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Chapter Two

It had been about a week without Edward in the house. It felt lonely. I spent my time distracting myself with Jasper and researching the latest fashion trends. Jazz knew that I felt off without Edward. It was odd without my brother in the house. Besides Jasper, Edward understood me the most out of everyone in the big house. Missing him was natural.

I saw that he was returning home. He was running towards Carlisle's car the decision already made to return home and face his monsters head on. Jasper felt the warmth that surrounded me and knew before I had to say anything. "He's coming back?" Hope filled his words. Jasper also missed having Edward around.

A smile filled my face as I nodded. He would be home by the end of the night. "He's coming back. Tonight or tomorrow morning at the very latest."

We waited for him to return. Jasper had his hands on my shoulders to keep me from bouncing up and down. He was absorbing my happiness I was sure. All of us heard Carlisle's car before it turned into the driveway. Esme smiled and was the one to go to the door. Once Edward walked through he looked at her and gave an apologetic smile. "Don't ever do that to me again, Edward." She wrapped him in a loving embrace.

He chuckled. "Sorry, Esme. I needed to get away."

"You have time to say goodbye, next time."

Edward nodded his head before looking at us. He smiled apologetically to all of us.

It was back to normal. Our family was whole again.

The struggle was going to be tomorrow. He would have to face his demons all over again. It would have been easier to forget her scent when he was in Denali. Trapped in Forks High School would be different. I would be looking for the future to see if he had any intentions or subconscious thoughts of slipping up. I would prevent that from happening if there was any other way.

The next day as we all walked into the cafeteria, I was watching for anything to arise. "It's going to be okay," I said breathlessly. Jasper had his hand under my elbow as he guided me forward as my eyes were not looking at the present but rather the future cafeteria scene.

I heard Edward sigh next to me. "Of course it is."

Focusing harder on what Bella Swan's future would be was easier the more I looked for her. "She's not here yet, but the way she's going to come in… she won't be downwind if we sit in our regular spot."

Edwarded grunted, "Of course we will sit in our regular spot. Stop it, Alice. You're getting on my nerves. I'll be fine."

Jasper helped me into my seat as I readjusted to the present and focussed on Edward's face. "I think you're right."

He pinched the top of his nose. "Of course I am."

Jasper rubbed the small of my back as he stared at Edward. I wondered what he was telling him in his head. How different this week had been versus last week. I wondered if Jasper was happy to be out of the center of our worry.

"Anything new?" Jasper asked Edward.

Edward scanned the room. "Nothing. She… must not have said anything."

We all raised our eyebrows in unison to that news. Emmett chuckled. "Maybe you're not as scary as you think you are. I bet I could have frightened her better than that."

Edward rolled his eyes in response.

"She's coming in. Try to look human." I interrupted their joking.

"Human, you say?" Emmet chuckled.

He held his fist, twisting his fingers to reveal a snowball he had saved in his palm. He had his eyes on Jasper but I knew that he wasn't going to throw it at him. His future was so certain. He hurled the ice chunk towards my head. I flicked it away with my fingers. It had ricocheted across the length of the classroom, too fast for a human eye. It shattered with a sharp crack against the brick wall, breaking the brick in the process.

Humans in the room looked for the culprit. "Very human, Emmett." Rosalie rolled her eyes. "Why don't you punch through the wall while you're at it?"

"It would look more impressive if you did it, baby."

As Bella Swan was in line to get food, Edward looked sick. Bella might have been too as she was saying she was only going to get a soda today. As her human friends sat them down at their usual table, I elbowed Edward and thought, She's going to look soon, act human.

"Ease up, Edward." Emmett jokes. "Honestly. So you kill one human. That's hardly the end of the world."

"You would know," Edward murmured.

"You've got to learn to get over things. Like I do. Eternity is a long time to wallow in guilt."

While he was going on about eternity, I tossed a smaller handful of ice that I had been hiding into Emmett's unsuspecting face. He blinked his golden eyes in surprise and then grinned. "You asked for it," he leaned across the table and shook his hair in my direction. The snow flew out from his hair and splattered Rose and I. "Ew!" Rosalie complained.

I laughed and everyone at the table joined in. It was the perfect winter picture for Bella Swan to notice as her eyes were glued onto our table. I saw that she would still be looking at us still so I held my tray up as a pretend shield and kept the laughter going. Edward glanced over at her table and stared at her.

We all eased drop as Jessica Stanley noticed that Edward was staring. "Edward Cullen is staring at you."

Bella Swan whispered back, "He doesn't look angry, does he?"

"No… should he be?"

"I don't think he likes me."

"The Cullens don't like anybody." Jessica sneered. "Well they don't notice anybody enough to like them. But he's still staring at you."

"Stop looking at him!" Bella said anxiously.

The rest of the lunch period went on as usual. The Swan girl did not look at our direction for the rest of the hour. As the lunch period ended, the humans left the cafeteria. We all stayed, waiting for Edward. I was anxiously looking for his future. I hesitated before saying, "I think it's okay… your mind is set. I think you'll make it through the hour."

I was worried about how fast his future could change if he didn't want her to be safe anymore. If he let the vampire nature win.

Jasper glanced at me and then Edward. "Why push it, Edward? Go home. Take it slow."

Emmett disagreed with him. "What's the big deal? Either he will or he won't kill her. Might as well get it over with, either way."

Rosalie frowned. "I don't want to move yet. I don't want to start over. We're almost out of high school, Emmett. Finally."

While they talked, I was busy seeing what wasn't physically here. "No, Rose, I think it really will be okay. It's firming up. I'm 93 percent sure that nothing bad will happen if he goes to class." I wondered what had made this more sure… what was Edward thinking of.

"Go to class." Edward ordered as he pushed himself away from the lunch table. He strode away without looking back at us. I would be an anxious wreck all next period trying to see if he was going to kill Bella Swan.