Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight or it's characters. Stephenie Meyer does.
BPOV
I got off the plane, stumbling a little on the last step. Still clumsy as ever. There was my dad exactly as I remembered him. I carefully made my way over to him.
"Hey, Dad, good to see you." I reached up to give him a hug.
"Hello, Bells. Good to see you too." Still as awkward as ever.
Everything was exactly the same. Not one thing had changed so far. Charlie had bought me the truck. The house and my room were identical in every way to the last time I was here. Charlie still desperately needed a cook.
My second first day at the new school. I was still as nervous as ever. Would he be here? As I pulled the truck into a spot in the parking lot, my eyes scanned for what I wanted so desperately to see the most. Ahh!! My heart skipped a beat and them started strumming erratically. There it was. His silver Volvo. Was I having hallucinations? Was this real? Was my dream something more than a dream?
The day crawled by. I was reintroduced to everyone. I knew who my true friends were and my enemies but I never once let anything slip. It would work out on it's own I was sure.
Finally the bell rang for class to be over. Time for lunch. The moment of truth.
I walked into the lunchroom with Jessica. I picked out the exact same things to eat as I had in my memories of before and sat down with her friends. I scanned the lunchroom for the face of my angel. My breath stopped. The room started spinning. He was real!! My angel, Edward, was here.
"Who are they?" I whispered.
"The Cullens and the Hales." Jessica replied after glancing at where I was staring.
Knowing the answer she would give me couldn't stop me from asking. "Who is the one with the reddish brown hair?"
"That's Edward Cullen….." I ignored the rest of her chatter. It wasn't a dream, I kept repeating in my head. Premonition maybe but definitely no dream. I had to make it a reality. But wait!! Biology. First day. He wants to kill me! I have to think this through. Do I let it play out? Exactly as it had before? No!! I refuse to go through all that again! What to do? I know, I'll make him all the more curious about me. The plan forming in my mind as lunch ended.
I entered the Biology room as I had before. As I crossed in front of the blower, out of the corner of my eye I saw him tense up. Yes!! I had the same effect on him as I remembered.
I sat down beside him and he glared at me like I was the devil himself. But I knew why. I waited until the end of class to make my move. Slightly smiling, I whispered low enough that no human ears could hear, "You won't kill me."
Unlike before, he paused, curious for just a split second and then he jumped up and darted for the door as the bell rang.
He was there in the front office trying to change his schedule when I went in. I suppressed a chuckle when I realized he wasn't going to luck out this time either. The door opened again and he realized I was there. As he swept by me I whispered again "You won't kill me."
EPOV
Who was this Bella girl? I can't read her mind and she smells so delicious. I close my eyes and her face is all I see. Why does she keep telling me that I won't kill her? She doesn't know how close it came to that. Or does she? Does she know everything about me? Impossible. I have to get away. I have to leave.
BPOV
I needed to figure out what to do next. Edward had left just as I expected he would. I knew he would be back next week but I needed a little help with what to do when he does come back. Who could I turn to? My memories came back full force. "We're going to be good friends." Alice. My best friend. Could she help? Would she help? Would I be safe with her right now? What consequences would come from messing with my memories? I'll just have to take the chance.
Decision made, I walked over and picked up the phone and dialed the very familiar number.
"Hello?" I heard the question in her greeting.
"Hello Alice. Please don't hang up. You don't know me… yet. But you will… I think. I have a problem and you're the only one I know… knew who could help."
"Who is this? How did you get this number? How do you….." Alice's voice trailed off as the vision I knew she was having enveloped her. I was visualizing she and I arm in arm smiling at each other. I knew she had saw what I was intending for her to see when she came back to the phone.
"Bella?"
"Yes, Alice. This is Bella. I have so much to tell you if you will listen. Please can we meet somewhere?"
"I don't know…" she started but I cut her off.
"Alice, we were… will be really good friends. I need your help. It's about Edward."
I heard her sudden intake of breath. "Edward? You've got me curious. I'll be in the park by the school in 15 minutes."
"See you then. Bye, Alice." I hung up the phone.
I went into the living room. "Dad, I'm going to the park to hang out with a girl a met at school today."
He looked up from the TV. "Okay, Bells. Glad you've made a friend already. Don't stay out too late."
"I won't. See you later." I grabbed my coat and headed for my truck.
She was already there sitting on a park bench when I pulled up. Curiosity beaming out of her topaz eyes.
"Hello, Alice."
"Hello. Bella."
We stared at each other for a few moments. I was fighting the urge to run to her and give her a big hug. Not knowing how she would take it, I restrained myself. I lowered myself slowly on the other side of the bench, leaving plenty of room between us.
"Where should I begin?" I wondered aloud.
"At the beginning I would assume." Alice answered.
"It's complicated. You see, the beginning hasn't happened yet." I struggled to find the right words.
"Hasn't happened yet? Oh." I saw understanding begin in her eyes. "You have premonitions?"
"No, it's not like that. I was in a coma for 2 years and in that coma I saw how my life was going to be, I think. I don't know if meeting you here will change anything though. I hope not." Please don't let it change anything, I thought.
She studied me for a minute and got straight to the point she was most curious about, I was sure. "And what does all of this have to do with Edward?"
"I love him and he's going to love me too if everything works out like it should." I was bluntly honest. "I know there are complications but we'll work them out."
"You love him? But you don't even know him." Alice whispered.
"I know everything about him, Alice." I smiled up at her. "And that changes nothing."
"You know everything?" Alice said with alarm in her eyes.
"Yes, but don't panic, I'm not going to give anything away. I'm going to be one of you fairly soon."
"One of us? What are you talking about?" she asked.
"What can I say that would convince you? I know all of you. Carlisle is the father figure. Esme is the mother figure. Jasper is your husband and he controls emotions. Emmett cracks jokes about everything. Rosalie is beautiful and she doesn't like me. You have visions of the future and Edward can read minds. Well, every mind but mine. I'm a shield. I know everything that's supposed to happen for the next 2 years."
She sat there with her mouth slightly open, an unspoken question in her eyes.
"Yes," I whispered. "I know that you are vampires."
"And how do you need my help?" Alice finally asked.
"I need to know how much harm it would do if I changed a few things about the future that I recall." I stated.
"What do you mean?"
I then proceeded to tell her almost everything that happened in the next 2 years.
I skipped over certain things and deleted others. There were certain things that should be kept private for now. Renesmee being the one I most wanted to protect. Only I would know what would happen on our honeymoon until the time was right.
I had finished telling Alice my memories and was sitting there waiting for her reaction.
Her reaction surprised me. She went from sitting still as a statue to complete animation. Bouncing up and down on the bench and grinning ear to ear. "I get to plan your wedding? You are a friend!"
I grinned back at her. "Yes and you get to be my bridesmaid too."
"Oh, so much to do!" she giggled.
"Alice, you're jumping the gun here. It hasn't happened yet. Can I change things and still have the same happy ending? I could not survive if he left me again."
She turned thoughtful at my question. "You're right, I don't see you surviving that again. It's possible that things could work out without that part. Edward changes you after your wedding?"
"Yes, not too long after."
"Can you live through the James and Victoria part again? Or do you want to skip that too?"
"I can live through any part that does not involve Edward leaving me."
"Can you lift your shield now? I think that would keep him here if he could see what would happen if he left after…" Alice paused for a second. I assumed she was repulsed at the thought. "Jasper takes a snap at you."
"I don't know. I guess I can start practicing." I replied. Could I? That would make things so much easier.
"You do that and I will start working on the rest. Bella, this meeting never happened. Edward must never find out. It's going to take everything I've got to block it out but I will. I'll just keep bugging him to let me talk to you until he caves in." Alice grinned. "We will be the best of friends. Just not right now. Okay?"
I grinned back at her. "Okay, Alice. You know what's best. Thanks for being here for me. You always were before."
Alice jumped up and gave me a quick hug. "I'll call you for more details later when I'm sure no one will hear. Everything will work out right. You'll see. Take care." She was still smiling when she walked off toward the edge of the trees and disappeared.
I walked back to my truck in a bit of a daze. Same old Alice. Thankfully some things didn't change. I got home and after giving a brief description of my afternoon to Charlie went up to my room. I'm glad he hadn't asked about who I was with because I'm not that good at lying.
After taking a shower, I settled down to see if I could lift my shield while human. I had never thought to try before. After an hour of fruitless attempts, I was furious. One last attempt, I thought, then I'm going to bed. I felt it lift for a brief second before it crashed back down. I remember now. I have to be emotional for it to work. At least that problem is solved. I rolled over and turned off the light.
The rest of the week passed in a blur. Occasionally I would glance over at Alice's table but she would never catch my eye. I understood.
The weekend passed uneventfully and before I knew it Monday had arrived.
Sorry about the cliffhanger. Will let you know what happens Monday as soon as I get it figured out myself.
