Edward whispered in my ear before I could say a word, "May I have some time alone?" That was not like him at all. Usually whenever he felt bad about something, he would hold me close while playing a tune on the grand piano in the foyer. The notes would swirl round us and in no time, he would have thought everything through and it would be like nothing had happened.
"Yes," I said anyway, standing up and heading for the door. "I love you."
He nodded stiffly and moved to sit in the window sill and stare out at the huge field where we'd played baseball so many times before. I closed the door quietly and made my way down the large staircases slower than my usual pace. When I made it down to the living room, someone was perched at the edge of the white sofa I had been lounging on before. It was Alice. With her lithe movements of a dancer, she rose and walked up to me.
"I saw what happened," she said in her sing-song voice. "And I know what will happen. Please don't do it. It won't help anything; he won't let you do it."
I'd tried my best to not think about any possible loopholes because I knew Alice would see and try to stop whatever I did. But there was no way around Alice; she didn't have to use her powers to know what I would do. It was like we were on the same brain frequency. She'd already guessed my plan before it'd been decided on. There was nothing I could do.
"I don't know if I want them to get married," I murmured.
"I know you don't but you'll just have to grin and bear it, for her."
I sighed. "I know. Oh, and Renesmee wants you and I to help decorate the wedding."
Alice practically jumped into the ceiling. "Oh my God, this will be so much fun! And, no offense, but Nessie will be easier to deal with because she's not so picky." She poked me playfully in the ribs.
"No, I agree. She's a lot like her father that way." I smiled a little.
Suddenly, Alice froze, her eyes blank and far off. They seemed to gloss over. Before she snapped out of it, Jasper bounded into the room. He held Alice's hand and watched her eyes.
"Alice, I know what you're seeing. Snap out of it!" He shook her shoulders a little and she came back to reality.
"No," she said.
"What?" I asked, curious as to what they knew and I didn't. "What's going on?"
"Well," Jasper began, "I don't want you to be alarmed." A blanket of calm and serenity fell over the room. "Uh, Jacob and Renesmee are gone."
It was impossible for me to feel the rage with the effect Jasper had put on the room but deep down, it was there. They were where?
Edward popped into the room. Rage rolled off of him in tremors for a moment, until the calm overcame him. "What did you say?"
They were gone.