"MAX!" I whined. Max chuckled, and ran down the porch steps away from me. A single tear ran down my cheek. I didn't need this right now. I didn't need someone with a ruined car, who desperately wanted to take me to dinner. I let curses stream out of my mouth as I crossed to the kitchen.
"Well, Bella. You have certainly become more mature!" said a voice I knew well.
"Alice? Alice Cullen?" She laughed her high musical laugh, and I knew it was her.
"Yes Bella, Bella Swan!" I ran forward and hugged her ferociously. She stood there, patting my back, and letting my sob.
"Well, this is a surprise." I said, wiping my eyes and nose.
"Yeah, well I saw something, and it, well I guess I was wrong."
"What did you see?"
"I saw your car crash, and thought you'd died, oh Bella! I'm so happy your okay! I've missed you so much!"
"You have no idea Alice, really." I sighed tears streaming from my eyes. There was this temporary bandage on my heart, a sort of cage keeping the monster away.
"Alice, I-I really missed you. How is everyone?" I asked, not really sure I wanted to know. Alice told me about Rosalie, Emmett, Jasper, and herself, looking puzzled at the end, probably not sure weather to mention Edward. It was much easier to think of him since the crash. Since the dream that I remembered over, and over, unable to think about anything else.
"How is he? I mean… Is he happy?"
"I think so. He, well what I'm trying to say is, he's doing alright considering." I had no idea whatsoever what she was talking about, but I could tell she was uncomfortable, so I dropped the subject.
"So." She laughed.
"Nice weather we're having huh?" She teased. I laughed a little, but I was worried. What was Edward facing? Alice had said, 'He's going alright considering'. What was she considering? It made me hurt to think Edward might feel guilty about me. No, I was being egotistical. Edward was worried about something completely unrelated to myself. I was no good for him. I winced, and walked over to the fridge to find something to drink. Alice followed behind, looking like she was concentrating very hard on something, very far away. I grabbed a juice box from the package Charlie had gotten for some unknown reason, and sucked it down like an IV. Alice watched keeping with the same expression, like she couldn't quite see something, and it was starting to frustrate her.