E.P.O.V.

I don't want him to have to fight again… After his past, anything but fighting. Hopefully what he said about these people was true, anything but fighting. I might lose him if it comes to that, I can't lose him, not after I just found him…

She's worried. What is she worried about? She will know the outcome from the beginning, she shouldn't be worrying. And she's so small. Just look at her; her hair, so short and beautiful, I'm sure it's soft as well, even if she hasn't showered in a while, and her body, so small and fragile looking. I wouldn't be able to bear it if she were hurt. Hopefully they won't do anything…

Their thoughts were solely focused on a fight that wouldn't happen and each other. Never before had I run across nomads who felt so strongly for each other. What made them that close? And why were they worrying about the other, were they the average nomads, they would be focusing on keeping themselves safe, not fearing for the loss of one, or the injury of the other. It was frustrating. I didn't know if they had powers. But they must have had powers, at least the girl. I wasn't sure what her power was, but it had something to do with the future. Perhaps she could see things that were to be. How useful that must be.

"They won't attack us, you know," I heard Esme say from the door. She always knew exactly what to say. I opened my eyes and smiled at her. I didn't know what made her so sure, but she was.

"I know, it's just their thoughts. They aren't what they should be. They're worried about each other. They obviously knew about us before today," I said as she came to sit on the couch in my room with me.

"Did you ever stop to think that perhaps they care for each other, like Carlisle and myself, or even Rosalie and Emmett?" she suggested. That thought had entered my mind, but I just couldn't accept that. Why would nomads have those feelings? It didn't make sense. I simply shook my head.

Well perhaps you and Carlisle should go speak with them. Maybe they aren't hostile and they'd be willing to join us.

I smiled at her thoughts. Esme was always hopeful of making her family larger. She loved the way it was now, but I knew she would be utterly blissful if we could add two more people to our life. She returned the smile and went to talk to Carlisle.

Their conversation lasted thirty minutes, and when Carlisle called me downstairs, I knew what we would be doing immediately. It wasn't like I did not want to do this, but I was just worried as to what their reaction would be. Maybe that's why Emmett wasn't joining us. It would be best for them to not be intimidated.

"They're under an hour away," I informed Carlisle, answering his unasked question. Esme looked at us both and saw us off. The short journey there was spent in silence. We were sure that maybe the girl had seen us coming, so Carlisle wanted to make sure they wouldn't run away.

I could hear her frightened thoughts immediately. They were in a small clearing and she had seen us coming. Carlisle looked at me, and I nodded. He stopped immediately, and made the first "advancement."

"Hello?" he asked, his voice light and soft. Their thoughts went silent. Then the girl started worrying about what they should do. Carlisle and I heard their quiet voices arguing. It was a slightly funny conversation. The male was trying to reason with the female that everything would be alright, and she would have seen if something was going to go wrong. His voice answered.

"Yes?" he said, just as softly. Carlisle and I walked into the clearing slowly. The girl was on the opposite side of the clearing, her back turned to us, her arms crossed. She didn't want to see us. Apparently she had what she called visions. She could only see the outcome of someone's decision. And the male, he could sense emotions of those around him, and could change the emotions of those around him. It explained why they felt so strongly for each other. The girl must have seen him coming to her years in advance and he could feel her emotions for her…

"We mean – "Carlisle began, but the girl cut him off.

"You mean us no harm, this we understand," she said curtly. I thought it was rather rude of her, to interrupt someone who was trying to be peaceful. Then again, she didn't trust us in the least bit, so – in her eyes – she didn't have to be completely nice to us. Carlisle nodded.

"I suppose you've already seen this conversation, then, Alice," I said. Yes, I didn't think about it before I said it, and I regretted that decision immediately. She turned around slowly, glaring at me from the second she had the chance to. The male, Jasper, as I just heard, took a step towards her.

"And I suppose you can't stay out of other people's heads, can you, Edward?" she retorted. Any regret I felt before vanished immediately. I felt Carlisle's hand on my shoulder. Perhaps I was getting out of line. I looked back and ducked my head, silently telling him I would stop.

Thank you, he thought. I nodded. Jasper seemed confused by it all, and particularly the way I handled myself. He thought it was amazing how I could be mad one moment and then calm and collected the next. It was almost as if he wanted to know such control. A slight feeling of calm spread over the clearing, and I figured that Jasper was calming Alice.

"Anyway," Carlisle continued, "we were just wondering why, since Edward notes that you've been worried about a fight, you were still in this area. I assure you we do not want to start anything," he said calmly. Jasper straightened his pose.

"We were actually about to leave," was all he said, his hand still on Alice's shoulder. She nodded in agreement.

"Are you sure? You're more than welcome to stay for a while, get cleaned up if you wish," Carlisle offered. This took Jasper off guard, and Alice got this far away look on her face. When she "came back" she sighed and crossed her arms.

"That would be nice," Jasper said carefully. Carlisle nodded his head, smiling.

"You can follow me, then," he said casually. Go tell your mother we're having temporary guests, he told me, emphasizing the word "temporary." He didn't want Esme to be excited about increasing the number of our family when nothing was said about that subject.

Oh my god right. I'm not dead with this story. Yeah, so there's this chapter, the next chapter, and then the epilogue, and that's it. Please review. :D