Since the first time she met Edward, Alice had a vision; one that always brought her joy and the hope of ending with Edward's loneliness. Truth is, years had passed and the vision hadn't come to fruition, but it certainly kept repeating annoyingly in her head so frequently it was driving her insane. In her eyes, someday Edward will meet this brunette beauty with delicate features and soulful doe eyes, and his heart will burst out of happiness, finally finding the piece he was missing.
The only parameters she had to set the right timing were the clothes they were wearing and an old car in the back.
The seventies came and went, and while she found the car of her visions, the clothes still didn't match. In the eighties, the clothes became a must for every teenager and the car became an antique, alas, there weren't signs of this mystery girl.
In 1991, Alice felt she almost made it. She found the exact car in the town they were residing and she felt in her bones the girl was really close but...
"Come on Edward! You have to go and say hi to Renee Higginbotham. I'm sure she..."
"Alice stop it!" Edward was sick of Alice's meddling matchmaking ways. While Renee was cute, she wasn't exactly the girl from Alice's vision. "She isn't who you are looking for. She has blue eyes and her hair is a touch lighter. " Edward was pushing his food around, he hated when his sisters brought him to a mall for their shopping marathons and hated more when they sat at the food court to regroup.
"But I feel something when we are close to her."
"Alice, her mind jumps around just like yours! I'm sure is just she's your kindred spirit, you two speak the same language." Edward huffed, ready to bolt out of the mall.
"Maybe she has a sister..." That was Alice's hopeful last attempt. Too bad Emmett was shaking his head.
"You made me check it. She's an only child. Really, Alice, you were wrong, admit it."
"But.."
This time, Edward felt it was too much. Renne Higginbotham was a girl just passing by. She was spending the summer in the home of a friend. What he gathered from her jumbled thoughts, was that she was from Phoenix and was just visiting her best childhood friend. She was going back to Phoenix in a couple of weeks if she didn't change her mind. That girl had the same kind of mind as Alice and it was tiresome to try to follow the train of her thoughts. He also fed up with his family and he felt a day alone was tempting. So he stood up and walked out of the mall, as soon as he got closer to the woods he ran in his usual 'don't bother me' fast sprint.
Alice just stood with sad eyes watching him leave. "Why didn't he even try again? Maybe Renee was the way to his mate!"
"Alice, just drop it." This time, Jasper soothing touch couldn't make her mind keep going. "You may not realize it, but every time you push him, you are hurting him."
"Eh?"
"Yes, as aloof as he wants to appear, every time you hint at a possible girl, he feels a bit of hope; and when your vision doesn't come to fruition, his heart breaks a little. And not just him, have you ever wondered what does this do to Esme? She doesn't need to be an empath to see Edward hurting. Now, promise me, Alice, you'll drop it."
"But I'm sure she's around somewhere!"
"And if it's supposed to happen she will find a way to Edward. Don't push it. Promise me Alice you will leave it alone."
Alice looked around the table and felt Emmett's sad eyes but Rosalie pointed glare. "Jasper is right, you're just hurting them and disturbing our rather peaceful life. Besides, I think even if you find her, Emoward will find her mind annoying and will drop her, you'll see."
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The Cullens were supposed to move to Forks this summer, but the vision assaulted Alice in a daily basis. It was maddening for her and for Edward because every time Alice tried to talk to Edward, he ran and Jasper reminded her of the promise she made. He tried to reassure her by insisting if it was supposed to happen, it would happen.
Rosalie noticing the tension inside their house, took Alice for a day of shopping, in hopes of lifting her spirits.
"I'm glad we're leaving here. I'm sure you already bought everything you liked from this store Alice." Rose said while giving her bored look to the same showcase from the store that they visited usually.
"Yet, I'm sure in a couple of years we will miss their designs," Alice answered caressing the soft fabric of the dress. It was a tiny original designer store.
Suddenly Alice felt a jolt in her heart. She lifted her eyes to outside the mall and she found her. The girl from her visions. Now, she knew if she told Rose, she would forbid to follow this girl and she was afraid to mention it to Edward. He probably would leave the family altogether. She had to think quick before the girl left the mall... suddenly inspiration arose. She texted Emmett, the only member of the family who would agree to her plan. She tried to think of the future and she found that Emmett would be capable of following the girl and getting her address without a problem. Now how to get rid of Rosalie?
In the spur of the moment, Rose decided to get in the dressing room to try one last dress as Emmett arrived outside. Alice pointed to the girl and promised Emmett to help him to deal with Rose. Her next step was the most difficult. To ask Carlisle for a bit of time before moving to Forks.
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"Alice, I'm worried about what Edward will do once he finds out we are postponing our moving to Forks because you have a hunch about his mate," Carlisle told softly to Alice 's ear. They were on a plane to Seattle, because as much as he loved Alice, he needed to face his future employer. They postponed the move to Forks for two months and Fork's clinic director was kind enough to give him the time but Carlisle knew it was something he needed to discuss in person.
"I'm blind to what he will decide..."
Carlisle gave her a pointed look.
"Ok, it doesn't look good. But if I'm wrong we could move on. All I'm asking is for one summer. Maybe once Edward finally sees this girl he will forgive me."
"Alice, you do realize this move is quite complicated. We have to get in touch with the Quileuttes to let them know we are still moving so they are bound to respect the treaty. You weren't here before and we don't know how the new pack will react to us."
Once in Forks, while Carlisle was busy talking to the clinic's director, Alice was wandering around the clinic. The receptionist clearly was of Quileutte's descend and when Alice whispered softly they'll delay their moving, the woman jumped to the phone with a big smile.
"Of course, they will celebrate," Alice muttered shaking her head. She wasn't here to their previous encounter, but she found pale faces were as prejudiced as the Quileuttes.
Five minutes later she noticed two kids from Forks laughing and clapping around a set of car keys.
"Are you sure?" The blond one asked to the one holding the keys.
"Yeah. My brother will get us the booze, you just have to confirm to those guys at the rez we will be there to the party."
Alice just huffed, outraged but not surprised by the way the Quileuttes were celebrating to be free from the Cullen if only for a little while.
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Chief Swan was so excited. His estranged daughter was moving to Forks to live with him! He was so excited he rejected his friends invitations to the Quileute party. He had something better to do this time.
He wondered if she would be bothered if he picked her up in the cruiser, and decided to surprise her with old Quill's car. He also wanted to keep the boys from driving, he knew they were about to get drunk and he didn't want an accident while he was driving to the airport.
He called Bella again, just to be sure she would land on time, but when her phone went to voice mail he knew she was in the air. So giddy with excitement, Charlie Swan drove to Port Angeles airport to pick up his daughter. What he never predicted was that one of Fork's boys would be drunk enough at six o'clock to crash his van to the old Toyota Quill lend him.
Hi!
Probably you're wondering why I'm posting this while I still have other stories waiting. Well, this little story (about three chapters) and another O/S that I hope to post this weekend, were gathering virtual dust in the depths of my computer. Since I'm getting my stories in order, I decided to post them before I lose them. This one was waiting for me to check if there wasn't any similar story already on FFN; I think I'm safe with this one.
I'll post chapters from my other stories this weekend along with the O/S and the rest of this one.
Let me hear what you think.
May
PS. I hope 2016 brings you health, happiness and the achievement of your goals :)