Epov
"She's going to try and chase her away, if necessary even…well, I think you get what I'm going at." She trailed of. I see and read she was sad. Alice loved Bella already as she had seen they would be best friends. Normally I would be comforting Alice, seeing as she was my favourite sister. But all I did now was let out an angry roar. I could feel Alice's small arms wrap themselves around my waist as a comforting gesture. It worked, but only for a bit.
"I'm going to talk to her. I can't let her harm Bella." I had barely finished my sentence or her face went blank. I searched in her head for answers for the outcome. But what I say had nothing to do with my decision, but hers. I couldn't think of her name without wanting to rip her hair out of her head. How dare she try and take my mate away from me? I seethed in my mind. In Alice's vision she saw Rosalie breaking into the Swan's residence and laying a piece of paper on her bedside table. It basically said that if Bella didn't leave now, Charlie would get to suffer under it and eventually she too. I had just nearly grasped the fact Bella Swan was made for me, and me alone just to have my sister trying to scare her. I began to see red on the edges and I had to take a few deep breaths to keep myself from injuring her.
"When does the vision take place, Alice?" In my rage I'd almost forgotten to ask her. Maybe there was a way to not actually kill Rosalie, but to prevent the whole incident from happening.
"I already thought you miss that," she sighed "This night, I think her alarm clock read," she stopped to think for a moment "1:53 a.m."
We looked up at the sky.
"Edward, we can still prevent all of this. We wouldn't want to tear our family apart now would we?" The look in her eyes told me not to mess with her, but honestly, how would she feel if someone were to try and threaten and maybe even hurt her Jasper?
"It must be around 6:15 now. I have a plan. Talking to her won't work. I've already tried that, and she"ll never listen to you. What if we just wait for Rosalie to show up there? She can't attack Bella during the day as she is surrounded by people. And if the two of us wait for her she can't just attack us, and even if she did she would be outnumbered and we would probably wake up Charlie Swan and Bella. She can't do anything. And when I see it is save for Bella to go back home, we will call a family meeting and let everybody decide. I don't think she would want to risk getting thrown out." As clever as it sounded I was still worried.
"What if they decide to let Rosalie chase her away?" I panicked.
"They won't Edward. I've already seen that our plan will work out. Now, go and take a quick hunt. We might be protecting Bella, but if you're thirsty she'll still end up hurt."
"Aren't you coming?" I asked puzzled.
"No, I've hunted this weekend. And besides, the only reason I'm letting you hunt is because even with your self-restraint she is still your singer." I stared at my feet in shame. "I won't hurt her, will I?" I asked her insecurely. "If you go hunting now, I don't see anything bad happen. Keep your cell with you and put it on at all times. That way I can call you if anything goes wrong. Well, I'm going home now. I'll just go to my room and talk with Jasper for a bit." She gave me a peck on the cheek and reassured my again that everything would go well.
And with that I ran into the woods. What if Rosalie changes her mind and gets there before you do? What if I drain Bella? What if the family doesn't want her? No, Alice said they would want her in it. Esmé would probably want another child. Carlisle would go along with everything that seemed right for Esmé or his children. Alice already saw Bella as part of the family. Jasper… I didn't know about him. He still saw humans as walking snacks. But on the other side, he wouldn't want to make Alice unhappy by killing her futuristic best friend. Rosalie was obviously a no. And Emmet was another one I didn't know of. He wouldn't want to go against Rosalie, but he seemed excited to get a new sister that would grow up. He seemed to enjoy the idea of seeing someone close to him moving forward. I heard a faint galloping from what sounded like deer. I inhaled to examine the scent. Definitely deer. I climbed into a tree and went to some of the top branches so they couldn't see me. I examined the group. It wasn't much, but it had to do for now. I looked at the biggest of them. A male deer that was lazily laying under the shade of a tree next to me. That was going to be my first prey.
I swiftly sprang onto one of the higher branches of the tree it was lying under. I walked to the tip of the branch and crouched down. My prey hadn't realized anything. Just perfect. I could here it relaxing as its breathing softened. Three, two, one…I let all my animalistic instincts take over me. I jumped onto the deer and sank my teeth in its neck, near a vein. It started kicking with its legs, trying to kick my off him. But we both knew it wouldn't make any difference. When I had drained it, I buried it so that no one would see the evidence. I went on like that. I drank two more deer after the first when my cell rang.
No! She couldn't have changed her mind. I can't get to her in time. I panicked.
Alice had told me she would call if Rosalie (even in my mind I sneered her name) changed her mind. Afraid of what I would hear I picked up.
"Is she alright, Alice?" I asked in a slight paranoid voice.
"Yes, but you really should come home now. Otherwise we'll be too late."
"What about Rosalie? Have you seen anything new?" I asked a bit more calm now.
"Well, yes. But I'll tell you when we get home." She was keeping something from me again. I could hear it in her voice.
"Maybe you should tell me now, Alice," I growled under my breath "After all she is my mate."
"Yeah, that's why I'm not telling you. Now hurry up, will you?" and with that she hang up on me.
I knew calling her back wouldn't do anything. She would see it and ignore me.
I ran as fast as I could back to Forks.
When I got within a 5minute distance from the house I got called again. "Stay there. I told them you would continue hunting until the morning. I told them I would search for you and we would hunt together." Before I could answer she hung up again.
Indeed, a few minutes later she came running to me.
"Care to tell me what happened in your new vision?" I said annoyed.
We began running to the Swan residence.
"Well…Rosalie kind of suspects something so she decided not to go tonight. I have feeling she is still planning something, but I don't know what as she keeps changing her mind. The moment I came back I saw her looking for you. And then after that she came to me and said she knew I warned you." Alice really seemed upset about the fact she didn't have any clarity concerning her friend's safety.
"Wait, what? Then why are we going there?" I stopped running. I was seriously confused now. Didn't she just say Rosalie wasn't attacking tonight?
"Edward, think about it! If I can't see what she's up to, how are we supposed to protect Bella? What if she's just tricking me? We have to keep guard for tonight. And in the morning we'll discuss this with the family. If Carlisle talks to Rosalie she wouldn't dare to go against him."
"Oh," Was my smart reply "Thanks Alice, for doing all of this." I said sincere.
She smiled happily at me. "You're welcome. And besides, that's what best friends do right? Stand up for each other?" We started running again and 5 minutes later we stood outside the Swan residence.
I could hear the heartbeats of two people. Charlie and Bella Swan. I could hear snoring coming from the bedroom more to the backyard. It sounded heavy so I knew that it wasn't Bella. So Bella must be laying in the bedroom next to the tree. God, this almost seems to tempting. "Planning something?" I could see Alice looking at me with a huge grin. If I were human I would probably be blushing madly now. "No. I was just thinking that maybe we could sit in the tree as we are staying here for a while." I lied. But we both knew it was a pathetic excuse. Still, we went up the tree. I immediately looked through the window. There she was. When we had first met I couldn't see her very clearly as I was distracted by my thirst. I could still feel the burning, but it was duller now due to my hunting an hour ago. I could now see her face myself and I immediately registered it. She was so pale… Almost like she was one of us. But the heartbeat and the blood flow proved she was fully human, always moving forward. I got why Rosalie was angry. None of us had asked for what had happened. If we had the choice we would chose to die. Like we should have a long time ago. But all of us were still pretty much the same like when we almost died. But there she lay. Beautiful, smart (from what Alice had told me), young, and most important; Human.
"You can't run now anymore, Edward. You know fate will catch up with you. You need her, and she needs you just as much, though she doesn't know that yet. I've seen that you can handle it." I could tell she was being honest with me, yet the words still seemed so hard to comprehend.
"But her blood is so tempting, and she's so fragile. I can break her so easily. Why does this have to happen to me?" I said in a broken voice.
"She's everything but fragile. Otherwise she wouldn't be made for you. You are here to protect her. That's what we do for our companions. And if she would have been a vampire she would do the same for you."
I thought about that. I started watching Bella in her sleep again. She was so beautiful. So peaceful. I wished that I could sleep. It was about 1:53 a.m now. Suddenly Bella started to squirm in her bed, like she was trying to flee from something. Then I heard her mumble. "Edward…Cold one" Alice and I froze. She couldn't have just said that.
Is she awake?-Alice
"I don't think so. Listen to her heartbeat." I whispered. We sat very still for a moment.
I was right though, because a few minutes later she tossed and turned around.
"She looks like she's having a nightmare." Alice whispered concerned. I looked at her petite form in worry. "Is she having a nightmare about me?" I asked her. "I think so. I does make sense. Edward, she knows what we are, and with the impression you made last time you saw each other… I think she's dreaming about you attacking her." Alice tried to say the words as kindly as possible, but they still hit me with full force. I felt like I could cry right now. I was here guarding Bella, and it turns out that she's afraid of me.
"Maybe you should help her." Alice said out of nowhere.
"How? I can't wake her up."
Alice had a bright look on her face and her eyes twinkled. She shook her head. "No, but remember everything I said about mates the last couple of days." She gave me time to recall the memories.
"Edward, listen to me closely. This isn't happening without a reason. We all found ourselves the mates we did, because they are the ones who know how to love us best. They know what to do. They are our missing pieces. One can not live without the other. Do you get what I'm saying, Edward?"
"You can't run now anymore, Edward. You know fate will catch up with you. You need her, and she needs you just as much, though she doesn't know that yet. I've seen that you can handle it."
"She's everything but fragile. Otherwise she wouldn't be made for you. You are here to protect her. That's what we do for our companions. And if she would have been a vampire she would do the same for you."
"Okay…but I still don't see what you want me to do with that." I said. God, for a boy from over a hundred years you're pretty dumb!-Alice
"You know how to love her best, you need her and she needs you, and you need to protect her. Because that is what we do for our mates, Edward! We protect each other. You are still doubting if you two are meant for each other right," she waited a moment for me to respond. I nodded and she continued "Well, this is your chance to find out. Go inside and sooth her. Oh, and before you go near her, you might want to consider starting off from the far end from her room and coming closer step by step so you can get used to her scent. In the meanwhile I'll go for a run in the woods. I'll be nearby." I nodded. It did make sense what Alice said. "I'll give it a try, but promise me to stay nearby in case I- I lose control" I whispered the last part. She nodded and gave me a peck on the cheek. "See you later." And with that my sister ran into the woods.
I hoped Bella's window wasn't locked. I tried to slide it open. It easily slid open, but it did crack a little. I had to remember to bring oil the next time. The next time…I thought amused. I was already thinking about doing this again. I did what Alice told me to. Her scent was so tempting. I watched Bella for a little while longer. Suddenly she started moving more and more. She looked so scared. I rushed over to her. "Ssh, Bella. It will all be alright." I tried to sooth her unconscious form. Suddenly her eyes started to flutter open. I saw a flash of the most gorgeous brown when I realized I had to get away from here. I ran over to the darkest corner in her room. "Edward?" she called into the dark. I cursed in my mind. I shouldn't have come here. She began to get up. Damn it Bella! Go back to sleep! I mentally yelled at her.I shuffled back as far as I could. I did make some noise. Could she hear me? "Edward?" Yes. Definitely yes. She tried to rub the sleep from her eyes and I saw that as my chance to escape. I opened the window and slit it back. I closed it almost completely, but something stopped me. I wanted her to know I had been here. I wanted her to know I had been here and had not harmed her. I left it open for a small bit. And then I ran. I ran far into the woods until I saw Alice giggling on the ground. She tried to contain her laughter at my weird behaviour. But I could still see the smug grin on her face. "I guess I don't need to tell you?" I asked embarrassed. The twinkle in her eyes gave it all away…
I hope you liked it! I left my evening walk to wait so I could finish this chapter for you. Please don't forget to review, because I really need some inspiration!
