(Bella POV)
Surprise:
Two bewildered gold eyes stared back at me. I gasped, Alice staring back at me.
"Alice," I yelled and I jumped into her arms.
"Bella! Can you please explain how you are alive?"
"What?" A confused look washed over my face.
"I saw you jump off a cliff. Why were you trying to kill yourself?"
"I wasn't. It was a recreational jump. I saw the La Push kids doing it and I wanted to try. It was fun."
"Oh. Well, I am glad that you are alive."
"Why are you here? Is anyone else here? Did he come," I asked.
"No. He doesn't like to talk to anyone. He hasn't ever since he left. He checks in with Carlisle and Esme every few months. Carlisle is a professor at a community college in New Hampshire and Esme lives with him there, of course. Rosalie and Emmett are in South Africa. Jasper is in Texas, revisiting his past. I haven't seen him in so long. I was in Pennsylvania, trying to learn about my past. I-."
"Where has Edward been," I interrupted.
"Last time I checked, he was in Rio. But that was a few months ago. Bella, what is that nasty smell? Is that you?"
She sniffed me and then continued.
"God, that is you. Bella, you smell like a dog."
"Yeah, well you shouldn't be talking," a familiar husky voice, said.
I turned around and Jacob was standing in the doorway.
"Jake!!!"
I got up and ran into his arms.
"I had to make sure you were safe," he said.
"I'd better leave," Alice said.
"You'll be back right," I asked, panic clear in my voice.
"Yes, as soon as you put the dog out."
Alice flew out the back door and then Jacob and I were alone.
"So you still do care," I said.
"Of course I do. Why would you have a stupid idea like-," and then the phone rang.
Jacob reached over and picked it up.
"Swan Residence," Jacob said into the phone.
He waited a little and then replied, "He's not in. He is arranging a-."
Alice ran in and grabbed the phone out of his hand.
"Edward, she's not dead," Alice said into the phone.
"Edward? Alice, is that Edward," I asked her, loud enough that if it really was him, he would be able to hear me.
She nodded to me and then she smiled.
"Yes, she is alive, really."
There was a slight pause and then Alice spoke into the phone, "Hello?"
She put the phone on the receiver and then turned and spoke.
"He just hung up on me," she said.
Before I could say anything, she zoned. When she came back, she was smiling.
"Alice, what did you see," I asked her.
"Well I've got to go," Jacob said, and he ran out the door.
"Me too. I'll see you in a few days," Alice said.
"Where are you going?"
"Jasper is coming. He is almost here."
"Wait, what did you see?"
"You will be a vampire at some point and it couldn't be that far away, you looked similar to how you do now. Now I have to get going. I really can't wait to see Jasper."
"Have fun."
Alice sped out the door. I knew she would be really happy when I saw her in a few days. I went up stairs and got ready for bed.
