Author's notes: Wow, fifty reviews! Never gotten that many before! Amazing. Lets hope I get to 75 soon! 100 would be nice though. LOL. I'm not really a review junkie, I just like knowing that my readers like my stories. Anyways here is the next chapter.

Disclaimer: I don't own the cheesecake factory. Though I absolutely love their food and the environment and the way it's so pretty inside… and I'm sure their employees are fantastic.

Chapter Eleven

Bella was growing annoyed and started to tap her fingers. Her neighbors who had arrived after her already got their food. After what seemed like forever her food came back, but it was cold. She growled in frustration. Alice and Rosalie had decided to leave and so the waiter was no longer interested in her needs. They told Bella that they had to do something and said to call her when she was done.

Bella finally grew tired of waiter's inability to wait on her and called for the management and complained, deciding not to eat there and she wasted time waiting. This was unacceptable behavior for a restaurant such as the Cheesecake Factory. The manager gave her a gift card for a free dinner next time she came in and apologized profusely, clearly embarrassed by his employee. Bella thanked the nice manager and left to find another place to eat. Finally settling for fast food. She sat down at a table in the food court and munched away her lunch. After she was done, she called her sisters and let her know she was ready and at the food court.

Bella slipped back into her daydream mode. Thinking about Edward, shirtless, pale skinned. Shimmering in the sun, grinning as he laid on the beach of Isle Esme. She was 8 years old and covering him with sand. Making mermaid fins and a bikini top on him. He was frowning as Emmett video record the whole thing, laughing his vampire ass off. But Bella was grinning, and so he didn't mind. He allowed the little girl to have her fun. She smiled at the memory. Edward had laid perfectly still for Bella to do that.

It was then, she realized that she didn't think of him as a brother, but something more. Something she wouldn't find out until she was much older. He was something special to her. Lost in her thoughts and memories, she didn't notice that Alice and Rosalie come up to her until Rosalie cleared her throat, causing her to jump.

"We have to go." Alice said seriously and Bella frowned.

"What's wrong?" She asked, concerned. Wondering if Alice had a vision that caused the sudden mood change. Alice did indeed have a vision, but wouldn't tell her baby sister. Instead they just hurried out to the car. Bags already there piled high in the trunk.

The car ride home was fast, and quiet. Tension filled the air. Rosalie glanced at Alice as she drove. Bella wanted to know what was going on. She hated being left out of things, but Alice told Bella not to worry and smiled reassuringly, though Alice did wish Jasper was here. Jasper refused to go shopping today, wanted to do his homework he claimed.

A faint smiled played on Alice's lips. Jasper was all about academics and his education. He enjoyed learning, and enjoyed teaching Bella when she was homeschooled for a few years. She pulled up in the driveway and got out, leaving the bags inside for the boys to get.

Emmett raced to Rosalie and hugged her, kissing her passionately, spinning her around. She laughed and kissed him back. He was such in a good mood.

"You won't believe what happened!" He said, kissing her again. "I took Edward by total surprise." Rosalie grinned, glad that Edward was finally caught off guard. "How was your shopping trip?"

"It was fine. We got you some new school clothes." Emmett made a face. He really didn't need new clothes, but every so often Carlisle and Esme put their foot down and tell them to go through their closet and donate clothes they no longer wear to the Goodwill, Salvation Army and other places for the needy. Alice and Rosalie didn't like it but knew that if they didn't, Carlisle would cut off their credit cards for a month. He told them it was all about being a parent. Donation time was coming up soon.

Jasper came in and went to Alice and hugged her, taking in a deep breath of her air. "You're tense, what's wrong?" He murmured softly, only she could hear. "Did you see something?" Alice nodded. "What did you see?"

"We should talk to the others tonight." She said, "After Bella is asleep." Jasper nodded, now understanding that it was about his little sister. He wondered what it could be and wished he had Edward's mind reading abilities right now, but since he did not, he just sent soothing calming waves towards his wife. "Thank you Jasper." She said and kissed his lips tenderly.

"Alright boys, now bring in the bags!" Rosalie ordered after a few moments and Jasper and Emmett let their women go and went to the trunk, and sighed at all the bags. They picked them up and took them inside. Alice and Rosalie made piles for everyone. Carlisle and Esme had the shortest, since they usually do their own clothes shopping.

Carlisle had gotten a few new shirts, a pullover, some new ties, a few black pants. They were for work. He was grateful, and thanked his daughters. Esme got a few new tops and a pair of jeans, she kissed each of her daughter's foreheads. Esme and Carlisle went to put their new clothes away and didn't come back down for a while. Suddenly there was laughter and giggles from upstairs, probably remembering a something that happened a long time ago.

Edward didn't come home until long after Bella was asleep and saw his family sitting around the living room, looking serious. He read their minds quickly.

About time you showed up. That was from Alice.

Everything alright, son? That was Carlisle. Edward nodded.

I wonder if I should color my nails a different color… Of course that was Rosalie. Edward rolled his eyes.

Alice is still tense. I wonder what she saw. Why is it making her nervous. That caught his attention. Alice had a vision. He snapped his head towards his sister.

"What did you see Alice?" He said. Alice sighed and looked at her family.

"I wanted to wait until Bella was in bed asleep, before I told anyone." She explained. "I saw the Volturi coming. Aro is with them." The family tense and everyone looked towards the stairs, where their human sibling was fast asleep. "They'll be here in a few days. They know about Bella, and are curious. Especially Aro. I think we should be on our guard, but not act any differently around Bella."

Her family nodded, agreed. They knew Bella would worried endlessly if she knew that some very powerful, very dangerous vampires were coming. Carlisle was more worried about how Bella would react. He knew she never really gotten over the death of her parents and would sometimes still suffer from nightmares, though they were few and far in between. He was brought back to reality.

"I'm sure there's nothing to worry about. I don't see anything bad happening." Alice said, but knew that could change. Edward was frowning at this. He also knew that things could change and he didn't want anything to happen to his Bella.

He got up and dragged himself upstairs and peaked in Bella's room. She was sleeping soundly. He quietly shut the door and went to his room and plopped down on his couch. He would die to protect Bella from the Volturi. They wouldn't touch her. He wouldn't let Jane use her cruelness against her. He growled lowly at the thought.

He WOULD protect Bella at all cost.

To Be Continued…

Endnotes: Time to spice things up! How will Bella react to the Volturi? What will happen to her? Will she survive the encounter? More importantly, will she survive the first day of school? Stay tuned and find out!