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I leaned into him and he wrapped his arms around me and kissed the top of my head. I sighed. Though our family was slowly decaying, he could always make me feel like there was absolutely nothing wrong in the world. He didn't even have to use his gift. His presence was enough.

About 10 minutes later, there was a knock on the door.

"Come in," Carlisle called, as we all moved into more formal positions to greet our guests. We turned to look at the door, but any excitement we would usually feel was dampened by the sadness that Bella wasn't here.

The door swung open, and a tall, lean vampire with caramel colored hair walked confidently in, smiling hugely, Austin. Next came a tall female with midnight black hair that fell in waves to midway down her back, smiling warmly around at us. Her outfit was perfect for her, I noted with approval. Next was a male with just as much muscle as Emmett with short blond hair. Jared smiled and stood with the rest as a short, red-headed female walked in. She glanced over her shoulder to who I assumed to be her other, apparently shy, sister. I focus my attention back on the door as—

I was frozen in shock, my eyes wide. I knew the rest of my family was, too, for there staring around at us, was Bella.

After a while, once the shock had faded a little, Esme whispered, her voice as soft as a breeze from shock, "Bella?"

With that, she turned tail and fled. Without a thought I was through the door running after her, Emmett hot on my heels.

We were in the forest in seconds. She flew through a field before entering another forest, this one with thicker brush. As we continued to follow her, I saw a vision. It was of our family jumping into Rosalie's BMW and my Porsche, the fastest of our cars, and speeding off. I also saw a black Ashton Martin racing along beside them. I guessed it was Bella's family's car. Maybe they could help us corner her.

We ran for hours, leaping rivers, dodging trees, avoiding cities and towns. She never slowed.

Finally, I got a vision of a small clearing. We, including my family and Bella's, were on the edges, providing no escape to Bella, who stood in the center.

I replayed the vision in my head, hoping Edward was near enough to see it, even as I glanced over my shoulder at Emmett.

"Do you have your phone?"

"Yeah. Why?"

"Call Edward and ask if he saw that."

"Ok," he answered, slightly confused.

Within the first ring, Edward answered.

"Yes. Tell Alice I saw it and we're almost there." Edward's voice held confusion, despair, and pain, as well as a faint happiness and a very miniscule amount of hope.

Emmett shut the phone and pocketed it.

We continued to chase Bella. I was confused. Why did she run from us? Did she hate us now? What did Edward tell her? The smaller part of my brain noted that she was extremely fast and could probably outrun Edward.

Why did she run? This thought had been running through my head since we began chasing her and continued as if on repeat.

I glanced around and recognized the scenery as from my vision. All of a sudden, Bella came to a complete stop in the center of the field. Emmett and I took our places in the circle surrounding her. Bella looked everywhere for an escape; her features showing defeat when she found none.