Where The Nightmares Become Reality

Alice's Point of View

Jasper's glorious, bright blue eyes continued to stare into mine, even though I was looking down from the embarrassment.

"What?" I asked, looking up again at him, only to look back down at his beautiful stare.

"You're amazing," he whispered, pulling my face up towards him. I smiled and stared at him, memorizing his face. He had a tiny scar on the corner of his lip - it was cute and hardly noticeable. He had another scar that started in his right eyebrow and slowly peeked through.

"You're amazing," I retorted. He sighed and frowned, looking away from me.

"What?" I asked, letting myself run my fingers in his blonde shag.

"Alice. I'm trying to tell you something, but you're not listening," he said, pulling my hand away and bringing it to his face. He stared at me deeply and darkly, it made a sudden weight tug at my stomach.

"What's wrong Jasper? Are you...breaking up with me?" It was the only assumption that I could come up with. Why else would Jasper be like this? He was so dark and gloomy, as if someone he knew had just died. He was being anything but himself and it had me worried sick. I felt liquid pool in my eyes.

"Why are you crying?" he asked in an annoyed tone.

"I'm not." I wasn't. Yet.

"Well, it sure looks like it. What are you thinking?" he spoke, flipping on his back, pulling me onto his chest. I stared at his face as he looked up at my ceiling.

"Do you want the truth?" I asked, holding back the tears that were begging for release.

"Always," he replied. His head rolled down to me, his lips twitched in a small smile.

"I'm thinking that it's too soon for us to be apart. I'm thinking that I want so much more in life with you. I love you, Jasper. I care about you so much and I don't want you to leave me, ever." By now the tears were free and falling fast. Jasper stared at me the whole time, a blank expression on his face. His hand came up to my face, his callused fingers wiped away my tears.

"Do you really think that I'm going to break up with you?" he asked, that dark and gloomy demeanor returning.

"I don't know...I don't know how this works. I've never had a boyfriend before," I admitted.

"I've only had two other girlfriends," he replied.

"Who?" I asked, more tears building as I thought of the possibility of him being in love with someone but me.

"Tanya and Kate," he stated.

"The Denali sisters?" I asked. He nodded his head. Tanya and Kate were seniors in our school. They were close family friends in a way, but they and I had never gotten along; mostly because I was younger and Edward was cuter.

"Yeah, Edward and I went down to their house out of boredom, before I knew it we were all...flirting and teasing. Kate and I became a couple that day, we spent the whole summer together. I think you were at camp or with your aunt in California. Kate was an awesome girl. She was very tom boyish and liked to do the stuff me and your brother liked to do. Tanya was trying her hardest to make Edward and her an item, but you know Edward." He looked at me and smiled. I nodded my head and waited for him to continue.

"Well, a few weeks later me and Kate split because we just didn't have that spark. It was like we were friends, nothing more. I remember I was walking home from their house and I heard a girl crying. I was worried and ran to girl, only to realize it was Tanya. She just kept hating on herself; saying how ugly she was and how much guys hate her. I asked what had happened and I guess Edward told her off. One thing led to another, and then Tanya and I were making out." I was pretty sure Jasper felt me stiffen in his arms.

"We didn't do anything but make out," he quickly stated. I relaxed a bit more.

"We went out, a few dates during the last days of summer. When her and sister were sent to that boarding school in Alaska, well...we never split up."

"What!?" I gasped.

"I was going to tell you..but I wasn't sure if what we would last," he muttered.

I sat straight up and out of his arms. "Jasper. We've only been together for a few weeks! How could you not say anything to me? Oh my God."

"What?" he asked, sitting beside me.

"I'm the other woman now, Jasper." I slapped him hard on his shoulder. He shouted a 'hey' and rubbed his shoulder.

"I hate you!" I screamed. I climbed out of my bed and headed for the door. Jasper was faster than me. He had his hand around my arm and was pulling me back towards him.

"You didn't let me finish," he said. I turned and stared at him, crossing my arms.

"What?" I spoke with acid.

"I planned on telling you, and in fact I was thinking when and how I said it-"

I cut him off. "How about Alice…I'm cheating on Tanya with you." He glared at me.

"And as I was thinking it over I was struck with this sudden thought, this sudden feeling." He captured my hands in his, he pulled me closer. His wide, blue eyes stared deeply into mine, his mouth hung open in awe.

"What?" I asked in a quiet tone.

"Alice. I love you," he said.

I opened my mouth to speak but another voice beat me to it.

"ESME! MOM!! ALICE!!" The voice was unfamiliar, I stiffened.

"That's Edward," Jasper breathed, his eyes full of panic.

"How do you know?" I asked, almost in shock.

"He's my best friend. I've seen him in situations that would kill you." He looked at me, his eyes pained and wet.

"MOM!" Edward's voice was horrible. Clearly he was crying, sobbing. He sounded in pain and confused and scared. It was a horrible thing to hear. "MOM! ALICE! SOMEONE! PLEASE!"

Jasper and I ran out my door and down the stairs. Jasper beat me by a mile stone but stopped dead in his tracks. As I made it down the last step, I saw Edward. He was shaking. His cloths were covered in red - blood. His green eyes were dull and dark, scared and wet. His hair was matted with blood and dirt, leaves stuck in it.

"Edward," I gasped. "What happened?"

Edward stared at me, fresh tears fell from his face and he continued to cry. I made an attempt to go comfort him, but Jasper stopped me.

"He lied," Edward spoke through his heartbreaking sobs.

"Who lied?" - "Where's dad?" Jasper and I spoke at the same time, causing harsher cries from Edward.

"It wasn't a bear," Edward muttered, dropping to the ground.

"What are you talking about?" Jasper asked, taking hesitant steps towards my terrified brother. I held onto Jasper, as if I was in a haunted house and was using Jasper as a security blanket.

"Dad told me it was a bear, it wasn't. It was something else, something smarter," Edward whimpered through every word, reliving those moments.

"Alice! I'm home, is your father and Edward back?" Esme's cheery voice wandered into the living room. Her heels clunked against the wood floors. Her body made it into the living room, the first thing she noticed was me clutching to Jasper, a smile on her face. But then she noticed our tears and looked down at her adopted son.

"Edward!?" she screamed, he flinched and began crying loudly. Our mother collapsed onto the floor beside him and wrapped her arms around my shaky brother. For a minute we all cried in sync, as a family. But one member was missing.

"Edward? Where's dad?" I asked and Edward let out a deep breath.

"Dead."

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"How's he doing?" I asked Jasper as he walked out of my brother's room and closed the door.

"Not good. I'm really worried," Jasper spoke as his hand gathered in mine. He turned and looked at me, giving me an awkward smile. "Did you get a hold of Chief Swan?"

I shook my head. "Nothing. No one will pick up at his house or at the station, it's really crazy."

"Maybe I should go drive by and tell someone," Jasper stated, a mischief look in his eyes.

"You're not thinking about looking for my dad are you!?" I blurted.

"Someone has to. He may not be dead…maybe he's just passed out. He needs medical help Alice. We can't just sit around and hope someone picks up the phone."

"Nobody is going anywhere!" Esme spoke as she walked out of the bathroom.

"But, mom. Dad. He might still be alive!" I explained.

"Might! Alice I can't risk anyone going after him, it's too dangerous. I've lost my husband and I'm not going to lose my children."

"Mom. Don't you care at all about dad!? What if he's still alive and dying."

"He's not," Edward's rough voice spoke. We turned to him to see his head popping out of a small opening from his door.

"I held him in my arms. I held him as he said his goodbyes, as he told me things that I wasn't suppose to hear years from now. He's dead. And unless you're suicidal Alice...Jasper...don't go looking for his body. The thing probably ate it and won't stop to hear your pleas." And with that Edward closed the door. Esme's cries pulled me away from my sullen brother. I sighed and walked toward my petite mother, wrapping my own small arms around her.

The phone rang. I pulled away from my mother answer it. I pressed the talk button and brought it to my ear.

"Hello?"

"Dr. Cullen's body is outside the Caillou cave. Bella's fine." A deep, manly voice spoke then hung up, leaving me speechless and a little frightened. I hung up the phone and returned to the small hallway convention.

"Who was it?" Emse asked as she wiped her last tears away.

"I don't know. But dad's body is outside that one cave we go to every summer," I stated.

"That's pretty far from where the two were. I think it would be safe to go, but we'll need and ambulance. Alice, call 911, Jasper you can come with me." Esme commanded.

"Can I come?" I asked.

"Someone needs to be here with your brother," she spoke as she started for the stairs. Jasper trailed behind her.

"Right," I spoke. I watched the two of them grab their jackets and walk out the door.

"Jasper!" I called out, he looked up at me.

"I love you too," I said to him. He smiled and walked out the door, closing it behind him. I grabbed the phone and punched in numbers I never dialed before.

Ring. Ring.

"911, state your emergency please."

A/N - I apologize for that mean cliffhanger. This may not make up for it but it's a start.

I don't do much of APOV..but I got this idea in my head and deleted something I had written instead. Sorry for the short chapter, but that's what I do. Anyhoo.
Thanks to the new readers who left reviews. That was super nice.

Hope you liked it! Not sure when the next chapter will be but this story is off hiatus so it can be at any time.