So…I have quite a few chapters written out. Mind you, they're usually 500-1100 words long. I'm not all that wordy. Only kind of.

Standard disclaimers apply.

Chapter 4: This Meeting

BPOV

"We are gathered at this table for a family meeting," Carlisle announced. We already knew that; it was just meant to make it more formal given the situation we were recently placed in. "We are to discuss how we are going to handle this predicament. Any ideas?"

I spoke without thinking. "We could go see the Volturi," I offered.

Alice's eyes glazed over for a minute as she saw what would happen if we went to go to Italy. Edward stared at her as he too took in the vision. "No. They'll kill the author and anyone who seems like a threat."

"Alice is right. We can't let anyone get hurt, especially over books," Edward said. He gently squeezed my hand as he gave me a reassuring look.

"How about a question? Why didn't Alice see this whole thing? And why didn't Edward ever hear any thoughts about it?" Rosalie was desperate for answers to questions we could only have theories about.

"I can't hear everyone, Rosalie," Edward told her impatiently.

"And I can't see everything," Alice reminded her. Usually it was Edward that needed reminding on that one.

"Well, I think I've got an idea to how we can approach this matter," Carlisle announced. Once everyone stopped talking and started listening he went on. "These are books. We should read them cover to cover before we go any farther. Does that sound fair?"

We all looked at each other skeptically. Emmett didn't look too thrilled about reading three whole books. Jasper, on the other hand, seemed fairly interested with the idea. We all slowly nodded our heads in agreement.

"The quickest way to read them is to read them out loud to everyone as fast as we can." Carlisle turned to Alice. "Alice, you're the quickest. Will you do the honours?"

"Of course! I was the one to read you all the last Harry Potter book," she chirped. Only Alice…

She picked up Twilight and began. This was going to be a very long and slightly embarrassing family meeting.

She took a deep breath and began. "I'd never given much thought to how I would die…" I wanted to ignore her words the best I could, but I knew I shouldn't.

Everything was going somewhat smoothly until we got to New Moon. Edward instantly tensed up. He stopped breathing at the part when he left me and didn't start again until after he "reappeared" in the book. It was a good thing I couldn't cry.

The strangest part was the end of Eclipse. It was in Jacob's point of view. "I pushed my legs faster, letting Jacob Black disappear behind me." Still no one had seen Jacob.

I had no idea how long we listened to Alice speed read, bit it felt like years. All the years of my life in Forks were neatly laid out in book format for me to look at whenever I wished. Not many people had that "privilege" if that's what you would really call it.

Alice closed Eclipse with a question. "With all of this, how is it that nobody has come up to any of us and asked about this? I know I would do that."

What a question! I surely didn't have an answer. Apparently no one else did either. We all remained silent, pondering Alice's question. I even stopped breathing.

After a bit, Edward noticed my lack of breath intake. "Breathe, Bella," he whispered into my ear. I took in a deep breath and sighed.

"Look! Stephenie Meyer has a website!" Alice nearly shouted. She stood up and made a mad dash upstairs to retrieve her laptop. She quickly flipped it open and started typing frantically. After a few clicks she spoke to us with her super Alice vampire speed. "She had a dream about Bella and Edward in a meadow. That's what inspired her. And there's a countdown for Breaking Dawn down to the millisecond! Wow. And the books are in tons of languages. Impressive." She rambled a little more before I came to a slight realization about what was going on.

We were so blind! Of course that's what made sense! But how to word it…

Edward noticed that I had entered a trance of intense thought and gently nudged me to snap me back to reality.

"Bella, what are you think right now?" His topaz eyes reflected my own strained eyes back at me.

That's when it really hit me. "Wait! That's it!" I exclaimed.

"What's it?" Edward and everyone else looked more confused than before Alice had posed her question.

"I have a theory," I started.

Ooh! A theory she says? We'll see about that!