Heyyy,,sorry it took a while,,,but my exams are finished now so should get chaps up quicker,,,,this was my fav chap to write,,,dont know why like,, but i like this best,,,please review with comments,,,
i still dont own,,,sigh,,
BELLA
"Hey Jake." I held the phone, curling the wire in my fingers.
"Hey Bella." He sounded so much worse. He'd got back a week ago and each day he seemed to sound worse. I had dropped by last week but couldn't stay for long. He had still looked exhausted and the purple blotches hadn't vanished yet. He also seemed to have got a cough in the next week.
"You don't sound any better."
"I'm not. I keep waking up in the middle of the night. And I know you probably won't want to hear this but I get really bad night sweats. It's getting worse. It's like I can feel my body fighting the virus."
"Go to a doctor now then!" Please say you will. Please, please, please. I can't lose him as well. It would kill me.
"No Bella, I'm sure it will pass." I almost screamed in frustration.
"Jacob you said that when you got home and look what's happened! I'm taking you to the hospital in Port Angeles at the end of the week. I don't care if you don't want to go."
"Fine." Shit. He must be feeling terrible if he agreed that easily.
"Oh Jake. I'm so sorry."
"Don't be Bella, it's not your fault. I should have got my vaccinations done before I went."
"You didn't get your vaccinations done!!!!" I yelled into the phone.
"Oh. Well I guess I didn't mention that part. But I'm doing okay. Sue is round all the time and keeps making food for me. It's kinda nice having someone willing to do anything for you. And she makes sure I get painkillers every so often."
"I'm glad someone is there with you. Do you want me to come round just now?"
"Nah it's okay. Just come round tomorrow as usual." He sighed.
"I better go. Billy seems to be shouting about phone bills. Bye Bells. Love you."
"Bye Jacob. See you tomorrow." I slammed the phone down, angry at myself for not being able to give him what he wanted. But I couldn't. I couldn't pretend to love him properly when my heart would always lie elsewhere. I did love Jacob. Just not as much as he needed. I wasn't good enough for him. I wasn't good enough for anyone. I certainly wasn't good enough for him. Maybe if I was beautiful or smart or not clumsy or, though I dreaded saying it, vampire, I might have been able to make him stay. I went outside to the forest round the back of my house. I remembered words spoken long ago to me, 'there are more dangerous things than me out there'. I wondered if that were true. So I went to look. I walked into the forest and turned away from the path, sneaking through. I forced myself not to recall the last time I had been here, following him. I let my feet walk for me and I didn't think about the recklessness of my actions. I hugged my jumper closer to me and shivered. It was cold in here. I tripped a couple of times, but nothing major happened. The woods darkened around me and then I froze. He was there. There in front of me, right before my eyes. He was looking at me, gazing into my eyes. I sank to the ground in shock, unable to believe my eyes.
"Bella," he said, "Bella this is stupid. Get up."
"Edward." My breathing started to get faster. "Edward, what is this?"
"Bella please get up. You need to get back to the house. She's coming here. Please Bella." His face was pained as he knelt down beside me.
"Who's coming?"
"Victoria." I gasped and pushed myself backwards, against the tree.
"Bella please get up, quickly."I did as he said, grabbing one of his hands to help me up. "Good. Now Bella you need to go back to the house."
"I don't know the way." I looked up at the sky and saw it was pitch black. The sun had set hours ago. I was much deeper in than I had thought.
"It's okay. Follow me." He walked in front of me, never more than a metre ahead. My mind wasn't working. I couldn't believe he was here in front of me. I reached out to touch him. But there was nothing. Then I looked up and saw the house. My house. I looked around me but he wasn't there. Nowhere. Was it just my imagination? It must have been. My face fell dramatically but before I could let the thought properly hit, Charlie came running out of the house.
"BELLA! Where have you been? I've been so worried!"
"I just went for a walk. Sorry, I forgot to leave a note." He looked like he was about to say something then stopped.
"I ordered pizza."
"Cool," I said blankly. He just stared at me in horror. "What?" my mind not caring for the answer. I had seen him. He had finally broken through my blockade against him. I didn't wait for Charlie to answer.
"I'm going to bed. Night Charlie." I walked past him and up to my room. I caught sight of myself in a mirror and I realised at once what had been wrong with Charlie. It was like a memory from the past. My eyes were blank, staring back at me, not wanting to see the truth. I was a zombie again. No. No I couldn't be. I had Jacob to worry about. But Jacob held little interest for meat the moment. All I could think about was Edward. My mind screamed his name at me, over and over. It got louder and louder until I sank to the floor, silent tears running down my face. It was like I'd lost him all over again. I leant my face against the cold floor of my room. I wanted him back. He said I would forget him, but I couldn't. He was and still is my life. Jacob couldn't help me, no one could. I fell asleep on the floor, the tears still falling.
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When I woke up I was on my bed, the covers draped over me. I cursed. Charlie would have seen me last night. Great. That would take some explaining. I don't think he would appreciate me telling him that I was crazy.
I was feeling better now I had it all out of system and I was ready to face the facts. I wasn't going to forget him and I would live with that. I wanted to see him again and I needed to find out how to get him to appear to me again. Then I heard something. I sat up and looked around. There was no there. I went to the window and looked around. I couldn't see anything but there was a smell in the air that was familiar. I couldn't place it though. I looked around once more then shook my head. I was definitely going crazy. I shut the window and put my mind to more urgent matters.
I had more pressing concerns. I had to take Jacob to the hospital today. I quickly got dressed and went downstairs. I still couldn't shake off the feeling that someone was watching me. Charlie was sitting at the table and that quickly wiped every other thought form my mind. Before he could say anything I spoke.
"Sorry about last night. You shouldn't have seen me like that. I'm fine now. But thanks for putting me in bed." I smiled at him and he looked suspiciously at me.
"You do seem much better. You look happier than you have in months. Any reason for that?" Well yes but I wasn't going to tell him that. I shook my head instead.
"Oh and what do you mean thanks for putting you in bed? I didn't go into your room all night." I froze, putting some bread in the toaster.
"What? You didn't lift me off the floor? But I was in my bed when I woke up." Charlie shrugged.
"Maybe you did yourself, just didn't notice. Anyway I'm off to work. Glad you're feeling better." He left and I sat down at the table. Had there been somebody in my room last night? And if so who? Maybe even—I cut myself off. I was being stupid. He wasn't there; it would have just been me. It was reinforcing my madness. Yes, it was definitely me. I looked at my watch. Okay I needed to leave now. I threw the rest of my breakfast down my throat before running to my truck. I jumped in and gunned the engine. I still winced every time it started.
When I reached his house I knew immediately something was very wrong. Every day I came, Jacob would be there waiting on the porch. He would always run out to me and open my door. This time the house looked empty. His curtains were closed and there was no welcome. I got out and took a deep breath before walking into the house. There was no one downstairs and I shivered pulling my jacket closer around me. I ran upstairs and walked into his room. There was no one there. Okay this was getting weirder. I looked around the other rooms but there was no one there. I called out but no one answered. I went back downstairs and looked around the living room for any clues.
"I heard the front door open and Sue walked in.
"Bella, I've been looking everywhere for you. You weren't at your house. Billy told me to find you. Jacob was admitted into hospital last night." I could feel the walls of my world collapsing around me.
"Why?" I could barely talk and my question came out as a whisper.
"He was having trouble breathing. So Billy phoned an ambulance and as soon as they saw him they said he needed hospital urgently. According to them, this along with everything else that's been wrong with him could be a sign of a major disease. They wouldn't say what it was though, in case they were wrong. He's getting tests done now though." I could barely hear her talking to me; my mind was racing around in circles.
"I need to see him." Sue nodded and helped me off the floor.
"I'll tell Charlie what's happened." I ran out of the room and to my truck. I was shaking and it took all of my control to focus on driving. I reached there in record time for my truck. I jumped out, slammed the door and ran into the reception. I looked around looking for Billy but he wasn't there. I asked at the day for Jacob Black and the woman managed to work pretty quickly, sensing my urgency.
"Ward 15, room 8." I ran from the desk, not needing directions, I'd been here so often I could work my way around with my eyes shut. I reached his door and stopped abruptly. I calmed my breathing and knocked on the door. I went in and a quick glance around showed me that Billy was there, beside him. He looked awful. He was wearing an oxygen mask and his glands were swollen. He saw me and removed his mask off his face.
"Hey Bells." He attempted a smile but I wasn't fooled.
"Oh Jacob!" I went to his side and knelt down. He raised his hand and stroked my cheek.
"Don't cry Bells."
"I'm not," I argued. He chuckled but started coughing, loud rasping coughs. He put the oxygen mask back to his face and took a few deep breaths. I stared, shocked.
"Do you know what's wrong yet?" It was Billy who answered.
"No, we don't know yet. They've taken blood samples and we're just waiting for them to return from the lab. It should be in about an hour." I pulled up a chair and sat next to Jacob, holding his hand. We sat in silence and I tried to ignore the coughing fits he would have ever so often and the deep, throaty breaths he took. I don't know how long I sat there until the doctor came. He cleared his throat from the doorway and Billy and I moved our heads sharply to the side. Jacob had fallen into a disrupted sleep not long ago.
"The results have come back. He seems to have a highly aggressive version of PCP." He added an explanation at our blank faces. "Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia. It's an infection that occurs in people who have HIV." I gasped.
"What? How?" The doctor ignored me.
"There is also a noticeable loss of CD4 cells in his blood. These are the cells that prevent any infections—" Billy interrupted him.
"He's got HIV?" he asked hoarsely. The Doctor looked kindly at him.
"We don't know yet. More tests will need to be done but I'm afraid he will have to be transferred to another hospital with more resources for this type of thing."
"Where?" The Doctor hesitated.
"Michigan City, near Chicago. Saint Antony's Memorial Hospital. A new Doctor has just been added to their team and he is very well educated in these sorts of diseases. Jacob would be much better off there. I'll leave you to discuss it. But he can be moved tomorrow morning if you decide tonight."
"Billy you have to send him! He will be so much better off." Billy didn't answer but I shut up when I saw the look on his face. I walked over to him.
"He'll be okay Billy. He has to be. He can fight it off." I put my arm on his shoulder to soothe him. Then Jacob woke up. His face was sombre.
"I guess it wasn't good news." I looked at Billy and he seemed unable to answer.
"You have PCP. That's what's been causing the cough and breathing problems. It's an infection associated with HIV. They want to transfer you to a hospital in Michigan City to do more tests."
"So I've got HIV?" I shook my head.
"They don't know. That's why they need to transfer you."
"So when do I leave?"
"Tomorrow, but only if Billy agrees to it." Billy spoke for the first time then.
"I want to agree. But I couldn't come with you. Rachel is coming back next week. And that area, Chicago especially, well it's where I met you're mother. She died there. We were visiting friends. They lived in Michigan City." Billy's voice broke and he stopped talking. I stared down at them both and felt a strong sense of determination.
"I'll go with him." They both looked up at me and Jacob started to speak.
"No Bella, you can't. You shouldn't have to."
"Jacob I want to. I know you well and I can keep Billy in touch with Billy. It's perfect." I glared at him. "I'm going Jacob and you can't stop me."
"And where will you get the money for a hotel?" I smiled smugly at him.
"I've been saving for a while. College you know. I have quite a lot in the bank. I'll stay somewhere close to the hospital." Billy spoke next.
"What about Charlie?" I frowned.
"He'll be fine with it. He knows I wouldn't leave Jacob and he wouldn't stop me if this was what I really wanted to do." Billy looked at me sceptically and then sighed.
"You pass it by Charlie and you can go. It would help." His voice reached a whisper. "I'm so sorry I can't come Jacob."
Suddenly a frantic Charlie came rushing through the door. He stopped in the doorway.
"I just heard. Sue told me. Are you okay Billy, Jacob?" They both nodded numbly.
"Do you know what's wrong with him?"
"He has PCP, an infection associated with HIV. And some cell in his blood has a low count," Billy replied.
"CD4." The Doctor from before walked in through the door. "So Mr Black have you decide yet?"
"Um yeh, but Bella you better ask Charlie."
"Jacob has to be transferred to Michigan City but Billy can't go. I said I would. I can't leave him like this. Please Charlie, please let me go. I'll be fine. I'll only go out to go to the hospital. I won't do anything else just please let me go Dad. He can't go alone!" I said all this at top speed. Charlie looked at me.
"Okay."
"What?" I looked at him in shock. He gave a slight smile.
"I said you can go. I'll help you find somewhere to stay tonight."
"Thanks." I smiled awkwardly at him. The Doctor cleared his throat.
"I guess you're fine with him leaving tomorrow then?" Billy nodded.
"Okay, Bella we'll be transporting him by plane and there will be enough room for you too. Be here no later than half 8. Now Jacob, would you like some more painkillers and some sleeping tablets?"
"The painkillers would be great but not the sleeping tablets."
"Okay, I'll send someone in." I went back to Jacob's side.
"We better go Bells, if you need to pack and find a hotel. Jacob would you like us to pick anything up for you?"
"Um, some clothes would be nice I guess. And some books. You know what ones I like Bella. See you tomorrow." I kissed his forehead and gave his hand one last squeeze. My breathing tightened as we left the room. I didn't want to leave him. He looked like he might die any second. He was going to die though. But I couldn't face that now. I would wait until I was alone, in the hotel, before bringing myself to see the truth. Charlie was silent as well. He let me think. He let me go at my truck while he went and got his cruiser. We reached the house at the same time.
"Bella do you want to go pack? I'll find somewhere for you to stay." I nodded.
"Thanks Charlie." I went upstairs and dragged my suitcase out from under the bed. I chucked half my wardrobe in, not bothering to see is any of it was presentable; I wasn't going out anywhere. I made sure I had enough clothes for 2 weeks. I could wash them after that. I lost track of what I packed after that. My mind was numbing itself against the pain that this was going to cause. I sat down on the edge of my bed and then I noticed. My window was open. And there was that same smell as before. Who had been here? I crept over to the window and peeked over the edge, trying to be less conspicuous than my usual self. I looked around. There was no one there. I slammed my hand against the window sill.
"OW!" I cursed and hopped around my room. I looked down at my hand; it was red with some scratches down the edge. I sat down and thought about my intruder. Who could it be? It definitely wasn't Edward. I laughed at my ability to say his name without hurting, I knew I would see him again, and I didn't care about it being an illusion. I would still see him. And then it came to me. Of course I knew the smell. I'd been around it for so long. She was my best friend. It was Alice. My heart leapt. Alice was here in Forks! I danced around my room. Then I realised. She wasn't going to see me. She'd been here, but hadn't said hi. Well I was going to put a change to that. I checked that Charlie was still busy then went back to the window.
"Alice." I sounded so stupid. I didn't need to shout, I knew she could hear me, if she was there.
"Alice I know you're there. If you don't come out I'm going to jump out this window." I put my foot on the window sill and, grabbing hold of the window, pulled myself up so I was standing on the sill, and could jump out easily. I wasn't planning on jumping, but she didn't know that. I heard something rustle in the trees and I looked at the source of the noise. I couldn't see anything.
"I'm going to jump on 5. 1.....2.....3, I took my foot off the ledge, 4..."
"Bella." I jumped and had to grab hold of the window to steady myself. I turned around and there he was, perfection staring at me in the face.
"Bella what are you doing?" he purred.
"Oh. I was...eh... trying to get your idiot of a sister to come see me. She was here."
"Bella get down from the window don't be silly." I started to get down, but then he began to fade.
"No! Don't go!" I climbed back onto the window ledge. He was clear again now, growling at me.
"Bella get down."
"Stay and I will." I sighed at me.
"I can't Bella."
"Why not?" I complained.
"I'm not good for you Bella. See what you're doing to make me stay?" I glared at him.
"Fine. I'll get Alice." I turned around.
"Hi again Alice. On three, 1, 2, 3," and I jumped. I could hear Edward yelling behind me and then cold arms caught me before I hit the ground.
"Alice!" She put me down on the ground and I saw Jasper come up behind her.
"What the hell was that about?!" She glared at me and put her hands on her hips.
"I...um...I wanted you to come out...I missed you....I didn't even get to say goodbye!" The tears started then. I stumbled towards her and she opened her arms and hugged me. She stroked my hair as I sobbed.
"I've missed you to Bella. I was so angry at him. And you!" She took her arms off me so she could glare at me again. "Do you how many visions I've had of you, crying your eyes out?! Do you know what that did to me?!" I cringed.
"Sorry Alice. It just it hurt. And he's still gone. And he's never coming back." The tears started coming again and I sank to the ground. "I still love him. I love him so much, and he doesn't. He hates me. I'm not good enough for him."
"Where on EARTH did you get that from?" I looked up at her and she had her hands on her hips again.
"He TOLD me Alice. He t...t..told me he didn't w..w...want me, that I'm not g...g....good for him. And t...t...then he left and I tried to f...follow him and I couldn't. I couldn't l...l...let him go, but he went. And I s..s...shut everything out. I couldn't do a...anything. Then J....Jacob came along. And he tried to fix me and he m..m...made me better, well sort of. But I c...c...couldn't get him out of my h...h...head. So I t..t...tried to force him out. I started going out w...w...with Jacob. But now even HE is dying and it didn't even work. It j...just seemed t...t...to reinforce the f...f...fact that I loved him." She pulled me into her arms again.
"Shhhhh Bella, it's okay." Jasper got down and knelt in front of me.
"Bella, if there's one thing I know, it's that Edward has always loved you. We haven't seen him for months. He's hiding somewhere in Mexico. He just sits there, curled up in ball, thinking about you. He's lost without you. You were his life and he's nothing without you." Jasper explained this but I didn't believe it. I shook my head.
"He doesn't love me! If he had he wouldn't have left, or said what he said."
"Bella, he left because of me. He saw the danger of having you in our family and he did the only thing he could think of to save you. He left. He thought you'd be safer. You don't know how sorry I am for that day. I ruined your life, and Edward's life, I took the light from Alice, Esme hasn't smiled in months and Emmett hasn't even made a joke since we left. I am so sorry Bella." I smiled at him.
"Jasper you don't need to be sorry. I don't blame you at all. It was me that couldn't keep him here. I wasn't good enough for him, and nothing you can say will change that." I turned to Alice who was still rocking me.
"You're going away again aren't you?"
"I have to leave tonight. Carlisle said I could come yesterday and today, but I have to be back by early morning. I'm sorry Bella. And they all say hi and to tell you that they all still love you. Sorry."
"It's okay. It was nice to see you. And tell them thanks. And that I miss them all so much."
"How did you know it was me by the way? I didn't leave anything behind. I thought I had everything. I just needed to see you."
"Your smell. Believe me, it's very familiar. And you left the window open."
"Back to the window thing, what made you decide to do that?"
"I knew it would get you out."
"And incidentally, who were you talking to? It sounded like it was Edward there, but you were like having a one sided conversation."
"Well, he's been sort of.....appearing to me."
"How do you mean Bella? This is serious."
"Well, it's....like an apparition really. When I got lost in the woods, he led me back to the house, told me Victoria was coming and I had to get out of the woods. And then he appeared when I was about to jump the first time. And he tried to get me to stop doing it. But when I climbed down he started fading," the tears started again now, "and...and I got back up and told him that he couldn't leave. That I'd jump if he left. But he told me he couldn't stay so I went to get you again. I'm so sorry Alice." She held me tighter.
"Bells, it's okay. Shhh, its okay. He was an idiot for leaving you. But please believe us when we say he loves you. He has never loved anyone more and he is lost without you. Come on, we need to get you into bed. Jasper, I'll get her window open fully so it's easier to get her in. Bella climb onto his back, he'll jump up. Is that okay Jasper, are you doing okay?"
"I've never been more in control."
"Bella is that okay with you?"
"Yeh, I trust you Jasper."
"Thank you Bella, it means a lot."
"Guys, enough cheesiness. Come on!" She jumped up straight into my bedroom and pushed the window back fully.
"Come on up Jasper!" I climbed onto his back and wrapped my arms around his neck tightly.
"Hold on Bella." He leapt up and grabbed onto the window ledge. Alice grabbed me from his back and pulled me into the room. Jasper came up after me.
"Packing are we Bella? Where are you going?"
"Jacob's being transferred to a hospital in Michigan City and I'm going with him." I yawned loudly, not noticing that ALice and Jasper had frozen behind me. She quickly came out of her trance though.
"Bella go to bed, you've had a long day."
"Will you stay until I fall asleep? Please Alice." She smiled slightly.
"Sure Bella." I ran into the bathroom and got changed. I brushed my teeth at top speed, I wanted to get back to them before they vanished. They were still there, arguing.
"I'm glad you have so much trust in me Alice."
"I had to check Jasper! It's Bella, she's my best friend!"
"Yeh, and you're supposed to trust me! You know more than anyone that I could never do anything to Bella. I hate myself for what I did. Bella is the only one who trusts me, and she's the one who shouldn't trust me." I couldn't listen to anymore. I cleared my throat.
"Do you want me to come back?"
"No, it's okay Bella. Jasper I'm sorry, I didn't mean to imply that I didn't trust you." He smiled at her then turned to me.
"Bye Bella. You won't notice when we leave so I thought I'd say bye now. I'm so sorry for everything." He hugged me quickly.
"Don't be sorry Jasper. Please don't. But thanks. For everything." I crawled into bed and Alice crawled in next to me and put her arms around me.
"I love you Bella. Go to sleep, and remember, he does love you. Bye."
"Bye Alice, I love you too. Thanks for coming." I closed my eyes and slept a peaceful sleep for the first time since Edward had gone. I had forgotten about what was happening tomorrow, too caught up in my dreams of Alice and the Cullen's coming back for me. I didn't think about the future. I was too happy in the moment.
ALICE
( AN:This is going back to before she arrived at Bella's to explain how she got there.)
I was lying on my bed, going through every minute of the future. So far I hadn't got anything. I didn't know how she was going to become one of us. Then I saw her in hospital, not in the bed though. A familiar face was in the bed, but I couldn't place him. Bella was staring at him in worry. But she looked up, and her face went pale. As pale as us. And she looked shocked, but then her face lit with such joy I fell to the floor. Then she froze. And it went blank. I didn't know how the conversation would go. Who would she meet? And where was the hospital? What did it have to do with us? I needed to go see her. I had to see what was going to happen, what would make her go to this hospital, and what it had to do with us. I sat up and went straight to Carlisle's office. I knocked and heard him tell me to come in.
"Alice, what can I do for you?"
"I need to see Bella. Something is going to happen in a hospital, something to do with us. But I need to see how and where. I need to go to her. I won't talk to her, I'll just listen to her conversations, see if I can pick up any clues." Carlisle studied my face.
"Okay, go but be back in two days time. No later than say 3 in the morning."
"3?"
"I figure Bella will want you to stay until she falls asleep." I grinned nervously at him.
"Thanks. But I can't see her. It would be so much worse for both her and me." He nodded his head.
"Okay, but if you do speak to her, tell her hi from us, and that we all still love her. And try and explain Edward." He sighed. "I don't know what I'm supposed to do with him."
"He'll come round. And soon. Within the month he will be back. And Bella will be here. And we can be happy again."
"I know. Take Jasper with you as well. I'm sure you'll need him."
"Thank you." I left immediately, barely stopping to explain to Esme and Emmett. Rosalie couldn't care less and was sitting as far away from us as possible. As we left I heard Rosalie speak.
"For God's sake, she's just a girl. She's not even pretty." I heard Emmett growl at her, but then we were off. We swam through the lake and ran into Canada. It was much quieter and we didn't have to pay as much attention to not getting noticed. We were outside her house in less than 2 hours. I smelt her heading into the woods but I resisted the urge to after her. I asked Jasper to stay behind and I crept into her room. I looked around and the sight pained me. It didn't look lived in. I frowned as I caught the scent of my brother. I lifted up the floorboards at the end of her bed and I could have cried at the sight. It was the pictures and CD we'd given her. He'd taken away the last memory she had of us. Then I heard the front door open and close.
"Bella?" Charlie called from down stairs. I put the floorboard back and jumped out the window, running to Jasper.
"You okay?" I nodded and he seemed to understand. He held me close to him and I buried my face in his neck. We stayed like that, until I caught the scent of someone.
"Victoria," I hissed. "Shit. Come on Jasper, we need to get her away." It wasn't needed though. As soon as she caught our scent she fled and we were able to go back to the house. Bella had returned and I could see the outline of her through the window. I saw her fall down on the floor, I heard her sobs, raking through her body. She didn't get off the floor. I ran to her window and jumped up. She lay, curled up in a ball, her arms clutching her sides. She was sleeping, though restlessly. I picked her up gently and carried her to her bed. I pulled her covers over her and she sighed in her sleep. I wanted to stay but I couldn't. I couldn't do that to her. I went back to Jasper and we sat down on the grass and just watched her window in silence.
She looked suspicious the next morning. She looked around her garden from the window like she knew I was there. She looked tired. Then she shook her head and slammed the window shut. I heard her truck pull out of her drive soon after. AS soon as she had left I jumped back up and yanked her window open. I went to straight to her bed and pulled the covers up around me. I sobbed silently, the tears I wanted to fall never coming. Jasper held me but it wasn't the comfort I needed. I shouldn't have come here. It was worse seeing it for real, than in the visions. All too soon I heard both Bella and Charlie's cars pull up. I quickly sorted her bed and we both jumped out the window and into the cover of the trees. I heard Bella rummaging around in her room. I heard her stop and then she came to the window. She looked like she was crawling to it, so she wouldn't be noticed. I almost laughed. I saw her look around then stand properly when she realised no one was there. She smacked her hand against the window frame, so Bella. She cried out in pain and started hopping around her room. I heard her quieten down, but then she came back.
"Alice." Shit, how did she know I was here. I felt Jasper's hands grasp the top of mine. He whispered to me.
"You can't Alice. You will make it worse for yourself when we have to go."
"Alice I know you're there. If you don't come out I'm going to jump out this window." Oh crap, another Bella stunt. She pulled herself up onto the edge of the window. No way. She wasn't actually going to do this. Jasper's hands tightened. I started pulling against him and the bushes around me rustled.
"I'm going to jump on 5. 1.....2.....3, I took my foot off the ledge, 4..."
I saw her jump and grab hold of the window to steady herself. She turned around and looked at something in her room. Then she started talking. To herself.
"Oh. I was...eh... trying to get your idiot of a sister to come see me. She was here." What? It sounds like she's talking to—No, there's no one else there though!
She started to get down but then something made her climb back up.
"No! Don't go!" she called out.
"Stay and I will." She sighed
"Why not?" She had gone crazy. She was having a whole conversation, just by herself. Then she mentioned me again.
"Fine. I'll get Alice." She turned back around.
"Hi again Alice. On three, 1,2,3," and then she jumped. I lost control. I tore myself from Jaspers grip and ran towards, catching her as she fell.
"Alice!" She grinned up at me. I put her down and glared at her.
"What the hell was that about?!"
So I hope you enjoyed it, it's the longest chapter I've wrote so far as well..and also i know I said they were in chicago but I changed my mind because Michigan City is better situated,its got some forest near it (at least according to google earth),,,reviews are tres tres welcome!!
