Alice's POV
He's gone.
He wanted to go with Marcus.
He left!
He was more then a brother, he was like the son I never even considered having.
And he chose to leave me, forever.
That was two hours ago.
I haven't moved from the couch, and nobody even dared to talk to me. I felt broken. Leo had become such an important piece of my life and now I was missing it.
After a while everyone cleared out of the room, everyone except for Jasper. He sat beside me on the couch as I stared sadly out of the window.
He asked me gently, "Are you going to be alright, Alice?"
I snapped my head to the side, such a fury building up inside of me that actually Jasper shrank away.
I snarled, "What do you think? Really, tell me what you honestly think the answer to that it."
He looked unsure of if that was a real request, but he didn't take a chance.
He answered me calmly. "I think you will be, in time."
I growled icily and looked away from him, crossing my arms stubbornly.
I hissed, "You're wrong."
I'll never be okay again. Not completely. Not that my little Leo was gone, doing Lord knows what kind of dangerous things!
Jasper set his hand on my arm and I shook it off, "Don't touch me."
He sighed and ignored my request, wrapping his arms around me and pulling me into a gentle hug.
I leaned against his chest and whimpered, "I didn't want him to go. He was a part of the family, Jasper, and you chased him away!"
I sounded actually more severe then I had intended.
My mate kissed the top of my head, "It'll be better for him there, Alice. He has others near his age to play with. He'll have something useful to do rather then sit around a house bored all day."
I shoved Jasper away from me and growled violently, "He was doing just fine here! He liked it here, don't even try to tell me otherwise."
I stormed up the stairs and kicked the door to our room closed, knowing that he wouldn't follow me anytime soon.
Jasper and I never fight. Not like this, not when I an so terribly angry with him that I don't want him near me.
My body began to ache, physically reacting to our bitter fight.
I frowned and sat down on the edge of the bed, silently sulking.
Many hours later I received an email, from TheLittleCullen. We made that email for him together.
I tried to fight back my sorrow and I opened his email.
Alice,
I'm in Italy! Never thought I would be visiting here before. It's a really pretty place, have you ever seen Volterra?
I inwardly winced. I have most definitly seen quite enough of that town. Back in '63 I visited with Carlisle, Esme, and Jasper and I met Aro for the first time. For two days he tried to get me to join him, but of course I politely denied.
I saw it just four years ago when Bella and I had to go and get Edward before he got himself destroyed over her 'death'.
I don't have any good memories of Volterra.
Alec is really nice, though I think I am going to have to watch out for his sister for a while.
Everyone has to watch out for Jane.
I was pleasantly suprised to hear that Alec was being friendly. As much as I hate to hear it, Jasper is right. Leo should have friends his own age.
I have decided to become a Guard, isn't that cool?
Oh great! A Guard! He's going to run around on insanely dangerous missions against bad odds and hostile vampires. That's just what I want to hear!
Well I have to go, so write me back soon, okay? And if he even cares, tell Jasper I say hi.
Love Leo.
I frowned at the screen sadly. If he even cares. IF he even cares.
See what that idiot has done?
He's cast me into a dark hole of sorrow, and poor Leo is probally crushed.
He always looked at Jasper with such bright eyes and an eager face.
He respected him, and in the end his role model was the one who cast him away.
There was a knock on the door and I took a deep breath, it was Edward.
'Come in, Edward.'
The door opened and my brother entered the room, clicking the door closed behind him.
He set his eyes on me sadly, "Hey, how are you?"
Edward was my first friend and my best friend. I tell him even what I can not tell Bella; even what I can't tell Jasper!
I sighed and mentally whimpered, 'I don't know right now. He wrote, want to read it?'
Edward shook his head, "I heard you reading it. He seems happy."
I shrugged, we can't tell over an email if he is or isn't really happy.
Edward nudged me aside and I made room for him to sit on the computer chair with me. He wrapped his arm around my shoulders and side-hugged me.
"Alice he's just a little kid. He doesn't know what he really wants yet. As time goes on he will grow, and learn. But you have to let him. He needs to just figure his life out on his own."
I pouted.
I didn't want to!
I know that the vampire mind is more advanced then a humans, and he is mentally capable even at the age of eleven to actually make these decisions, but I didn't want him to!
I wanted to be here for him, to help him along the way.
Edward gently moved a short strand of hair out of my eyes, but he said nothing more.
He just sat with me, a silent supporter, as I clicked the REPLY button on the email page.
