As we were walking back to the house Alice froze, I saw her face go blank and I knew. She was seeing something and I knew it wasn't good.

Had she somehow seen me and Jake? Had she seen Edward finding out about us? I still wasn't sure how long I would be able to keep him out of my

thoughts and was mainly banking on the fact that he would be at Charlie's' place most of the time with Bella. When we wasn't gone I had

intended on making myself scarce. I wondered if my plan wasn't going to work. In that moment so many possible scenarios had popped into my

mind. All of which meant bad news for me. I had seen that look so many times before, I knew what it meant. I could see that she was starting to

regain focus again. I wondered how bad it would be.

"Alice? What happened?" I asked nervously

"I, I don't even know how to say it. I mean I don't understand." she said sounding confused

"What do you mean Alice? What did you see?" I asked a little less nervous

"I think something is going to happen with Renesme. I don't know what, I don't know how it all ties together. I just know something is wrong. I

am only getting flashes of things to come, seeing how things are going to play out. But it is like watching a dvd that skips. It is missing pieces, the

pieces that I am sure will help it all make sense. But Rose, I know this. It is bad, very bad. Ness is in danger." she told me with certainty.

"But Alice, if you cannot see her how do you know it is her? Please, tell me what you saw." I pleaded with her.

"I see several different outcomes, things keep changing back and forth. But what is certain is this... Renesme is gone, she has run away to Italy.

She is already there. Bella is going to find the letter explaining things later on today. I see her and Edward taking off to get her back. I don't know

why, I don't know what has happened. I don't know how or what would even make her decide this. I do not know why. I feel so blind. I keep

seeing a new member joining the Volturri guard, but this decision keeps changing. I keep seeing trouble, just so much trouble and stress for our

family and there is nothing I can do to stop it this time. It's too late to do anything more than fill Edward in." she said to me sounding so defeated.

"It is never too late Alice. You have never been a pessimist, why are you being one now!? I am still confused by all of this. But I know that we have

been through so much as a family that nothing is impossible." I said trying to convince her along with myself.

"I am just as confused as you are Rose. This is so hard for me. It isn't that I don't want to try to prevent this from getting bad, it isn't that I am

saying I won't try and that I won't do everything in my power to keep this family together. It's just that, I think I am too late. I didn't see this

coming, I didn't know about her decision. I don't see her or Jake and I can only see things that happen when it effects the rest of us. She is gone

though Rose and the most I can do is try to prepare Edward and Bella and try to let them know that going in there and trying to drag her back is

not going to help. The most I can do is warn Edward to keep his cool. But you know how well that always works. This is going to be hard on all of

us." she said looking at the ground.

"Alice, is there something else. Are you telling me everything?" I asked skeptically. I always knew when she was keeping things from me, but

usually it was for the best. I just didn't know what it meant this time.

"Yes. But I think for now, it can change. I don't want to set up a self fulfilling prophecy. It isn't important at the moment anyways. We have other

things to worry about. Just trust me on this Rose, please?" she asked me looking so lost.

"Of course. I always do. But I think you should probably go to Edward and Bella right away. I can fill the others in on things. Go to them now,

before she finds the letter." I told her trying to sound confident in her and the issues we were about to face.

"Thank you Rose. I will be back as soon as I can. I think it's probably best to kind of keep this within our family for now. Yara doesn't need to know

yet, nor do we need any of the wolves starting any trouble. Until I know for certain, I think it should stay between us, ok?" she asked.

"Agreed." I said as I hugged her before she took off.

I had never seen Alice like this before. She was always so bright, so optimistic about everything, so determined to always make things right. It

seemed as though she had already given up on the situation and that scared me. What could be so bad that we couldn't fix together?