Disclaimer: S. Meyers owns Twilight, but Emmett owns me… if I owned them, I would…you guys don't want to know…lol…On with the story!

I woke up to my name…sifting my way through the maze of darkness I was trapped in. I fluttered my eyes and saw a blurry figure standing above me. Once I got a clear look at who it was, my vision was impaired again. This time by overflowing tears.

"Bella. You need to learn to take a surprise. I can't have you fainting on me all the time. Sheesh…" My eyes raked over the face of one of the last people I would ever expect to see again. Without thinking I flung myself into her arms.

"Alice!" She wrapped her delicate hands around me, holding my fragile body to her unbreakable, stone chest. Tears were steadily pouring down my cheeks, and I knew that this would be agony later. To have her so close and to lose her again, but I held her tightly regardless of the consequences.

"Bella…It's okay. Calm down." She ran her hands through my hair and I focused on the feeling, trying to calm myself with her presence. I breathed as deeply as I could for several moments, then slowly pulled myself back to look at her face. Her small pixie face was unbearably beautiful, and she looked the same as she did six and a half months ago. I slid back onto the sofa, blinking stupidly as my body tried to keep up with my mind.

"Alice…What are you doing here? Is…Are you all back?!" She lowered her eyes, and her attractive lips pulled down into a frown.

"Bella. I came back to tell you something…I had a vision. Do you remember when I said I saw you becoming one of us?" I nodded my head, even though I knew there was no way that I could be now. That was in the past, a distant place where I was happy and Edward still loved me…

"Bella. You're going to be changed…. soon… before the year is out. The 'when' and 'who' changes constantly, for while it was even me when I considered doing it back then. But, regardless of the who and where, you are going to be changed." She raised her hand to her chin and was the perfect vision of deep thought. While my brain worked through the new information, a horrible but irresistible thought came to the forefront of my mind…

"Alice…it's not Edward, is it?" She snapped her head up to mine, and then turned her eyes away from me. She was keeping something from me. I repeated her name, trying to gain her attention. Whatever she was keeping from me, is wasn't good.

"ALICE?!" She finally met my eyes, taking in the rate of my rapid breathing and my expression. She could see the panic. She took a few unnecessary breaths, and then opened her mouth to answer me.

"No…It's not Edward…"

"Because?…"

She took another deep breath and said so quickly I almost missed it.

"Because he's with Rosalie. They left the family about a month after he left you…He's not coming back, Bella." I let the breath that I didn't know I was holding slip through my lips. Okay. This hurts. I clutched my chest, feeling as though my heart was ripping apart. I can't come back from this. My breathing sped up significantly, and I abruptly stood up. Looking down at a shocked Alice, I turned and sprinted up the stairs.

I ran into my bedroom, slamming the door shut behind me and paced around the room, gasping for a moment. Then I darted to the window, gazing down at the empty street. Empty. Nothing. I felt nothing but the tears running down my face and the pain of every cell of myself, heart, body and soul, being ripped apart and set ablaze. Running my fingers roughly through my hair, I opened my mouth and screamed till I had nothing left in me.

After…I don't know how long, Alice's arms picked me up off the floor and placed me gently on the bed. I sat there, staring blankly at nothing, feeling numb. I let the tears flow until unconsciousness painfully seized me.

Alice POV

The phone rang twice as I waited for Carlisle to pick up, hating what I had just witnessed with Bella. I couldn't finish telling her; this was bad enough. Carlisle's smooth voice resonated over the phone.

"Alice? How is she taking it? Is she okay?" I looked upstairs, hearing Bella's short, painful breaths.

"She's not doing well, Carlisle. But, we knew this. I didn't finish telling her. And before you ask, no…I didn't tell her about Emmett." Carlisle spoke a little longer and informed me to call him back if anything changed. Looking at the closed phone in my hand, I saw the vision that had been replaying itself over the past couple of days. Emmett and Bella. Together. After that it changes from time to time. But, one thing was for sure: I had to keep from Bella, to make sure the vision came true.

Emmett was on his way, and when he got here, Bella would know who was going to change her. And everything will be as it should be…soon.

A/N: Okay. Sorry about the postpone in update. I probably won't be able to update daily, but I WILL try. The reviews helped extremely, I was originally not going to post until the weekend, but you guys made me REALLY happy. Thank you all so much! Hope everyone is enjoying the story so far and please, continue to review. Mental hugs and kisses!