January 1987
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A girl, clad in an ugly green t-shirt and grey long sleeved shirt underneath, sat next to Edward in class. They were looking at each other. Her attraction to him was instantaneous, just like his to her.
She looked young. Just about sixteen. But then again, Edward was but seventeen himself.
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She blinked and the image was gone.
She'd been getting visions of Edward and the girl for years now. But this was the first time it had ever been clear. Why did she get a sharp image of them now? She replayed everything from the vision in her head. Ever since losing Jasper, she'd become very critical in analysing her visions. She'd learned that the clearer they were, the more likely they were to happen.
Edward had never gone a month without asking if she'd seen something of his future ever since she'd arrived at the doorstep of the Cullens.
The clothes weren't matching up with the current style, neither was the makeup of the other girls in the classroom. Two students had been messing around with small black objects the size of their palms, seemingly typing on them. A new invention?
There was no calendar in the vision. But if she had to judge, the vision wasn't about to come true for another couple of years. There was not a single trace of 80's fashion remaining in her vision. She knew fashion well enough such a change wasn't reached in a period under five years.
A rush behind her back informed her of Edward's presence in her room.
'Have you been snooping through my mind again?'
'You know I try to ignore everyone's thoughts. But even while fazing everyone out, my mind instantly focuses when I appear in someone's thoughts. It's like when you're wearing headphones but an alarm bell rings somewhere. The headphone phases out most sounds, but this thought was so loud it demanded my attention.'
'I understand.'
'There's a girl.'
'There is', Alice confirmed.
'When?'
'I don't know. It's not anytime soon.'
'You've told me you've seen my future before. Is it the same girl?'
Alice nodded.
'Why would the vision become clear now?'
'My best guess? She looks about sixteen in the vision, and she's human. If- if the vision is to come true, it'll be at least a couple of years. There seemed to be an entirely different fashion, and even new technology. Maybe it'll take even more than five years. Maybe-'
'Maybe she isn't born yet.'
'Maybe it's become clear because her mother has just gotten pregnant with her.'
Edward's face crinkled at the thought.
'You're going to be a hundred years older than her. And you'll have to change her. Are you certain?'
'You've- knowing what happened to you. If you got a vision of your mate, even knowing they'd be so much younger. Wouldn't you try and find them in an attempt to guarantee your future? Wouldn't you take your only shot at happiness? Even if the circumstances weren't ideal?'
'May I remind you that I did try looking for him? I, the only one who can see where people could go? My visions, and my attempts to find him, haven't helped me. You know I haven't waited around waiting for fate to make us bump into each other. I've looked for him for over twenty-five years and it still didn't help me.'
After having processed his death, she had decided to go to the Cullens anyway. She was in desperate need of friends and family. She knew they'd welcome her with open arms, and without a shot at love, they were the closest she could ever get to an eternal family.
She'd been with them ever since, but like Edward she sometimes took solo trips for multiple months on end to see the world. Places she would have gone with Jasper, places she wanted to see for herself. Anything to fill up the void which would forever be there.
But sometimes the traveling made her more lonely, imagining how it would have been to lean against a strong solid chest while enjoying the views which she gazed at on her own now. They would have made love underneath the stars on the bottom of the grand canyon, swam to the Easter Isles. Life would have been magnificent.
Once Edward found his mate, which according to her calculations would be sometime around 2003, she would be the only one remaining unmated. However, unlike Edward, she knew she'd be alone forever.
Would living like this suffice forever?
She had so much love for her family, and they for her. But was it enough?
