"Why on earth did they have to live off some impossible to find path?" I grumbled as I looked for the trees that would signify the turn to the Cullen's place. "And why the hell did I agree to talk to them?" I slammed my fist into the steering wheel and jerked it back up shaking it hard. I could be so stupid some days. Of course it's going to hurt taking out my anger on this beast. Suddenly I saw the slightly less overgrown path and pulled onto it. I made the drive back into the middle of nowhere and felt my heart jump when the white house came into view. Alice was already standing outside, a wary smile on her face.

As I parked, she skipped up to the truck, "Hi Bella, I knew you were coming, though I couldn't tell why." She frowned, "I thought I told you to be careful around those mutts."

I clicked my tongue and rolled my eyes, "Alice… Please. I just need to talk to you."

"I know, but not about what. I'm guessing you want me to tell Edward to stay in the house?"

"Please!" I widened my eyes, I couldn't bear the thought of having to face him right now. "What I need to talk about is Victoria."

"What about her?"

"Well, the boys will still see her every once and a while. Since you guys are back, they can't chase her off the reservation."

Alice rubbed her head. "Yeah, we can keep an eye open for her."

"I would like that. Even if you're just protecting Charlie. I mean, I'll probably spend a lot of time with Jacob now, so I'm mainly worried about him."

"Ah, he'll be easier to watch anyway. You're going to not exist most of the time, and it's going to drive me crazy Bella." Suddenly her eyes went blank and focused again in seconds. She turned to the door. "Edward, I thought I asked you to stay inside," she said just loud enough for him to hear.

"I know Alice," his voice caught me off caught guard and it took all my effort not to show it. At this point, I was once again grateful that I was the one person Edward couldn't hear. "I'm sure you've already seen what I'm about to show you, but I think Bella should know of it to."

She rolled her eyes, "You could have sent someone else…" With that, Edward threw a newspaper at her and she read the front page. "Hmm, interesting. I don't understand why this couldn't have waited though?.."

"What? What is it?" I asked, speaking only to Alice.

"Well, it appears that one of us is using Seattle as their hunting ground. And might I say they are being quite careless about it." She turned her head towards Edward and I could see her speaking to him in thought.

"I don't know," Edward replied. "Carlisle thought we should keep an eye on it if nothing else though. He wondered if you could check on the Volturi every once and a while and see if they are going to come to fix the situation."

Alice shrugged, "I can try, sure. This whole thing isn't too big yet though." She looked at the paper again, "Might want to tell your wolves about this Bella. You know, just in case."

"Um… Yeah, okay. But how will you keep me updated if anything changes?"

Alice laughed and I thought of bells, "Charlie still likes me, right?"

"Are you kidding? He loves you!"

"I'll come over and if you aren't there, maybe I'll leave a note or something."

"Thanks Alice." At this I allowed myself to look at Edward and he hadn't changed. He was purposely keeping his eyes away from me and my heart ached. His eyes were squinted as if he were focusing on something and all I could hope was that I hadn't completely broken his heart. As I watched, he turned on his heel and walked to the house as only a vampire could.

"Sorry," I heard Alice murmur, "I told him to stay in." She glanced at the house, "You know, for all the good he thinks this is doing you, he sure is giving us hell." When I flinched at Alice's words she quickly continued, "No way in your fault Bella. The way Edward left you was not right, we all agree on that part. And the whole time he was hoping you could move on too, he just never expected the shock of what would happen when you did. Deserves him right though. All of us hate to see him suffer, sure, but none of us approved when he left you. For the longest time, I wasn't sure if they had found you." She shook her head sadly. "Bella, are you positive this is right for you though? Your Jacob is a young werewolf, and they are very unstable."

I looked at her in shock for a moment, "Yes, I'm sure. Aren't young vampires just as dangerous? It's not like I was exactly safe 100% of the time with you guys either." I immediately thought of my last birthday and Jasper's reaction to a paper cut. "And Jacob has more control than you give him credit for."

Alice rolled her eyes, "Bella, you really hang out with the wrong crowds you know."

"Yeah Alice, I've heard that before." I shrugged, "Listen, I'm sorry to cause any pain in your family, I really am. But I had better go. I told Jacob I would let him know when I talked to you guys, and Charlie is going to be expecting dinner."

I got back in my truck and drove away from the house for what I hoped was the last time. It had hurt more than I expected it to to come here and even sweet Alice seemed to have trouble accepting me anymore. I hated being the go-between gal and knew that if the situation in Seattle got out of control that I would probably have to do it all again. This whole break up thing was becoming much harder than I had hoped it would ever be, and it hurt more than it should have to be so completely ignored by Edward. I wanted to be mad at him for that, but all I wanted to do was cry. The thought that kept running through my mind was, "Did I do the right thing? Should I take it all back?"

"DAMN IT!" I yelled and hit the steering wheel again. I could tell already that by the end of all this mess, I was going to hate Edward for putting me through all this.