A/N - Alright kids, I meant to put this on the first chapter, but like a nerd...didn't do it, so this was all I was going to say: This is my first attempt at fanfic *bites nails nervously* so I really want to get feedback on what you think. I appreciate any and all comments, although, if you think it sucks, please tell me why, and not just say that it blows major chunks:) Thanks! Enjoy the drama....

Disclaimer: Not SM, but I do agree the Edward is the ultimate example of hotness.

Chapter Two - Stupid

Night lift up the shades let in the brilliant light of morning. But steady me now for I am weak and starving for mercy.

Sleep has left me alone to carry the weight of unraveling where we went wrong.

APOV

"Alice? Alice?!" Jasper shook my shoulder. I blinked rapidly as my vision faded out quickly.

"What did you see?" he asked feeling my anxiety.

"Bella…" I gasped finally. His eyes widened. "She didn't…." he trailed off not wanting to finish the thought, let alone the sentence. No one in our family wanted to think about the ramifications if Bella died. There would be too many heart-wrenching possibilities.

"I don't know, I don't know," I babbled grabbing my phone. I punched in the Swan's home number and waited impatiently as it rang over and over. I was about ready to snap it in two when I finally heard a breathless hello.

"Yes, could I speak to Bella please?" my voice was smooth and calm, giving away none of the panic that coursed through my body. I shot Jasper a quick glance of apology, knowing he was getting battered with my anxiety. He smiled weakly back in acknowledgement.

"I'm sorry, she's not home; can I take a message?" Charlie answered, not recognizing my voice.

"Could you tell me when she'll be home please? I really need to speak with her, about a school project we're doing together, this is Jessica." I improvised.

"Oh, hey Jessica, I just saw your mom today, said you had the flu, but you sound good, you feeling better?"

I wanted to scream with impatience, but bit down on my frustration and answered as easily as I could.

"Yeah, much better Chief Swan, thanks for asking, but Bella, I really need to talk to her."

"Oh right, I'm surprised she didn't tell you, she's in Florida for a few weeks to see her mom, she won't be home till school starts again."

"Could you give me her mom's number please, sorry to be such a pest and all" I laughed quickly trying to sound slightly sheepish. "it's just I really need to ask her about something before we hand in the project."

"No problem, hold on a sec."

I heard him rifle through some papers before picking up the receiver again.

"You ready Jessica?"

"Yeah all ready" I barely suppressed the need to yell it.

"Okay, 768-239-8382. Got it? Need me to repeat it?"

"Nope got it here, thanks for your help Chief, see you later!" I hung up quickly, cutting off his goodbye. "For the love!" I yelled finally, dialing Renee's number.

Jasper stood next to me waiting anxiously, his hand resting reassuringly on my shoulder.

"Hello?" I heard a woman's voice answer.

"Hi Renee?"

"Yes?"

"Hi, this is a friend of Bella's, could I speak to her please?"

"Well, Bella lives with her dad in Forks. She's not here?" Renee sounded confused, and felt the dread sink deeper within me.

"I'm sorry, I must have been mistaken, I thought she was visiting, my fault, thanks!" I quickly hung up and looked at Jasper.

"We've got to find Bella, something's wrong."

--

"What do you mean you saw her in a vision?" Carlisle stared at me as I stood in front of his desk. "I thought you were blocking visions about Bella?"

"Sometimes they sneak through if they're really strong." I wanted to scream. I felt so helpless.

"What did you see? Is she okay?" he stood up and came around to where Jasper and I were standing.

"I don't know, it was dark, she was standing by a car, a green jeep I think, and she was looking up at the sky. Then she turned around quickly and was staring at something, she looked surprised and then really scared. Then it all faded to black." I growled at my own ineptitude. "That's all I saw, that's all I know!"

I had explained all of this to Jasper on our way to Carlisle's office. I couldn't fight the feeling that I was missing something big, something that would save Bella from whatever danger she was in.

"Maybe we should call Edward," Jasper spoke softly.

"I don't know," Carlisle shook his head deep in thought. "I would hate to make him panic before we really knew anything. Have either of you heard from him lately?"

I shook my head sadly, as did Jasper.

"Me neither." Carlisle looked out the window briefly before looking back at us. "Can you track her down? Can you find Bella?"

"Yes," I said immediately. I would find her. She was my best friend. I would help her no matter what it took.

"Jasper can you go as well? I know Alice is capable of going alone, but I know you'll feel better going with her."

"I'll go, I'll be fine, I won't hurt Bella." Jasper spoke with surety. Poor Jasper felt such anguish over Bella's birthday disaster. I know it haunted him, he felt responsible for causing the rift between Edward and Bella.

"I know you won't hurt her son." Carlisle patted Jasper's shoulder reassuringly. "It wasn't even a concern."

"I'm going to grab some things and we'll get going." I raced out of the room and up the stairs.

"What's going on? What's happened to Bella?" Emmett blocked my path to Jasper's and my room. He'd obviously heard us talking in Carlisle's office.

"I don't know, we're going to find out." I tried to weave around him.

"I'm going with you." He spoke firmly and his jaw clenched tightly.

"No, Em, it would be best if you stayed here. The less attention we draw, the better for Bella." Carlisle spoke softly at the bottom of the steps.

"If you need anything, you'll call us won't you Alice?" Rosalie walked out into the hallway as well. "You'll tell us once you know something?"

"Of course." I darted into the bedroom finally, and grabbed a bag, stuffing it full of clothes for both Jasper and myself, along with identification and passports . I had no idea what we would need.

"Let's go Jazz"

We jumped into Edward's Volvo that he'd left behind and sped to the airport.

"You won't hurt her, Jasper, I know you won't." I told him softly and held his hand as he drove.

He clenched his jaw and swallowed.

"I never want to hurt her again." He turned tormented eyes at me and I felt such agony for him.

"I know that, we all know that Jazz. He doesn't blame you." We both knew I was talking about Edward.

"He should."

I shook my head and rubbed the back of his hand with mine. "No, we are a family, Bella is part of this family and we protect and love what is ours. We don't cast blame."

He squeezed my hand, but let go when his phone buzzed.

"Yeah." I could hear Carlisle speaking on the other end, asking if we were going to go to Forks or Jacksonville. Esme was booking our flights on her cell phone.

I never heard his answer because my eyes shuttered closed and I was struck with the same images of my last vision only clearer and stronger, then I saw it. A sign for the Denali National Park.

I sucked in a breath as I came out of the vision.

Jasper was still holding the phone to his ear, but he wasn't talking, just staring at me. "What did you see?"

"Alaska, we need to get to Denali, that's where Bella is." I gripped my hands together and prayed that we weren't too late.

" Tell Esme we're going to Denali. We need a flight to Alaska."

--

As soon as our plane landed, we raced towards the parking lot as fast as we could without drawing attention to ourselves. Jasper looked at me waiting, as I pointed towards a new BMW.

"Okay," he said and we ran over to it. He pulled it open easily even though it was locked. It would never lock properly again, but at this point, we weren't concerned. I climbed into the passenger's seat as he jumped the engine.

Before long we were speeding down the highway towards Denali National Park. We pulled into the designated driving area and began searching for the green Jeep in my vision.

"Does this look right Alice? Does this look familiar?"

"Yes, but we're not there yet, I don't see the Jeep." I was so frustrated.

"There it is!" Jasper pointed to a green dot ahead of us. Human eyes would have never seen it so far away as we could barely make it out ourselves.

He accelerated towards it. As soon as we were near enough, I jumped out and threw open the driver's side door.

"Bella!" I yelled. She wasn't there though. "Bella!" I turned in circles searching frantically.

"She's not here." Jasper spoke quietly looking around as well. "I can still smell her though."

It was true; the distinct floral smell that was all Bella lingered in the air.

"Do you think you can track her?"

"I'll try; did she take anything with her?"

I turned back towards the jeep and looked. Everything still lay across the passenger's seat, her travel bag, her purse, her cell phone. She'd taken nothing with her. This was definitely not good.

I looked helplessly at Jasper. He nodded and pulled out his phone.

"Carlisle, she's not here. Yeah. We're going to try and track her. Everything is still in the Jeep. No. If you think it's best. We'll let you know. Okay, yeah bye."

He looked at me, "He thinks it might be time call Edward."

I cringed imagining what Edward might do. "I don't know Jasper, it might be too soon. We don't really know anything."

Jasper smiled sympathetically. He knew how I felt about Bella, and he knew how I felt about Edward, hell, he'd felt them all with me. It was hard enough for me to have to say goodbye to Bella, if Edward didn't handle the news well and took drastic measures, he knew it would kill me. He pulled me into his arms.

"It'll be okay baby" he murmured into my hair. "If I were Edward, I would want to know. If this were you, I would need to know."

"I know, I just…" I trailed off not knowing how to say what I was feeling.

"I know baby, I know." Of course he would know. Jasper was the other part of me. He would know what I thought and what I felt, and why. I hugged him tightly.

"I love you Jazz"

"Love you too Alice, I-" he stopped abruptly, tensing up. I looked up at him questioningly and noticed his face had hardened into a scowl.

"What-"

"Shh" he hushed me. "Do you smell that? Another vampire. I don't recognize the scent, but I just caught it. Do you smell it?"

He let go of me and took a step back crouching, looking up and around us. I sniffed, not smelling anything but Bella, and then as I noticed the breeze blowing through the branches of the trees around us, and I caught it.

"I smell it; it's slightly sweet, kind of woody." I spoke softly knowing Jasper could hear me.

"Yes, stay here, I'm going to follow it." He took off towards the East side of the road and I lost sight of him quickly. I desperately wanted to go with him, but I knew he would be able to track better alone. So I stood and waited.

Within minutes, he came jogging back.

"I lost it, it disappeared about ten miles from here." he frowned deeply.

"Oh Jasper, what are we going to do?"

"Keep looking. Come on, you come with me this time, see if you can catch anything I may have missed."

We took off towards East again, hoping for the best.

--

RPOV

The phone rang incessantly, always going straight to voicemail. Carlisle called first, then Esme, and then Emmett.

"You call." Emmett thrust my cell phone at me while I stood next to the window, staring at the sunset.

"Why do I need to call, he's not answering."

"Rose, he'll answer your call."

"What are you, Alice? Did you have a vision?" I tried to sneer, but it didn't quite make it.

"Just do it, babe." Emmett held out my phone and looked at me imploringly.

I sighed, "Alright." I pressed the speed dial for Edward and waited for the connection.

I didn't want to call Edward with news like this. I knew that I had never treated Bella fairly and I didn't want make the delivery worse because of the messenger.

"What. Do. You. Want?" was the exasperated greeting.

"Hi Edward, good to hear from you too." I spoke sarcastically feeling irritated by the whole situation.

"I will ask one more time before I hang up. What do you want?"

I looked at Emmett, and then Carlisle and Esme who watched me with such sadness, I softened my tone.

"It's Bella, Edward."

There was a pregnant pause.

"What happened? Is she alright?"

"We don't know. We're waiting to hear. I just thought you should know Alice had a vision." I tried to be kind, but who was I kidding, we all knew Edward was dramatic and impulsive. He'd do whatever he wanted whether I was kind or cruel about it.

"Don't do anything crazy Edward, do you hear me? Wait until we know something, she could be perfectly fine." I waited for a reply, but only heard dead air.

"Edward?"

"Edward?"

"Ed-" I was cut off by the dial tone beeping in my ear. I turned towards my family and looked at them helplessly.

"Oh Edward, don't do something stupid." Esme breathed and leaned into Carlisle.