A/N:

Smileon: smart little girl, yep yep. Thanks so much.

Isabel Hale: yeah, I know. Oh, well.

Twilightfan21: ha yeah. I'm up to chapter 20 now, hehe. I'm not sure if 20 is going to be the epilogue or not. If it is, I'll write a sequel, because I am way too attatched to these characters!

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Kaori's penombra: la la la you'll seeeeeee. & thank you.

Katchelle 87: haha but then they wouldn't be as fun! Fret not, Bella & Edward forever.

Serenity: haha thank you. I love torturing my readers haha. Thanks for the thing about Edward's language, I sometimes forget. You rock too!

Twilightgirl1918: haha, but doesn't it make it much better when it actually happens?

Loviehiggins: ok I'm going, I'm going!!

Midnight walker: haha you're funny.

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Lizziemcclure: haha he'll kill you if he sees you called him Eddy!

Chapter 13:

"Alice, I'm so sorry about all of this," Bella said once they were on the road.

"What could you possibly be sorry for, Bella?" Alice asked, less perky than usual, but still a note of inner glee that was innate.

"This - we're on the run, because of me." Alice just rolled her eyes.

"It's hardly your fault - it's Edward's, really. But I'm not angry with him either. Don't worry about it, silly girl." Bella sighed. She still felt guilty, but she knew Alice was right - she really had no control over what happened.

"There is something I've been meaning to talk to you about though, Bella. A couple things, actually."

"Go ahead," Bella encouraged.

"Well, I guess I'll start with the easiest. It's about your power. I want you to be... fair with it." Bella looked confused, so she explained more. "If you were a sinister creature, your gift could be used very terribly, you understand?"

"Not really," she admitted.

"You aren't an evil vampire, Bella. But you are a selfish creature, even if only a little bit. I don't mean it offensively, but we all are, be it a small or large part of us that is. So say we're sitting at home & you don't feel like going upstairs to get something, & you will me to do it. That's fine, because if you put the thought in my head, I'll be happy to do it, because it will seem like my idea. But there are other things, which is would not be evil to do, but simply immoral. Which brings me to the next thing." Bella was listening intently.

"You're in love with my brother."