Alice's POV

So I know it was awful to leave Leah out there like that, but I honestly didn't know what else to do. I was terrified of feeling emotions and letting down my guard with someone. I was afraid of emotional attachment in any degree. But I felt pulled towards her. I needed to be with her. I was just unsure of how to handle it.

In the past, I had scoffed at the whole love-at-first-sight-thing, but now I felt like I was ironically having the same thing happen to me, but on a different level. I felt silly.

I had slipped back into my window, and laid on my bed. I was glad that Edward was spending the night with Bella at Charlie's house. Everyone else left me well enough alone, because they were all busy with their significant others, with the exception of Jasper, who was out hunting. They couldn't read my mind, so they didn't know what I was going through.

When I had gotten home from the meeting, I had went immediately to the roof, which was kind of my safe haven, and no one disturbed me. Not even Edward, who I suspected would interrogate me as soon as we walked through the door. I guess he felt the need to respect my privacy and let me come to him on my own terms, which I greatly appreciated.

The next few days passed without incident. I sat on my bed and contemplated my predicament. Everyone came to my door, and tried to get me to open up to them, but I just wasn't ready. Emmett practically knocked down the damn door, but I still wouldn't come out. I didn't know what to tell them, so I refused to face them.

On Friday, I heard soft tapping on the door, and I had a quick vision of Bella being on the other side. I thought maybe she could understand where I was coming from, so I walked quickly across the room, and opened the door. She eyed me warily and walked in slowly.

She sat down on my bed, and contemplated me for a moment. I said nothing.

Finally she spoke. "Alice, what is wrong with you? We're worried about you... Why won't you come out and speak to us? We miss you," she said softly.

I immediately felt guilty for making them worry about me, but I didn't know what else to do. I decided to tell her the truth.

"Do you remember the other day when we were all in the clearing with the wolves?" I inquired.

"Yes, of course," she said confused.

"Leah Clearwater imprinted on me," I blurted out.

Shock and disbelief paralleled her face. She didn't say anything for quite a while, and I began to question my judgment in reveling this information to her.

"Well how do you feel about Leah?" she asked.

"I don't know. I feel pulled to Leah, in a strange way. It's overwhelming. I've been up here for days analyzing the situation and I'm still at square one. I don't know what to do, Bella," I said sadly.

"Well sitting up here certainly isn't doing you any good. Really though, what's holding you back from Leah? I know she's not all that nice, but you can't exactly fight an imprinting, as far as Jacob has told me," she said.

"Are you serious? EVERYTHING is holding me back from Leah. What will my family say? What will her pack say? We are sworn enemies, meant to hate each other, and you want me to go be with her?" I said exasperated. I marveled at how she was handling this bit of information.

"You're being stupid if you walk away from this Alice." And with that, she walked out of my room without another word.

Realization hit me in the face hard, and I realized I was being stupid.

I practically threw myself down the stairs and marched straight for the door. The family were all sitting in the living room watching Jasper and Emmett play a video game on Emmett's Wii. They eyed me curiously, but I didn't speak to them.

I ran out the door as fast as my legs would take me to my Leah.