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I m sorry, i have had the first page of this written up in a notebook since december and i have had the biggest case of writer's block with it, and i have been busy with my harry potter fic (If you haven't tried it, i would like you opinion, the link is on my profile it is called 'The Hidden World') and i am at a block with that one at the moment too, and i m working on a book i hope to get published one day (God willing)... and i have also been grounded from the comp, so that had limited my free time to type it all up. Just to let u all know i HAVE been working on it and am at like chapter 9 on it and i hope you will all forgive me and not hate me for it. i m trying to get it all typed up ASAP, is that alright with you all???? that means that i have four and a half more chapters ready for you guys.

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Chapter 4 - Running

Bella's P.O.V.

That night was pretty uneventful. All I had to do was tell Charlie that I had a friend from Phoenix coming over in the morning.

When I got to school the next day, I was greeted by a veryenthusiastic Alice.

"Cassie's flight lands at noon, can I come?" she asked before I could even take the keys out of the ignition.

"Sure," I said as I stepped out of the truck.

"Bella?" she began. "I'm sorry for the way Edward was acting yesterday," she looked as sorry as if she were the one to give me one of the coldest shoulder I'd ever gotten. "I know he wants to talk to you, but he's a little upset about something at home."

"It's okay. No really," I added when she looked skeptic. "I've been in Division before. Trust me, this is a walk in the park in comparison."

"Okay."

I began to turn to go to my next class, but I stopped when Alice called out to me.

"Oh, Bella!"

"Yes."

"We'll leave before lunch, so we can arrive at the airport in time."

With that she walked - or rather skipped - off to class.

I shook my head. Alice was something else entirely.

The morning classes passed by in a blur, and soon enough, I was meeting Alice in the parking lot and leaving the school, after 'convincing' Mrs. Cope to let us leave early.

I drove us in the rusty think the other Bella called a truck to the airport, Alice bouncing up and down the entire time. I swear I don't think I have ever seen that girl sit still for more than a minute.

I let her guide me to the correct terminal. knowing that I would have gotten lost on my own.

As we approached, I saw the red streaked blond head sitting on a luggage trolley near Terminal 6. Cassie watched as we approached, smiling at me. I wondered if, with both Alice and Cassie around, I would ever get used to how they know things that haven't happened yet.

I parked the car and got out.

""Hey, Bella," Cassie said. "This is your watcher friend, right?" she asked, gesturing at Alice who now stood a few feet away on the curb.

"Oh this is Alice, but you already knew that, right?" I said, making my question sound rhetorical.

At this point Alice bounced forward, her hand outstretched. "Hi, Cassie, we're going to be great friends."

To my surprise, Cassie smiled. "Hi, Alice."

"Well," I said, clapping my hands together. "Let's get going, this truck is about as fast as that old tortoise at that zoo in California."

We all laughed as we piled into the cab. As I turned on the engine, Cassie began fiddling with the radio, getting a surprisingly good reception.

"So what have you been up t-" I began as I pulled away from the airport, but Cassie cut me off.

"A little of this a little of that," she said, vaguely. "I went to Europe for a few months, but Hong Kong was safer at the time. What made you come to the little town of Forks?"

I looked out of the windshield, contemplating. "I don't know, something just felt r-"

"Right," Alice finished for me, smiling.

"Okay that's really annoying, you two," I said, pouting. "I can finish my own sentences."

Alice giggled as Cassie spoke, "You are too fun to tease, Bella."

We were out of the city by now, The houses separated by more and more trees.

"Crap," Alice hissed as Cassie yelled, "Bella pull over, NOW!."

"What?" I asked as I killed the engine. "What's wrong?"

"Bella can you Pushthe people in the cars behind us?" Cassie asked, completely serious now. "Make them think that we aren't here."

I looked around. There were about twenty or so cars on the highway, with maybe three people per car.

"Big job," I muttered. "Here goes nothing."

I closed my eyes as Alice left the cab of the truck.

Concentrating on the trees around us, I sent out messages in all directions, hitting most of the passing cars.

As the last signal left me, I slumped in my seat, exhausted. "There'd better be a good reason for that," I muttered to Cassie.

"Scoot over, Bella," Alice said, appearing next to the driver's side door. "Let me drive."

I didn't protest as I took the middle seat, Cassie sliding over to the passenger's seat.

"Darn it, Bella why can't you live a week without meeting one of them?" she asked, but I was too busy trying to recuperate from the Pushto answer.

Alice was talking rapidly on the phone; the only words I recognized were "Need you, now."

"Alice, are you sure about this?" Cassie asked over my head. "I can't help knowing but Bella is different, everything would change for you guys if you told her outright."

Alice nodded grimly as she pushed the truck to its limit. "I think it's the only way to get through this alive."

"And what about Edward? How will he deal with all of this?"

"He'll be fine," Alice said, shortly. "He'll have you and Emmet to distract him."

Cassie nodded, obviously worried about something.

"And, anyway," Alice continued. "Bella will figure it out eventually, even if we don't tell her."

"Can't this stupid thing go any faster!" Alice yelled, hitting the flat of her hand on the dashboard, causing a slight dent above the radio.

I could feel my eyes slipping closed, despite my best efforts.

I knew this was the most inopportune moment for a nap, but I couldn't help it. The energy was draining from my body as if someone had pulled the plug or something.

"Let her sleep," I heard Alice say. "Emmett can carry her like that."

That was the last thing I heard before drifting into a deep, dreamless sleep.

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Cassie's P.O.V.

Bella fell asleep at the exact moment that Alice began slowing the truck down.

I hopped out of the cab as the guys emerged from Edward's Volvo.

"Edward, Jazz, Em, this is Cassie," Alice said rapidly, getting through introductions. "She's the other WatcherI told you about yesterday." That out of the way, she got down to business. "We're in trouble."

"Clearly," Edward muttered, sounding annoyed.

"Edward, we need you to help, too," Alice said. "It'll help you, and Bella needs you to help her."

I knew there was something going to happen between Bella and Edward, but at that precise moment, I couldn't tell if it was good or bad. There was something missing.

Edward was looking at me confused, and I realized he was reading my thoughts.

I don't know, Edward,I told him in my mind. Like I said, there is something missing.

He sighed and looked back at Alice.

"Okay, here's what we're going to do." She sounded like a soccer coach or something of that sort as she spoke. "Emmett and Edward you are going to run these two North. Don't stop for anything, got it? Take turns hunting while they're asleep."

Edward grimaced but nodded.

"So what are you going to do?" Emmett asked.

"Jazz and I are going to see if we can throw them off the trail before meeting up with you." Alice began rattling off instructions to the boys, leaving me free to see if Bella wanted to rejoin the land of the living, no pun intended. If she woke up while we were running, she would freak.

"Bella?" I asked, shaking her shoulder. "Bella "

Her head rolled to one side and I began to worry. Bella had always been a light sleeper; the Pushmust've really drained her.

I bent down to where my bag was lying on the floor and pulled out a water bottle.

Opening the top, I squirted it in her face.

Bella spluttered and sat up.

"What happened?" she asked, still a little drowsy.

"Bella, we have to g-" I stopped talking as a vision came to me.

Division scouts were swarming a section of the forest.

"They've left," one of them said, "They went north."

The other one, who looked like their leader, nodded and they raced back to their inconspicuous Sedan.As they left, the vision faded.

I cursed under my breath.

Grabbing my notebook, I began to scribble.

"Alice!" I called, jumping out of the car. "Alice we need to get going. Now!"

"Cassie, what's wrong?" Bella asked, running after me.

I ignored her and ran the rest of the way to where the Cullens were. "Did you see this?" I asked, handing her the notebook.

I noticed Edward's tense posture from the corner of my eye. Don't breathe,I thought to him, it'll help.

"What's going on?" Bella asked as Alice looked over my drawing.

"Bella," Alice began, her voice forceful. "We need to get you out of here."

"Why me?"

"Because," I said slowly. Sometimes it was annoying not having everyone else in the world knowing what I did. "It's you they're after."

Bella sighed. "When will they give up?" she muttered to herself.

Alice ignored her. "You'll be going with Edward, Emmett, and Cassie. Kay? Edward…" she rounded on him and began talking so fast, I thought it was French or something.

"Bella, listen to me," I said, turning to her. "Division is coming. I don't know how they found us, but if we aren't out of here in a half hour, we're toast"

She nodded.

I could see her look skeptically at Edward. I could see her look skeptically at Edward. I could guess at what she was thinking. Am I right?I asked him in my head.

"I wouldn't know," he said, "I can't hear her."

This surprised me, which is saying something. Nothing surprises me.

Bella glanced between the two of us, wondering.

"Okay," Alice said as she finished giving Emmett and Edward their instructions. "We need you to get going. Bella, you are going to run with Emmett, Edward, you got Cassie? Now GO!"

"C'mon" Edward said, grabbing my arm and slinging me over his shoulder. "Hold on tight."

"Cassie?" Bella said, looking hesitant as Emmett looked at her. "Where are we going?"

"I don't know," I said from Edward's back. "And that's a good thing. And let Emmett carry you, Bells, it'll be faster."

"I wish you would make sense for once in your life," she muttered, but she climbed onto Emmett's back all the same.

Edward took off into the forest, speeding like a bullet past the trees, Emmett and Bella hot on our tail.

We kept this up for about an hour, by which time we were somewhere in the middle of Canada.

I hopped off Edward and looked over at Bella.

She was sitting at the base of a tree, hair wild from the wind, looking a little sick.

"You okay, Bella?" I asked, touching her shoulder.

She didn't say anything, but pulled her knees into her chest.

I left her alone and walked over to where Edward was sitting.

"How you holding up?" I asked, sitting on a stump next to him.

"It's getting easier," he said in a quiet voice. "But, I don't ever think it will be as easy with her as it is with other people."

I patted his shoulder, sympathetically.

I tried to look into his future, but it was shifting so much, it made my head spin.

"Thanks for trying," he muttered, having obviously seen what I had through the medium of my thoughts.

"You should go hunting." I knew that he needed to, his eyes were almost pitch black, and he would bring back some supplies when he returned. "Thanks, in advance."

He smiled weakly, nodded once, and left me with Emmett and a semi-conscience Bella.

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