A/N: Sorry that I don't update that often. IOTRA had every other day updates, but now... School is here and life is catching up. I will update at least once a week. I promise.

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Is it possible to have too much drama?

Disclaimer: Not my characters, which sucks.

"What do you mean gone?" Edward asked into the telephone. "Jasper I swear to God, if you're shitting me…"

"Okay." Edward mumbled then spoke up. "When did you last see-"

He must have gotten cut off. I just sat down across the dining table from Edward wondering what he was talking about with Jasper.

"No." His tone rose.

"Look how am I supposed to know?" Edward asked, clearly angry. "Whatever, you just call me back… Yeah I'll tell Bella… Yeah…. Sure… Bye."

"What was all that about?" I asked once he hung up the phone. I watched Edward as he pinched the bridge of his nose, obviously stressed.

"It's Alice, she's gone." He told me.

"What do you mean gone?" I asked in an angry tone. "Edward tell me right now."

"I don't know! Jasper didn't give me any information he just panicked. Apparently she went to work and he stayed home. She was supposed to be home two hours ago and she never came home. He called the work and she didn't pick up so he got a friend from town who lives near there to see if she was there and she wasn't. That's all I know, I swear it." Edward explained to me quickly.

"So she was last seen at work?" I noted.

Edward nodded and pulled at his hair obviously stressed. "What are you gonna go baby?"

I sighed. "I don't know... She's not a kid if she wanted to leave for the night she could, we can't really report her as missing yet!"

"But wouldn't she tell Jasper if she wanted to leave?" Edward questioned and all I could do was shrug.

"I don't know hubs. We both know something is going on in between them." I said in a quiet voice. "I don't want to get into their business but..."

"I know, I know." He agreed quickly. "Something is going on, but is there was something this bad wouldn't Jasper see this coming?"

"You never know with Ally." I replied.

"True, she certainly keeps a lot from her peers." Edward stated.

"More than she should." I told him. "She could be in trouble, danger, but yet she keeps it from Jasper. I understand it's for good measure, she doesn't want him stressed or to bring him harm, but come on! Jasper is her husband she can't lie to him."

"She's ruining their relationship and she budged into ours." Edward said and looked at me sadly. "I'm still mad at her about that."

"We can be mad at her once she's back." I nodded.

"Just because she has a lot going on... I still won't go easy on her, she can't ruin our relationship, love." Edward told me in a calm tone.

"I know, I know. Lets think about where she could be right now." I said and walked over to the coffee table and opened the drawer, getting out a pen and paper.

"It might be hard, with all she's keeping from us. She could be anywhere." He muttered under his breath but I heard as well.

Edward was right when he said she could be anywhere. Anywhere but home that is.

...

"You can't do that!" I yelled loudly into the phone.

"Calm the crap down, Bells!" Ally shouted back.

"You can't just leave your husband!" I said even louder. "You can't... You just can't Alice!"

Yeah I was mad, I called her Alice.

"I don't want him to get into this mess, Bee." Ally said in a much quieter voice."

"You're hurting him." I stated and I heard Ally sniff on the other end of the phone.

"I'd rather do that than bring him into all this." She replied sadly.

"What is going on?" I begged. "Just tell me, tell someone."

"I can't. I'm sorry." She apologized.

"I don't need your apologizes, do you know how much you hurt him? How much you hurt Edward?" I asked in a quiet voice and looked at Edward who was sitting beside me on the couch. He placed a hand on my thigh and rubbed it soothingly. I wished that our telephone had speakerphone. "How much you hurt me?"

"Bella, don't do this to me!" Ally begged.

"Don't do what?" I asked her.

"Don't make me feel so guilty." She whispered.

"You should. You're hurting your husband. He's worried sick! You put a dent into Edward's relationship with me. You're keeping something important from the people you love most Alice. You're supposed to trust us." I told her in a quiet voice, my voice cracked near the end.

"Bells, I'm not tellin' 'cause I care about you all. I can't tell, I want too, but I want yall safe." Ally replied sadly.

"Look what are you getting yourself into. Tell me." I demanded.

"No."

"When will you be home?"

"Soon." Ally replied.

"Okay, where are you?" I asked her and I could tell I was pushing my luck.

"Out of town." She replied quickly.

"I know that, where are you?" I repeated.

"I'll be back soon. Tomorrow." She said.

"You have a lot of explaining. I get that you won't tell Edward and I, I really do get that, but Jasper, he is your husband and you must tell him eventually. He thinks you hate him Ally, he's so worried." I told her honestly. "And quite frankly, you're pissing me off. You already did but now I'm getting angrier."

"I'm so so-"

"Don't even start." I begged. "Just... Keep yourself safe." I whispered.

"Tell Jasper I called?" She said and it came out like a question.

"You should call him yourself." I told her.

"I can't, he will yell at me and-" She stopped mid sentence.

"What are you doing?" I asked her after a moment of silence.

"Finishing some business." Ally told me honestly. "Look, I've got to go, I will be back soon as possible I promise. Love you Bee, tell Eddie I love him."

"But-" I started.

"Bye." Ally hung up.

"Bye..." I muttered to nobody. I hung up the phone and sighed. I looked over at Edward. "For some reason, I don't want to get involved with this shit."

"I don't blame ya, love. What did she tell you?" He asked.

"She will be home as soon as possible. She is out of town and finishing some business. That's all I got out of her." I explained to him quickly. "Oh, she is also so, so sorry."

Edward snorted. "It's a little late for that."

I nodded. "I know, I didn't want to yell at her about that yet."

"That's probably best." Edward agreed. "Now what?"

"Now I have to call Jasper." I sighed. "This will be great."

...

"What? She talked to you? Where is she? Bells, tell me now! Tell me!" Jasper hissed into the phone completely panicked.

"Jasper, Jasper, Shh." I said into the phone calmly. "Calm down, it's alright. She is okay I promise."

I wasn't entirely sure is she was okay, but I had to calm Jasper.

"Deep breaths." I told him.

"Okay..." He breathed in deeply and I heard it. "Tell me please Bells, I'm so damn worried."

"I know, I know." I said in my still calm voice. "She's out of town."

"Where?" He asked.

"She wouldn't say." I admitted. "I tried to get it out of her."

"Okay... When will she be back?" He asked me.

"Soon. Tomorrow possibly." I replied.

"How can I spend the night without her?" Jasper wailed into the phone.

"It's midnight." I told him.

"I need her though, Bells. What would you do if that happened to be Edward? What if he left?" Jasper questioned and I looked down.

"I know more about that than you know." I told him. "But we are talking about Ally, not me."

"What is she doing?" He asked quickly.

"Finishing some business." I said. "That's all she said."

"Finishing some business?" Jasper growled. "I swear to God, if she is hurt... I will..."

"Jasper she is fine." I said trying to calm him.

"What the hell is she doing? Business? Why do I not know about this?" Jasper asked and it came out as a loud beg.

"I don't know, she's not telling anyone anything." I admitted. "She won't tell me much."

"She at least called you. I'm her damn husband and she can't tell me something. Pisses me the hell off I swear..." Jasper said angrily.

"Look Jasper, she doesn't want you hurt." I told him. Why was I defending her?

"It's hurting me not being able to help her. That she can't trust me at all. I love her, but sometimes..." He started but stopped.

"It's okay Jasper." I whispered.

"No it's not, Bee. Our relationship - our marriage - it's fallin' apart I can tell. We can't keep secrets. You and Edward tell each other everythin' and look at yall, so perfect. I'm so damn jealous." Jasper told me and I instantly sympathized. "I tell Ally everythin', everythin'! I swear it! Good or bad, I let her know and she can't trust me... She has me so worried I swear I can feel the wrinkles comin' in."

"It's okay Jasper." I repeated again and again.

"Thank you Bells, thanks for helpin' me. I should go now..." Jasper whispered.

"Are you sure you're alright?" I asked him carefully.

"Of course I'm not. I won't be fine until I get my Ally back." He whimpered. "Damn it, I'm so weak."

"I understand. I'm here if you need to talk and so is Edward." I told him.

"Thanks again." He replied.

"Anytime." I whispered. "I'm so sorry."

"Bye." He sighed.

"Bye."

And he hung up.

...

I flicked the lighter again. I was in the bedroom.

"I don't think you should do that." Edward whispered as he wrapped his arms around me from behind.

"I don't want to keep them." I replied and flicked the lighter again. In my left hand I held the lighter and in my right I held the pictures that we received in the mail.

I heard Edward's sigh and he rested his head on my shoulder. "What if we need them in the future?"

My fingers clenched around the pictures. "Why would we need them?" I was talking through my teeth at that point.

"I don't know." He admitted. "Evidence?"

"For what?" I asked him. "Why would we need evidence?" I was becoming confused.

"You never know, I just don't think it's smart to get rid of them." Edward told me.

"Okay... Well I don't want to see them." I replied after a moment of thinking.

"Who said you had to leave them out in the open? Shove them in a drawer or something, just don't ruin them." Edward explained. "Remember when I wanted to get rid of that box of photos you found, way back when?"

"Holy, that was a while ago but yes I do remember." I told him and tossed the lighter onto the bed.

"And now..." He started.

"Hmm... Now quite a few are hanging up somewhere. That and pictures of us." I finished. Edward and I had multiple pictures hanging up on the walls, most of us on our wedding day or on a night out but some were of his parents or him and his sister. They all made the place even homier and I spent countless minutes staring at them, relishing the memories, picturing the moments.

"Exactly." He kissed my temple.

"Look, I don't want these pictures hanging up on our walls anytime." I said a bit angrily shaking the photos in my hand. "As I said, I don't want to look at them!"

"Calm down sweetheart." Edward hushed me into my ear. "All I'm saying is in the end it might be better just to keep them."

I sighed.

"You know I am right." He pushed.

"Fine, store them somewhere I don't want to see them." I handed the pictures off to Edward and he took them.

He left the room to go stash them somewhere.

...

"Bella please..." Alice begged me through the telephone.

"Alice please stop bringing me into your problems." I begged her back. "I mean it."

"Bella, this is your problem too." She told me. Yeah, we were arguing you could probably tell since we called each other by our actual names not Bells and Ally.

"How so?" I demanded in a hushed whisper. I walked out of the darkened bedroom and slowly closed the door behind me, not wanting to wake Edward from his slumber. "Ally it's like past eleven at night! Why are you calling me? Why aren't you at home yet? Can you guess how worried Jasper must be? He loves you Ally! You need to fix this!"

"I can't fix this until old business is all complete." Ally replied sadly. "Believe me Bells, I want to go home more than anything else in the whole entire world! I really, really do!"

"You still didn't tell me how I am part of this." I reminded her. "Tell me before I go back to bed."

"Bells, I know you're upset - hell you should be -, but I really need help. Sarah is being... herself I guess you could say. She wants something from the both of us and I really just need help..." She was stammering.

"Ally, what is going on?" I asked her. "Just tell me. I can't promise I will keep it from Edward though, because I won't. I refuse to argue with him again."

"I know, I know, and when this is all done you can tell him-" She started.

"When this is all done?" I asked her. "I'll tell him as soon as possible."

"It will be done soon." Ally told me.

"What will?" I asked dumbly.

"Look, you need to come see me and help me." Ally begged again.

"Okay, well what do you need help with?" I asked her once again.

"Sarah wants to see us." Ally whispered in a low and quiet voice.

"Alright, are you with her?" I asked angrily.

"Not yet, but come here!" She repeated.

"I can't just leave... What do I tell Edward?" I asked her.

"Just leave a note." Ally told me.

"No! I will not do that; do you know what would happen between us, how mad he would be? I can't do that." I said back and I tried to not yell at her.

"Tell him that you need to see me and you will be home as soon as possible. I've got to go, meet me please." Ally was begging once again.

"Where are you?" I sighed.

"You know that gas station half way in between the town and your house?"

"The one on the only highway?"

"Only a half of an hour away." Ally concluded. "That's the place."

"See you there..."

"Please hurry."

"I'll try."

Now I just had to tell Edward.

...

"Edward." I said and shook him. "Please wake up."

I heard him wake and sure enough he opened his eyes. I had the lamp on and I watched as he squinted. "Bella?"

"Yes," I said and my voice was shaky. I had no idea what the hell I was getting myself into and I was deathly afraid. Anything with Sarah wasn't good and I knew that.

"What's a matter?" He asked me as he noticed my hesitation.

"I've got to go..." I said in a quiet voice. Edward sat up instantly probably giving himself a bad head rush.

"What?" He spat out. "Where too? Bella..."

"Shh." I hushed him. "Just... I... Ally needs me."

"I need you." He said with finality.

I swallowed. "I'll be fine."

"Where are you going?" He demanded, trying to keep a soft tone. "Who am I kidding? You're not going anywhere. Don't be ridiculous and come to bed. Why are you in your jeans? Bella tell me."

I held a finger up to stop his rambling. "Edward. Ally needs me. I must go."

"Where, to who?" He asked again.

"Gas station on 40. Ally needs me."

"Did her car break down?" Edward asked dumbly. "Bella I need you to explain."

"Sarah..." That was all I had to say.

"You're staying home." Edward said.

"Edward..." I started to beg.

"No, you're not getting yourself in even more shit. Look at Jasper and Alice! Do you want that to be us?" He asked me.

"Of course not! I would never want that. That's why I am telling you, Ally told me to just leave a note! How would you like that?" I raised my voice. "Edward!"

"You have to go?" Edward asked after a bit of silence. His tone was sad and soft.

"Yes." I brushed some hair away from his forehead. "I can't ignore this, Sarah wants something and I can't just... ignore it."

"Then I'm coming." He demanded. "I'm going with you or we both are staying home."

Well Ally never said he couldn't come along...

"Fine. Let's go." I gave up, defeated with a sigh.

…

"Where," Yawn. "Are we going again?"

"You should have stayed home." I told Edward.

"No, now you're lucky enough that I let you drive." Edward replied with a smirk.

"You're lucky I let you come." I said.

"You're lucky that I let you go." He quipped back.

"Fine you win." I gave up.

"I know." He chuckled.

…

"Alice?" I asked.

"Bells!" I heard her call from behind me. I turned and she ran into me and hugged me tightly. She looked beside me and saw Edward. "… And… Edward."

"What did you expect?" Edward snapped.

"Calm down." Ally said.

"How can I calm down when you're bringing my wife into this bullshit?" Edward asked her and raised an eyebrow.

"Touché." Ally sighed.

"Edward… It's not her fault. Sarah wants something from me too." I told him.

"Okay, where is she?" He snapped again. Clearly, he should have stayed home. I walked a step closer to him and wrapped my arms tightly around him. He sighed and complied by wrapping his arms around me and holding me tightly. "I don't like this."

"It's going to be okay." I whispered. "Lets just get this over and done with."

That's when I saw headlights.

Then I saw a red car pull into the gas station lot.

I then saw who was in the car.

And it wasn't Sarah.

A/N: Okay, okay I really give to many cliffhangers don't I?

Who do you think it is?

Hint: This person was briefly mentioned in one of the last chapters of IOTRA. Never made an appearance... Yet this person is seeking vengeance.

Review please!