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I nodded in understanding and closed my eyes, trying to concentrate. What are the wolves' plans?

Several things happened simultaneously, though not one of them had to do with the wolves.

Alice's face took on her signature blank face as a vision filled her mind, Edward gasped at whatever horror he was seeing through Alice's mind, and an overwhelming amount of information flooded into my mind in a kamikaze of chaos. It was like bits and pieces were swirling through my mind, trying to connect to their puzzled mate; Rain, a car goes speeding, the speeding vehicle crashes head-on into another vehicle, someone is hurt, paramedics come, the person injured is identified as... Charlie. Oh no!

Alice, Edward, and I were all staring at each other for a moment, before I took off running.

"Bella, wait!" I heard Edward call as he and Alice ran behind me, trying to stop me. Carlisle, Esme, Emmett, and Rosalie were all just standing at the doorway. They had no idea what was going on, no idea about Charlie.

I ignored Edward's pleas as I pushed myself forward. I had to get to Charlie, I had to make sure that he was ok.

I was approaching the jet, on the other side of the island, when I was suddenly bulled to the ground.

"Let go!" I growled angrily, as I struggled with Edward and a much larger person, who must have been Emmett.

"No, Bella. Think about what you're doing! If we let you go, you'll end up killing people!" Edward pleaded for me to understand.

"No, let me go! I have to get to Charlie, he's hurt and I'm not there! I have to help him, I'll be fine around the people!" I argued.

"Bella, remember Alice's vision! You wont be ready to see people for years!"

Edward had lost his grip on me and I was practically brawling with Emmett to get away. "Alice's visions aren't always right! The future can always change! You said so yourself Edward, remember?! The future is never absolute, and I'm going to prove Alice wrong! I have to go see Charlie! Please!" I was sobbing at this point and had pretty much given up on fighting with Emmett.

"I know, more than anyone, that Alice's visions don't always come true. But, are you willing to take that kind of chance? Are you willing to risk innocent human's lives for the chance that Alice's vision might be wrong? I know how hard this is for you, love. But you can't stand to be around humans."

"There has to be a way! There is always a way! I can... I can just not breathe. If I don't breathe, I don't smell blood... it could work. Please, Edward! I have to be there." My eyes were stinging with the tears that wouldn't come as I fell into Edward's arms.

Edward let out a sigh, "Alice, can you see if Bella can do this?"

"I can look..." Alice answered hesitantly. She was quiet for a second as her mind zoomed to the future. "I don't know... it's blurry. Like there's some unknown factor that affects everything. I'm sorry, but I can't see the outcome. What about you, Bella?"

I closed my eyes and tried to concentrate, Can I go see Charlie without harming anyone?

Nothing. I screwed my eyes shut tighter and tried again, Can I go see Charlie without harming anyone?

Nothing. It wouldn't work. I was just too stressed out, I couldn't focus.

"I don't know. I can't get anything, I just can't get a grip on it. But I have to go!"

"I'm sorry, Bella. But, if Alice can't see the outcome and you don't know the outcome... I don't think it's such a good idea, we don't know what could happen." Edward cut me off when I tried to argue." No, it's not so easy, love. It's true; you can go without breathing for an immeasurable amount of time without it harming you, but it's also very uncomfortable. It's hard to go with one, let alone two, of your senses cut off, and what if you slipped? What if you unthinkingly took a breath? It would be all over, people would die" He argued.

I ripped away from his embrace and backed away so that I could get a look at each face, but chose to stay staring at Edward.

"What if, what if, what if! WHAT IF I don't slip, WHAT IF I can do this, WHAT IF I can handle seeing my father when he's hurt! WHAT IF?! You all depend so much on Alice that if she doesn't know, then you become stuck! You stop operating! But, I am not going to let my father be alone because you don't know what's going to happen! Welcome to the rest of the worldwide population, everyone else just takes risks! We take risks and hope the hell that we're making the correct choices. Because, if we don't, then we're left with nothing! No risk means no danger, it also means no reward- no life! Do you think I knew what was going to happen when I decided to be with you, Edward? I had no idea, zero. But I took that chance, not because Alice's psychic abilities knew it would be ok, but because I love you so much that I was willing to put my life and heart in your hands! I put that faith in you! Why can't you have some faith in me?" My smooth voice never wavered as I carried on through my monologue, but that was only because I wasn't human. Had I been human, my voice would've been raw with pain from the power I was putting into it.

The entire family, but mostly Edward, looked as if I had just slapped each of them across the face. A slight pang of guilt flooded through me at lashing out like that, they just were looking out for me.

"I'm sorry. I know you guys are just trying to be on the safe side, but it just feels like you have zero faith in me... but that doesn't make it ok for me to treat you in such a manner." I bowed my head in shame.

I shuddered when a dry sob racked through my body as Edward pulled me back into his loving arms. "Shhh, shhh." He soothed. "Bella, I never meant for you to feel like I, or any of us, didn't have any faith in you. You're right, we do depend a lot on Alice, and maybe it's hard for us to do otherwise. But, what makes you so sure that you could handle something so trying? I don't want you to do anything you'll end up regretting, and I know that if you ended up killing somebody you would hate yourself. Look what happened when I first took you hunting... you were so upset. I don't want you to feel that way."

"I know that you don't want me to be put into any positions that could potentially compromise who I am, Edward. But, this is something I have to do! I can't leave him... please don't make me."

Edward didn't respond right away, and I knew that he was thinking. What concerned me was that I didn't know what he was thinking.

"If I was in your position, I know that I would want to do the same thing. We may not be married yet, but I'm here to be by your side 'til death do us part. I wont let you go through this alone, Bella." Edward pulled me up tighter, so that his mouth was next to my ear, "And you're wrong, I do have faith in you... I have so much faith in you. You, Isabella, are my rock. I don't think you have any idea how much I depend on you. I am nothing without you. Don't ever forget that."

I pulled back to stare into Edward's eyes. A kiss is a lovely trick, designed by nature, to stop words when speech becomes superfluous.

A sweet smile swept across Edward's face as he pulled me in for a soft kiss. It wasn't heated or sexual. It was just calm and loving; our lips simply rested against each other's, content with staying there a few seconds, we pulled apart. "Let's go see your father, love."

I turned away from Edward to find myself face to face with Carlisle. "I don't know how this is to end, Bella. But, you have made a very great point to us today; we can't always rely on what can be predicted and known. I too have had those battles in my life, it seems that such things are dismissed with the luxury of knowledge. I don't know if you can truly do this, but I do know that I have absolute faith in you and I will also be there by your side to support you."

"Thank you, Carlisle."

He pulled me into a soft embrace and pressed a kiss to my forehead, before turning to Edward having a silent conversation with him.

I pulled away, and turned towards Alice. "Do you know when this accident is going to happen? How much time do we have?"

"I don't know what day it was Bella, I could only see it happening. Can you find out?"

I shook my head. "I can't, it's like my anxiety blocks my gift."

"What if Jasper calmed you down?" Rosalie spoke up.

"That won't work; Jasper's gift calms your system, but it doesn't change your mentality. Both Bella's issues and gift reside within her mind. Jasper could calm her, but she would still be mentally aware of her worries." Alice argued.

"We need to go now then, I'm not going to waste anymore time here if my father could be hurt as we speak."

I returned to my original task of running to the jet, only this time; instead of trying to stop me, Edward was running beside me.

I was pacing back and forth across the carpeted floor of the "living area" of the plane, this was taking just too long. I wanted to get to my father as fast as possible.

"Relax Bella, it's faster than running. We're getting there as fast as we can. Just come sit down by me, we'll get there." Edward tried to calm me.

"How can you expect me to relax?!" I snapped. "My dad could be in the hospital as we speak!"

Edward didn't respond, but just stared at me patiently.

I let out a long breath. "I'm sorry. I keep taking this all out on you, and you're so great about it. I don't know what I ever did to deserve you."

I could practically hear Edward's eyes rolling as I collapsed into his arms, but he didn't say a word. He merely pulled me tightly to his chest and tucked my head under his chin as he hummed me my lullaby.

My body visibly relaxed as I rested in his arms during the plane ride, but my mind was doing anything but resting. I couldn't stop myself from worrying about Charlie, Edward had to have known that I wasn't truly relaxed, but said nothing as we flew back to Washington state.

As the plane came to a halt, I leaped out of Edward's arms and raced the door- not even waiting until Carlisle had pulled the plane to a complete stop before I jumped out.

"Bella, Wait!" Edward called as he wrapped his arms around my waist- stopping me from running any further.

"I told you that we could do this, but that doesn't mean we can just go running over there."

"What do you mean we can't go running over there? I thought we already went through this, I have to see my father, Edward!"

"Calm, love. I'm just saying that you need to take a second and prepare. Even if you do hold your breathe without difficulty or slip, you have to prepare for just being around people and hearing their heart beats. Even without the smell, it's very tempting, especially for a new born." Edward explained.

"Prepare? Prepare how? I don't have time for this!"

"Damn it, Bella! Just listen to what Edward is telling you!" Rosalie spoke up from her spot, standing next to Esme- who was giving her a look of disapproval.

I took in another deep breath, letting it out slowly. If Rose was yelling at me, then maybe Edward wasn't just being his usual over protective self.

Edward rolled his eyes at my thoughts, "Anyways, I just want you to be prepared, Bella. This will probably be harder then you think. I have faith that you can do it, I just want you to be prepared."

I nodded, "Ok."

"Good, now I think you should start holding your breathe now, just so that you're already into the habit of doing it when it's time for you to have to do it.

I nodded again and ceased my breathing.

"Good, and if you need to say anything, just tell me." Edward added.

Aye Aye Captain. I teased as I gave him a solute.

"Ok, ok Jasper." Edward added suddenly.

Huh?

"Jasper wants to strategize what we're doing."

Ohhhhh.

"Ok, Not that I don't have complete trust in you Bella…" Jasper looked over at me as he spoke, "But, I think that we should have Bella in the center of us at all times. That way, if she does accidentally take a breath, we have a better chance of stopping her before she gets to somebody."

I grimaced at what Jasper was implying.

"We can have a couple people standing on each side of her and the rest of us sort of gathered behind her, whenever we're near humans." Jasper continued. "And Bella, I know you know this, but I'm stressing; do not breathe! You may think one breath would be easily tolerable, but trust me, one breath is all it would take to break you- just one taste of that delicious smell in the air. Got it?"

I repressed an eye roll as I nodded. Like I hadn't heard this several times already.

My lack of speech wasn't all that effective, though. Jasper sensed my annoyance and turned so that he was fully facing me. "I know this all seems a bit superfluous to you, Bella. But, we all know how hard this is, we've been there. Just take what we're telling you and program it into your mind."

I nodded again. Ok, let's go.

Edward repeated my thoughts, and we all turned towards the cars that were parked on the other side of the airstrip.

My fingers drummed against the window ceil of the car, impatiently, as Edward and I followed behind the black Mercedes that carried; Carlisle, Esme, Alice, and Jasper. Rose and Emmett were in the jeep behind us.

"Calm, Love. We're approaching Forks now. We'll be at the hospital in about 10 minutes." Edward soothed.

Sure enough, we were soon passing the Forks' sign "Welcome to Forks, population: 3,175 citizens"

Yeah, and 8 vampires. I snorted.

Edward cracked a laugh at my mental humor. "Ahh, Bella."

I looked back at the window and watched as the familiar town of Forks passed us by; The Thriftway, Newton's outfitter's, Forks High School.

Soon enough, we were pulling into the hospital parking lot. Edward pulled into a parking spot upfront, next to Carlisle and shut off the engine.

"Ready, love?"

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