Moonlight
Reminiscing
BellaPOV
" Where did Jasper take Alice?" I asked the three days after the wedding. It had totally slipped my mind.
The Cullens, the Denalis and I were lounging about at the Cullens house. Esme, Edward, Tanya, Irina and I were in the kitchen. The rest had gone for a hunt. Tanya and Irina were sitting on the bench, while Esme cooked me pancakes for breakfast. Edward and I were sitting on one of the kitchen stools; me on his lap.
" You will have to ask Jac..," Edward started but Esme interrupted.
" New York,"
" How do you know?" Edward asked indigently. He wasn't used to being the one in the dark. Other than with me of course. His arms tensed around my waist. I grinned and rubbed his hand.
" Jasper couldn't keep the secret. He was bursting to tell Bella. But he couldn't. Eventually he wrote down the location and passed it on the Jacob, who was to pass it on to Bella. But she was so caught up in the wedding he couldn't get her alone. Jacob passed it on to me instead. Alice couldn't see. Jacob was involved. No big deal really," Esme laughed, " I peeked this morning,"
" New York. What's in New York?" I asked confused. Edward stiffened a little.
" That is where Alice lived before she was changed," Edward answered, " Every year for 15 years, Alice's mother and father used to shout Alice and her sister Cynthia a shopping spree at any store they wanted in the heart of New York.
In the March between her 15th and 16th birthday, Alice's father had had enough of her queer visions and premonitions. He was high up on the social chain and people were starting to talk. He sent his oldest daughter to the asylum, two hours outside New York. After Carlisle changed her, she asked if she could go to New York. She demanded to be taken to New York.
I had just arrived at the forest where it had taken place. Carlisle and I convinced her that she should wait at least a year or she would probably kill the entire city. Alice looked distraught. Carlisle asked her what was wrong. She shook, her red eyes went blank. Carlisle looked terrified, but I could see her mind and she was having a vision.
The vampire that had tried to kill her was going to go on a rampage; a killing spree throughout the city. I could see it all happening so clearly. The vampire burst into a jewellery store. Inside was Cynthia, Alice's little sister. He glided across the room and took Cynthia in his arms. He bit down deeply into her neck and quickly drained her body.
The vision disappeared as Alice came back to the present. She was shaking like a leaf. Even after all her family had put her through, she still couldn't let them die.
She demanded to be taken to New York. She needed to save her sister. I agreed but Carlisle said we would take care of it and Alice was to stay in the forest. If her sister saw her, it would be a disaster.
We hurried to New York and Alice pointed us to the jewellery store. The vampire was just about to enter. Quick as a flash, Carlisle and I grabbed him from behind and dragged him into the forest. Not one human had noticed, we were so fast. Alice ripped his head off and Carlisle and I did the rest. As the body burned, Alice watched her sister walk out of the store. Cynthia hurried over to her parents and they continued down the road.
Every year after that, Alice would visit New York and that jewellery store. It was her holiday, I supposed, so she could be with her family again. Every year until the Swans moved to Forks. She hasn't been since.
Alice told Jasper her story last year. As soon as she had finished, his mind flicked to him and Alice walking hand in hand down the streets of New York. But before Alice could see it, his mind flicked back. He has been planning it with Jacob ever since,"
We all, Tanya, Irina and I sat there, stunned.
" I didn't even think about New York," Edward sighed, " When Jasper had the idea, I didn't think he would actually be able to go through with it,"
" Alice went to New York every year?" I asked.
" Every single year," Esme replied, " Jasper was very thoughtful to organise it all. He knows Alice will be emotional. It has been three years since she has been there. He will be the most loved man in New York,"
" Alice knew it would happen?" Tanya asked, " The murder?"
" Yeah, it was the second thing he saw in her vampire life," Edward replied.
" What was the first?" I asked.
" Jasper's face," Edward answered.
We all sat in silence for a while before a loud crack of thunder sounded from outside. Did it always rain after a Cullen wedding? Emmett came screaming in.
" Baseball time," he exclaimed, his eyes gleaming.