Changing For The Better

by Frightening Little Monster

When Carlisle and Esme can no longer take the constant fighting, they decide it is time for a change. They tell the Cullen teens and Bella to pack up. They are going on a road trip to learn how to overcome their problems and act like a family again.

5. I'm Finished Looking

Changing For The Better

Frightening Little Monster

4/26/09

Rated T

BPOV

I watched as Alice made her way down the stairs and into the living room once more. I saw her drift over to the mantel and delicately touch the small wooden cross that was lied there. She sighed and turned around to face us.

"It was hard but I'm glad I left. If I hadn't, I would have never met my true family." She whispered.

We saw her swiftly walk out the door of the house without once looking back. We followed quickly behind her. I was the last one out of the house. I closed the door to Alice's past and walked over to met the others.

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BPOV

We drove about three miles away from the small home before coming upon a large graveyard. This was where Alice's parents had ninety four years earlier marked a false grave to explain the disappearance of their daughter.

Rain had just begone to fall and the night was a starless one. I walked with Edward behind Alice and Jasper. Rosalie and Emmett were trailing behind us.

About half way through the cemetery, we came to a small, cross shaped tomb marker. Alice knelt beside the small figure in the pouring rain and read aloud what it said;

"In loving memory of our beautiful daughter, Mary Alice Brandon.

You will forever be in our hearts. 1901-1918."

Alice suddenly stopped and shook her head.

"It was not in loving memory that I was sent away, but rather hate and selfishness. They never loved me. If they would have, they would have kept me apart of the family I was born into!" Alice screamed in rage and pain.

"They never thought I was good enough! That's why I was taken away, because I wasn't normal!"

As she said this, the rain fell down her face and it made it look as if she was crying real tears. The water streamed down her face and off onto the ground. With a swing off her hand, she punched the tombstone and it crumpled into a pile of dust and rocks.

"I'm tired of looking into the past. I now live in the present."

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APOV

I never expected to feel this much pain again. I had never wanted to look back on what I had been taken from. I had loved my family, but I was now changed. I hated to think of my parents as the bad ones in this case, but how else could I think of it? I was sent away to keep my family normal, to make them somehow better. I guess I will never truly know why I was sent away and torn from my family, but in the end, do I really still care? Does it still matter that much to me? No. It doesn't.

"I'm finished. I never want to visit those places again.. I don't want to go back to the hospital. I want to move on." I firmly said.

I watched as Edward nodded.

"Alright then. We can all respect that. Now, who's next?"

"I'm ready to go back." Jasper said.

"Next stop, Houston Texas."

Review! I hoped you liked this chapter! Over the course of the past four days, I have been dragged to all the museums you could ever imagine! I was on my class trip, thats why I didn't update sooner. Sorry. Yesterday I went to Busch Gardens!! I rode every rollercoster they had with my best friend Joee! We had so much fun! Next chapter to be made is about Jasper. It should only take one chapter to get through his past. I will try to update tomorrow! Love you

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