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∞EAC: The Journal of Edward A. Cullen∞

Sunday, April 3, 2005

I'm stunned and I'm having a hard time grasping the fact that Alice had seen Bella, with golden eyes, in a vision years ago. Years! She let the vision slip into her mind just after our meeting with the Elders and the Pack last night.

Sam, his two pack brothers and the Elders met us at the treaty line and it went as well as we could have hoped. Carlisle used Jacob's indiscretion in speaking of the treaty—and us—to get them to modify some of the parameters. We hope to be able to work together to either convince any approaching nomads to leave peacefully, or to destroy them. Jasper has offered to teach the wolves a couple of fighting methods that will enhance their own innate vampire destroying skills. They are considering it. Emmett is looking forward to beating up on wolves as he teaches them evasion techniques. I'd chastise him for his thoughts, as Carlisle wouldn't approve, but I want to smack some puppies too. I only wish that Jacob had already phased so that he could be in on the fun.

Bella says that she has begun to feel the heat from his body even when he stands an appropriate distance from her. I believe, as does Carlisle, that his change is imminent. My worry about Bella being close to him has ratcheted up several notches. We've told her about the volatility of young werewolves and she agrees that she needs to be careful. She wants the tensions to dissipate and has decided that if Jacob gets to know me, that maybe that will help. To that end, she's invited me over for dinner on the same night as the Blacks next week. I can hardly wait, I want to be there to make sure that Jacob can see our commitment to each other. Even that invitation can't take my mind off of last night.

We'd left the treaty line and once we were far enough away from the rapidly retreating Quileutes to not be heard, Emmett had asked Carlisle if he thought they'd ever bend the rules enough for me to change Bella. That comment had brought us all to a dead stop. Some of us in more shock than others.

Yes, I was shocked that he, of all of us, would even think of such a thing, but before I could say anything, I saw Bella—with her golden eyes full of love shining up at me—in Alice's mind. My gasp of her name had brought the family to surround the two of us.

As Alice shared the vision with the rest of the family, I realized that Jasper and Carlisle already knew about it. This is what they had been hiding!

Alice had been unrepentant as she told me that she'd seen this particular vision, which I'd only caught a glimpse of before she once again buried it beneath layers of subterfuge, just after Bella's birth in 1987! She'd been hiding it from me for years!

When I had reached for her shoulder, Jasper had hissed and placed himself between us. It's a good thing, as I may have just shaken her until she told me everything. As it is, she only offered me that one little hint and told me that I wasn't ready for the rest.

The rest? She's hiding more? I have actually been thinking about Bella as a vampire, as my equal in life, longevity, durability…and love. But more? That subtle feeling of worry that wafts from Jasper concerns me. The three that know have clamped a titanium steel cover over their thoughts. There is no getting any deeper into their minds, although I have tried.

Unfortunately all three of them are onto my ploy of asking them, "What don't you want me to know?"

Alice said she'd tell me when she thought I could handle the rest. She has no time frame for that and it makes me crazy.

I need a plan to find out what the rest of her vision is. I need to think on this…

Remember: I've got TWO entries in the TWILIGHT ROUND of THE CANON TOUR CONTEST. It's anonymous, but can you guess which ones are mine? There are 26 entries and the voting is open until November 4, 2011, with the results posted the next day. Please Read, Review…and Vote! h t t p :/ /www. fanfiction. net/u/3041014/thecanontour

I've submitted my ALICE'S Journal Entry for the Fandom for Texas Wildfire Relief Compilation. I will add the outtake here, but not until January 1, 2012. Go here to donate and get it, along with a LOT of great stories (194 authors have signed up) before then: h t t p : / /texasfires. ysar. info/

I'll be writing Carlisle's Journal Entry for the FANDOM GIVES BACK COMPILATION. This year they are only doing a compilation, as opposed to an auction. This journal entry will be the day before the WEDDING! Go here to find out how to donate: h t tp :/ /thefandomgivesback. blogspot. com/

I posted the TEASER for my Texas Wildfire Relief Compilation Piece at the end of the last chapter...here is another paragraph of ALICE'S JOURNAL:

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My gift as a seer depends upon decisions made. Sometimes I don't have the slightest clue how far removed the decision that makes what I see happen in actuality. It's kind of like that game people play, Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon; someone made a decision thirty-six years ago that caused me to see Edward and Bella's wedding. I'll never know what that decision was.

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Thank you all for your continued support of this story. It touches me so much!

Kathie