Hey guys I am so sooooorrrrrrryyy like a million times over. I was the busiest I have been all year in the past week. Every day I just did homework and then was too tired to post at night. This is my first free day so I can finally get this chapter out! I hope you like it, I tried to make it longer and informational but let me know what you think. Thanx! And when you're done make sure to review!!
I put the phone up to my ear and pressed SEND. "Hello," I said a little nervously.
"Hey Alice," her angelic bell voice was sweeter than I expected. "I just wanted to say sorry. I acted a little crazy when I left, and I didn't want to end up yelling at you so I waited until now to call," she explained.
"So does that mean you're coming home?" I asked a little hopefully.
"No, sorry I'm not ready for that yet," she apologized.
"It's ok," I shrugged. Jasper was tracing small circles on my arm as I talked to Rosalie.
"I'll be back in nine days," she promised.
"Ok but you still forgive me right?" I asked sweetly.
"Of course, just as long as I can help pick the baby's name," she laughed a little.
"Sure Rose," I smiled, adding light to my gold eyes.
"Have you missed me?" she asked sincerely.
"Of course you're my sister, and the only one who likes to shop with me," I added.
She laughed a little more this time, "So I take it you haven't been hanging out with Bella lately," she assumed.
"No not really, I've been with Jasper almost 24/7," I said smiling up to him.
"Why am I not surprised," she sighed.
"Well isn't Emmett right there?" I asked accusingly.
"Yeah so?" she said snottily.
"Well haven't you been with him this whole time?" I pointed out.
"Fine, you have a point, but I need Emmett to help distract me and calm me down," she told me.
"Yeah I know. We both need our husbands too much," I grinned. Jasper just shook his curls but I could see a small smile under his hair.
"Hey, Emmett wants to talk to you," Rosalie said passing the phone to him.
"Hi Em," I smiled.
"Hey, how you doin'?" he asked.
"Fine I guess," I thought of the horrible vision I had earlier.
"Did you get hurt again?" he pressed.
"Yeah, it was through a vision this time," I admitted.
"Did the baby do it to you?" he wondered a little frantically.
"Yes but it was an accident and I'm totally fine now," I defended the baby.
"Wait, it used its power?" Emmett asked.
"Yeah, but again it was my fault. I was the one who was tapping into them," I said guiltily.
"Your intent was good Alice," he said sweetly. He needed no explanation to know that I was vision searching to find out about the Volturi.
"Rose wants you back, bye," he called changing who had the phone again.
"Hi again, so do you know anything new about the Volturi visit?" she wondered anxiously.
"Not really except that Edward, Bella, or Jacob is gonna take Nessie to Volterra over Christmas break," I explained.
"Really?" she gasped.
"Yes Bella thinks it's better to let her go then just to ignore it."
"Well she's right. We don't want the Volturi coming here for something else," she added.
"That's true I'm just always worried when only one or two of us goes to see the Volturi. They are so unpredictable," I hated when things weren't perfectly certain. She didn't say anything so I changed to a lighter topic.
"Rosalie you know you're gonna miss the start of school," I realized.
"Oh well I can get out of five days or whatever," she shrugged it off. Rosalie could get out of anything she wanted to.
"Wait that means I won't be home until after Jacob leaves," she sighed happily, in relief.
"Well luckily he's at a hotel right now and will be for Christmas too," I smiled, knowing I had made that requirement.
"Well good, I don't think I can stand any more times where he sleeps in our house," she said dramatically.
"Is there anyone else who would want to talk to me?" she wondered.
"Well only Jasper and Bella are at home besides me," I sighed.
"Oh, well then I'll call back tomorrow. I really wanna talk to Nessie," she said happily.
"Will do Rosalie. Thanks for apologizing, I can't wait till you come back," I sighed.
"Me too, I miss you Alice," she blew kisses into the phone and hung up. I pulled my phone away from my ear and tucked it in my pocket. I leaned into Jasper's shoulder and he rubbed my arm comfortingly.
"I wish she'd just come home. I miss both of them," I said sadly.
"Me too, but they'll come home when they're ready, which is probably better," he soothed.
"I know but I just wish I had a girl to talk to. No offense, you're great and all but I just need my sister. And again no offense to Bella but she hasn't been a good friend lately. And she doesn't relate to me, she won't even come shopping," I shouted a little.
"I know, I know," he rocked me back and forth, trying to calm my raging emotions.
"And I know I should be mad at Rosalie but I just can't," I bit back the dry sobs.
"It's ok Alice, I get it," he said combing his fingers through my hair and kissing my forehead.
"I'm a mess, I'm sorry Jasper all these emotions must be hard for you to manage," I snuggled into his chest.
"No, it's fine, it's not your fault," he moved his other hand from my arm to my back and hugged me closer to him. We stayed that way for what seemed like forever. Neither one of us spoke and the only movements we made were Jasper's slow rocks, doing everything in his power to calm me down.
Finally the door cracked open and Bella's head popped through, "Sorry about barging in but Edward needs you now," she looked at both of us sternly.
"What's wrong?" I asked worriedly.
"He won't tell me, he just insists you come now," she urged. Jasper picked me up off his chest and set me down gently on the ground, lacing his fingers through mine as we headed downstairs. Bella sped in front of us charging down the stairs. We stayed and our pace that was only a little faster than a human's. We rounded the corner into the living room and I saw Edward pacing back and forth rubbing his temples.
"What's wrong Edward?" I wondered.
"What's wrong? What's wrong is that your baby is sending its thoughts to me ten times louder and faster than anyone here and it's giving me the worst headache ever," he said through clenched teeth.
"Well what is it telling you?" I asked, curious as to what could be so important.
"That the Volturi's new member's power is a serious threat. It could be a serious danger to us all etc. etc.," he mumbled.
"Edward! That's important. Is it telling you what the power is?" I asked frantically.
"No, only that the Volturi are going to use it, against us," he looked at us for a moment. My knees started to shake a little and my face was going even paler than it is normally. My stomach churned and I felt horrible. In almost a millisecond, Jasper picked me up and rushed me over to the downstairs bathroom that was hardly used. I stumbled forward onto the ground, falling out of his arms and gripped the sides of the toilet. My stomach wrenched in pain and I at first just started wheezing but then huge amounts of blood came spewing out of my mouth. I choked on the blood as it came out in-between coughs. It was dark, rich and sickening, just looking at it made me puke up more. Once I was done the toilet was filled to the rim with blood. I flushed it, disgusted at the sight. I hadn't noticed until now that Jasper was kneeling next to me rubbing my back. My hair stuck to my forehead and my mouth was stained with blood. I felt weak then and wasn't even sure if I could stand up.
"Are you ok Ali?" Jasper asked in what was barely a whisper. I could only nod and reach my arms up toward him. He knew what I wanted and scooped me up in his arms. I wrapped my tiny hands around his neck and buried my face into his shoulder. He brought me into-what I could tell because of all the people there was-the living room. He lay me down on the couch, detaching my arms from around his neck. I didn't want to let go but Jasper was too strong for me right now. I clenched my eyes shut and rolled over clutching my knees to my stomach. Jasper slid in next to me and put my head on his lap. He lightly brushed through my short hair. I heard the shuffling of footsteps and heard the familiar footsteps of Carlisle come stand next to me.
"Alice?" he asked lightly. I just nodded again.
"Can you talk to me?" I didn't want to. I felt like all the energy had been drained from my body and the ability to talk had left with it.
"Please baby," Jasper whispered, breathing into my ear. I felt some will from Jasper's voice and rolled over on my back. I fluttered my eyes opened and found myself staring at Jasper's golden eyes.
"Hi," I choked out in a barely audible whisper.
"Are you ok?" I glanced over to Carlisle who was standing next to the couch.
"No," it was true, I still felt the weakest I had ever felt.
"Are you hurt?" he rephrased the question.
"No," that time my voice was even lighter, the bell-like charm was missing from it.
"She needs blood," Jasper said with concern. "Look, her eyes are completely pitch black.
"I don't know if that's such a good idea," Carlisle said thinking deeply.
"Give her human blood," Bella piped up from the arm at the opposite end of the couch.
"What?" Jasper growled.
"Calm down Jazz. Think about it, it made me stronger and was obviously what the baby wanted," she came to a conclusion.
"But Bella you weren't a vampire so giving you human blood didn't exactly affect you. You never know what it could do to Alice," Jasper pressed.
"But isn't it worth a try?" Bella pointed out. I tugged on Jasper's shirt.
"It's ok, just a little, please Jazzy," I pleaded so only he could hear me.
"Fine," he gave in, looking up at Carlisle. Without words Carlisle ran off upstairs to his office to get the spare blood he kept. What is the baby thinking now? I asked Edward not wanting to talk when I didn't have to.
"Nothing much just concern, fear, and hunger," he responded. Jasper got what we were talking about and nodded affirmatively. Carlisle reappeared within seconds, racing down the stairs carrying a whole water bottle of sloshing blood. I could immediately smell it and it was slightly intoxicating. Jasper held me in place though, keeping my emotions in check. Carlisle handed me the bottle and Jasper sat me up, making sure to keep hold on my shoulders. I opened the top and drank greedily. It had been such a long time since I'd had human blood I'd almost forgotten what it tasted like, almost. It was rich and savory, luscious and made me stronger every second. I gulped down the liquid in a hurry finishing it off by licking my lips. Jasper took the empty bottle out of my hand and set it on the table. I inhaled and smiled.
"So you feel better now?" Bella assumed.
"Much," I said, speaking flawlessly and beautifully. I turned towards Jasper hitching myself up onto his lap. He looked a little shocked at my bright red eyes since he hadn't seen then like that in so long.
"I'm sorry Jazz, I had to, for the baby," I whispered apologetically.
"I know it's just so weird seeing you this way," he stroked my cheek.
"I know," I pressed my fore head to his, "It won't be for much longer." I brought my lips to his kissing him sweetly. I pulled away slowly, dragging my fingers through his hair. I looked over and noticed that Carlisle had already taken the water bottle away, going up to refill it.
"Where's Renesmee?" I wondered noticing she hadn't come back with Edward.
"She's spending the night at Leah and Jacob's hotel," Edward explained.
"Oh I figured it was something like that," I nodded. Carlisle came down in a few seconds, this time Esme was trailing behind him.
"He pulled me away from my designing. Are you feeling better Alice?" she looked sweetly at me.
"Yes much, thank you," I beamed at her. Carlisle set down the bottle on the table again.
"Don't waste this, I can't get more for a couple days," Carlisle told me sternly.
"I won't," I promised. Jasper pulled me into a hug and we sat on the couch while Bella flipped mindlessly through the channels on the TV. She stopped it on "Desperate Housewives." It was one of my favorite shows but it kind of ruined it when I knew what was going to happen. Bella always had to put her hand over my mouth so I couldn't spoil it. I watched the show while Jasper placed kisses on my hair. Just as the show flashed to commercial my eyes floated into the distance and I was no longer seeing the living room. I was seeing the Volturi, all sitting in their underground lair. They were talking to Jacob and Nessie. I could see the new woman standing next to Jane. She had long bouncy brown hair and piercing red eyes. She had a small beauty mark on her cheek, which stood out from her pale face. She flashed an evil smile at Jacob and he clamped his mouth shut as best he could. Nessie was frantically shouting and trying to help Jacob but it did no good. The vision ended suddenly and I was sucked but into the real world.
"Alice?" Jasper asked holding me.
"I saw her, the new member," I said in a monotone voice.
"Did you see her power?" Jasper wondered.
"Only slightly; when she smiled at Jacob he clamped his mouth shut and looked like he was struggling against something," I explained.
"Wait, Jacob?" Bella asked.
"Yeah, apparently he's going with Nessie," I shrugged.
"Well that's good to know," she sighed.
"Can you tell when it happened?" Jasper wondered, playing with a strand of my hair.
"Well I know it wasn't Christmas day because Aro always dresses up his tunnels to look like Christmas for tourists," I decided. "But other than that it's just some random day during Christmas break."
"Well we'll just have to keep looking," Bella noted. I sighed and leaned back into the couch, half leaning out of Jasper's lap. I drummed my fingers on my stomach aimlessly when suddenly I felt the baby kick. It wasn't too hard but I definitely felt it. I switched to just rubbing my stomach and felt no movement. Jasper moved me to his other side that way I could still be sitting on his lap and rest my head on the pillow that was situated at the arm of the couch. Bella and Edward had left up to their room, finally not having to wait until Nessie was out of the house. I laughed at Jasper's face as he tried to block out their emotions.
"Now you know how Edward feels," I giggled.
He laughed too but his hands were shaking trying to fight back the emotion.
"It's ok Jazz you don't need to fight it," I smiled. Everyone had gone to their respective rooms so the downstairs was empty. I moved my head back up staring into his lust-filled eyes. He brought his mouth to mine eagerly and we fell back onto the couch. Jasper kissed down my neck stopping at the lacey top of my tank top. I pouted and he laughed lightly taking the tank top off completely, making sure to be careful knowing I loved it. I unlatched all of the buttons on his shirt in record time throwing it off him without breaking our kiss.
"Maybe it wouldn't be such a bad idea to go to our room," he said huskily. I just nodded as Jasper picked me up bridal style, handing me our discarded shirts. He zipped up the stairs only to get even faster as he passed Edward and Bella's room.
***
Nobody except for Esme and Carlisle came downstairs very early. They were already planning their days or simply talking. It was always one of the kids that would stay up in our room until one or two in the afternoon, doing nothing important. I opened my eyes, coming out of the closest thing to sleep. Jasper tickled my arm with his fingers, moving up and down slowly. It didn't actually tickle but on a human they would be laughing hysterically. I smirked, looking out the window as more snow fell, sticking to the window.
"I wonder if Nessie's back." Jasper said.
"Probably, unless Jake is holding her hostage," I laughed at my own joke.
"That's true, but I was just wondering cause Edward and Bella aren't even out of their room yet."
"Well in that case, I'm gonna go take a shower," I said slinging my legs over the bed and gliding into the bathroom, turning on the water. Jasper just got up and started pulling random articles of clothing out of our humungous closet. I ran my fingers through my hair combing in shampoo and conditioner. It smelled of Strawberries and Cream but it wasn't appealing to me like it would be to humans. I lathered myself in plain soap and rinsed off my body thoroughly. I reached down to turn off the faucet but just as I did another sharp pain shot through me, causing me to fall onto the hard tile of the shower. I cringed in pain and curled up over my knees, rocking back and forth. It wasn't too horrible but it was enough to make my body shake in tremors.
"Alice!" I heard Jasper yell frantically. He grabbed a towel off the rack and ran to the shower. He wrenched open the door and had me wrapped tightly in the towel within a second. He hugged my body close and simulated the rocking movement I had done. He placed one of his hands on my stomach and rubbed it softly. He went over the full hand strokes with just his thumb and I could tell he was using his calming ability. Finally the pain settled and Jasper whispered, "The baby is resting, not actually asleep but not active."
"Just like I always do…how can you tell?" I wanted to know.
"I can only feel peaceful and a restful emotion coming from it, just I like I get from you when you do it," he smiled warmly, setting me down on my feet. I moved slowly out of the bathroom and went over to my closet. I found my new, cute D&G Organza Lace Tank and Rock and Republic jeans. I left off the shoes since we weren't going anywhere yet. Jasper came in as I was putting in earrings.
"Are you ok?" he asked sweetly.
"Yeah, just another growth spurt," I smiled patting my stomach.
"Kids get down here now!" I heard Esme unnecessarily shout. Jasper grabbed my waiting hand and we scampered down the stairs with Bella and Edward on our heels. She was in the hardly used dining room with Carlisle sitting next to her.
"Sit," he gestured to the chairs. We all sat hesitantly, unsure of what this was about.
"Don't worry this is nothing too bad. It's just that school starts in three days and we have new standards," he said profoundly.
"Neither of you or Emmett and Rose are to say anything about Alice or her being pregnant," she looked at them sternly.
"So wait are we supposed to pass this on to Em and Rose?" Bella asked.
"Yes, that would be nice," Esme smiled her usual motherly grin.
"You must also not discuss what you did over break or any clue that could mess this up," Carlisle looked intently at Bella.
Bella's phone started ringing loudly.
"Sorry," she mouthed "Jacob!" she shouted as she paced around the table. I was tuning out
what Jacob said on the other end and simply wanted to hear Bella talking. "Wait they sent you a letter?!"
"Well who cares about checking on the wolves! They are up to something way more than that… Wait they want you to go with Nessie… Well I guess I know why you're going now," Bella paced slightly faster. She nodded and bit her lip finally stopping her paces. "So wait you're leaving tomorrow?" "Ok just make sure you stop by, I'd like my daughter back," she laughed lightly. "Bye Jacob," she finished hanging up the phone.
"So Jacob got a letter from the Volturi?" Carlisle raised his perfectly shaped eyebrow.
"Apparently, Jacob said the letter was a friendly way of saying that if Jacob doesn't come with Nessie then they'll go to Forks and well you know…," she left the scenario to our imagination.
"Ok well as I was saying none of you will say anything. I think the baby will be our cousin, that way it doesn't seem suspicious," Carlisle drummed his fingers on his temple.
"Next time we move the baby will be our child just like Renesmee," Esme smiled sweetly. I just nodding watching their faces lift in excitement or happiness. I was feeling annoyed and angry, stupid pregnancy mood swings.
Edward looked at Esme and Carlisle's faces, "can we go now?"
"Of course dear," Esme smiled, tucking a hair behind her hair. Edward took Bella's hand and they went to our coat closet. Grabbing two jackets and slipping on boots they headed out the door.
"Where are they going?" Japer asked me, toying with my fingers. I sighed and let the vision of Edward and Bella overtake me.
"Shopping for once; Bella and Edward will only buy new clothes together and they hardly even go. So since Renesmee is with Jacob they decided it was the best time," I finished, opening my eyes. Jasper laughed lightly flipping his curls behind his ears.
"So Carlisle what will be our excuse for skipping the first part of school?" I wondered.
"Well, you could always say you were on vacation with Rosalie, but you have to make sure you don't go to Umea," he eyed me.
"Ok I promise, we'll just be home with the baby anyways," I shrugged. Jasper snaked his arm around my waist and I leaned into his side, falling into the back of the couch. I traced a scar that was below his chin and sighed.
"What's wrong?" he asked, rubbing my back.
"This Volturi thing is just making me crazy and nervous, I don't want a repeat of what happened with Nessie," I thought back to that day when we barely got away. "I mean we haven't even thought about how we're going to pledge our innocence. We can't gather up witnesses again, so quickly. It won't have a heartbeat and besides resemblance I don't think we have any proof. Plus even if we do, we'll have to find a way to figure out what's gonna happen in the future. That will for sure be one of Aro's excuses," I went on, getting more frantic with each new realization.
"Calm down Alice," Jasper said, stroking my cheek. "You need to stop worrying until the baby is at least born. That will hopefully lead us to the many answers we need."
"Ok but after that, I'll probably start panicking again," I warned him, laughing a little.
"It's ok, we can figure it out together, all three of us," he smiled, placing one hand over my stomach. I burrowed into his chest, pressing as tightly as I could.
"I love you, and I never wanna leave you," I whispered.
"You won't have to," Jasper whispered into my hair. Even though he was trying to be confident and consoling, I knew there was only a small amount of hope unless we could figure something out soon. The Volturi are too powerful to take on in a fight and they are too experienced to outsmart. We had to find proof or we were all dead.
YAY! Chapter 10, I really hope you liked it. I worked really hard and now that summer is coming up I can post A LOT more. Thanx to all my readers, you guys are awesome for reading my story. I will get Chapter 11 out ASAP and by that I mean sometime next week. I promise no more long delays, and if there is I should know in advance. As always please review-I want 9 to post the next chapter. Thanx a million and once again I apologize for the delay.
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