Chapter 4: A misunderstanding?
When I entered the door of the house, Alice came up to me. She didn't need to tell me because I just read her mind. She was thinking how Aro was coming. She wasn't thinking why it was bad though…. Carlisle walked in. "What's wrong?" he asked.
"I don't know, actually," I replied. "Alice?"
She stared at us blankly. "If I said before Bella comes, she'll be even more upset," She stated. Jasper came down the stairs. He must be the reason for Alice's behavior.
"Alice, I think we should go upstairs and talk before Bella arrives," Jasper said. The way he said it, the statement sounded more like a command than a suggestion. She stood up and reluctantly went upstairs with Jasper.
"Edward, are you alright? You look a little disturbed by something," My father was one of three people who could tell when something was wrong with me: Himself, Alice, and my sweet Bella.
I sighed. "Alice was thinking of Aro coming but I do not know why it's so bad. We're on good terms with them now, the Volturi. My guess is that Jasper had Alice in a mood of which she didn't want to think too much of it." He looked at me deep in though. I wanted to know what he was thinking, but I decided not to invade. Bella came in the door and ran over to me. She threw her arms around me.
"Edward Cullen, what the hell is going on?!" she looked at me intensely. I was about to answer but stopped myself at first. With her arms still around my neck and my hands still on her waist, she stared at me expectantly.
"Love, I really don't know. Alice wanted to tell us together. She's upstairs talking to Jasper. I expect her to be down in about 10 minutes. I think they're arguing." Bella looked at me in disappointment. I hugged her again because I didn't want to see her face looking at me in such disappointment again. I felt ashamed and buried my face in her shoulder. She half pulled away and looked at me again.
"Edward," her voice was soft and soothing. I began to wonder if she practiced that. "You can read minds, yet you don't know?" she looked confused.
"Alice wasn't thinking why it was bad, just that it was bad," I replied desperately. No way had I wanted the woman I love to be mad at me for something that Alice might have misperceived anyway,
She looked at me this time with love in her face. "Reneesme is in bed and doesn't know what's going on. I hope that this is one of the few times Alice is wrong." worry slipped into her facial expression but it quickly left. She looked at me and said, "Edward Cullen, I love you and my beautiful daughter more than anything in the world." she kissed me and Alice was no longer worrying me. All my thoughts were on my amazing love. Usually when we kiss, especially in front of family, we were tender and loving. Today we were very passionate. Before we knew it, her hands were tangling my hair, my hands were locked on her waist, and we ended up on the couch before we knew it. We had totally forgotten Carlisle was there until he cleared his throat. "Sorry, Carlisle," Bella said. Carlisle and I got a good laugh at that. Bella looked at me with a wild look. I beamed at her knowing we found have some fun later on. For about half a minute, we just stayed there: Her hands in my hair, my hands locked on her waist, and lying down on the couch.
After we sat up on the couch (Bella sitting in my lap) Alice came down. She sighed, "Okay everyone, Jasper and I have news…"