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I pulled Alice aside at the first possible opportunity. I yanked her into my room and shut the door, so our conversation would be private. Or as private as it could be in a house full of vampires with supersonic hearing and a ghost that could become invisible at will. A ghost, I might add, that I just realized I was madly in love with.

I glared down at my spritely sister, and she smiled back innocently. Alice, innocent. What a laugh. But I didn't feel like laughing. "What have you done?" I hissed at her furiously. Alice narrowed her eyes.

"Don't you take that tone with me, Edward. I haven't done anything. I'm just the messenger."

I snorted, and rolled my eyes. "Like you don't take every opportunity to interfere."

"I freely admit that I often take advantage of my extra senses, but so do you. What's the point in seeing the future, or reading minds, if you don't use it?"

"That's not the point, Alice." I moaned. "I have fallen in love with a ghost, and you didn't even warn me!"

Alice grinned like the Cheshire cat."But you're so cute together!" She squealed shrilly, jumping up and down and clapping. I put my hands over my ears, trying to protect them.

"You sound like one of those ridiculous air-headed human girls," I complained.

"Sorry. Just trying to make a point." I rolled my eyes again.

"Alice. Focus, please. We're talking about the end of my life, remember?"

"No, Edward! Don't you see?! We're talking about the beginning. Bella may be a ghost, but she is still you're mate. After so many years of being alone, you have found your partner." Alice grabbed my arm, trapping me with her eyes. "I've felt this coming for a long time, that you would find love. Of course," she added, laughing."I didn't see the part about her being a two hundred year old specter, but everyone knows that life is unpredictable."

I averted my eyes. It was strange thinking of Bella as my mate, but I knew it was true. "Alice, she doesn't even know that I love her. And just think about this for a minute. We can't be together. I can barely touch her. And what happens when we have to leave Forks in a few years? She's tied to the house, she can't leave."

Alice grinned. "We'll figure out something, Edward. Don't worry. For now, just enjoy it."

I glared. "Back to my earlier point. She doesn't know I love her." Ah, Edward, my poor, dear, stupid brother, has it ever occurred to you that she feels the same way?

"Huh?" I said, ever so intelligently.

The third part of Alice's vision of the nomads drifted into my mind, the one she had hidden from me. Bella and me. Kissing. Her arms were tightly wrapped around my neck, and my hands were braided in her hair. Bella was literally glowing, her entire body sparkling. It was impossible to mistake the happiness on her face. I vaguely recognized the background as my room.

Go find her. Tell her that you love her. She loves you, too. She did. Bella loved me. The sensation of walking on air surrounded me again. I grinned like an idiot.

She's going to talk to you, Alice thought triumphantly. Her vision was of Bella, standing uncertainly outside my door, wringing her hands, nervously. Tell her, Edward. You both deserve happiness. I'll go now, and give you to some privacy.

Actually, she was only giving Bella the illusion of privacy. She made no attempt to hide the fact that she was going downstairs to sit on the couch and listen as hard as she could with…

"You told Rosalie?" I gasped in horror. The last thing I needed was for both of my sisters to be listening in on the already stressful scenario of having to tell the woman I adored that I was in love with her.

Of course I did. Rose's different, now. She likes Bella. She'd be so overjoyed if Bella joined our family. Indeed, I could hear her thoughts, bubbling with enthusiasm as she waited for Alice. "You're shameless," I muttered. "You're really, really horrible."

I know. She waved mockingly at me. Good luck, lover boy. She tossed smugly over her shoulder. Yeah, Edward, came Rosalie's thoughts. Don't screw this up.

I leaned back, staring at the cracks running through my ceiling. I tried to think of what I would say to her. "Oh, hey there, Bella. I just realized that I'm totally and irreversibly in love with you. I'm going to need you to go with the flow, and become a creepy vampire's mate. Don't worry, you'll love it. By the way, my psychotic sisters are eavesdropping downstairs. Isn't that thrilling?! Bless their dead, little, frozen hearts!" Oh, yes. That would be interesting to see.

A soft knock interrupted my contemplation of my doom. "Edward? Can I come in?"