Alice's POV
I hadn't seen anything, all I knew was that Edward was up, grabbed Emmet and I and was dragging us down the beach towards Jasper and Robyn. What was going on?
We slowed down 30 feet from them, scuffling our feet in a most awkward manner. It's so unnatural for us, but we didn't want to startle Robyn; must appear as human as possible.
Think fast Alice! Get into the game! "There you are! Edward and I are heading back to the cottage; do you want to come with us Robyn?"
Robyn looked at Jasper, I would guess to seek his permission. Come on Jasper, what's going on! I hate being blind!
"I'm going to hang out here for a bit, maybe catch a swim with Emmet. You look ready to sleep" My husband is a genius!
"I am really tired, yea. I guess I will head to bed."
Robyn started walking back with Edward and I. Esme, Carlisle, Rosalie and Bella had already gone back to the cottage, getting set up for the night. I could hear Jasper and Emmet's conversation on the beach. It apeared we had company.
"Alice, can I talk to you… umm… alone?" Robyn startled me out of my thoughts. I really hate being blind!
"Sure, is everything ok? Do you need something?"
"Umm… I just wanted to talk to you. When we get back?" Her expression was pained. Whatever this was it was embarrassing her and making her upset.
I gave her time to get ready for bed, making my own preparations as well to keep with the charade, and then made my way to her room.
"You wanted to talk?"
"Yea… I don't really know how to say this, so I'm just going to blunder through it. I don't want to you think that I'm trying to take your boyfriend away. Bella told me you were dating Jasper, and I felt bad when he asked me to go for a walk tonight. I thought… I don't know what I thought. But I know how I would feel if it were my boyfriend with a girl he had just met…"
I tried hard to keep the look of disbelief off my face, almost as hard as I tried to choke back my laughter. She was worried that I thought she was stealing Jasper! I suppose it might have looked like that to the average human, but we weren't. He was my mate, we were for our existence; but she didn't know that.
"Don't worry about it Robyn. My relationship with Jasper isn't one that I worry about him with other girls. He was worried about you, we both were. I know how good he is to talk to; I thought you could use that. I suggested he ask you to go for a walk."
"You did?"
"Mhmm. Robyn I know that we don't really know each other yet, but we as a family care about your sister, therefore we care about you because you are family. We want to help you adjust to your life in Forks. It's a special place in and of itself with a lot of very special people in it. We want you to like it here."
I barely had the last words out of my mouth and she was on me hugging me so tight I don't think I would have been breathing as a human.
"Thank you! You have no idea how much that means to me!!!"
I returned her hug, trying to reassure her like she needed to be. I wondered if I was up to this again. She was definitely Bella's sister. "I think you should try to get some sleep. It's been a rough day for you. Are you ok with that? Do you need anything else?"
"No, but it's strange, I was so tired on the beach, now I just feel… I don't know, but it's not how I felt then."
"I'm sure you'll fall asleep, but if you want I can stay here with you."
"That would be great Alice; I don't think I could fall asleep on my own."
Alice waited for Robyn to snuggle under the covers before lying down on top. She hummed to herself and it didn't take long before Robyn was out.
This was certainly an interesting development; it didn't feel unlike the wolves, except that there was no reason why she wouldn't have seen their visitor on the beach. Something strange was going on here.
(A/N: Hello my faithful readers! Please don't be shy to review; I can't improve my writing without a direction to go in. I'm not Edward, I can't read minds)
