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Invitation to Disaster

It was definite in my mind that he had said Bella, I knew it and there was no one in this world or universe that was going to deny me that. It was a large slap in the face that she must still exist; I mean really, how many Bella's could really be out there?

I wanted to go back and ask, I wanted to demand her presence…I wanted to do a lot of things that I didn't do. Jacob and his wolves had disappeared into the woods quickly. I just stood there with my jaw tense looking through the trees as Rose scuffed and pulled me back to the car. Esme and Carlisle had looked at me curiously but I didn't say a word. I was still in shock from the mere thought of her name.

The drive was tense for me all the way back home. Every muscle every nerve every fucking inch of me screamed to get out of the car and go find her. But I would be putting my family at risk because rule number one on the stupid fucking treaty that I had just signed and handed over like a good little boy said not to cross on to their lands.

I had barely made it out of the car before I moved to the side of the garage and started pacing. I didn't want my mood to ruin whatever mood Jasper was in and the rest of the family probably would just think that I was crazy, and then I would get a big old fucking lecture from Rose if I did mention what I wanted to do.

How in the world was I going to overcome this obstacle? It was ridiculous, I shouldn't have to stay off their lands, and I didn't want to feed off of their people. I wanted to see Bella…see if she was real or at least find out if my mind was playing tricks on me.

"You're thinking about crossing their lands."

I turned my head and stopped pacing to see Alice; it wasn't a question…just a statement of mere fact. And, I couldn't deny it; I was thinking about it…it took all of the strength I had in me not to just go without a care or a thought in the world on the subject.

"He thought of her name Alice."

"Who's name?"

"Bella."

Alice dipped her head and looked at her feet as her thoughts changed to Jasper and the family. She thought of how nice it was that we were pretending to be human, or that we were in an established area and wouldn't have to leave for awhile. She thought of a million different things that made me feel guilty for even thinking about breaking that treaty.

"What does she look like again Edward?"

"Long brown hair, pale skin, bright brown eyes, just…I don't know Alice, beautiful."

"There are a lot of girls in this world that could fit that description. And how sure are you that it's her? Couldn't there be another Bella?"

I took in a deep breath and dropped my hands to my sides. I had gone over these possibilities in my head over and over and over again, I still came up with the same conclusion that I had to know if it was in fact her or not. My entire existence depended on that small bit of knowledge.

"I need to know if it is her Alice."

"And what if it is? Have you thought about whether she could be one of them or not? Would it break your heart to find it was her and that she wanted nothing to do with you?"

"Of course it would, that's a stupid question…but the fact of the matter is the 'what if' Alice, I am so tired of saying 'what if' to myself."

"If she is one of them it would explain a lot."

"A lot of what?"

"Well, I can't see those people, everything goes black…and when I would search for her for you…well I never found anything it was all black, a strange empty void…they all stink really bad…did you notice that?"

"I noticed Alice, but I'm not worried about the smell right now."

"I know, I don't think that you should go over there. If it was meant to be it will, just give it time…maybe if it is her, she'll see your name on the treaty and come to you."

"Alice, my last name says Cullen on the treaty."

"Yes, but you signed it Edward Anthony Masen Cullen, any idiot can put two and two together brother."

I sighed and dropped my head before moving towards the garage and leaning on the side of it. I peered up at Alice who moved swiftly to my side and mimicked my position against the garage. What the hell was I going to do? I didn't care what she smelt like anymore; I'd hold my breath just too simply be in her arms again. I'd hold my breath until actually did kill me, which would never happen.

"What do I do Alice?"

"You stay here and do nothing right now."

"I can't do that."

Alice simply shrugged her shoulders towards me and began humming a soft melody to herself while her thoughts moved back to the family and everything I would put at risk just to find out if this Bella the one Jacob though of was my Bella.

Emmett appeared around the corner of the garage and looked from me to Alice before leaning against the garage wall with one arm. His hat was turned backwards and he had a strange shit eating grin on face…Emmett was always up to something.

Alice stood up straight and moved over to Emmett before hugging him and walking away. She didn't give me any sisterly words of encouragement or a good bye. I stayed silently looking at Emmett whose thoughts were annoyingly crystal clear, I say annoying because I didn't always want to hear the truth, the half truth was less hurtful and to know that Rose and Esme had sent him to 'cheer' me up was bull shit.

"So, I tried to tell them when they told me you needed some 'man' time that you weren't really into manly thing…but here I am anyways."

"Emmett, I just want to be alone."

"Nope, sorry man…no can do, I'm under Roses orders and you know how she gets when I don't listen. I promise not to hurt you."

"Hurt me? Emmett what the fuck are you planning? "

"A good time Edward, a good time. Come on, we're taking the Jeep."

Emmett leaned up and turned quickly into the garage. I moved at a slower pace behind him thinking of all the different ways I could torture Rose as I walked into the garage. There was a musky smell of gasoline as he turned the Jeep's engine to life. It roared with a small shake and settled into an easy purr as I climbed into the passenger side. Emmett adjusted his mirrors and fastened his seat belt as he pulled out of the garage.

"Where are we going Emmett?"

"To have some fun my brother."

"Who's fun, yours or mine?"

"Mine of course."

I rolled my eyes and settled into the seat as Emmett pulled out of the drive way and down the long winding road leading to our house. He accelerated on the gas as he pulled off of the pavement and into the woods, I didn't dislike off road…I just didn't choose to do it for fun.

Mud splashed up around the tires as trees flew by us at a blinding speed. Rose had tinkered with his engine enough to where not even mother nature's over growth could slow him down; he had wrecked his precious Jeep so many times driving through the woods that I at first wondered if he got a kick out of watching Rose have to fix it…but then again it could have been the tiny adrenaline rush he would get whenever he found something big enough to hit with the Jeep.

"So what's got you down this time Eddie boy?"

"Please don't call me Eddie, Emmett."

"Ok, what would you like for me to call you because Edward is too proper for my vocabulary? I'll give you a few second to pick before you are stuck with Eddie so think quickly."

"Edward."

"I already told you that name won't work…dude you don't even look like an Edward."

"Well, then what all mighty Emmett do I look like?"

Emmett glanced at me from the corner of his eye as we flew over another pot hole in the mud. I saw the twitch in his lips as he tried to force back a smile while his mind shifted through the many nick names I could or possibly did look like.

"Emmett, can't you just call me Edward?"

"Nope, we need secret code names for each other…something like Almighty awesome super doper god of love."

"Emmett that's retarded, no one will ever call you that."

"Rosie does."

"I don't even want to know the details of that statement. Can we change the topic?"

"Fine, Eddie what would you like to talk about?"

"I don't fucking know, I was doing just fine leaning on the side of the garage."

"Why were you leaning on the side of the garage?"

I huffed a little and looked over to Emmett while his thoughts were telling me that I was acting like a little girl. Again, his honesty was a tad bit on the annoying side; but it was at least nice to know that he wouldn't block me from his thoughts…he really didn't care what anyone thought and that included me.

"I was thinking about Bella."

"Oh yea, you mentioned her a few times… that chick who took your virtue and then bailed right?"

"Emmett she didn't take my virtue."

"But you two had sex…right?"

"Emmett, that's not what I was thinking about."

Emmett laughed as he jerked the steering wheel hard right to dodge an upcoming tree which in turn splashed mud up the side of the Jeep and onto my window. I rolled my eyes and peered back at him as he turned the radio down and slowed the Jeep.

"What were you thinking about then Eddie?"

"That wolf, or whatever the hell he was thought of her name."

"What was his thought?"

"He thought something along the lines of 'Bella will be pissed."

"Pissed at what? Dude, I hate it when women get all pissed off and start stomping around for no fucking reason."

"Emmett have you ever stopped to think that maybe just maybe you gave them a reason?"

"Why's it got to be me bro? There are three other males in the house."

"The rest of us behave."

"Blah, the rest of you don't try to live life to the fullest. Dude I didn't choose this life, but you better believe that I am going to take advantage of the possibilities…you people are so depressing sometimes. I bet you I act out for that reason."

"What are you, your own personal physiatrist now?"

"Someone's got to do it."

I rolled my eyes and chuckled to myself sincerely for the first time in awhile. Emmett giving himself his own diagnosis of why he acts up was strangely what I needed to hear at the moment.

"Anyways, Eddie…stop distracting my, so what…couldn't there be like a million Bella's?"

"I guess so man, but I want to know if the Bella he thought about is my Bella, but I can't exactly cross there lines without putting you all at risk."

"So, have someone else cross the lines for you."

"Like who Emmett?"

"I don't know… dude, look up a random address and write a letter to her."

"What? And what if someone else reads the letter?"

"So what if they do man, at least you tried. You want me to prank call the area until we find her? Dude that actually sounds like fun."

"Emmett, I don't think we are supposed to be calling 'there' people."

"Whatever man, Rosie made me read that treaty like a million fucking times because she seems to think I'll be the one to break there fucking rules."

"You do normally break the rules Emmett."

"Eddie, you are not supposed to take her side, anyways as I was saying… those rules are about us not physically being around them or their people. That treaty does not say anything about calling or writing them love letters."

"Are you trying to piss them off?"

"No, I'm trying to get you to lighten up a bit…you're killing my fun man."

"I'm killing your fun? Dude, when do you not have fun? The only person's fun I could possibly be killing is Jasper's and that because he is the unfortunate one to actually feel what I am feeling."

"Hey just because I don't have the cool super powers you three do does not mean that I don't notice things...come on dude, what harm could we really cause? We don't have to give them our names...and we can get Alice to order us one of those cell phones in someone else's name or whatever. It'll be fun man and they won't be able to trace it back to us."

I had now officially been with Emmett for far too long, his option of fun actually had some logical sense to it, and the way his brain functioned would never cease to amaze me in the slightest bit...so I'd give in...it'd make most of the family happy that I wasn't at least crossing the borders to look for her, and Emmett was right, we would not be breaking the treaty...I'd let him have his fun as long as he made sure that I found out if this was my Bella.

I sighed and shrug my shoulders as Emmett slapped the steering wheel jolting us to the left and then to the right when his laughter subsided and he slapped the other end of the steering wheel. I was happy to know that at least I had one foot in the right direction, disappointed that it took Emmett to figure out which way that step was going to be, and upset that I couldn't just walk over there and find out for myself with my own two eyes. But this would do, I had nothing else so I had to make do with it. I made a mental note that when I run out of options in the future to speak with Emmett, he thinks outside of the box all the time and sometimes that's just what my situation needs.