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Chapter 26 Awake

Bella's POV

"They're on their way." Edward confirmed, putting his phone back in his pocket. I was sitting down next to Alice, rubbing circles on her back to try to get her to calm down until Jasper comes.

I could see Jacinda leaning against the opposite wall looking at us… or maybe just Alice.

When me and Edward first came running downstairs we saw Jacinda talking to Alice quietly, but she never mentioned what about and i didn't ask.

"What month is it? Why are you here Bella? When are they coming?" Alice asked question after question. It was hard to keep up with her.

"It's November 24, and me and my coven live here now, I'll explain later, and they are coming very soon."

Sooner then I thought. I wanted to say out loud as Jasper came running into the house, fallowed by the rest.

Jasper!" She squealed as he rapped his arms around her tiny waist. They stayed embraced in each other's arms until Carlisle cleared his voice. Alice let go of Jasper unwillingly but he kept his arm around her while she sat on his lap. Everyone else, including my coven, sat down in the living room as usual when we were going to have one of these " serious talks". I feel like we've been having to many of those lately.

"You can't blame Jasper, Carlisle. It's almost been a month since Jasper got any. But then again, Edward's still a virgin after 110 years." Jasper and Edward glared at Emmett while he just laughed ignoring the looks from his brothers.

"A month!" Alice yelled in disbelief.

"Yup." Emmett said popping the p. It was Alice's turn to scowl at Emmett at his annoyance.

"What happened Alice?" Carlisle said bringing the attention back to Alice.

"Well all I remember was all of us talking about the Leaders and the Volturi and then it was almost like something shut off my whole body and it all went blank. A few hours later I heard voices, I realized I could still hear you guys but I could also hear a few other voices that didn't belong to us. They sounded familiar but I couldn't put a name to the voice."

"So all you could do was hear us?" Edward asked. His eyebrows pushed together in confusion; Carlisle had a similar look on his face.

"Yes. I couldn't move my body, I could barely feel it. It felt like I was in a jail cell inside of my head."

Carlisle wanted to do some tests on Alice to make sure she was okay and that she was 'functioning' correctly. The rest of the Cullen's agreed to help Carlisle on his test. My coven and me couldn't help because the tests had to do with her running, hunting, brain and her visions so we wouldn't be much help. So we were just watching them from the kitchen windows.

"Hey guys." Gale said getting out attention. He nodded his head to the dinning room table.

We all fallowed him quietly, even though we didn't know what the heck he wanted.

Once we were all seated at the end of the very long rectangular table we focused out attention back to Gale.

"I'm not liking the every slow progress we are doing with figuring out a plan to deal with both the Volturi and the leaders. Me and Peter were planning to tell Carlisle about our plan, but with Edward calling us to come because of Alice we never had the chance."

"What is your idea?" I asked eyeing him. Gale returned the look.

"I think we should talk to some creatures to see if they know anything about what the Leaders are doing, and it would be good if we have some witnesses and we could make alliances."

"So we would ask different creatures about the gossip that is going on in Zenonia or Faylinn?" Nina asked already agreeing with Gales plan.

"Faylinn, definitely." I said. I saw Gale nodded his head from the corner of my eye. Faylinn means 'fairy kingdom' in our language. All creatures, except for vampires of course, know this basic language. "I think it's a good idea." I said also agreeing with Gale and the others.

"Then it's settled." Peter said bringing his arms to the back of his head

"Are we going in a group to different creatures or are we splitting up?" Jacinda asked.

"It would be better if we all split up and go with our own nature creatures, it would make them feel more comfortable. You and Gale can split up if you want or stay together." It was hard to answer her directly. I still haven't told anybody about what happened between Jacinda and I and I doubt she has either. She acts like it never happened, and that hurts. She nodded looking at the table.

"We will split up, so we could finish faster." Gale said, Jacinda nodded again not saying anything.

"Okay we will go tomorrow. The faster the better."

Edward's POV

"So…" Alice whispered to me as we ran through the forest side by side. Carlisle wanted to do some tests on Alice to make sure nothing had changed while someone (or something) was messing around in her head. Carlisle had asked me to see if she runs slower or faster then before. Nope, same old Alice and I'm not just talking about her running.

"So what?" I whispered back.

"Are you and Bella…"

I groaned and I saw her smile get bigger and my annoyance get larger. She has been dropping hints ever since Bella and her coven disappeared to inside the house.

"Yes Alice, me and Bella are a couple." It was hard not to smile while saying it. It still felt unreal for such an amazing girl to ever look past the monster that I am.

"I knew it! I knew it! When are you going to propose to her? I need to start looking at dress designs…" I thought she was going to break my eardrum. Alice will always be Alice.

"No, Alice listen. Yes Bella and me are together but no one else knows except for you."

"What? Why?"

"We thought it would be best, and since we are expecting the Volturi and the Leaders soon we didn't want to worry the family and start fights."

Alice mused over my words. After a few minutes she pouted and said, "I guess you're right, but you're going to have to tell them someday. I wont tell anybody, I promise."

"Another meeting?" I heard Rosalie whisper to Emmett from behind me. Emmett just shrugged just as confused as the rest of us.

"Me and my coven have formed a plan to try to get information about what the Leaders are up to." Bella said once we were seated in the family room.

"What is your plan?" Jasper asked pulling his arm up over Alice's small shoulders.

"We are going to split up and talk to creatures from all over the world to see what people in Zenonia are saying without actually going there, but we might go just in case we don't find anything. We are a very trustworthy community and word spreads quickly, it wont be that hard to get some answers." Bella said answering Jasper's question.

"Do we get to come?" Emmett asked, his eyes filling with excitement and hope.

"No." Gale and Jacinda said at once sharply. The excitement left his face just as quickly as it had come.

"But why? What are we going to do here? How long are you going to be gone?" Alice said whinnying.

"The creatures are very suspicious and they wouldn't like a visit from a vampire much less a full coven." Nina said hiding her face from her slight blush. "And you have the Volturi to handle."

"We are only going to be gone for a couple of days, maybe a week." Gale said answering Alice's last question. Carlisle and the rest of us pondered this quietly. I knew the rest would agree with this and let them do it, and I also agree it was a very well plan that was sure to work but a week without Bella…

"I think it is a good idea." Carlisle said nodding his head. The rest also agreed. I stayed quiet, and I could tell Bella noticed this.

"So we will leave first thing in the morning." Peter said jumping off the couch bringing Nina with him.

The Brandon's went to go pack and the rest of my family separated to their own rooms for the night. Bella touched my cheek and lead me to my room, closing the door behind her silently.

"What's wrong?" She asked, sitting on the edge of the big gold bed.

"What do you mean?" I said sitting across from her.

"You didn't even say anything in the living room. Are you mad? Do you not like the plan?" she was biting her lip nervously.

I took her hand in both of mine and looked into her beautiful brown eyes. The blue was less noticeable now.

"I'm not mad, and I like the plan."

"But…" She said once I had stopped talking.

"I wont be able to see you for a week, and during that week I'm only going to be thinking of you and worrying about you." I said looking down at her small hand in mine. She squeezed my hands we both her hers and I looked up at her to see her smile down at me.

"I'm going to miss you like crazy also but I have to go to get some answers. We are all tired just sitting around waiting for something to come at us."

"I know. But its still going to be hard."

She rested her head on my chest and we both enjoyed the silence around us.

"Hold on one second." I said getting up and moving to the closet. I was so stupid for not thinking of this before. I opened the box in the back of my closet. I took out the crystal bracelet and returned to the bed and placed it gently in Bella's hand.

I watched Bella carefully examine it without saying one word. It was a silver chain and at the end hung a small crystal heart.

Bella gasped and looked up at me with big eyes. "It's beautiful. Thank you." And rapped her arms around me tightly.

"It was my mother's. I want you to have it so you will always have a piece of me with you." I whispered in her ear.

"You are the most amazing, I love you." She whispered back.

"I love you too."

We spent some more time in blissful silence together in each other's arms.

"So everything went well with Alice?" She asked still looking at her bracelet. I was glad she liked it so much.

"Yeah everything is okay. I have something to tell you."

"What is it?" She asked worried and curious.

"Nothing bad, I think, but I told Alice about us." I was nervous at what her reaction would be.

Bella nodded her head and answered after a minute. "Okay, I'm glad you told her but what did she say?"

"She's happy for us."

"I'm glad. I'm happy for us, also."

Pleas review and let me know what you think! the next couple of chapters are going to be about the Brandon's splitting up and going to different creatures. Let me know who you want me to write about first! Jacinda or Gale with fire creautres, Bella with water creatures, Peter with forest creatures or Nina with wind creautres?

xxValeria