Okay! So, the chapter we've all been waiting for… well, sort of. But first… PLEASE READ THE BELOW- it is important.

I'm sorry I didn't do my research properly before I wrote this, but, if time and exams allow, I will go through and change this at a later date. Thank you guys so, so much for telling me the times and stuff to get from Forks to Juneau but I have decided to take "FutureAuthor62"'s advice.

Do you think for just the next twenty minutes or so, we could forget about Canada (no offense- Canada is great, but it's an inconvenience in the storyline XD) and pretend that it is totally possible to get from Forks to Juneau within three hours, let alone the forty-three it would realistically take? I do know that, realistically, it would take a lot longer, but this is a fictitious story and, come on guys, as much as we hate to admit it, vampires really do not exist. Sorry if this irritates anybody, but I had already written this and I really didn't want to go through and write it all again. Not to mention the fact that, if this were a weekend trip, Bella and Edward could not be together for another two days and I would have posted this chapter like next week or something ridiculous like that. So, hopefully, the lack of reality won't bother you and you'll like it anyways. As I have said, I will totally go through at a later date and re-edit the whole thing (because I'm sure that there must be some other mistakes as well) and add things and change them and stuff.

Oh, and to Mellisam and anyone else who was wondering, yes Bella is smart and may recognize Alice just with blonde hair, but they don't actually have any lessons together (well, in twilight they don't anyway) and, before she got hit by the van, she probably wouldn't have been paying much attention to Alice. So, yeah whilst she may have recognized her, they weren't great friends or even acquaintances, so... she didn't I guess. XD

Okay. Now please enjoy the penultimate chapter (yes. Sad, I know. I will consider writing a sequel if I can think of enough material, but I will bore you with this at the bottom instead ;))

Disclaimer- Twilight was the result of one fantastic woman's absurd dream. Unfortunately that fantastic woman was not me, although I also have absurd dreams XD (and the name Stephenie. Just spelt different – StephAnie, for those who are interested, you know, like the penname minus the other 'i's – and, if you're going that far, the same colour hair ;))

Everything you say,

Every time we kiss I can't think straight,

But I'm okay.

And I can't think of anybody else,

Who I hate to miss,

As much as I hate missing you.

-6 Months, Hey Monday

Edward POV

I was miserable. There was no other way to describe it. I expected to be a fraction happier without Alice's visions forced on me, by none other than Alice herself, but I wasn't. Because seeing my angel, even through the special power that my sister had, even when she was sobbing her heart out, but seeing my angel was better than not seeing her at all.

Had this been Alice's plan the whole time? To make me feel so deprived of Bella that I'd go and find her? Had Alice not noticed that I was stubborn? Had Alice not noticed how much I love Bella? Had Alice not noticed how willing I was to stay away from Bella for her own good? If Alice hadn't noticed any of this, which I highly doubted, then she needed to get her brain tested. Not that she didn't already need that.

"What's up?" someone's chime-like voice interrupted my brooding. I looked round to see Tanya, Irina, Kate, Carmen and Eleazar staring at me, grins on their faces.

"Tanya!" Carlisle spoke before I could, "How nice of you all to drop by!"

"It's our pleasure," Tanya said, taking Carlisle into an embrace. I stood and let her hug me eagerly, not really paying any attention.

So I didn't hear her request for me to go hunting with them until Carlisle had to yell at me through his thoughts.

"Uh… I guess I have no objections," I accepted graciously, sending Carlisle a 'help me!' look when Tanya's back was turned.

"I'll come too," he volunteered, "I've always wondered where you like to hunt…" And, with that, he started up a new conversation about Tanya's favourite places to hunt and where the wildlife was plentiful. I trailed behind them, unusual for me, my mind slowly going over my options.

Option one: I did nothing. I didn't like this idea at all. As much as I hated to admit it, Alice's plan was working and I was missing Bella like hell. Everyday that went by without seeing her face was like torture for me. I doubted that she felt the same way, but surely it wouldn't do any harm to just check on her?

That was option two: go to Phoenix and watch Bella from a distance. This was the option that I was swaying towards, definitely. My aching heart needed to see her, but I knew that seeing her would never be enough. I could remember how difficult it had been to watch her the day she left and abstain from actually speaking to her.

And that left my final option: go to Phoenix and talk to her. I desperately wanted to do this, but I wanted what was best for her more. If talking to her was going to hurt her, then I didn't want to do it. I couldn't live with myself if I hurt her, or if she found out. That would only put her in the Volturi's firing line.

I continued to ponder as I brought down a mountain lion. I barely even noticed the blood in my mouth, the dulling of the burn in my throat, despite the fact that the lions were far and few in between here. Eventually, I made up my mind.

As soon as I had decided this for definite within myself, Tanya claimed my attention and I had to fight the urge to scream at her and tell her that she was wasting her time, that I was already in love, but I was too much of a gentleman. Not only that, but I didn't want to put myself in the firing line for the inquisitive questions I was sure to get if I admitted that I was in love with a human.

I had questioned this fact many times. Was I actually in love with Bella? How could I be sure that it wasn't just an infatuation when I had never even been mildly attracted to a girl before? But now I knew. You were in love when you had no reason to be with that person, yet you wanted them by your side every second of every day. You were in love when you didn't care about anything but that person. You were in love when your mind was always with that person. You were in love when nothing else mattered any more. You were in love when all you wanted for the rest of your life was that person. That person, for me, was Bella. That was how I knew. That was how I knew that I was madly in love with Isabella Marie Swan. And that was how I made up my mind to go with option two.

Bella POV

Friday dragged. It was a boring day and made all the more embarrassing by the number of times I almost killed myself by the way my legs couldn't stretch at all in my beautiful dress. Yes, it was beautiful, even someone as blind as me when it came to fashion could see that. And yes, it made me look beautiful, something that I had considered impossible, but that Mary had snorted at. But, on the other hand, it was totally unnecessary. Couldn't I have made a good impression of myself wearing a sweater? But, no, Mary insisted that I wore the dress. And I was way too polite to refuse.

Shopping with Mary had been great. I had even put Edward to the back of my mind for a second, but not much longer than that. He was always there, always the centre of my mind. But, while it was just us together, I got that feeling that I knew Mary again. I could have sworn that I had come across someone with her bubbly and care-free attitude before. Hadn't I?

Finally, the bell rang for the end of the day. I met Mary by the little wall outside.

"Bella! I'm so excited!" she squealed, hugging me gently. I shivered; she always seemed to be so cold.

"Mary, you should put a sweater on, you're freezing," I advised as we walked to her car. She had given me a lift to school this morning so that I wouldn't have to bother dropping my truck home.

"I'll be okay; there's a heater in my car." She shrugged off my concern and unlocked the car. I climbed into the passenger seat, careful not to rip my dress and she turned on the heater.

We drove the first part of the journey in a comfortable silence, and we had been going about half an hour when I spoke: "How far away is your house?"

"Well, during the week, I live fairly close, but the rest of the family live quite far away," she hedged.

"Why don't you live with your family?" I asked.

"Well…" she hesitated and I could tell that I'd asked the one question she had hoped that I wouldn't.

"Well?"

"I don't get on incredibly well with one of my brothers and I just… I dunno, I just wanted a change. I'll explain properly later on," Mary said before leaning over and switching on the radio.

The music filled the car but I wasn't paying attention. Why was Mary suddenly so secretive? Surely, after everything I had told her yesterday, she could tell me why she lived away from her family? I had told her about Phil, for crying out loud, I had even told her about Edward!

But all of a sudden she had gone quiet; almost brooding. The smile that was usually in place had been wiped clean off and I began to wonder how many secrets she hid behind it.

More than three hours after we had left, we were still driving and had still not spoken another word, unless you counted Mary singing along with the radio. I was beginning to feel a bit uncomfortable; slightly worried. But, for some unfathomable reason, I trusted Mary entirely.

"We're nearly there now," she said finally, although her voice sounded strained; worried, like me.

"Okay," I said, my throat dry from the lack of use.

We pulled up the driveway to a posh house, which was very light and open.

"Wow," I breathed. Never in my life had I seen a house that looked quite so beautiful… and hideously posh and expensive. So when Mary had said that buying me all of those clothes had been no bother, she had really meant it. How strange.

"You like it?" she asked, appearing at my side. Hell, how did she do that? Her speed reminded me of only one person that I'd met and I didn't even want to think about him. Especially not now I had to go make a good impression…

"I love it." I grinned at her and she smiled back, though the smile seemed cautious. She lead the way up the drive and let herself into the beautiful home.

"Esme?" she called quietly. Anyone who heard that would have to have really good hearing.

"Alice?" someone called back, "Is that you?"

I briefly wondered who Alice was, Mary's sister, maybe? But I had forgotten all about that when a woman came around the corner.

She didn't notice me, but she screamed when she saw Mary, "Alice! What on earth have you done to your lovely hair?!"

"I dyed it," Mary replied. Okay. Now I was confused.

"Alice!" another person bounded into the room. A man. I studied him further and felt my stomach drop. I recognised him. He was one of the Cullens. A further blow hit me when two more people entered the room, one a honey-blonde male who went straight to Mary and hugged her, the other a stunning blonde female. A stunning blonde female whose face I would never forget in a million years. Rosalie Hale. Suddenly, I felt sick. What stupid, sick game was Mary playing?

"Alice!" Rosalie exclaimed sadly, "Your hair!"

"Oh my God," the big guy said, Emmett I think his name was. I looked over at him, nerves building in my stomach. He was gawking at me, utterly astonished.

One by one, each of the people in the room turned to look at me and all of them gasped.

"Alice," Rosalie whispered, "What the hell have you done?"

"This is Bella," she said.

"Alice?" I asked, finally finding my voice, "I thought your name was Mary."

"Well… you see…" she sighed, and then decided to spill, "That was a lie. My name's Alice."

"Yeah, her name's Alice," Emmett laughed, "And, dude, she is so, so dead."

"I am not!"

"You will be when Edward gets back, Ali! Woah. He'll be mad this time! This is worse than the tutu scenario!"

"Don't call me Ali!" Alice snarled, but I was barely paying attention. When Edward gets back. Edward gets back. I slowly comprehended this fact. Edward Cullen had two brothers and two sisters. One of his sisters was called Alice. I suddenly recalled where I knew 'Mary' from.

"You're Alice Cullen," I frowned at her.

"Yep," she grinned, not seeming to notice my anger that she had lied to me. Or, if she did notice, she didn't care.

"It's okay, Bella," Esme said gently, coming over to me and putting her arm round my shoulders, "Alice will take you home right now."

I hesitated. Did I want to go home if Edward would be back soon? But did I want to stay if Edward would be as angry as his siblings presumed he would be? Why would he be angry? Did he not want to see me? Did he not care any more? I looked at the floor and fiddled anxiously with my necklace.

"No, I will not," Alice refused stubbornly, "I've driven her all the way here for one reason and I'm not about to give up and go back, especially not now she has a million questions for me."

"Take her home, Alice," Esme repeated; a command now.

"It's too late, Esme. One minute," Alice replied confusingly.

But then, all five of them turned their heads to look out of the window, hearing sounds that I couldn't. Fear and nerves settled in the pit of my stomach. What would happen in one minute and what could they hear?

I could hear someone laughing. A girl. And then she spoke.

"Kate, you, Irina, Carmen and Eleazar can go home now. I'll stay for a little while longer." Her voice was beautiful. The singular most beautiful sound in the whole world.

Seconds later, the door to the house opened and Dr Cullen came in. He also saw Alice first.

"Alice! What a lovely surprise!" he smiled warmly at her.

And then he came in. I couldn't breathe. He was even more beautiful than I remembered. And then my heart sank when I saw her. There was a beautiful woman with her arm around him, almost as beautiful as Rosalie. I felt a lump in my throat and I fought hard to keep it down.

He too stared at me. His golden eyes were soft and apologetic. I looked away; I didn't want to see it.

There was a long silence, but suddenly I knew what I had to do. I reached up and undid the clasp of the necklace, letting it fall into my hand. Then, I walked over to Edward and held it out for him. He took it and I whispered, "Goodbye, Edward."

With that, I turned my back on them all and walked out of the door, the tears already spilling over.

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I'm sorry that the reunion didn't go as expected, but it's a misunderstanding, right?

The song quote at the top is probably better suited to the next chapter, but I thought it was sweet for this one sooo… I used it XD. It's by a group called Hey Monday, who are actually awesome. They sound just like Paramore and, I don't know whether they're popular in the States, but over here (England woop woop!) they seem to be pretty unknown. Check them out. They are actually really good XD.

Okay. Now I'm going to do the quote before I start with the whole 'Story nearly over' thing.

Quote (in Alice's POV, btw):

"You promise to tell the truth?" Bella whispered, looking at me through her watery eyes.

"Yes."

"Tell me one thing, then…" she paused.

"Go on," I urged.

"What are you?" she finally asked.

Yes, Alice has a lot of explaining to do. It's so much better to be able to call her Alice again. XD

SO... the next chapter is most probably the last one guys. Oh my God. I can't believe it's nearly finished! It's kinda sad but happy as well. This is only the second story I've actually ever seen through to the end XD. Although I've nearly finished BTF and FI as well... maybe it's a sign... dunno.

Anyways... I may or may not do a sequel. To be honest, I didn't intend to but I don't want to leave this story behind. But, then again, I don't have that much material... but I do have some. I might do, but I have another fic planned at the moment, so it probably wouldn't be too soon... I also HAVE to finish BTF and FI before I do a sequel. I'll think about it and put a big section at the end of the next chappie. Or I might just do a big A/N chapter at the end. I don't know. Those of you that have been really good to me will be getting a special mention, don't worry ;).

And THANK YOU GUYS so so much for your support. It has really made me feel better. I'm glad that you all think this is actually a good fic, despite the errors.

I would also just like to say thanks to Mellisam thanks so much for the reviews. I know sometimes when you review a fic that has been up a long time then it seems that your reviews are really pointless, but they mean a lot and the first review you left was so, so nice. Thanks again.

And that's all I really have to say for this AN. Other than the inevitable, which is coming next XD.

PLEASE PLEASE REVIEW!!!! I would love to get more than 250 reviews by the end, and I think we can do that. 300 would be great, but with only two chappies left I don't think we're gonna get there. It can't hurt to try though, I guess.

Review? Please? Thanks. I love you all.

Steph