Hi guys, this one is in Jessica's POV. Hope you like it.

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I'm on E! News being interviewed by Ryan Seacrest. He's asking me all about how I figured out the Cullen's secret, and where I got my dress, and more importantly, if I'm available. I know this is a dream….I mean, duh, If it were real life I would be so nervous I'd be throwing up, so I guess I'll enjoy it for now. After my interview with Ryan he offers to take me out on a date, and wants to know if I would mind if Brad Pitt joins us…um, no! I walk out of the studio, turning my face up to catch some of the rays in sunny Hollywood, but the weather isn't like what I expected at all. In fact, it looks a lot like Forks. And wait, where's the parking lot, back lot thingy that these studios are supposed to be in? How did I end up in the middle of the woods? Ok, now I'm a little miffed. Ryan is gone and I'm alone, standing in the rain. Maybe this wasn't a dream; maybe I was just day dreaming…do I have to get back to the festival? There's a rustle in the bushes behind me and I turn around so quick I almost fall down. I expect a little bunny or something to come running out, but after a few seconds of nothing my heart returns to its normal pattern. I'm about to turn back to where I think 'out' is, but as I do, I hear the rustle again. I seriously almost have a heart attack when Edward Cullen suddenly appears out of the bushes.

"Edward, you scared me half to death!" I giggle. Every time I see him it just sends me into a fit of giggles, and I can't even form complete sentences, he is just so delicious! And he looks even hotter than I remembered. "Come on, let's find our way out of here and get back to the festival, I want to see Bella!" I start to walk to the patch of trees I thought he came from, but he grabs my arm. His hands are so cold and hard they send shivers up and down my entire body. And not the good kind of shivers either, the 'Ohmigod something bad is about to happen' shivers. His voice cuts through the silence.

"Jessica, what are you doing?" His voice is off; it's different from the voice I remember. More menacing, but still dripping with honey. I turn around to look at him, and he has this sinister look on his face, his eyes are like bottomless pits. I try to break free of his grip, but he's way to strong. I'm about to call for Mike, or my dad, or someone, when I hear more rustling. We both turn towards the noise and Alice and Jasper walk out hand in hand. They too look different; more pale and evil looking than I remember. Ok this is definitely not something I'm enjoying. Please let this be a dream, please wake up…wake up Jessica, wake up! Um…ok I'm not waking up… Another rustle, Rosalie and Emmett come out of the bushes followed by a beautiful brunette I don't know. Edward still has hold of my arm, but by this time I'm not even trying to get away. I know I'd be fighting a losing battle.

"Jessica, you really need to learn to mind your own business…" The brunette said to me in a low voice. They were all around me now in a circle and Edward released my arm, and went to stand next to the girl. He put his arm around her waist and pulled her close to him. My eyes were probably as big as saucers when I realized that this porcelain god I was looking at…was Bella. I gasped and tried to take a step back. This was very, very wrong and I needed to get away from here. Every fiber of my body was screaming for me to run, but I couldn't move. They all slowly closed in on me, I heard low laughing but I couldn't let where it was coming from. Suddenly and without warning they jumped. No…I don't think jumped is the right word, they pounced at me, and before I even had a chance to scream they were all on me trying to rip me limb from limb.

I screamed and sat up in a cold sweat, breathing like I just ran the mile in gym. Holy shit that was scary! I am seriously never eating my mom's homemade applesauce before bed again. I tried to remember what my dream had been about, but it was already slipping away. All I could hold on to was a blurry image of a beautiful brown haired beauty. Hmm, maybe it was me in the future. Ha-ha. I nervously laughed out loud, and it seemed like an explosion in the quiet of my room. I tried to get rid of the lump in my throat as I walked to the bathroom to wipe of my clammy face.

It was too late to go back to bed, but just a bit too early to get up. If I went downstairs now my mom would make me help her get ready for the festival. Instead I went on my computer and programmed all the local news stations into my cell phone, just in case I needed them. The thought of me being famous chased the remnants of my dream into oblivion. After I was all ready I headed downstairs breezing past my mom as fast as I could.

"Jessica? Do you think you could help me really quick?" My mom called from the kitchen. Ugh.

"I really don't have time mom, I have to swing by Angela's before I head over to the park, and I don't want to be late!" I called on my way out the door. After all what I was doing is way more important than her applesauce, even if it is award winning. I was at Angela's house in a flash, but we didn't end up having enough time to swing by Charlie's to spy on him because of course, Angela's mom asked us to help, and of course Angela said yes. God, how does she put up with this?! I thought as we hauled heavy catering equipment into the back of a truck. This much quality time with my family and I would spontaneously combust. Angela was giving me reproachful looks every time I glanced at my watch, but it hurried us along faster, and we were done within a half an hour. I tried to wheel her out the door after that, but she asked her mom if there was anything else we could do…seriously she asked if she could help. That girl has some issues to work out.

When we were finally done towing bits and bobs around the house and out to the truck, Angela and I hopped in my car and went speeding off towards the park. I was so excited I was practically bouncing out of my seatbelt. I honestly couldn't understand why she looked so depressed.

"Why the long face?" I pressed, she had to have something going on, and I wanted to know about it, whether or not she wanted to talk about it. I mean that's what friends do, right?

"Jess…are you 100% sure you want to go through with the 'exposing the Cullen's plan?" she asked timidly, like I was going to scream at her for asking.

"Of course Ang, why wouldn't I? Don't you want to prove to everyone that they're not so perfect? I mean come on, we all get over shadowed by them all the time, and being that perfect has consequences. I can't help it if I want the truth to come out. It's justice, helping the little guys…" I kind of liked the idea of me; helping the underdogs, helping justice prevail…I was like a superhero or something.

"I still say we should just leave Edward and Bella alone. What if you're wrong and you embarrass yourself in front of everyone?" she asked timidly.

Hmm, I hadn't thought of that. Maybe I was going to have to call that reporter and have him dig up something anyways just so I have a scandal in case my original plans fall through. Note to self: call reporter ASAP. "It'll be fine Ang, chill out." We were silent until we got to the festival. After we both checked in and got our raffle tickets and what not we went behind the food tent, where we were supposed to meet Mike. I was people watching for a while, while Angela and Ben chatted about who knows what. I looked past the trees and my heart skipped a beat as the image of 6 pale beautiful predators closed in on me. I shook my head and got back to scanning the crowd. Mike found us within like 10 minutes and was as eager and excited as I was. I knew he would love to bring Edward down, no matter what. He was so cute when he was being malicious.

After about 15mintues of going over plans and accusations, I saw Charlie walking through the crowd. He was with Bella's friend Jacob, and older guy in a wheelchair, who I assume was Jacob's father. They sat down at a table underneath one of the tents and I have to say, they looked nervous. Charlie looked like he hadn't slept in days and Jacob was a ball of nervous energy. He made me fidget just looking at him. Hmm, he was kind of hot; I have to admit Bella has good taste. I looked around again, searching for Bella or any of the Cullen's. When I didn't see them, I suddenly had a great idea. I walked away from our small group, leaving Mike mid sentence.

As I approached Charlie looked like he's just swallowed poison. I had him cornered now. Edward or any of the other Cullen's could spin a story easily, but not the Chief…I could definitely get something out of him.

"Hi Chief!" I smiled as sweetly as I could manage, using all my charm. I looked towards Jacob next, and his dad. "Hi, Jacob, and you must be Billy" I extended my arm and shook Billy's without giving him much of a choice. They all looked so nervous. I got you now, Bella Swan. "So, are you guys enjoying the picnic, I just love autumn festival, and we all get to hang out as a community, it's a great bonding exercise." I said this all very fast, not pausing to let them answer. All part of my plan. I continued on "I heard that the Cullen s were back in town. Chief, have you seen Bella yet? They must have gotten in really late, if you still didn't know she was on the mend when we called you. Mrs. Cullen called Angela's mom yesterday RSVPing, did you know by then?" I knew I had them then. They all looked so nervous, like they were about to explode. I didn't even really look at the other's I was just staring at Charlie; I knew he would be the first to crack. Bella couldn't lie to save her life, and neither could the Chief. He proved my point the second he opened his mouth.

"Er…yeah, they called me last night. I, uh, didn't think she'd be able to come to the picnic, but you know, Carlisle is the doctor…" He looked over at Jacob, clearly asking for help. Jake looked just as clueless as him, but he still tried to smooth things over.

"Bella is still very sick, but her doctors in Atlanta agreed to let her come home and get better here. So she could be around Charlie, and her home. They say it's the best thing for her to get better." He even added a little smile which I think was supposed to be mocking. He clearly does not know who he's dealing with. Now for the killer question.

"Well that's great! I'm so glad that she's getting better, I've missed her! So what did she have?" I asked this directly to the chief so he wouldn't be able to ask Jacob the answer. He performed exactly like I was expecting.

"Um…what did Bella have?" he stuttered. By this time he was sweating bullets, his eyes shifting all over the place, as if the answer would be on a sign in the crowd. "Well, she was in South America, and, um, she and Edward were on their honeymoon, and she, uh, well she drank some bad water….and –" I seriously thought I had them, but then another voice came from behind me, my stomach dropped to the floor.

"…And she contracted a rare strain of Typhoid fever, most commonly found in South America. Usually very easily it's treatable, but Bella's particular stain was unresponsive to the usually medication. We were really worried she wouldn't pull through, but the people at the CDC found a new way to treat the virus. We're very lucky that they worked so diligently or we may have lost Bella…" Dr. Cullen was behind me, looking like a Greek god, ruining my perfect plan. I thought I was going to throw up. I don't know why, but I suddenly was nervous about putting my plan into action. I guess I was a little scared of what the Cullen's could do. I knew they had a lot of money, and probably lots of connections. We all just stood there for a few seconds until Dr. Cullen smiled at me and gave me a little nod. Then he turned to Charlie "I think Edward could use your assistance with helping Bella. Jacob, do you think you could go sign us in?" They both nodded and headed off in different directions. Charlie kept looking back as though Dr. Cullen would disappear, and Jacob kept standing on his tip toes trying to see the rest of the Cullen's in the parking lot.

It was show time. This was the moment I've been waiting for, for days. Actually, if I think about it, I've been eager to get rid of Bella for years now, ever since she went all psycho after Edward left. Billy, Dr. Cullen, and I just stood there as they came closer. I could see Jacob's head sticking out as they moved through the crowd towards us. A few people stopped and stared as they walked past. I'd almost forgotten how beautiful they all were. Jasper, Alice, and Mrs. Cullen were in the front, with Edward, Charlie and Jacob following behind them. So where was Bella? As they wove their way around the tent closest to us, I saw that Edward was pushing someone in a wheel chair. They were almost on top of us as I realized it was Bella in the wheel chair. The hair on the back of my neck stood on end when I saw her for the first time up close.

"Hi Billy, hi Jessica" Edward greeted us, a flawless smile on his lips. Billy was saying hello to everyone, but I seemed to be tongue tied. I couldn't take my eyes off Bella. I hated to admit it, but she did look kind of sick. Her skin was pale, and her cheeks looked hollow. She had dark circles underneath her eyes, and she looked really wiped out. She was sitting in the wheel chair, a blanket covering most her body; the rest was in a big white sweater, making her look even sicker. While I was standing there staring at Bella everyone had finished saying hello and was talking about news and whatnot. I suddenly felt really out of place, like I was intruding on a private party. But then Bella spoke up and my intuition flickered.

"Hi Jess, how are you?" Her voice didn't sound like her at all. It kind of knocked me out of my trance. She sounded like she was trying to sound sick. Like the way you make yourself sound weak when you when to stay home from school and you're faking sick.

"I'm great, how are you Bella?" I wanted to get her to talk as much as possible, so I could test out my new theories. As she was talking about her honeymoon and getting sick, which I wasn't really listening to, I examined her more. If you looked closer you could tell Bella looked different under her 'sick' physique, like they were trying to make her look ghastly. Why anyone would want to make themselves look hideous I'll never know. By this time Mike, Angela and Ben had gathered around Bella and her family. They were all talking and laughing like nothing had changed. I caught Mike's eye and I knew he could tell something was up. Of course Angela would never help us. She loves Bella, practically worships the ground she walks on. He kind of nodded to me, like he knew Angela moved over to the dark side.

"So where are Rosalie and Emmett?" I asked. I didn't really know or care who I was interrupting. I was forming a new plan as I went along.

"Oh they headed off to school a little earlier this year. They wish they could have made it." Mrs. Cullen answered me with a sweet smile. I almost felt bad, but then I saw Edward holding Bella's hand and I felt another surge of determination. I had a plan, and I knew exactly how I was going to bring the Cullen's little secret into the light. But I needed to do this right away. Maybe I would get Lauren to help now that we lost Angela and probably Ben.

"Well, I really have to get going; I'm supposed to help my mom set up our booth. It was great you see you guys, and I'm so happy your feeling better Bella. You have to call sometime, we'll catch up more!" I said with a smile and I leaned forward to give Bella a hug. As I did I saw Edward looking alarmingly at Alice and Dr. Cullen. I wrapped my arms around her and let out a little gasp. She was freezing. She felt like a block of ice, and it felt like I was hugging a rock. Another shiver went through my body, it felt like déjà vu. I pulled back a little alarmed, and I wasn't the only one. Bella looked up at Edward with terror in her now flat brown eyes, and Charlie looked like he was going to have a heart attack with all the stress.

Ok, this was weird; plastic surgery wouldn't make her like this…what was going on? I gave everyone another smile and grabbed Mike's hand and turned to walk away. I will figure this out; it's just like Nancy Drew or something. When we were out of hearing distance Mike turned to me.

"That was strange. What is up with them? That was definitely not the Bella I saw the other night…" He broke off looking really confused.

"I know, but don't worry; we're going to get to the bottom of this." I pulled my phone out of my pocket and scrolled down to the number of the reporter from the local magazine I had put in earlier this morning. I put the phone up to my ear and it began to ring. While I waited for someone to pick up I couldn't help imagine myself out to dinner with Ryan and Brad. Another shiver up my spine while I stared into the trees, it almost distracted me when someone answered.

"Hello, this is Brain Bodine with "The Investigator", gimme something interesting" A greasy voice said on the 6th ring.

"Hi this is Jessica Stanley, from Forks. I think I may have a story you'd be interested in…" This was going to be fun.

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The next one will be someone from the good guys, just not sure who yet.