We meet again with third-person input. All lot of you worry about our poor Edward, but things are going to start looking up.
You'll see. ;)
Take a look.
Alice walked towards the big industrial door to her best friend's apartment with hesitation. The phone call she received not ten minutes prior broke her heart into two because of the way Bella sounded. She was crying so loudly that Alice had to ask repeatedly what happened. Her heart hurt for Bella because she could literally feel the heartache that Bella felt. Every sob that came through the speaker tore her to shreds.
It was just too much. And she was supposed to be happy, enjoying the three weeks she had left until her big day. But she wasn't. She was upset and pissed at the fate of the world because of the hand it has drawn her two favorite people.
It was unfair. Edward and Bella deserved the happiness and excitement that Alice felt when she was around her Jasper. They should be able to live their lives happily together, not be separated because they were both two selfless people. They were supposed to be the dynamic duo, breaking down any barriers that were in front of them together.
And now… they couldn't. And it made Alice so angry.
Finally reaching the door, her hand was raised in midair to knock, but the sound that was coming from behind it stopped her. It was the sound of her best friend breaking, crying uncontrollably in short outbursts that were minutes apart. She could hear things shattering on a tiled floor. She could hear a girl's love dying.
A tear fell from her eye. Alice rolled her eyes up to the ceiling and prayed, asking for some guidance. She had no idea how to fix this, but she would. She had to. Bella and Edward's relationship was too good to let go. So, she would fix it, not matter how much it wore her down.
Alice knocked, waited, and breathed in a gasp at the sight before her when the door was pulled open. Her Bella… gone. Her smile, her rosy cheeks, her brown eyes that always had so much life – gone. In their places were emptiness and sadness. It hurt to even meet Bella's eyes.
"Oh, sweetheart," Alice whispered as she pulled Bella into a tight hug. "It's okay, just let it all out. Just breathe and let it go, B."
Bella wrapped her small arms around Alice, sobbing into her shoulder. Alice ran her hand through Bella's hair, trying to comfort her. She kept telling Bella that it was going to be okay and that everything would work out, but how would it? Even if she could fix it, it would take months with Edward touring the country. She prayed that Edward would let her speak with him before he left, but from what Emmett had told her he wasn't in the mood, either. He was hurting just like Bella was, and that just made everything worse than it already was for Alice.
This wasn't how she imagined things to be. No one did.
"He's leaving me, Ali," Bella said through her tears. "He's leaving and I know he's never going to come back because this is so important to him. How could I make him stay? He even implied it, but I just couldn't. I wouldn't be able to live with his regret."
Alice hugged her friend tighter. "I know, Bella. I know. Just let it out."
"And how am I supposed to get by now? I have nothing left, Alice. Nothing," Bella continued, holding onto Alice with all of her strength she had left. "My job is gone, my apartment's lease is up after your wedding, and Edward's leaving. Everything is just fucking gone."
Alice breathed deeply, pushing back the tears that wanted to spill over for the girl in her arms. She was too young to have to feel this way, too young to have to deal with all of this. Out of all of this, Alice should be the one to suffer, not Bella. Bella deserved the happiness she had found, not Alice. Alice took everything for granted before she met her other half, Bella never did. Bella always was grounded and was safe, where Alice was always free and living carelessly. Alice needed Bella to ground her, but Bella grounded herself the best. She could've been fine without Edward in her life; she could've had the world because of how successful she was. But that all changed because she fell in love with her other half, and that was just unfair.
Alice wanted to hit something, curse at the top of the lungs because of how unfair it was. She didn't deserve to be happy when her best friend – her sister – wasn't. So, she let a tear fall as she held onto Bella even tighter.
"I-I don't know what to do, Ali…" Bella breathed out. "I'm just done."
Alice pulled back, meeting Bella's eyes. She shook her head in defiance to what Bella had said, knowing that it wasn't true. Bella was not done. She was nowhere near done. Not on Alice's watch.
"Bella, no," she said with a newfound vengeance. If she wanted to fix this, then by God she will. Starting right now. "I have a plan. Everything will be fine; you just need to listen to me, okay? I want nothing more than to just see you happy again, and I know that would only happen if he's back. And I know how to get him back; you just have to help me."
Bella bit her lip, but Alice knew that it wasn't in fear. Bella was tempted at what Alice was suggesting, and she wanted Edward back so badly that whatever Alice had in mind was perfect for her. So she nodded, signing her life away to her best friend.
Alice smiled bigger, her teeth shining against her ruby lips. She pulled Bella back to her, wrapping her arms so tightly around her that it almost hurt.
"Everything will be okay in the end, Bella," she whispered. "I promise."
Bella couldn't help but believe those words. It was all she had left.
x-x-x-x
After leaving Bella's hours later, Alice started to form her plan. She holed herself up in her home office, away from Jasper and the obnoxious football game he was watching. She held her phone in her hand, dialing the familiar number in a hurry. She knew she didn't have the much time left if the date Edward had told her weeks ago was true. She had to think fast, and hope that everything would be okay.
No. It has to. It just has to be okay, for Bella and Edward.
Pressing the send button, she placed the speaker up to her ear, listening as the dial tone sounded. Two after she finally heard the familiar voice of Emmett.
"Alice, I hope you bring good news," he answered with a sigh of relief.
"I sure hope this is good news," she replied with a smile. "Em, I think I know what we have to do."
He was silent. "What do you mean?"
"We need them to see each other again, before Edward leaves. And he needs to sing for her. To sing how he feels for her and how much it hurts just knowing that things ended the way they did." Alice took in a deep breath. "Could you get him to cooperate? Do you think it could work?"
Emmett sighed. He wanted it to work out just as much as Alice did, but this was going to be hard. They both knew that.
"I'll see what I can do, Ali. You just make sure Bellarina's there to hear every word," Emmett replied.
"I'm way ahead of you," Alice answered with a wide grin.
Yes, she could fix this. She would.
Are we happy again? Are we excited? Things will be okay, I promise you. They deserve it.
So, hit me! Fire me some questions and your thoughts. Give me some song ideas for Edward? I have one that I think is perfect, but I'd love what you guys suggest. (: Loove!