Chapter 2: The Plan

We walked up the steps, and the door opened.

Alice appeared in the doorway her face going from frantic to relieved in a matter of seconds.

"You all disappeared for a while. And I got so nervous, and I didn't know why, but now I do see why, because you're with the wolf." She breathed in a babble

"Yes, Alice. We brought Jacob. He may want to leave as well." I said in a hushed tone.

We walked inside, and Alice grabbed me.

"What?" I asked, "I'm wearing an outfit from today. Please relax."

"Hair." She said in a harsh tone

She pulled a curling iron from her back pocket, along with dozens of small purple glittery clips.

"I saw you put on the outfit. I was thrilled. But then I saw your hair."

"Figures." I mumbled

Seconds later she was done, and I quickly thanked her and rejoined my family in the living room. I sat down on the couch next to Edward and he passed Renesmee to me, and I settled her on my lap. Emmet sat in an arm chair with Rosalie on his lap, Alice and Jasper lay on the floor on a pile of pillows, Jacob stood in the archway, and Carlisle stood next to Esme, smiling down at all of us.

"All right. Today's meeting is very important. We need a plan to fake the deaths of Bella, Edward, Renesmee, and Jacob. We also need a new area to live."

Jasper stood up, and Alice got up as well and linked her arm through his.

" I have looked at different possibilities to stage their death, but only one requires no body evidence. A car crash."

I shook my head disagreeing. " Jasper, you do need bodies for that. We can't kill 4 innocent people that resemble us."

"You don't have to." Alice said, a thoughtful look on her face," If you hit a truck, or something with oil or gas or whatever, the car would explode and the bodies would burn. No bodies needed. Just a burnt car."

"Excellent!" Emmet cried rubbing his hands together, "Can I do it?"

Rosalie slapped him across the face.

"What?"

She just rolled her eyes. She sighed a deep, long sigh, that was obviously a cry for attention.

"Yes, Rosalie?" Carlisle asked catching on to her sigh

"Why do we have to move? I mean, technically we're not even here."

"Rose, it's not safe for us to be here. The treaty has been broken. We have to leave." Emmett said stroking her hair.

"She has to ruin everything!" Rosalie cried throwing her hands up in frustration

Edward glared at her.

"We are not just protecting her, we are protecting the entire family. And even if it just was her, you need to learn to deal with it. She is my wife. She is your sister. She is our family, and we protect our family."

Carlisle nodded in agreement.

"Edward's right. It's not safe for any of us to be here. I will not have you blame Bella for this."

I saw Rosalie turn to Emmett for him to back her up, but he was shaking his head in agreement with Carlisle. She gave another aggravated sigh, but everyone ignored her. I felt so guilty, because I had made this family fight. I had made them give up their lives, so that I could be happy.

"Don't blame yourself, Bella, love." Edward whispered in my ear. I wasn't sure if he had read my face, or read my mind.

I heard a small yawn, and looked down to see Renesmee curling up into a little ball on my lap. I looked at my watch, it was 10:00. I stroked her hair, and smiled down on her. And that's when it happened. The peace ended. My safety and contentment vanished into thin air.

"Alice, what did you see?" I heard Carlisle ask

I looked over at Alice whose skin was even whiter then usually, and her face was in shock. I slowly turned my head to meet Edward's gaze which resembled Alice's. Of course. He had seen whatever it was that she had envisioned. Alice looked at me, and her eyes began to water.

"Charlie." She whispered

My face went blank. Something was about to happen to Charlie. I had to stop it. I handed Renesmee to Edward, and stood up.

"Alice, what's going to happen? I'll go stop it." I demanded

"You can't stop it."

"Of course I can!" I yelled, " I'm not the clumsy teenage girl I used to be."

"No." she whispered, "No one can stop it."

" Alice, what is happening?"

She wouldn't answer me. She didn't want to be the one to tell me.

"Edward?"

He looked at me, and took a deep breath.

"Charlie is about to have a heart attack."

Charlie was about to have a heart attack. My father was about to die. I had to say goodbye. I had to do something.

"Bella you mustn't interfere. His time is up. You have to let him go." Edward said softly.

"I know. But I have to say goodbye." I stuttered, and I waited for the tears to come. But they never came. I realized that this whole dilemma was actually going to help us. I smiled.

"Bella?" Edward asked, suddenly confused

"This is perfect. Charlie is dying." I was shocked at myself. I was happy that my father was dying.

"I don't understand, love."

"If Charlie had learned that I died that would have killed him. I could never live with the guilt of lying to my father. But now, now I have the chance to set things right. I can tell him, and I can say goodbye the right way."

Edward shifted and looked into my eyes.

"Don't lie and say that you're okay for our sake."

"I'm not." And I wasn't, "Please come with me to say goodbye to my dad."

He nodded.

"Alice, when is it going to happen?"

"Tonight. In the middle of the night. He'll feel a little pain, but he will die in his sleep."

I nodded.

"I suppose we can finish this meeting later, now that the plans have changed."

Everyone nodded in understandment except for Rosalie who just sat there staring at her reflection in the coffee table. Edward walked me to the door and we walked across the yard to the cottage in silence. He opened the door of the Volvo, and watched me carefully as I got in. He carried Renesmee to the back of the car and placed her into her car seat.

His eyes did not move away from my face once.

"I'm fine." I whispered, trying to reassure him.

"No you're not."

"Edward."

"No, Bella. You're not okay. You're father is dying for heavens sake, and you're almost happy about it."

"He's dying almost peacefully. Not from shock of his daughter, granddaughter, son-in-law, and Jacob dying. It's better this way. I'm okay, Edward. A little depressed, but fine."

We drove in silence the rest of the way, and continued to the porch that way. I rang the door bell, and waited to hear his footsteps come near the door. The door opened, and Charlie stood smiling at us.

"Hey Bells. What brings you guys here so late?"

"We just wanted to stop in and say hello." I said calmly, even though inside I was torn apart.

"Well come on in!" he cried in excitement, as he lead us to the living room. The TV flickered, and I could see that he had been watching a repeat of this afternoon's baseball game. Of course.

We settled on to the couch, and Charlie looked at me, his eyes glowing.

"I've missed you Bells."

"Ya dad, I've missed you too."

The evening continued on with nonsense chit chat. Edward and Charlie talked about sports, and Charlie asked us about school. I told him about my new car, and he laughed, because he knew how much I hated gifts. The hardest part was saying goodbye, because this time it really was goodbye.

Edward gave him a small hug, and Charlie kissed Renesmee's sleeping forehead, and Edward took her out to the car.

"I'll be waiting for you outside in the car," he whispered, " take as much time as you need."

I gave him a small smile.

"I hope you come visit again soon, Bells."

"I will dad, don't you worry."

"I love you Bells."

"I love you too. So much. More than you know. Thank you for everything. I really mean it." And I did really mean it. Even if he didn't realize it, he'd done so much for me in the last two years.

He wrinkled his forehead in confusion, but he leaned down and gave me a big hug. I felt him shiver, and so I broke off.

"Love you dad."

"Love you too Bells."

He kissed me on the forehead, and I walked out the door. It was the last time I would ever leave this house. The last time I would ever see my dad.