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"Alice?"

"Cullen," Jacob growled.

"Bella? I thought you were dead." Alice's bell like voice chimed out miserably quiet.

"Dead? Why would I be dead?"

Alice didn't answer. She looked at Jacob and then behind him at Casey who pushed her way in front of him.

"Don't push me," she drawled irritated. "Alice Cullen as in Edward's sister?" Casey asked in a tone that worried me.

"Yeah," I said suddenly very uncomfortable. It may have had something to do with the looks everyone kept throwing me.

Casey snorted. "C'mon Jake," she said grabbing his hand and pulling him to the kitchen.

Jake let her lead him away, but not before giving Alice a warning glare.

I looked at Alice hard. She was hardly forgiven. She left me with no word and then randomly shows up as soon as I'm fine. That's great. If she was here, where were the others?

She was just staring at me with a weird look of relief on her face.

"Let's go into the living room."

Alice followed me, but when she sat on the couch I scooted as far away from her as I could. She looked hurt by the action, but I felt no remorse.

"What are you doing here, Alice?" I asked in tone that made her flinch.

"I saw you jump off that cliff. I thought you were dead," she said sadly.

"If you thought I was dead, what was the point of coming here?"

She just stared at me.

Stupid.

"Why did you jump off the cliff, Bella?"

"For fun," I said simply.

"It's fun to try and kill yourself," she said sharply.

"I was cliff diving. It's recreational, therefore, fun!" I said just as sharply.

"You just disappeared after you jumped, I didn't know what happened."

"I got wet."

She gave a heavy sigh which made me smirk.

"JAKE! STOP!" I heard Casey yell from the kitchen.

"Since when do you hang out with dogs?" Alice asked with her nose scrunched up. I scoffed.

"Since you left."

She literally flinched away from me, for the second time.

Ha.

"Bella-"

"Would you just answer the flippin' phone?" Casey snapped loudly at Jacob as the phone rang.

"I'm getting it," he grumbled back.

I glanced at Alice as I stood up. Her eyes took on a faraway look, one that told me she was having a vision. I was curious as to what she was seeing but also as to who was on the phone.

I choose the phone.

"He isn't here." Jacob said into the phone.

Casey looked at me curiously as I walked into the kitchen.

"He's at the funeral," Jake said angrily before slamming the phone back on the receiver.

Casey raised an eyebrow.

"Who was that?" I asked.

"Filthy bloodsucker," he grumbled under his breath. If Casey heard this, it didn't faze her.

"Who did you just hang up on, Jacob?" I asked again.

"Dr. Carlisle Cullen," he sneered.

"The dad?" Casey asked.

"Why didn't you let me talk to him?" I asked Jacob and ignored Casey.

"He didn't ask for you, he asked for Charlie."

"Why did you hang up on him?"

"He hung up on me," Jacob snapped.

"Bella, its Edward!" Alice cried as she came into the kitchen.

"Oh for the love of God!" Casey groaned as she stood up and walked out of the room.

"What do you mean it's Edward?"

"I thought you were dead and I told the family I was going to see what happened. Rosalie told Edward and that was him on the phone not Carlisle." Alice cried again.

At the sound of Edward's name, a rush of pain swept through me, then anger at Jacob for hanging up on him when I was so close to hearing his voice for real. Then I felt the anger at myself for even caring about him.

He. Left. Me.

"So? What's the big deal if he thinks I'm dead? It's not like he cares about me anyway." I told her, annoyed with the dramatics.

"Doesn't care about you? How can you say that?" Alice asked incredulously.

"Easy, he told me he didn't."

"Well then he lied, Bella! Of course he cares about you!"

"He does a good job of showing it," Jake grumbled from his corner of the kitchen. Alice shot him a look while I ignored him.

"Bella, he's going to the Volturi. I don't know what he's thinking!"

"Why is he going to the Volturi?"

Alice didn't answer me. Again her eyes drifted off to see something no one else saw. Another vision, only this time I wanted to know what it was.

"Alice," I question when her eyes focused again.

"He's going to expose himself," she gasped in horror.

"I'm sorry, what?"

"He's going to expose himself to the humans!"

"Why?" Alice gaped at my monotone reaction.

"He doesn't want to live in a world without you," she cried yet again.

"Isn't that what he's already done?"

"Bella, it was for your own good!"

"I think I can decide what is and isn't for my own good," I growled out. "Why should I help him anyway? He left me, not the other way around."

"Bella, please, I know you're angry and you have every right to be, but you can't let him die!"

Let him die?

I thought of the pain it caused when Edward left me on the forest floor –like I had died and he had let me. I thought of how I could hardly get through the day until I met Casey. I thought about the disappointment in her eyes when she saw my reaction to the phone call. I knew she would think it was stupid to even consider helping Edward. But I also knew if Casey knew this was a matter of life or death, she would understand.

Only Casey could never know the truth which meant she'd never understand.

"Bella please," Alice begged in a horribly pained voice. It made my heart ache.

I remembered Casey's bloodshot eyes from when she told me everything. I remembered the tears that filled her eyes. I remembered wishing that if I could, I would go back in time and save everyone just for Casey, sacrificing anything it would take, including having a best friend.

It destroyed Casey entirely to lose the people she loved. It made me think of Esme, she would lose her son. Emmett, Jasper, Alice, and Rosalie would lose their brother. Carlisle would lose his first friend after joining the vampire world. What would I lose?

My pride, self-respect and probably Casey's respect.

"Fine," I said out loud, "because I don't want him to die." I whispered.

"WHAT!" Jacob roared.

I heard something fall on the floor in the living room.

"What's goin' on?" Casey hollered.

"We have to go now!" Alice panicked, but her eyes showed her gratitude.

"Okay," I said blankly following her towards the front door. Jacob followed behind and Casey joined our group.

"What's goin' on?" Casey asked again as she watched me put on my shoes and coat.

"I have to go." I told her.

"Go where?" she asked curiously. Casey was casual like she thought I meant the store, but Jake was fuming because he knew the truth.

"Yeah, Bella, where?" he asked in an icily calm voice.

"California," I lied. Jacob knew where I was going, but I couldn't let Casey know.

"That's where the Cullen's live," Casey stated.

"Yeah," I said again, not really knowing what to say, but Casey made it easy by not replying.

"We have to go Bella," Alice urged.

"I'll be back," I reassured both of them, but Casey just looked at me emotionless.

"If you go to him, Bella –" Jacob started, but I couldn't let him finish.

"I promise," I told them, though I wasn't sure what I was promising.

"Bella," Alice urged again. I went to the black Mercedes I recognized as belonging to Carlisle.

"I'm sorry," I said to Jake's hurt expression, but he began to stomp away, down the street towards the reservation.

"Jake!" I called after him, but Alice grabbed my hand and pulled me away.

"Bella we're running out of time."

Casey stood there in my front yard. She looked back at Jacob's retreating figure with sadness in her blue eyes. She looked at Carlisle's car with a blank face, but when she met my eyes I knew the sadness wasn't just for a hurt Jake, it was for me.


The panic was growing inside of me as we flew over the ocean making our way towards Italy and Edward. Even though I was angry with Edward, I didn't want him to die. Even though I was angry with Alice and the rest of the Cullen's I didn't want them to lose a brother and son. I didn't want it to be my fault that he sought death.

I don't think I could stand that guilt.

I would go to Italy and keep Edward from a permanent death, but I wouldn't just forgive him. I would keep him from exposing himself and then I go back. I would go back to Forks with my best friend and the werewolves. I would only see Edward in my dreams or in my adrenaline delusions.

"I still don't understand what possessed you to jump off that cliff," Alice mumbled as she rubbed her temples.

"I did it for fun," I groaned for the third time since we got on this plane.

"I don't see what's so fun about an attempt at suicide."

"I don't see why you have to keep bringing it up."

"I just think it was a stupid thing to do."

"I think leaving me was a stupid thing to do," I shot back.

"Bella –" she started, but I refused to let her finish.

"Don't."

"What about your new friend? The blonde one?"

"What about her?" I snapped. I didn't appreciate her tone of voice.

"Who is she? She doesn't seem like the kind of girl you would hang out with." Her tone insulted me.

"Yeah, well I don't think you know all that much about me anymore and you definitely don't know anything about Casey."

"Bella, I'm really sorry, okay? I'm sorry we left you; it was for your own good. It wasn't to hurt you."

"Alice, only I can decide what's for my own good."


"You stole this car?" I asked Alice as she weaved dangerously in and out of traffic.

"Yeah, but I must say I really like it." It was a yellow Porsche and I absolutely hated it.

"So what's the plan?" I asked knowing we were getting closer and closer to our destination.

"Well, I can't exactly walk around so I need you to get to Edward. He'll be under the tower and you have to get there fast. You have to keep him from going out in the sun, Bella. Just hold him off until I get there and then we'll take him home." She told me as pushed the car faster and faster.

"It'll be quick?" I asked hopefully.

"That's what I'm going for, but why are you in such a hurry?"

"Well, my dad doesn't exactly know I'm on a different continent."

"Oh, your little friend is covering for you."

"Little friend? Do you mean Casey?"

"Yes," Alice grumbled.

"She's not my little friend, she's my best friend," I snapped, sick of her attitude.

"Sorry," she said softly, but then we brought to a stop. "Those are the gates."

She didn't wait in the long line of cars; instead she pulled off to the side and continued to drive.

"When we get close, just jump out and get to the tower Bella. We're almost out of time."

"Alright," I said anxiously.

Then when we got up to a guard who stopped us, I jumped out of the car and took off through the gates.


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