Once again, I apologize for the delay. It's getting hard to keep a schedule but seeing as I feel like I got some inspiration back, there should be an update around next Wed.
Alice in this chapter is a bit AU but after all that Edward has done, I'm sure you will understand how she feels. I do not hate Edward. I do not hate Jacob. But even our dear Alice needs to let off some frustration every now and then.
Now I hope everyone enjoys this chapter. :) Enjoy and be sure to review please.
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Undecided
BPOV
The plane ride was ending up being way too long for my tastes. Everyone was behaving abnormally. Edward would glance at me from time to time. Alice barely said two words to me which was unusual for her. Rosalie had her head close to Carlisle's, whispering quietly to him, while Jacob hurled insults from four seats over to Rosalie.
It was clear to me that Rosalie was doing her best to control her temper. Emmett only found the situation amusing, causing Rosalie to only grow more upset.
They were all crazy!
Ever since I met Edward Cullen and his four beautiful siblings, I knew that I wanted to be in that family, whether I admitted it or not. When I found out they were a family of vampires, I wanted to be a vampire. I knew that I didn't fit in with the human world and I knew that I could never be called normal, human or not. Being different was obviously the reason behind me being so accepting of mythical creatures.
Vampires and werewolves simply didn't exist unless your name was Isabella Swan. Danger magnet extraordinaire.
That was me.
Yet the way everyone was acting, so mysterious, or in the cases of Emmett and Jacob – obnoxious, I wasn't so sure if the Cullen family was right for me.
For once I thought about the decision rationally. I faced the facts and didn't just look at it as "love conquers all". I thought about what I would miss out on and who I would be missing.
Charlie had no one. In this lifetime, Renee was dead. He would grieve alone when he got word that his only daughter, his only child, was missing. No one would be there to comfort him.
Decisions like this sucked.
I felt the seat next to me shift and I glanced over. Edward was now huddled with Rosalie and Carlisle. Jasper had taken his place. I glanced at the seat behind me to look at Alice. It was clear by her expression that she didn't understand why Jasper was being so buddy-buddy with me lately.
"You're driving me crazy with your indecisiveness," Jasper drawled in his southern accent. "What's going on in that head of yours?"
I knew everyone aboard the private plane would hear about my uncertainties but it didn't matter. I didn't care what anyone thought anymore.
"Is it the right thing to do?" I calmly asked.
"Is what the right thing to do?"
"I don't know if I can be a part of your family," I confided in him. "I'm giving up everything for Edward, Jasper. Decades ago, I thought it was the right thing to do but now, he just shows up and everything I forgot, I remember. How can I leave Charlie behind?" Inhaling, I glanced at Jasper. "How can I leave Jacob?"
"Because," a high pitched voice joined it. Alice had taken the empty seats in front of us. "It's your destiny, Bella."
"But what if it isn't the right path? What if being with a werewolf is?"
"Oh, Bella," Alice sighed. "You can't seriously be considering leaving Edward are you?"
"No! …At least I don't think so."
"We all left our families behind, Bella," Jasper explained. "It's a hard thing to do."
"But you didn't have a say in what happened," I told him. "I do."
UNKNOWN POV
They had switched their direction again. The Cullen clan, with their precious human, were heading south. Ivy had seen it. With a last minute decision, they had decided to ditch Europe and head to South America but why would they go there?
Europe held plenty of strong clans that would no doubt be willing to help out the despicable Cullens in their time of need. They were soft. Every single one of them.
Even the Volturi were growing soft for the human known as Isabella. Joshua had heard them years ago during his stay in Italy. They would protect her at all costs. Aro was fascinated by her. He would never kill her. He was more interested in Isabella becoming a member of the Volturi.
"What's our next step?" my brother, Isaac, asked me.
I twiddled my thumbs and with a sly grin, glanced in his direction. "Inform Ivy and Joshua that we'll be leaving soon for South America. We must pay our dear friends a visit."
BPOV
"Bella."
I looked back at Alice. A soothing effect was starting to wash over me. I was grateful that Jasper was a big presence in my life. Right now, I needed him more than ever or I'd end up a basket case.
If I wasn't already…
"You will be a member of this family no matter what you decide," Alice said. "We have always loved you. I've also seen it, Bella. This time you will be one of us. Edward will do it himself and as much as it pains me to say this, you're just like us. You don't have a choice in the matter I'm afraid."
"Alice, that's enough," Carlisle snapped.
"Don't you think it's time she knew?" Alice argued back. "I think it's pretty ridiculous that changes will be happening and that no one wants to properly inform Bella of what will be happening to her."
"It is against Edward's wishes."
Alice huffed and rolled her eyes. "Edward can go suck a big one."
Jasper choked on non-existent spit and I'm pretty sure my eyes popped out of their sockets. Jacob and Emmett guffawed out loud.
Had Alice really just said that?
"Mary Alice!" Esme scolded. "He is your brother and you should respect his feelings."
"I'm done respecting Edward's feelings," Alice shot back. "For crying out, he isn't the only one who feels pain. He forced us to leave Bella in the first place. We would all be one big happy family if it wasn't for him. He thinks he knows what's best for Bella when in reality he is just completely selfish. I'll change Bella myself right now if he's so against damning her soul."
"I said that's enough, Alice," Carlisle ordered again.
"I. Don't. Care. He's always brooding and it gets annoying. So he hasn't gotten any in over a hundred years. His time will come!"
"Way to go, Alice!" Emmett cheered from the very back of plane.
All I could do was shrink down in my seat and hide my embarrassment. Alice's rant was so straight forward and the words coming out of her mouth were so unlike her. Did she have some tainted deer for lunch or something?
"Alice, darlin'," Jasper cooed. "Esme is right. You should respect what Edward wants. He is Bella's mate after all."
"Jazz, please," Alice sighed. "Bella is going to be going through changes and no one will tell her what to expect. They're just going to allow her to be scared and then she'll be angry that no one told her anything. If I was going to go through what Bella will go through, I would want to know. Wouldn't you?"
There goes Jasper choking on nonexistent saliva again.
"It's physically impossible, Alice!" Emmett shouted again.
"Um…" I interrupted. "Can someone please tell me what Alice is going on about?"
