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"I'm sorry, but he's completely booked for the next week."

My hand hit the metal phone booth's desk impatiently. I had to get an appointment. I just had to.

"You don't understand. This is very important. I need to see him." my voice shot, there was no way I couldn't see him to make my offer.

"I'm sure it is, but he's very busy. Plus you haven't even given me your name." the receptionist told me in a modest tone.

"Look, my name is Julia Frost. I'm friends of the Cullen's and a very good friend of Aro. I'm sure if you told him I needed to see him, he would want to see me. It would be in his very best interest to see me as soon as possible." my voice said urgently.

I could here the shuffling of papers, then the words I needed too hear. "Please hold." her voice was now rushed and the notes of waiting elevator music filled my ears. I was in the clearing now.

I sighed and relaxed my muscles which had went from dead, to stone, to ice in a matter of a simple phone call. Even though that phone call wasn't my own it still haunted my mind and when I looked at my black eyes in the metallic framing, the scene played out. I saw Alice watching Bella jump and everything going to black again. It was my fault. I couldn't blame the wolves and I couldn't blame Bella.

"Hello, are you still there?" her over sweet voice snatched me from the horrific slideshow of denial.

"Yes. I'm here." I still didn't know my own voice.

"Well, you're in luck. Aro does wish to see you. He's just sent a car to airport. He wishes you'd gave him more notice. Oh, and it's raining outside. So don't forget

an umbrella."

"Thank you." I hung up and turned to the glass wall of the airport. It was raining, which was purely luck. If the sky wasn't filling with impenetrable clouds, the sun would be beaming on my diamond skin.

I'd be dead before Edward.

My eyes zoomed around the airport for them. There were only two. A smirked formed on my face. I would have been able to take them out.

I turned back to the front and Alice's mind over took my own. Edward stood in the rain waiting for a taxi to approach him. His face dead and expressionless. The rain played down his face and his hair was plastered in a wet mess.

A car ran him over and my body jumped at the sighted then sighed. It was just a vision and a real car had washed it away. The car was for me. A bold man, that I realized was Joe from my first visit, carried a signed with elegantly written 'JULIA FROST' on it. The arrival list said Edward's flight was coming in 30 minutes. That meant I had about an hour to plead my case. To try and save Edward, so he could return to Bella.

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"Julia!" Aro's voice chimed and rung with joy. "What a pleasure it is to see you again. I was for certain you'd never come back." he laughed as he hugged me.

"Well I never really planned too, but the circumstances call for it sadly. But it is a pleasure to see you again." I smiled and nodded to Marcus and Caius. Only one nodded back.

"You look a little more depressing than before Julia." Caius' said proudly.

"You look a little more older and fragile." I shot back.

"Circumstances?" Aro didn't know yet.

I held out my hand for him to touch. Give the background then the proposition.

He took it in in shock. He saw Edward pleading death. Then getting turned down. His childish act of revealing himself under the clock tower, ready to shine. And then his instant demise as it happened.

"You can't kill him Aro." my voice broke the silence.

"We might have to Julia, it looks as though he only wants that."

"You could change that. There's no reason to kill him."

"Why should we help you help him?" Caius voice hit like a dagger.

"Because, if you save Edward I'll stay with you." I looked at Aro and not at Caius dropped jaw.

"You wouldn't." he retorted in disgust.

"Who says I wouldn't." I held out my palm to Aro but now glared at Caius. He touched my palm lightly, I looked back at myself with blood red eyes and a grin as evil as Jane's. I didn't want this life, but if it meant Edward was safe and happy, that's all that mattered.

"She's not lying." Aro said stunned. "It's true, she plans on staying."

"So you'll stop him, you wont kill him?" I asked, looking into Aro's eyes and mind.

"We will stop him, and do our best not to kill him. But you have put me in a very difficult spot Julia. I mean if he breaks our laws what is there to do?"

"I'm sure you'll find a way around it, depending on how great of an award I am." I smiled. "But, if he shines, I will too. You'll have to kill us both. And if you have nothing to do with him not dying, I will not stay Aro." I said with determination and a set face.

"Yes, I understand." he nodded. "Alec will take you to your room." he smiled. "Hopefully your permanent room." His smiled grew wider with the words. Just the thought of a new tool excited him more then any human could.

"Aro, make sure Edward doesn't know I'm here." I replied as I turned and headed for the door.

The place hadn't changed since the last time I was here. The walls were the same color and the dark loom of disaster still hung in the air. The paintings were the same, the humans were still alive.

"Hey." Alec called out behind me. "I'm supposed to be showing you to your room not the other way around." he smiled tenderly in front of me now.

"Sorry. I've got a lot on my mind." I shrugged.

"Yeah I know, want to talk about it?" he asked his eyebrows seemed to go up some. I realized he had the same questioning look he had the first time I'd come here.

"No." I said bluntly and took in his shocked face. "The last time I tried to talk to you your sister went hellbender on me. So I'd rather not talk to you."

"If it makes you feel better, Aro was really upset she did that. And if you stay she wont do it anymore. You're more of a prize to Aro then she is." his voice sounded hurt.

"Don't worry, I don't plan on replacing your sister."

"That's nice to know." her voice came from the room to the right. "Nice to see you again Julia. I was afraid you'd never come back. That we scared you off." her voice was eviler than before.

"Were you?" I asked, continuing my pace and not looking at her.

"Yes, I am so thrilled you might be staying with us." she said with every word dripping with sarcasm.

"You are?" I continued walking and noting the aggravated look on Alec's face and how close Jane was to my heels.

"Here's your room." Alec said barely moving his arm to show the door.

"Thanks." I stepped in and slammed the door.

"Why did you have to come? I wanted to talk to her." I heard him say with anger.

"Because she's fun to upset." Jane snickered. Alec grunted and continued back down the hall with Jane following.

The room was even the same. Everything sat in the same position and as I looked around, I could picture me and Edward on the first visit here. This place was the reason I'd left Edward, because it made me second guess myself. I'd been so ridiculous, so stupid. I'd lost everything, and now I was giving myself to them.

The television screen buzz on and Edward's face came into view.

He was here.

He did exactly what Alice had seen he would do. He asked them upfront to kill him. He talked about Bella, which got Marcus' interest and Aro's eye. Aro did what he'd promised and told Edward it would not be done. But I believe Aro would have done that anyways, Edward had always been wanted by Aro. Seeing Edward there brought me back to what there used to be.

I continued to watch the screen with my knees tucked to my chest. I could see Edward's plans coming together again. He'd place himself in the sun at noon, where the light would be right. The day was tomorrow. St. Marcus' day. The crowd would be large and varied. The Volturi would have no choice but to kill him. To kill us.

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The night was long as I watch Edward move and pace around his room. I could hear him in my mind missing Bella. He couldn't keep me out of his mind and a few times I thought I let him in by accident but he didn't seem to notice my presence.

I began to get dressed as the sun rose over the buildings. It was customary to wear red on this day, I suppose it was one of the inside jokes of the Volturi. I decided layers would be best so I wore a short sleeved v-neck blood red tee under a jet black hoodie which was the same color as my flared jeans. Over all of that I wore a red pea coat and black gloves. My shoes were black snake skinned boots. Alec had left me these earlier from Aro. The outfit made me look like a blonde vampire angel, which was what he was trying to go for. This would be close to my attire if I stayed here.

The time seemed to pass slowly until 11:30 came around. Then it picked up pace. My body flowed around the Volturi's place and around the tunnels of Volterra. Before walking to the open sunlit square, I placed the hood over my head.

"Good luck Julia." I heard Jane's voice purr behind me. If I were to die, she was going to kill me. She probably begged for that position.

No one seemed to notice me as I placed myself in position before the clock tower, before Edward. No one ran into me surprisingly. Then I saw him, Edward stood with a jacket on and some jeans. Nothing else. He looked dead at me and his face became utterly confused.

Hello Edward. I called out to his mind through mine.

Julia? he questioned. I'm not dead yet am I?

I suppose it depends on how you look at it. I smiled at him. I'd missed him so much and he look the same as before without the happiness. What are you doing? I asked him smirking.

Ridding myself of a life without the one I love. He didn't believe I was real, he only thought I was a vision of his imagination. A way for him to come to peace with me. I never meant to hurt you.

No, I know that. And I never meant to hurt you Edward.

I'm glad. The clock tolled over us and we both looked up at its sound. Well, I suppose this is it. His hands began to unbutton his jacket as my eyes grew larger, horrified.

Edward! Stop! It's not what you think. I yelled at him as the clock tolled again.

Everything is how I think. Bella is gone and so are you. So is everyone. The clock made another toll.

No Bella's not dead. Another toll.

Yes she is. Just like you aren't real. Another.

Edward! Stop right now! I am real. Another. We were half way there and he wasn't listening to me.

This life was long and feeble. Another. At least I had family and Bella to make me happy.

Edward! I moved to him and was hit by another body. Her figure moved fast and ungraceful.

"Edward! Don't! Stop!" her voice shrilled but was no match for the crowd. It was Bella. She rushed through the fountain and straight smack into Edward like a bird into a closed window. The clock had tolled its final time when she reached him and he was only slightly in the sun.

Once he realized he wasn't dreaming or dead he went back to the shadows. With his Bella. She'd saved him, now we were both free to go.

I turned and quickly went out of the square and into the tunnel which I'd exited earlier.

"You're going the wrong way." Jane's voice hissed as I made a different turn.

"Tell Aro I am not stay. The Volturi had nothing to do with his not dying." I turned quickly to her. "That was all Bella. And don't think I didn't see Felix and Demetri back there either. You can tell Aro that if any harm comes to Bella, Edward or Alice, I will never help him with anything."

"Are you threatening us?" she sounded appalled.

"Why? Am I scaring you?" I teased and continued to the airport.

"I told Aro you were bad and only Caius believed me."

"What are you pals now?"

"You're just upset that you couldn't save Edward. That you've lost all your integrity to a human." she stopped and so did I.

"That maybe so," I turned my head to her, "but at least I don't get my pleasures out of ripping Barbie dolls heads off and following the orders of someone older than me because I don't want to end up all alone."

I felt a deep cringe in my spine and electric shock to my knees. "You're lucky I have to go get Edward now." she stomped past my immobile body. "And that Aro likes you."

She release me after that and I continued on my way back to Forks.

Then it seemed like the hard part was over, but it was just the beginning.

Yayyyy back from Australia and has HORRIBLE JETLAG
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Anywayssss, loved the outback. Our team got 4th,
But our coach said we deserved at least third, and that'd good enough for me.
Hope you like the Chapter
And if anyone has a cure for jetlag, please help me