I'd like to apologize for it being so long between chapters, but I've been very busy the last few weeks, coupled with a little bit of writer's block. Hopefully I'll be able to fight it off in the not too distant future and be back at my normal pace. As always, thanks for reading and any reviews and comments are appreciated.

Chapter 13

Dangerous

(Alice)

I had seen this as a possibility when Bella and Edward announced their wedding that someone, most likely Angela, who would come and then want me to also do their wedding also. While it had the potential to expose us as something more than human, I didn't worry about many of those who had befriended us during our senior year at Forks since many of them were true friends. At the same time Angela had become much more than a good friend to Bella and I in the time between our return from Edward's self imposed exile after her 18th birthday and their wedding. I really doubted my strength to be able to tell Angela no.

I had heard Edward and Angela talking outside and my gift had shown me this as a possibility for about a month now. Ben had proposed to her, and in the aftermath of her acceptance I was able to see most of my family in attendance. The venue changed a few times, including once at our house. Still, I silently walked outside to allow her to ask what she wanted of me. I was unsure about what I would say, and was grateful to have Edward with me.

When walking down the porch I sped up to a run that was maybe a little too quick. While it wasn't at above human speed, barely, it was faster than I had ever moved outside of people who were aware that we were different. I grabbed Angela in a gentle hug which made Edward scowl at me. I don't know what she had thought about it and I didn't care; I was just so happy to see her again.

"Angela!" I screeched from the joy of seeing her. "It's been way too long." I started to take notice of her appearance and was happy to see he looking much the same that she did the last time I saw her. She had become a little more curvy, but other than that she looked exactly as I remembered her.

Angela smiled at me as I noticed Edward return inside. Even though I could tell that he knew what she wanted to ask, he'd still be able to hear our conversation from anywhere in the house and this was something that was a girl thing. I returned her smile; it was completely genuine. I missed her and so did Bella. "So what's up?" I finally asked even though I already knew.

"Well," Angela started, but soon stuttered as I could assume she was afraid of what I would answer her, "Ben and I... we're… eng-"

I cut her off with an excited shriek. I had seen this as a possibility for the two of them when I first met them. Angela and Ben we're just about as perfect together as Edward and Bella were. They both deeply loved each other, despite having some separate interests. I grabbed her left hand, and examined the ring on her third finger. I had forgotten that I had never really touched her before and she gasped a little from my cold touch. Her ring was absolutely gorgeous and traditional; a gold band with three diamond set in the middle. They weren't very large stones, but they made the point that Ben had wanted to share.

"Congrats guys!" I let out in my regular voice. I had forgotten to keep the façade and besides, I knew that Angela wasn't a threat to our secret.

"That wasn't why I came looking for you and Bella. I wanted to ask you," Angela was having issues continuing with her question even though I knew what she wanted.

"Yes," I said softly as I gently hugged her. "I'd love to do your wedding."

Angela was shocked. I had guessed her question perfectly and could only stand with her mouth open wide. Just then the wind shifted and I caught whiff of Angela's scent. I hadn't hunted in more than a week, so I was very thirsty. I had never been so close to a human when I was in jeopardy of losing control since I saw Bella after I had thought she killed herself by jumping from the cliff. Angela's scent was almost as intoxicating as Bella had been back then. I had to fight with every piece of strength I could find so I didn't hurt her. Anyone other than myself and a few others might had already done the unspeakable act of hurting one of Bella's very best friends; a friend only second to myself.

Finally Angela was able to ask the second part of her question. "Hey Alice," she started, scared to continue as I put my right hand on her shoulder, "what do you think if I asked Bella to be my maid of honor?"

I smiled again widely, the remaining light glistening off of my teeth. "I think she'd be flattered and delighted." Angela joined me with a huge smile on her face. I was going to miss her when we moved away. Her and Bella were so much alike that I had a forbidden thought for a second and started to act on it. I slowly started to move my mouth to her throat but was able to stop myself before I gave anything away. Just then a vision crossed my head.

The field looked much like it had when the Volturi came thinking that Nessie was an immortal child. The entirety of the guard was there, including a few new faces that I was unfamiliar with. But there was also something different.

Marcus entered the field with his brothers, but as Aro began accusing us of whatever the crime we were charged with, Marcus simply walked towards us. His hands were up in surrender and Edward knew that he wasn't coming to harm us, but rather to assist us. He knew that his brothers were up to something that he no longer could be a part of and knew that escape or death were his only possibilities. He would either join our family, either fully or in part, or would allow himself to die. But then my vision cut away from that scene and back to the present.

Angela had been saying something but I didn't hear any of it. That was the downside when I had a vision; they completely overtook my consciousness. I nodded at Angela, hoping that it was nothing important but it appeared that I was wrong. The first thing she said that I could focus on was, "So when do you want to go? I think that Seattle would probably be my best bet."

"Huh?" I answered hoping that she would repeat what I had missed.

"There's probably not a lot of good wedding dresses in Port Angeles," she said looking a little annoyed at me.

In truth there was one competent dressmaker in Port Angeles whom I would trust with a wedding dress, but Angela was right on this one. To look for a dress that she liked it would be better to go to a bigger city. I hadn't seen Angela in so long that it would be a good opportunity for her and I to get to spend some time together and I was certain that Bella would come too, especially if she was going to accept Angela's offer to be her maid of honor. "I don't know," I answered to her question ignoring her recent statement and only focusing on the when rather than the why, "Bella is on a trip with," I was about to say Charlie, but I couldn't. We had to let people think that Charlie had either moved away or had passed away. The exact story hadn't been decided on yet. Yes, people thought that he moved overseas, but at some point we'd have to let people know of his 'death'. "Bella's in La Push with Jacob Black," I lied. This one would be believable since many knew that the two of them were friends, even if they didn't know all of the specifics.

"But she'll be back later today, right? I mean, I'm in town for the week so I was hoping to get to see some of the old gang that's still around." Angela frowned as she realized that of all of their friends who graduated with her, only the Cullens were still around Forks. Everyone else was either still in college or had moved away. Sure, Ben and Austin were both also at Washington State with her but that wasn't the only ones she wanted to see. Jessica and Mike were both at UW (u-dub) in Seattle, so they didn't see them at all which didn't bother Angela. I knew that she missed Bella and I couldn't blame her.

"She should be back in a few hours. Why don't I have her call you later, 'kay?"

Angela smiled and nodded. In truth, Bella and Charlie were on the outskirts of the property, but I assumed that they were waiting for her to leave so as not to chance Charlie's self control. While he had resisted the temptation when they left for their hunt, a newborn couldn't be completely sure of when the urge to hunt would overtake them. The thirst could be too much at anytime, so it was better not to chance it.

"Sounds good," Angela answered giving me a parting hug. "I'll call later if I don't hear form Bella this evening."

"She'll call. I promise. Call it psychic or whatever you want, but I know she wants to talk to you."

"Thanks Alice. God it was good to see you again. Bye."

"Bye," I smiled back allowing my teeth to glisten in the overcast light. I really didn't think about it, and it wasn't meant to scare her; I just opened my mouth too widely from seeing her again.

No sooner had Angela's car hit the highway that Bella and Charlie returned from their hunt. I took stock of the two of them. I had dressed Charlie casually; a pair of khakis and a polo, and while he got some blood on them and there was a few tears, they weren't in any way destroyed like Bella's dress had been after her first hunt. His outfit looked as if he had changed a tire or something like that and busted a knuckle.

"Angela and Ben, huh?" Bella asked allowing her voice to shine. Charlie smiled; now that he knew the truth we didn't have to keep up the appearances that we had in the past, although Esme and I had begun to drop them when we were alone with him after we told him the truth.

"How much did you hear?" I asked wondering if she knew what Angela had wanted.

"Enough," Bella smiled as she said coyly, "and you're right. I'd be thrilled to be her maid of honor. But isn't it a little risky? I mean I've changed so much since she saw me."

"It'll be fine Bella. I don't know if Charlie should come or not, but we'll see where he is when that time comes. Their preferred date isn't for another year almost, so his eyes won't be a problem."

"But I'm gonna guess that's not what you're worried about," she laughed.

"What is it?" Charlie asked, getting involved in the conversation. "Reverend Weber has been one of my best friends, outside of the La Push group. I'm sure that he'd want me to come."

Bella shook her head at her father. The issue wasn't whether or not Charlie'd be invited but rather what we would do with his story to outsiders. At some point we'd have to say that he had died and have some sort of a funeral for him in town. Exactly when we would do this wasn't time critical since the ruse had been circulated that Charlie had moved to Europe.

Charlie ran back inside, leaving Bella and I. I hoped that she hadn't been able to see me nearly bite Angela, but I should have known better. No sooner had Charlie gotten out of hearing distance did she ask me about it.

"Alice, can I ask you something else about the future?"

"Anything," I smiled back.

"Please don't take this the wrong way, but I miss some of the old gang. And the only way that I'll be able to see them for their lives would be if," but Bella stopped here as she couldn't allow herself to continue.

I knew what she wanted to say. "If we could tell them the truth about us?" I asked finishing her question to which she nodded. "Yes," I whispered trying to make sure that no one other than the two of us plus Edward would know until that time.

"How?" Bella asked, terrified of what this could mean for our friends. "I wouldn't want to curse them with this," she added pointing at herself, "and we couldn't change their whole families, could we?"

I shook my head, but in truth I had seen the possibility of some of them becoming vampires. "No, we couldn't change all of them," I answered at a silent whisper, again trying to limit the amount of people who would find out, "but maybe a few."

"Could I ask you which ones?" She asked with a gleam in her eye from hope, to which I nodded. "Angela?"

I nodded.

"Ben?"

Again a nod.

"Any others?"

I shrugged. I wasn't completely sure about anyone other than those two.

"What about telling others the truth?"

"Maybe one day," I answered. I had a vision a long time ago about the eventual fall of the Volturi and something would have to replace them, I just wasn't sure what. The secrecy rules might not be completely necessary for eternity and our closest friends could be allowed to find out if the penalty for divulgence wasn't set in stone and so harsh.

"Thanks Alice," Bella sang as she hugged me around the waist which I returned to her.

The two of us retuned inside, and I was grinning from ear to ear. "Esme!" I cried as we closed the door, at which my adoptive mother ran to my side. "We've got work to do." She was smiling widely as well now. "Angela Weber wants us to do her wedding."

"Wonderful," Esme yelled in excitement for having something to be doing in the near future. "When's their date?"

"We won't be as rushed as for Bella; still a year out, but she'll be expecting something just as nice since we'll have the time.

Bella and Charlie had sat on the couch and for the first time I noticed that Charlie's eyes had darkened much more than I anticipated from only one hunt. They were still red, but nowhere near as crimson as they had been, now closer to a reddish orange. I was beginning to wonder how long it would be before his eyes wouldn't require contacts to hide their color and began to look into his future, but before I could all of our futures disappeared. This could only mean one thing; Jacob and Renesmee were coming back.