A/N: Glad to see some new people are enjoying my story starring Bella, Edward, and their band of merry vampires. The story is only gonna get better from here, I promise. Please feel free to PM me with any questions regarding any details about my story. There really is A LOT more to it, and I don't want to possibly confuse any of the new readers who have blessed me by reading this. Thanks to Fate Lowe who has been nice enough to become my Beta! I heart you!

Disclaimer: As always, the gang belongs to Mrs. Meyer, I just like to hang out with them daily.

I tackled Alice as soon as she opened the door, sending usback five feet from the open door, with me straddling her tiny form.

"Damn you Alice Cullen. You knew, and you still sent me after that human, knowing full well what I was going to see. WHY?!" I yelled as I pinned her arms down at her side.

I saw movement out of the corner of my eye and saw Jasper and Emmett closing in. I whipped my head in their direction and glared at them.

"You two come any closer, and I will rip her hands off!" I said gritting my teeth.

'Stupid fucking pixie. I should just do it anyways to teach her a lesson.'

Jasper and Emmett halted their approach and glanced down at my hands that were tightly clamped around Alice's dainty wrists. I knew my knuckles were white, and that Alice's hands were turning white as well from lack of blood flow.

"Alice, what did you do?" Jasper asked.

She turned her head to stare at Jasper then turned back to me.

"I'll tell you what she did. While the three of you were off gallivanting downtown, she told me who I should have for dinner. No big deal right? That's what I thought. What she failed to tell me was that this human has been in contact with Edward," I said as Alice and I continued to stare at one another.

I heard Jasper and Emmett hiss at his name.

"Alice, how could you?" Emmett asked.

She turned her head away from my intense glare and looked at the men.

"I did what I had to do," she said softly closing her eyes.

"Excuse me?" I asked leaning down toward her face while applying more pressure to her wrists.

Alice winced slightly and turned to face me again. She sighed and opened her eyes. They were blue. I flinched slightly at seeing her sadness and let up minutely on her wrists. I expected to see arroganceor smugness in her eyes, not sadness.

I let go of her wrists and sat back on my knees. Alice scooted back from under me and started to rub both of her wrists against her legs.

"That must have been some human Bella. I've never felt you that strong before," she said.

Jasper walked over to Alice, kneeling down beside her, and picked up her hands in his. She looked at him and then down quickly. No doubt Jasper was pissed with her, beacuse he had been the one person to stand beside me as I went through the darkest time of my life. He was the one who put me and part of my broken heart back together. I knew he never wanted me to go through something like that again, not if he could help it. Alice knew as well, which was why I was pissed off. Though she only really knew from what Jasper had told her, she hadn't been there to see exactly what it was like for me.

"Don't change the subject Alice. Tell us what you did," Emmett said walking over to me. He lifted me up offof the floor with both his arms under mine. I stood up and swayed a little. I could feel the rage radiating from him.

"Emmett, back up. I don't think it would be a good idea for you to be touching me when you are pissed off. It won't help my mood," I said.

Emmett back away and went to sit on the couch that was placed against the far wall of the room.

I looked down at Alice and Jasper. I knew that Jasper could feel me staring, so he stood up and backed away from Alice. She looked up at me and sighed loudly. I cocked an eyebrow at her, telling her that I was still waiting for an explanation.

"Like I said before, I did what I had to do," she said.

"What does that mean exactly Alice?" Jasper asked crossing his arms.

"It means, that I have been steering Bella towards him for quite some time now," she continued tugging intently at the hem of her shirt. This was something that Alice never did before, this was something that I ususlly did. Like I said before, you spend almost a century with someone, and you pick up a few of their habits.

I started to open my mouth to protest, but closed it as she held up one of her hands to tell me to let her finish.

"I got a vision a couple days ago about you and Edward. You were both together and happy. The force of this vision was so strong, that I searched for the keys that I knew would unlock it from my mind and into reality."

"You had no right to do this Alice," I said.

She looked at me and said, "He's your mate Bella. Our existence is almost pointless without our mates by our sides."

"You forget Alice, that he didn't want me, he walked away from me, so I don't care if he's Robert Pattinson. You still had no right. He hasn't been "by my side" for the past 80 years, and I have been fine without him. You knew what I went through the last time, and what it took for me to get where I am today. I have been content with my life thus far. Why would you want to rip that hole open again?" I asked walking over to Jasper and gently placing my hand in the one that was already extended toward me.

I felt a comforting wave of calmness sweeping into my pores and smiled lazily up at him. He nodded in return and sent that calming wave out into the room blanketing Alice and Emmett with it. I heard them both sigh and watched as Alice stood up, brushing off the back of her clothing.

She looked at me again, and her eyes were her normal topaz and she stepped hesitantly toward me. When I just stared at her she stopped.

"I wasn't trying to rip the hole open again, please believe me. He does want you Bella. You just don't turn off those kinds of feelings for someone, it's not in our nature. Sure you can change those feelings into something else, as you and Jasper have done, but once you find your mate, the bond is unbreakable. And even though you might be content, I know you aren't happy. Jasper has told me many times that he could feel your sadness and your pain every time when embraced one another. Why do you think we haven't been overly affectionate with each other in front of you?" she asked.

I shook my head. I hadn't realized until she had said that, that she and Jasper actually weren't all that affectionate with one another around me. I guess I always thought they had other things to do. I would have never have guessed it was because of me. I hung my head in guilt and felt Jasper squeeze me hand.

"Don't feel guilty Bella. Believe me, we more than make up for it when we are alone," he whispered, and Iheard Alice giggling.

I snapped my head up at his comment and jerked my hand out of his.

"Eww, Jazz. I didn't want to know that, nor the mental picture that is now forming in my head," I said.

I could hear Emmett laughing behind us and turned around to glare at him. He quickly stopped laughing and held his hands up in innocence.

"Sorry," he muttered.

I turned back to Alice who was now standing in front me, looking at me all doe-y eyed.

'Dammit! I can never stay mad at her when she looks at me like that, and she knows it.'

I huffed in annoyance and spread my arms wide inviting her to hug me. She pounced on me, squeezing my sides to her tiny frame. I hugged her back and laughed a little. When she stepped away, she trailed a hand down one of my arms and intertwined our fingers. I knew what this meant, this meant it was time for me to spill the beans.

She dragged me over to the couch that Emmett was sitting on and placed me between Emmett and herself. Jasper had followed us over and took a seat in front on me on the coffee table. Emmett placed a strong arm arcoss my shoulders massaging my left shoulder. While Jasper gathered my hands in his, Alice snuggled into my left side. This was the usual position we took when we talked about the memories. Whoever had the worst ones, usually sat in the middle.

Inhaling and exhaling slowly, I squared my shoulders and looked up at Jasper. He looked at me with soft eyes and nodded a little, telling me it was time to start.

"Well, it wasn't the memories that sucked this time, it was the one memory," I began looking between the three of them.

"One?" Emmett asked.

"Mmhmm. I didn't see every memory he had; I only got the one."

"Well, what was it? I mean, I have visions, but I can't see what our victims are going to show us. For some reason, it has never worked like that," Alice said looking up at me.

Jasper squeezed my hands a little and started rubbing circles with his thumbs.

"The only part I saw..." I began, but Jasper cut me off.

"What do you mean, they only part you saw?" he asked.

'Shit! I never told them I can shut this stuff off.'

The only real problem was, if I shut it off for too long, like say for a year or two, or five, it tends to backfire, and backfire in a HUGE way. Think of the explosive difference between a hand grenade and an Atomic bomb, only it's with my abilities, and right now, I was a ticking time bomb, which was why I told Emmett to back off when he was so pissed off. If I had let him or any other vampire combine their abilities with my own, they would have magnified twenty-fold, and the results could be catastrophic. I knew if he had touched me any longer, I would have exploded and brought the hotel down around me, and possibly the buildings on either side of it, I wasn't sure.

'And I don't want to find out!,' I thought.

"Umm, what I meant to say was," I paused noticing that all three of them had stiffen slightly.

"The only part I remember vividly was of Mike and Edward sitting in a cafe talking. But I wasn't seeing the memory through Mike's eyes, I was seeing them through someone else's, and I don't know who it was, only that whoever it was clearly saw the two of them talking," I finished.

"Hmmm, that is really odd. Has that ever happened to either of you, cause it sure as shit has never happened to me," Emmett asked.

I looked at Jasper and Alice and they both shook their heads.

When I looked back down and closed my eyes, another part of the memory flashed behind them, only this wasn't a part I saw before. I ripped my hands from Jasper and grasped my head in sudden pain.

MEMORY FLASH

Edward and Mike were exiting the cafe, and stopped in front a car.

"I need you to do something for me Mike," Edward asked.

"Shoot," Mike replied.

"Head on down to Malibu. Be there by 11 pm and go to a bar called 'New Moon', its a shit hole, but when you get there, look for a girl with chestnut brown hair, and her head hung down."

"Why?"

"Just do it, ok? And here, take this, and swallow it," Edward said, placing something in Mike's hand.

"What is this?"

"Just a vitamin C tablet, you look like shit," Edward said laughing and slapping him on his back.

"Right Dr. C," Mike said placing a large white pill in his mouth and swallowing it dryly.

"Well, it's been fun Mike," Edward said extending his hand.

Mike took the outstretched hand and shook it once.

"Yes it has Dr. C., yes it has."

END MEMORY FLASH

And with that last sentence I was back in the hotel room cradled in Emmett arms still grasping my head.

"Bella?" Alice asked rubbing small circles on my back.

"Well that was weird," I croaked clearing my throat.

"You got that right. We have been talking to you for the past five minutes and you didn't seem to hear a word we said," Jasper said leaning away from me and rubbing the back of his neck.

"So...what was that?" Emmett asked softly.

"A part of the memory I forgot about," I replied.

"Which was?" Alice asked.

I looked right at her and said, "That Edward knew I was going be here Alice. How would he know that?"

I got up from my position of being cradled in Emmett's arms and began pacing the room back and forth. I stopped just behind Jasper and stared at Alice.

"How would he know that Alice?" I asked.

She looked at me dead on and said, "I don't know Bella. I honestly don't know."

Either she was lying or she really didn't know, but I knew someone who would know.

"Jasper?" I asked.

He shook his head.

"She doesn't know Bella," he said looking over his shoulder at me.

"Fine," I said walking back over to the couch and plopped down on Emmett's lap.

"Can we have fun now?" Emmett asked.

I looked down at my watch, noting that it was only 1:30 am and nodded my head in agreement.

The next four hours consisted of us going back out into the night, having our own version of the word "fun". Which was usually spent bar hopping and running around doing all sorts of stupid shit, while snacking in between. Since we didn't want to have to worry about having our "memory confessional" times in public, we only took a little bit from each appealing person we found. Why didn't we do this all the time to save ourselves from mental anguish, you ask? Because snacking isn't as fulfilling as a full blown meal, and it usually left a trail of questions behind, especially when we accidentally took too much blood, and they would find themselves in the hospital receiving a blood transfusion, something we really hated happening, which iswhy we didn't snack all that often.

When I finally noticed the time and could smell the approaching sunrise, we decided to head back to the hotel for the day and catch up on some movies. After stepping off the elevator and walking to our door, all the while laughing and making fun of one another, Jasper stopped when he was within two feet of our door.

"What's up Jazz?" Emmett asked.

"I don't know, just got a weird feeling all of the sudden," he replied.

"Everything is fine Jasper, come on," Alice chirped walking ahead of him and unlocking the door.

Once the door was open and we cleared the entrance, Emmett immediately froze mid sentence.

"What the fu..."

When I turned to look at him, I felt a sharp pain in the exposed side of my neck. Fire licked its way down my spine, and the last thing I remember before hitting the ground was watching Emmett and Jasper struggling with two rather large vampires.

"Bella..." a velvety voice called.

I felt myself stir. My head felt so heavy; I didn't want to move.

"Bella, open you eyes," the voice said.

"Don't wanna," I heard myself mumble. I honestly didn't. They felt like that had been stapled shut, and I felt like I couldn't open them.

"Bella, please, you must open your eyes," the voice pleaded.

'I know that voice.'

"Can't. Feels too heavy," I mumbled again. My voice was becoming clearer.

"Come back me, love," the velvety voice purred.

'Hell-o. Love? Only one person has ever called me that.'

"Edward?" I croaked finally opening my eyes, only to see stone wall in front of me. I looked down and noticed I was lying on side facing a stone wall, with my arms tied behind my back.

"No not Edward, Emmett."

"How long was I out?" I asked rolling onto to my back, then rolled once more so that I was facing the room.

"Not too long," he replied.

I sat up and turned around to take in my surrounding. It was just a plain room, but the walls were madeof old stone. I saw Jasper and Alice huddled together in one corner, and Emmett in the opposite.

"Emmett, did you just call me love?" I asked.

"No," he said scrunching his eyebrows in confusion.

I looked at Jasper. "Did you?"

"No Bella. What's wrong?"

I shook my head. I could have sworn I heard Edward's voice. I wasn't imagining things, was I? I twisted my wrists, trying to free myself from the restraints.

"What kind of rope is this?" I asked.

"I don't know, but it smells old and dead," Alice replied.

I continued to strain against the rope that bound my hands together.

"Bella, if I couldn't break these things, then you sure as hell can't," Emmett said.

I thought about that for a second, then looked back him with a devious smile upon my lips.

"Bella, what are you thinking?" Jasper asked noticing my grin.

I gathered my knees under me and stood up, walked over to Emmett, turned around, and sat down on the floor.

"Turn around and hold my hands," I said, looking over my shoulder at him. I waited for him to catch on, as his brows scrunched a moment. Then he relaxed as the same devious grin appeared on his face, as he turned himself around and moved back so that our backs were touching.

"What are you guys up to?" Alice asked sitting away from Jasper and scooting toward us.

I grabbed hold of Emmett's hand and immediately felt the pulsing of his energy seeping into my hands. Adrenaline pumped through my veins, letting blood flow move quickly into my muscles. Hey, we might be dead, but we still have some human chemicals in our bodies. I felt my strength swelling in my arms when Emmett released one of my hands, while still firmly grasping the other. He moved his index finger in between two strands, and curled around it. With only a small tug, the rope snapped and began to fall away from my hands. Still only grasping one my hands, I turned around and with my free hand, I ripped the rope from between his hands.

I stood up and rubbed my wrists.

"Bet the Volturi didn't know we could do that," I boasted walking over to Jasper and Alice.

I squatted in front of Jasper as Emmett made his way over to us rubbing his wrists as well. I wrapped my hands around the rope binding Jasper's hands and extended my hand out to Emmett. He placed his hand in mine and I surged with strength once again. With a small tug again, the rope snapped and fell away. We repeated the process again on Alice as Jasper scanned the walls surrounding us.

"Any luck?" I asked watching him test each stone for weakness. Emmett had joined him in the scanning process.

"I'll let you know," he replied and continued to scan.

Leaning against the wall, I suddenly realized something.

"Alice, why didn't you see this coming?" I asked.

"Huh?" she asked head snapping in my direction.

"Why didn't you see this coming?" I asked again.

"I don't know. That does sound rather odd, doesn't it? I mean, I usually get little visions here and there, but when we went out tonight, I didn't get a single one," she replied.

I looked at her for a second and then realization flashed in my eyes.

"I know why," I whispered.

"What?" Emmett asked turning around to face me.

"I know why she didn't get any visions," I said.

Jasper stopped and turned around to face me. I looked up at him and saw an odd expression of his face. It looked like a warning of some sort.

'Oh God, I really don't want to have to tell them this, it will only put them in more danger,' I thought.

I turned to see Alice coming over and sitting next to me.

"What are you talking about Bella?" she asked.

'Here's go nothing.'

"There's something I need to tell you guys about me," I started.

Emmett moved forward and said, "Go on."

"You know how you guys refer to me as the "most powerful vampire" in existence?" I asked softly looking down at my lap.

"Yeah," Alice said.

"Well, I have a certain......ability. And this ability does make me in fact, the most powerful vampire in existence," I said looking at her.

"And this certain ability would be what exactly?" Emmett asked.

I looked up at him and noted the curiosity peaking in his eyes. Looking over his shoulder at Jasper, I saw that he was leaning against the wall with his hands shoved in his pockets, not looking at me. I searched his face, and when he looked up at me, I knew that he knew my secret.

"Son of a bitch," I muttered.

His eyes widened at me and I knew he knew I had caught on. He pushed away from the wall and stood there staring me.

"You know don't you?" I asked standing up.

He only nodded; his eyes never leaving mine.

"Know what?" Alice asked.

"Since when?" I asked inching toward him.

"81 years," he replied softly hanging his head down.

"Know what?" Emmett asked standing up.

Both of us completely ignored the other two vampires in the room.

"81 years? Then that would mean..." I trailed off stopping just a foot from him as he looked up and his gaze snapped to mine.

It was his eyes that told me what I had I been waiting 81 long years to know. The real reason why Edward left me. That's why he was the one that took care me for a decade. But why? Had Edward known about my ability then? He couldn't have, he had never been able to read my thoughts. This didn't make any since to me. Did he feel like he owed me for letting Edward walk out of my life? I needed answers.

I reached back with my right hand and slapped him as hard as I could. The echo bounced off the walls.

"You knew! You son of a bitch! You let him walk out of my life. You could have stopped him!" I yelled.

'I could have been happy,' and with that thought I attacked him, and he just stood there and took it.

"Whoa Bella!" Emmett yelled pulling me by my waist away from Jasper. I was still swinging my arms in Jasper's direction as Alice walked wide around me and Emmett (so) as to not get accidentally hit by my ever swinging arms. She cradled his head in her hands and looked him.

"Jasper, what's going on?" she whispered.

Jasper looked at me while Emmett struggled to hold me. I would have broken free from him, but one look into his blue eyes, and I calmed down. Emmett slowly released me, but kept a firm grip on my shoulders.

"She's right," Jasper whispered still looking at me.

"Right about what?" Alice whispered back.

"I did let Edward walk out of her life."

Alice looked back at me, dropping her hands from Jasper's face, her own eyes turning blue.

"Why?" I asked in a calm voice.

"Because I made a promise, and it was one I couldn't break," he replied.

Jacob's words echoed in my head, "Sorry Bella, but this was one promise I made that I can't break."

"Jacob?" I asked.

He nodded in response.

"Alright guys. What the fuck is going on?" Emmett asked from behind me.

I looked back at Jasper and he nodded again signaling me to go ahead and tell them.

"I can shut off my abilities and essentially my vampiric nature in a way," I said.

"What?" Alice asked softly turning her head toward me.

"That's why you didn't get any visions Alice. We were holding hands the entire time we were gallivanting around, and you know we can combine our powers," I replied.

Emmett released his grip on my shoulders and came around to stand in front of me.

"Why didn't you tell us?" he asked.

"I never told anyone. Honestly, I don't even know how Jasper or Jacob knew."

"Edward told us," Jasper said.

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