You know, you don't have to do this, you can always turn back around and let Alice be. You know Alice, she'll understand. Was all Edward could help thinking as he drove 100 miles per hour down the road. However hard he tried to forget the way to Bella's house, he knew it by heart.
"Edward, you can't turn back now, you're more than halfway to her house." Alice spoke in a clear voice, which made him jump because he was so use to him talking and her thinking. Before he could focus back to what he was doing, Edward found himself pulling quietly off the road a mile away from Bella Swan's actually property line. Wordlessly Alice and Edward climbed out of the car as silently as they had gotten in.
"Are you sure you're ready for this Alice?" Edward asked, even though he knew what she would say.
You mean, are YOU ready for this Edward? And yes, I think you are…but you don't need my opinion it was clearly what you set out to do in the first place. Alice thought back with more than a forceful tone.
They started briskly walking, even if Alice was a little bored with it and kept trying to pick up the pace to their usual startling fast run.
I'm just going to take my time. There is no need to hurry the things that could happen. He just couldn't stop the sick, twisted feeling that was overtaking his stomach. Why do I feel so horrible about this whole thing? Regardless of the first thought Edward's brain switched directly to because you have a feeling you know what's going to happen. And with that, they were there. Standing in the driveway. In a fast, nimble movement he was upstairs in Bella's room; the room he knew all to well. And there she was, lightly turned on her side breathing in her usual low and rhythmic tune that he had grown accustom to. He found himself beside her bed, reaching out for her slowly, ever so slowly. What are you doing? Stop now, pull back, PULL BACK. Now you're touching her arm, but why? She's going to wake up Edward! As he thought about what he was doing, he was suddenly aware that Alice was grabbing his arm and pulling him so sharply that he fell on the floor with a horribly loud THUD. Just as the sound resonated through the room Bella sat up with a snap and stared, wide eyed at what was escaping through her window; a tiny girl that she new all too well as Alice Cullen and the gorgeous, addicting Edward Cullen.
When Edward finally was in control of what he was doing he was running. Running with Alice the way they came from the car. In no time he was at the car with Alice shoving him in the passenger side and she had already taken the keys out of his coat pocket without him noticing.
"Alice, why are you in such a rush? Nothing was happening! Don't you see? NOTHING WAS HAPPENING!" he could hear his voice growing in volume, but he didn't care. Alice took a deep breath and started the engine and preceded to drive home. After a while she looked at him, more studied him like she studied all of the humans at the school. She had her brow slightly furrowed and her mouth kept getting smaller, and smaller.
"Didn't you notice what was happening Edward? You were hungry. You were looking at her like you look at…like you look at what you're about to eat when we go hunting." Alice said in one, giant exhaling of air. That was the only sentence that he needed to finally make a connection.
You were losing yourself Edward. You were turning into that beast that comes out when you hunt. Now what are you going to do? You can't see her again!…but even though you say that you know you will. You will, and you know it.
Even though Alice didn't enjoy driving, she was a very good driver all the same. She was driving at 120 miles per hour and all you could see out of the tinted windows was the forest and fields going by at warp speed. As Edward fixed his eyes on the moving trees one thought entered his mind: You know you're going back again tonight. And you know that you're going alone. You can't be away, no matter the risk.