[Disclaimer] Everything Twilight belongs to Mrs. Stephanie Meyer.

[A/N] Hi there. I was really surprised how many of you suggested using physical violence against Edward.

Edward isn't a bad guy, just a little selfish and immature. Don't forget he's only seventeen after all.

**About uninvited guests**

It seemed to take forever until they finally showed up in the hotel room, but the truth was that just a few minutes had passed since I called Emmett.

"Where's the drama queen?" He called out cheerfully and an evil grin appeared on his face.

Jasper grabbed Edward at his collar and shoved him to the side. His marble jaw made a strange, cracking noise when Jaspers fist connected with it.

I recognized that Jaspers eyes were pitch-black. He really looked scary now – like a real vampire.

"Edward Cullen, if you dare to lay your hand on Alice ever again; it'll be your last fucking move on this earth. I swear if you…," Jasper hissed at Edward and continued shaking him as if he was a human sized doll.

"Jasper please, let your brother go." I turned around and stared at the small, caramel-haired beauty that was standing in the frame of the door.

She closed the space between us with a few graceful steps and kneeled down next to me on the floor.

"Esme," I stumbled out and wrapped my arms around her to sob against her shoulder. She smelled like sandalwood and home. Up until this moment I had never realized how much I missed her. Esme was more a mother to me than my own.

"It's alright honey," she mumbled softly and started stroking my back comfortingly.

"He didn't hurt you, did he?"

I quickly shook my head and pulled out a tissue to clean my nose.

"But he hurt Alice, he…he…," I croaked out and my entire body started trembling slightly.

Alice slowly stood up from the wall that Edward had thrown her against and cleared her throat.

"He didn't hurt me. Not really. She shouldn't have called you. I could have totally…,"she started to explain, but Jasper cut her off.

"Yeah, I can see how well you were handling the situation. Stop being so stubborn Alice and let us help you." He stated while his left hand never loosened the grip around the collar of Edwards shirt.

His eyes caught Emmett's who was standing a little lost in the middle of the room.

"Could you help me here please and stop staring around like an idiot!" He snarled at him and Emmett cringed.

"I don't know what to do with him. I mean technically, I should just kick his ass right now...,"

"Emmett," Esme warned him and her butterscotch eyes narrowed for a moment.

He raised his hand in a defensive gesture. "Don't worry mom, I won't hurt your little darling unless he provokes me."

Edward chuckled slightly. What the hell was there left to laugh about now.

"He's worried what you are going to think of him when he punches me in front of you." He explained to his mother and she raised one eyebrow.

Emmett's eyes narrowed for a moment but then they relaxed again.

"She won't always be there, you can bet on that Edward. Now stop snooping around in other peoples head and try to calm down." He assured him calmly.

I stumbled over to the gigantic bed again and sat down on its edge. Alice squeezed Esmes hand for a moment before she walked over to me and hugged me tightly from behind.

I sighed deeply when the ends of her short hair tickled my neck again.

"Sshh Bella, everything is going to be alright." She whispered into my ear and I put my hand in hers.

Esme turned to Edward now. It was the first time that she directly addressed him since they entered the room.

"Edward, what do you think you're doing here?" She asked him and her voice was calm and warm.

"I thought you didn't want to see her again – ever."

He cleared his throat and his face looked tortured now, full of pain.

"You know why I left," he started hesitantly and the weak attempt of a smile appeared on Esmes heart shaped face.

"Yeah I now, Edward, but it doesn't change the fact that you did it." She stated and put a wisp of his bronze hair behind his ear.

"But I…,"he stumbled out.

"…no but. Edward when you told me that you wanted to leave Bella. Did I or did I not ask you if you were willing to deal with the consequences of that choice?"

He nodded his head silently and his lips were trembling when he spoke up again.

"I thought that she would make some reasonable choices for her life. You know how it tortured me to leave her. I was just trying to protect her soul." He mumbled lifelessly.

My mouth felt suddenly very dry and I felt uncomfortable and guilty for being the surge for all of this trouble.

"You don't have to do that, Edward. I can pretty well protect myself."

He smirked and to my surprise his crooked smile didn't touch my heart at all. There was just the hint of a warm feeling, not really a feeling more the memory of one that made me smile back.

"Bella everyone in this room knows that you can't do that. You are a magnet for any kind of trouble."

Now my cheeks blushed in embarrassment while I thought about something witty to respond. The problem was that I knew he was right. I was a klutz.

"That problem will be solved soon. Once Alice will turn me into a...,"

"Don't you dare to finish that sentence Bella," he interrupted me. "I won't let that happen. I can't let her destroy your soul." His voice nearly broke at the end.

"Jeez, Edward, stop that crap about destroying souls for once. Nobody believes in this bullshit apart from you." Emmett stated and shook his head.

"If Bella chooses to become a vampire – let her. I bet she'll be one tough little new born. After all, what's wrong with being a vampire? I'm pretty sure that you can't show me one single vampire who doesn't it."

Edward shook his head in disbelief and grinned sheepishly.

"Rosalie."

The cream-white paint splintered of the wall when Emmett punched Edward's head against it over and over again.

"Emmett," Esme croaked out. "Please stop that. Can't you see that your brother is just trying to provoke you?"

Emmett growled but almost instantly let go of him.

Edward ran his fingers through his hair and shook of some white colored dust.

"Well I'm sorry that he doesn't like to hear the truth. I won't bring it up again."

"You arrogant little ass, how dare you? Edward you know exactly why she…," His deep voice sounded unusually upset. I didn't even know it could be like that. Emmett was one of the happiest persons I knew.

"Edward, I told you that you might dislike some of the choices that Bella is going to make in her life. You told me that you'd be fine with that as long as she's happy." Esme told him and her warm, butterscotch colored eyes never left his.

"Yeah I remember, but I thought she'd make some smarter decisions. Why can't she just be with someone normal? A normal human guy whom she could marry, have children with and all that stuff."

I snarled at the wedding comment.

"For heaven's sake Edward you don't seem to know me at all. Getting married? Seriously? Just for the records; I don't want to get married –ever."

I felt Alice stiffen behind me and when I turned around to look at her she stared down at the blanket on the bed. Great, just great – now I had hurt her feelings.

I put one finger underneath her tiny marble chin to make her look up to me again.

"Hey beautiful," I whispered and the ends of her lips twisted into a gorgeous pixie-smile.

Edward snarled. "Alice, can you at least attempt to control your thoughts?"

Jasper cleared his throat. "Can you at least try to control your emotions?"

Alice put her head between her hands and moaned deeply.

I started massaging her scalp with my fingertips. Poor little pixie, no wonder her head was hurting.

Finally she croaked out one single word again that didn't make sense to me at all.

"Volterra,"

Emmett rolled his eyes. "Oh no, not again; he's not really thinking about that suicide crap again."

Esme took a deep unnecessary breath through her coral tinted lips and walked over to Edward.

Then she raised her hand and slapped him right across his marble face.

"How dare you?" Her voice was trembling full of anger and that surprised me. I'd never seen her angry before.

"Edward, how can you even think about doing something so completely stupid and selfish? Don't you know what that would do to your father?"

He swallowed hard and cleared his throat before he stumbled out. "Esme, look I'm sorry. But that has nothing to do with you or Carlisle."

She put her hand on his cheek and shook her head. "Of course it has, Edward. You are our son. We don't want to lose you."

He nodded his head and sighed. "Yeah, I know. It's just…I really don't know how I'm supposed to live without her." His voice was barely a whisper at the end.

"You don't have to live without her. She's going to be a part of this family. It was always meant to be like that." She told him hesitantly.

"Esme, I don't know. I honestly don't know if I can do that. I love her so much."

"Hmm, I'm aware of that. Edward, but I've already told you. Every choice that we make has a consequence; some more than the others."

"I don't know what to do now." He whispered exhaustedly and leaned back against the wall.

"Well at first you should apologize to your sister for being so rude to her."

Edward turned around and cleared his throat again. "I'm sorry Alice. I shouldn't have yelled at you like that. That was totally unacceptable."

Then he sighed deeply and walked over to the door.

His lips turned into that crooked smile again, or maybe it was just the weak attempt of it.

"Alice I envy you. I really do. I wished I could love her like you do – without fear."

She nodded her head and I twisted the dainty fingers of her hand with mine and started drawing fine circles on the cool skin of her palm.

"Good bye, Edward. I really hope you'll feel better soon."

"Yeah I know you do. Thanks Alice. I guess I'll better leave now." He told her and tried to clean his shirt from the fine pearly dust that was covering it on several spots.

Then he turned to Esme before he left the room. "I promise to call."

She nodded and whispered "You know that you can come home whenever you want."

He smiled halfheartedly. "I won't be gone for long." He assured her and when I blinked again he was gone, just gone. It was almost like that terrible day back in the woods when he had broken up with me.

Emmett exhaled deeply through his mouth. "Jeez, that was awful. I really hope he'll calm down again."

Alice nodded her head. "He will."

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I had just finished the last bites of the pasta dish that Esme had ordered for me when Alice returned.

"You're back already?" I asked her cheerfully while she sat down on my lap and kissed my cheek.

"Hmm, yes, I couldn't stay away too long. I miss when you're not there."

"You could have taken me with you, you know?" I told her while I started to caress the silkiness of her short hair with my fingertips.

"Take you with me on a hunting trip with Emmett and Jasper? I don't think that would have been such a good idea."

I giggled slightly. "Yeah I know. That was just a joke. I know that it's impossible while I'm still human."

She wiped away some sauce from the corner of my mouth with her fingertips.

I gazed into her beautiful eyes that had the color of light topaz now. From all the different shades that her eyes could turn into - I loved this one the best.

Alice cupped my face between her dainty hands and covered her lips with mine. A low moan escaped my throat when I felt her tongue nudging against the warm skin of my lower lip.

I opened my lips a little and a shiver went through my body when her tongue started exploring my mouth hesitantly.

It was hard to remind myself to continue breathing but I knew that it would be a little awkward if I'd fainted in her arms.

"Bella I love you." She mumbled against my lips before she finally pulled back.

I rested my head against her shoulder and inhaled the sweetness of vanilla and lilac that covered her skin. God, she smelled so incredibly good; heavenly.

"Alice," I whispered hesitantly while I planted a row of sweet kisses on the cool skin of her neck.

"Yes,"

"When I told Edward that I didn't want to get married, you kind of looked hurt…somehow."

She put her dainty hands around my waist and pulled me closer towards her marble body.

"Well, of course I was hurt." She confessed

"Why?" I asked her nervously

"You honestly want to know why?" Her crystal-voice sounded irritated.

I wrapped my hand around her right wrist and guided it to my mouth. Then I planted a kiss on each of her knuckles.

"You know how much you mean to me, do you? I love you so much. More than words can say."

Her lips turned into a breathtaking smile while her free hand started playing with the long curls of my hair.

"Yeah, I know. That's exactly how I feel about you Bella."

I kissed her lips again and the deliciously coolness of her sweet mouth made me feel dizzy.

"I still don't understand why you are hurt about the marriage thing. Like I told Edward; it's nothing but a piece of paper. It doesn't mean a thing."

She shook her head and giggled.

"Of course it means something Bella. It means a lot."

"Is that why you married Jasper?" I asked her hesitantly.

"No," she sighed deeply. "I married Jasper because everyone expected us to do it."

Her beautiful eyes looked sad now and that hurt me like a knife that had been jabbed right into my heart.

"Look Alice, I'm sorry about that." I stumbled out and caressed the spikey ends of her short hair with my fingertips.

"Don't have to be. It was a long time ago." She tried to assure me, but I realized that there was still something bothering her.

"I love you." I told her and planted a kiss on her hair.

"Yeah I know, I love you too," She whispered into my ear.

"Can I ask you something, just theoretically?"

She nodded her head.

"If we – theoretically would get married; would you let me chose the dress myself?"

"Do you want to know the truth?"

"Of course!"

"Well I think I would probably ask Melanie to help you chose something appropriate. No offense my darling, but you're sense of fashion isn't exactly the best."

"Hmm that sounds pretty much like something that you would do Alice." I chuckled slightly and put my arms around her hips.

"I'd do everything to make you happy – you know that?"

"Yeah, I know." She mumbled against my lips before her tongue slipped into my mouth. The snow-like, velvety touch of it sent shivers down my spine.

"That's why you agreed to wear that cute, little dress to Melanie's birthday party."

"Hmm, I must really love you to have done that. I think I look ridiculous in it."

She shook her head and grinned. "No you don't. You just don't like it because it's strapless" She slipped her fingers underneath the collar of my shirt and started circling around my collarbone.

"Hmm, yeah maybe; anyway, what are you going to wear?" I asked her and she smirked.

"There's no way I'm going to tell you. I want to surprise you." She told me cheerfully.

"Alice, you know how much I hate surprises. They make me nervous."

"I know, but it's just one more day. I've already seen your reaction to my outfit." A smile flashed over her face.

I nodded my head and cupped her delicate face between my hands.

"You're one evil little pixie, you know that?"

Her left hand moved down my back and the touch of her fingers made me feel warm despite of the coldness.

"Hmm, but that doesn't change the fact that you like me a lot." She stated happily.

"Of course it doesn't. You may be an evil little pixie but your mine." I whispered softly before I covered her lips with mine.

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