Author Notes: I'm sorry for the delay. I have SOOO much I want to do. I keep saying "I'm gonna end it soon!" but I keep dragging it out because there's so much I want to add. My goal is 35 chapters, I'll go to 40 but not any farther than that. I DO have an ending planned, but it just takes time to get there. I'm sure YOU'RE all anxious to get to the ending, hehe.

Beside having so much I wanna do, I also had writers block AND my brother got the family a Wii for Christmas so I've been playing that too. Anyways, enjoy this chapter and tell me what you think!

Chapter Thirty-One

The trip to Seattle was fun, even Edward could admit it. Bella actually had fun shopping since her friends were there and the guys snuck off to the arcade while the girls did their things, except Jasper, he opted to stay close to Alice. Emmett and Rosalie tagged along as well. Well, it was fun at first.

Rosalie held a shirt up to Bella and shook her head. Bella's friends were seeing Barbie Bella for the first time and were highly amused. Bella finally snatched the shirt out of Rosalie's hand.

"Enough already!" She said laughing and Rosalie smiled, glad to see her sister happy. "I'm going to pick out my own clothes." Bella's friends jumped at the chance to be given pointers of what to wear. Alice and Rosalie happily obliged.

Alice was in the middle of helping Angela when she spaced out and gasped softly, nearly dropping the shirt she held. Jasper and Rosalie were by her side as humanly possible and excused themselves from their mortal friends. They turned to Bella and told her to keep them company.

"What did you see?" Jasper asked softly, running a hand down his beloved's face. Alice squeezed her eyes shut and shook her head. Jasper's arms wrapped around her, enveloping in her into a protective hug. He murmured softly in her ear words of comfort and encouragement to tell them what she saw.

"Aro." She said. "Aro kills Bella. In one week." She sobbed against him. "Edward…dies too. Trying to stop it." Jasper and Rosalie exchanged glances and looked over at their sister laughing with her friends. Jasper ran a hand through Alice's hair, trying to calm her down.

"Well, we wont let either one get hurt by the Volturi scum." Rosalie assured Alice. They agreed to keep this from Edward for the time being.

"I'm okay now." Alice murmured in Jasper's chest. He pulled back and kissed her tenderly. They returned to Bella and her friends and Alice put on her happy, bouncy face.

Edward carried Bella inside. She had fallen asleep on the way home. Alice exhausted out the whole shopping group. In fact, by the time it was time to go, Jasper was looked like he was about to fall asleep from the exhaustion he was feeling from the humans.

Rosalie, Jasper and Alice were huddled together. They were thinking of different things, trying to keep Edward out and were writing on paper. Edward frown as he went upstairs and tucked Bella in. He walked out and went into the hall to see Carlisle and Esme come out of their room. Carlisle's hair was messy and disheveled. Edward shuddered.

"Have fun shopping Edward?" Esme asked smiling. "Get anything for the wedding?" Alice and Bella were slowly planning the wedding, though him and Bella hadn't picked out a date yet. Bella wanted to marry Edward before turning eighteen.

"New dress shoes, but that's all." Edward said. "Alice spent only three hundred dollars tonight." A frown spread across his face. "She's blocking me out, so are Jasper and Rosalie." He excused himself and went back into Bella's room and gently shook her.

"Bella, sweetheart?" Bella stirred and opened her eyes. She smiled when she saw him. "Bella, did Alice have a vision tonight while I was at the arcade with the others?" Bella yawned and nodded. "Did she tell you?"

"No," Bella said sleepily, her eyes started to droop shut again. "…Was upset…not worry about it…" Her voice faded as she fell back into a deep slumber. Edward could feel that it was Jasper's doing. Edward frowned and once again, left the room. They were hiding something from him.

He went downstairs at vampire speed and stood in front of them, arms crossed. "What's going on? What are you hiding? Bella told me you had a vision, Alice." He was angry for being left out of the loop. "If it has… oh…" Alice showed him the vision. "Oh."

"We have to change her. It's the only way to protect her now. I don't want the Volturi to kill my sister." Rosalie said quietly and everyone looked at her. She hated being a vampire more than anything. The only thing keeping her alive was Emmett. "Please, Edward?"

"I can't. I won't damn her into this lifetime. We've had this discussion." Edward shook his head.

I will, Edward. I wont lose my daughter. Edward's head looked over at Carlisle. No amount of pleading will stop me. I'll even have Emmett and Jasper hold you back should it come to that.

Edward looked defeated. "At least wait. Perhaps we can talk to them, make them see that we're going to change her. I at least want her to graduate high school as a human. Carlisle, please talk to Aro. You are his friend, perhaps he'll listen." Edward was pleading. Edward never pleaded with anyone, not unless he was dead set on something.

I'll try. Carlisle promised him and hugged him. Edward hesitated and hugged back. "You need to hunt. Why don't you go hunting with your brothers?" Edward shook his head and glanced upstairs. His eyes were slowly getting darker. "Edward, you need to be as strong as possible, go hunt. Bella will be fine." Edward nodded as Jasper and Emmett dragged him out.

The rest of the family did their own thing then. Carlisle walked up to Bella's room and watched his daughter sleep. He silently went over to her and fixed her covers, brushing her hair out of her face. I promise, we'll keep you safe, my little one. Those big, bad vampires wont hurt you or Edward.

Carlisle decided to go to Italy and went to his office to book the flight, and then went to pack. Esme leaned against the door and watched him. She walked over to him, wrapping her arms around his waist.

"Alice saw you leaving." She told him softly.

"It might buy us some time. I have to try, sweetheart."

"I know, just promise me you'll come back." Carlisle turned around and kissed her passionately.

"I swear it." He promised her, then shut their bedroom door.

To Be Continued…

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