"So what brought you to Alaska, Charlie?" I asked, pretending to take a sip of my coffee.

He glances at me with sad eyes.

"I was just driving I guess." He shrugs and sips at his coffee.

In his mind, I knew it was more than that.

He was driving to get away, hoping that maybe he could outrun his sorrow.

I only nodded though, knowing he didn't really want me to know that.

"And you?" Charlie asks, setting his coffee down.

"I am trying to get away from Forks for a while...visiting some friends of the family...though that didn't go to well.." I explained, my thoughts wandering to the time with Tanya.

I flinched.

"That bad, huh?" Charlie asked.

I shrugged, gazing down at the table.

We were silent for while, both of our thoughts lingering on Bella.

My phone rang and Charlie jumped.

I looked at the screen and answered.

"Alice." I said, my voice flat.

"Edward, listen. I had a vision. You need to come home." Alice said. "A snow storm is coming."

I mentally shut down.

This was too much, it was too soon.

This couldn't be happening.

My small world was crumbling before me.

We weren't ready.

We wouldn't be able to stop them.

"Edward! Listen to me! You need to be here. Now."

I snapped to attention, adrenaline flooding me.

"I'll be there in 15 minutes."

I snapped the phone shut and sat up quickly.

I turned to leave, but remembered Charlie was sitting there.

"Charlie, I have to go. It has been a pleasure speaking-"

He stared at me, dumbfounded.

I quickly scanned his mind, and realized what I had done wrong.

I had gotten up too fast. Inhumanly fast.

"Are you okay, Charlie?" I asked carefully.

He nodded, telling himself he imagined it.

"Goodbye, Edward."

I had a strange feeling that this was the last time I would see him, and felt a tinge of sadness.

I quickly walked over and hugged him tightly.

"Goodbye, Charlie."

I stepped back and rushed away from the small picnic table, careful to go at a human pace.

Once I was out of sight, I sprinted toward forks.

The wind blew my hair back, clearing some of the dried dirt.

The whole time, panic edged my thoughts as I fought to stay calm.

And God was it getting harder.

I arrived in the fifteen minutes I promised Alice.

She was pacing by a tree, near the edge of the forest.

She stopped when she saw me, staring at me with wide, sad eyes.

She reviewed the events that had happened over the time I was gone, and I sighed with relief.

I was glad that the Denali coven had decided to come after all, even after my event with Tanya.

"What does this mean for us? Will we win?" I asked.

She shook her head slightly. "I don't know. The wolves are blocking my vision."

I sighed.

"When will the snowstorm be here?" I asked.

Before Alice answered, I saw the thought in her head.

Two days.

Just two.

My mind went blank again as I mentally crashed. Again.

Why was this happening to me?

I was aware of Alice shaking me, but I just couldn't respond.

I was frozen with stress, my brain thinking of so many things at once.

Renesmee. Tanya. Charlie. Volturi. Bella.

Bella.

Carlisle was pulling me into the house, and I saw people's lips moving, but I couldn't hear.

A fog was clouding my vision, like a grey screen.

I passed the Denali coven, taking in each of their shocked faces.

And then, I was being lead past Renesmee.

I stared at her face, the fog clearing as I stared, but my brain stayed unconnected to my body.

Renesmee was the only thing I saw.

Then, I was in a room. Carlisle's office.

There was a terribly bright light shining in my eyes, but after a second it was gone.

I was momentarily blinded, but quickly adjusted again to find Carlisle's mouth opening and closing, his fingers snapping in my face, hitting me lightly, or what I think was lightly, on the cheek.

And then, all of my senses came back suddenly.

Carlisle was shouting, and combined with his thoughts and his snapping it felt like my ears were going to explode.

I reached out without thinking, stopping his hand and shutting his lips.

He pulled back, but didn't make any other sounds.

"Carlisle, can you please bring me Renesmee?" I asked, not trusting myself to move, but wanting to see her.

He nodded and in a flash he was gone.

After a minute of bickering with Jacob, he agreed to let him come with her.

A moment later, Jacob and Renesmee walked in.

Renesmee immediately reached her arms out to me.

I noticed she had grown. A lot.

How could you just leave like that? Jacob shouted from his thoughts.

I shrugged.

Do you realize that you just left her unprotected? What if those vampires had come and-

"Jacob," I said quietly, at the verge of snapping his neck. "I would appreciate if you stop screaming at me and just go. I really can not handle this at the moment."

He stared at me, opened his mouth, decided against it, and put Renesmee in my arms, stomping his way out and slamming the door.

Renesmee put a unnecessary hand on my cheek.

She wanted to know where I had been.

I sigh. "I had to go away for a bit. Visit some friends.." My mind wandered to Tanya for a second. "Oh, and I saw your grandfather."

Can I go see him? she asked.

"Maybe. We will see." I say, patting her head.

She was silent for a moment.

"We're not ready, are we?" Renesmee asks. I was taken aback for a moment, wondering when she had learned to speak.

I realized she understood the situation much more than I thought.

I kissed her on the forehead. "Hopefully we will be ready in time."

She pressed a hand to my chest.

Are you mad at me?

"No! Why would I be mad?"

Through her head, she flashed some pictures of the earlier events.

"This wasn't your fault, Renesmee." I say, shaking my head slightly. "And besides, even if you caused everything, I would still love you."

She smiles sadly.

"I love you too, Daddy."