A/N: If you don't like this chapter or think I should have done more to it, I'm sorry. I was in the middle of writing one of my other stories--that I don't use for FanFic. But I had a small idea for this chapter so I quickly wrote it out and then went back to my other story, so this is what I came up with.
I DO NOT OWN TWILIGHT OR ANY OF THE CHARACTERS. THE WONDERFUL STEPHANIE MEYER DOES.
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3. Rebellion
Bella POV
Charlie was in bed. This was the perfect time to do it if I was going to do it at all.
I'd fed him dinner—stroganoff, his favorite. I'd did his laundry, cleaned up around the house, made his lunch for tomorrow, and made sure he knew how much I loved him and appreciated everything he'd done for me.
I reopened the bottle of cold medicine and held it up to my mouth again, tipping it slightly and slowly.
There was a knock on my window—but who? Who ever visited me? I wasn't even sure I had friends anymore.
I pulled back the new bright blue curtains that Charlie had bought me as a "cheer up" present—that obviously hadn't worked.
No way.
I was delusional.
There's no way that that person is right outside my window.
I stared at them with my mouth hanging open and my eyes as wide as they would go, awestruck. They knocked again, appearing to get a little impatient.
Alice! Alice! Alice! Alice!
I unlocked the window, but I couldn't open it. I had super glued it shut after the night he left me. To prevent myself from any more pain.
Alice yanked the window open using her vampire strength, and slipped through into my bedroom.
Without missing a beat, I threw myself onto her, wrapping my arms around hers. It was like hugging an ancient Greek statue.
"Missed you too, Bella." She said in her beautiful pixie voice.
I pulled away from her imagining what pain she was going through with my scent. "Sorry." I mumbled.
She shrugged. I checked her eyes. They were a perfect golden color, kind of like the color of a brand new gold ring.
"So why did you come back? Not that I'm not ecstatic that you did."
"I never wanted to leave. I'd been planning on coming back to stay with you since the day we left, but I came earlier because I saw someone purposely overdose on cold medicine."
"Yea…um…" I didn't know how to explain myself.
"Just as long as you aren't going to do it anymore."
"No reason to now." I said happily.
She was silent and distant for a moment. Having a vision I suppose.
"Alice?"
"Uh, sorry."
I shrugged. "What was it about?"
"Oh nothing." She shrugged back, "Anyway, we have to have as much fun as possible tomorrow. Got it?"
"Sure. Why?"
"Because I need to get as much fun in as I can before I get in trouble. Remember that this—sneaking away from Edward—is my way of rebelling."
Alice POV
Oh my. Wow, was I going to be in trouble. Edward is going to slaughter me. I can see it now—not really. He'll rip me up limb by limb. Then when I'm all together again, he'll repeat himself. This process will go on until he makes me regret ever coming back to Forks.
I cringed at the thought of it. No way had I regretted coming back to Bella. The way she looked when I saw her face through the window, it was horrifying. She was just about to overdose and kill herself! I couldn't have not stayed. For crying out loud, Edward would have freaked even more if I'd let her die.
But Edward was bound to find out sometime. Whether it's in the next few days, weeks, or months, he'll find out. I'll be gone. Bella will go back to being dead inside.
I had to postpone that however possible. I hadn't told anyone but Jasper where I was going. And I hadn't seen Edward since we left. I suppose he was grieving about having to leave her as well—not that he would give himself reason to come back.
Suppose I did something nice for my brother. Suppose I do something for Bella that he wished she would be able to do once we'd left. That would make up for me disobeying his strict rules, right?
Well I think so.
I shall start tomorrow. It will be my gift to Bella and my make up to Edward.
A/N: I'm going to try to post the next chapter tomorrow, but it depends if I'm done writing it. I have a lot to do today and then I have school tomorrow. But I will do my very best to post it. Thank you all for reviewing, subscribing, and favoriting. I love you all. =]
