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CHAPTER TWO- FUTURES THAT DID AND WOULDN'T CHANGE
This is fact not fiction, for the first time in years.
A Lack of Color, by Death Cab For Cutie

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10:06.

My ears were still ringing from the shot, and I had rolled me and Bella off the couch and shielded her from and bullets that may be coming.
"I swear I didn't see it!" A voice was wailing, which could only be Alice. "Either it's someone who knows too much about me, or someone bored with a gun."

"Bella, don't you dare move from this spot." I said urgently, standing and running up the stairs and out of Bella's window, to keep the shooter's attention off of Bella's house. I felt Alice at my side as we looked at the scene, keeping unseen. "It can't have been a vampire. I don't smell one, and there's quieter and more effective ways of getting someone." I said, too low for any beings, human or not, in the immediate area.

Angela's going to be ok. It was a guy, about 30 or so. He'll be arrested. I see the headline in a paper on the hospital bed in front of Bella. Alice thought to me, and I nodded as I dashed forward, searching the minds of anyone in range. No one was thinking of shooting a young girl, so this must have been a very sick person.

I let my eyes move to Angela's car. I subconsciously realized that Alice and I had been holding our breath, in preparation for the wound. The car's windows were rolled down, so it must have been a side shot. And slightly above. Of what I could see of Angela, it had passed through her shoulder, nearly missing her neck, and came out between some ribs. Possibility of one being hit, and maybe a collapsed lung.
"Alice, get Angela. Get her to the hospital. I'll meet you there with Bella." I didn't wait to see if she was following my instruction. I had already stepped the threshold of Bella's house, and was picking her up. She had obeyed me and stayed put, and was in the middle of calling the cops.

"Not going to help. Alice is off to the hospital."
Confusion filled her eyes. "Alice? That couldn't be right." She breathed. "What happened?"
She didn't know. "Angela, not Alice." I told her, trying to look away from the horror on Bella's face. She flung herself onto my back, and I was running, only pausing to shut the door behind us.

10:08

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It is 11:23

They had gotten Angela patched up. She had lost a fair amount of blood all over Alice, but luckily none was dripped on the path they took here.
That would have taken some explaining.

Her parents were with her now, so I excused myself to sit in the hallway, half-listening to the thoughts of my father and the nurses with him. Carlisle was now being shown to another patient, so I moved my mind to the new doctor who would be watching Angela for now. They were talking of maybe changing some of the things they were giving her, but from what I've learned in medicine, it wasn't much.

Alice kept sending me updates, and Angela was still out of it, but was somewhat responsive. I hadn't heard from Alice in a bit, and a quick check into her mind told me she was focusing on the future. Nothing had changed, but there would be a visit from some policemen telling them that the guy who had shot Angela had already turned himself in. I laughed without humor.

I let my mind drift, for now.

11:32

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12:04

EDWARD!
"What?" I asked, irritated, then realized it was Alice's thoughts.
I got a vision, and it's changed! Ang is dying! Allergic to some drug they gave her... Ask Carlisle!

I stood, quite alarmed, and tried to find Carlisle's thoughts... He was down the hall. I set off, trying to keep my pace human-esque, but failing in my urgency. No one had noticed. I caught sight of his familiar blonde head and hurried up. "Angela's condition?" I asked out loud, then added a lower and faster note- "Alice got a vision of her dying of some sort of allergy."
Carlisle's face filled with worry, but then a poker face filled his complexion.
And now she's a vampire? What did you say to Carlisle? Alice accused.
"There's no need to jump to that." I muttered, somewhere between vampire and human volume.
Carlisle's eyebrows raised, but he soon understood. "Alice is telling you all this?"
"Yes."

Carlisle nodded, and changed his course to the nurse who was in charge of Angela. "Any changes to Angela's condition?"
The nurse looked somewhat surprised. "No, but we're thinking of giving her some C-"
"Not unless you plan to add penicillin to the list." Carlisle interrupted, pointing to Angela's allergy section.
The nurse frowned, her cheeks flushing in embarrassment. "Sorry."

I grinned in triumph, turning my head so the nurse didn't see.
Forget the allergy, but Ang is still a vampire...
"What?"
Carlisle looked over. What is it Edward?
I repeated what Alice said to me as we returned to her room.

Carlisle stopped dead, and I looked around in confusion. The room was completely empty of visitors, and all of Angela's equipment was turned off.

It is 12:17

We both rushed forward, and I heard only the faint rattlings of breath stirring from Angela's chest. "Where is everyone?" I asked, watching as Carlisle checked her vital signs.
"Alice's vision is just going to have to come true. If we wait too long, we'll lose her."
I nodded. Carlisle sighed, and took off all the wires connecting her to dead machines. Who did this? I heard him thinking, as he scooped her up in his arms and dissapeared.
I shook my head slowly, and my head jerked up as a nurse walked in. I put on a mask of pain.

"Er... Where's Angela Weber?"
I pretended to choke back a sob. "You've missed her. She's moved on."
The nurse looked confused, but then her emotion turned to pity. Poor guy. That was probably his girlfriend.
"As if." I mumbled quietly to myself, too fast for the nurse to catch.
Should I let the others know he's single?

I refrained from rolling my eyes, and pushed past the nurse. I had to find Bella and Alice- why were they gone, anyway?

I located what Alice was seeing- she was with Bella in the cafeteria. I made my way there, trying to hear Carlisle- from what he could tell, he had a while to run. He would wait until he got to the house to change her.
Once inside the cafeteria, it didn't take long to find the source of Bella's delicious smell. I walked up behind them, sending a glare at Alice, who looked back at me calmly.
"So..." I started, almost smiling as Bella jumped and turned around.

"Why didn't anyone warn me that you were going to eat? It turns out Angela's machines were turned off." I informed them, growling the last bit and focusing on Alice, knowing I couldn't stay serious if I looked at Bella.
Bella gasped. "What? Then where is she?" Bella demanded, as I took an unnecessary breath in and faced her.
"Carlisle's taken her to the house." I mumbled, so the other humans around us couldn't hear.
"Oh." Alice said, as Bella's face turned to horror.

"I have to see her!" She declared.
My temper took a turn to the worse, again siding with the overprotective side of me. "I wouldn't dare! You will go no where near a newborn!"
"But she's my friend!" Bella locked her jaw, staring me down.
I faltered inside, but I made sure not to let it show. "No. She's mine and Alice's too."

I could almost feel the burn of Bella's anger on my marble skin. "Yeah, but I'm guessing you'll see her regularly, huh? It's all fine for the almighty vampires!" She added in an undertone, and turned on her heel, almost stumbling over her chair in her haste. I already hated myself for making her angry, and followed her loyally.
"Just leave me. Go see your great friend Angela." She said, a hint of desperation entering her voice at her friend's name.
I stopped, and stared after her as she started jogging back to her house. Once she had left my range of sight, out of the hospital doors, did I allow my face to crumple. Alice hugged me quickly, and set off after Bella.
"I'll watch her. Jasper?"

I shook my head no. "If she has a chance to dwell with no influence, she may finally see that her life will be so much better without me." I said quietly, knowing Alice would hear me as she left.
I followed at a slower pace, pulling my phone out as I did so. I dialed the familiar number, and thanked whatever God there was as he answered. "Angela's started transformation. She's in pain, but I snagged some morphine before I left." He said, and I smiled. At least he would make this as enjoyable as possible, for a pure soul turning to the damned.
"Great. And Carlisle? Don't let Bella see Ang unless you think it's absolutely okay. Let's be sure she's accepted she's a vampire and has drank before Bella sees her."
I heard Carlisle murmur in agreement, then hang up.

As I closed my phone, I saw that it was 1:54.

When I got to the house, Alice was on Bella's front lawn, behind some trees to hide herself from Bella's window. As I approached, I saw the window was closed and there was a note on it;
ANGELA ONLY.

I growled in frustration. "I could easily get in that room." I muttered.
Alice nodded to show she heard what I said. But she knows you wouldn't.
I sighed, and settled in on the grass at Alice's feet. "I'll go check on Angela." She mumbled, and I heard the sound of her footsteps as she ran back to the house.

My eyes snapped back to Bella's window as I caught some movement.
She was looking out the window, her eyes watering slightly. "Er, Alice?" I called lightly.
Yes, Edward? "What is that bruise on her forehead?"
I heard her laugh dancing on the wind, carried back to me despite her retreating steps. Stairs.
Typical. The one time I wasn't there with her, she tripped.
How I longed to run and comfort her, wrap my arms around her and tell her that everything was okay.
Except it wasn't.

2:01.

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