Okay so I was recently reading back over this story and decided to edit the last chapter. Here it is! I hope it's better than before! Please review and let me know.
Harry stared out the window in anticipation. Port Angeles was coming into view and with every second Harry could feel his heart beat a little faster. Would Alice have changed? Would she remember him? Would she want him anymore? He knew he had broken her heart and he knew he had no right to ask for anything. But part of him – a big part – knew this was where he was supposed to be.
His absence was easily explained. As Headmaster, no one questioned him. Even Ron. It was strange lying to Ron but he knew he couldn't tell him the truth. That he was going to see an old lover who he had fallen for shortly after Ginny's – Ron's sister – death. He could just imagine how Ron would take that.
As soon as he stepped off the plane he raced through security, out and found a secluded place where he could apparate from. Once in the Men's room he locked himself in a cubicle, closed his eyes and focused on Alice. He thought of her hair, her beauty, her love, her life… everything about her.
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When he opened his eyes he was stood in front of a large white house. He was struck by how open it was. When he had known Alice she had spent most of her time inside.
"Can I help you?"
Harry spun towards the door and saw a honey-blond haired man standing there. His skin was pale and his face beautiful. His eyes were dark, almost black. Harry was sure he was a vampire. He reminded him so much of what Alice had been like when he knew her. Would she be different now?
"Um… I'm looking for Alice?" The man raised an eyebrow.
"Who shall I say is calling?" the man asked. Harry felt slightly uneasy, knowing this was obviously Jasper Hale, Alice's husband.
"Harry." The man muttered something so low Harry couldn't hear it but he knew this man was calling Alice.
Harry's breath caught in his throat when Alice's head popped around the door. She hadn't changed a bit.
"Yeah Jas… Harry." She said in a stunned voice, staring at him with unblinking eyes.
"Hello Alice. Long time no see."
"Yes. Ten years." Jasper glanced from Alice to Harry and back again. Before he could speak another beautiful man appeared at the door. He glanced at the three people standing there. The man narrowed his eyes at Harry as if he could hear his thoughts. The man turned to Alice who stared back.
"You sure?" the man asked. Harry was puzzled before remembering what Alice had once told him.
"From the few vampires I've met all I know is some vampires have a special talent. Like I can see the future."
Maybe this man could actually read minds.
Alice nodded.
"C'mon Jazz. Let's leave them to it." The man said beckoning to Jasper. Jasper seemed very reluctant to leave but did as he was asked. As soon as the two of them were gone Alice spoke. Her voice was a soft yet crisp as it always had been.
"Why are you here?" She asked her voice barely audible.
"I promised I'd be back for you." he replied attempting to smile but she didn't smile. His smile faded away. He couldn't bear to see the pain in her eyes.
"It's been ten years. Why now?" Alice asked.
"I know but I needed to know…"
"Know what?"
"If you were happy."
"Happy? I don't know what happy is anymore. I thought I did. With you. But then you left me and I fell for Jasper. But somehow I was never really happy again. Harry, you broke my heart once and I'm not going to go through it again." She said turning around.
"Wait! I still love you!" he shouted. He saw her freeze. She turned around slowly.
"What?"
"I love you. I always have."
"But you still left. You can't honestly expect to just walk back into my life and be accepted with open arms. I just can't… I can't love you." she said. She turned to walk away again. Suddenly Harry grabbed her wrist. She was so surprised he managed to turn her back around. His lips crashed down on hers. She felt herself melt away again as Harry's kisses had always made her.
The love she had buried so deep down had resurfaced.
Suddenly Harry's head disappeared. It took Alice a moment to realise it hadn't actually disappeared. It was being pummelled by Jasper.
"JASPER! Get off him!" Alice cried pulling her husband off Harry.
"He kissed you!" Jasper cried trying to justify his actions.
"So? I wanted him to." Alice cried. The hurt in Jasper's face was so horrible to watch she had to turn away. He looked like a human who had just been punched in the stomach. A moment later he turned and fled into the forest.
Alice turned her attention to Harry who was trying to stop his lip bleeding. His face was covered in cuts and by tomorrow it would be very badly bruised.
"Thanks." Harry said. Alice shrugged as if it was nothing. Harry looked at her questionably.
"Do you still love me?" he asked her.
"I don't know." Alice replied truthfully. Harry stood up.
"Let's try again. Let's get back together and we can be together forever." He promised her, taking her hands. She pulled them away from his.
"What if you get another let like the one that made you break up with me in the first place?" Harry looked at her surprised. "I found it after you left."
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Alice knew if she could cry she would. She wandered towards the bedroom wondering what had made him up and leave so suddenly. After a moment it came to her. The letter!
She searched the kitchen and the bathroom before finally discovering it in the bedroom. She opened it carefully. It read:
Harry,
Where are you? We need you. We know Ginny's death tore you up and that you needed time to get over it but you've had plenty of time. You are needed back here in London. Please return to us.
Also Ginny's will has been discovered. But they say they cannot release it without you being present.
Please come back. We miss and need you.
Ron.
"It was stupid of me to leave you just like that. I should have told you about the letter and we could have talked it out. But I promise it will never happen again. I made that mistake once. I won't ever leave you again. Just give me one more chance to make it up to you." He begged, his eyes beseeching.
"Harry… when you left me… I lost all trust and faith in you. I never expected to see you again. I… I just can't get that faith back. I'm sorry." She told him, an ache in her frozen heart.
"I guess I should go so…" he replied, turning to walk away. After a few steps he turned back.
"Have a nice life Alice…" He said quietly but he knew she could hear him. He blew her a soft kiss before walking away. Alice watched him go until she couldn't see him anymore. In the distance she heard a distinctive crack!
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Two Years Later
Alice stared from behind the tree. Her whole family was dead. Why had they wanted her to hide? They had risked their own lives for Renesme but wouldn't let her risk hers. Why… she would never know. The beautiful little child lay in the middle of the clearing, once wrapped in her mother's arms. Jacob's body lay a metre away, his face emotionless. All that remained of her family was the ashes.
Where could she go now? She had no left. No one that cared about her. Suddenly Harry sprung to her mind. No she couldn't. She had rejected him. She couldn't go back to him now. But what had she to lose? He had broken her heart once. The worst he could do was break it again. What did she have to lose? The only other man she had ever loved was gone forever. Harry was her only chance.
Ten hours later
Alice had braced herself for rejection.
She had braced herself to find Harry married with ten kids.
She had braced herself to be yelled at by Harry.
She was ready for everything. Everything except the reality.
The young bushy-haired woman's words echoed through her mind.
"Harry's been dead for two years." Two years. Later she learned it was mere hours after she had rejected him when his plane plummeted into the Atlantic Ocean. He never had a chance.
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In the decades that followed no body ever saw Alice again. No one saw her. No one heard from her. No one knew if she was still alive. But who really cared?
No one saw her until one day when she walked into the sunlight.
She had figured it to be the only way out. Out of her life… her pain… her hell.
And she was right. The Voltori killed her.
But she rejoined the love of her life in the after life. And they stayed together forever.
Was that better? Please review! It still goes along the same lines of the other story just tweaked slightly and longer. Review!
