AN: Hello, the author here! – wave – as you can see, I've gotten over my writers block! YAY! I was rereading my other chapters… anyways… here's chapter 10! Read it, like it, love it! XD jk.

CHAPTER 10

On the way back to the house we Brooke and I walked slowly in comfortable silence… for the most part.

"Hey," I turned around to see her standing motionless in a pile of leaves. "Do you think you could give me a few minutes? You know, to get my head together so I know what to say to my brother?" I agreed.

"Sure, I'll go back to the house. Just come back before dark. Do you have a phone on you in case you get lost?"

"Yea, but I know what direction the house is." She pointed in the right direction of the house.

"Okay, but if you're not back then I'm going to hunt you down until I find you." I smirked. I waved. She has thrirty minutes. Her brother might not like it but everything that happened today isn't good for her. She needs some alone time and coming back to my house isn't going to solve anything when she's already got a full plate. Yay! You're back! Maybe you could help with Jack. He isn't being a very well mannered person right now what with all of the things he's planning to do to me. What do you mean? I thought, he was starting to get on my nerve.

Ugh I don't even want to think about it! I feel bad for Edward when all of the guys look at Bella. I mean it's just sad. I'm glad you two are having some fun right now. I was a quarter of a mile away from the house now and could hear Jacks bickering.

Where's Brooke? She taking a load off of her mind at the moment. You let her go by herself? Ya, I'm a vampire with a lot of room in my head and even I know that it's a lot to take in. Maybe I'll go check on her in a few minutes. When I come home I'm only going to talk for a few minutes. Okay, see ya in a few seconds then! She thought enthusiastically. I walked up the back porch hurrying to get back to Alice.

"He killed her! I know he did! If he didn't then why aren't they back yet? Huh?" Jack yelled.

"Hey, hey, hey!" I yelled. Jeez. I thought vampires were impatient! "I didn't kill her. She's just outside thinking things through. She's ok." I reassured him. His face flushed a deep red with anger as his heart beat faster to a new level of unhealthy height. Carlisle was trying to calm him down. I just realized that Alice, Carlisle, and I were the only ones in the house. I didn't notice their absence earlier.

They went hunting before we came back. Oh, that would explain it. But why didn't Jasper wait til we came back? His needs were too urgent and I'm glad he went when he did because he might have a good sense in control now but even you and I are having a difficult time resisting.

"I have to go change my clothes. These aren't wearable anymore." I smiled. Carlisle chuckled at my choice in excuse. They didn't have a scratch on them but I wanted a change of the depressing mood that they now held. I went quickly to my wardrobe and grabbed the first matching outfit I could and went back downstairs. Alice gave me a proud smile. Carlisle was chatting quiet and casually with Jack, but I swear he rolled his eyes in humor.

"I'm going to go check on Brooke, see how she's doing." I said. Alice nodded. You could still see the sun through the clouds- though not completely- but I didn't want her to get scared of the dark, especially what she thought about me today. I opened the back door and walked into the yard and sprinted as fast as I could so I could find Brooke faster.

I carefully sniffed the air to see if I could find her scent. Hmm, nothing. How far could she have gotten? And unless my hunting skills need to be checked then I'm missing something. …Where is Brooke? I've been here already! I was only gone for 20 minutes! How could she have gone farther than three miles? It's impossible for a human to cover that distance! I did another lap with a 4 mile radius and just when I was about to finish Alice came back into my mental frenzy.

WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? Jack's already passed out on Carlisle and the second he came back, even before Carlisle had a chance to calm him, he breaks a blood vessel in his eye! I stopped in my tracks painfully aware that Alice was catching up to me. She passed me in milliseconds and turned around to stand in front of me.

"Did you not hear me?" She asked. I couldn't even think a response because I was in my own numbing stage of fear. How could I let this happen? Where is her scent? Why did I leave her in the middle of the forest? I was so lost I'm my thoughts that I didn't really understand the disturbing image that flashed through Alice's mind.

Brooke was running in the forest desperately trying to get away from a shadowed figure in the cloudy forest of Washington. He had blonde hair with hazel eyes. He caught her and smiled deviously and hit her on the side of her temple knocking her unconscious. He then picked her up and pulled out a knife- faced the point downward- and thrusted it in her direction-.

"What, oh man! I just killed an innocent human! Oh no, no, no!" I crumpled on my knees and pulled uselessly at my hair. Alice put her hand under my chin to lift it up.

"Hey. It isn't your fault. Come on, let's head back before Jack wakes up. I have an idea."

AN: lol i'm glad Alice has an idea because i dont! well... maybe a little XD... INTERVIEW TIME!

Me: What do you guys think?

Brooke: Why did you kill me?

Alix: Well, this sucks. – scoffs humorlessly at choice of words –

Brooke:Wait! You can read each others minds? That's insane!

Alix: No, it's not. I would rather do that then control emotions. Especially when Emmett and Rose are within a 4 feet radius.

Alice: - snicker –

Brooke: Huh? – cocks head to the side –

Alix: Uh… - thinks: Major oops! – oh hey look! – points in random direction – a distraction!

AAAAANNNNNNDDDDDD THAT'S ALL FOLKS!