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Edward

"Alice, what's happening?" Bella called in the millisecond before we arrived at the garage. When Alice didn't answer, she looked at me instead. I shrugged.

"It'll be all right," I assured her, hoping she couldn't hear the doubt in my voice. Alice climbed into the driver's seat of her yellow Porsche and Jasper joined her quickly in the passenger seat. Bella started to open the back door, but Alice shook her head.

"You stay here, Bella," she said, so quickly that no human could understand. Bella glared.

"No. Why should I?" she demanded. "They're my family, too."

"Bella, someone's got to stay in case there are any more problems. Someone has to be here when everyone starts to arrive. Someone has to be here to make sure Jacob and the pack don't cause trouble." Alice revved the engine and waited for us to move out of the way.

"Why should I have to look after Jacob? I'm not his mother," Bella protested.

"But you are Nessie's," Alice pointed out. "Edward'll stay with you." I would? Well, I suppose I couldn't leave her here all alone. "Tell her, Edward." Alice turned round to look pleadingly at me.

"Bella, be sensible," I told her, gently pulling her away from the car.

Alice took the opportunity to reverse out of the garage.

"We'll call you," she called.

"Be careful," Jasper added as they disappeared from view.

Bella moaned and let herself fall into my arms.

"Edward," she said. "What's going on? What did she see? They didn't even say goodbye properly!"

"I'm not sure," I lied. "We need to go and warn your father."

"Warn him of what?" she asked sharply, looking up at me and twisting herself slightly out of my arms.

"That they'll be a lot of vampires here soon, and that there might be a fight, so he needs to be careful," I explained slightly too quickly. She moved closer to me again.

"Charlie doesn't know about vampires," she pointed out.

"Well, we'll warn him to be careful anyway." I unlocked my Volvo and opened the passenger door for her. She hesitated.

"What?" I asked. "Not still afraid of my driving, are you? What with you not breakable anymore?"

"I still don't really fancy speeding," she said, failing to come up with a logical explanation. "Just because you're a vampire, doesn't mean you have to drive like a maniac. I mean, we have all eternity to get there, don't we?"

I shook my head in exasperation.

"I really don't understand you sometimes," I told her. This seemed to please her, and she sprang into the car gracefully without further argument.