Tanya sat in Edward and Bella's meadow, feeling slightly jealous, but most of all, alone. Every single person, well vampire, in the Cullen household had someone else. Esme had Carlisle, Rose had Emmett, Alice had Jasper, Edward had Bella, Eleazar had Carmen and Nessie even had Jacob, the smelly, mangey, strong ...sort-of good looking. Okay, I'm getting way of track here. Kate had even recently married Garrett. And now I was truly alone. Well, almost. I heard a whooshing sound. I looked to my left and looked into the light, amber eyes of the love that I couldn't have. The hottest looking vampire in the world, Edward Cullen.
"Tanya - he chuckled - You're being too modest. I'm not that good-looking!" He chuckled again. This time I chuckled with him. I did not agree. "Tanya. I know exactly how you feel. I, too, felt so lonely before I met Bella and now she is the light of my life. My Halley's Comet. Someone will come along. Someone who is good enough for you. For all you know he could come along tomorrow." I sat and contemplated that. He got up and reached for my hand. "Come on. Everyone's missing you. You've been gone for hours." I took his hand and got up. "Thank you. For understanding. Just don't mention everything else I said to Bella, please." I said, embarrassed. If I could blush, I would probably be a stop sign. At that, he just laughed. I dropped his hand and muttered quickly "Race ya". The last thing I saw before I raced away was Edward, smiling a crooked grin, his trademark smile.
As soon as we got back home, Alice was sitting on the couch with a vacant expression that everybody knew all too well. She had her hand held by Jasper and Nessie was on her lap. Everyone else was crowding around her. No one said anything for about 10 minutes. "It's just Felix – Alice's voice broke the silence – He's by himself. He's just passing through. He's left the Volturi." Everyone thought about that for a while. I breathed an unnecessary sigh. "When is he getting here?" I asked quietly. Everyone turned to stare at me. Though I could not hear thoughts I could imagine what Kate was saying:
KATE: Dear sister, what is going through your mind?
Alice's vacant expression hadn't changed. "Tomorrow. He's running. Not flying." Alice's expression changed to one of extreme annoyance. "Oh, fantastic. Everything's just disappeared. Why? After Nessie and the packs you'd think I'd have enough of been blind. But no?" Nessie's face changed to sadness as she looked up at her auntie Alice. "Alice" she whinged. Alice murmured "Whoops. Sorry Nessie. You know I love you" and gave Nessie a massive hug. Nessie touched her hand to Alice's neck. Alice gasped, then Edward scolded "Nessie. How can you think that? You know that Alice wants you to stay. She was just caught in the heat of the moment. Weren't you, Alice?" He looked at Alice pointedly. "Yes. I was. I'm so sorry, Nessie. What can I do to make it up to you?" Alice's face wore a look of genuine sadness. Nessie thought about it for a while then touched her hand to Alice's face. Alice suddenly looked doubtful with a hint of excitement. "Are you sure, Nessie?" Nessie rolled her eyes "Of course, Alice" Bella suddenly stood up. "I need to come too. I need more clothes" At that Alice's, Rose's and Edward's mouths all fell open. "What?" Bella exclaimed. Then she scrunched her eyes up, like she was really thinking. Then Edward said "Oh. Good thinking. Bella. She'll need protecting while they're at the mall"
Alice, by now, had taken control of her expression and was nudging Rose, who had still not recovered. Emmett poked Rose. "Babe. Baaaaaaaabe. Edward's burning your M3" Rose jumped up and glared at Emmett and then grabbed Nessie and said to her "Now, whose car are we taking? We can take my M3, Bella's Ferrari or Alice's Porsche." Nessie jumped out of Rose's arms and ran towards the garage. "No Nessie, we aren't taking Emmett's Jeep!" You could hear the smile in her voice. That was all that I wanted. I wanted to have that someone who would look at me like Edward looked at Bella or Emmett at Rose. Was that to much to ask?