Hey all. For some reason, chapter 4 didn't post when I wanted it too. Thanks to all the people that reminded me :D Also, you are a really good guesser ladygoddess8.

Alice,

Maybe it would be better if I wasn't here? Wasn't alive I mean. He talked to me one day about it. Dying. Suicide. He said us humans had it so easy. He even listed many of the ways we could die. It's not like I have anything to live for anyway...

I miss you, I love you,

Bella.

Jasper walked through the antique rosewood door, dumped his book bag on the table and sunk down on the sofa to join Emmett watching the football game playing. Alice skipped over to her husband, softly kissing him on the cheek by way of greeting. "How was class?" she asked.

"Alright," he replied. "They started off with the easy stuff. Although I did not agree with some of the other classmates stances on war."

She rolled her eyes. "Of course you wouldn't-". Her face suddenly went blank. "Paper," she said breathlessly, and Jasper and Emmett immediately got up and steered her towards the table. What she wrote was short, different from the other letters.

A quick scan of her newly finished work froze Alice in her place, her mouth gaping and her eyes wide. She looked as if she wasn't breathing.

Emmett prised the letter from her fingers while Jasper tried to get a reaction from her. When the brawny brother had read through the letter and understood Alice's shock, he lightly hit Jasper's arm to have him read it too.

"Holy shit," he said when he was done.

"My thoughts exactly," Emmett agreed. Alice still hadn't moved.

"Esme!" Jasper called, and she was down in an instant.

"What's wrong?" She looked alarmed at the sight of her motionless daughter. "What's happened? Why is Alice-?" Jasper handed her the letter.

Esme's hand flew up and covered her mouth as she gasped. "Oh my! This-this can't be true!"

Alice's voice was flat as she said "Would anyone have objections to me going back to her now?" Emmett and Esme shook their heads, but Jasper stayed silent. "Jasper what are you thinking?" she asked him.

He thought for a moment on how best to answer. "I don't think she'll do it," he replied eventually. "Think about it. We know Bella. We know what she will and will not do. She loves Charlie and Renee too much to go through with it. Give it until one o'clock. If she hasn't sent another letter by then, we'll go."

Alice grudgingly agreed.

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Time seemed to slow down as they all waited in hope for another vision. At 12:23 Rosalie walked in the door, carrying bags full of shopping that she was taking on her and Emmett's trip to . She wasn't happy when she found out they couldn't take the plane they'd planned. Emmett refused to leave without seeing if Bella was ok.

Sop they all waited. Rosalie, sitting angrily on the foot of the stairs. Emmett, staring at the black TV screen and twiddling his thumbs. Jasper, pacing from the door to the couch and back. Esme, cleaning thing that was already impeccable. Alice, sitting poised and ready at the table, pencil in hand and paper in front of her.

Two hours, nine minutes and thirteen point four five seconds later, they got what they'd been wishing for.

Alice,

I couldn't do it.

I miss you, I love you,

Bella.

A slow smile spread across Alice's face, and no one else needed to read the letter. The Alice ran to her husband's arms, laughing with relief. Emmett picked up his mother in the biggest hug she'd had in a long time.

Rosalie sat on the stairs alone, forgotten in her bitterness.