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I gritted my teeth and stared at her with venomous eyes.
"Don't even try to plot running away... I'll just follow you." She said, jabbing a finger to the side of her head, "I know where you're going remember?"
I let out a sigh in defeat and moved the door open more so she could come into my room.
She smiled happily and skipped into the room, I turned and saw her seated on one arm of my couch.
I followed her in silence and sat on the opposite arm.
"Tell me." She commanded, her voice a mix between frustration and gentleness.
I looked at her for a long moment, "Did you see it happening?" I asked suspiciously, maybe that was why she'd been acting so weird.
She gazed at me for a long moment and the silence filtered through the house like a drum.
She shook her head, "Saw what happening Edward?"
"You must have Alice." I persisted, "How else would you have known there was something wrong with me?"
She smiled gently, "You're my brother Edward. I can just tell when something's bothering you."
I gazed at her endlessly and eventually nodded, accepting that she honestly didn't see it coming.
"Edward, tell me." She said tenderly.
I looked at her for what seemed like eternity, and eventually I spoke, "She's alive..." I whispered, "Bella's alive."
She didn't move, she didn't speak, and even her thoughts were silent. Her eyes were frozen and her lips parted slightly.
"Alice?" I began.
"She's alive?" she asked, her voice holding a hint of annoyance.
"Yes..."
"How?"
"She's a vampire."
"Did the O'Kelly's change her?" she asked suddenly.
I shrugged, "I don't know. I think they would've told me, but I can't be sure... They did lie to me about everything else."
She nodded slowly, her voice still annoyed, "So if she's a vampire... If she's alive..."
"Yes?" I queried.
"Did you talk to her? Where is she?" she asked suddenly, her voice raising and her eyes becoming wide.
I stayed silent for a moment and then spoke softly, "I don't know where she is. I didn't talk to her, I-"
"Why not?!" she suddenly exploded, so that was why she was annoyed. I watched as her hands flew into the air and I could feel the anger in her thoughts.
"Alice..." I said, shaking my head.
She must have saw the sadness in my expression because she stopped and spoke quietly, "Tell me what happened."
"I was walking to the dressmakers and I passed the bookstore." I started, looking down at my hands, "I was listening to everyone, laughing at them and then I heard this laugh... Such a beautiful laugh, Alice... It was Bella's laugh." I looked up at her and she was watching me sympathetically, "I turned and looked through the window... It was Bella. My Bella. She was laughing at a book... I watched her like she was a ghost, I couldn't truly believe she was there. She was just like I'd left her back in 1918. Her brown hair and pale skin... Except this time she had golden eyes, which seemed even more beautiful than her brown ones, incredibly... I was going to talk to her." I nodded admittedly, "I even put my hand on the door handle, but I stopped myself."
"Why?" Alice whispered breathlessly.
"Because... Because she was so happy Alice." I said helplessly.
"Happy?" Alice asked through unmoving lips, her brows were furrowed and her eyes were in deep concentration.
I nodded sadly, "She had that look in her eyes, the look she had when she was in love with me... I had the same look too, but I haven't since 1918... How could I just turn up in her life, and ruin her happy one? She obviously doesn't miss me, does she?"
"So what did you do?" she asked, her lips still motionless.
"I went and picked up your dress and came home."
"That was it?" she asked.
I nodded, "Nothing's changed... I get on with my life, she gets on with hers."
Alice shook her head, as if my words knocked her from her daydream. She stared at me intensely, "But Edward, you don't have a life to get on with. You're living in a nightmare. You need Bella."
"But she doesn't need me, Alice." I whispered.
She looked at me and she shook her head, "Edward don't you realise what you've done?"
I stared at her unknowingly, she began talking again with a little shake of her head, "Bella. Your Bella. The love of your life. Your soul mate. She was right there in front of you Edward. Something you never thought you'd see again, and you did. You never thought you would see her again, you've mourned her every day since 1918 and you haven't gotten any better. You're never going to forget her... She was right there Edward!" she said powerlessly, "You could touch her, talk to her, be with her! You never, in your wildest dreams thought you would ever have that chance again... And you let it slip away?" she asked incredulously.
"But-"
"No, Edward." She said quietly, "You let her go after seeing her for one second. How do you know she wasn't just having a good day? She could be thinking about you right now... Wishing you were alive and she could see you again, when she could..."
I looked at my hands and then back up at her.
"But I could see the happiness there Alice. I couldn't ruin her life by turning up... I love her too much. I want her to be happy, even if I'm not."
She frowned and looked the couch for a long minute.
Suddenly she jumped off the sofa and began walking towards the door, "Alice... What are you doing?" I said, getting off and following her.
"I'm making you happy." She said simply as she walked out the door, and out of my sight.
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