Hello! Did you not like last chapter? Well I've chosen Esme to be the one Bella befriends first. It may seem like Edward or Carlisle in this chapter but it won't be. She'll get all embarrassed and block them out. The lovely people who reviewed are below;
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Chapter 6
Righty ho, time for some acting skills. Just to prove to myself I can, if I can fool a vampire I'm pretty sure that counts as an accomplishment. Little did I know that the drama would start even before I got to school.
I was walking to school today, I had time. And I needed that time to get into character. I came into a more densely populated area of town and heard shouting.
"Bree get back here! You haven't made us breakfast or cleaned the kitchen!" I watched as a seemingly drunk man wobbled unsteadily to the door the girl he called Bree had just walked out of. Bree rolled her eyes and carried on walking. As I walked behind her silently, she seemed to go off into a daze, her pace slowed and her eyes glazed over as she looked up at the sky. We came to a turn but she kept walking, heading straight towards the road. I kept telling myself she'll stop in a minute, right this second I had said it a million times before her foot hit the road.
In the distance I heard a car, going far too fast to stop in time. I freaked and grabbed for Bree shocking her out of her daze. She shivered against my cold touch, but froze when she saw the speeding car whoosh past us at an unfathomable speed.
"Thank you" she whispered,
"No problem" I said, my voice laced with relief. I wouldn't have another human life ruined when I could prevent it. She didn't deserve to die so young.
"I should have been paying attention, sorry" She apologized, I shook my head,
"You have nothing to be sorry for, where are you headed?" I looked at her backpack and then the bursting messenger bag at her side. It reminded me of when me and Alice had been packing to run away…running away. Bree was making a run for it.
"I was going to Forks High and then-" she abruptly paused,
"You were running away from home?" I finished for her, a disapproving eye brow raised.
"Um, yeah" she couldn't lie to me, I was a vampire whever she knew it or not.
"I'm going there too, c'mon we'll be late" She looked at me,
"I'm a junior, you?" I asked her,
"Freshman" she groaned, I smiled,
"It's not so bad" once you're over 100 years old. Bree scoffed,
"It doesn't feel that way" she muttered,
"Trust me, it will get better" she nodded,
"I'll hold you to that" I laughed. The rest of the journey to school was filled with a comfortable silence until we got to the cafeteria doors.
"I'll see you around?" Bree said hopefully,
"Sure thing squirt" she glowered at me,
"You're not so tall yourself" she reminded me,
"No I'm not, but you are one of the few people who are shorter than me" I said satisfied,
"Bella!" Alice's soprano called,
"And that would be another one" I said to her smiling,
"Hey Alice" I greeted her, whilst waving goodbye to Bree.
School was pointless, as always. And I was glad I had lunch now. I walked into the cafeteria with a deep pan look on my face.
"Hey Bella-" Mike Newton started, disgusting little rat. I didn't even want to know what goes through his mind.
"How about you do us both a favour Mike, and fuck off" I said and walked straight past him. I had been used to having guys come up to me but it was the way mike looked at me. It was as if he were mentally undressing me or something. It made me cringe. I hated being mean, but I didn't want to be taken advantage of either. Ha, a vampire being taken advantage of? As if, but you get my drift.
I sat down to a very enthralled looking Alice; I followed her gaze to find Edward staring at our table, at me. I bit my lip and looked away. Alice smirked on me but didn't comment.
I heard a loud bang and saw a girl fall and hit her elbow on the side of the table. Mike and his mates laughed hysterically at her, I growled. I smelt it then, the blood. I quickly glanced around but none of the other vampires had noticed yet. I got up and walked over to Jasper,
"Hold your breath jazzy there's blood" I patted his should twice in reassurance before jogging past the other covens table,
"There's blood" I said to them curtly and resumed to run over to the girl. Her hair had fallen in her face as she hid her embarrassment. Or that's what I though until I lifted her head up and her eyes rolled back. She better not faint on me. Then I froze and then smiled warmly,
"Hello again Bree" I said to her, she didn't seem to process who I was for a second and the noise seemed to be making it harder for her to stay conscious.
"Mike! Shut up!" I shouted at him, and then apologized to Bree. If she hit her elbow then she would be a little disorientated but it was the blood and shock that was making her faint.
"Look at me Bree, where does it hurt?" the blood didn't faze me at all. I faintly heard Edward mutter some sort of praise but I was occupied.
"My head" she muttered, I felt gingerly behind her head until I came across dampness. She must have hit it in the fall.
"I need you to try and stay conscious alright? Is there any blood in your mouth?" She shook her head,
"That's good then" I smiled at her, trying to make this a little less frightening. Then I remembered my teeth and stopped.
"I take it you don't want to go in a wheel chair?" I asked, that snapped her out of it.
"NO!" I chuckled; she was just like me when I was human. I whispered in her ear,
"Fine we'll make it look like your walking but put all your weight on me, ok? Otherwise I'll call for the chair" she nodded and I helped her up. A nice girl, Angelica Webber held the door for us and proceeded to help Bree, slinging her left arm over her shoulders like I had done with her right. Angelica's great grandmother, Angela, had been a good friend of mine when I was in Biloxi with Alice. We made in to the nurses office.
"Oh!" she exclaimed as she saw us,
"Come here dear" she fussed over Bree and wasn't paying attention to her wounds, I think I'll have to tell her,
"Her heads bleeding and she hit her elbow hard on the table, the two combined are making her dizzy and dropping in and out of consciousness" the nurse smiled at me,
"Thank you, Bella? Is it?" I nodded, smiling back; not showing too many teeth.
"Yes, thank you for getting it right. Is it ok if I take Bree home today?" the nurse nodded,
"I don't see why not, you're a responsible student; admired by staff and students. I don't see why it would cause a problem" I nodded,
"You can leave your last lesson early to get her, I'll see you then" I thanked her, said good bye to Bree and Angelica (who was staying with her, she was also a freshman and a friend). I kept bumping into Bree today, was she ment to help me? Was I ment to help her? You're not ment to protect humans Bella, it's your instinct to kill them I shuddered, was it so bad that I wanted to look after a younger girl? Pretend she was my little sister? I didn't think so, but it was cruel to mess with Bree's life like that.
My classes went slowly but I found myself walking to the nurse's office in a happy mood, whistling as I skipped through the halls. I got an uncomfortable feeling in my stomach; this was too much like the day I was changed. Whistling as I went to the old man's house, only to lose my life minutes later. I opened the office door,
"Is Bree here?" I asked her, smiling.
"Oh sorry dear, Bree said she needed to go somewhere urgently. I couldn't hold her back any longer. She left about 20 minutes ago" I sighed, but plastered on a grin,
"That's ok, I'll go to my locker" I lied to hide my disappointment. I guess I'll never have anything that resembles a family. I didn't really need to go to my locker, and the feeling in my stomach hadn't lessened. To be honest there was no reason for me to exist anymore. Despite Alice's protests, she would have eventually become very close friends with the Cullen's…like family. It seemed I pushed anyone or thing away that could resemble family.
I needed to get out of their lives; I needed to leave them alone; I needed to go to Italy. I needed to go to the volturi; I wanted to cease my existence. I was of no use to anyone, or myself.
I walked in a daze to my car and got in; I would need to take the underground from Port Angeles first. I made snap decisions, about places I would go. Not thinking of Italy at all. I could block Alice's gift but then she would know what I was doing, she knew me all too well and this was the only way I could make her see how much happier she would be without me. I parked my car; I had arrived in minutes because of my maniac driving. I sprinted down into the dark dingy underground, it smelt of vial things but I walked anyway, I took my time; strolling leisurely. Trouble by Coldplay played eerily in my head and my light footsteps patted on the metal floor.
I could hear a single heartbeat, even and calm. I smiled, they must be going somewhere for a holiday or a break. Looks like we were both getting our peace.
I sat on a bench for a few minutes, waiting for my ride when my stomach lurched. As if telling me to get my ass in gear and do something. I frowned and walked further down the platform. I could hear a faint single footstep every few seconds. I walked faster, still silently but urgently. I didn't understand or even know my reasoning I just had to get there, whever there was. Then the usual slow rhythm of the footsteps stopped. I forgot about blocking Alice, everything sense, every thought seemed to be trained in on this. I heard the train horn blare and I panicked I sprinted at vampire speed towards where I had last heard to footsteps. I could see the train headlights and a deafening horn blare again. There she was, Bree, a millimeter from the edge of the platform, her toes off the edge. She was going to commit suicide. Without thinking about the questions that would be asked later I leapt and pulled her back.
"BREE! WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING!" I screeched at her, she broke down into sobs.
"I'm sorry, are you ok?" I asked and she cried into my shoulder. I rubbed her back.
"It's going to be fine, it'll be alright" I soothed her, it was no longer Coldplay in my head but Adele with Hometown Glory, I felt her nod slightly. Why was I so opposed to Bree wanting to end her life? Hadn't that been what I was about to do, what I was going to do? Isn't that why I was here in the first place? I guess it seemed stupid now, I cared about Bree as Alice and Jasper did for me. I helped her up and sat on the bench behind us.
"Why are you here?" Bree whimpered; I bit my lip. Oh I was just going to the Volturi, you know the rulers of the vampire world; the world I'm part of. And yeah, I was getting the underground to go kill myself and then I found you! I'm a hypercritical little vampire you see. You're not allowed to commit suicide but I am. I scolded myself for thinking like that.
"Bree, by saving you, you've saved me. Let's leave it at that" and we did leave it at that. We didn't speak another word, Bree didn't want to talk about why she was about to throw herself in front of a train as much as I didn't want to explain why I was really there in the first place. And until I talked I knew she wouldn't. I sighed, a plan formulating in my mind.
I got out my phone while I drove, checked Bree was still asleep in the back seat and went onto the internet. Good, I would pike off someone's wi-fi. (A:N LOL I do that all the time, I get kicked off though and then I go back on and it's funny cause they don't know it's me. Yeah you didn't need to know that. Read on). I had practically had Bree on a baby lead; you know to stop them running away? I didn't want her throwing herself in front of a bus ok? I had locked the car doors from the inside as soon as I got in and had Bree in the back seat. She was drained, her injuries were all healed up and the blood didn't bother me so I was ok. I hadn't checked on Jasper or the other coven yet though. They could have slipped. It was bad I didn't even know the coven's name. I guess I hadn't got to work on the undercover stuff yet.
The only person I could talk to about this situation with Bree, and explain it without awquard questions asked was a very talented doctor. Dr. Carlisle Cullen. He could help Bree through this. And hopefully, what he said to Bree would help me without him knowing it. I didn't want the Volturi to think they had to start up a mental institute for the mental, suicidal vampire's like myself. It seems ironic how I got into this life running a friend away from mental institutes and now I was the one that needed to be in one in the first place.
I knew Alice would have known what I planned, and what had actually happened by now, so I was trying to avoid her. I found a state hospital list and found Forks Hospital near the bottom. I tapped on it and it opened up a list of staff, and low and behold right at the top was Dr. Carlisle Cullen. His name was the only one in gold coloured font; I guess he was a respected member of the community. And working as a doctor must take excellent control.
I set off for the hospital; hopefully they could have some people on hand to help coax things out of Bree without scaring or upsetting her. She didn't seem too comfortable around humans, or anyone for that matter. With the exception of me, I think even if she wouldn't' pose as a sister I could watch her from afar, she seemed to need it.
I made it there hesitantly; I picked a sleeping Bree up from the back seat and walked into the hospital. I was immediately surrounded my medical staff.
"She's fine, just a really traumatic day, I need to speak to Doctor Carlisle Cullen, urgently" I said, most walked away and back to their duties. One stayed though,
"He's busy at the moment, can't you see someone else?" I shook my head,
"Well I'm sorry dear-" she so wasn't patronizing me! Ugh!
"Don't you dear me, and if you're going to be patronizing then I'll find him myself" I huffed and walked down the halls, the smell of vampire lingering in the air. There were many vampire scents; maybe they had stayed with him? I didn't care right now, my first priority is Bree.
I found a door that had Dr. Cullen's name tag on. I smiled and knocked at the door. Silence filled the room behind it, and I froze. There were five vampires in that room. After a few seconds, I heard foot falls come closer to the door. Slowly to door revealed a blond hair man with a kind face, in his twenties possibly?
"May I help you?" he asked, concern evident in his face, he was giving her a quick examination. He knew I was a vampire he was probably checking for bite marks.
"I need to talk to you" he nodded, and stepped aside motioning for me to come in. When I got into the room I only saw four other vampires in the room, where had the fifth gone? But what made me freeze was that Alice and Jasper were sat comfortably in a room with Carlisle…and Edward. Oh god, kill me now. I placed Bree lightly down on a sofa in the corner and was tackled by Alice her arms latched around my waist tightly.
"Don't you ever do that to me again! Bella I thought-" I shushed her,
"I haven't told them, or thought about it Bella. Jasper doesn't even know" I let out a breath.
"What changed your mind?" She whispered, I indicated to Bree.
"I've been running into her a lot today; I think that I should explain. But the problem is that I can't explain it to any other doctor without revealing that I'm a vampire. I don't think the receptionist liked me much" I chuckled under my breath.
"Um Alice, you can let go of me now" I said to her uneasily,
"No I nearly just-" I gave her a warning glance.
"Not thinking it!" she held her hands up, setting me free. I looked over at everyone else and they were confused and lost.
"I'm sorry, this must be very frustrating for you" Carlisle smiled warmly at me. My fist kept clenching and my muscles kept telling me to attack.
"Bella, they aren't going to hurt us" Jasper said softly, while leading me to his chair. He sat me in his lap so that he could keep me calm; if I did attack Jasper would be the only one with a hope in hell of keeping me delayed for a second. No longer than that though.
The vampires from the other coven seemed confused by our behavior. One minute Jasper was all lovey dovey with Alice the next I was sat in his lap.
"What did you tell them?" I asked Alice, trying not to be rude and failing as I talked as if they weren't here.
"Nothing, we just got here" Alice said to me hesitantly,
"We couldn't hold a meeting without our leader, I saw you coming here" wait a go Alice give away two pieces of information. Plan one-withhold as much information as possible-out the window. Jasper chuckled, we had similar tactics.
"Oops" Alice said, realizing her mistake,
"It's ok Alice. So-" I said turning to Carlisle and Edward.
"I think you can take a pretty good guess but I think it's best if we know about everyone In this room before we converse" I said calmly, though inside I was suppressing the urge to protect my coven and telling them to run while I killed the threat. But I knew deep down I couldn't kill Edward or Carlisle, no matter how hard I tried. I knew I wouldn't be able to.
"I think that's very reasonable, if you don't mind me saying; you and Alice seem very young" I smiled at Carlisle,
"We'll get to that, you go first" I smiled softly, I knew their history, but I wasn't about to tell them that.
"Well I met Carlisle when I had been changed for a few months-" nothing on Edward's face indicated he was lying, but even without knowing his life story I could see it in his eyes that there was no truth in what he had said.
"Stop, Stop, Stop" I said like an angered director of a crappy movie.
"This will only work if we're honest ok?" I looked pointedly at Edward, he looked abashed, Jasper chuckled.
"You should know now, Bella isn't easily fooled, lied to, and no one can beat her at well…anything" Edward gave a crooked grin,
"She's fast too" Alice said, Edward looked confused at Alice, she couldn't' read minds but she could probably see what plan was formulating in his mind for the future.
"Ok guys! Stop embarrassing me" I looked away, I heard slight laugher from the room.
"So Edward carry, on shouldn't you start with how you were in hospital and Carlisle changing y-you-" I realized my mistake,
"Damn it!" I muttered, aggravated,
"How did you know that?" both Carlisle and Edward asked, I looked away, brow furrowed.
"Because she s-" I growled at Jasper, glad I had wrapped my mental shield around him moments before. They let it go and went on with their story, it was our turn. I went on about how Alice and I lived together as humans, not related though, and then about our change. How I had stayed awake for it. Carlisle had said I was brave to do that for a friend. I had corrected him, saying Alice was like a sister to me. How we went our own way, found our own conscience, met Jasper, and went to England and finally our powers. I think it was more comfortable knowing the background information. Everyone seemed to carefully avoid, loss, or emotion. What had Alice said?
"So, onto the girl?" Carlisle looked at the still sleeping Bree, I nodded.
"Well I first met her this morning, the man I assumed to be her father, seemed drunk and was shouting at her as she walked out the door. I followed her silently, she seemed to be in a daze and I heard a car coming far too fast for humans to hear. She was in the road and I had to pull her back. That was the first time, and then at lunch she slipped and banged her elbow and head. She began to bleed-"
"Thanks for the heads up by the way" Jasper said smiling at me over my shoulder as I was still in his lap. His arm was around Alice.
"Yes, we also appreciated it" Edward said with a smile, which I couldn't help but return. Alice rolled her eyes.
"I took her to the nurse, and then I said I'd pick her up at the end of the day-" Carlisle interrupted me,
"You weren't bothered by the blood?" I shook my head,
"It holds no appeal, its rather sickening actually" I cringed thinking about it,
"It was captivating, you acted human. Carlisle, she showed your control and she's had less than half the time to learn it in" Edward said in a hushed tone.
"I came back at the end of the day to find her gone. I sort of saw her as a sister, the family-" I stopped; I was giving away too much information. I shook my head; Alice looked on, her face full of remorse; she had hoped time and time again I'd let the information loose. I never had. I swallowed,
"I was going on the underground-"
"Why?" Carlisle,
"That's not important" I whispered, "I heard slow, steady footsteps but made no note of it. Until I heard the train, and ever since the afternoon I had this feeling in my stomach, something was wrong. When I got to the where the footsteps were coming from I found Bree about to throw herself in front of the train. I moved to fast, I wasn't careful, I got her safe but I think they had CCTV and I freaked. I came here. I knew you were older and wiser than me, I needed your advice, I didn't expect to be meet here by, well…everyone" I whispered the last part.
"I still can't believe you would…" Alice trailed off, I knew I hurt her.
"I was for the best Alice" her head snapped towards me,
"You haven't changed your mind have you? Oh My God Bella! Seriously! After all we've been through-! You would-! Without a word-!" she didn't finish any of her accusations but I knew she was livid. I cringed away. I got up and sat in the corner rocked back and forth, like my mother used to rock me when I cried.
"Bella?" Jasper was worried, he went to get up but I cringed into the wall.
"Leave her" Carlisle said gently, putting a restraining hand on Jasper's and Edward's shoulder.
"I'll deal with this" he came over to me, and sat crossed legged about a meter away. His calming presense and warm smile made me listen to him as I peered over my knees that were held to my chest.
"Bella, listen to me" he began,
"I don't know what Alice is talking about, but by the sounds of it…its serious" I bit my lip.
"You can tell me and I can help, or you won't tell me and I think your coven will have you on 24hour supervision" he said with a small smile.
"Help Bree first and then I'll think about it" I said weakly, looked away and at the floor.
Bree began to stir, after she woke up Carlisle took her into another room for about five minutes. Then popped his head out the door,
"Bella, she won't talk without you here" I nodded and got up, I sat next to her and gave her hand a reassuring squeezed. After much time and effort, Bree agreed to be helped by social services; she had an abusive father and a mother who left her with him. She had to be on supervision for a few weeks but apart from that everything was ok. Angelica had agreed to bring her notes and the work she missed out on, and Bree seemed content.
We went home, I felt drained. I felt like an idiot, I had shown my weakness twice to the other coven. I practically broke down! And I couldn't solve my problem that I had caused my coven without seeking Carlisle's help. It was humiliating. Carlisle had sorted it all out though and said if I ever needed anything he and Edward would be there. Why would he say Edward? Did he know about my snooping?
"Bella, you can't ignore the fact that you would have-" Alice didn't finish, and Jasper was extremely irritated that Alice wouldn't tell him, or I wouldn't tell him what he had missed.
"Oh yes I can" I muttered,
"If you don't tell someone then I will!" she retorted,
"It isn't your job to do that Alice! It's my life" she huffed,
"I'm your sister, it is my job. And as for that last remark, you wouldn't even have a life if it weren't for Bree's distraction!" she realized she slipped. It all happened so fast. Alice covered her mouth, then apologized saying she wasn't actually going to tell anyone and it just slipped out. Jasper going livid and shouting at me that how could you even think of committing suicide? I ran to a corner and hi my face with my hands as I turned into the wall. And then I was carried into a room. The walls were to thick to break. The doors were to thick to hit through. I couldn't escape all I could hear was Alice saying Jasper was just over reacting and was keeping me safe until he got Carlisle on the phone.
Edward's POV
All three of us were stood by Bella's car, it was magnificent and I told Rose not to get to close. Anyone with this type of car would protective over it. We saw them coming then, the other coven. Alice and Jasper danced around and looked like the regular happy couple, and Bella watched from afar. Did she have to leave her mate? Was that why she was sad?
"Bella chill they're not going to hurt your car" Alice whispered in her ear, I couldn't suppress the chuckled that came from my lips, she didn't care that three vampire were here to possibly hurt her, but she did care that they could hurt her car. She glared at me. She seemed deep in thought for a few moments, before she snapped out of it.
"Would you mind moving, preferably NOW!" Bella growled, Emmet looked petrified but still tugged Rosalie behind him, Rose came before himself in every instance. We had got used to using their names, Carlisle had said it were best if we treat them as one of us to make them feel more welcome. Carlisle also wanted a chance to meet them; it was my job to get them to do that.
"We need to talk" I said, calm and collected.
"Yeah I'm sure we do, now get lost before you find out what my talking is like" Jasper's mind filled with flashbacks, they made me want to growl, to snarl, and to rip the man apart that had even talked to Bella. She had handled herself though; I see her talking is ripping off your head. Bella alerted Jasper to the fact that he was showing me his thoughts. He smiled smugly at my expression, and my strange urge to protect Bella must be on my face. How does Bella know I can read minds? Why can't I just talk to her?
I held my ground; I had a duty to Carlisle.
"We don't take kindly to hybrids being on our territory" Rosalie hissed, Bella snarled, and managed to make me even more drawn to her. Snap out of it Edward!
"I'm not a hybrid" Bella sneered at her, I really didn't care if she was. But her eyes were such a startling Green that it was hard to believe she wasn't human.
"You still have your human eye colour, and you look more human than the other vampires in you coven. I think you are" Rosalie retorted,
"Well I'd stop making assumptions, or better yet do not use your brain. I think your straining yourself, I wonder how much the change enhanced your intellect, or did it destroy it?" Rose looked about ready to rip Bella's head off, in her mind she was preparing to pounce; there was no doubt in my mind that I would stop her. Step in her way. Bella swiftly checked no humans were in the surrounding area and suddenly Rose was floating in midair. It took all my strength to not laugh.
"Like I said, MOVE" Bella stared pointedly at Emmet, seeing him as the biggest threat. Emmet was pleading In his mind for Bella to not start a fight. He didn't think we'd win and didn't want Rose hurt. He also wanted to befriend bella, his thoughts were like this;
Poor girl, she's so young and she's without a mate. Must be hard with the little pixie and scared dude doing what everyone does when they're bored. Maybe I should make sure? Like she said, shouldn't make assumption.
My head snapped in Bella's direction, I desperately needed the answer to this question.
"Where's your mate?" Emmet asked sadness in his tone, or pity. Bella's eyes flared, she doesn't like pity, that going on my list. Yes I was making a mental list of things I knew about her.
"I have no need for a mate" Bella said her chin jutting up, and gave Jasper a warning look. I began to feel other emotions, ones that weren't my own but then my mind was flooded with images of Jasper and Alice. I shuddered and came out of his mind.
Rosalie scoffed,
"Sure" Bella narrowed my eyes, I wish Rose would leave it. Bella seemed so fragile in her mind set and emotions.
"Seeing as you are still completely under my control I'd keep the sarcastic comments to yourself" Bella said smiling but her eyes held true to the threat. I smirked, that was strangely attractive.
"We'll leave, just put my mate down" Emmet pleaded, he didn't care about anything but Rose's welfare at the moment. Bella lowered Rosalie to the ground, breaking her heal on purpose. She shrieked and was about to hit her, I was about to snap her arm off but Bella spoke.
"Ah, Ah, Aah. I wouldn't do that" She teased in a mocking tone.
"Vampires that play with fire, get burned" and like a flash, she darted into the forest. Somehow I doubted that was her full speed. It seemed like a leisurely stroll to her, but she was already faster than me.
Alice and Jasper came over to us, not following Bella like I expected them to.
"You have to be patient with her" Alice said looking directly at me, her thoughts came loud and clear.
She's hurting but she doesn't share, she needs someone but she doesn't know who they are. You just have to be patient, trust me.
I nodded to her, she smiled at me sadly. What was wrong with Bella?
"Won't she wonder where you are?" Emmet asked; Jasper shook his head.
"She's probably hitting her head against a tree right now for being bitter" he said,
"Why would she be bitter?" Rosalie asked, venom gone. She must think she has an understanding of Bella's situation.
"That's the problem, we don't know" Alice answered.
I didn't like the idea of Bella all alone in the forest what if she got hurt, or hunted? Alice and Jasper gave me amused looks. What gifts did they have?
"She had a lot a secrets, a lot of pent up anger, and an attitude to hide it all. It's the people who look past that, that she lets in. remember that" Jasper said, he seemed so wise. How could he possibly know Bella's feelings if she hadn't told him? Then again if she had he wasn't going to tell me…I-I mean us, what she said, is he?
*~(Edward at his locker after school)~*
Still Edward's POV
I heard a vampire approach and locked my locker. I turned to face the spiky haired girl who through the minds of the teacher I knew to me called Alice.
"Edward!" she seemed frazzled, upset, and looked as if she had been dry sobbing.
"Um…shouldn't we not be-I mean Bella…" I stopped when I said her name, my stomach started churning, something was wrong.
"Where's Bella? What's she doing? What'd wrong?" I said frantic,
"How did you know?" Alice asked,
"Gut feeling" I muttered, she smirked, but then flipped back into her frantic state.
"I don't know, but we need to-" her eyes glazed over, and I didn't quite know what to do. My stomach settled just before she snapped out of it.
"Still have the feeling?" she asked, inquisitive.
"No" I said slowly, she beamed.
"We have to go to the hospital. Do you know if Carlisle Cullen will be there?" Did she know my relation to Carlisle? I didn't think so.
Alice's POV
I can't believe Bella! I had started sobbing in my class, I wasn't allowed to leave. I tried to leave by force but I had been stopped by the head, I couldn't use my vampire abilities. I felt so helpless, so useless. I knew I had to find Edward. He was my last hope on getting Bella to change her mind.
I ran down to halls, skidding round the corners until I found him. He closed his locker and faced me. We talked and I was amused to find out he knew something was wrong with Bella. They're gunna be mates a voice sang in my head. But I had a vision.
Bella walked through the halls in a rush, a small girl with long brown hair in her arms. She seemed to be asleep or unconscious. Bella froze at a door with the name plate Dr. Cullen and knocked on the door.
I explained to Edward that we needed to find Carlisle. I vaguely remember something about the Doctor when Bella was stalking Edward, but other than his name I didn't know anything about him.
Edward's POV
We had just made it to the hospital and into Carlisle's office when Alice hazed out again, Jasper looked worried as he rubbed her back soothingly. Alice broke into a smile and Jasper relaxed. Both seemed very good at hiding their thoughts. They seemed to choose to let me see the Barney episode as they thought of something else. Something else that was hidden to me.
"Try to stay clear of Emotions ok?" Alice warned, we nodded.
(A:N I'm not going to repeat the conversation again because that's boring okay dokey?)
Bella went home with her coven, I had been surprised to see her so vulnerable. And I wasn't happy Carlisle hadn't let me go over to her.
"Why wasn't I allowed near Bella?" I asked him, irritated, he smiled knowingly. Why do people keep doing that?
"Because, you might have scared her" he said wisely. That thought hurt. Would I have scared her? Would I be no help?
"Oh" Carlisle smiled weakly,
"She'll come around" he left me with my thoughts then, his own on a sick patient that had no family and was going to die.
*~(Back at the Cullen house)~*
We got home when the phone rung, no one had our house number apart from family. Who could be calling? We let it go, but it was persistent. I picked it up,
"Hello?" I answered, my voice wasn't amused. The feeling in my stomach was back and I wanted to see if I could find Bella.
"Edward! Get Carlisle, NOW" he hung up, I take it there has been an incident at their house. Alice had given me a slip of paper with an address on it at my locker. I hadn't known what it was for until now. I got Carlisle and we went to the address, we pulled up outside their house. It was lovely, huge, and elegant. But we couldn't admire that now. We walked in and Alice practically threw the door open.
"Jasper's gone way over protective and I don't know what to do! Bella-" My gaze snapped to her,
"What about Bella?" I asked her,
"She didn't want me to tell anyone, Jasper found out my accident and he's well he locked her in a room she can't get out of. Well she could but she wouldn't upset me by breaking the door" Alice rushed out, panicky. I brushed past her and found the room Bella was in easily.
"Bella?" I whispered, I could hear her rocking as her shoes steadily tapped the floor. I turned to Jasper,
"Why did you lock her in there?" I accused, anger boiling inside of me.
"Because, that way she's safe until you Doc can fix her head" he said, I growled,
"There's nothing wrong with her head!" I said to him,
"How would you know? You haven't knows her for more than 100 years…" he paused and sighed,
"I'm sorry, I'm just worried. I didn't mean to snap" he apologized,
"Sorry, I'm just a little…concerned" petrified, over bearably protective, ready to tear this house apart to get to her. Concerned, no not really it was to light a word. Jasper opened to door so that Carlisle could get in. but as soon as it was open a blur ran past us. Bella. I wasn't faster than her, but Alice got in her way. I grabbed her gently and held her still.
"Where do you think you're going?" I asked her quietly,
"Away" she muttered, not looking at me.
"Yeah, to Italy" I froze as Jasper said that. I gently lifted her chin so I could look her in the eyes. She cast her eyes down.
"Look at me" I whispered, she obliged reluctantly.
"What were you going to do this afternoon? I never did find out" I said to her, a small crooked grin on my face.
"I was going to commit suicide"
Hope you liked it, I was going to put the whole befriending thing in here but the chapter got to long I think this is like 10 pages. Sorry if you hate long chapters.
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Sasha XxxX