Chapter 18

Heyy everyone. Sorry if the last chapters have been a little slow. This chapter's going to be when Vicki comes back. What will the Cullen's say to her? Sorry that I'm kind of talking about nothing in this authors note, but I think without it, the chapter seems naked. So did anyone see American Idol Tuesday? With the weird Stalker dude who stalks Paula. That was so funny! I about died from laughing.

Not Stephenie Meyer, she owns everything, blah, blah, blah.

Previously;

Now it was time to go back to the cell. My own personal prison. How nice. But now I had Mary and Alice on my side. This might get interesting…

APOV

The last few days had been horrible. The whole family was miserable. Edward was completely miserable, he had not been out of his room once, and that was because Carlisle had basically dragged him out, saying that he needed to hunt. It was when he had left Bella a long time ago, except now it was worse, because now he thought that she didn't love him anymore. Oh, how wrong he was. If only I could tell him that. But we had promised Bella we wouldn't say anything. Edward's misery was driving Jasper up the wall. Jasper would leave the house for extended periods of time, unable to be around all the depression that everyone was giving off. Bella, why did you have to leave now?

Most importantly, it really worried me that someone had been controlling my visions, If Bella's theory was right, (and I'm sure if was, there's no other explanations,) and someone was controlling my visions, this is not good news for us. If scared me, being so…blind. Like I had no control over what was going to happen. Worse, if Bella was being tortured or something, we would not be able to tell if we should go save her. Stupid, power-controlling vampires.

Currently Mary and Chris were both away hunting, which was both a good thing and a bad thing. It was a lot easier to seem normal, like you didn't know any secrets when someone else around you knew the secret too. Without Mary here, it seemed like I was giving too much away. But everyone else didn't seem to notice, everyone actually seemed sort of lifeless.

But Chris being gone made things a lot easier. I didn't have to block my thoughts all the time, which could get very annoying. Edward must have been blocking everyone's thoughts, or else he would have heard something by now. Chris, on the other hand, was becoming very suspicious. Especially with his wife blocking her thoughts. Mary always shared with Chris what she was thinking, because they had no secrets. Now Chris was very suspicious.

But what really annoyed me was fate. You woulda thought that destiny would have left Bella and Edward alone; to live their lives in peace after all they had already been though. But no, fate had to keep pushing their relationship to the test, time and time again. I just hoped that their love for each other would be enough to survive this one.

I would be seeing Bella tomorrow, to talk some more. We had already discussed that.

"You okay?" Jasper asked, coming up behind me and pulling me closer to his body. He must have sensed the anger coming off of me as I thought about Bella and Edward's destiny.

"Fine," I lied, turning around to kiss him. He wasn't convinced, I could tell. I could hear mumbled whispers coming from the living room, so I wriggled out of his grasp and pulled him towards the living room.

It was Emmett and Rosalie. Rosalie was talking currently, while Emmett nodded, agreeing with her, but still looked a bit uncomfortable doing it.

"Whatcha guys doing?" I bounded over to the couch to sit next to them. Jasper warily walked over to sit next to me. What were they talking about? They had stopped whispering as we walked into the room.

"About what a bitch Bella is." Rosalie, replied, keeping her voice low in case Edward was listening, which I doubted. I stiffened. This wasn't fair! It was hardly Bella's choice to go.

"Maybe she had a reason to go," I said, trying to not show Bella's innocence but failing miserably.

"I don't believe this! You're actually taking her side?" Rosalie exclaimed, running her hands through her long blond hair.

"No," I responded automatically. If only you knew, Rose. "I'm just saying, maybe Bella had a reason. Bella always has a reason," My voice trailed off as I wandered towards the window, looking out of it. There was an unfamiliar car in the driveway. Rose was about to respond with a comment when the doorbell rang.

It has to be the same person whose car it was. It wasn't Chris or Mary; they would just walk right in. Well, there was only one way to find out. I strode up to the door al pulled it open in one motion. Oh great, I thought as saw who stood behind the door. My day had just gotten a whole lot worse.

Vicki.

Just that name was enough to send shivers down my spine. If I could sleep, I was certain that this was the one I would have nightmares about. If I had hated her before she had joined Victoria's army, this was nothing to what I felt for her now. Let's just say if she was killed right now, right in front of me, I would feel nothing for her.

"Vicki," My voice was ice cold as I acknowledged her presence.

"Alice," She tried to step around me to get inside the house. I held me ground. "How are you?" She asked, trying to act polite. I had no such pretences.

"Why are you here?" I asked. The nerve of her, showing up here after she single-handedly, (Okay, she had some help from Victoria, but whatever,) destroyed my brothers happiness.

"Actually, can I see Edward?" She asked, her voice keeping her voice light and in that same sickly-sweet tone.

"No." She tried to step around me anyway. I looked toward the couch for help. Instantly Jasper was by my side. He must have felt my emotions and, seeing as they were ready to blow, decided to step in.

"Vicki, we know you want to talk to Edward, but he's not here right now," Jasper lied.

"Oh really?" She asked slyly. "Ed-" Emmett had risen from the couch and stopped her from shouting his name. Hopefully he hadn't heard.

"Look Vicki, he's not here, and even if he was, he wouldn't want to talk to you. Do you understand? He hates you? Can't you get that threw your thick skull? Leave. Now. And don't come back." Emmett threatened. Wow. Emmett being serious. That's something you don't see everyday.

Vicki looked a bit more worried now, but stood her ground. "Look-" But her voice was cut off. She stood, shocked still, staring in the direction of the main staircase. I turned around to see what had caught her attention.

And for the first time in almost a week, I saw him at the foot of the stairs.

Edward.

He looked horrible. I didn't really know that vampires could look different from day to day. His hair was a mess; he hadn't showered in a while and he was wearing the same clothes he had been wearing when Bella left.

"Vicki," His voice was different. Aged. Weary. "What are you doing here?"

"She was just leaving," Emmett helped out, turning back to glare at Vicki.

"No, actually Edward, I wanted to talk to you." She fidgeted under Emmett's glare, which was still fixated on her.

"Talk, then." Edward replied. Wow. This was more then he had spoken in a week. Then, Vicki did have that effect on people. People got mad at her a lot, I'd noticed. She was just one of those people.

"Alone," She whispered fiercely. Edward made no move to move from his spot at the top of the stairs. I still didn't let Vicki past me. I wanted her nowhere near my brother when he was in this condition.

"Talk," Edward repeated.

Vicki sighed dramatically. "I just wanted to tell you that I know that that slut Bella left you, and I wanted to tell you that I know that she had tricked you into believing that you loved her when you obviously loved me. So I am ready to forgive you, Edward because I know that we were meant to be together and one slut won't stop that."

Dead silence. Edward blinked. I wanted to start cracking up so bad. The look on her face was priceless. She honestly believed that she and Edward were meant to be together. Please, give me a break.

"Vicki," Edward started, his voice weak, like he hadn't spoken in who knows how long, "I don't think that-"

"Why not?" Vicki broke in. "Are you still under her curse. You know that you don't really love her. Face it, Edward, we were meant to be together."

"Vicki, I really don't-" Edward tried again, trying to sound polite. I snickered into my hand. Wasn't it obvious that he hated her?

"Come on Edward, you know you want-"

"No, Vicki, I do not want to be with you, I never did want to be with you. I don't love you, I don't even like you. Please stop calling Bella names, it's not going to change anything," The look on Edward's face as he spoke Bella's name made me want to tell him the truth right then and there, but of course I couldn't. "Please leave, I have nothing more to say to you." Edward finished.

"Fine," Vicki retorted, her polite tone finally gone. "But you just wait, Edward Cullen, and the rest of you Cullen's too. I will get my revenge. And when I do, you had better watch out." And with that, she ran into her car, finally gone. Good riddance. Edward slunk back to his room.

I, however, sat and thought. Vicki was working with Victoria. If Vicki wanted revenge, this could not end up good for the Cullen family.

Hope ya liked it! I wasn't in the mood for a really funny Vicki scene, so sorry if it kinda sucked. Vicki will be back, though. She's really fun to torture. Anyway, Review please! And watch American Idol for me! I can't, because my dad scheduled a basketball practice at the same time. The nerve of some people! Review!

Jamie