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APOV

I waited until Rosalie fell asleep, then snuck into Edward's room to wait for him to wake up. I wouldn't be able to sleep until I knew he would be okay. I was too worried about him. I knew in my head that, even though I didn't have a vision, I should have seen this coming anyway. I should have paid more attention to his behavior and his body language. Maybe then I would have seen it coming, with or without a vision. I would have been able to stop it from happening altogether. I looked at the clock as I lay down on the bed next to my brother. It was five minutes to midnight. Hopefully he would be waking up any minute.

It was only ten minutes later when he moved slightly and opened his eyes.
"Alice?" he whispered.
"Oh, Edward! Thank goodness you're awake. I've been so worried about you. I haven't been able to sleep."
"How long was I out of it?"
"A few hours. Edward! We were all so afraid that we had been too late. That you had-." I couldn't finish my sentence. I began to cry. Edward put his arms around me and whispered in my ear.
"Alice. I'm so, so sorry. I was so stupid."
"Why did you do it Edward?"
"I don't know, Alice. I wasn't thinking. I just sort of did it. I just- it's just that- I don't know."
"I'm just glad that you're okay. Please don't do that again. If things ever get that bad, come and talk to me, Edward. Talk to any of us. Don't take matters into your own hands. Please. We're your family. That's what we're here for. To help you. I don't know what I would do without you. You're more like a sibling to me than all of the others."
"Alice. I'm so, so sorry. Will you ever be able to forgive me?"
"Edward, of course! And, don't worry. So will everyone else. So, don't avoid them, okay?" The door opened and Carlisle stuck his head in the door.
"Alice, what are you doing in here? You should be sleeping." Oops. I must have raised my voice so that Carlisle heard me from across the hall in his office.
"I'm sorry, Carlisle, I couldn't sleep. I was worried sick. I wanted to be here when he woke up, just to make sure he was okay."
"Alice." Carlisle sighed and entered the room, closing the door behind him. "I know you were worried. But, tomorrow is going to be a long day and you all need your sleep. We're all very glad that Edward is okay, and hope that he would never do that again. But, you know he's going to be okay, and you need to go to bed now."
"Okay. Sorry Carlisle. I know, it sounds childish, but, I kind of wanted to sleep in here tonight. Rose wouldn't miss me. She's out cold."
"I really don't care where you sleep, Alice. Just go to sleep. No more talking tonight. And, Edward, we need to have a serious talk tomorrow. Me, you, and the rest of the family." Edward made a face as if to protest, but Carlisle cut him off. "No. No private conversations. Trying to kill yourself is serious and it affects the whole family. You, of all people, should know that. All the times you've been in the ER with me. This will be a family discussion. No more arguing about it. Good night you two." Carlisle hadn't had to play the fatherly figure like this in a long time. Especially not since they had all turned from teenagers to adults.
"Good night, Carlisle." Edward and I said at the same time. He left the room again. I looked at Edward and whispered to him.
"Promise me you won't do it again."
"I promise." Satisfied, I rolled over onto my other side and closed my eyes, falling asleep quickly. Edward rubbed soothing, reassuring circles on my back that helped me sleep. I really was glad that we were so close. He was my best friend.

I woke up at 7:30 the next morning. Edward was still asleep so I got off his bed quietly and snuck back to my room. I started to get ready for the day and I took out the bags of clothes that I had bought the day before with everyones clothes in it.

Rose woke up fifteen minutes later, and watched me for a minute.
"Rose, go shower. Here's your outfit for today."
"Thanks Alice." Rose got up groggily and went into our private bathroom to shower. She came back out, dressed in the outfit I had given to her. By 8:30, everyone was up and ready to go, except for Edward. Emmett went in and shook him awake, after careful instructions by Carlisle not to say anything about the day before. Edward grabbed the outfit from me and then disappeared. I saw it before I got the text. The text read: I want to go alone today. 'Okay.' I text him back.

Carlisle, Esme, and Emmett got into Carlisle's mercedes; Jasper, Rosalie and I got into Rose's BMW. We drove with Carlisle in the lead, and made our way down to the funeral home. We knew there weren't going to be very many people there, as Bella didn't have any living relatives, except for her parents. So, it was just going to be her parents and Phil, a few people from the Quileute tribe, and us. We weren't expecting to be the second ones there, however. We went inside and saw that only Renee, Phil and Charlie were here. After us came Billy and Jacob Black, Sam Uley, and the Clearwaters'.

It was another half an hour before Edward showed up. It was then that I realized what a mess he truly was. He hadn't shaved at all, his hair was all over the place and he looked like death. I instantly felt terrible for my brother, and realized what he must be going through.
"Renee." I said to Bella's mother, who was standing next to me, talking to Esme. She had wanted to know when Edward arrived, so now that he was here, I could tell her.
"Yes, Alice?"
"Edward's here."
"Oh, good. Thank you, Alice." Renee went off to meet Edward at the door. I watched with Esme as he tried to shake her off, unsuccessfully. I could hear their conversation.
"Do you want to go and see her, Edward?"
"No."
"I can go with you, if you want."
"No. Renee. I can't do it. I'm not ready."
"Well, you're going to have to do it sometime today if you ever want to see her again, because this afternoon is the last opportunity that you'll have."
"Yeah. I know, Renee. That's crossed my mind once or twice already, believe it or not. I just can't do it right now. Maybe later." I think she should have just left him alone. His head's not in a good place, and he will snap at anyone and everyone that tries to talk to him.
"Okay. If you insist." Renee walked away and came back over to Esme.
"Renee, he's just in a bad place right now, he just needs time. He can't be pushed into these things. He loved her, you know?" I said to her, to ensure that she would not try to push him to do something, again, that he did not want to do.
"Yeah. I get it." I looked over at Edward. *Edward, can I come and sit with you, or do you want to be left alone?* He looked up at me, and then patted the seat next to him. He wanted me to come over. I smiled slightly and walked over to him. I sat down next to him. *You just want to sit here in silence?* He nodded his head. I nodded too. I understood and I agreed with him. If I had lost the one I loved, I wouldn't want to talk to anyone either. I was still so worried about him.
"Alice, can you think about something else please? Don't worry about me." Edward muttered quietly.
"Sorry." I tried to direct my thoughts somewhere else.

A/N: Only two chapters left and the epologue. =(. But, the good news is I'm already working on a third story. It's only a page long, cause I just came up with the idea last night at like 12:30am. So, yeah. Once I get a few chapters of that done, I'll start thinking of names for it and then begin posting it. =D. Thanks to everyone who has read both of my stories and reviewed on them. I really appreciate it.