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The car ride stayed silent the entire trip. Alice remained in some kind of trance searching the future for any information she could gleam from it. Jasper never traveled less than 100 mph and was constantly sending waves of calm throughout the car. We arrived at the house in Canada in about eight hours. It was a large blue house and was far from any form of civilization. As we parked out front I watched as Jasper quickly made his way to Alice's side of the car and gently, lovingly picked her up cradling her in his arms. I felt a pang of jealousy as I watched him cradling his wife. I wished Edward were there to cradle me too.

Jasper carefully sat Alice down on a couch in the living room as he turned to me and smiled. "We should stay together. There are movies in the closet if you would like to watch something." I nodded in reply not really in the mood to do much at all. I fluidly sat down in an over sized chair that was placed in the corner and rolled myself up in a ball. How I wished I could still sleep.

I closed my eyes and stayed rolled up for hours. It wasn't until I felt someone nudge my arm that I opened my eyes. Alice was standing over me smiling. I tried to smile back but it felt forced. She slowly grabbed my hand and pulled me from the chair.

"Come on Bella lets go get our bags and explore." She explained as she dragged me outside. I was about to protest wondering where Jasper was when I noticed he was at the front door waiting. We quickly grabbed our bags and returned to the safety of the house. Alice and Jasper had lived in this house before so they knew it very well. I was the new comer so they allowed me to lead the way.

It was weird how I could tell which room had belonged to which person. When the Cullen's moved only they moved, they left all possessions behind except the most important. The next door I opened caught me off guard; it was Edward's. Of course I knew he would have a room, but I wasn't prepared for the reminder and gasped. I looked around and could still faintly smell his scent in the room. I swallowed hard trying to keep my emotions under control as I sat down on the couch against one of the walls. I leaned foreword and placed my head in my hands closing my eyes. I was trying to imagine Edward here with me. I felt someone come over and sit next to me and I looked up to see Alice there. She gently placed one of her hands on my back reassuringly.

"What do you think they are doing?" I whispered.

"They are probably out hunting them. Trying to pick up their scent somehow." Jasper answered from the doorway.

"Do you think they are safe?" I asked concerned.

"Yes I'm sure they are fine. There are five of them and they are all very strong. No need to worry." He comforted me.

"You guys aren't worried at all then?"

"Of course we are worried. We just know they are strong and trust that everything will be ok." Alice soothed.

I turned to look at her with concern and bewilderment. "But aren't you worried for yourself at all? I mean we don't even know why James wants you so bad."

"Yes I know. I am trying to figure that out. We are safe here. There is no reason for them to ever think to look for us here. Jasper will never let anything happen to me, and you for that matter, so there is no reason to worry." She explained.

"So what do we do now?"

"We wait for them to call and let us know when it is safe to go back." Jasper murmured. We left the room together and headed back to the living room. It seemed that this room would be the room we would stay in from here on out as we awaited word from the others.

The next day came and went without any word. I wanted to scream with frustration. There seemed to always be a movie playing that no one ever watched. Alice and Jasper sat together on the couch as he held her protectively. I curled up in the chair by myself. Every now and then one of us would get up and check the phone that had been placed on the coffee table to make sure we hadn't accidentally missed a call. Like that would ever happen, but it gave us something to do.

Just as the sun was rising the phone started to vibrate Alice was there answering before anyone else. Jasper and I instantly became alert as we awaited word. I tried to listen in on the conversation but they were talking too softly. Suddenly Alice got up off the couch and walked towards me and handed me the phone. I looked at her surprised and held the phone to my ear.

"Bella?" It was Edward. I breathed a sigh of relief and smiled.

"Edward! Oh Edward I have been so worried."

"How are you?" He asked concerned.

"I'm doing fine. How are you? Have you caught the others?"

"No." He said disgusted. "It appears they have totally left this area. We have no idea when or if they are coming back. We tracked them half way across the state before we totally lost their trail. I'm so sorry Bella." He whispered.

"Don't be. It's ok. I'm just glad you are safe." I insisted.

"I miss you." I whispered.

"I know Bella. I miss you too. I didn't think it was possible to miss someone as much as I do you. It's like I'm missing a piece of myself." He explained.

"What are you going to do now?"

"We are heading back to Forks to see if we can catch their trail again. I will make things safe for you again." He sounded angry but I knew it had nothing to do with me.

"I have to go now Bella. Please be safe. I love you." He whispered.

"I love you too." Then the phone went dead. I looked up to find Jasper and Alice smiling at me.

I sighed as I went over to the coffee table putting the phone down. "So I guess you guys heard."

"Yes we know." Jasper confirmed. I walked back to my chair and rolled back up into a ball replaying the conversation I had with Edward in my head closing my eyes.

"Alice?" I heard Jasper say. His voice dripped with concern and fear. My eyes flew open to find Alice bent over rocking back and forth. I instantly went to her side worried something was wrong. She kept whispering the word no over and over again. Jasper and I shared a concerned look as he tried to calm her down. Slowly she straightened up and looked at us both.

"Oh Jasper." She whispered as she curled up into his chest. He held her close for the longest time. I didn't know what to do and so I simply sat there on the floor waiting.

"Alice what did you see?" Jasper was trying to coax her vision out of her.

"We're doing something wrong." She whispered.

"What Alice, what are we doing wrong?" He sounded like he was talking to a small child as he cradled his wife trying to get her to explain.

"He's going to find Bella and me, and you won't be there to help. He knows where we are and he's coming." She continued softly.

"When Alice? How does be know?" Jasper asked impatiently.

"Not long, a day at most. He heard where we were," was all she said.

I instantly looked up at Jasper fear in my eyes. "What should we do? Should we call the others?" Jasper quickly but gently sat Alice down and picked up the phone. He instantly started talking at lightening speed. I got up off the floor and sat next to Alice stricken with fear. How had they heard where we were? How had they known, and when were they coming?

As soon as Jasper was off the phone he turned to Alice and me. Alice was calmer now but looked concerned. "The family is on their way here. They will be here by nightfall. Once they get here Edward will take you Bella, and I will take Alice to remote locations. The others will wait here for James and the other two to arrive to ambush them. It is very important that the three of us stick together until everyone arrives. No one is to leave or go anywhere alone." He said in a stern voice as he sat down next to Alice, again taking her into his arms.