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6. Decisions

Edward POV

Why did I leave her? I love her so much and it pains me—in ways that I never thought possible—to be away from her.

I should go back to her. I need to see her again, at least once before I go mad.

No Edward. Absolutely not. I cannot go see her again. I cannot. I promised her she would be able to forget about me. She shouldn't have to be bothered by seeing me again.

I cannot interrupt her life. I can't disrupt her ability to live a normal life with a human man.

I wish Alice were here so I could have her check in on Bella's future for me, but unfortunately she and Jasper were off doing research and such.

My "family" is falling apart. Rosalie and Emmett aren't the same, Esme and Carlisle are semi normal, but Alice and Jasper are off doing whatever. As for myself…I'm completely broken.

And it's my entire fault.

Alice POV

Bella's going to be dead. Then I'll be dead because Edward will kill me. And then he'll be dead because he'll kill himself. Who knows? Maybe Jasper will do the same because I'm gone.

It's my fault, too, because I had the idea of Bella coming to search for other guys. I left her alone to go meet Jasper. And I can't go get her butt back her because of the freaking treaty lines.

I felt a wave of calm rush over me.

"Damnit, Jasper! Stop that! I don't have to be calm right now! Edward's going to kill Bella!"

"Wha—"

"Don't mind that temporarily. We've got to get Bella back over here."

He sighed and released me from his wall-o-calmness. "We'll wait." He decided for us.

I silently agreed.

Bella POV

"Oh, uh, Jake?" I caught his attention from the car he was working on.

"Yea?"

"What time is it?"

"3:48. Why?"

"Crap, I'm late. Sorry, but I have to go meet back up with Alice. She'll kill me."

He growled.

"Not literally! Geez!" I patted his head and walked off to the Alice's car.

***

"I'm so sorry Alice!" I begged forgiveness.

"Yea, yea. Just give me my keys back." I dropped the keys into her awaiting hand.

"On the bright side…" I smiled sheepishly hoping she would have a vision before I finished.

She paused, and then spoke, "What? What's the bright side?" She snapped, "Is it that I can't see your future, your bright side, because whatever is in your future is blocked from my visions?"

I stepped back cautiously.

She breathed out—I could tell Jasper was calming her down. "I'm sorry Bella. It's just that I absolutely loathe when I can't see the future properly. It aggravates me to the furthest point."

I shrugged forgivingly.

"Okay Bella. Lay it on me. What's the bright side?" Alice said as the three of us slid into her car.

I took a deep breath. "I've decided that you're right, I do need someone else. And I know who I want."

"It's not Edward is it?"

That was a steak through the heart, but I continued. "No. No it's not. It's…it's Jacob Black."

"What?" She screamed. "Why? You do realize who he is, right?"

"Uh…Billy Black's son?"

"Bella he's a freaking werewolf!"

"Wha—How do you know?"

"Hey, I've been in the Cullen family for over fifty years. I'm pretty sure I'd know who our enemies are—or in this case, who we have a treaty with."

"You're not serious."

"I'm as serious as a heart attack, Bella."

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