Disclaimer: All Characters belong to Stephanie Meyer. The plot is all mine.

Somewhere in the big, white, Cullen house, a cell phone was ringing. A phone that no one bothered to pick up, and likewise, the caller never stopped redialing incessantly.

It disturbed all the occupants in the house, yet at the same time they didn't hassle to attend to it. They ignored it, and hoped whoever was calling would just give up.

But one curly, blonde haired resident had had enough. He stepped away from his computer with a huff and grabbed the little piece of smart-tech abomination, and marched to the walk-in closet that connected to his shared bedroom.

The brunette sitting at the vanity, putting on her make-up, didn't turn around as she found the task of swatching lipsticks on her wrist far more important than anything else.

The blonde raised a brow as he stood by the door. And waved the still ringing device in his hand. Even if his wife was giving him her back, she could still catch his figure in the vanity mirror.

"Aren't ya gonna answer it?" Jasper was close to crushing the device in his hand to bits for the sake of relief to his ears.

Still not meeting his gaze, Alice replied "I'm sure it's no one important. Anyone of significance that has my number is already in this house." She picked up a dark nude lipstick she liked and started to apply it as she gazed at her reflection. Still not looking at her husband.

Jasper smirked as he turned the screen to face Alice's reflection. His smile growing even wider. "No one of significance, eh? Not even our dear lil' brother?"

"Shit!" Alice hissed, her golden eyes widening as she dropped the lipstick and reached out to snatch the phone from her mate's hand. "I didn't think he was going to call me?"

Jasper frowned. "You mean you didn't see him decide to call?"

She eyed the phone in her hand. "I did! But he was supposed to call Carlisle, not me!"

Alice tapped the screen and held the phone to her ear. "Edward, hi!" she greeted with a chirpy pasted tone.

"I've been calling you for a while, Alice! Why weren't you answering? I was beginning to worry." Edward practically growled.

"Sorry, brother. I thought you were going to call Carlisle instead." Alice replied, trying to placate her brother.

"I was, but I figured with the time there he might be at the hospital. I didn't want to disturb him if it's not an urgent matter." Edward stated with a calm tone, now that he realized that Alice didn't catch his spontaneous switch of decisions.

Alice, on the other hand, bit her lip nervously. Mostly because Carlisle was at home during that moment, and that he was spending more time at home due to their visitors. Visitors that Edward, as far as he is concerned, isn't even aware of.

"Yeah, I see what you mean." Alice lied as she exchanged a glance with Jasper who nodded to her. Encouraging her to conceal the truth about the Volturi in their home from their bronze-haired sibling.

What Edward didn't know, wouldn't hurt him. And it's not like him being here made a difference. So far, the Volturi were being more agreeable and cooperative than they initially anticipated. Their daily ventures outside on their own proved to be harmless.

And they hunted outside the region of the tiny town of Forks, so no treaty was broken with the Quileute Tribe. And it's not like the people at the reservation can do anything about it if the Cullens did breach the agreement. They haven't had any shapeshifting mongrels in over ninety years. And those who actually knew about vampires and the treaty have long since passed away.

The only thing that caused a concern in the recent days were the killings in Port Angeles. However, Carlisle assured the family that the Volturi were not involved and there was no evidence that linked them to the scene of the slaughter.

And in Alice's opinion, as long as Bella was out of harm's way, and all the people in her family were safe then it was no cause to panic.

"So, anyone miss me yet, or is my absence going unrecognized?" Edward joked but became anxious when his sister didn't respond. "… Alice?"

The pixie snapped out of her musings. "Huh?"

Jasper nudged his wife's arm, not sure where her thoughts went and urged her to pay attention to their younger brother and stop him from getting suspicious enough to want to come home.

It would only make the situation worse. Especially when the family discovered that the Chief's daughter was his singer. The last thing they needed was their own family member becoming volatile and losing his control right in front of the people that enforced the law of their kind.

They wouldn't even hesitate to force Edward to feed on the chief's daughter to be done with the matter. And if he refused to kill the girl, then he would be dragged to Volterra to kneel before Aro and suffer the consequences. Usually those 'consequences' always ended with involuntary servitude or death.

And it seemed that Alice was on the same thought track as her husband. As she tried to play her role. "Sorry, Edward. Jasper was distracting me. We were kinda bored." The little pixie smirked at her husband. Said husband rolled his eyes.

And their young, virgin, brother tried not to gag at the mental image of the people he considered like family going at it like rabbits in heat. At least that's what he thought they were doing. And Alice didn't bother correcting him.

But either way, it seemed to have worked because Edward couldn't wait to banish the conversation. "God! Thanks for that, Alice."

Alice shrugged, even if Edward couldn't see her. "What? Did you think only Rose and Em liked to make the beast with two backs?" Now, she was mostly taking jabs at him, and smirked when she heard Edward audibly shiver.

Jasper tried not to laugh. However, Emmett caught the conversation all the way from the other side of the manor and guffawed like a hyena. Rosalie, who sat beside her husband in the living room, flipped through her Vogue and pretended she didn't hear anything. But she still couldn't keep the smile off her face. Edward was such a quick target for a good joke. And his prudish attitude only made him that much of an easy victim.

"Alice!" Edward chastised.

"Alright, fine. I'll stop." She quickly tried to change the subject, mostly out of curiosity. "So .. are you having a good time with our extended family in Alaska?"

She could hear Edward's deep and heavy sigh. "I don't spend that much time at the house. I don't mean to offend our dear Denali cousins, but three single females under one roof – it's starting to take its toll on me, Sis."

Alice clicked her tongue. "I thought you and Tanya were starting to finally get along."

Edward groaned. "I try. She, on the other hand …. She is still hopeful. I caught her thoughts a few times around the house about how cute of an 'item' we could be."

"Then why don't you give her a chance, Edward?" Alice suggested.

"Alice, stop!" Edward lashed out with a bite into his tone.

But the little pixie was having none of it. "I'm being serious! I'm starting to feel bad for her. And besides, what's the worst that could happen?"

"She is not even my type, Ali!" Alice didn't need to be a psychic to know that Edward was on the verge of losing his temper.

Alice sighed. She didn't want to upset her brother but she also didn't want him to remain alone for the rest of his life. "No one has ever been your type, Edward. So maybe you should grow a pair and start dating until you find that special someone."

The other side of the phone went silent for a few seconds. And Alice wondered if perhaps she had crossed the line with Edward.

Because as far as topics went, Alice could pretty much tell Edward off on anything. And he took it from her more than anyone else in the family. Except Carlisle, of course. But that went without saying.

Suddenly Edward said "You are right. And I haven't even given Tanya a proper chance." He sighed defeatedly. You would think he was being condemned to the gallows from the tone of his voice. And Alice couldn't help rolling her eyes.

"And if it doesn't work out, then at the very least you could say you tried. Like, really tried!" Alice added.

"Right – Well, I should be heading back to the house. I promised Eleazar we would go to the town together."

"Don't forget to buy me a present!" Alice exclaimed.

Edward chuckled. "Of course, how can I even forget – I'll talk to you soon, Sis. Give my regards to everyone."

"Will do. Have fun! And good luck with Tanya!" Alice couldn't resist putting in lastly.

"Ok, Alice. I got it! Bye!" And with those final words, the call ended.

Alice closed the screen on her phone and placed the device on top of her vanity. Her shoulders dropped a bit.

Behind her, Jasper reached over and gently stroked his wife's neck. "You did the right thing, darlin'."

"It doesn't feel like I did. I don't like lying to him, Jazz." Alice confessed.

"It's only a white lie, dear – More for his protection." Jasper's fingers spread out and slowly rubbed his wife's shoulders.

Alice frowned. "He is not a child. He is older than most of us."

The blonde shrugged. "That may be true – But, darlin', that doesn't change the fact that he is forever frozen in the juvenescent form of a seventeen-year-old. At that age, you do things first and ask questions later."

Alice turned to face her mate and was about to speak. But Jasper raised a hand to halt her as he explained, "Need I remind you of what he did when he first met the Swan Girl? – it is one thing to avoid school and stay at home. But it is a whole other issue when he just up and left town all together. We all met our singers in the most unexpected circumstances. We either slipped up or we relied on each other to get over it. We don't just drop everythin' and leave."

Jasper sat down beside his mate, and instinctively she curled to his side. "For the first time in years we finally found a town we could settle comfortably in. The weather is perfect and the people don't ask many questions – So I'll be damned if I am going to let Edward childishly ruin a good thing we got here."

Jasper squeezed Alice's shoulder playfully and gave her that smile that always managed to make her behave so coquettish. "Well … you do state some very important facts."

Jasper grabbed her chin and kissed her on the nose. "That's my girl."

Trying to lift his wife's mood, Jasper suggested the perfect act that could accomplish it successfully. "Now, how about we do a little online shopping? The spring dance is just around the corner and I need a new suit." Jasper knew exactly which button to push as Alice practically flung herself excitedly into his arms for a brief hug before she dragged him to the computer.

A day of online shopping is exactly what Alice needed. Especially since all the Cullens were staying home from school, and Carlisle took a day off from work on account of a sunny day.

And with the entire Volturi in Seattle tending to their Master's feeding needs, what could possibly go wrong?

Later that day at school during lunch hour. Bella for the first time witnessed a rare occurrence since she transferred to Forks High.

The entire student body substituted their usual indoors mess hall for an outdoors style make-shift picnic on the grass. Bella didn't think she would ever see the day when Forks turned into a sun-filled haven.

It seemed that even on these rare occurrences the students still came prepared. As there weren't that many chairs outside to fill a vast quantity of students all at once that some students even brought their own cloth spreads to lay down on the grass.

In this case it was Angela that volunteered to do the honors. While Jessica and Bella held the food in their arms. When everything was set, all three girls laid under the sun and basked in its warmth and delight.

"Damn, I missed the sun." Bella practically moaned as the heat tickled her skin.

Angela giggled. "I guess when you're used to seeing it every day back in Phoenix, it's strange to move to a town where its absent for most of the year."

"Totally." Bella agreed.

Suddenly getting that niggling feeling of having eyes on her, Bella sat up and searched the crowd of students.

Jessica took notice of this and spoke up. "They're not here."

Bella twisted around to look at the reclining girl. "Who?"

"The Cullens, of course – I mean, like, could you be any more obvious!" Jessica rolled her eyes. "Whenever the weather is nice the Cullens all just disappear."

Bella frowned. "So just like that .. they ditch?"

Jessica smirked. "Not exactly. Whenever it's a sunny day, Dr. and Mrs. Cullen pull'em out of school to go hiking or camping, or whatever." She explained like it's such a normal, mundane, thing.

"Really?" Bella uttered skeptically.

Angela confessed. "I tried that out on my parents once. Not even close."

All three girls laughed.

Jessica sat up, removed her jacket and plopped down in her pink spaghetti-strapped top. She reached her hand into her backpack and pulled out a case of tanning cream. Apparently someone came really prepared. "I hope it stays sunny. I could use a bit of color – Spring dance is so close and I need my skin tone to compliment my dress."

Once she was done with the cream, she passed it over to Angela. "I don't know how long the weather will be this good – We could stop by the beach later after school. Ben and the guys are taking the van down to La Push." Angela suggested.

Jessica yelled excitedly. "I'm so there!"

Angela turned to Bella and saw the girl chewing on her bottom lip apprehensively. "Want to come?"

Bella smiled hesitantly. "I wish I could but I got a ton of chores to do. And I didn't even finish reading the book we were assigned."

"That's a bummer! Your gonna miss out!" Jessica whined.

Bella shrugged apologetically. "Raincheck?"

"Fine." Said the other two girls disappointingly.

After school Bella got home and started on the house work. Charlie wasn't going to be home until dinner so she had the house all to herself until then.

She finished the laundry, mopped the floors, and restocked the pantry. And with a pot roast cooking in the oven for a long while, Bella didn't expect to have a few free hours in between.

Since the sun was still out, she decided to take advantage of the weather and finish reading that book so she could start on its report later that evening.

She went up to her bedroom to change into one of her sundresses she liked to wear in Phoenix. And with her book tucked under her arm, she went out into the backyard. The ground was covered in soft, cool grass. And she laid on her stomach and opened the book on the bookmark she placed.

For nearly an hour she enjoyed the peace. And the only sounds that could be heard were the tranquil chirping of the birds and the pages of her book being flipped.

The sun was shining all over Bella's back and bare feet, which she pleasantly wiggled back and forth. Every few minutes she would stop reading and stretch her torso lazily like a napping feline.

However, during the middle of one of her stretches, she suddenly froze.

There it was again, that feeling. The same one she got during lunch at school.

She carefully propped herself on her knees, with her finger placed in the page she reached. And slowly she looked around her.

The Swan residence property extended into a backyard that had no trees, and just short trimmed lawn. However, beyond the white fence that marked their land was mostly trees, and beyond that was a heavily wooded area.

Bella lifted her free hand onto her forehead to shield her eyes from the sunlight. And squinted to look carefully into the woods as far as her sight could manage.

She couldn't see anything. And there was no alien sound that seemed out of place.

Actually, now that she paid more attention, even the birds that were chirping a moment ago stopped. It was so quiet now that Bella could even hear her own deep breathing.

The sun that was sinking its warmth into her light and sheer sundress wasn't so warming right now. If anything, Bella felt a cold chill run down her spine. Her skin broke out into goosebumps. And she felt very exposed.

She didn't know if there were animals nearby in the vicinity, and she wasn't hyper-aware of any presence when she couldn't even visually spot them. But right now, she felt unsettled. And as much as she didn't want to admit it, she felt quite unsafe – even if she was within the confines of her own residence.

Very quickly, she picked up herself and her book off the ground and ran into the house, closing and locking the backyard door on her way.

She shook her head, and went into the kitchen to check on the roast. Perhaps she was being paranoid, she was alone in a whole entire house after all. It seemed only natural to get such a foreboding feeling.

On her way to the kitchen, Bella grabbed the remote and turned on the TV in the living room and raised the volume so that the sound could be heard from every room in the house. She was glad they didn't have neighbors, otherwise there was sure to be a noise complaint.

She went into the kitchen, and as she walked around the space, cooking and listening to the TV from the other room, the comfort level slowly returned.

When she started to feel a little better, Bella shook her head in a self-admonishing gesture, and laughed at herself.

Mentally telling herself it was just a stupid feeling. It was all in her head. She was just imagining it.

Except unbeknownst to her a pair of eyes were peering into the kitchen window and watching the girl as she stood in front of the oven. Completely unaware that she was being watched.

A/N: I wonder how many people understood the reference behind this chapter's title.

Also, no werewolves in this story. And no crossing over to New Moon-verse.

I also borrowed that sunny day scene from the book/movie. But changed a few details.

Let me know what you think!