Edward took my arms and led me out of the airport into a Ferrari of some kind before I could think too much of it.

"Edward, directions to the Colosseum."

"Make a left here and keep on going." Edward looked out the window with a frown. "Then you should be there."

Everyone was quiet as we raced down the cobbled stone streets. I took out my phone and text Jacob.

Jac, we r in Rome. Meet u museum shop.

I waited for Jacob to answer but we arrived there before he did. We left the car on the side of the street not caring if we ever saw it again.

"Alice," Edward murmured angrily. "Where is he?"

Before she could answer I spotted Jacob under a tree across the street, his head in his hands. I pulled Edward along with me without telling him what I was doing. I just ran not caring what was behind me. Anger and relief was pulsing through my veins giving me this feeling I couldn't control when I saw Jacob had given up.

Running across the green lawn in front of me took too much time. I refused to realize how ironic this situation had turned into.

"What the hell are you doing Jacob!" Edward said, after we both came to an abrupt stop in front of him.

"Jacob," I said calmly, surprising myself. Jacob looked up and sighed with relief. I grabbed his hand so he was standing erect.

"Why'd you give up?" I asked sadly.

"They have her already. There's no point in chasing her," he answered. I looked at him in surprise. He had a lot to learn about holding onto the ones you loved. After all, he let me go. "No. Jacob, no!" I yelled at him. "You never give up on someone you love!" Jacob flinched in pain. At that moment, I knew he was thinking of me.

"I guess I'm so used to giving up the ones I love to someone else," Jacob muttered.

This wasn't fair. This wasn't right. This wasn't supposed to be happening here. Renesmee was Jacob's. I wouldn't let anyone else take her away from him. It was the least I could do to pay back the large debt that I acquired from him. Didn't he know that? I shoke my head and murmured, "No." I grabbed his hand and pulled him along, having no destination in mind, at least at this moment. "No," I said again. I turned around to him and forced his eyes upon me. "You are coming with us. You are not giving up on Renesmee. I won't let anyone take her away from you." I forced Jacob to run with Edward, Alice, and I. And we ran, ran, ran, and ran. All I concentrated on was my feet slamming onto the stones on the street. Rhythm, Rhythm was what I needed to save me from destroying myself: I had all this time for thoughts about Renesmee.

However, we were careful not to expose ourselves especially on a day like this. So, we carefully ran through tunnel ways hoping we would find her somewhere.

"Jake, where did you last see her?" I asked finally.

"Under the clock tower," Jake said calmly. This had the opposite effect on me. Edward grasped my hand even harder knowing the resemblance of this situation. I guess my vampire life was a repeat of my human one.

I turned my head away when I saw the fountain in the middle of the distance separating us from the clock tower. A testament to what I had found, but then lost. I had to hold on to the ones I loved, or they would leave me. I quickly walked around it and didn't look up. It was too risky. I didn't know what I would do if I accidentally lost it.

We reached the clock tower. There were tourists under it sitting gracefully and calmly on hard, wooden benches. I almost screamed at them because of the serenity plastered on their faces. They did not realize the gravity of my situation. It was dark under here. It was just the sun peaking through the sky on the sides of the tower that gave us light in the cold, dark, and cobbled stoned passage under the large, intimidating clock. I grabbed Edward's hand and we looked in the little crevices in the clock tower hoping to see her face peaking through one. "She's not here," Alice said calmly. "They wouldn't have taken her here. They would know this would be the first place you would look."

"Well, Alice. Where is she? You seem to be so positive that she isn't here." Jacob looked intimidating with only a small amount of light on his face.

"She's probably in the city somewhere," Alice said snapping back.

"Let's take this situation logically," Edward said calmly, surprising me. He turned to Jacob. "Jacob, this was the last place you saw her, correct?"

"Yes." he said simply.

"Okay," Edward looked over at Alice. "Now, where do you think she is?" Alice closed her eyes after giving an antagonistic glare to Jacob. We waited in the dark and lonely silence for a couple of minutes before Alice answered.

Alice opened her eyes and lifted her eyebrows in surprise. "They're at a pizzeria, eating outside on weaved tables and chairs, being surrounded by flowers." Alice moved before I did. "I know where it is," she said quickly but with disbelief layering her tone. "Follow me."

I moved hesitatingly, but Jacob lagged behind. "A pizzeria," he said with disbelief as he glanced the restaurants we were passing. "Why?"

"I don't know, don't ask questions. It's probably because they expect us to be looking for l obvious places, not restaurants."

Jacob looked to the ground worried. "Yah, but there's hundreds in this area alone. How are we going to find her?"

Alice ignored him knowing that you could never appease Jacob.

We were normally stared at, and I was used to it. The beauty of this life gave me more justice than I deserved, and I sometimes enjoyed it. But now, I felt like every eye was down on me watching my every move so I had to be careful for what I did so I didn't expose any secrets. I caught one man in a red tie and blazer staring at me with wide eyes and with a dumbstruck look on his face. I shook my head knowing that they're was only two possible reasons why he was doing it.

It seemed like every restaurant I passed, there was no one who resembled Renesmee one bit. Of course, she was possibly the most beautiful "15" year old in existence, but I expected someone to have the same shape of her torso and maybe her long, brown, curly hair. Maybe someone in this world was a slight closer to her beauty than others. It would only be fair. It would only be impossible, I reminded myself as we crossed corner and corner and saw no one looking the slightest like her.

"Wait," I said stopping in my tracks. "Wouldn't they be near the Colosseum, because if they walked around in the pale skin and dark cloak with Renesmee being terrified, people would notice as they passed."

"No, Bella." Alice said in a breathless voice. "I saw them. I know where it is."

I stepped under an umbrella covering a table and sat down. "How do you know," I whispered so only Edward and Alice could hear. "He could be tricking you. How do you know it might not be Lucas, doesn't he have two gifts?"

"Yes, he does," Edward said. "But, yet again, no one knows about them except for the Volturi. But, the vampires who do have two gifts, it seems like they always inherit seeing the future or making someone believe something that their future is one thing but, it's something completely different."

Alice and Jacob sighed at the same time. "Bella, we can't waste time. We need to go to the place, now." Alice and Jacob got up out of their chairs and made us follow. I had to give in, I hadn't made my point yet.

I hoped what I was doing was smart. If I lost Renesmee, and I was just a couple of words away from saving her, I wouldn't be able to live with myself even if my body did keep me going. I couldn't stand knowing I had my daughter's life in my hands, and then I was just a few seconds away from having her in my arms.

"What if she isn't there," I whispered to Edward through the loud fading sound of traffic and pedestrians as we walked away from all signs of human civilization.

"I've thought of that," Edward said leaning towards me but keeping his eyes from my face. "But, we will find her, even if that means," Edward shoke his head. He didn't need to say more for me to understand.

I shoke my head too. "But, Lucas…. What if she doesn't want to agree with whatever he says if he is kidnapping her? What if he touches her…." I put my hand over my mouth not wanting to give out a scream that humans would actually hear. I didn't need to say more for Edward to understand. But Alice and Jacob, they never turned around. I saw the worried look on Alice's face, and I really thought we were going to lose Renesmee. Lose me.

Edward put his hand around my waist and I leaned my head into his chest. We lagged on in the alleys of pizzerias staring at the smoke rising from the chimneys. This reminded me of what would happen if I lost Renesmee. The life in me would flow up, but leave a black ash, that flew in the sky for a little, but then dropped to the ground for everyone to clean up. It would be there for all of us to remember, until we couldn't live with ourselves and had to leave.

I knew we weren't going to find her. As we lagged passed pizzeria and pizzeria so did my feet. They were unwillingly moving towards something I wanted more than my life to know wasn't true. I had to stop Alice and Jacob from going in the other direction. I knew it was Lucas. I could feel it in my body, coursing through my veins, and throbbing in my head. When there was danger near, near to my daughter, I felt it. She was apart of me, and I couldn't escape danger that was mine

The Volturi were most likely playing tricks on us, fatal tricks that were so obvious yet so hidden. If I didn't find my daughter where I thought she was, at least I was running towards her, not the other way we were going now.

I had to make a stand, and I knew at that moment it wouldn't be easy and would possibly hurt someone. But that didn't matter. This was a situation of life and death.

"Stop," I said fiercely completely stopping my pace. Alice and Jacob turned around and looked at me with bewilderment.

"They aren't there," I forced myself to say slowly so they could understand. "Alice, he's tricking you, and you know it."

"No, Bella. Listen! We are almost there. I know we are! We can't quit now and go in the opposite direction!" I looked at Jacob pleading for him to agree with me, but he just looked more confused.

"Alice," I said slowly but in a sharp tone. "How do you know that he's not leading you there for someone else to meet you! How do you know!"

"Bella, please! Don't you care about Renesmee! We have to hurry before it's too late!"

"Of course I care about Renesmee! More than my own life! Why do you think I stopped!" I looked at Alice this time with bewilderment. Of course she knew that I cared about her.

Alice didn't answer, but instead gave me a pleading glance. "Please, Bella," Alice whispered. "We have to go."

"Yah, Bella. It's our only choice." Jacob repeated interrupting the cool October wind. He said this with the face that was all too much familiar. The glance he gave me made me forget about Renesmee for a second, forget about my vampire life, and go back to a time when things were what I thought complicated, but compared to this life, might as well been compared to walking on a cloud.

I looked at Edward knowing he would go wherever I did. He gave me the strength to get over the glance that Jacob gave to me. It was a glance that I had only seen two times in my life. When I left him to rescue Edward, and when he heard that I was marrying Edward. I had so hoped I would never get to see him like that again, but hoping doesn't do anything. It just crushes.

I closed my eyes knowing that would be the easiest way to reply. I had to go rescue Renesmee. I was positive that what Alice had seen wasn't the right place. It was easy figuring that out. But it was hard telling her it wasn't.

"Alice," I took in a big breath, "Jacob, I have to go. I'm sorry. I just have to."

I waited for their replies, but their was none.

I didn't need to look up to know what their faces would hold. I could feel them, and they were slowly killing me inside out.

"Okay, Bella," Alice said softly. "Whatever." I waited for Jacob's reply knowing it would hurt the most, but he never opened his mouth.

Alice and Jacob turned around and continued the way were they were going. A way where I couldn't stand myself to travel.

I turned around too knowing how much that just hurt, it was the best thing to do. I just didn't know if it was the right one.

I let the wind blow my hair in all directions as I ran down the alley with Edward behind me. I refused to let him catch up. I needed to feel bad, I deserved it. He would take the blame for himself. But, somehow, every time, he eventually caught up.

"Bella, they will forgive you. We are going to find them, that's all that matters." Edward used his hand to bring my head up so I was looking at him. His breath was sweet on my face and tongue, but right now I wasn't concentrating on that.

I closed my eyes. "No, they won't. I have hurt them so many times before. Why would they do it now."

"My Bella," Edward said sweetly smiling as he trailed his fingers across my cheek. "I won't let that happen." Before I could back away his lips were on mine. The kiss was as usual, but it was convincing. Tempting was the word for it. I hesitatingly put my hands around his waist and put my body closer to his. I knew he was going to stop, he was just trying to dazzle me. Get me out of my trace of thought to a new one. A happier one…

Edward gently pushed me away and took his gentle lips off mine. I opened my eyes before he did, and I gave him a angry glance.

"Come on, Bella," he said in that voice that always knocked the breath out of me. "You know you like it."

"Edward, we have to go. You yourself were all angry this morning." I turned around and sped forward looking for the Colosseum knowing that would be the most obivious place to look because that was where she was originally.

I gave up trying to make everyone else happy as I ran through alley way and alley way. I knew no matter how hard I tried to, I would never be able to give everyone else what they wanted. I had to concentrate on what I did have, instead of what I didn't. I should concentrate on just living this day, not the next. Every day counted, every second that I was given with the ones I loved mattered the most. I had to hold onto those seconds or they would drift away.

That's why I was running for her. I didn't want this to be the last day I would have with her.

I finally stepped foot on the cobbled stone street leading to the Colosseum. I looked up at the sky thankful that it was overcast and there was no chance of the sun suddenly coming out.

I didn't turn around to see if Edward was behind me. I knew he would catch up eventually. I ignored the people staring at me as I ran. They didn't matter. Edward didn't matter right now. It was my daughter somewhere only a distance in front of me standing with the ones I would have been running from, not towards, that kept me from looking. Knowing my daughter was hopefully only several yards away gave me the strength to not fall and be dominated by my klutz side. She gave me the strength to run. Gave me the strength to live.

As I ran, I only looked ahead. There was nothing in the back or the sides of me that mattered at all. But, what I saw out of my right eye made me stop in my tracks although I completely knew I had to continue. I turned my head quickly and saw someone sitting down at a table across from me. Peter. I didn't know how or why I stopped because there were thousands of people who looked the same as he did in the back but, for some reason, I happened too. I would never know why, but that didn't matter right now. Here Peter was, when I thought he was at home, under the constant care of Carlisle.

I ran across the street not caring about the water spraying my feet as I sloshed through the puddles or the feel of the rain as it fell to the ground, soaking my hair. As I ran, I couldn't help but yell as I got a closer look at him and where he was sitting. I stopped completely, in the middle of the street, when I saw my daughter, my life, sitting by him.