Chapter 7


No one waited for me to argue. They just smiled and waved goodbye then left me.
Alone.
Standing in a field.
Alone.
In the dark.
With my mouth hanging open.
Alone.
Did I just taste a fly? Eww. I closed it.
Well, I thought. Maybe I'll get hit by a bus on the way to school. . .

"Never mind that a bus won't be able to kill you." Edward chuckled behind me. What the heck? I thought I was alone!

"Shut up and get out of my head." I muttered.

"Make me." I did. He smiled. "Well, at least you will get to know each other better in class." I opened my mouth to say some biting comment but then a thought appeared in my mind. I smiled.

"Oh, Eddie. . ." I said, using the nickname I knew he hated. "Remember that we have plenty of classes together. You're going to have to deal with Jane just as much as I am." Then I left him standing in a field with his mouth hanging open, in the dark where a bug just flew in.
Didn't think that one through, now did you guys?


I showered at midnight in an effort to calm myself down a little. It had been and long and weird day ans showering helped. Sort of. What i needed was one of Jasper's little "happy boost" to get back to normal.

As i walked around the house, trying to find something to do, i noticed just how quiet it was.
At night time everyone was busy doing their own thing. Alice was preparing our clothes for later today at school. Esme was with Carlisle. Talking.
Rosalie and Emmett were . . . well, you know. When Edward wasn't with me he was reading one of his books. Jasper was with Alice, I think. I never do know what he does when everyone else is busy at night.
You would expect the house to be as loud as it was during the day but it really wasn't. It was as if everyone really was sleeping. The only lights on were lights that we actually just had to have on, other than that it was completely dark, for Jacob and Renesmee's sake, I guess. They were the only ones who slept and. . . I envied them. They could sleep and escape reality for a few hours every night. I just wish i was still able to do that.
I wasn't really sure where Alec and Jane were.
Maybe they've flown back to Voltera, I thought hopefully. That way I didn't have to deal with Jane.

"Bella?" Alice called. She was sitting in the newly refurbished living room, which had been empty a few hours ago. I have to admit that our Vampire speed is incredibly useful. To a normal human this would have taken hours.

"Yeah?" I said. "What do you need Alice?"

"Are you still mad?" She frowned then smiled a minute later. "Nope." I rolled my eyes.

"What do you want, Alice?" She gestured around her.

"You like?" she asked. The only thing different were the inner walls, which were now colored a bluish gray that went with the outside environment perfectly.
The furniture was a simple white. Nothing extremely fancy. It looked like normal a normal Cullen-style room.

"Me like." I said. "Not too flashy." I sat down on the couch next to her. She rolled her eyes and clicked a button. An 80 inch screen TV appeared out of the wall. She sighed. "The TV was more of Emmett and Jacob's idea idea. I don't like it that much but I do like what we did next." Another press of a button made water flow down the thick glass walls around the room adding a strange effect. Interesting.

"Like?" she asked again.

"Its very. . . interesting." I said.

"Esme and I came up with." She smiled at me and leaned against the couch.

"How does it work?" I asked as I reached up to touch the glass. I half expected to feel water in my cold hands but I only felt glass.

"Its an elusion of lights. I wanted to use real water but Esme convinced me to use this instead."

"Do all the walls do this?" I asked.

"No, just the ones in the main floor." Alice said. "I'm guessing you haven't seen your bedroom."

"No." I admitted. "I've been too busy thinking of ways to tell Jane about school." Alice smiled sympathetically.

"Does Alec know?" she asked. I nodded. "Maybe he can tell her." I sighed. Maybe he could, I doubt Jane would be angry enough to hurt her own brother.

"I already knew." Jane said as she came downstairs. "Aro warned me I would have to go to school."

"So you're not mad?" I said. Alice grinned, having no doubt seen this in a vision.

"Yes, I am." Jane said. "But it's not like I'm going to be at school with you guys."
Oh no, of course you're not. . .
I turned around to look at Alice pleadingly hoping she would break the news. But wouldn't you believe it, the evil pixie was gone.

"Actually Jane. . ." I said.

"What?" She asked. I hesitated.

"Nothing." I said quickly. "Nothing at all." I would just act like I didn't know anything and pretend that seeing her in one of my classes would be a lovely little surprise. Ha!

The next morning Alec and Jane came out of their rooms just as I was getting ready for school.

"What time are we leaving?" Alec asked.

"Umm . . ." Alice pretended to look at her watch. "An hour and thirty minutes." It took an hour and thirty minutes for her to get everyone ready and even by then some people weren't ready – cough Alice cough -
You would think that people who had all night to get ready for school would be on time.

"All right then." Alec said. He and his sister walked towards the door. "We're going to get our . . . breakfast." Carlisle's eyes widened ever so slightly as he hurried to stop Alec and Jane from stepping out of the door.

"Um, Alec, Jane – that's not such a good idea. How about instead you drink some of the blood I have stored here for Nessie." Carlisle said. Even now that Renesmee was older she would still get urgent cravings for blood. Animal blood never really satisfied Vampires - and it certainly didn't satisfy Renesmee sometimes, so during those times she would drink a little bit of human blood while the rest of us watched in envy and contemplated whether or not to rip the cup away from her and suck up the rest of that blood and maybe just a little more from the freezer Carlisle has – and if anyone stands in our way we rip them to shreds – Wait! what am I saying? Of course we weren't jealous. I mean we're mature Vampires. We don't thirst for human blood – and we certainly don't want to rip a cup of wonderful warm liquid blood out of my daughter's hands and suck it up like we had gone decades without anything to drink. . . . Nope, we don't think that. . . .

"Don't worry Carlisle, we won't hunt in your territory. We'll go to Canada. On the way here I heard there was a lovely town up north . . ." Jane said with an evil smile.

"Aro will be mad if you do, Vampy. . ." I heard Jacob mutter as he slipped downstairs. Jane glared.

"Is this true?" Alec asked. There was a hint of anger on his normally calm features. Carlisle nodded. Alec's face turned back to an expressionless stone as he nodded calmly, Jane on the other hand look frustrated and, well, pissed.

"Fine." She hissed. "Let us starve!" she threw her hands in the air . . . and waved them like she just don't care – I laughed softly to myself. Wow, what was wrong with me today? I was so out of character. It must be the nerves. "What are you laughing at?" I mentally flinched as Jane suddenly appeared in front of me.

"You." I said. Then I regretted what I said. Really? What is wrong with me?
She looked confused as if she couldn't believe I had actually said that. I think my face showed the same expression.

"Bella, love, come on – Alice is waiting for you upstairs." Edward said softly before he literally carried me upstairs.
He took us to 'my' new bedroom that looked incredibly perfect. The walls that weren't glass were a deep green color, the furniture was black. The carpet was also a dark color. It made me feel like I was out in the woods – and the small fireplace added to that effect. I recognized some of the things here from when I still lived with Charlie, like the old rocking chair and my old books – and the old quilt. I can't believe they've lasted so long – especially since their paperback. There was a Queen sized bed in the corner where the two glass walls meet. That is where my outfit for today was laid out.

"Hmmm," Edward said. "I have a king sized bed. I guess were going to be sleeping in my room, love." He smirked as he kissed my forehead. I laughed.

"Uh huh." I said as I reached up to kiss him on the lips. "But I think we're going to have more fun in a smaller bed – you know, that way we'll be closer." He smiled. At that moment Alice walked in the room.

"Out, brother." She said. "Did I just call him brother? Oh boy, being around Alec and Jane has really changed my talking a bit – anyway, Edward; get out. It's time for me to dress Bella." The way she said it made me feel like a four year old who dressed in clown clothes – but then again that may be just how Alice sees me.

"Fine, sister." Edward laughed. He was gone in an instant.

"You like?" Alice said gesturing around the room. I nodded.

"I like. A lot." I said. "Thank you, Alice."

"Oh! And here's the best part!" She walked toward a glass door on the opposite side of the glass doors and pressed a button. Out came out various already prepared outfits. I gasped. "One for each day of the year – and every event too! And I don't even have to pick your outfit anymore." She sang. This was just like Alice. "Oh and then there's the forty inch flat screen TV and stereo and the private book case that come out of the wall. . . but this is the best! Now get dressed! I would go with outfit number eighty four, if I were you." And with that she walked out of the room leaving me with my mouth hanging open and a sense of Déjà vu. Have I been left alone with my mouth hanging open before . . . ? hmm. . . .


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