"So you're telling me, that I cannot ride my motorbike for a month?" I glared at Angela from the passenger seat, as she drove us back home.

"It's common sense Bella, you fainted. We go through this every time that this happens and we both agree in the end. Just a month, it's nothing, not that you could ride it anyway wit that plaster on your arm. You'll have the wind in your hair in no time." she smiled as we turned into our street.

"Yeah I do," I muttered, looking into the forest on the opposite side of the road from our house. There was a silence.

"Oh yeah Bella, did you open your package? It looked important, it was from Alice." she turned into our long driveway.

"I forgot. "I answered truthfully. I grabbed it and opened it with much difficulty, seen as my left arm was in plaster. I was wrong about the photos, but there was a note in there, and a small black box. Jewellery I suspect. I opened the note, it read; Dear Bella, happy 20th birthday and have many more to come. Love Alice xxx . It was unusually short, and I opened the box and there sat a thin silver chain with 'Bella' dangling like a pendant from the chain, with a small sapphire in the upper left corner on the 'B'. It was Beautiful.

"Wow Bella. That's beautiful, did Alice get you that?" She had parked the car in our garage. Next to my car and motorbike. I stroked it lovingly.

"She must have done," I smiled. "Can you help me put it on?" she smiled and got out of the car.

"When we get inside," she opened my door. I stepped out warily. It was cold in here. It always was. "Bella, I need to tell you something. While you were under, I phoned Alice. She said she was coming over. She's going to make sure that you are okay when I'm at class." I frowned. I hated being babysat.

"Angela, I am twenty years old. I think that I can take care of myself," I said as I tripped over a table leg. I grabbed onto Angela to steady myself. She rose an eyebrow. "What time is she getting here?" I grumbled and sat down on the sofa.

"She's already here," I heard a heavenly voice come from the kitchen. Then she entered my view. She had not changed in six months. But she looked very worried.

"Hey Alice. Thanks for coming at such short notice," Angela smiled as she sat down next to me.

"It's ok, I was in the area." she smiled and leant on the wall. "How are you Angela? You look well, got any plans tonight?" she smiled

"I'm okay thanks. Well Me and Ben were going to take Bella out for a meal tonight, but, that is impossible now. It's doctors orders she is to stay in the house tonight." Angela laughed bitterly.

"You two should still go. It could be fun." I argued.

"Bella, don't be silly. I couldn't leave you here on your own-"

"Alice is here," pointed to her, she was staring into space. She was having a vision. Angela looked at her, then back to me again. "Angela, I want you to go," I put my hand on her arm.

"If you are sure,"

"yes! Now don't you have a class to get to?" I mocked. She looked at her watch and then rushed out of the door. I heard her car pull out of the garage and go down the road. Which left me and my friend to be alone. She was the first to speak.

"Bella, what are we going to do with you?" she smirked and I stood up and hugged her.

"Alice what are you doing here? You weren't supposed to be here until next week," I laughed. She laughed too. Then here expression went serious.

"Bella. I'm going to be around a lot of the time. We have moved here." her expression was seldom. I understood and nodded slowly.

"I guessed as much when I saw Carlisle at the hospital," I ran my fingers through my hair. "Is he here?"

"Not yet. He is coming in a couple of weeks."

"To stay?"

"At the moment yes. He is set upon it. He's been away from us for two years and wants to be with his family again," I froze.

"two years? He's been gone for two years away from you and your family," I glared out of the window. Idiot.

"Didn't I ever mention that?" she smiled. I smiled back. He didn't need to spoil it. "So, everybody's here then?" I asked, looking into her golden eyes.

"Yeah, Emmett and Rose, Esme, Carlisle ad Jasper." she recited as we walked into the kitchen, arm in arm.

"Right. Do the know that I am here?" I thought and rephrased my question, "Will they know that I am here?" I sat down on a chair around the table.

"Well Carlisle and Jasper know already. But the others don't ….yet" she added. My stomach growled. "Which reminds me why I am here." and she turned around to show counters full of edible food. I gasped.

"What? Why? How? Who?" I struggled to get through the words. She just smiled.

"Carlisle has a cell phone you know. Now I have to admit, you haven't been eating properly, until such a time comes when you are, I will be here until you do." she said handing me a huge lobster.

"Darn, what ever shall I do?" I laughed and started to eat the food that Alice had gotten for me. When I had eaten my third salad in a row, the doorbell rang.

"Alice do you know who that is?" she smiled and waltzed off to answer it. There was an almost silent discussion going on, but I could hear them talking too fast for me to understand. I could only pick out certain phrases; "What was I supposed to do let her die?" and "She's my best friend. Screw Edward, where was he when she was nearly killed by Laurent and Victoria?" Ten minutes after she went to get the door, she re-entered, looking thoroughly annoyed. Carlisle behind her.

"Good Evening Bella, how are you feeling?" he asked, smiling in my direction. I smiled back as real as I could.

"I feel fine Carlisle. I just wish I had this piece of plaster off my damn arm so I could ride my motorbike," I said wishfully. He frowned at me.

"Yes, well Bella I think that that is a good thing," he laughed.

"As you can see, I am pretty well set up here, I have food, water and a waitress to serve me," I pointed to Alice. She bowed down.

"Bella, you have to start to ," he stopped midway and walked into my living room, he returned a nanosecond later holding my necklace box and the letter Alice had written to me for my birthday. "What an interesting necklace Bella, who got it for you?" he asked, looking in Alice's direction. I was confused.

"Alice got it for me. It says so in the letter." I pointed to it. "Actually can you put it on, Angela was meant to but she forgot I guess." Carlisle did and as he clasped it into place. It felt like it belonged there.

"Alice, you bought this for her?" he asked again. She paused only for a second,

"Yes I did. I thought it would be nice for her to get it in the post," she smiled at me. "Carlisle, Esme want's to go hunting, I suggest you get home," she seemed urgent.

"Yes, she told me at lunch. Bella, hopefully I won't see you too much at the hospital," he laughed.

"I'll see you out," Alice offered and went with him to the front door.

Alice's POV

Carlisle and I walked quickly away from Bella, he still had the note from "me" in his hand.

"Alice tell me truthfully, did you send that necklace to Bella?" he asked as we got nearer to his car. I didn't need to lie here. It was all over that short letter. The letter that to the untrained eye, was nearly exactly the same handwriting as mine, the same way I talked to Bella over the phone and the way I had previously been writing to her. All of could have been taken down two years ago. How close we were. But there was something that Bella, a human, could not notice.

"No Carlisle, I did not send her that, but I know who did." he nodded slowly.

"His scent is all over this piece of paper. How did he know that you were still in contact with her. He hasn't been with us for months."

"I don't think that he did, she , in his mind, is more likely to accept a gift ,like this, from me than him."

"Do we tell her?" he asked, looking in my friends direction, hearing her heart beat quicker as she thought of an uncomfortable subject.

"No, I don't think we should. Not yet. He hasn't spoken to her for nearly two years. Won't she just get even more upset if she finds out that he knows where she lives?" I shook my head in confusion. He sighed. "okay, just keep an eye on her. She was severely depressed for a year afterwards. She was on anti-depressants. It was on her file. We done her no good by leaving. Be careful. I'll see you at home Alice,"

"I can't believe that Edward would do something like this,"

"Edward probably didn't think that she would ever find out,"

"Where are Rose and Emmett, he owes me $60,"

"They're going out for dinner," he laughed as he drove off. Into the night. I paused and quickly scoped the woods, that surrounded the house, I had bought for Bella and Angela. Nothing. Well not Edward anyway. I walked back into the house to find Bella, grabbing some toast and walking straight into me.

Bella POV

Alice and Carlisle had walked out of the room. As soon as they had, my cell phone went off. It was a text message from Garry, my boss and one of my closest friends. Bella, there was a cancellation, I know what happened, but can you sing tonight? Text me back in the next five minutes. Garry xx Hmm, what were the odds that I could get out of here without them noticing? Slim to none. I liked to sing, it helped me feel the pain that Edward had left me behind with. I considered my options quickly. Alice would see. I looked at myself. I was presentable. I stood up quickly and grabbed a slice of toast and headed for the door. Alice opened it. She looked concerned and then suddenly angry. She must have seen what I was about to do.

"Where exactly do you think you are going Bella?" she crossed her arms. I took a bite from my toast,

"Work, some of have to work for a living you know," I tried to joke. She looked at me sternly. There was definitely something I was missing. "Do you want to come, or do you want to stay here?" I expected her to not move out of the way. But she smiled and stood aside.

"I think I'll come. I haven't seen you sing before, well other than in my head. I'll give you a ride." and she sat in my Audi Coupe on the drivers side. I sighed and sat on the passenger side. I hated driving with Alice. She, like her brother, enjoyed driving fast. "Where to Bella?"

"The Dolphin," She turned suddenly. A journey which took me only 10 minutes usually, I was there in 5. I had called Garry and he had set everything up. I just had to turn up and sing and then get paid $50 at the end of the night.

"I'll be out here when you get back," she warned, I turned around and thanked her. I ran into the club and was ushered out on stage. It was very quick. I had my microphone strapped around my head and then it was dark.

"And now, our very own, Bella Swan!" Garry announced over the PA system. I clutched my locket and my new necklace tightly. There were cheers and I heard a glass smash.

The opening notes to, "there are worse things I could do ," started and the curtain went up.

All in all it was a pretty good show. I sang to five songs , There are worse things I could do, Des'ree- Kissing you, Almost Lover, You should have lied and Thinking of you, by Katy Perry. When I was done I took my bow, despite several cheers of "Encore!" I slid away to stage right.

"Excellent show tonight Bella, here you go and I will see you on Thursday," he laughed as he handed me my cash. I thanked him, I was just about to leave via the back entrance when a voice, a voice I had not heard in a very long time talked to me.

"Well, Well, Well. Bella Swan, someone has been busy haven't they?" he said in a rhetorical question.