Chapter 10

We walked from the cliff through the woods, back to to the huge, white house, my house, I suddenly realized. I was wobbly on my feet, my mind clouded with a pink haze. Jasper was holding my hand softly, only applying pressure when I lead us too far from the right direction. I was surprised he would let me lead. My inner compass was quite accurate at times, but now, after that kiss, I was as blind as a mouse in the belly of a cat.

At times I would look sideways at Jasper's face, and though he wouldn't answer my gaze, I did see the huge grin on his face. It made my mood ever more blissful. How did I even deserve a kiss from this gorgeous creature?

The kiss had triggered more feelings, besides feelings of doubt and pride. I was still smothering at the places his body had softly touched, and those smothering places were slowly reaching to my core. Images of him hovering over me took over my mind. My breath hissed in my throat when the images became more detailed.

Jasper chuckled softly, and suddenly I remembered how he could feel my mood accurately. I didn't flush red. I wasn't embarrassed. Let him know, I thought, and I smiled to myself, slightly mischievous. Jasper showed no other sign that he knew what I was feeling, and my mood slowly shimmered back to its blissful state.

My thoughts wandered back to my past, which was pathetically blurred. The only things I knew were from visions, and what the asylum records showed me. Suddenly I dug my heels in the ground and froze in my tracks. Jasper tugged softly on my hand, trying to pull me with him, but I kept still. My body went numb, and my muscles were clenched and at the same time fully relaxed. Jasper stopped tugging my hand and walked towards me, his eyes worried.

'Alice?'

I stared blankly at him.. no, not at him, but through him. His sloppy blond hair and warm golden eyes turned into a whirl of colors, which took solid form once more. A scene enfolded itself in front of my eyes, and I recognized it as the Cullen's living room. I.. saw myself. I was sitting on the couch, a drawing path in my hands, my fingers drawing on it with blurring speed. Only.. I wasn't me. I was pale, paler than I ever had been. The speed with which my hands moved over the paper was.. inhuman. I couldn't see my face very clearly, but the vision shifted a bit, closing up on my face. It was stunningly beautiful, if it's okay to say something like that about yourself. My breath hissed. My eyes. They were the same liquid gold Jasper's were, the same as the rest of the Cullen's, the same as Esme's, Carlisle's, Edward's, even the same as Emmett's and Rosalie's.

I kept staring at myself. Even when someone entered the room I kept staring at myself. The golden-eyed me looked up, and for a second I was startled that I might not be invisible anymore, but the other me looked up at the person that had just entered the room. I saw Edward standing in the doorway, arms crossed, casually leaning against the door post. He was having that stupid knowing grin on his face.

'Could you please control your mind when Jasper's gone? I know you miss him.' He spoke.

Golden Alice shook her head and grinned at him. 'Get out of my thoughts, radio head!'

Edward chuckled. 'Well, it's you who's throwing the thoughts at me!'

Golden Alice chuckled also, a high, ringing sound. The scene dissolved and made place for the green shadows of the forest. I was surprised. I wasn't standing up like I was before the vision, but I was lying down, my hear resting on some kind of stone.

I sat upright and looked around, startled. I felt a pair of hands on my shoulders, softly pulling me backwards. I was dazed, blank and just obeyed the hands that pulled me back. I looked upwards, and saw Jasper's long blond hair frame his face. He had pulled my head back, so that I was lying down again, and suddenly I realized that it wasn't a rock underneath my head, it was Jasper's lap.

'You keep scaring me with your little black outs.' Jasper said, while he softly caressed my face.

I laughed. 'You're going to have to get used to it.'

We just lay there then, for hours it seemed, and I didn't want it to end. Jasper was leaning against a tree with his head, eyes closed, his fingers slowly caressing my cheekbones and shoulders. He looked so peaceful. It shot through my mind that maybe this was the first time he was peaceful in a long, long time.

At one point I became restless. The vision I had had was confirming all my suspicions. For one thing, Edward was a mind reader. I had suspected him to be, but I wasn't sure until now. Well.. Define sure. Let's just say that I trusted my visions enough to be sure of everything. And for a second thing.. I was going to be really one of them. The golden eyes, the stunning beauty, unmatched reflexes. I was going to be one of the Cullen's.

I grew so restless I pulled away from Jasper's caressing hands and rose from my seat. I turned to him, put one hand on my hip and stuck out my hand to him.

'Ready to go?'

Jasper smiled at me, his eyes twinkling. He took my hand and let himself be pulled up, and lay his hand around my waist.

'Of course.' he muttered.

We continued our walk silently, but soon the big house came into view. The vision of the golden eyed me sitting on the couch of that very house came back.

Rosalie's car was in front of the house, and so was Carlisle's. I guess the whole family was waiting for us.

We walked up the front door and Jasper opened it softly, almost silently. I was still amazed how silently and swiftly the entire family could move around the house.

Esme proved that point again by suddenly popping up out of nowhere when we entered the hallway. Jasper didn't take his arm from my waist.

'There you guys are! Alice? Are you hungry? I cooked some chicken for you if you want..'

I held up both my hands in surrender. 'That's okay, Esme. I'm fine.'

I saw Carlisle sitting in the living room, staring at the TV. Soft noises coming from upstairs indicated Emmett and Rosalie were having some fun. There was no sign of Edward however.

'Ehm, Jasper? You know where Edward is? I need to speak to him.'

Jasper shook his head. 'I'm not sure where he went. He likes to hike the forests these days, maybe he's out climbing some mountain.' He shrugged a bit.

'You want to go upstairs?' he added.

I wanted to look at Esme, but she had already disappeared again.

'I ehh, I think I'll just go take a shower. I feel.. weird.'

I did feel weird. It was as if the whole world was spinning, every way. I suddenly recognized the feeling. I quickly went upstairs, leaving Jasper in the hallway, and went to the large bathroom. I locked the door, I couldn't use a Jasper or Emmett barging in on me, and undressed. I looked in the mirror, pulled a bit at my spiky black hair and grunted. What was I doing here?

I steadied myself. I was here to gather my thoughts.

First up, Edward was a mind reader. He probably knew every one of my visions I had had from the beginning. And there was the feeling I had just had in the hallway. That numb feeling, indicating the beginning of a vision was now slowly spreading across my remaining limbs.

Another vision? So soon?

My face in the mirror made place for an other face. A face that was all to familiar. My breathing deepened, my heart rate sped and I shivered uncontrollably.

It was the face of an old man, but one so stunningly beautiful. His hair was gray, but shiny. A pair of glasses shimmered on his nose and as he slowly got closer I saw two crimson eyes shine behind them. The guy smirked devilish, his red eyes glowing with evil joy. The man got even closer and head seemed to grow with each passing second.

The man with the crimson eyes opened his mouth and snarled loudly at me. I felt his cold invisible hands hold my neck. He opened his mouth again and showed me his smile. I tried to scream. The gold hands on my neck braced me for something. Then he yanked aside my head and sank his teeth into my throat.

I screamed, or at least tried, for no sound was coming out of my mouth.

The face disappeared, though the crimson eyes still held my mind in their grip, and I was brought back to the bathroom. Slowly the crimson eyes too, dissolved into the mirror.

I was looking at myself again, my breathing heaving, my eyes wide and shocked.

Why did they do that? Why did the visions come so quickly after one another, why so more often? I sighed to steady my breathing.

I quickly went into the shower, and opened the hot water stream. The water calmed my nerves and I rethought the visions of today. The first one today had convinced me even more of Edwards gift, the gift to read minds. The second one.. of the face.. The crimson eyes weren't something I had made up, neither was the man biting my shoulder and throat.

He was.. drinking my blood?

A snarl reappeared in my head. The image of Emmett hunting a huge bear. I had had that vision when I was still back at the hospital. I remembered his hands spread out like claws, his hands covered in blood. I remembered him crouch and leap at the bear, mouth in a snarl, hands ready to cut.

The Cullens were inhumanly beautiful, all of them, the golden eyes, the unmatched reflexes, the hearing, the suddenly appearing out of thin air. The crimson eyes guy had been beautiful too, terrifying, but beautiful. He was in ways similar to the Cullen's.. or were they similar to him?

Words shot through my mind while the warm water softened my senses.

Bloodsuckers.. Demons.. Devils.. Leeches.. Bloodlust..

Vampire..

Jasper.. With fangs.

To my surprise I wasn't scared, not as I was of the crimson eyed man. It was just.. a solution to a mystery. The thought crossed my mind that Carlisle might just have taken me into his home to be their personal dinner.. But it didn't fit. Carlisle was too nice, too compassionate, and it wasn't fake. Neither were one of the other family members. They were all as real as could be, no secret layered personalities. I shook my head at the thought of Jasper being fake.

I slowly turned down the stream of water and got out of the shower. So they didn't eat.. but drank.

Human blood?

Or something else? There had to be something else.

Emmett and the bear popped up.

Could it be? Animal blood?

Well that did explain a lot. Probably the golden eyes too. Explained why Rosalie and Emmett were together thought they were part of the same family. They probably got together when one of them joined the family. Explained also that it was possible for me and Jasper to be together.

I slowly started to dry myself with some of Esme's fluffy white towels. Downstairs I heard the front door open and close, and Edwards voice that greeted his family. I heard him fell silent. I smiled smugly. I had figured this out, all by myself. I quickly dressed myself in a huge red hoody I had borrowed from Jasper, and a pair of comfortable sweatpants. I dried my wet hair a bit, but then changed my mind and left the bathroom. I went straight to Edwards room, which was on the end of the hallway. I did not bother to knock.

Edward was standing on the other side of the room, staring out of the window.

'You're one clever little pixie aren't you?' He snorted.

I crossed my arms and smiled too. 'Well I've gotten a little help.'

'Oh, even without your visions you would have found out eventually.' Edward replied.

I laughed out loud. 'Maybe..' I noticed there wasn't a bed in his room. There was one in Jaspers. Must be to make me more comfortable.

Edward turned around to face me, a huge grin on his face. I sat down on one of the large and comfortable chairs that Edward had placed in his room. I pulled up my legs and pulled them underneath me. My grin widened as my eyes met Edward's.

'Let's talk.'

Awesome chapter :D. I might edit a bit later, because i've written this chapter in like a few days without revising the chapter I had already written. I just continued down it, so maybe the part dont flow into each other like I want them to be.

Alicee knooows, Alice knoows, she's gonna join them, she's gonna join them! n_n

Stay tuned!