A few days passed without any commotion or visions of an attack. I was beginning to think that my visions were just going downhill. The wolves were fine and there hadn't been any vampires in the area. After some serious begging on my part, Carlisle finally allowed me to be out on my own, which was great since I needed to do some major shopping. When Emmett and Rosalie arrived home, Carlisle quickly informed them of the situation. The only response I got from them was Emmett being upset that he might have missed some action. Rosalie turned down my offer to come shopping with me.
I finished getting ready and headed down to the garage. I was going to "borrow" Edward's Volvo. Jasper was sitting on the hood waiting for me.
"Hey Jasper." I smiled. I knew he wasn't going to make this easy.
"I'm not so sure you should go." He replied not moving from the car.
I frowned. "Nothing's going to happen. Well, aside from me shopping and spending a lot of money." I ravished the idea of trying on new clothes.
"When was your last vision?"
I thought for a moment. "Earlier today. I saw that Bella was picking up Edward, and I knew I could get his Volvo."
Jasper stood up and wrapped me in his arms. "I personally think you should stay home."
I sighed. "I'm so bored staying here. I need to do something."
His eyes lit up. "I can think of many things you can do here that will keep you from being bored."
I kissed his cheek. "I'm well aware of those things." I kissed his other cheek. "You're more than welcome to come with me. I'll even buy you something."
Jasper's lips descended on mine. His hands caressed my face as he deepened our kiss. Love and lust radiated off of him in waves striking my body. I wasn't entirely unaware of what he was trying to do.
"I have everything I need right here." He whispered in my ear. He began trailing kisses along my neck and his fingertips roamed down my sides.
"Jasper, you're not playing fair." I whined but it didn't do any good. Jasper's lips didn't stop nor did his hands. If he wasn't careful, we'd end up destroying Edward's car. I finally forced myself to push away. "Do you really not want me to go?" He shook his head. "Why?"
"The last time you drove a car, you slammed into a tree. You could have been hurt Alice." He carefully removed a stray piece of hair away from my face.
"I wasn't though." I think sometimes he forgets that I'm a vampire and not easily breakable.
"What if I said please?" Jasper's golden eyes bore into mine. He took my hands and kissed them. "Please Alice. Stay home."
I took a deep and unneeded breath. "Alright, I'll stay." He wrapped his arms tightly around me. "You owe me."
"Anything darlin'." He kissed me and then took my hand leading me back upstairs.
"You have to go shopping with me later." I smirked knowing full well he would. As we got to the living room, Edward and Bella came inside. Edward frowned at me and then glanced at Jasper.
"Thank you Jasper."
Jasper, clearly not understanding what Edward was thanking him for, asked why.
"For saving my car."
Jasper grinned. I released his hand and crossed my arms. "Both of you are mean." I childishly stuck my tongue out at Edward.
Edward reached out and messed with my hair. I tried to slap his hands away but missed. I looked to Jasper for help, but he seemed to be siding with Edward. I did the one thing I could think of. I screamed for Emmett.
My big brother came rushing down the stairs. "What's up Alice?" By this time, Edward had me in his arms trying to tickle me. Emmett's face lit up like a kid's at Christmas. He grabbed a pillow on his way toward us and began hitting Edward with it. My brother immediately let me go to save himself from Emmett's attack. Jasper laughed and I turned to him.
"Oh, so you think this is humorous?" I quickly got my own pillow and set after Jasper. Pretty soon a pillow fight broke out in the living room. Bella managed to stay away since she could have seriously gotten injured. We were all laughing and hitting each other, we didn't notice Carlisle, Esme, and Rosalie had entered the room.
Carlisle cleared his throat and we all stopped. I somehow ended up on the couch. I quickly sat up and put my pillow down.
"Are you children done playing?" Esme asked. No matter how stern she wanted to be, her face let us know she was enjoying our happiness.
"Yes Esme." Edward replied. "Although if we're going to get in trouble. I'm blaming Alice on the whole thing."
"You would!" I replied. I turned to Esme. I gave her my best puppy dog face. "Edward started it."
Esme laughed. "At least you managed not to break anything this time."
Carlisle nodded. "Next time, take it outside. Okay?"
We all agreed. Emmett walked over to his wife and Rose hit him. "What was that for?" He asked rubbing his arm.
She smiled. "I missed out on the fun."
Emmett winked. "I can make it up to you."
We all knew where that was going. Edward thankfully stepped in. "Emmett, I didn't need a play by play."
"Sorry man." Knowing Emmett, he wasn't sorry at all. I watched as he and Rose went back upstairs. Carlisle turned his focus on me.
"I thought you were going shopping."
I frowned. "I thought I was too, but someone decided I should stay home." I glanced at Jasper.
Jasper wrapped his arm around me. "At least you got rid of your boredom."
A few hours later, I was in my bedroom going through my closet. I was trying to decide what I wanted to keep and what I needed to donate to charity. I was looking at a dress when I heard banging on the front door. I felt Jasper's presence behind me. He placed his hands on my waist. I was about to ask what was wrong but then I heard Jacob's voice. Then I smelled blood.
"I need a doctor." He was saying. Jasper and I went downstairs. Carlisle was getting his first aid kit. Emmett was standing beside Jacob.
"What happened?" He asked.
"I got surprised by a vampire."
"What? I didn't see." I began then remembered how the wolves screw with my visions.
"Yeah, I figured that one midget." He shot me a smile letting me know he was only teasing. Carlisle came back with his case. He began working on Jacob's arm.
"How many vampires?" Carlisle asked as he washed the blood off Jacob's arm. I could feel Jasper tense from the blood. I grabbed his hand and squeezed it giving him my love and support.
"I'm not sure. Sam, Paul, and I were at La Push when we were attacked." Jacob's eyes meet mine. "You might have been right."
"I'm sorry." I honestly didn't know what else to say.
Carlisle continued patching Jacob's arm.
"We'll start searching." Emmett was more than ready to have a fight. He smiled at Jasper. "Wanna come with me bro?"
Jasper nodded. He leaned down and kissed my cheek. "Stay here. We'll be back." Emmett grinned and he followed Jasper out of the house.
Great, now I'll be worried about Jasper the rest of the evening. Carlisle finished with Jacob and smiled.
"Good as new."
"Thanks." Jacob grinned. "Um, this is a really odd question, but you wouldn't happen to have any food would you? I'm starving."
"Actually, we do." I laughed. "Bella does stay here you know."
Jacob laughed. "Great! Take me to your kitchen."
We went into the kitchen and sat down on the bar stool. "Help yourself. I have no idea how to cook."
"You mean you didn't cook food when you were human?" He was pulling out various things from the refrigerator
I felt a flash of pain with the mention of my former life. I hoped Jacob didn't notice, but that wasn't the case.
"You okay?" He was staring at me with his dark eyes.
"Yeah." I glanced down frowning at the food. "How do you eat that?"
He smiled. "Well, first you pick it up, put it your mouth, then chew."
"Funny."
He became serious again. "Did you really not cook when you were human? Or did you have servants?"
I sighed. "Bella didn't tell you, did she?"
"No." He sat down across from me. "What happened?"
I stared at his brown eyes. "I don't remember being human. The only thing I remember is waking up to this." I pointed at myself. "My first visions were of Jasper and finding him."
Jacob reached across the table and took my hand. "I'm sorry Alice. I didn't know."
"It's fine." I smiled at him. "I did manage to learn a few things about myself."
"That's good right?"
I released my hand from his. "Not really."
Edward and Bella walked in the kitchen. Apparently Edward had been listening on our conversation. He came over and wrapped his arm around me.
"Where's Jasper?" He asked.
I welcomed the distraction and let Jacob tell them what happened. By this time, Bella was worried for Jacob, she had her arms wrapped around him.
"I'm glad you're okay." She was telling him.
Edward didn't seem to be worried about Jacob. He was more concerned with me. I smiled at him. 'I'm fine.' I mentally told him.
He shook his head. He leaned down and whispered quietly in my ear. "We all love you Alice, don't forget that."
'I know. I love you too.' I felt him kiss my cheek.
Emmett and Jasper came in a few moments later.
Jasper's hands were on my shoulders. "Get everyone together." He told Edward.
"What's wrong?" Bella asked.
"Alice was right."
"Right about what?" I asked. "The army?"
"I have a feeling they're going to be attacking very soon." Jasper replied.
"We need to get Bella out of here." Jacob said.
"We will." Edward promised.
"Wait!" Bella yelled. She kept glancing at all of us. Her eyes never staying on one person for very long. "What are you going to do?"
Edward went into his protect Bella mode. "Bella for once, please don't argue. I'm going to take you home. Jacob, could one of the pack members guard her house?"
"Yes."
"NO!" Bella yelled. "You're not leaving me out of this."
I walked over to her. "Bella." I tried to calm her down. "If this is an army of vampires, you need to be as far away as possible."
"And protected." Jacob added.
"It's no use to argue." I told her. "Edward's taking you home." I turned to Emmett and Jasper. "How close are they?"
"We followed their trail to the treaty line." Emmett replied.
Jasper nodded. "The wolves took over."
Bella shook her head but then everyone felt a sense of calm. Bella glared at my husband. "Jasper!"
He smiled and Edward thanked him. He quickly escorted Bella out. Emmett, Jacob, Jasper, and I went to get the rest of my family. Once they were informed, Emmett smiled. "Finally, we're going to have a little action around here."
