Author's note: Alice was never around when Bella was pregnant. Maybe it more than the headaches that kept her away. This is Bella asking Alice why.

Disclaimer: As we all know the Twilight Saga belong to Ms Myers, however the mistakes are mine and mine only and all glory go to God.

Chapter 6: Bella to Alice

"Why?"

"Why what?" Alice looked up from Jacob lying by the door; she was still smiling when she looked back at Bella, who had a puzzled smile on her face. She turned to look at Carlisle and Esme, who were standing by the window. They both were touched by what Jacob had just told Alice. She turned to look at Jasper and Emmett sitting together at the computer. Alice could see that they had paused in their research to listen to her talk to Jacob. Jasper met her eyes and smiled.

Emmett however was laughing and when she looked at him, he snickered. "Tinkerbelle." And he laughed louder. This caused almost everyone's smile to grow. Everyone that is but Rosalie, she just huffed. Alice turned to look at her but was stopped on the way by a stifled bark of laughter.

"She can't make up her mind, can she," she silently asked Edward, "whether to be proud that she warranted taking out or pissed that she wasn't girly enough to be protected." Edward smirked at her.

"Why what?" Alice asked Bella again. Bella paused. She didn't want to break-up the mood so she switched her original question with another.

"Why did you wake him up to ask him that?" she shook her head at Alice. "I mean couldn't you have waited until he woke up on his own?"

"I don't think I would have gotten as honest of an answer."

"What do you mean?"

"Well, I think he fell back to sleep before he admitted liking me." She grinned.

"That's all you really wanted to know isn't it?" Bella asked.

"It's the only thing I really didn't know for sure." She told Bella. "I figured most of the rest out already by the way he treats Carlisle and Esme. Rosalie too." She added.

"Why are you still sitting there, then?" Bella asked when Alice didn't move from Jacob.

"Makes the headaches go away." Alice said soberly.

"You're having headaches?" Bella question worriedly. "I didn't think vampires could get headaches. Why are you getting headaches?"

"Calm down, Bella."

"Alice! Why are you getting headaches?" she repeated demandingly.

"Well, it's nothing to…" Alice began, casting a worried look to Edward. Bella turned and look at him as well, then back to Alice.

"Alice!' she interrupted what she sure to be another 'oh, let's not worry Bella' put off. "Tell me why."

"O.K. Alright. Calm down," Alice huffed, shrugged her shoulder at Edward. "It's the – fetus. It's blocking my visions, somewhat."

"Somewhat?" Bella questioned. "What does that mean?"

"It means that when I try to have a vision about you – it doesn't happen right."

"Doesn't happen right?"

"Yeah, it's either too fuzzy to see or they're only a few minutes into the future, useless, or I see the same vision start only to have them end in countless ways and never the same way twice." There was a stunned silence at Alice's outburst.

"Why is that the baby's doing?" Bella put her hands on her belly as if to protect it. Alice saw and winced. "How can you be sure that…"

"That's why I called Edward on the island, because your future disappeared, Bella." She paused to take a deep breath. "Right before I called, you disappeared, like you do when you're with Jacob."

"So is that why you hate my baby, Alice?"

"I don't hate…"

"Oh, come on, Alice! You're never around me anymore. You're my best friend, but you never sit with me. You don't talk to me anymore. You avoid me."

"I'm sorry, Bella but the b…"

"Maybe, it's me, huh. Because of what I'm doing to Edward…"

"Bella, I'm alright." Edward assured her.

"Oh, Edward." Bella cried. 'I'm not blind or stupid. I know what this is doing to you – thinking I'm going to die. But I'm not. Alice, I'm not." Turning to her.

"Bella, please." Alice begged seeing how upset she was getting.

"Do you hate me now, Alice?" Bella asked, holding out her arms to Alice, crying. Alice was there grasping her hands in less than a second, kneeing before her. Bella looked down into Alice's eyes and whispered.

"I'm strong enough to keep my heart beating, especially now." Holding up the cup of blood she had been drinking from. "You don't need to worry about Edward going to Italy or Jacob doing anything." Edward along with everyone else in the room gasped at her words. "I'm going to survive this."

"Bella, I love you." Alice stated firmly. "You are my best friend. You are the only person to be my friend first then my family. Even Jasper was my love before he became my friend. But you chose to be my friend before you became my sister and I will always love you for that."

"So, it is my baby…"

"Bella, I don't hate your – baby." Alice said firmly.

"But…"

"I don't hate it – I fear it." she said flatly.

"What?"

"I can't see around it to see you, Bella. And that scares me." Alice whispered. "I fear it because I can't see any future with you in it."

"I'll be there." Bella hugged Alice. "I will, I promise."