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I sat on the plane holding Jasper's hand. Edward next to me couldn't seem to sit still. His fingers were drumming on the arm rest with amazing speed. His foot had been taping uncontrollably earlier, so I supposed this was an improvement.
Jasper continuously tried to calm his nerves, but every time he did so, Edward would growl at him without even looking over. Jasper stopped after the seventh try.
I sighed. This flight seemed to take forever. Edward didn't seem to understand that the rest of us were just as worried about Bella as he was. She was already a sister to me, and the fact that Edward had left her without letting me say goodbye made me mad. And now, she had found new friends to be with. Maybe she wouldn't want me as her sister anymore. I wondered if something was happening between her and this vampire, could they possibly be-"
"If you think 'in love', I swear I will rip you to shreds Alice." Edward mumbled, staring out the window.
"Sorry." I muttered back, but really, I wasn't.
When we landed in Jacksonville, we found a waiting party for us. Carlisle had told us about an old friend of his who he had met shortly before changing Edward. Apparently his name was Frederick Williams, and he worked as a teacher for some colleges. They had met that way, and had both been investigating the forms of our alternative 'diet'. Carlisle said they had a house here, but I'm not quite sure how they managed that.
As we walked up, I could see him in the crowd. He was tall, and his hair was a light blond, almost white, but not in a way that made him seem old. He appeared to be in his early thirties, much like Carlisle, but we had been told he was actually a little over two hundred and fifty. It was apparent as we approached him, that Frederick was no longer a loner. On his arm was a beautiful copper haired woman, slightly shorter than Frederick was. Her outfit was perfect, and fit her body shape nicely.
"Only you would notice someone's fashion sense at a time like this." Edward muttered to me. I glared at him and hissed under my breath.
Frederick and Carlisle approached each other and embraced. We all exchanged pleasantries, and we found out that the women with Derik, as he preferred, was named Emmeline, or Emme as she preferred. They had two cars waiting outside, and we all piled in. Edward chose the car without Jasper and I, probably because he didn't want Jasper trying to calm him down anymore.
Emme was driving, talking to Esme who was sitting next to her in the front. Rosalie, who for some strange reason agreed to come with us, was sitting next to me in the back, with Jasper on the other side. Rose was more than likely still mad that Emmett had convinced her to come. We drove through Jacksonville in the middle of the night, and I looked around at all the new sites.
Suddenly, I felt a vision coming on, so I grabbed Jasper's hand. Everything became blurry, then what I saw shocked me.
It was the vampire who had been with Bella. He was talking to Bella's mom, and her eyes were very wide, and she was very still. Suddenly, the vision changed, and instead of Bella's mom, it was me he was talking to. I saw that he was somehow doing the same thing to me. I was still and motionless, my expression blank and unemotional. I saw my lips moving, but I couldn't hear what I was saying. Then the vampire boy smiled and the vision was over.
I heard Jasper next to me, "Alice, are you okay? Alice, what did you see?" I realized I was shaking, and I quickly shook my head to get rid of the feeling. I smiled at him.
"I'm fine, Jasper, don't worry. It was just the same vampire talking with Bella. Nothing new." I lied to him. I didn't want him to get worried about me, and I didn't want him to tell Edward. I had to handle this myself.
"But then what was with the shaking?" Rose asked. I had to think quick.
"It's just…you know…seeing Bella with someone else. It's odd…" They seemed satisfied with that.
When we got to their house, it was, of course, lovely. Emme explained her job as a designer, and gave us a tour of the home. She showed us to our guest rooms, and everyone unpacked and gathered downstairs. There was an awkward silence for a moment, then Carlisle started.
"Thank you for letting us use your home, Derik." And Derik nodded back as acknowledgement, "My son, I believe, has something to ask you."
We all looked at Edward. He sat alone in a chair, hunched forward with his hands clasped together, his head resting on them. When his name was spoken, he didn't acknowledge it in any way. After a minute, he looked up and turned his gaze on Derik and Emme.
"Recently, I made on of the worst mistakes of my life. I left the girl I love to protect her from what we are. She moved here of late, I suppose to escape the memories of myself I left behind. My sister Alice," and at this point he inclined his head towards me, "has the ability to foresee events in the future. A few days ago, she saw her, Bella, here in Jacksonville with another vampire. I came here to make sure she's safe, and to ask her apology for my serious misjudgment."
Emme and Derik just sat there listening, and as they heard the story, their eyes grew wide. Edward continued,
"I was wondering if there were any other vampires that you knew of in this area. Perhaps it could make my job of finding him much easier. I would like to speak with him, before I confront Bella." They looked at each other, then back at Edward.
"I'm sorry, but other than the two of us, I don't think it's possible for a rouge vampire to live in Jacksonville. Sorry that we can't help."
The entire family looked down at the floor. But Edward simply stared our hosts, his gaze growing inquiring. Suddenly, he asked,
"Who's Brendon?" We were all stunned for a second, Emme and Derik most of all. They looked at Edward, and then Emme, her face a blank slate, answered in a monotone voice.
"We don't need to talk about Brendon." The entire family was perplexed. I was as well, until I looked at both of their faces. I remembered that face. It was the same face that I had seen on Bella's mother, and the same face I had seen on myself. This Brendon was the same one who had done something to me in that vision. But what?
Unexpectedly, Edward had Derik's shirt in his hand, and was lifting him off the floor. His eyes were black, and when he spoke, he shouted the words with menace.
"What has he done with Bella?!" Derik kept the same blank face.
"We don't need to talk about Brendon." But Edward wasn't having that. He roared and launched Derik across the room into a wall. He hit it head first, and crumpled to the floor.
"Edward, what do you think you're doing?!" Carlisle cried, dashing over to restrain Edward. Emmett quickly assisted him.
"Derik!" Emme screamed, as she broke from her trance and ran over to her husband.
"Oh, my" Derik said as he was getting up. "What just happened?" he glanced over at us, "And why are you holding onto Edward like that?" Carlisle was about to explain, but Edward cut him off,
"Tell me who the hell Brendon is or I'll tear you to pieces!" he yelled as he struggled against Emmett's grip on his arm.
"Brendon? How do you know Brendon?" Derik asked. Suddenly, Emme's face became a blank slate again.
"We don't need to talk about Brendon." She repeated, and Derik's face went from confusion to horror.
"Oh no…did he…no…he wouldn't have…would he?"
Edward had seemed to calm a little, he was no longer struggling. All of us just stood there and stared at the scene. Derik looked at his wife's face, still emotionless, and covered his own face with his hands.
"I can't believe he would do this to us!" he brought his fist down on the floor, "That boy is going to get it if he ever shows his face here again. I just can't believe this!"
"Derik, what's happened?" Carlisle asked, releasing Edward.
"My brother, or I suppose adopted son, Brendon, has apparently decided to move." He said, disgusted. When he saw the mystified looks from my family, he continued, "How do I explain…Brendon has the amazing ability to change how a person views thing. He doesn't control them, per say, but instead…convinces them to see things in a certain light. We had an agreement that he would never use it on a family member, but it seems that he's forgotten that rule."
"But why would he use it on you now?" Esme asked.
"I'm not sure, but I suppose he wanted us to forget about him for some reason. Maybe so that we wouldn't let you know about him. How did you know about him, by the way?" He questioned. Edward, with is now free arm, tapped his head.
"I read minds" he stated, and Derik nodded.
"That would do it." He said, getting up. Emme's face was slowly returning to normal.
"We don't need to talk about Brendon." She said again, but this time it sounded more like a question. Derik shook his head.
"This should wear off in a few hours. With enough talk about him, she should be okay." He lead her over and sat her down in a chair.
"That still doesn't explain anything." Edward rudely stated. "If he did anything to Bella-"
"I don't believe that he would harm your Bella in any way. He spoke briefly of her to me, and I remember he spoke of her as a friend. I can see no reason that she would be in any danger."
"Would he try to kidnap her?" I asked, and suddenly every eye in the room was on me.
"Why would you think that?" Derik asked.
"I had a vision on the way here. Brendon was talking to Bella's mother, and she had that blank stare on her face that you had on a moment ago. Maybe he was convincing her to let him take Bella." I didn't mention my part in this vision No need to worry any one more than they already were. Edward grew even paler than usual.
"That could be a possibility…" Derik thought to himself. Edward began to walk to the door.
"Where do you think you're going?" I shouted at him. He was halfway out the door, when he answered,
"To find Bella." And then he was gone. We all stood very still for a moment, then Carlisle took charge.
"Emmet, Rose, Jasper, you're coming with me. We're going after Edward to make sure he doesn't do something rash. Esme, Alice, you stay here in case he comes back. Let's go. Derik, you stay with Emme." Then the room was suddenly missing four people.
"I'm going to go outside and watch the area around the house." I said. Esme nodded and I left the room.
Outside, the night air was cool. I circled the house a few times to get a layout. Then perched myself on the roof and waited. After a few minutes, I heard a sound behind me. I got up and turned around, saying,
"Well, I see you came to your senses. Don't you know that you-" But then I noticed it wasn't Edward. It was Brendon.
His eyes locked on mine, and he said slowly,
"You don't need to worry about Bella."
"I don't need to worry about Bella." I repeated, unable to control myself.
"Bella is going to be okay, now that you aren't with her."
"Bella is going to be okay, now that I'm not with her." I said. That was right wasn't it? We were only making her life dangerous.
"You don't need to look for Bella, she's just fine."
"I don't need to look for Bella, she's just fine." And that was right. Bella was okay, Brendon would protect her. I didn't need to try to find Bella. She was safe. Brendon smiled, then disappeared into the night.
I turned around and was suddenly aware of my surroundings. How long had I been on this roof? What was I doing up here? I got down and walked back into the house.
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