Chapter 13: Alice
Alice was still meditating when the rest of her siblings came home. She needed to clear her mind and breathe to calm her thoughts about the human girl. When she heard a knock at the door she opened her eyes to see her sisters standing in the open doorway. "Hey pixie." Rosalie said as she walked in the room. The two walked together and sat in front of their sister. "How's everything going Ali?" Tanya asked truly concerned about the girl. Alice smiled and said, "I'm fine Tanya, honest. I think I'm going to go to school tomorrow. You know how I hate to be cooped up." The two blondes smiled and said. "Yeah. You have too much energy to stay in the house for more than a day. But you did the right thing today. Bella missed you though." Alice's eyes widened and asked, "Really? How do you know?" "Because I could feel it." Alice looked up to see Jasper once again standing in her doorway. "I could feel every emotion running through her. Loneliness, sadness, and a sense of aggravation." Alice tilted her head to the side at the last comment. "Aggravation? Why?" Jasper rubbed his forehead and explained. "She's friends with one of the Quileute's." Alice felt a chill run through her as she heard of the native tribe. Over the years of living with the Cullen's, she learned of the Quileute tribe. The men that she had encountered when she first met her family were mortal enemies of all vampires. Carlisle taught Alice of their special ability to sense vampires and to shape-shift into gigantic wolves. Whenever the men felt an intense feeling of anger come over them, they shift their form into one of a guardian of the forest. It had been a gift from their gods for many generations.
"Do you think he's told her about us?" Jasper shook his head. "No. Otherwise she wouldn't feel so intent on finding out who we are." Rosalie growled as she thought of the mutt telling her sisters mate of her secret. "Damn puppy needs to butt out of our lives." Alice looked at Rosalie and questioned the hatred shared by both races. "Why do they hate us? If they hate us so much then why aren't we at war with them?" Rosalie out a hand on Alice's shoulder and told her. "Because when Carlisle turned us and moved us here, he formed a treaty with them. If we don't hunt the human race or go on their land, they'll leave us alone. Apparently this puppy thinks we want to take her for our own. He thinks one of us wants to turn her." Alice's widened at the thought and shook her head. "No! I don't want to turn her. I wouldn't wish this life on any mortal who didn't want it. I don't wish this life on anyone period." Tanya spoke up. "What about your singer Alice. She is destined to be your mate. Will you change her if she wishes it?" Alice heard her demon speak. 'Hell yeah I will.' But the pixie had to think on that for a long time. "I don't know what I'm going to do about her Tanya. I have to think on that for a long time. Hell, I still have to wait and see if she even wants to be my mate. God knows that I don't want her to find out what I am but if she does and she doesn't run from me, it'll be one step closer."
Alice sighed and went up to her window and looked out at the sky. The sky was littered with clouds and it saddened her. "I want the sun to shine when I tell her. If I tell her." The group smiled when she said this. Everyone knew that Alice loved the sun. She loved it when it made her skin shine like a thousand diamonds. She just wasn't sure if Bella would love it as much as she did. That's when she went into a vision. Alice was standing in a meadow that was surrounded by the forest. The sun was shining down on her skin and soft grass beneath her. If only for a moment, she felt at peace. Alice opens her eyes and turns to see Bella next to her, staring as if she were the most beautiful thing on the planet. The pixie turns so that her entire body is facing Bella. She sees the human tentatively reach for h and she wants to flinch, or grab for Bella's hand to stop her, but instinct tells her to let the girl do what she wants. The hand touches the glowing, freezing skin of her cheek and all she wants to do is melt into the touch. Bella leans forward and touches her forehead to Alice's and the pixie wants nothing more than to kiss her, but before she can react, Bella presses her lips to hers in a rapturous kiss. When they separate, Bella whispers her name. "Alice." She says it so quietly that Alice herself needs to concentrate to hear her. "Alice." This time her voice sounds a lot like Rosalie's "Alice!" She heard the blonde's voice in her ear. She shook her head to clear it of the vision she was in, even though she did not want to leave it. Alice looked into the eyes of her siblings and smiled. "What is it? What did you see?" Rosalie asked. Alice shook her head. "I can't say or it won't come true." Her tone of voice was that of a little girl who had the best dream of her life. Her siblings just smiled and nodded their heads in understanding.
Just then, the group heard a set of footsteps pounding up the stairs. "Emmett." Alice giggled and shook her head. When her dopey brother stuck his head in the door and gave a huge smile. "Anyone wanna go huntin with me?" Rosalie was first in her reply. "I'll go. I'm starving." "Yeah me too." Tanya agreed as she and Rosalie went to join Emmett in the doorway. "You guys coming?" Alice looked out the window before turning to face her brother Jasper who shrugged and went over to the group. "C'mon Alice!" Tanya went over to her and grabbed her hand before blurring out the door and down the stairs.
The next day the Cullen's were surprised to see that it was sunny out for once in the great city of Forks. All the children, except for two was jumping with joy for the fact that they could miss school for the day. Jasper was sitting on the couch playing video games with Emmett and Alice was pacing throughout the entire house. "Ugh! When is this day going to be over?" Jasper growled as he could feel the anger that was rising in his sisters body. He had an immense control over his emotions however for when he beat Emmett at the latest round of street fighter, it was the boulder of a boy that threw the controller on the ground. "Hey no fair! You cheated Jazz!" The empath who was trying to get a hold of the emotions running through his mind, suddenly shot up off of the couch and got in his brothers face. "How the hell did I cheat Emmett? Please enlighten me!" Emmett ducked his head and shrugged his shoulders. "I'm sorry Jasper. You know I just hate to lose." Jasper took a deep breath and patted his brother on the shoulder. "It's alright Emmett. You don't lose all the time. You pick me to play games with because you know I give you a challenge." Emmett picked his head up and smiled. "Yeah, I guess I do." He looked over at Alice and saw her pacing. "Hey, you ok pixie? You look a little on edge." Alice looked over at her brother and just smiled. "Yeah Em. I'm fine. Just got a little bit of cabin fever I guess. I'm gonna go for a run ok? I can't be in this house much longer." Emmett looked at his sister with concern in his eyes but he let it go. "Ok Alice just be careful." Alice who was by the sliding glass door at this time, opened the door and said, "Always." She smiled and blurred out the door and into the forest.
As she ran, Alice thought about her choices concerning Bella Swan. She could one, stay away from the girl. It would protect her from the Volturi, but it would drive Alice insane. Or she could tell her everything about herself and her family. Alice laughed at her second option and decided against it. But Alice knew she couldn't hide her secret from the girl much longer. Everything about Bella's life threatened to expose her secret. Especially the wolf boy, Jacob she thought his name was. That boy would most likely expose her and her family before she had the chance to explain what and who they were. Alice was worried about that. 'Oh Bella, what am I gonna do about you?' She thought as she kept running. The pixie kept running through the forest, dodging the trees and upturned roots until she came to a halt. Alice was standing in the middle of a field with that was littered with green grass and flowers of all different kinds. She remembered where she was and she smiled at the sky and just relished in the feeling of the sun on her skin. Alice looked to the sky and whispered, "Thank you" before letting herself fall to the ground on her back. She began to make 'grass angels' as she laughed in excitement at the sight of her new get away spot. Alice breathed in the scent of everything around her. From the grass to the flowers and the trees, she cherished everything. "Thank you Eli. For giving me another chance at life." Alice looked up at the heavens and imagined the face of her Sire looking down upon her. "I need to make the most of this life. If I let my mate slip away I will never ever forgive myself." Alice got up off of the ground and started running in the direction of the school. She knew it would almost be time for all the students to go home and she wanted to catch a glimpse of the girl she thought so fondly of.
Bella Swan was tapping her pencil on her desk looking at the clock upon the wall in her math class. 'Just a few more minutes till school ends Bella. Keep it together now.' The entire school day was free of all the Cullen children and it drove Bella crazy. Not only could she not see the pixie girl but she couldn't get any information on how she was doing or if she was even still sick. Bella was on edge the whole day and it aggravated her. Angela was feeling the same way about Jasper though and it was kinda cute. The two girls were distant at lunch and didn't say a word to each other in art class. It was a weird day for both of them. The seconds seemed to go by in slow motion when the last minute of the day was upon them. 'Five, four, three, two, one.' Bella jumped slightly when she heard the bell rang and the rest of the student body made it way to their cars in the parking lot, or the busses in front of the school.
As she got up out of her seat and made her way out the door, Bella looked behind her and saw Angela still sitting at her desk with her chin in her hand, looking out the window. She went over to the girl and patted her on the shoulder. "You ok Ange?" Angela looked up to see Bella's face smiling stiffly down at her. She knew that Bella was feeling the same strain that she herself was feeling. "Yeah, Bella I'm ok. Just thinking about some stuff." "Jasper again?" Angela ducked her head. "Yeah. It's weird. I can't stop thinking about him. I wonder how he's doing." Bella looked out the window and followed her friend's line of sight. Then suddenly a bright light flashed in front of her eyes. It was there at the tree line for a split second but then it was gone. "C'mon Ange, you want me to give you a ride home?" Angela looked at her friend and smiled. "Sure, that'd be really great actually." The two girls made their way out of the room and out of the two double doors leading to the parking lot. As they made their way to Bella's truck, Bella saw the bright shining light once more. Angela was about to get into the big red truck but Bella stopped her. "Hang on, I'm gonna go check something out." Angela tilted her head to the side in confusion but let her friend walk over to the tree line.
Alice watched as Bella walked over to where she was hiding in the tree line. 'Oh my god, she's coming over here. How did she see me?' Then she looked up at the sky and saw the sun. "Oh shit!" She started backing away in fear of being caught. Alice backed up to the point where she thought she hit a tree but when someone put their arms around her, she jumped and was in attack mode. "Jeeze Jasper!" She yelled at her brother who held up his hands in a mock surrender. "What are you doing here?" Jasper stuttered as he spoke. "Well Ali, I...I..." The empath tried to formulate a usable sentence but found he couldn't. "I came here to check up on Angela." He finally said hanging his head to the point where the only thing you saw was the top of his hair. "Why would you come to check up on her?" Alice asked as she tried to answer the question in her own mind. She thought about the many moments she caught Jasper staring over at Bella's table with his eyes set on the four eyed girl. It was the same look that Alice herself had in her eyes when she looked at Bella. Then she realized. "You like her don't you." Jasper looked up and nodded his head. "I feel drawn to her Alice. I feel like I wanna get to know her and tell her all about me. I can't stay away from her. Like the first day of school, I smelled her scent when she walked through the door and my demon and I came to a mutual agreement. Angela would not come to harm as long as I was around." Alice thought about what he was saying for a long time. "I feel the same way about Bella. Like I can't stay away from her or I'll go crazy. Both me and my demon want to get to know her, be her friend as it were." Jasper nodded in agreement. "But right now we have a problem." "What's that Ali?" Alice pointed behind her and said, "My mate is coming this way and I'm not really ready to tell her my secret quite yet." Jaspers eyes widened as he saw the human girl walking toward theming they both blurred away.
As they ran, Jasper asked, "Did she see you?" Alice smiled nervously and said, "Well, I think she saw me when the sun hit my skin for only a moment." "I knew it was a bad idea to let you go alone." Jasper sighed. "Oh relax Jazz, I'm fine. She's gonna find out sooner or later." "But you would rather have it be later rather than sooner wouldn't you?" Alice nodded and kept running. To be honest, she was ashamed. Ashamed of her fear, of her own cowardice. It wasn't who she was. Alice was supposed to be the fun loving pixie that loved the company of others. Jasper and Alice ran until they came upon a group of deer. Alice's demon salivated at the sight of the herd and she crouched so that the leader couldn't see or hear her. Jasper watched as Alice got into stealth mode and surveyed the area around her. Being a former member of the confederate army, the boy was impressed at the girl's self-control. He knew that she felt the urge to just attack the deer on sight, much like Emmett and the bears he would hunt, but Alice was too smart for that and so was her prey.
As Alice surveyed the area around her, she kept her eyes on the large buck that we accompanying the group. She could feel her control slipping as she smelled the blood coursing through the animal's veins. She was hungry and needed to hunt for the day tomorrow. Alice couldn't lose control tomorrow. They were going back to school. The pixie was very excited and at that thought she pounced and got the huge buck by its hind end. Jasper got a nearby doe and together they broke the animal's necks so they wouldn't suffer the pain of their bite. As the blood poured into the girl's mouth, Alice moaned at the taste of it. She didn't know why she favored deer blood so much. It was sweet and rich all at the same time. Most of her family didn't care for it. Alice believed it was the fact that she kind of resembled a deer with her grace and elegance. As Alice fed off of the buck, she realized that the scent of his blood was the same scent as Bella's. Sweet and rich, and pure. She realized that but the demon never arose to speak. That's when she knew that her demon didn't just want Bella for her blood. When the two drained their prey they cleaned up their mess then blurred back toward the house.