Author's Note: A different POV, for a change. Enjoy and please review!

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Chapter 11: "Future" Alice's POV

"Edward, please let me see Bella!"

"No," my brother snarled at me. "Alice, you are asking entirely too much. Why are you so selfish?"

"It would do Bella good to see me," I argued. "I can see that!"

"Absolutely not. Bella will be rid of us as soon as she goes into remission. Oh, for Christ's sake, quit shouting in your head!"

I tried to tone down my mental voice without breaking concentration on Norwegian nursery rhymes. It was a way to keep Edward out of my head, of course. I had exactly what he wanted, but he wasn't going to get it without giving me something first.

"Alice, you are so selfish!" he repeated.

"I know," I snapped back. "Edward, she's my best friend. I miss her and love her, too."

"Can you please stop that illogical nonsense and just tell me what will happen if we put her on the new chemotherapy?" His eyes were crazed and he was about to snap.

"No," I replied calmly, shaking my head. "That's my hostage. You can't have that information until I get what I want." Now my mind turned to the U.S. Constitution. We the people…

"Alice!!!!" He grabbed me by the tops of my arms and lifted me a few inches into the air.

"Edward, drop her," Jasper said calmly. And of course, Edward didn't have any other choice as Jasper started to work his magic.

"I wasn't going to hurt her, Jazz," Edward mumbled. "Of course I'm not. Don't even think that."

"I know, my brother. But you have to calm down."

"Can you please reason with your wife?" Edward begged.

Jasper wrapped his arms around me. "I'm sorry, Edward. I agree with her."

"Of course you do." He sighed in defeat. "I'm finished arguing. Alice, you are not going to see her, even if I have to go into this blindly."

The Constitution became the most prominent thing in my head. Because he couldn't hear the vision I had just before he walked in the door. He couldn't possibly know that I would see Bella, and we would be as close as ever…and we would remain as close as ever. Right now, he couldn't handle the fact that she would become a permanent part of our lives once again.

And there was no way he was going to become empowered to do anything to affect that future.