CHAPTER 7: KNEW IT

Alice POV

This was going to be a cake walk, not that I understood that expression, but as long as it stood for easy then it applied to this. And this would be putting Edward with Bella. I hadn't been expecting it when the first vision hit of Edward killing Bella; that was the one that got me to leave class, but when the second came of him traveling the highway with her I had stopped waiting to see what would happen. That was when the best two had come and I had known what I needed to do.

It wasn't until getting out the trunk that I had the best ones of all. Them holding hands, her riding on his back, and the two of them lying together in some sort of meadow. It was hard blocking them sitting there right in front of Edward but I had managed. Maybe those two hours of not thinking were paying off. I'll be a pro at blocking Edward by the time we get back to Forks. I would medal in it if it was a sport at the Olympics. Matter of fact he might never hear me again. That would drive him crazy.

I laughed to myself. I was only joking. No matter how hard I tried something would always slip through. Even now I had a feeling that he could tell something was going on. He would look back at me every once in awhile but not say a word. Maybe it was because he didn't want to know or maybe it was because he had been talking to Bella every since we left Idaho.

At first it was hard to get them talking. I had had to hold the conversation the whole time that we were shopping. It was great how Bella had noticed that we didn't have coats so that gave me an excuse to get a few other things and to get her a newer coat too. That one that she had was entirely to light and not stylist at all. Besides basic tan is just so not her color. After that we had headed off to the Giant Potato Drive-In. I had laughed so much as Bella questioned who would eat that. The movie had been okay but the best was when Bella fell asleep and whispered Edward's name. That was all it took and he hasn't taken his eyes off her since and while we were hunting last night he kept asking if Bella was okay and should we head back just in case. That was when I had the hardest time keeping my thoughts to myself. I was just so happy.

I looked through the pictures on my camera of the three of us by the potato and in the ice caves. I so wanted to post them on my Facebook page but if I did then the rest of the family would know where we were. I had been texting Jasper, Emmett, Esme and Carlisle; pretty much everyone but Rose. I wanted them to know that we where alright and that Edward was doing well so that they wouldn't worry. I also had to still keep a look out for them to see if anything was going to happen while we were gone. It was a lot of work but it's what you do for those you love.

Jasper was going insane without me there. He had stopped going to school, in fact they all had, claiming that they were going on a humanitarian mission to Africa with Carlisle. Instead they were in Denali with Tanya but he wanted to come find me. He swore that he wouldn't hurt Bella but he just needed to be with me. I wanted to tell him yes but I couldn't; at least not yet. I missed him something terrible but it would scare Bella if he showed up and he and Edward would get into a huge fight. I had looked for every scenario to see if it could work out but it didn't. Still I kept looking.

Emmett was looking better and I had a feeling that he would be joining us at some point but it hadn't been decided when. Esme was the hardest next to Jasper. She so hated when the family wasn't together and this was hurting her so much. She understood what we were doing but she didn't understand why we had to do it alone. According to her, Rose had calmed down and Carlisle had forbid anyone to harm Bella so there was no reason why they couldn't come along with us except for the fact that I looked at that scenario too and it only ended in losing Bella and I wasn't going to let that happen; not when this met so much to Edward. So I held everyone off.

Edward didn't know that I was keeping the family in the loop or he would be furious. He was so sure that this was the only way to protect Bella and the more time they were together the more protective he would become. I had to come up with a way to convince him to trust that they wouldn't do anything but first he had to fall in love and I was sure that he was at least half way there.

The car had gotten quiet. We were on our way to South Dakota. At first we were going to stop in Wyoming but I wasn't sure what we might want to see and Edward wanted to get further into the trip. Bella was staring at her new phone and Edward was quietly singing to one of the cd's I had made last night. I focused on Bella because she looked so completely baffled that I couldn't help it.

"Bella, what's wrong?"

She looked up and her face turned bright red. Goodness, she blushed at anything. "Nothing really" She looked back to the phone. "It's just…didn't you say that I could check my email on here?"

"Absolutely" I reached for the phone to show her.

"Thanks" She said when I had the page pulled up. "It's silly really but I haven't been able to get in touch with my mom and she normally emails me so I wanted to check."

"There's nothing silly about that." I loved how concerned she was with others and as I glanced over at Edward I got the feeling that he did too.

Car swerving, I jump for the wheel, to late can't stop him, Bella turning, Screams, Carlisle "What do we do", race into the woods.

I breathed deep. That can't be right. What happened? He was doing so well. I went back searching to find the catalyst before it was too late. I looked at everything said, every decision until I found it.

We have to stop in Wyoming; my voice had to be frantic in Edward's head. He looked up in the rearview mirror with confusion. Yellowstone National Park is there and not too far away. Stop there.

"It's to public" His lips moved faster than Bella would have been able to see. "There are too many people that camp there. It wouldn't be safe."

Edward, I screamed, I don't give a damn about too public. We have to stop.

"Alice, Bella would be too close." He was shaking his head. "I won't take that risk with her."

If you don't stop you are going to be taking an even bigger risk with her, and I stopped blocking him so that he could see the last vision I had had. He gasp louder than normal and I saw Bella looked up. I waited until she went back to the phone and continued. We don't have to hunt in the park. We could run up to Montana or something but we have to stop.

"Alright" Edward caved. "I'll make the adjustments. Do we have time?"

I scanned his and Bella's immediate future. OH NO! I turned to Bella but I had missed it. I had been so focused on keeping her alive that I hadn't seen.

"I knew it." She was looking between the two of us. "I knew you could hear each other's thoughts." She looked into my shocked face and stayed there. "And your psychic" It wasn't a question so much as a statement of fact. "It makes sense even though it doesn't." She turned back to Edward, "But why couldn't you hear me when I was trying to make you at the hotel?"

"When?" His voice was guarded.

"In the parking lot before Alice dragged us shopping."

"Is that what you were doing?" The guard dropped and was replaced with a dark humor. "I thought you were finally afraid of me."

"Why would I be afraid of you?" She asked looking at him intently.

"Because I kidnapped you?"

"I helped."

"My family threatened to hurt you?"

"But you protected me."

"I almost killed you myself!" Edward shouted.

"When?" Bella looked taken aback.

"That first day in Biology", Again the scarlet cheeks, "You remember, don't you?" She nodded. "Or when I tried to save you from the van, I hit your head on the pavement. That could have caused all kinds of damage."

"How do you know?" She answered back. "What are you a doctor or something?"

"Yes" Edward yelled back.

"That's your father Edward, not you." Bella yelled back. "And if you hadn't jumped in front of that van I would be dead." Man she had a little bit of a temper. This got better all the time. "Now I don't know what the hell your problem was that first day or your families problem with me is now but I do know that you have saved me every chance you got so don't tell me that I should be afraid. Cause I'm not!"

They were staring each other down, Edward never slowing down during their little disagreement. I looked through the future again and saw that this could go on for hours. I made a decision and the timeframe cleared. Unfortunately, I had forgotten to block Edward that time and he saw it as soon as I did.

"Alice, no" He yanked his eyes from Bella to look at me.

"She knows too much Edward." I told him. I heard Bella gasp and she turned to me wide eyed.

"Are you going to kill me now?" She asked in a shaking voice. "Because I won't say anything. You don't have to worry about that. Besides even if I wanted to who would believe me? So there's no reason to…."

"I'm not going to kill you Bella." I rolled my eyes at her. "And I'm a little offended that Edward you trust completely but me you keep waiting to do you in." I huffed. "You're my sister and my bestest best friend. I would never hurt."

She looked down and then looked back up at me. "Sorry Alice. I guess you're right. You have been nothing but kind and super generous and I shouldn't have jumped to that conclusion."

"Thank you." I smiled at her. You just can't stay mad at your best friend. "What I was going to tell you is that you were wrong."

"I was" She breathed out, her face falling. Edward tensed knowing what I was about to say next.

"We can't hear each other's thoughts." I told her. "Or at least I can't hear Edward's. But you were right that he can hear mine and that I'm something of a psychic." She didn't say anything but her eyes never left mine. "Edward can hear the thoughts of people around him and I can see the course that people are on." Speaking of Edward, we still need to stop soon.

"But why didn't you hear me?" She looked back at him. "Was I doing something wrong?" She blushed yet again. "What all have you heard?"

Edward looked back at me and I nodded that it would be okay. "I can't hear you Bella." He said softly.

"What?"

"I can hear everyone but you." He looked at her then.

"Is there something wrong with me?"

I laughed out loud and saw the smile on Edward's face mimic mine. "He tells you he can hear voices and you think there's something wrong with you?" I couldn't stop laughing.

"Happy to entertain you." She mumbled.

"Oh don't be upset" I nudged her lightly from behind. "It's just not the normal response."

"I threw out normal in regards to you guys two states ago." She smiled at me and all that did was start me laughing all over again.

"Bella, you are amazing." I said when I could catch a breath. "I don't think anyone would handle this as well as you have."

"You're probably right" She stopped and smiled at me bigger. "Actually you would definitely be right considering you can see the future."

I laughed some more. "It doesn't quite work like that."

"Oh" Her face fell. "How does it work?"

"I can see the course people are on based on the decisions they make." I tried to think of a good way to explain it. "For example, I could see you and Edward in this car driving down the highway but I didn't know what prompted it. I generally have to go back and search for the decision. But if you had said no when he showed up or he had decided not to stop then the future that I saw would have disappeared. Does that make sense?"

"It does, I think." She mulled that over for a second. "Is that how you know my mom will be in Florida?"

"Yes" I nodded. "I can't see her very well, probably because I don't know her, but when Edward was just going to put you on a plane to Arizona I saw you sitting alone until you flew out to Florida to meet her."

"Oh" She was biting her lip but then stopped to glare at Edward. "You were going to put me on a plane to Arizona alone? After everything that you told me?"

He stared at her again. "I was trying to protect you."

"But what if your family had come after me?" She asked. "What if they too knew that I was all alone in Arizona?"

"Oh they can't see the future." I assured her. "That's just me and Edward is the only one that can hear thoughts."

"You two realize that this doesn't make any sense, right?" She bit her lip again. "Generally people can't hear people's thoughts and see the decision that they are going to make."

"No" I stopped her. "I can't see the decision you are going to make. I can just see the outcome."

She rolled her eyes at me. "It's still different."

"Bella" I spoke in my most understanding voice. "I know it's a lot to process but if you can just trust us as you have been it will all make sense in the end. I promise."

She looked between the two of us and then sighed. "Okay Alice, I'll trust you."

"Great" I smiled at her. See, I said to Edward, I told you it would work out.

"Hey" Bella snapped. "Now that I know no more private conversations." She pointed between the two of us. "It's rude."

We both laughed that time because she sounded so much like Emmett. He always hated when someone would start talking to Edward and he couldn't hear. The irony was that he did it probably more than any of the rest of us.

"Okay no more private conversations" I winked. She doesn't have to know.

"I saw that" She narrowed her eyes at me.

"You really are perceptive aren't you?"

"Maybe I have a few super powers of my own." She laughed.

"Of that I have no doubt." I mumbled.

"Did you see something?" She sounded more excited than anything else.

"No" I told her. "No more than usual."

"Oh" There it was again. Why does her voice always fall when on things she should be happy about?

"I don't know." Edward whispered.

Bella cleared her throat. "I'm I going to have to separate you two." She was smiling as she said it. "Maybe but Alice back in the trunk?"

We all laughed at that thought although Edward and I were laughing for a different reason. Bella would be in for a bigger surprise if she tried to lift me to put me in a trunk. She would break her back trying.

"Alright Bella" I agreed. "I won't do it anymore."

"Good" She turned to Edward. "And you, are you sure you can't read my mind?"

"I'm positive." He told her. "Not for lack of trying." He mumbled and I knew that she wouldn't hear that.

"What am I thinking now?" She stared at him.

"That we're all insane." He answered.

Her breath caught and her mouth opened wide. "You lied" She whined. "You can read my mind."

"No, but it was the only thought that made any sense." He smiled at her and she blushed again.

"Want to guess what I was thinking then?" Was she flirting with him?

"God, I hope not" Edward answered my thought but his voice was surprisingly sad or at least surprising to everyone else maybe. Me I knew what was to come.

"Not even close" Bella smiled and stuck her tongue out at him before going back to her email.

I laughed again. Definitely a cake walk, whatever in the world that meant.

AN: She knows, she knows!! Again I hope you liked this week's installment. Such fun and I can't wait to hear what you think. Did I reveal too much too soon? Should I have held out longer before letting Bella in on the secret? Let me know by pressing that little review button. See ya next week.

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