Chapter 1-Cont'd

APOV

"Don't listen, Alice," Bella asked quietly "I know you want to, that you probably wont be able to help yourself, but please try."

"I'll try," I said pulling my arm from around her shoulders, "Here's some change, I'm going to go sit down ok?"

Bella smiled weakly before walking carefully towards the pay phones, her arms still wrapped tightly around herself, as if she was trying to hold herself together. As if this simple action could protect her from her new reality..

Stop glaring at me Edward, I thought, turning sharply to glare at him, you did this.

"I didn't mean to, I thought I would make her life better." he mumbled quietly.

Well that is a sad excuse.

Sighing as I sat down. As easy as it was to just blame him, the truth was we all did this to her, by allowing Edward to exile us from her life, and making him feel worse about it, wasn't going to change what we had done.

"What happened on the plane, Edward?" I asked quietly. "she seemed so happy when we left Volturra. I had a vision of you two getting married, she was one of us. You were getting married, everyone was there."

"Nothing. Everything was fine until the plane landed. She seemed a little hesitant but still exactly the same as before." he said closing his eyes.

"Obviously something did. I don't see her future with us as clearly as i did a few hours ago."

Edward started to argue but immediately stopped as Bella started walking towards us again. I watched as she consciously pulled the arms from around herself and fixed a blank expression on her face.

BPOV

Charlie had been so relived to hear from me that he didn't even think to question my stories about Rosalie and Emmett being in a car accident. Not everything I said was a lie at least. I did confess that we were stuck in Atlanta due to a lightening storm.

It took a good ten minutes of reassuring him that i was heading straight home on the next available flight before he would hang up the phone.

I held the receiver for several minutes after Charlie had hung up before placing it down gently and turning to face them again. Taking several deep breathes, i braced myself before forcibly holding my arms by my sides.

"Charlie thinks we were in New Hampshire because Rosalie and Emmett were in a car accident," I said quietly before sitting down beside Alice. She reached over and gently patted my leg peering into my face.

"Go to sleep Bella, I promise to wake you up if you start to talk" She said quietly.

"do you promise?"

"Of course, you will collapse if you try to stay awake much longer."

Reluctantly I closed my eyes and fell into a dreamless sleep.


Sorry this chapter sucks. I am struggling with the multiple points of view...do i want them...do i hate them...do i need them...and the answer is always yes...

I like long chapters so as soon i as i can start writing this the way i want (this is a gap filing chapter) they will be longer...

reviews are truly like crack...maybe if i remembered that with my last story i would have finished it...ahahah...seriously...