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Sorry it's a bit on the short side but I was in a rush writing it because I have found myself very busy. Next chapter will be with the Cullens and it may or may not alternate like this - I will tell you the next chapter anyways.
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Edward and Alice:
Edward and Alice walked quickly out of the house and ran through the woods. They ran in silence. Edward led and Alice was close behind him. Alice wanted to talk - she needed it. She and Jasper would talk all the time, he always knew what would make her feel better. Edward was different. He didn't need to talk with her because he could hear her thoughts.
They stopped several minutes later so they could hunt - it was Alice's idea, she thought that it would give them time to talk things out. Alice was hungry when they left anyway and Edward probably was too. " Is there still a chance?" Edward asked her shortly after they had stopped
"A chance for what?"
"A chance for us to fix this. Will we ever join up with Carlisle again?"
Alice stared at the ground in concentration. She couldn't pick anything out - her vision was blurry and distorted - things were changing so fast. She quickly broke out of it in panic, that had never happened before, she had never been out of control. She heard Edward mutter under his breathe in frustration - something Jasper would never do.
"Edward, I'm sorry. Everyone's minds are changing so fast and no one knows what they want. There is no way that the vision would stay true for more than five minutes even if I could see one."
" It doesn't matter anyway. If you had heard what they were all thinking then you would know there was no hope on the matter. I was just wondering if they had changed their minds." He turned his back to her and looked into the woods, " We better get going Alice, Carlisle was hoping we would be at least out of the state by sundown."
"But Edward we haven't eaten yet, we'd be dangerous running through towns!"
" So? Alice, we both know that the only reason we have all lived like this was because it was what Carlisle had wanted. Carlisle had taught us to live like this and it's not fair. Do you have any idea how much stronger we could be with human blood? We're nomads now. We have to live like them. We don't have to live this sham of a life anymore!"
Alice just stared at Edward, she never thought he would think like that. She could not imagine living that kind of life - not after the promise they had made to Carlisle. She remembered the pain Jasper described to her - the pain that he felt from all his victims - she couldn't do that to anyone. She wanted to go back and try to fix things. Carlisle is capable of forgiveness and Jasper needed her — She was brought away from her thoughts by Edward grabbing her.
"ALICE! WE ARE NOT GOING BACK. CARLISLE WILL TEAR US BOTH TO SHREDS! WE ARE LEAVING AND WE ARE LEAVING NOW!"
Alice was caught off guard by this and broke out in tearless sobs. Edward caught himself and crouched beside her and hugged her.
"Alice, this is the only way. It won't be as bad as you think it will. We're stronger than the others. They'll be fine as long as we leave them alone. How do you think Jasper would feel if you came back? We're better off leaving, okay?"
She gave him a silent nod and stood up. He told her they would head north - to Alaska. They set themselves in the right direction and began to run parallel to the coast. They were travelling at a slow speed but fast enough so they would not be seen. Within three hours of running Alice caught the scent of blood.
It would not have hit her as hard as it did if she were not so hungry. She had not hunted in days and neither had Edward. The smell circulated into her nostrils and gave her the greatest craving for blood she ever had. Edward had smelt it too and was looking in the direction the smell had come from. They took off through the trees towards the scent. Alice's instincts overpowered her reasoning and she became an animal.
Within a minute they had reached two hikers walking along a trail. They were older men - maybe in their fifties. Edward ran to the other side of the trail and Alice moved further up on her side. She jumped out of the bushed and onto the trail about twelve feet in front of the men. The look in her eyes set their panic off and they turned to run, Edward was already blocking their path.
They each took one and drained them in only a few minutes. Edward carelessly threw them to the side of the trail - he didn't care if anyone found them, it wasn't his problem.
