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Chapter Three – It Doesn't Prove Anything

We stopped by the foyer and Bella's eyes flickered to Alice and Emmett. "I miss them," she sighed, her eyes dropping to the floor. I tried to clear my head, still not fully comprehending the whole ecstasy of the situation. I mean, how could this be really happening? My Bella… returning from the dead. I didn't say anything as I read my family's minds, all pertaining myself losing a big part of my sanity.

Almost immediately, I was enveloped into a tight hug. "Edward, oh goodness, Edward! Don't ever do that to me again!" Esme scolded, and as I read her mind, I saw that it was just a jumble of worry and confusion. I sighed, rubbing my forehead. I really, honestly and truly, hated to do this to her. She held me at arms length, looking me over carefully. Her face was bunched up, her eyes looked clouded. I knew that if she could be crying, then she would be.

"Edward… it can't be true, though? You have to realize that?" she whispered, lowering her voice. I shook my head, knowing this was coming.

"You guys don't see her. She… she doesn't have enough strength. But she's there. She really is." I said, trying to make myself sound convincing. Esme sighed, drifting to the other side of the room. I saw her take down a book, flipping through the pages absentmindedly.

My eyes drifted towards Jasper, his form hunched over and his eyes blank. It doesn't make sense… I mean, Bella's angel coming back to earth to save Edward? No… no. He's delirious. Wait; is it even possible for a vampire to have delirium? But what is that presence that I feel?

By reading his mind, I could feel it too. It was glowing, radiating happiness from all corners of the room. Of course, it was very, very faint. But still there.

I let my gift wander, going through Carlisle's head, deep in though, and Rosalie's self indulgent mind, worried about me, but not as thoroughly as anyone else at all. Emmett's mind, also worried, but also bored with the situation already, already coming to terms that this wasn't going to be something that lasted for a couple of weeks, but much longer.

Alice, searching desperately for an answer. Her mind becoming blank for moments, and then coming back to the present again. It was there that she saw the first clue that Bella was real.

"Edward… come on, we're going hunting." Alice's soft voice floated through the room. I couldn't see Bella, but I could see myself. There was a vase floating in midair next to my head.

"That's it, Bells! You're getting stronger everyday now!" I coaxed, my voice smooth, my face all smiles.

I heard Alice sigh, and then heard her slight footsteps as she made her way to my room. The vase began to wobble, and I was still cooing words of encouragement. Alice gasped as she appeared at the doorway.

"Edward!!! What are you doing?" she screeched her eyes bugging out. The vase immediately dropped to the floor, glass shattering across the carpet.

"Edward?" she asked uncertainly. Her face seemed black for a moment, and then a determined expression crossed it.

"We're going hunting," Alice ordered, grapping my arm and towing me out of the room.

Her vision ended abruptly and my eyes widened. Bella was standing in front of me, her eyes also wide. "Edward? What's wrong? What is someone else thinking about you?" she asked delicately, her brows smashed together in worry.

I didn't answer; instead, I bolted up the stairs and to Alice and Jasper's room, Bella on my heels. Alice was sitting on her bed, her thoughts one mesh of perplexity. "I told you," I said accusingly. Her mouth was still agape, though after a moment she snapped it shut.

"That… it doesn't prove anything," she said in a strangled voice before disappearing out the window.


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