Well, as always, the following characters and references to any of the Twilight saga are property of Stephenie Meyer.

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" Alice..." I had to stop for a moment and catch the breath I didn't need. " If her future disappeared then that means there's a... A... A werewolf. Here. In Denali."

She didn't need to be a psychic to read the fear on my face.

" But, I thought the only werewolves were in La Push? I mean, wouldn't Tanya and her clan have caught their scent? Sight of them? Wouldn't they have had an encounter or something?"

" Bella! Calm down!" Alice's gentle hand stroked my cheek as I began to go into hysterics. " Tanya and her family might not have had the encounter with them. Not yet anyway, from what I've seen."

" Not yet?"

" Bella, please calm down." Her voice was starting to get an edge to it as she changed gears and sped back home. " Geeze, even as an immortal you're still the biggest worry wart of the century." Alice rolled her eyes.

" Sorry." I looked down and out the window as trees, streets, houses and cars passed by.

" You truly are the monster magnet." She shook her head with a small smile.

I didn't smile.

It was true. No matter where I seemed to go anymore, I attracted some sort of magical being. And whenever that happened, I endangered someone I loved. Now, I was endangering my family.

" Alice," A thought then came to mind. I kept telling myself it was impossible, but anything seemed possible anymore. " Is it possible that the werewolf is Jacob?" It stung to say his name, but it was nothing compared to when Edward left me. It was true, that, even though I vowed never to shed a tear over Jacob Black, it only became harder to keep that vow when I remembered how I hurt him, and much he cared for me. Loved me even. But, I couldn't love him the way he wanted. I was already bound to Edward. I already had taken my path from the beginning. There was never any going back.

Alice wasn't smiling anymore. " I highly doubt that's the case Bella. I mean, what business would Jacob have here?"

" Revenge? Against you and everyone else. Against Edward, against me."

" Does he even know where we live?"

" I don't think so, but, what about the newborn girl? She just shows up out of nowhere! We've been here for more than six months and never saw her? Never saw in any news of a missing girl? A murder? Besides, Tanya's coven doesn't feed on humans, right? So they couldn't have created her. Someone must have Alice! And who ever said that werewolves didn't exist here in Alaska?"

" If that were the case, then Tanya and her clan would have seen one. There's no doubt about that. Werewolves appear close to where vampires reside so it's easier to catch and dispose of them. But, " Alice's wary eyes locked into mine. " I can't disagree to some of your logic."

We pulled into the garage now, in between Rosalie's and Emmett's cars. We were both inside in seconds, finding everyone in the living. Edward was beside me, suddenly, with both arms wrapped around my waist.

" Bella, Alice, I believe you have a few things to tell us?" Carlisle then addressed, looking from me to my sister who was sitting on the arm of the chair Jasper resided in. I figured that my husband had been searching for Alice's thoughts for any sign that we were coming home and once he saw what was running through it, alerted everyone.

Alice jabbed away about her visions about the newborn girl and about my enemy at school. And then it was my turn to talk. I explained my ideas.

" It's a long shot I suppose, but it's possible that Jacob is here, right?"

" It is possible I'm sure." Carlisle agreed with a nod.

" That little mutt wants to mess with us, does he?" Emmett was standing, punching a fist into the palm of his other hand. He smiled, itching for a fight. " Then I say we give him what he wants!"

Rosalie scowled in disapproval. I caught her eyes for a second and I could see a dark look swell in her eyes. It surprised me, somewhat. Ever since I had changed, Rosalie and I had been on better terms. We weren't as close as Alice and I, but there was an invisible treaty there. Now her look was painful, but I could understand: I was endangering them all, again.

" No." Edward then said. Emmett groaned, pouted and crossed his arms over his chest like a child. I would've smiled if that matter at hand wasn't so pressing. " I think we should all keep low about this. We'll alert Tanya and her clan, just incase, but otherwise we keep this all to ourselves."

" Not that there's anyone else besides us around here." Emmett muttered, throwing his glance out the window.

Edward ignored him.

" I think it will be best we keep all senses alert for this newborn, as well as for any werewolf activity." His eyes glanced at me. " I think we should also keep tabs on this boy at school. He may just know more than we want him to."

" Do you think he might have something to do with Alice's visions?" I then asked, looking up at Edward.

" It's possible. The hostility is enough for caution. Just, do me a favor and keep clear from him as much as you possibly can Bella."

" Sure." I nodded, looking back at my family. Already, in only a few days, this was the second time we all had a meeting like this. I looked away from them all, ashamed for the trouble I was obviously causing. It felt like I was chasing them from their home. Like I was the monster here. The cause for all this, the centroid.

Everyone was going off and about now, to their previous tasks and such as the conversation concluded with everyone agreeing to lie low. Edward had me by the hand and led us both back up to our room.

I closed the door behind me and sat on the bed with Edward next to me, hand in hand still. The entire time my eyes focused on the floor until his hand cupped around my face, gently pulling me to see his face. It held pain, regret, sorrow, anger and so much more. I wondered if he was angry with me.

" Edward I--" He shushed me with a kiss and my thoughts went spinning. It didn't make sense, why he kissed me suddenly, after seeing what his eyes held. The pools of amber that were darkening now until they would be black like how my own would be in only a few days. Then we would all go on our usual " camping" trip, though, we'd be hunting instead.

I don't know when, but I now realized I was ontop of Edward as we both lay on the bed, kissing me still. My arms were around his neck with his hands around my waist, keeping us locked to each other.

We were both under the blankets now, laying side by side and looking into each other's eyes. I played with his hair, just as messy and gorgeous as always. He kissed my forehead, but I didn't smile much.

" Edward?" I asked, snuggling as close to him as a possible could now as his arms hugged me tight.

" Yes, love?" His repose was airy as he kissed my hair.

" Are... Are you mad at me? For not telling you about the boy from school?"

" No, I'm not mad. A little disappointed that you couldn't trust me. But, I'm not mad. I could never be mad at you, Bella." Edward said my name like it was special, important, sacred even to him.

" Well. Alright then." I was silent, hesitating with my next question. " Edward? Can I ask you something kind of... personal?" As I looked at him, Edward looked at me with curious eyes. I took them as a yes. " Well, I was just wondering, if, maybe, you knew why I smelled like freesia to you, when I was human? Was there some sort of meaning to it? Was it a flower you liked?"

He chuckled at my questioning him.

" Bella." Edward breathed my name again. " I honestly have no idea why you ever smelled like freesia to me. That's just the fragrance you seemed to give off." He kissed my lips.

" Huh."

" What?"

" Well, I was actually expecting some sort of big explanation, I guess. I mean, it seemed like it was so important that I smelled like freesia to you. Like it was all part of some thing I didn't know about." I shrugged, closing my eyes and burying my head into his bare chest.

I could feel as Edward shook his head at me with another chuckle. His chin was atop my head, resting his own head there now as well.

" Bella... If only you knew how much you mean to me. How much I love you. How many times I want to tell you over and over again that I love you. I thought later that I was being selfish by asking you to marry me first before spending eternity with me forever, but, now, I can't say I regret it at all."

" I don't regret it either, Edward. Either way I would have ended up like this, married to you or not. Don't forget, Carlisle gave me an offer too. I just figured we might as well make it all official." I shrugged.

" Excuse me?" I could hear the confusion in his voice, his eyes looking down on me as his head moved.

" You just said that you thought you were being selfish by asking me to marry you before you'd change me, but that you don't care now." My own eyes were on him now as I pulled away slightly.

" Bella, I didn't say a word."

" Yes you did Edward. I heard you!"

" Has she gone mad? I never spoke at all."

I frowned. " I am not going mad." I protested, looking him dead in the eyes.

" Bella, I never-- Wait, what did you just say?" His eyes sparkled the way they did when he was stumbling onto something.

" I said that I am NOT GOING MAD! I am not crazy Edward! I know I heard you before and I just heard you call me crazy!" I rolled onto my other side, back to him and arms crossed over my chest. I was glad, once again, that being immortal kept me from crying under frustration.

Edward began laughing.

" What is funny?" I demanded, sitting up, and facing him with a glare.

" Love, do you know what has just happened?" Both of his hands framed my face, which now held a clueless expression.

" What are you talking about Edward?"

" Bella, I do believe you just read my mind."

I blinked a few times. That wasn't possible. " Wait, Edward, I thought you could read minds. Are you sure? I mean, how do we know that's what really happened?"

He rolled his eyes. " Fine, we'll test it."

" How?"

" By reading my mind." Edward smirked. I swallowed. Hard.

" I think you might just be the crazy one." I pulled his hands from my face.

" Just try, Bella."

" Fine." I sighed, closing my eyes for a moment before looking at Edward who was silent.

" Bella, if you are hearing this I want you to tell me that you love me. Right now."

" Edward, I... I... I read your mind!" I smiled brightly at him. He smiled back.

" You were supposed to say that you loved me, but that will work too I suppose."

" Oh, Edward! I can't believe it! I can read minds, just like you! " I threw my arms around him and kissed him.

" I can't believe you're this excited."

" Of course I am! I finally have a power than I can do something with and not always feel so helpless Edward!" I kissed him again a few more times.

" What's all this..." I turned to see Alice, standing in the now open doorway, gaping at Edward and I. Had she not been dead, I swear her cheeks would have been crimson in under ten seconds. " I do not need to see this!" As she whipped around and went to close the door, i called to her.

" Wait just a minute Alice!" I scrambled out of bed, dashed to the closet then the bathroom where I quickly dressed and made myself look as decent as possible.

As I opened the door, I was Alice leaning against the stair rail, observing the ceiling.

" Well, I can't say I ever want to see that again." She mused with a small smirk, looking at me now. " What was all that fuss about? I mean, really Bella, you--"

" Alice, I can read minds!" I blurted out the words before she ever finished her sentence.

It took a moment, but soon my sister was smiling as well, taking my hands an jabbering a mile a minute.

" Oh my gosh Bella! When did this happen? Whose mind did you read? Was it Edward's? Was it someone else's? Bella! Bella?"

I didn't hear Alice call me. My eyes seemed to blur her out of my vision as a new one settled in. It was Emmett, barreling down the hallway, knocking me to the floor and into the wall only a few feet away, seeing as mine and Edward's room was the last on the floor.

" Bella!" Alice shaking my shoulders brought me out of my daze.

" What Alice?" I asked. My mind seemed to catch what happened next before anything else. I heard the pounding of his feet (though Emmett seemed to be taking caution) and, had it not been for the vision moments ago, I would've just stayed in place. Now, though, I backed up against the bedroom door as Emmett flew by, stopping short before colliding with the wall.

" Aw! Bella! That was no fun! I didn't think you'd move in time!" He said, but smiled still. " Oh well, you can make it up to me with an arm wrestle or two!"

" Wow Bella. Even for you that was quick." Alice kidded, but then noted the look of confusion struck across my face.

Could it be that I had multiple abilities? The power to read minds, like Edward and have visions of the future like Alice?

" What's wrong Bella? Are you alright?"

" Alice, I think I just had a vision. Like you." I said, looking at her now.

" What? But I thought you--"

" When you were talking to me a few moments ago, bouncing up and down, I saw Emmett running down the hall and slamming into me and then the wall. But, when he really did come, I knew to get out of the way."

" So you can read minds and see the future?" Alice questioned, and I could hear her thinking over the possibilities in her mind.

" Apparently. Is that possible, Alice? To have more than one power like this?"

" Well, I've surely never heard of anything like it. We'll talk to Carlisle later about it."

" Later? Why not now?"

" He and Esme went out for some time, apparently. But, I'm sure Carlisle will love to hear about this." She smiled.

The door opened behind me and edward stood there, wrapping his arms around me. His chest was still bare, but from the waist down he was clad in jeans, but barefoot.

" Everything alright?"

" Everything is fine Edward." I answered, twining my fingers with his.

" I could get used to this. Though, I'm sure it'd be pestering for everyone else."

" Possibly." I shrugged. " Hey, Edward, can you read my thoughts now?"

He was silent still, looking at me intently. " No, I can't. I guess it only works one way." Edward smirked.

" That's going to get annoying." Rosalie muttered, passing as she took Emmett downstairs with her.

" Well," Alice then said, rocking back and forth on the balls of her feet. " I guess I'm not the only psychic around here." She smiled weakly.

" Don't worry Alice, I won't steal all your glory. You're still more experienced at this than I am." I assured her with a smile of my own.

" This is true." She smiled proudly now. " I guess I'll have to make any shopping trips spur of the moment, now that you'll be able to see when I plan them. Oh well, all the more fun for me!" The pixie smiled with a small giggle that I couldn't help but fear in a strange way.

Edward chuckled, shaking his head. " Alice will find a way to avoid you seeing her too, you know that?"

" Yes I do, and now I'm even more worried about her and her shopping urges." I over-dramatized and Edward rolled his eyes at me.

" Come on my little psychic mind reader." He teased, leading me back into the room, where the setting sun of twilight shone through the window.

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Well, that's the chapter for you! Bella apparently can read minds and see visions of the future, but is that all she can do? I assure you you'll find out soon enough. Things and plots are beginning to unravel people so sit back and enjoy the ride!!!

On another note, I must say I for one, am pleased with the casting for Twilight: The Movie. I can't deny that they aren't exact to my personal description, but they're good enough for me. As far as Kristen and Robert as Edward and Bella, I, again, state that I am pleased. I've seen Kristen in Speak and the role of her character was very emotional and thus, will make the scene when Edward leaves of New Moon easier to portray. I've also seen her in Zathura where the character was totally different, but Kristen handled herself all the same. As for Robert, I've only seen him in the Harry Potter movie series, so I don't know how much experience he has otherwise. However, I LOVED him in Harry Potter and can't wait to see Edward come to life through him.

Love, as always,

-- Katori