JPOV- Six months earlier
The day that Alice had her vision was one of the best and worst days of my life. Ever since my family had left Forks, and Bella it had been torn apart in to tiny fragment. It was like watching a crystal glass being dropped from a great high and no matter how hard you tried to fix it, it would never be the same again. Edward didn't even make it as far as Alaska before he ran off to god knows where only phoning every couple of weeks to say he was still alive and had gone over to the dark side.
Esme stayed for a month before declaring that she too was leaving but not before informing us that Carlisle and her were no longer in love or in fact were even proper mates. Rose and Emmett lasted up until three weeks ago. Rose simply state that she could no longer take the heartbreak and sorrow that had become a part of our family, and they were off to Africa on yet another honeymoon.
With them gone it left Alice, Carlisle and myself floating around the house the dark mood was bringing back members of my last few years as a human. It reminded me of the times during the war when my men and I had to hide in the woods after dark to escape the Union. I remember feeling like I couldn't breathe, my chest was tight, and it was every man for himself and all one could hope for was the breaking of the sun so we could move.
I hated that feeling then and I hate it even more now, as it weaved its way into my very being. It also didn't help that this time the sun didn't help remove these feelings, the fear and pain didn't go with the light only served now to make it worse. I felt their pain, fear and loneliness as it wrapped around my unbeating heart causing me too often to hide in my room.
The day of Alice's vision I was sat in said room trying to ignore my family's feelings by reading Markus Zusak's, The Book Thief, when I heard Alice sudden scream followed by a powerful rush of fear that entered my body that made me want to hide under my bed like a child. This was quickly followed by a sudden sense of worry and heartache. Fighting the need to curl in on myself, I tore through the air down the stairs, discovering Carlisle cradling Alice, who was sobbing frantically into his chest.
"What happened?"
I waited as Alice, managed to get a hold of herself a little so she could actually speak in between the tears.
"I saw Bella *sob* jumping *sob* off *sob* a cliff"
If my heart wasn't already still, those words would have silenced it. I fell to my knees, clenching at my chest trying to rip my heart out of my chest as the mixture of feelings from them mixed with my own where too much for my body to handle.
Carlisle and Alice huddled even closer, eyes filled with tears that could never fall, Alice body wouldn't stop shaking no matter how much Carlisle tried to calm her down. I couldn't, no we couldn't believe what Alice had just said. Why would Bella do that? Did us leaving destroy the one most beautiful, fragile person I had ever met? Wait did I just think that? Did Bella mean that much to me? Yes she did and so much more. She had done since the very first day she entered our lives.
Alice and I had ended our relationship two days before Bella's Birthday party. We both came to the same conclusion that our feelings were more brother and sister than anything else. Our last couple of days where we fought over the party and the fact I believed that we should comply with Bella's wishes and not have it but Alice put her foot down and that was the end of that. Of course it ended with Bella being hurt, me running all the way to the Arctic Circle before stopping, only to come home to find Edward was making us leave muttering something about it being better for everyone in the long run. Before he left us he ordered us to stay away from her and not to interfere with her life any more.
Without realising it I started to growl and I wasn't the only one. Fuck Edward, fuck the fact he wanted us to leave her alone and fuck the fact that he would be angry we were going home. I looked up at Carlisle, whose eyes were brimming with anticipation, love and something that despite being empathy I couldn't put my finger on but I knew my eyes looked the same.
Carlisle and I never broke eye contact as he spoke with Alice "Your vision hasn't happened yet. There is still time if we leave now. If we are too late at least we can help Charlie". Still looking at Carlisle I nodded my head once as I got off the floor pushing the worries out of my heart. Looking down at Carlisle and Alice I said the one thing that we all needed to hear: "Come on. We're going home"
I was damned if I was going to let the family lose her once and for all.