EPOV:
Both Quilutes came back slowly. The minute they looked at each other their thoughts disappeared. It was so weird. After a few seconds of being confused I figured it out. They had imprinted on each other.
"Whoa, dude, what's goin' on?"
Emmett, of course, was the first one to speak. I wasn't really listening. I was thinking. I was thinking about what Bella's reaction would be when she found out. I was scared that she would go into a state like she had when she left him forever. I sat dazed longer than I thought.
Edward snap out of it. Bella will be calling any minute and I really think you should answer it.
I gave Alice an apologetic look. Sure enough my phone rang. Three times actually but I was too much of a coward to answer it. Jasper caught my feelings and grabbed Alice's phone. He answered it not long after and was trying to soothe Bella. I could feel the evening drawing to an end but wanted to talk to Carlisle before we left. He had noticed I didn't answer my phone. He didn't want to press so he waited for me to start.
" I know I didn't answer my phone. I knew it was Bella. I got scared. She has learned my reactions so well that I thought that she would figure out that something was not right and panic and I didn't want her to panic when I was not there."
"Didn't you think that maybe if you didn't answer she would panic?"
"Yes, I did, but I just froze. It's like I'm losing my sanity; I don't know what is right any more."
"Of course you don't, none of us do. Not even the Volturi would know what is exactly right in this situation. No one has been put here before but you are going to have to tell her sometime and the sooner the better. Keeping something from a loved one is like lying and makes both of you too vulnerable. I know it's cliché but 'Honesty is the best policy.'"
"Okay let's get back so that Bella doesn't need to worry any more."
