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Chapter 12
[ALICE POV]
Leaving Bella at her home was difficult, it hurt. I knew she was worried about me, I didn't really understand why, but she obviously was. And I could sense that it was difficult for her to let me go back, too. The blush that coloured her cheeks when she asked me if I wanted to come by later that night didn't go unnoticed by me. I'd always thought her blush was cute, it was one of the things I'd miss about her should she become a vampire. I wasn't sure she wanted to be a vampire anymore, though, but just in case. There was one thing I'd learnt about Bella, she was unpredictable.
A smile crossed my face when I heard her whisper her love for me, she probably thought I was out of hearing range, but still, hearing her say it was awesome.
I killed a few deer before I went back home, should it come to a fight I wanted to at least have eaten. That way I would be a little stronger. A fight between me and Edward should be interesting, we'd never really fought before, but with his mind reading and my foresight, it should be interesting indeed. However I did hope that it would never come to that. I knew he loved Bella, but he had decided to let her go. And he couldn't blame me for that. It wouldn't be fair to deprive me of having a chance of happiness with her just because he wanted her to forget about it. And it wasn't fair of him to expect her to go back to before just because she knew the whole story now. He was being unreasonable.
Even though I could've tried to look into the future to see how this conversation would go, I didn't. This wasn't something I wanted to know about right now, for no particular reason. I'd always relied on my power, probably a little too much, and it felt almost foreign to me to not use them. But I knew it would be for the better. This wasn't something I should be able to plan. Sometimes I needed a short break from my visions, just to keep the spontaneity alive.
When I arrived at my home I came to a halt. I took a deep breath before making my way inside. I was nervous. Nervous about what Carlisle would say, nervous about what Edward was going to say. I knew that my family wanted me to be happy, but what if they didn't want me to be happy with Bella? What would I do if that was the case? Giving up Bella was out of the question, that was a solution I didn't even plan on considering. No, they'd just have to live with it.
I would've been worried about Jasper, too, but I knew that the only thing he wanted was for me to be happy. And he wouldn't care if that was with Bella or anyone else. He loved me enough to set me free. In fact, he was the one who had broken up with me as soon as he realized my feelings for Bella. He was the first one to notice, really. Even before me. I had just mistaken my sisterly affection towards her with another kind of love. He picked up on it, though, and told me he wanted me to be happy. At first I had been broken, I loved him. So very much. We had spent a lifetime together! But after a while I realized that he was right. And I got over him soon enough. So no, Jasper wasn't someone whose opinion I was worried about.
After another deep breath I went inside. I knew all of them would be in the living room, this was one of those moments Carlisle decided to have a family meeting. He asked for one every time one of us was in trouble, or whenever something else was up. He believed that such meetings were the foundation of a good family. I agreed with him on that, talking was important.
"Alice, why don't you sit down, honey," Esme came walking over to me and enveloped me in a hug. The love she was radiating was everlasting, it really was special. Whenever she had allowed you permission to her heart, there was no way you'd get out of it. I loved her, everybody did. Seriously, not loving Esme would make you feel like a sinner. It would be evil. Cruel.
I nodded and after she let me go we both went to sit down. I looked around me. Rosalie looked tense, like she didn't feel like sitting here but wouldn't want to miss out on something important like this. Jasper sat next to me and held my hand in a comforting manner, I could feel him trying to control the mood of everyone. He tried to keep us all calm, especially Edward, or so I figured. Carlisle and Esme occupied the other couch, their hands were entwined and they both looked peaceful. Edward was sitting across of me, his hands balled into fists and his eyes pitch black. He was radiating anger. Emmett sat next to him, ready to attack should it have to come to that.
"Alice, Edward has informed us that you told Bella what happened, is this true?" Carlisle started. His tone wasn't accusing, neither was it angry or anything of the sort. If anything it was concerned.
I hung my head and nodded, this was all he needed to confirm Edward's story.
"Why, Alice? I told you it would be better for her to figure everything out on her own. I'm not angry with you, but I'd like to know why you would ignore my advice."
"She asked me to tell her, Carlisle. I don't know why I did, she just… She deserved to know and it was killing her to be left in the dark, I could see that. I couldn't stand it any longer, seeing her like that… She had to know," I sighed. Never in my life had I felt so hopeless as I did now. I knew everyone in that room was against me telling her, or at least, that's what I thought. Until Emmett spoke up. "I think it was the right thing. I miss my little sis," he said. Everyone knew how strongly Emmett felt for Bella, he loved her just as much as he loved me, Jasper, Edward and all the others of the family, save for Rosalie. His love for Rosalie was way deeper, of course.
"You had no right, Alice!" Edward hissed through his teeth. I could see it took all of his self control to not attack me. Again I hung my head, he was right. I had no right to tell her this, but on the other hand, she had the right to know.
"We should've just moved when we could," he murmured. He was guilt-tripping me, I knew it, and he succeeded. Because not only was I feeling guilty for Bella's… accident… I also felt guilty for falling in love with her, for making her fall in love with me and for telling her. But I didn't regret it, as weird as that may have sounded.
"I'm glad we didn't," Emmett said. Edward shot him a glare but Emmett didn't budge, he had never been intimidated before and he wasn't going to let Edward intimidate him.
"And now you fell in love with my girlfriend, too?" Edward hissed once more. He obviously was going to do all the talking here, I was hoping for Carlisle or Esme to interfere, but they didn't look like they were about to.
"I'm sorry about that, Edward. But I fell in love with her and I can't change that now, even if I wanted to, I wouldn't be able to," I whispered. A part of me was ashamed of myself, but another part of me told me to defend myself and be proud of how I felt for Bella.
"But she's mine," he stood up, Emmett tensed immediately but didn't move. Rosalie now, too, stood up and glared at Edward.
"She's not yours anymore, Edward! She doesn't even remember you, for God's sake!" She threw her hands up and sat back down. I looked at her, incredulously, I had never expected her to stand up for me, for Bella in a way, but I was definitely thankful.
"But I love her! And I know she loves me, if only I would be given the chance… She's still mine," he had calmed down a little but still seemed angry enough to attack unexpectedly.
"No she's not, Edward! She told you herself today that she didn't want to be with you anymore! Accept her wishes," I said. This infuriated him and he made a run for it. Before I could receive a vision or register his movements his hands were on my throat. He threw me into a wall and grabbed my throat once more. "Don't say that, Alice. Don't you dare say that ever again," he threatened.
He never got the chance to severely hurt me because both Jasper and Emmett kept him in place. He gave up fighting them after a few minutes of trying to release himself from their grip.
"Calm down, Edward. You don't really want to hurt your sister, do you?" Carlisle had stood up now, too and addressed him directly. Esme came over to me and checked me to see if I was alright. I assured her I was fine and that's when she turned to Edward. "Don't you ever attack one of your siblings again, Edward. Alice is you sister, I won't have that here!" He flinched at her tone, Esme rarely got angry and if she did we all knew to watch out.
"Why do you all support Alice in this? She's stealing my mate away from me and nobody is on my side?" He argued. Carlisle shook his head and sat back down. "It's not like that, Edward. Esme and I just want all of you to be happy, but we also want Bella to be happy. And if Alice and Bella can be happy together then who are we to keep them from doing so?"
I felt relief when Carlisle spoke those words, knowing that they supported me and Bella. Even though we weren't officially a couple yet.
"Rosalie? You agreed with me about not telling Bella! Why wouldn't you agree with me now?" Edward pleaded, he was desperately looking for someone who got his back. I knew who his next try would be, Jasper. But I knew Jasper would, too, stand up for me.
"I agreed with you on not telling Bella and on moving away. But now that she knows, she has her own right to choose who she wants to be with. You can't make someone love you, Edward, that's not right."
After this, nobody spoke. We sat in silence for a long while. At 1 AM I remembered promising Bella I would stop by. Even though it was late I still wanted to keep my promise.
"Guys, I promised Bella that I-
"Go, Alice," Esme said. I nodded and hugged her once more. Rosalie patted my back and Emmett shot me a supportive grin.
"I'm sorry, Edward, I really am." I said, quietly. He growled but before he could say something I was out. I ran as fast as I could and reached Bella's house in 3 minute's time. Bella was sleeping soundly but woke up as I sat down next to her.
"Hey," she said, her voice thick with sleep.
"Hi," I smiled at her and kissed her cheek. She smiled at me and reached for my hand.
"How did it go?" she asked. Her eyes were closed and she motioned for me to lay down next to her.
"Not too good, but it'll be fine. Just sleep, we'll talk about this tomorrow," I whispered in her ear and she made me hold her. Of course I didn't argue with this, holding Bella was the best feeling in the world. My arms wrapped themselves around her and her nose was pressed into my hair. I heard her inhale deeply and kiss my neck softly. This made me giggle, I kissed her just below her ear and it took her only moments to fall asleep.
I loved her so much. Bella Swan.
