Ok, so I was going to post a new chapter yesterday, but then the fam decided to go to the movies. I saw Across the Universe, and it was AMAZING!! Anybody who likes Bealtes music should go see it, it's fantastic.

Disclaimer: None of these wonderful characters belong to me. They are Stephenie Meyer's.

I spent the whole day thinking about it. Why were Tanya and Edward looking for another vampire? Rather hunting than looking, I suppose. Actually, it sounded like they were really pissed off.

I realized that I would not be able to think of anything else until I got my answers. Wandering around London streets, I made the decision to go back and talk to them, much as I hated the idea.

When I got back to my apartment, I froze at the door. Vampire smell, sweet and strong, radiated throughout the air. But there was something familiar about the smell. I heard a tinkling laugh come from inside.

Oh, shit.

The door flew open before I had the chance to run.

"BELLA!!!!!!!!!!!!" the pixie-like girl squealed, throwing her arms around my neck in a stranglehold. I couldn't move.

"Alice," I croaked.

"I can't believe it's you! I can't believe you're really here, after all this time. I can't believe you're not dead!"

"Thanks, Alice," I muttered, my voice dripping with sarcasm.

In her excitement, she must not have noticed, or just chose to ignore me. She grabbed my hand and pulled me down on the couch, chattering happily. "We have so much to catch up on! Tell me, where have you been all this time, and why didn't you try look find us?"

I looked her dead in the eye. "Because you left me, and I felt no reason to try and contact you."

The smile on her face quickly dissolved into a guilty mask. She looked extremely unhappy.

"Bella, I'm so sorry. We had no idea we were leaving you in danger. What happened?"

I scoffed. "I didn't tell your brother, so why would I tell you?"

She looked at me in disbelief. "You've already talked to Edward?"

"Of course I have. Isn't he the one who told you I was..." I drifted off as she pointed to her head. "You had a vision... about me?"

"I was extremely surprised to get it. I promised Edward that I wouldn't look in on your future anymore."

"He really didn't want to have anything to do with me, did he?"

Her eyes widened in shock. "Bella, that isn't it at all! Didn't Edward tell you?"

"We didn't spend much time chatting. I did get to meet his girlfriend, though. What an experience that was."

Alice cringed in her seat. "Tanya was there?"

"Oh yeah, she was there. Actually, I followed her out of a class and ran straight into an ambush consisting of her and Edward. She had no idea who I was."

She frowned in confusion. "An ambush?"

"Apparently, they're looking for someone. Another vampire, presumably. I just happened to be there."

Alice looked like she was about to ask another question, but then she began to study my face. She must not have liked what she found. "Bella, what happened to you? You seem so different now."

"Well, I am a vampire."

"No, I mean your personality. You haven't smiled a single time."

I looked away. "I don't smile much these days."

She placed her small hand on mine. "Please," she begged softly. "Please, tell me what happened."

I stared at her for a moment, analyzing her expression. Her eyes were full of compassion. She really seemed to care about me. Taking a deep breath, I began my story.

I tried to skim over the months where I was barely functioning, but she read the pain in my face. She bared her teeth when I told her about making a werewolf friend, which amused me. And when I finally told her about Victoria coming back, she gasped.

"So, was Victoria the one who changed you?" she interrupted.

I shook my head. "Jacob's pack destroyed her, but not before she had bitten Jacob. It seems that the venom from vampires has a toxic effect on werewolves. He died within minutes."

"I'm so sorry, Bella."

I swallowed hard, and continued. "At that point, the pain was unbearable. I felt no desire to keep living." I paused for a moment, not knowing how Alice would take this next part. She was almost bouncing up and down with impatience. "Go on," she urged.

"I wrote a note for Charlie, and I left for Italy."

I waited as she took that in, and realization dawned on her face. "Bella, you didn't..."

"Edward had told be about the Volturi the day of my eighteenth birthday. I knew what they could do.

"At first, I asked them to kill me. However, Lord Aro decided that I had too much potential to be wasted like that. He offered me a place in the Volturi, and I accepted. I was with them for fifty years, and then I came here."

Alice was silent. Her usually happy face was filled with utter sadness and disappointment. "I told him it was a mistake," she muttered to herself.

I didn't understand that. "What are you talking about, Alice?"

She wouldn't answer. She just jumped up and paced the room, muttering the same thing over and over. "I knew it was a mistake, I just knew it."

By this time I was about to shake it out of her. "Alice, tell me before I go mad!"

She looked up at me with doleful eyes. "Bella, Edward never stopped loving you."

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