Chapter 15

Plans

Carlisle suggested that we stuck to our original plan and stayed in Italy for another two days, to keep a close eye on the Volturi. Alice loved that idea; once we all officially settled down, she went shopping dragging Esme and Elizabeth with her. She also tried to get me to go, but shopping was not my idea of fun.

Renesmee had calmed down, mostly, due to Jasper's influence. Edward and I took her to a quieter room so that we could call Jacob. I was surprise that he was the one who actually answered the phone, for some reason I expected Billy to answer saying that Jacob was not in. But there he was, and was he upset! He went on and on about how we should not have left without talking to him, without him saying goodbye. In my mind, I wanted to just argue back, after all, we would only be gone for three days. I did not want to upset Renesmee, so I just cut him off, saying that she wanted to talk to him.

They talked on the phone for a little while, than Renesmee passed the phone back to me. Jacob was now much calmer; his voice wasn't as loud and angry.

"Sorry about earlier Bella, are you still coming back when you said you would?"

"Yes, we are." I assured him.

"Good. I will see you then."

As soon as I hung up the phone, Rosalie came in and asked if she could take Renesmee shopping. Edward and I gazed at each other, he seemed pleased with the idea; it would be good for Renesmee to go out. They would go shopping outside of Volterra, so the chances of encountering a Volturi were highly unlikely.

Carlisle said he had some things to discuss with Jasper, Charlie and Emmett; that he would bring us up to date on it at a later time.

Edward and I did not have any idea what that was about, but we took the opportunity to spend some quality time together.

Outside of our room, there was a beautiful balcony, with a great view of the city. We just stood there for a few hours, remembering the good parts about the last time that we had been here. I stood there, in the comfort of Edward's arms, thinking about everything that happened to us since. I thought about how lucky we were to have Renesmee, and how lucky we were to be all together. I looked at Edward, to see that he was smiling; I could tell by his expression that he was probably having the same thoughts.

After a while, just standing there, holding each other, Edward said that we should go back; his voice was smooth and calm. He kissed my forehead and we went back to Carlisle's hotel room, where we had left him with Charlie, Emmet and Jasper.

Curiosity started to take over my mind. The others were still not back, and I wondered if we would have to wait for them to find out what their discussion was about.

Carlisle chuckled as he noticed my curiosity. Emmett, as expected gave his input.

"Let's make them wait, this can be fun!"

I just rolled my eyes; that was typical Emmett behavior.

Carlisle laughed, but then, began speaking.

"I will just tell you now, and I will explain to the others once they return…. We were just discussing a plan of action to enforce the rules, if we need to. We all know that Jasper has a lot of experience with newborn vampires, which are the ones most likely to break the rules. So, I am putting Jasper in charge of any tasks that we may come across. Alice and Elizabeth should be able to make the predictions that will help him in getting to the source of a problem. Emmett and Charlie will work with Jasper. Emmett is fast, that always helps in dealing with newborns."

I was already certain of Charlie's role in this, so I just finished Carlisle's sentence for him. "… and dad will disable the ability of whoever is creating problems."

"That is correct." Carlisle confirmed. "Now, we do not want to destroy anyone. Newborns need to have a chance to know the rules. If after given that opportunity, they still create problems, then we may have to take further actions."

"That makes sense, but I want to help." I couldn't picture myself just going on with daily things while some of us, were working to protect so much.

My wiliness to help seemed to upset Charlie.

"Bells, there is no need for you to be in any danger. You have Renesmee to take care of."

Edward interrupted. "Carlisle, I would also like to help."

"Son, you both will get your chance to help. Depending on the situation or how many we are up against, we will revisit our plans. Remember that we also need some of us to stay somewhat near the reservation in case they need protection."

I wasn't pleased, but there was no point in arguing with Carlisle, especially when he had Charlie on his side.

The others arrived all at the same time. Rosalie had called Alice, and they met in the city. Alice and Rosalie had gotten everyone so many clothes and shoes. I wasn't too happy about having to pack all of these extra clothes. I wondered if Alice bought extra suitcases; we would surely need it.

Edward took Renesmee to our room so she could go to sleep; as they left, Carlisle told everyone else what the plan of action was. They all agreed. Alice gazed at Jasper and could not stop smiling; she was pleased to see Jasper so happy. It was if he had found purpose in being what he is.

Carlisle asked that Alice tried to focus her visions on complications caused by newborns.

Alice seemed concerned. "Carlisle, it might take a while to get my visions working in such way. I am so used to just focusing on our family."

"Don't put too much stress on yourself Alice. Just do your best."

Alice seemed more relaxed now. I was willing to bet that Jasper had something to do with that. I could feel that he was controlling the emotions in that room.

We would leave Italy in the morning, so we all went on separate ways. Charlie and Elizabeth came with Edward and I. We all talked to Charlie about our experiences with newborn vampires, their strengths, weaknesses, and so on.

As the sun started to rise, we heard a knock on the door. It was Jasper.

He said that Alice had been trying to focus on her visions for hours, and that she finally had one. He went on to explain what she had seen, eager to get to work.

"Alice saw two newborns, a male and a female. They were abandoned by their creator, and they have been causing some problems in a small town in New Hampshire. It should be easy work."

Charlie also seemed eager to get to work. It was good to see him like that. "So what is the plan, he asked Jasper."

"Emmett, Elizabeth, Alice, you and I will take a flight to New Hampshire. The others will return to Forks."