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Edward's POV:
Edward? Edward! You've got to come out of your ball! You can't continue on like this!
When I opened my eyes and uncurled myself, Esme put me down. "We're almost there, Edward. Hang in there. You'll see Bella soon."
Bella! "She...has been...spending time...with werewolves because I left her?! Jacob Black is a werewolf?" My new gift was telling me nothing. That explained a few things.
"That's why my visions have been failing in that respect," Alice mused. "And why you don't know if he's a werewolf or not...but really you do. We all do."
"Yes..." I muttered, distracted. "Wait...she was mad that Charlie saved her! And she was mad that he banned her from Jacob...she said that he liked her. What if she loves him? What if she has gotten over me?"
Edward!
"Sorry, Jasper."
"Try your new gift. It will tell you how she is feeling."
And now, finally: Bella's POV!
I reflected back to the Edward delusion that I had had before attempting to jump off the cliff with great reluctance. One the one hand, I loved the Edward delusions almost as much as I love Edward himself. On the other hand, I definitely had noticed something different about this delusion. This had been fine, considering I did not intend to have much time to think about it. But when Charlie saved me, and consequently sent me to Jacksonville to "think about my actions" (and to not ever, ever attempt it again), I had plenty of time to think about it. And this scared me, because if I was being honest with myself, this opened up to my mind the possibility that Edward really hadn't gotten over me. And to think that would be really, really idiotic; especially now.
So, as I thought about that day and what had happened, I tried to block my mind from thinking such thoughts. But, of course, it didn't work.
My other delusions had been of the Edward that I had known before he left me – as he was before he left me. As if he still cared about me. This was also as if he still cared about me, but in a different sense. This was...more recent. Like he was telling me not to jump off as I prepared to jump off. As if he was using his gift to connect to me.
It was at this point that I tried really hard not to think about what had just happened – not with Edward, but with me.
I had been walking along the sunny streets of Jacksonville, feeling in a really controversial mood to the weather. I singled out one man in particular, whistling a happy tune, and thought I wish that he could just disappear. No one has a right to be that happy. And I had thought about him disappearing.
What I didn't expect was that he actually did.
First he was there, and then he was...just...gone. Like he had never existed. And I hastily thought about him reappearing; and he had. Just like that. Nobody even noticed. And then I knew – I didn't know how I knew, but I knew – that I had a gift. Like Alice's. Like Jasper's. Like...
No! Don't think about him! Just don't!
It was so bizarre, though. Only vampires were supposed to have gifts like that. Maybe because I had been hanging around vampires and, dare I think it, fallen in love with one? Was still in love with one?
And again, I somehow forced myself not to dwell on that train of thought.
I miss Forks. I want to go back.
Edward's POV:
Maybe because I had been hanging around vampires and, dare I think it, fallen in love with one? Was still in love with one?
That was all I needed to hear, and those few sentences in her mind, thought by such a beautiful voice, brought a surge of joy through me. She's still alive and she still loves me. The question is, will she still accept me?
I tuned into Alice's mind; just out of curiosity. An emotion I hadn't felt in a long time. Actually, I hadn't felt any emotions but unimaginable sorrow in such a long time...
A flicker of missing? Wanting to go back? Coming from the same place? What on earth, Jasper? Oh no, Edward can probably hear my thoughts. From there, everything went blank.
Coming from the same place as what? I was thoroughly confused.
Um, Edward? I'm so sorry. I don't know what came over me the way I brought the news about Bella hanging out with werewolves to you. In fact, I don't know what came over me the whole time I've known Bella; and I hope to make it up to her when I see her again. I just wanted to say this, though: I don't think Bella's in Forks. Alice is keeping you out, but I just think that you should know.
I caught Rosalie's eye and nodded. Then I turned to everyone.
"We're still going to Forks, because that way we can find out where Bella went." My voice had a hysterical edge to it, and that was saying something considering I'm a vampire and a monster. I thought that I had been calming down, but apparently not. "After that, we need fast cars."
So there is Chappie 7! I'm thinking that the complete gifts expanding thing will be explained at the end of the story, but little bits and pieces will be given along the way. Please review!
