Sorry I took so long to update. This chapter was quite difficult for me, especially the ending. Wow, so many people guessed the last song correctly. I'm sorry if I've forgotten anyone, or if I spelt your name wrong, but I wrote down all the people who got it right, and thendiscovered that I couldn't read my own writing. Oops.
Well done to: I-Luv-Edward-Cullen18, Laurenta, i-heart-twilight-forever, iloveedwardcullen, Lizabeff, mimitran, xxTwilightFan-Jamiexx, Anjalit2624, Twilighter123, twilightfan102, Unseen Shadow Of The Mind, kenzie, Xxedward'sbellaxX, Flowerfairy123, HMMadwell, Caroline S, -CAUTION-dazzler, Jessluvsharry (say what you like, I'm sure you're Alice in disguise), DarkJade14, Jake1212 and Seth'sONLYIMPRINT.
Wow, that was a lot of people. The song was of course, Love Story by Taylor Swift. Which I don't own. Again, if I forgot you, or spelt your name wrong, PM me and let me know!
Disclaimer: I'm too tired to think of something funny, so I'll be blunt. I don't own Twilight. End of.
P.S. because it was requested, there is a sneaky little EdwardPOV at the bottom. Let me know what you think of it, because trying to get the big-brother thing was really hard for me.
Visions
Rosalie
Alice looked at the floor for a few seconds. Her eyes were blank, and I knew that she wasn't seeing the leaves and pieces of forest debris that were being whipped into a miniature tornado around her feet. Her tawny eyes cleared, and I saw her mouth twist into what may have been a grimace, before she lifted her head and met my gaze.
Nothing could have prepared me for what I saw reflected in her eyes.
It was common knowledge in our family that Alice saw glimpses of the future and that the future was constantly shifting. But until now, I had never quite grasped the magnitude of her gift.
I didn't see Alice anywhere in the twin pools of honey. Instead, I saw what she must see, every day of every week of every month of every year. I saw endless futures, an eternity of visions, every outcome of every decision made, no matter the size or importance. I saw life, I saw death, fear, pain, love, joy, uncertainty, but most of all, I saw hope. Hope that everything would turn out for the best, hope that perhaps the future wasn't always as bad as you thought it was going to be. Was this what Alice and Edward had to live with? Perhaps I should have been more forgiving of Edward's moods, tried to be more understanding of Alice's chaotic train of thought.
"I saw Edward and Bella. I saw them together. As in, together together. Bella was about sixteen, and they looked so happy..." her voice trailed off, and she stared at the ground once more. My mouth opened and closed several times, like a human who had been swimming underwater and was now gasping for air.
"You... s-saw them... together?" I finally whispered. Alice gave me a disparaging look.
"Yes, Rosalie, I believe that is what I said," she said, her eyes flashing hard and crystalline, hiding the future from me.
I exploded. I couldn't help it. "YOU SAW THEM FREAKING TOGETHER, AND YOU DIDN'T TELL ANYONE?!?!" I screamed. "HOW COULD YOU DO THAT, ALICE? CARLISLE AND ESME ARE THEIR PARENTS FOR GOD'S SAKE! AND EDWARD!!! DO YOU NOT THINK THAT HE DESERVES TO KNOW???" The icy glare Alice gave me was what finally broke through my anger, sending it shattering in a thousand jagged pieces to the forest floor. If looks could kill, I would be nothing more than ash.
"Rose, do you honestly believe that I don't want to tell them? It was the first thing I thought of doing; but when I saw Edward run off to Denali to 'try to change the future' with Tanya, can't you understand why I kept it to myself?" Edward... running to Tanya? No. No, no, no, no, NO! That was... sickening. If I were human, the forest floor would now be painted Technicolor. Ugh, ugh, ugh. My mind shied away from it; I couldn't even tread around the boundaries of those thoughts without shuddering violently. Alice took my expression to mean that I understood her motives in that particular case.
"And if I told anyone else, Edward would find out sooner or later, because they're bound to think of it. I'm taking a huge risk just by telling you; hell, I've almost slipped up a few times. The only reasons Edward hasn't wrangled the truth out of me yet is; a) Jasper would kill him, and b) he's always been preoccupied with something!"
"Well, if it's such a big risk, why are you telling me?" I demanded impatiently. Alice huffed angrily.
"Because you're the only one who has noticed that I have been slightly off around Bella and Edward, and you've made the connection. I mean, really, can't you even begin to comprehend how strange it is to watch them together, and know that they're going to fall in love? Bella's only TWO, for God's sake. It's so hard to imagine how awkward and strange things are going to be when they realise."
"Why would you need to imagine?" I asked curiously; surely Alice would already know if it would be awkward for them. I thought it would be, especially with me there. I couldn't imagine Bella grown up, and with Edward? Edward, who was like her big brother? Overprotective, over-reacting Edward? Would they really fall in love? Could they? Would I let them? If Edward hurt her, hurt my baby girl...
"Because the future keeps changing! It's so far ahead; nothing is certain yet." I nodded thoughtfully.
"How come no one else noticed? How you kept looking at them, I mean." I asked, tacking the end on hastily, so that Alice would understand.
"I think they did, but they all know better than to ask me about something I haven't already told them," Alice explained with an impish grin. I rolled my eyes at her childishness.
"But, Alice, they're like brother and sister. That would be like... me falling for Jasper, or you falling for Emmett!" I tried to keep the horror out of my voice.
"No, Rose, because we're already in love. Edward isn't, and I sure hope Bella isn't. Besides, we of all people should know that nothing can change the course of true love," her eyes went all misty, and her voice faded towards the end. She sounded like something from a cheesy romance film. I tried to distract her.
"Alice, I think we should be getting back now. The others will start to get suspicious."
"Okay," she chirruped. Then she sighed dreamily. "Oh Rose, it's just like a romance novel. Like something straight out of a Jane Austen book." So much for trying to distract her. When Alice decides on something, she doesn't change her mind; after all, she can see the outcome of her decisions.
I raised a sceptical eyebrow. "Alice, I don't think Jane Austen wrote about vampires." Alice gasped, sounding horrified.
"Rose, stop! You're killing my happy!!" She cried, looking as though she might cry.
"Alice. I hope you realise that you are the strangest vampire I have ever met."
*****
Edward
"Do you think you'll be able to get to sleep now?" I asked Bella after the story was over. I worked hard to hide my irritation – Alice had been constantly blocking her thoughts from me throughout the whole story – and as always, Bella's presence calmed me almost instantly. She nodded her head so hard I was worried she might get whiplash, and then yawned for emphasis. Everyone laughed quietly, and I heard my family leave the room one by one. Eventually, only I was left, but I knew that everyone would hear every word we said.
"Edward," Bella whispered, and I held my sigh in. I missed 'Edard'. "Will Romeo really some find me?" She sounded half asleep already, and this time I couldn't keep my sigh to myself.
"I don't know, Bella. Maybe one day." I doubted that a man called Romeo would really turn up and miraculously fall in love with her, but I just couldn't bring myself to tell her 'no'. Besides, no doubt one day she would find a man who would love and cherish her, and whom she would love in return.
And I felt a snarl rise within me. I had heard the thoughts of human males; I had seen the lust-filled fantasies they held for my sisters, and I didn't know if I would be able to endure it when Bella was old enough to attract such attentions. It would be different for my little human sister – Alice and Rosalie could take care of themselves, not to mention the fact that they were already in love. There was no chance of them being attracted to a human who held such perverted desires within them – Bella might. And if that happened, I would not even be able to kill him; that might upset her. Bella was human and vulnerable, whilst we were... not.
"Do you think he'll love me? I love him," she murmured, her adorable voice slightly slurred with exhaustion. I sighed. How could Bella doubt herself? Everyone who met her fell in love with her adorably innocent charm.
"Bella, he'd be a fool if he didn't love you." It was true. I had seen her in Alice's visions, seen the exceptional beauty she would grow up to be. Bella answered with a snore. I smiled and kissed her forehead. She would no doubt hardly remember our conversation tomorrow, that's how tired she was. I crept from her room, and drifted downstairs, only to notice that two of my family members were missing.
"Where're Alice and Rose?" I asked. Everyone shrugged.
Went out, they thought simultaneously. I frowned. It was rare for anyone to leave the house without first saying where they were going.
I didn't have to wait long. They came through the door not five minutes later, leaves and twigs tangled in their hair. I caught a brief glimpse of the clearing they had been standing in before Rose started blocking her thoughts.
Living in a material world
And I am a material girl
You know that we are living in a material world
And I am a material girl. Very appropriate for Rosalie.
But why were they hiding their thoughts from me?
