did you expect her to be singing show tunes and dancing?" I asked as I smiled, remembering how Bella asked me that question.
"No. No I didn't expect that, but I...I don't know what I expected." He said.
"Her new friends, are they good for her?" Esme asked motherly.
"Well....that's where the interesting part comes in." I said as I took a breath. "See, when we left we all thought she would be safer being surrounded by humans...but we didn't count the wolves as part of the theory."
Jazz growled, the sound shaking my entire body. I looked up at him to see him glaring out the window, avoiding my look. Esme and Carlisle were staring at each other, both of them shocked.
"Jazz?" I asked as I looked up and stretched to kiss his chin again.
"[/b]WOLVES[/b]?" He said as he looked at me.
"Yes, wolves..well I haven't seen...well I might have seen." I stopped talking because Jasper was shaking again so hard that I was moving.
"You were around wolves alone?" He said through clenched teeth.
"Well not alone, Bella was there." I said quickly.
"Oh, Bella was there." He said as he looked back out the window.
The entire car was flooding with anger, fear, disbelief and hate. I reached over and rolled down the far window, hoping to relieve some of the pressure.
"So Bella is friends with wolves?" Esme asked.
I looked back at the front of the car, ignoring Jasper for the moment. "Yes, well her new best friend is a wolf."
"Oh my, that's not good." Esme whispered.
"Alice, what happened with Edward?" Carlisle asked as he looked at me in the rear-view mirror.
"Oh, right. I left Bella to go get some clothes since she was Alice and all...and didn't want me to leave her for long. When I came back, the wolf...I mean Jacob was in the house with her and I had a vision of Edward going to Aro and asking for his life to be ended....and I didn't know why." I whispered.
"You're braver then all of us." Jasper said as he kissed the top of my head, flooding the car with support and love.
"I knew that I had a chance, but I had to go then. I couldn't wait, I didn't want to take any chances. I told Bella everything I had seen, and tried calling you Carlisle...but Rosalie answered. She told me that you and Esme had left and then informed me that she had just told Edward what I had seen." I sobbed.
"I hated her at that moment...but more, I hated myself at that moment. You all have become so trusting in my visions, why would it be wrong..and this time it was and I almost killed Edward..." I was sobbing so hard that I couldn't keep going.
I laid in the tangle of Jaspers arms, sobbing all of the fear and everything else that I had felt in the last few days.
"Alice. No one blames you." Carlisle said softly.
"I do." I replied.
"Then what Alice?" Esme asked.
"I knew I had to get to Italy, to try to stop him..if that were even possible. I told Bella everything, and she told me that you, Carlisle just called. I knew it wasn't you, I knew that you were gone...and your phone was at Tanya's. I knew instantly who it was, I knew it was him calling to find out the truth. Unfortunately Bella's friend Jacob answered the phone when Edward called. He said that 'Carlisle' asked where Charlie was...and the stupid mutt told him that Charlie was at the funeral. Obviously Edward thought this meant Bella's funeral, he was more determined then."
"Aro did not grant him his wish, though." Carlisle said, so sure of his old friend.
"No he didn't, he denied Edward. I was on the plane to Italy when I saw that Edward was going to be denied, and thought this would be good news. And it was, until Edward decided that if they were going to deny his request..that he was going to force them to kill him."
Jasper shivered, and Esme gasped. Everyone was watching me, all of them waiting to hear what happened next.
"He thought about feeding in town, or throwing a car at the wall or a group of people. But, since he is Edward and he didn't want to hurt anyone..or disappoint you." I said as I smiled at Carlisle. "He decided to just walk out into the sun, on the busiest day in Volterra. Oh..I forgot to mention, it was St. Marcus day."
Carlisle pulled the car over, glaring at me. "He was going to do all of this on the day to celebrate Marcus?" He growled.
"Relax Carlisle, obviously this all works out." Jasper said as he sent soothing feelings around the car.
"Yes, he was going to expose himself on the day to celebrate how Marcus chased all the vampires out of town." I said as I laughed at the irony.
"Bella and I made it in surprising time to town, but with the celebration going on..there were so many people. I knew that he was going to step out into the sun at noon, next to the clock tower, in the middle of town. Bella ran as fast as she could, trying to stop him before he condemned himself."
"I couldn't stop to watch her though, I had to get out of the light myself. What I realized was that there were so many of them, they were everywhere. They were all watching for anything to go wrong on their day...and I hoped that Bella would stop Edward. I walked around and found somewhere to hid our things when I had a vision of Edward and Bella in a alley with some of the guards..I knew I had to go help them.
"Needless to say, we ended up going with them. We had a meeting with the three, and after many strange and terrible things." I stopped to shiver, remembering Edward writhing in pain. "I had to show Aro...I had to show him what I had seen before. I had to show him how I knew at that time that Bella would be changed. That Edward loved her and couldn't live without her, and would change her." I said as I sobbed again.
"They believe me, apparently they didn't know that my visions changed sometimes. They said we didn't have long. They would be coming to check to be sure that we kept our side of the promise...and I don't think they were lying." I said.
"No they don't. We have much to discuss." Carlisle said, his hands clutching the steering wheel as hard as he could without breaking it.
I laid against Jasper, wishing I could erase the last few days from my memory. I knew that there were things I left out of the story, and I did that for their sake. I relaxed against Jasper, enjoying the reunion, not wanting to leave him again.
Thank you everyone, your comments and support are amazing!!
love you all!!
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End of Chapter 42
"We'll ride with Alice and Jasper." Esme said as she pushed Edward towards Rosalie and Emmett's car.
"Have fun with that." I thought.
"Gee thanks." Edward said as he climbed in the back seat with Bella who looked like she would fall asleep any second.
I giggled and Jasper raised one eyebrow at me. "Edward?" He asked.
"Yeah, he really doesn't want to ride with them." I said as I walked to Carlisle's car.
Esme waited by the car, arms opened. I rushed to her, hugging her tightly. "Oh Alice." She said as she held me close.
"Esme, I missed you." I said as I kissed her cheek.
"Alice." I heard Carlisle say from behind me.
I turned and hugged him also, it was so nice to have people around me who cared and missed me. I hugged Carlisle, smiling when he kissed the top of my head.
"Now that we're all home and safe, let's go." He said as he opened Esme's door for her.
Jasper was standing next to the back door, holding it open for me. I ran over and stood on my tip toes so that I could kiss his chin. It was so nice to be home. I knew that there were going to be a lot of questions on this ride home, but as long as I had Jasper...it didn't matter what happened.
Chapter 43
I climbed into the backseat and smiled when Jasper walked around to the other side, climbing in beside me. I didn't want there to be any space between us, so I moved over to sit next to him, my head resting on his chest. He wrapped his arms around me and tilted my head up so that I could kiss him. I believe the kiss was suppose to be a sweet kiss, but I had been away from him for 3 days while I was in danger..sweet wasn't going to do.
I kissed him with all the feelings I had built up inside. He kissed me back with the same fever, as if he were feeling the exact same I was. I pulled back and winked at him before laying my head on his chest, his arms wrapped tightly around me.
"Alice?" Carlisle asked.
"Yes?" I said, knowing that the questions were about to start. I really wished that Edward and Bella could have ridden with us.
"Can you tell me what happened? Esme and I came back and found you gone, Jasper was terribly upset and wouldn't talk to anyone about what was going on. All he would say is you went to be with Charlie." Carlisle said.
I turned and looked up at Jasper, he wouldn't talk to anyone? I knew that he wasn't happy that I went to interfere, but for him to shut everyone off...we had a lot to discuss when we were alone. His eyes watched me, nervous about how I would react. I took his hand in mine, raising it to my lips. "I'm so sorry." I said against his hand.
"Me too love." He said as he kissed the top of my head.
I took a deep breath, figuring out how to word this conversation. "You know about the vision I had of Bella diving off the cliff?" I asked.
"Yes." Esme said softly.
"Well what I didn't see was that she did jump off the cliff, but she wasn't attempting suicide, she was...well she says she was having fun. Bella has made new friends since we left, and..she saw them do it one day and decided to try."
"She saw kids jumping off a cliff and thought it would be fun? That doesn't sound like the Bella we all knew." Carlisle said as he turned to look at me.
"Well, did you expect her to be singing show tunes and dancing?" I asked as I smiled, remembering how Bella asked me that question.
"No. No I didn't expect that, but I...I don't know what I expected." He said.
"Her new friends, are they good for her?" Esme asked motherly.
"Well....that's where the interesting part comes in." I said as I took a breath. "See, when we left we all thought she would be safer being surrounded by humans...but we didn't count the wolves as part of the theory."
Jazz growled, the sound shaking my entire body. I looked up at him to see him glaring out the window, avoiding my look. Esme and Carlisle were staring at each other, both of them shocked.
"Jazz?" I asked as I looked up and stretched to kiss his chin again.
"[/b]WOLVES[/b]?" He said as he looked at me.
"Yes, wolves..well I haven't seen...well I might have seen." I stopped talking because Jasper was shaking again so hard that I was moving.
"You were around wolves alone?" He said through clenched teeth.
"Well not alone, Bella was there." I said quickly.
"Oh, Bella was there." He said as he looked back out the window.
The entire car was flooding with anger, fear, disbelief and hate. I reached over and rolled down the far window, hoping to relieve some of the pressure.
"So Bella is friends with wolves?" Esme asked.
I looked back at the front of the car, ignoring Jasper for the moment. "Yes, well her new best friend is a wolf."
"Oh my, that's not good." Esme whispered.
"Alice, what happened with Edward?" Carlisle asked as he looked at me in the rear-view mirror.
"Oh, right. I left Bella to go get some clothes since she was Alice and all...and didn't want me to leave her for long. When I came back, the wolf...I mean Jacob was in the house with her and I had a vision of Edward going to Aro and asking for his life to be ended....and I didn't know why." I whispered.
"You're braver then all of us." Jasper said as he kissed the top of my head, flooding the car with support and love.
"I knew that I had a chance, but I had to go then. I couldn't wait, I didn't want to take any chances. I told Bella everything I had seen, and tried calling you Carlisle...but Rosalie answered. She told me that you and Esme had left and then informed me that she had just told Edward what I had seen." I sobbed.
"I hated her at that moment...but more, I hated myself at that moment. You all have become so trusting in my visions, why would it be wrong..and this time it was and I almost killed Edward..." I was sobbing so hard that I couldn't keep going.
I laid in the tangle of Jaspers arms, sobbing all of the fear and everything else that I had felt in the last few days.
"Alice. No one blames you." Carlisle said softly.
"I do." I replied.
"Then what Alice?" Esme asked.
"I knew I had to get to Italy, to try to stop him..if that were even possible. I told Bella everything, and she told me that you, Carlisle just called. I knew it wasn't you, I knew that you were gone...and your phone was at Tanya's. I knew instantly who it was, I knew it was him calling to find out the truth. Unfortunately Bella's friend Jacob answered the phone when Edward called. He said that 'Carlisle' asked where Charlie was...and the stupid mutt told him that Charlie was at the funeral. Obviously Edward thought this meant Bella's funeral, he was more determined then."
"Aro did not grant him his wish, though." Carlisle said, so sure of his old friend.
"No he didn't, he denied Edward. I was on the plane to Italy when I saw that Edward was going to be denied, and thought this would be good news. And it was, until Edward decided that if they were going to deny his request..that he was going to force them to kill him."
Jasper shivered, and Esme gasped. Everyone was watching me, all of them waiting to hear what happened next.
"He thought about feeding in town, or throwing a car at the wall or a group of people. But, since he is Edward and he didn't want to hurt anyone..or disappoint you." I said as I smiled at Carlisle. "He decided to just walk out into the sun, on the busiest day in Volterra. Oh..I forgot to mention, it was St. Marcus day."
Carlisle pulled the car over, glaring at me. "He was going to do all of this on the day to celebrate Marcus?" He growled.
"Relax Carlisle, obviously this all works out." Jasper said as he sent soothing feelings around the car.
"Yes, he was going to expose himself on the day to celebrate how Marcus chased all the vampires out of town." I said as I laughed at the irony.
"Bella and I made it in surprising time to town, but with the celebration going on..there were so many people. I knew that he was going to step out into the sun at noon, next to the clock tower, in the middle of town. Bella ran as fast as she could, trying to stop him before he condemned himself."
"I couldn't stop to watch her though, I had to get out of the light myself. What I realized was that there were so many of them, they were everywhere. They were all watching for anything to go wrong on their day...and I hoped that Bella would stop Edward. I walked around and found somewhere to hid our things when I had a vision of Edward and Bella in a alley with some of the guards..I knew I had to go help them.
"Needless to say, we ended up going with them. We had a meeting with the three, and after many strange and terrible things." I stopped to shiver, remembering Edward writhing in pain. "I had to show Aro...I had to show him what I had seen before. I had to show him how I knew at that time that Bella would be changed. That Edward loved her and couldn't live without her, and would change her." I said as I sobbed again.
"They believe me, apparently they didn't know that my visions changed sometimes. They said we didn't have long. They would be coming to check to be sure that we kept our side of the promise...and I don't think they were lying." I said.
"No they don't. We have much to discuss." Carlisle said, his hands clutching the steering wheel as hard as he could without breaking it.
I laid against Jasper, wishing I could erase the last few days from my memory. I knew that there were things I left out of the story, and I did that for their sake. I relaxed against Jasper, enjoying the reunion, not wanting to leave him again.
Hi all!!!
Just a note to say that I did not fall off the face of the planet!! I am still here, went through a lot in the last few months..I won't bore you all with my life but I moved then moved again and haven't had time to think let alone write.
SO....
This is me apologizing for not writing and being gone so much in the last few months.
AND a promise that I will do my best to start writing again soon :)
Hope some of you are still here, still with me :)
Thank you all a million times for everything!!!
Just a note to say that I did not fall off the face of the planet!! I am still here, went through a lot in the last few months..I won't bore you all with my life but I moved then moved again and haven't had time to think let alone write.
SO....
This is me apologizing for not writing and being gone so much in the last few months.
AND a promise that I will do my best to start writing again soon :)
Hope some of you are still here, still with me :)
Thank you all a million times for everything!!!