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A/N An extra special shout out to my beta reader, PenguinCullen06! I forgot the shout out in the past two chapters...oops! Anyway, credit goes to PenguinCullen06 for helping me out! Thank you! *heart*

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Chapter Twenty-One, Twists and Turns.

Previously…

"Hey, Edward!" I called out as I walked in.

I had a key, in case of emergencies and stuff. But it was mostly because I was too patient to wait for him to come open the door.

"Hey! Come help me with this!"

I followed his voice into his bedroom, "I…I kind of didn't label the presents for everyone, so can you figure it out?"

I laughed at his frustrated face, "You 'kind of didn't label' them. How do you kind of not do that?"

He rolled his eyes, "Just help!"

"Alright! Alright!" I closed my eyes trying to see the different scenarios of Ness, Paul, and Seth opening the presents. But what I saw instead was shocking.

I snapped my eyes open to hear a knock at his door. Edward was looking at me wide eyed, "No way!" he whispered as he looked out into the hallway.

He seemed stuck, so I ran out there and threw open the door.

Stunned. Confused. Shocked. Happy. Nervous. At a loss for words.

"Rosalie?" I asked in disbelief.

She stood there, eyes wide, jaw dropped. Edward walked slowly into the room. Rose's eyes flashed with anger, the shock dissipating under the icy cold glare.

"YOU KNEW!" She yelled in disbelief. "You knew where she was!" Her voice was hysterical.

"Rose, it's not exactly what yo-" Edward started to say, but she interrupted.

"I-I thought something bad happened to her! I-I-I… I thought we were friends! But all this time!" She scoffed, and looked at us like we had killed a puppy. She turned and ran down the hallway.

"ROSE!" Edward called chasing after her.

But I couldn't move it was me who was stuck this time. I never really thought about what they were going to be left with… I felt tears falling down my cheeks, silent tears. I don't know how long I stood there, just crying.

"Alice…" Edward said softly to me.

I focused my eyes, seeing him standing in front of me.

"Alice?" Rose asked, she was standing in the door way.

Edward glanced at her and sighed, his expression gave me a glimpse into his feelings; he hated that Rose and the rest didn't know; it was tearing him apart.

"I have some things to explain, please…come in and sit down." When I spoke, I didn't even recognize my voice; it sounded cold and dead. I was about to share with Rose a secret, that I am not quite sure she will understand.

Edward gave me a look, a look that told me he didn't know if she would understand and accept it either. Rose complied and sat down on Edward's plaid, old couch. He bought it at a yard sale, Ness said it was ugly and decided to name the couch Ducky, as in the ugly duckling.

"I'll text Ness and tell her to tell the guys to come over tomorrow, that something came up." Edward said quietly, pulling out his phone.

I took a deep breath, trying to figure out how to explain this. Rose was looking at me, her glare telling me I better have a good reason for the lying and leaving without saying a word.

Exhale Alice. Benjamin's voice echoed in my mind.

I released the breath and said the first thing that came to mind. "I'm in witness protection."

Rose's expression changed; suddenly the real Rose was showing: caring, concerned, and forgiving.

I told her everything, from my mother shipping me off to Esme's disappearance, the only thing I left out was the alley, but she put two and two together. The alley had gotten strong media attention, so of course she knew about it. I would be lying if I said that I wasn't filled with relief, Rose knew, and she accepted it. She pulled me in a hug and we cried, happy to see each other, the relief of knowledge now shared, and over the time we spent apart.

Rosalie's POV:

All this time Mary, I mean Alice, was dealing with all this pain, past hurt, and fear. Yet she couldn't tell any of us, at least not until the Cullen boys over heard at the hospital. Although I was sad she couldn't tell me, I understood; her life was on the line. Anne, I mean Esme; she had already been taken, and let's face it, probably dead. Then Alice is taken here to live with a couple she doesn't know. She had already had to leave friends behind in Ohio, her friend who is still to this day dating Peter. I can't imagine the stress Mary, I mean Alice, was going through. No wonder she had all those hospital visits!

I wish Jasper could see her. When she disappeared, I thought he was going to break into a million pieces. But he didn't, he became determined to figure out what happened. Thanks to what Emmett had told him, Jasper had some fantasy of finding her again. And now, I am here with her and Edward, I feel like a traitor to my brother. He is going to kill me when, and if, he finds out that I knew where Alice was and didn't tell him. But I think he might, eventually, understand that it was for her own good.

Life is kind of wicked with the twist and turns it plays on our lives, and this is by far the most surprising of them all.

Alice's POV:

After a while, Edward began making dinner: homemade pizzas. Edward wasn't that good of a cook, so Ness, Tia, and I have been giving him lessons in the past few months. Esme had taught me how to cook when we lived in Ohio. She was an amazing cook…I miss her cooking…I miss her.

As we sat down to eat, Rose asked the very question I was mentally begging her not to ask.

"Jasper…can't we tell him?" She asked gently.

Edward sighed, and gave me a sad look. I couldn't help but sigh myself, and blink back tears.

"I'm sure he has moved on with his life." I said, mixed emotions about the thought of him moving on coursing through my mind.

Rose gave snort of laughter, "No, that boy has done everything but move on."

"Really? He did that?" Edward asked, eye brows raised in disbelief.

"He did…he really did." Rose said, a smile flickering across her face.

Edward nodded his head, "Well Emmett feels the same way."

Rose dropped the pizza that she was just about to take a bite of; her face turning bright pink. "Excuse me?"

Even though it's been a year since I've been in this situation, I was still used to it; their leaving me out, having conversations that I have no idea about. My visions never gave me any clues, so I just had to wait until one of them decided to include me. Although, this conversation was something I was craving to know…what did Jasper do, and Emmett did the same? The questions burning in my thoughts.

"I can't tell you freak, but you can know that Jasper, he has not moved on or forgotten about you." Edward said, smirking at me. His smirk he uses when he knows something that I don't.

Rose was staring at her plate, cheeks pink, and a goofy smile on her face. She glanced up at me, "He's going to pr-" Her sentence was interrupted by a slice of pizza hitting her face.

"SHUT UP!" Edward yelled at her.

Rose sent him a glare that would make the devil cower. I would have been laughing at this scene, if I my thoughts hadn't been racing. Rosalie jumped out of her seat and flung herself at Edward screaming.

"YOU GOT PIZZA IN MY HAIR AND SAUCE OF MY SHIRT!"

But none of that mattered…

Was she about to say "propose"? She couldn't have…right? RIGHT?!

Edward's POV:

Her thoughts are racing a million miles a second. As Rose chases me around my apartment for throwing my pizza at her, I can hear Alice's thoughts. I wish I could explain things to her, I wish we could tell Jasper, and even Bella. I wish I could tell Em, my own brother that our sister is here with me right now; because that's what Alice is: our sister. It feels wrong, I feel like a traitor, but now that Rose is here and she knows, I feel a little bit better about this whole thing.

Alice's POV:

After Edward and Rose got out their running around, we all sat down and talked about our lives. It felt normal, it felt like home; just missing the rest of the family; like we were just sitting around waiting for them to come home; even though they won't. Both Rose and Edward refused to tell me anything about what we had been talking about at dinner, but I couldn't get the thoughts out of my head. But it was all in good cheer; we laughed and played Monopoly, swapped school stories, and just talked. Rose even agreed to meet my friends that I made her tomorrow. Life is kind of funny this way, right as I was beginning to feel like I would never see my family again, they keep popping up. Maybe it isn't life, maybe something bigger than life has a hand in all of this.

~000~

Edward had given Rose and me his bed, and he slept on the couch. Soon everyone was asleep and I found myself alone with my thoughts.

I want to see him….oh please, if there really is a God, and He really has a hand over our lives, please let me have Jasper here in my life again…please. I silently begged, over and over for an hour. Not really expecting anything out of it, but feeling the need to try.

*It's two thirty in the afternoon. I'm sitting in a little diner by my school, the one Ness and I go to a lot. I'm waiting, glancing between the door and the clock. I was anxious, nervous, awaiting for the clock to strike two thirty-two. Those two minutes felt like a lifetime, but eventually the time came, and he walked into the diner. Jasper…*

My eyes snapped open… Whoa!

Eighteen Months Gone:

Maybe I am insane, but I have lost the urge to care. Every day I come to this diner, every day I wait until two thirty-two. And every day he doesn't show… It started the day after Christmas. Rose had stayed with us for a week, until she needed to go back to Seattle. Just told her that I loved eating at this diner, and she complied. It was nice being able to talk to her. Ben and Tia were even okay with it, which I found strange. I email her off of Edward's email and talk to her on his phone, but it's better than nothing.

Edward has become suspicious of my crazy diner habit, but I keep my thoughts clear when I am around him; I don't know if he will think it's a good idea. No one knows, except for me. Mostly, because, if the vision doesn't happen (it is kind of blurry) I don't want other people knowing I got my hopes up.

I hurry out of my class so I can hurry over to the diner, it's almost two fifteen, and I do not want to be late. I practically jog the whole way there. Trying to keep my school bag from flopping into my bag too much, college books are heavy!

"Mary!"

I didn't stop for the name, it's been a long time since someone called me that, but the voice caused me to. I looked around, but didn't see anyone. Something in me secretly wishing it could have been Jasper, but not seeing him anywhere, I continue walking into the diner.

I sigh as I sit down at my usually spot, it has a good view of the little clock on the wall and the door.

"Mary!?" Someone says very close to me. I look up to see the familiar face.

A/N Can you guess who it is? Special shout out to anyone who can get it! If you want a shout out that is...but that's all I can give! *heart*

I will give you five days from this being posted to guess! (: That's when I will be posting the new chapter! :D