Sorry that I haven't updated for a while, I have been really busy with my other story and I've had a writer's block. Actually, I still have writer's block so any ideas are appreciated. And I thought I would tell you all that I am not putting Jacob in because nobody seems to like him. (I don't like him either)
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EPOV (Edward's)
After a long, absolutely boring day of listening to Esme try to tell me things I already knew, I was more then eager for my practice session in fighting. I felt so sorry for all of the other vampires who had to attend Aro's daily rant. It was hard to believe that he could put me to sleep (not literally speaking, of course) faster then Esme could. But now I had the fighting lessons that were the second best thing to happen since I became a vampire. Bella was the number one best thing, of course.
I sighed in longing as I thought of her; her delightful laugh, her emotional deep brown eyes, her incredible smile, just her. There wasn't any doubt in my mind that I loved Bella Swan more then anything in the world. Of course, Tyler thought the same thing.
He had refused to leave her alone after we stopped being friends. Everywhere Bella went, Tyler tried to follow. It didn't matter that I couldn't read Bella's mind, I could still tell that she was fed up with him. Tyler kept trying to her, kept staring at her, kept asking her to hang out with him, and everyone thought he just sounded desperate. Demetri and I laughed about it after Demetri decided that Tyler wasn't worth being friends with.
Bella walked by me, nodding as she listened to Alice talk faster then any other vampire I knew. Jasper was right behind them and was watching his love, Alice, as she annoyed my love, Bella. Actually, I wasn't sure that Bella was annoyed but I knew I would be if I had to listen to Alice talk for eternity so I figured she was too. But she might have just been relieved that Tyler had to listen to Aro right now so he couldn't follow her.
We all entered the large room where Laurent, James, and Victoria were waiting. Emmet and Rosalie were already there, joined in a lip lock while the older vampires glared at them. Alice grinned when she saw them, and decided to copy them by kissing Jasper. I saw Bella looking trally awkward, and wondered how she would reacte if I offered to kiss her.
"Enough!" James roared, "Seperate yourselves or we will send you out right now. Today we are going to the forest to work on running and keeping enough concentration to escape any newborns that might stop you. For each person we left a path that will lead them around the forest in a formation you might fight in. You must stick to running as fast as you possibly can on that path while obstacles, members of the Volturi guard that offered to help us, will try and attack you. Th first person to the end of their path gets first choice in the next activity we try. Follow me."
James led us all outside to show us where our paths started. I smirked as I thought about how easy this would be; I was the fastest runner out of the six of us. I also knew when Laurent was going to yell for us to start, because of my ability to read his mind, so I started off half a second before everyone else. And for vampires, half a second means a lot. The path went everywhere so I tried to clear my thoughts of distraction, such as Bella, and concentrate on my surroundings. There was the briefest flash on movement in the trees around me so I braced myself for the upcoming impact of the guy whose thoughts I started to read. He planned to knock me out from infront so I jumped up just in time, and swung around, grabbed him by his shoulders, and flew him as far as I could into the forest. The guy didn't know what hit him, because of course he didn't know about my mind reading capabilities.
I continued along the path, fighting off the occasional idiot who thought they could beat me. It was almost impossible to beat a guy who could read your thoughts, who would know where you were going to move before you even moved. While running, I knew I was going to arrive first and get first choice in the next activity. Maybe we would have a partner activity, and I would be able to pick Bella as my partner. I could only hope.
The path finally ended and I saw only Laurent waiting, none of the others were here yet. There was no doubt in my mind that I had won the competition. Until I started to read Laurent's thought and realized I had only come in second. Bella had managed to beat me here.
"What? How did anyone manage to beat me? I thought I had won for sure." I grumbled.
Laurent laughed, "For someone who is visible, I am sure you went amazingly fast. But nobody could see or hear Isabella, so nobody could attack her."
For one stupid moment, I had forgotten about Bella's power. But now that I remembered, I didn't grudge her the win or her power. If invisibility meant that she would be safer when fighting the newborns, I was actually grateful of her power.
I ran ahead to where she was waiting, and watched her quietly. She didn't seem to notice that I was there, she was just sitting quietly and staring up at the sky. Once again I was struck by how beautiful she really was, even compared to all the other vampires.
We waited in silence until everyone else had come in, and then listened to James' next intructions. I was really starting to hate the guy, and his attitude.
"You call that running? I sure don't. And your win doesn't count, Isabella, because you were invisible the whole time. Now I want to see some real fighting. Emmet, Edward, and Alice, you are on one team. Isabella, Rosalie, and Jasper are on the other. Your task is to take down the other side, but do not kill them. Emmet, Edward, Alice, run to the other side of the forest and wait until I yell for you to start."
We did as James ordered even though I wanted to kill James for his complaint about Bella. She had won fairly because in war you were supposed to use whatever advantages you had and we were in war. James was just a complete jerk. And I couldn't believe the team he put me with. They were both idiots, so I knew I had to take charge.
"Emmet, take down Rosalie. Alice, take Jasper. Use whatever advantages you have and act quickly. Don't loose this." I mostly wanted to 'fight' Bella because I wanted to make sure she didn't get hurt.
My team nodded and raced off when we heard James yell. My senses were all alert, but if Bella was invisible that wouldn't do me much good. There was suddenly something hitting my head so I knew Bella was there. I moved my hands around, trying to get a hold on her but it was impossible. She grabbed both of my hands, pinned them against my back, and forced my face into the ground.
"Bella." I whispered, "Are you there?" it was a stupid question, but it served its purpose.
"Yeah." she whispered back, "You should already know that."
It sounded like her lips were right next to my ear, speaking into my ear, so I turned my head and started to kiss her. Her invisibility flickered for a second, and then she was completely visible. I remembered my plan to distract her, make her become visible, and then defeat her, but I couldn't do it. I couldn't make myself move away from her because I had wanted to kiss her for so long. And she was actually kissing me back this time.
I wrapped my arms around her waist, pulling her closer, and she put her hands in my hair, her fingers running through it. We stayed like that for the longest time, hours maybe, until I heard chuckling near my head. Normally someone wouldn't get that close to me without me noticing but I had been entirely focused on Bella.
"Aw. You two are so cute together." Emmet boomed, laughing hystericly.
Bella sat up and glared at him, "Don't be a pain, Emmet. Go kiss Rosalie or something."
A high pitched voice giggled and I spotted Alice, "Looks like someone is enjoying themselves. We finished the game hours ago, but had no idea where you two were. James was livid."
I lept up, "He is always mad about something. You guys didn't need to disrupt us." I grinned at Bella, but she only looked embarrassed.
"You had hours of fun. Come on, Bells." Alice grabbed my Bella's hand and dragged her away.
I started running towards the castle as well, with Emmet and Jasper on either side of me, "You should have seen Tyler's face when he heard that you were missing together." Emmet told me.
Chuckling, I said, "I can imagine. He really needs to stop following Bella around."
Jasper nodded, "Alice was complaining that she could never talk to Bella because Tyler was always around."
Both Emmet and I rolled our eyes, "Since when does that stop Alice? Your girlfriend will talk eternity away." I noted.
Emmet snorted, "Yeah, but at least she wasn't trying to kiss eternity away, like somebody here." they both grinned at me.
"Were you two planning on kissing forever?" Jasper wanted to know.
"I wish. We just lost track of time, is all. And Bella is a really good kisser." I smiled to myself.
"Don't want to hear it." Emmet said, and then a grin lit up his face, "But I bet Tyler would."
I groaned, "I hate him so much. He had better stay away from Bella, she belongs to me now."
Jasper nodded, "Well, she has been in love with you for quite a while now."
"What?" I shrieked.
"Oh, its just something Alice told me." he shrugged it off.
I wasn't about to let him off that easily, "What did Alice tell you?" the curiousity was killing me.
"Apparently Alice thought there was something going on between you two and she asked Bella. And Bella admitted that she liked you, a lot, but she thought you didn't like her. And you were only asking her out because of your bet with Rosalie."
I groaned, "Stupid Rosalie and her stupid bets!"
Emmet growled at me, "Don't blame Rose, Edward. Or I will be forced to hurt you."
His words reminded me that I had never talked to Emmet and Jasper like this, as if we were friends. They all thought I was too mean and arrogant to talk to them, and I wanted to stick to the stupid popularity like Rosalie, but that wasn't it. And now that I was talking to them, I actually wanted to be friends.
"I'll blame whoever I want," I said after a second, "If it weren't for Rosalie, I might have been with Bella earlier."
Jasper rolled his eyes, "You aren't really with her, are you? You guys have kissed and all, but that doesn't make her your girlfriend. Unless you asked her?"
I swore under my breath, "No, I didn't ask. But that doesn't mean I can't right now." I left them to sprint towards Bella and Alice.
The girls turned to me, as I cut Alice off in mid-sentence. Alice was glaring at me, but bella smiled timidly, "Hey." I smiled at them both and decided to read Alice's mind.
Oh, he is giving Bella that stupid crooked smile she said she loves. Why does he need to disrupt me while I am trying to talk to Bella about her relationship with the idiot? She was about to admit that she loves him! Why can't he go away?
Alice's thoughts made me extremely happy, "I need to talk to Bella. Alone." Alice made a point to step on my foot before going to her boyfriend. Evil little pixie.
"What is it, Edward?" Bella asked, her smile letting me know that she saw Alice stepping on my foot.
"Hey, I just wanted you to know something. You know the bet I made with Rosalie? Well, I don't care about it anymore." I watched Bella's face fall, "But I like you so much. I liked you before Rosalie's stupid bet and what happened today, that was because I wanted it to happen."
Bella was quiet, "Oh." she said after a second.
"Look, the point is, I wanted to know if you want to be my girlfriend? I think that I- no. I know that I love you. What do you say?"
She smiled, wider then I had ever seen, "Yes. I, um, love you too."
I took a step through the small distance still between us, gathered her in my arms, and kissed her.
Yeah, I am having a major writer's block right now, so please bear with me. I might or might not use the ideas you guys gave me, I won't say right now. But honestly, I am so desperate for ideas that I considered putting Jacob in the story. And considering I really don't like Jacob, that says alot.
BPOV: (Bella's)
After an amazing day of training, I leaned against my closet with a super long sigh. Just thinking about the events, which mostly revolved around kissing Edward and then him asking me to be his girlfriend, made me smile and Iput a finger to my lips. Even though I couldn't remember much of my human past, I doubt I had ever met a guy that was such a good kisser. Edward was just perfect.
Of course, Alice just had to ruin my perfect moment of blissful memories, by rushing into me and squealing, jumping up and down, and clapping. Even for a vampire, she had too much energy.
"You guys are finally together! That is so cute! You have had a crush on him for like ever." As if I didn't already know that.
"Yeah, Alice. And you just interrupted my daydreaming. Shame on you." I teased.
Rosalie laughed, "Is Bella actually mad? I never thought I would see the day."
Alice rolled her eyes, "Bella gets mad all the time, she is just so stubborn. Kind of like you." she surveyed us both and it was all I could do not to strangle her for comparing me to Rosalie.
Rosalie obviously thought the same way, "Are you kidding? I am nothing like her! For one thing, she actually likes Edward Masen. For another, have you seen her sense of fashion? Or should I say lack of?"
Personally, I didn't think I look that bad, but Alice disagreed, "True, Bella does have a complete lack of fashion knowledge. But I am helping her in that department. But have you looked at your personality similarities? You guys are both completely stubborn about whatever is in front of your face and you both hate being proved wrong."
Rosalie and I exchanged a suffering look at Alice's words, "Look, Alice, lots of people are that way. You are like that as much as anybody else, so look who is talking. It doesn't mean Rosalie and I are alike in any way." What didn't Alice get?
Alice shrugged, "Okay, maybe. Then we are all a like!" she squealed once more.
I was completely exasperated; doesn't the girl ever give up? Or maybe she had a different motive in her stupid nattering. Maybe she was trying to get the two of us to get along and be friends. Rosalie and I as friends. Yeah, right, not going to happen.
"Alice, did your head get knocked around too much during the fight?" Rosalie wanted to know as she stared at herself in a mirror and applied a lipgloss.
Alice scowled, "You two are impossible!" she threw her hands up, "I mean, can't a person even make an observation around here?"
At the same time, Rosalie and I said, "No." We looked away, embarrassed that we were both thinking the same thing.
I decided I had had enough of Alice's talk, "What is this really about? For some reason I get the feeling that your observations aren't for randomness's sake."
Alice smiled sheepishly, "Well, yeah, I guess. I sort of had a vision today during class. In the vision, the three of us were all friends. Don't you think it would be better that way?"
I guess it did make sense if we were going to have to work with each other, but Rosalie decided to be the stubborn one, "Friends with you two? As if." she started rummaging through a makeup bag.
I had known there was a reason I didn't want to be friends with her, but Alice didn't give up, "Okay, we have to train together, go to class together, live together, and soon we will have to fight together. We should at least get along so that we can trust each other. How can you fight in a group without trusting the other members of the group?"
I decided to give in first, "We make a truce. A truce to try and not despise each other, okay, Rosalie?" I stuck out my hand for her to shake.
She stared at it for a second before shaking it, "Okay, fine."
Alice started growling, "What kind of a truce is that? Yes, I agree to try not to hate you? Thats like saying I agree to try not to rip you apart limb by limb but no guarentes because I am only going to try. How about we make a truce to put aside any mean thoughts we have about each other and start afresh?"
We all thought about that for a second, before nodding. Alice smiled, "Okay, so a fresh start. I'm Alice!" She was taking this slightly too far.
Rosalie actually cracked a genuine smile, "I'm Rosalie."
The both turned to me and I struggled not to laugh, "I'm Bella."
Then, Alice being Alice, she started a conversation that we all tried to put some input into. It wasn't really that hard when Alice talks enough for ten people, only stopping at little breaks for someone to acknowledge everything she just said. She was great friend, she could just be a bit hyper.
After awhile the door opened and the boys came in. By the boys, I mean Jasper, Emmett, and Edward. Edward caught my eye as he entered and smiled his crooked grin. I just stood there, gawking at him like an idiot. He took a step next to me, and then kissed me lightly before turning to the rest of the group with his arm around my waist.
Emmett grinned, "Nice to see you all getting along, ladies. And Edward stopped being such an arrogant freak when he saw my amazing charisma." Emmett winked at Rosalie.
I pretended to sigh, "Oh crap, my new boyfriend is being stolen by another guy."
Edward made a gagging motion, "Don't make me throw up. As if I would give up you for a guy! Actually, I wouldn't give you up for another girl." He kissed my forhead.
Emmett looked affronted, "Anyone would be honored to have me as their boyfriend!" he claimed.
Jasper smirked, "Sorry, Emmett, but I don't think Edward is interested. Actually, I don't think anyone in their right mind is interested."
Rosalie put her hand in Emmett's "Well, I am."
Edward suddenly smiled as if a thought had entered his mind, "Ha! I guess I won the bet! I am with Bella, but you aren't with Jasper."
Alice cleared her throat, "I'm prepared to fight for Jasper so you aren't getting him. He is all mine."
An extreme look of happiness passed Jasper's face, and then everyone was smiling. I couldn't feel the affects of Jasper's power, but I was willing to bet his mood made everyone else ecstatic to.
Jasper spoke to Alice in a low, but loving voice, "Speaking of which..."
Okay, that is such a great cliffie, if I do say so myself. It is probably really easy to guess what happens next but not all the events are going to be expected. I'm slightly prone to very unexpected turns. (Did I say slightly? What I mean is I am obsessed to letting people think they know what is going to happen, but then changing it.) And I won't say any more. You will just have to wait and read the next chapter. Please review and tell me what you hope will happen!
After a very very long break, I have decided to update. I have finally thought out what will happen, and so no more writer's block! Yeah! Thank you to anyone who gave me ideas; you guys are awesome and so are your ideas. I decided to incorporate some suggestions into the story, but I won't say which ones.
From the last chapter:
Alice cleared her throat, "I'm prepared to fight for Jasper so you aren't getting him. He is all mine."
An extreme look of happiness passed Jasper's face, and then everyone was smiling. I couldn't feel the affects of Jasper's power, but I was willing to bet his mood made everyone else ecstatic to.
Jasper spoke to Alice in a low, but loving voice, "Speaking of which..."
EPOV: (Edward's)
Jasper tucked one hand into his pocket as he got down on one knee and stared up into Alice's shocked face. She clearly wasn't expecting this turn of events, but the rest of us were smiling as we watched the exchange between our friends. Jasper pulled out a small, pink velvet box and held it in front of Alice. He opened the lid to reveal a huge pink diamond sitting on a silver ring. Alice gasped.
"Alice, will you marry me?" Jasper asked her.
Alice looked confused, as if in internal conflict for a second. We all waited for her to say something but she didn't. After a minute, Jasper's smile slipped and I decided to read her mind.
No. No. Any ring but that one. How could he have picked out the one from my vision? The one that I will wear when I am killed? What do I do? And now Jasper looks so sad, he probably thinks I don't want to marry him. Which I do. I just don't want that ring. Even if it is insanely beautiful and so perfect for me.
She finally faked a smile, "Yes, Jasper, of course I will marry you. I love you. I'm just so overwealmed."
Jasper beamed once more. He slipped the ring onto her ring finger, kissed her hand, and stood up. We all clapped for the couple, but I was wondering what was going to happen to Alice. And if she got hurt, Bella would be devastated. Perhaps Alice would manage to tell Jasper that she needed a different ring. Or maybe she would be too scared of hurting his feelings, and would keep the ring she would wear to her death.
"So, I was thinking we could get married before going off to fight." Jasper was saying, "Of course I want you to have the big gorgeous wedding that I know you want, but do you think you can plan it in a few short weeks? We can always have another wedding when we get back."
Alice thought dryly, If I survive to have another wedding.
Of course she hid her thoughts and answered, "Yes, of course! I have so much to plan, though. I am thinking a pink theme, or would you prefer white? And I know this really good flower shop in the city that can order in pink roses with white lilies and these amazing pink tulips. And I am sure I can order in this special white fabric that is like cashmere, except lighter, and can easily be died pink to make a dress like this one that I saw in the mall that was absolutely perfect..."
Alice's rambling was only cut off when she got a sudden vision. She was standing at an alter in a long pink dress, with Jasper standing next to her in a traditional black tuxedo. Next to Alice were Rosalie and Bella, who were both wearing pink bridesmaid and next to Jasper were Emmett and I in tuxedos. In the pews looking onto the alter sat Esme and Carlisle. The whole room was covered in pink material, and it looked like someone had let Alice loose with rolls of pink cloth without thinking about the consequences.
Alice broke off from her vision and grinned happily, "I just saw the wedding, and it looked amazing!" she seemed to forget all about her earlier vision, because she was so cheerful about her future wedding.
I rolled my eyes, "Sorry Jasper, your wedding is going to be covered in pink."
Everyone laughed, and began to talk about the wedding. Nobody guessed what had been going through Alice's mind before, and they believed her odd behaviour to have been shock. Only I knew the truth, but I wasn't going to let anyone know Alice's secret. It was for her to tell, when she was ready. Then it didn't seem to matter at all, because Jasper's mood was rubbing off on me and I became as excited as everyone else.
I looked around at my new friends, and met Bella's eyes. I had forgotten that I couldn't read her mind, and now, as I tried to read the analyzing look in her eyes, I wondered if she knew more then she let on. Her smiled seemed slightly false, and she seemed distracted by something. She had to be smarter then anyone else I knew, if she could look beyond the happy atmosphere to what really lay behind it all.
"I need to go tell Esme!" Alice shrieked, "Can you guys come with me?"
Jasper, Rosalie, and Emmett agreed but Bella paused, "Actually, I need to talk to Edward for a second. But we will catch up in a second. And congradulations, Alice." Bella smiled warmly at Alice.
Alice looked between us, and understanding lit up her eyes. Reading her mind, I could see that she knew we both suspected something. She nodded, and led the eager group out to Esme. Bella remained quiet for a minute,not meeting my eyes, and I felt myself compelled to speak.
"Do you know?" I asked quietly.
She shook her head, "Not exactly. But something is going on with Alice. She doesn't seem likely to tell me, but I wondered if you might?"
"Sorry. It is Alice's secret to tell if she wants to. It wouldn't be right to use my special skills without permission." I couldn't find it in myself to tell Bella, and worry her.
"Your a good guy, Edward, you know that? But I need to know so that I can help Alice. It had something to do with her ring, she looked horrified to see it. So is means something to her but she hasn't seen it yet. So she has to have seen it in her vision. I'm guessing something bad happens when she is wearing that ring?" wow, Bella was amazing at figuring things out.
"Something really bad happens." I told her, "But I can't say what it is. It wouldn't be right."
Bella smiled smugly, and closed the space between us to wrap both her arms around my waist. She kissed one of my cheeks before leaning closer to whisper into my ear.
"I really want to know, Edward."
I had never seen her so determined to find something out. This certainly wasn't Bella-like behaviour. But I found myself too consumed with a need for her to think any more on that.
"She sees herself dying while wearing the ring." I murmured, not really paying attention to what I was saying.
Bella jumped away, looking panicked, "Oh, no. Oh, no. You can't be serious. Where is she? Where is Alice?" with a frantic look, she raced off to find her best friend.
