"How are things?"

"Oh! They're…all right." I said, biting my lip.

Great… I thought. Why does Morgan have to call now of all times?!

"You having fun?" I asked.

"Yes! Damien is waiting impatiently right now because he wants to go to the beach. Hold on, Damien…"

I smile. "It's all right. We have to do a few things right now anyway, so you two should go and enjoy yourselves."

"I'll call later, okay? Bye, Alice! Love you all!" Morgan hung up. I breathed a sigh of relief. That was too close.

If she had noticed I was too eager to get off the phone? Oh, she'd be suspicious and demanding to know what's wrong…and we know about her power, so I'd have to answer. Then…it'd be chaotic.

Just stay calm, and don't let Morgan know anything. Not yet. It's way too soon.

"I hate lying to her…" I mumbled.

"I know, but for now it's for the best." Jasper said.

"I wouldn't know what to do if I were her and found out…so yes. It is for the best…"

Be safe, Morgan…

(Morgan's Point of View)

"Hey!!" I said, giggling. "Don't splash me!"

Damien laughed and held up his hands. "All right, all right."

"Isn't it great that Alice got us a reservation on a private island?"

So even though we're in the sun, there's nobody here to see us.

Damien nodded. "Even better because we're alone…" he said coming over to me in the water.

I believe Alice said something to me about it's a small island in the Caribbean.

"I know…"

He kissed me. I kissed him back and then stopped.

"Morgan?" he asked.

I stayed silent for a moment.

"Do you think the only reason Alice sent us so far away and wanted to hang up so quickly is because something's going on?"

I looked up at Damien's sparkling face. "What if it's something bad?"

He kissed my forehead. "Nothing bad is going on, Morgan…at least it shouldn't. You've gone through too much already."

"Sometimes I just don't know…" I mumbled.

"Morgan…"

I sighed. "All right, I'll be cheerful and not dwell on it…"

"Good." He said, kissing me one more time on the lips.

Floating here in the middle of the ocean with my soul mate…it was relaxing, peaceful…a lot of things I haven't really had in a very long time.

"I'm going to go back to shore…"

He grabbed my hand and I looked back at him.

He looked as if he were about to say something and then let go of me.

"It's okay. I'm not depressed, really. Just…curious."

He smiled faintly and nodded.

I hope nothing too bad is going on there… I thought.

(Alice's Point of View)

"Did you see them, Jazz?" I asked Jasper as he walked in from hunting. He shook his head.

I sighed. Maybe they really were gone. Maybe. Maybe not.

"I know!!" Bella piped up. The two were here and filled in. Edward was a little angry about not being told sooner.

"What is it?" I asked.

"I could ask Jacob if he or any of the pack have seen them!" she said.

"No," Edward, Jasper and Emmett said together.

Carlisle was at the hospital working his shift, Rose was out hunting and Esme sat quietly, listening intently.

"No, wait." I said.

Bella looked at me hopefully.

"Maybe the dogs have seen something we haven't." I said.

"They're not dogs, Alice."

I rolled my eyes. "Dogs, mutts, wolves…whatever."

Bella muttered something that sounded like: "They're my friends…"

I glared at the window.

What is up with her?? Let it go, Alice…just let it go…

"Fine, just go. Edward you'll have to stay here. You know to read thoughts and make sure they don't come back."

Edward looked at me with strained eyes for a minute. He sighed.

"Very well."

"I'll take Bella to go talk to the wolves."

"I'll get to see Jacob?!" she said, jumping out of Edward's grasp.

"Be careful." He said, his tone clarifying that he meant it.

She sighed. "Jacob won't hurt me, Edward."

"You never know." He muttered, turning his head to glare out the window.

"I'll be back soon, okay?" she said, smiling at him.

Now watch this, Edward you're going to look back at her. We all know you can't resist her smile. I thought. I was really getting amused by this.

He looked at me, his eyes cold.

"Edward…?" Bella said softly.

He finally looked at her and nodded.

"Okay, Alice! Let's go!"

Told you so, Eddie.

"Don't call me Eddie." Edward said.

"Huh…?" Bella asked.

I shook my head. "Let's go."

(Bella's Point of View)

I know it's been a while since I've seen them but, I'm sure Jacob will still be the same…

I parked my car in front of his house. I looked in the garage, remembering the old times when he was still looking for a missing part for the Rabbit. That was when…Edward had left.

He wasn't in there.

I knocked on the door and heard someone shuffling to get to the door inside.

Jacob was the one who had opened the door.

He was wearing a dirty white T-shirt—with stains all over it—and some slacks. He was barefooted, too.

"Bella? It's been a while. Hey! Come in," he said opening the door wider.

"Thanks…" I said, tentatively walking inside.

"Is you Dad here?" I asked.

He shook his head. "Gone fishing."

"Oh."

He offered me a seat on the couch and I sat down. He sat down on the recliner and sighed.

"Now what's the real reason you stopped by? It probably wasn't for old time's sake."

"Jacob, we've been very busy lately. I haven't been not seeing you intentionally."

He rolled his eyes.

"Now what would've made you so busy, huh?"

"Morgan and Damien." I said.

"Oh you're new bloodsucking buddies? You want to ask me something to help them out, don't you? Well you can forget that ever—"

"Hey!" I snapped.

"Don't talk about Morgan or Damien that way! They're good people! Just because they're vampires doesn't mean they're not kind!"

He snorted. "Bella, you have got to be kidding—"

"The only reason I came here was to ask you if you've seen two nomads roaming around here lately." I snapped.

He looked up at me.

"Well, now that you mention it, Embry did mention he thought he saw something the other day. But maybe that was coincidental."

"Well, if you do see them—"

"It's not another Victoria is it? Honestly, you get in enough trouble for just knowing those parasites!" Jacob cried.

"If you see any more signs of activity from those two, let me know. Please." I said, getting up.

"Where are you going?! You just got here!" Jacob said.

"I have the feeling that part of me really isn't welcomed here." I said, slamming the door.

I got into my red Chevy—which is pretty close to dying, unfortunately—and turned it on. I sped out of his driveway and got onto the road. I saw Jacob glaring at me out of his window.

The part of me that's unwelcomed there is the part of myself that wants to be a vampire.

I sighed.

Jacob just didn't understand at times. It was so frustrating!

Well…I'll make it up to him later. I just have to go report to Alice.

(Alice's Point of View)

"Is something weird happening, Alice?" she asked.

"Morgan, no! Everything is absolutely fine!"

She was silent for a moment. "If you say so…"

"Hey, Damien wants to talk to you." Morgan said.

"Put him on…" I said, sighing.

"Alice, what's really going on?" Damien demanded.

Oh, jeez…could I really keep a secret from Damien? I thought.

"Don't tell Morgan, okay?" I begged.

He sighed. "Okay."

"We believe we've found the two that changed Morgan."

"What?! What do they want?!" he said.

"We don't know yet. We think they may want to kill her. So thank God you two are on your honey moon."

"What does this mean?" he asked.

"It means," I said taking a deep breath, "that Morgan is in danger."