Living in Ithaca, New York was starting to grow on me. It still wasn't home but it was nice to be with my family. We tried to make the most out of it but there were times when we all missed Forks.
One of the things that Ithaca had in common with Forks was snow. Ithaca had a lot of snow.
I always enjoyed the snow and liked to walk around in it. Growing up, I would run around in the snow while Emmett or Jasper chased me. I enjoyed walking in the snow surrounded by trees usually.
However, this was the one time that I was not enjoying the snow.
"You have got to be kidding me. Are you serious right now?" I stare incredulously at the former red-eyed idiot.
He looked at me innocently. Innocent my butt.
"What? I was just trying to have some fun." I narrowed my eyes at him.
"You call dumping a big pile of snow on top of me and then splashing me with ice cold water fun?"
He looked to be deep in thought. "Yes I believe it was a lot of fun," he responds while flashing me a small.
I let out a huff before heading inside to take a nice hot shower.
It took some effort to take the wet clothes off. They clung on to me and were heavy and cold. I stayed in the hot water for as long as possible.
Once I was done, I got dressed in a sweatshirt and sweatpants. I walk downstairs while brushing out my wet hair.
"Feel better?" I glance at Alice. I send her a smile.
"Yes, much better actually." She smiles back at me.
"Good. You missed Rosalie yelling at Alex by the way." Alice grins while I stare at her wide eyed.
"Really?"
"Yes. She saw him dumping cold water on you and accused him of trying to give you hypothermia," Alice says while laughing.
I start to laugh with her. "Where is she now."
"Emmett took her out hunting because he was afraid that she was about tear Alex's hand off."
I smiled at how protective Rosalie was of me. I sometimes hated it but at the moment I loved it. I always knew that with her I would have back up against the maniac.
I was in my own thoughts when Alice said something that brought me back to reality.
"Edward called last night." I looked at her with my eyes widened.
It has been almost a month since I've seen him. He came to the house in January and we were now in the beginning of February.
I was so hurt by his betrayal that I haven't talked about him to anybody.
"Oh. What did he want." Part of me was still angry at him. However, another part of me missed him terribly.
"He wanted to see how we were doing. More specifically he asked about you. He wants to talk to you Sophie."
I sighed and looked away from Alice. "I don't know Alice."
"Sophie, I know how hurt and angry you were with him. Trust me, we were all angry. Well, Esme and Carlisle were more disappointed than angry. He feels terrible."
I scoffed. "As he should." Alice sighed but chose to ignore my comment.
"Sophie, you should talk to him. I know you miss him."
"I do miss him Alice. It doesn't feel like we are an actual family when he is not here. I want to talk to him, but I don't know what to say to him."
"Why don't you just call him and listen to what he has to say. You don't have to say anything. Just listen. Here, you can use my phone." I sigh and take Alice's phone. I look at her before I dial Edward's phone.
He answered on the third ring. "Alice, I don't understand why you keep calling me. She doesn't want to talk to me. I can't really blame her though." I was silent for a moment. Just listening to him.
I took a breath before I answered him. "Edward, it's Sophie." Silence soon entered the conversation. Neither one of us said a word.
"Sophie?"
"Hi." I trailed off. What else should I say?
"I didn't think you would call me. Let alone speak to me."
"Yeah, neither did I." I paused for a minute. "Why did you push me away?"
Edward sighed. "This is going to sound bad but I don't really know why. I tried to detach myself from everything that reminded me of her. I thought it would help me to get over her. I would always pick up a phone so I could talk to you. Though when I did the thought that I couldn't read your thoughts reminded me that the two of you have so much in common. So I always put the phone back down. Sophie, I can't begin to explain how sorry I am. I never meant to hurt you."
I took a moment to collect my thoughts before I spoke to him. "I know you didn't mean to hurt me. But the fact is you pushed me away. I would have always stood by you. I forgive you but I need some time. I just need some time to think things over."
"Ok. I understand Sophie. Take as much time as you need."
"Ok. Bye Edward."
"Bye Sophie." I then hung up the phone and handed it back to Alice. Alice gave me a small smile.
"Better?" I nodded my head.
"A little. I'm glad that I talked to him. I just need some time to myself to think."
"Take as long as you need," replied Alice.
I am about to leave to go back to my room when Alex walks in. He is clutching his phone in his hand. Alex looks at me with a confused look.
"Alex? What's wrong?"
"I'm not really sure. Irina just called me. She said that Laurents gone. He just left and she doesn't know where he is at."
Oh no. I was in my own bubble for so long that I completely forgot about some parts that happen in New Moon.
Laurent is gone. Which means that he is going after Bella.
Sorry that it took a little longer to upload this chapter. I kept rewriting this chapter over and over again. I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season. For this story, I have changed the timeline a little bit. This story is following the books and movies. Parts of the book and movie are in this story. This story, like the books, takes place in 2005 and 2006. So we are currently in 2006. I tried to add up years to Alex's story to match up with the timeline as best as possible. Carlisle was actually with the Volturi earlier than what I put in the last chapter. Also, Carlisle wasn't with them for as long as I had said. I was not sure exactly what year Eleazer left the Volturi so I decided to guess and picked a year that I thought was best. I just changed the timeline some to best fit this story. Please tell me your thoughts. I will try to get the next chapter up soon. Until next time.