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Chapter 6: Missing

THE PLANE LANDED IN BOSTON AT LEAST I THINK IT did. I was asleep at that point. All I remember is landing in Seattle. We got out and took the bus to our car. Edward drove home in silence. Once again I got the feeling that there was something that they were not telling me. It was driving me crazy. What was it they didn't want me to know?

I started to run through a list in my head. Charlie was still out of town with the guys. I had talked to him before we left London so it couldn't be him. Jasper and Emmitt were out hunting and Carlisle had work so that accounted for my family. Alice couldn't see the wolves so it couldn't be anything to do with them. Ugh this is getting so annoying. Then we pulled up to the house.

We all got out of the car and Alice ran into the house with Rosalie and Esme. I stood there with my mouth hanging open. What had happened here? There were broken windows and the front door was off its hinges. I almost fell from the shock of seeing the house like this. I started to tear up I felt so horrible for them.

Edward gathered me up in his arms and took me into the house. Immediately I wished he hadn't. It was even worse in here. Alice was looking for something, and talking to herself as she looked. She kept mumbling it was here it was sitting right here. Edward stopped her and asked what was there. A note of some sort was supposed to be sitting on the piano and it was gone. I didn't know how she expected it to still be here with the state the house was in, but who would take a letter? There was so much other stuff that could have been taken but all that was missing was this letter.

I looked at Alice, "Why do you need this letter what is so important about it?"

"It is a letter from the Volturi. I wanted to see what they had to say. I don't know what happened. My visions went blank last night and that was why we came home."

I ran outside as soon as she went back to looking. I needed air all of a sudden and felt like I wasn't getting any inside. Edward followed me out and told me to call Charlie. He didn't have to ask me twice. I pulled out my phone and dialed Charlie's number. It was ringing and then after what seemed like forever Charlie picked up.

"What is it Bells?" Charlie asked seeming distant. Only then did I realize that he would be at the game.

"I just wanted to make sure you were ok and ask if you were having fun," I lied. I was really calling to check and make sure he was still there.

"I'm fine. We are having fun. Hang on Jake wants to talk to you."

Next thing I knew Jacob was on the other end.

"Hey Bells," he said.

"Hi Jake. What's up?"

"I just wanted to make sure that you are ok. I was out on watch last night in case anyone came here after your dad and Sam said that something happened at the Cullen's place."

"Yeah something did but we don't know what. We are waiting for Carlisle to get home to find out. We just got back from our trip."

"Where did you go?"

"Shopping," I said with little enthusiasm.

"You went shopping and just got back and the attack was yesterday. Where did you go shopping?"

"Oh we went to Italy and then ran into someone and so we left and went to London to finish our shopping." I said as casually as I could. There was silence on the other end of the line. I could tell he was trying to figure out what to say so that Charlie didn't freak out that I left the country for the second time in less than three months.

"I'm glad you are ok. I have to go I want to finish watching the game. You got really good seats. Bye Bells."

I heard the other end click and the line was dead. Edward looked at me. I smiled and told him that everything was fine with them.

Jasper and Emmett got home soon after Edward and I went back in to help straighten things up. Emmitt asked what happened and we all looked at him. Edward said that we didn't know because Alice wasn't able to see anything. I remembered then what Jake had said.

"The wolves saw the whole thing. They were here. That's why Alice didn't see."

"What do you mean the wolves were here?" Alice asked trying to hide the anger that was starting to seep out of her.

"Jacob said that Sam knew about the fight and that could only mean that he was here. My guess is he was on patrol and caught the scent of the Volturi that were here and followed it."

Alice looked livid then. She stomped to the couch and threw herself down on it. Jasper went over to her to help. Emmitt and Rosalie decided to drive to the hospital to find Carlisle. He should have been home by now. Esme kept herself busy cleaning and told Edward and I to go have some fun. Once we were sure that was what she wanted Edward carried me up to his room. He set me on the bed and went to turn music on. He then came and sat by me on the bed. Before long he pulled me close and started to rub circles in my back. I finally broke down and started to cry.

"Bella, love, why are you crying?" Edward asked worry filling his voice.

"Look around Edward, look at what they did to your house. It is my fault. If I wasn't so dang fragile and human none of this would have happened."

Edward pulled me up so that I was looking in his eyes, "Isabella Marie Swan this is not your fault. They wanted a fight so they found one anyway they could."

"Edward if I hadn't been so pig headed and married you at the end of the school year like you wanted then I would be like you already and there would have been no reason for them to be here in the first place."

"Bella, are you changing your mind. We could leave now and be back before Charlie got back so that you could say your goodbyes."

I considered what he said for a moment. I was about to answer when Alice burst through the door. "Don't you dare do this Bella. I have played by the rules. There is no reason for you to go running off to Vegas now. The wedding is in six weeks and then a week after Edward will change you. So don't you dare do this. This is the one thing I have to make me happy right now, don't take it from me."

"Alice," Edward calmly said, "let's go downstairs. Rosalie and Emmitt are back and we are needed."

As we went down the stairs I could see that things were not the way they should be. But, the moment my foot touched the landing I felt a huge wave of calm wash over me. Jasper was obviously busy keeping everyone calm enough to talk and sort things out. I knew at that moment that I needed to be worried. Where was Carlisle?

That was when all eyes went to Rosalie and Emmitt. Neither of them looked happy nor did they want to talk. We sat in silence watching them waiting for them to say something. Five minutes then ten then Finally, I couldn't stand it anymore and I spoke and asked the question we all had for them.

"Where is Carlisle?"

They looked at each other trying to get the other to answer and then Emmitt spoke. "We don't know where Carlisle is he wasn't at the hospital. We asked if anyone knew where we could find him and they gave us strange looks. It took some quick thinking and we finally said that we had just got back into town from a trip and wanted to see our father. Then they told us that he had taken a leave."

Rosalie cut in then, "It is a six week leave and he said in the letter he sent them that he would see them at Edward and Bella's wedding."

It fell silent again after that and I could see that everyone was deep in thought over where he could be. I thought it was obvious though. In fact it was a little too obvious. If that was where he was and the note got to the hospital why was the note missing from here? What happened here to cause it to disappear? My mind was going in a totally different direction from theirs.

"Where do you think he went?" Alice finally said.

All I could do was look at her like she was seriously mental if she couldn't figure that one out. But when I looked around it was plain that that was the question of the moment. It looked like I was going to have to answer that one.

"Alice, think about it. The Volturi came for my father and he wasn't here. Then we ran into Jane and Heidi in Italy. They sent Demetri to get me and we had left. The only thing left to do 

was to come here and get someone important to me here but by then Jasper and Emmitt were gone on a hunting trip and Edward was with us. That only left Carlisle. They took him. He is now sitting in Voltaire because of me." I started to cry as I finished my last sentence.

Everyone looked at me like I was crazy to be crying and Jasper tried to help me but it was useless I was beyond help. There were so many emotions running through me that he couldn't use just one to calm me back down. I got up and was going to go outside when Edward grabbed me and sat me back down whispering to me that we needed to figure out what we were going to do.

Rosalie chimed in then, "We also heard that we were all supposed to be gone too. So what are we going to do? Do we all leave and leave Bella here she can't go too or do some of us stay or what?"

Edward answered, "Rosalie and Emmitt you will leave first so go pack and be ready to go in the next hour. Alice and Jasper you will leave after them and you will go in the morning. Esme Bella and I will stay here for a while at least until Charlie gets back and then we will leave too if we can."

At that everyone left to go and do their separate things to get ready for what was coming. An hour later Rosalie and Emmitt appeared with suitcases and told us they were going to their place and that we would be able to reach them if we needed to. Everyone but me seemed to understand what their place was, everyone but me that is.

The rest of the night went without any major events. We all watched movies and played games together. Alice told me that the invitations had arrived and that Edward and I should take the next couple of days to address then and get them out if it was possible. Leave it to Alice to give us homework for our wedding in the middle of all of this. Edward and I said we would try and get it done but made no promise.

After Alice gave us our assignment Edward told everyone that I needed to get to bed and took me up stairs. I took my human moment and went to lie down next to Edward. He started to play with my hair but was very quiet. I didn't understand. Then he kissed me but it was different from other times. There was sadness in it. I looked up at him and he must have sensed my wonder at what was going on.

"Bella, I love you but it is starting to get dangerous for you again and again it is because of me. I am so sorry."

"Edward, this will all be over soon and you didn't put me in danger I put myself there. I fell in love with you and I want to be with you forever so stop blaming yourself, and from where I am sitting the one in danger right now isn't me it is Carlisle and that is my fault to so stop beating yourself up over it."

He cradled me in his arms then and looked as if he would be crying if he could and then he smelled the top of my head and kissed me. Then he started to him my lullaby and rub circles in my back. I loved when he did this. It made it feel as if all was right in the world if only for that moment. I was soon asleep and dreaming. My dreams that night were not very restful. I dreamed of running through corridors looking for Carlisle and screaming his name but the 

corridors just kept going. I was getting nowhere looking for him. Then Jane jumped out in front of me and I woke up screaming.

Edward had me in his arms and was telling me it was ok I was only dreaming. Somehow I knew I was dreaming but it had seemed so real. It scared me when dreams felt that real. I started to cry and Edward just held me and told me it was ok that he was there and nothing was going to happen to me. I finally calmed down enough to talk to him.

"Was I talking again?"

"You were yelling for Carlisle. Alice came in to check on you when you didn't stop."

"I'm so sorry Edward. I just can't handle this. I never thought that waiting this long would put your family in danger too."

"None of us did Bella. It isn't your fault. If we had thought that something like this would happen we would have taken extra precautions. Not one of us would have been alone ever."

I felt better when he told me that. I just felt horrid that the wolves got involved so Alice didn't see this happen. IF they hadn't of been so nosey we might have been able to get back in time to prevent this from happening. I asked Edward what time it was and when he told me it was only 3 in the morning I wondered what I was going to do. I didn't want to sleep anymore. I was scared to dream again tonight. Edward and I stayed in his room and turned on some music. We just sat on the bed for a while and then Alice came in.

"If you guys are just going to sit there you may as well get started on these," and she sat the invitations in front of us.

She and Edward started to address being as they had beautiful handwriting and I did not. I was therefore put in charge of stuffing them all. At about five they had finished addressing all two hundred of the invitations and there were two envelopes for each one. Alice got up and left claiming she needed to pack. Edward and I continued to stuff the envelopes. We took a break an hour later when Alice announced that she and Jasper were getting ready to go. They were going to Japan to do some sightseeing. There would be plenty of shopping done too if I knew Alice which I like to think I do. I gave Alice a hug and the usual nod to Jasper as they left. Esme told us to bring the invitations down stairs and she would help us finish. Between the three of us we had them stuffed sealed and stamped in a matter of an hour.

Now that that was done we were free to enjoy or time and not have to worry about getting tasks done for Alice while we waited for Charlie to get back. Esme told us to go and do something she wanted to finish getting the house back in order. Edward and I didn't want to go far so we went to our meadow and spent some time there watching the clouds and talking. Talking eventually led to kissing and then we decided we should get back to the house so that we could help Esme with the windows and doors that needed to be replaced.

By the time we finished that I needed to eat so Edward made dinner for me. After I ate way more than I should have we all settled in on the couch and watched a movie. I couldn't help but feel bad for Esme. Her mate her Carlisle was missing. I wished there was something I could do. I spent the whole movie sitting in Edward's arms trying to think of what I could do to bring 

Carlisle back. When I woke up I was in Edward's bed I had no idea how I got there. Edward must have carried me up when I fell asleep watching the movie.

It was Saturday and Charlie would be home sometime today. Esme was going to drive me home and talk to Charlie about me going on a trip with her so that we could get to know eachother better. At least that was how we were going to present it to Charlie. In all actuality Edward and I were leaving together and she insisted on staying here to watch over Charlie and see if Carlisle came home. I was just praying she didn't go missing too.

We spent the morning playing games and having fun then around two Esme and I left. Charlie was just unloading his stuff from the Cruiser when we pulled up. I got out and ran to Charlie and gave him a hug. Esme followed behind me and welcomed Charlie back. He invited her in and she accepted.

"Charlie," Esme began, "I had a favor to ask of you."

"What is it I do owe you for taking such good care of my girl."

"I was wondering if you would allow me to take Bella with me on a trip so that I can get to know her better. The kids hog her to themselves whenever she is at the house and I would like to spend some one on one time getting to know her if that is ok with you."

"Not a problem I think it is a great idea when is the trip."

"Is anyone else going with you?"

I knew who the someone else was he was covering up asking about. He wanted to know if Edward was going.

"No, they are all on vacation with Carlisle for the next month and so I thought this would be a good time for me to get know Bella."

"We would leave on Monday morning and be gone for about two weeks. If that is to long I could shorten the trip."

"No, that is fine. I think I can live a couple of weeks without her it will give me a chance to get used to her being gone all the time. I am going to have to learn to feed myself again sometime why not now?"

"It is settled then. I will see you on Monday Bella. Have fun with Charlie this weekend."

I thanked her and she left. It was just Charlie and me. OF course Edward would show up sometime this evening and wait for me in my room. I helped Charlie unpack from his trip and started a load of laundry so that he would have clean clothes to wear tomorrow.

We spent the rest of the afternoon talking about his trip. I went and made dinner and Charlie found a game to watch on tv. I jokingly asked him if he really needed to watch more sports he had been at games for the last three days. He told me a guy his age never gets tired of watching sports. I just laughed. When I walked into the kitchen I almost screamed. Edward was sitting on the counter.

"What are you doing? You are supposed to be on vacation with Carlisle right now if Charlie sees you the whole trip is blown."

"I just had to see you. I wanted to make sure you were ok."

"I'm fine now get out of here before Charlie decides to come in here."

"Not a problem that wolf will be here soon. I can smell him. I'll see you later Bella."

Sure enough not two minutes after Edward left the doorbell rang. I looked to see if Charlie was going to answer it. He was already out of his seat and moving to the door. He let the Blacks in and then told me that he had invited them for dinner tonight. It was a good thing that Edward had warned me because I had already pulled out enough to feed an army knowing that Jacob would be here. I listened to the conversation out front it was about the game and then I heard someone get up.

Jacob came and joined me in the kitchen. He obviously wanted to talk. At least it looked like he did but he just came in and watched me cook for a while. When I got to a point where I didn't need to watch what was going on as closely I looked at him. He still didn't say anything so I started the conversation. That seemed to be happening a lot lately.

"Hey Jake, did you need something?"

"I um… well… Bella I did some thinking while I was in California. I think I want to try the best friend thing. I realized I don't want to live without you, even if it is just as friends."

"Jake," I was so happy, "that is great. I was hoping you would say that. I have wanted you back. I missed my best friend."

He smiled at me and pulled me into a hug. All too soon I had to remind him that I needed to breathe. He let me go and we talked for a while longer then I let Billy and Charlie know that dinner was done. After dinner we said our goodbyes and I went up to my room and the Blacks left.

Sunday went by without any major events. I just did laundry and packed for my trip that I was leaving on tomorrow. I went to bed early when I found out that Esme was going to be here at seven in the morning.

When I woke up I could smell eggs cooking and so I got up and went to the bathroom. I went and saw what was cooking. Charlie had made me breakfast. I sat down and we ate then Charlie left for work I went and showered and got dressed. Esme showed up not long after and Edward was gone. I got my bag and got in the car knowing that Alice would have seen this coming and packed me a bag before she left.

When we got to the house Edward was waiting in the Volvo and yelled that he had my bag already and that I just needed my purse and wallet. I hugged Esme and said thank you. Then Edward and I were off.

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