Alice's POV
Thousands of people milled around the hall. Some were chatting, others were dancing. I knew the boys hadn't arrived yet, because they would be arriving after the party had started (for a better effect). I scanned the crowds, trying to find my friends. We had agreed to hang around together. I was very popular at Forks High School, so I had invited all of my friends. It would be a lot easier to hide amongst the crowd. I spotted them, and I ran as fast as I could whilst towing my sisters along with me. Angela and Ben spotted us first, and they beckoned us over to where they were standing.
Angela's POV
Ben noticed that I was distracted, there in body but not in mind, so he made no effort to talk to me. And he was right. I was distracted. Alice, my best friend, had somehow managed to spin me into her master plan. I was to point the boys in the wrong direction, offer to give me messages, basically making me look helpful. Alice's other sisters didn't know about Alice's plan, and I wasn't going to tell them. But I thought that they were doing the right thing, giving in to their fate. But I couldn't do anything to get out of the plan. Alice was relying on me to stop her from becoming a Mrs Cullen. I couldn't break our friendship now. She was a great friend; I didn't want to lose her. This meant helping her. I was doomed.
The Swan family swept through the doorway. I saw Alice searching the crowds frantically for us. For me. Her eyes lit up as she spotted us, and she ran elegantly across the hall, towing her sisters along. I sighed, before beckoning them over.
Edwards POV
Me and my brothers sat in my Volvo, waiting for my father to arrive. Then, and only then, were we allowed to go inside. Then we would have to find the girls. That wouldn't be that difficult, thanks to Carlisle and Esme. Esme had taken photos of their dresses, and we knew vaguely what the girls in question looked like. So all we had to do was hope that Alice hadn't found an escape route or a loop hole. I took a deep, steadying breath as my father's car pulled up. I stuck my hand in my pocket, making sure that I had the ring. I saw my brother's faces go a shade paler, if it was possible to get any paler. They were already deathly white. I shuddered. It was time. . .