Alice

After we saw Saya bring her children home, Jasper drove our car home. I had planned on going with him, but had suddenly got the feeling that Saya was in danger. It was strange, I hadn't seen any visions of Saya being hurt, but I had seen eyes watching her. I normally wouldn't worry, but that vision had somehow filled me with a sense of panic. There was nothing overtly threatening about it, but I could somehow feel menace coming from whoever those eyes belonged to.

As soon as I had managed to recover from the terror that those eyes had instilled in me, I told Jasper that we couldn't leave Saya alone at night. He looked so confused when I said this, but I couldn't find the words to explain it.

Those eyes had been the eyes of a vampire, and, for whatever reason, seeing them had created a panic that I couldn't contain.

Eventually, Jasper agreed to drive the car home and then come back for me.

As he did, I ran to the house and hid under the branches of the oak tree outside of Saya's house. After my vision, I wanted to run in and physically check that my mate was safe, but I knew that if I did that, then I would scare her, maybe to the point that she would never trust me. Jasper had mentioned that we made her nervous before.

While it didn't completely wash away my panic, seeing Saya walking around her kitchen with a small smile on her face did bring me a small amount of comfort. Still, it made me curious about why she was smiling.

Carefully, I crept closer so that I could see what was happening inside the house.

Saya looked like she was chopping vegetables for dinner. The little girl from earlier was sitting on the table and writing something. Every so often, she would call out to Saya who would then write something on the page. Maybe she was helping the girl with her homework.

The boy was on the other side of the table, writing on paper as well. On second thought, the way that his hand is moving is too erratic for him to be actually writing anything. Even a child's handwriting isn't that messy.

Belatedly, I realized that he is holding a crayon, not a pencil. Still, just what is the boy drawing so enthusiastically?

Normally, I would know the answer to that question before I even came to town, but the same veil that kept me from clearly seeing Saya for all of these years has also kept me from seeing her children. I didn't even know that Saya had . . . siblings, are they? . . . until that woman at the school had told us.

I was so focused on trying to figure out the answers to my many questions, that I didn't notice Jasper coming up behind me until he put his hand on his shoulder.

"Alice, what's going on?" he asked me, concerned.

"I don't know," I said as I looked towards Saya. "Ever since I started seeing glimpses of Saya, I've had no idea what would happen. But as we were about to leave her, I remembered a fragment of a vision that I had, and I just couldn't stand the thought of Saya being alone." I turned my head to look up at him and said, "I'm sorry. I jumped to conclusions and created so much trouble."

Jasper chuckled and kissed my forehead, saying, "You have always been trouble, dear." His levity soon faded as his worry began to show in his eyes. "That being said, your visions let you see the future. But maybe it's also allowed you to sense danger that is to come. There were a few newborns like that in the army. They didn't have a gift per se, but they could sense danger. Maybe you're the same way."

We were silent for a while, just holding each other and watching the scene as it unfolded in the kitchen. As we watched, the small family finished eating and Saya put the children to bed.

Before she went to bed though, she seemed to stare at a mirror for a few moments. It didn't seem to be a sign of vanity as she didn't seem to really be seeing the mirror, only looking at it.

Seeing the worry in her eyes made my heart clench and Jasper tighten his hand on my shoulder, both of us knowing that we couldn't do anything to make that worry disappear right now.

Once Saya finally went to bed, Jasper finally broke the silence that had existed between us since our conversation earlier. He didn't look at me, but his words were clearly an answer to my uncertainty.

"Whether or not Saya really is in danger, we can't bring ourselves to leave her alone. After we've spent so long searching for her, we can't just let her go without ever actually knowing her."

Silence reigned once more, both of us knowing that he was right.

As Saya's alarm went off, we took turns going home to change our clothes and get ready for school. Normally this would have taken five minutes for the both of us, but this time it took us almost a half an hour.

This was our first day with Saya, after all. We had to look out best for our mate.

First off, I want to apologize for taking so long to update. I caught a cold the weekend before Christmas and it stuck around for a while. As in, last night was the first night in almost a month that I didn't need to wake up to cough or blow my nose. And I had midterms this week. Ugh.

So yeah, I didn't post anything for a while, even though I actually had this chapter written before I got sick. The thing is that after I was finally able to write again, I got a lot of inspiration for one of my other stories, so I wrote that. Then, I looked at this chapter and thought that it was garbage. So, this is actually the fifth time that I've written this chapter, and I still don't like it, but I think that this story needs it. Sorry it's so short after so long, but I'll be back to updating one or two chapters a week after this so long as no other crap happens.

That being said, I've been thinking about finding a beta for this story so that it will take less time for me to edit the chapters and I will have someone to bounce ideas off of. A few of my friends were reading it, but fanfics aren't really their cup of tea. So if you have any interest in being a beta reader for this story or any of my others, then please send me a PM. I'd really appreciate it.