A/N: sorry it took so long to upload this chapter, its really long and it took a while to write. i was trying to catch up on some school work that i'd missed but i'm all set now. chapter 4 should b here sometime later tonight or tomorrow. thanks :)

Bella's POV:

I had this weird feeling inside of me that something was going to happen to me today as I buckled Sarah into her carseat and put Masons' bag in the trunk of my black Toyota Camry as he buckled himself in next to Sarah.

"Ready?" I asked as I started my car. Mason and Sarah were both literally bouncing in their seats with excitement. I backed out of the small garage and drove off, deeper into La Push towards Kevins' house.

"Alright," I parked the car nd got out to get Mason his bag. Kevin came running outside to meet Mason.

"Hey!" he yelled.

"Hey!" Mason called back as Beth came to the door.

"Hello again, Bella." She smiled.

"Hey, Beth. Well, call me if you need anything. He's sleeping over, right?"

"Yes, Kevin learned not to plan behind my back last month." She smiled.

"I see," I chuckled. "Well, I've got to get going. See you later. Bye Mason!" I called.

"By mom!" he ran over and gave me a hug.

"See you tomorrow. Now, behave, alright?" I looked down at him.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah," he rolls his eyes, looking exactly like Edward used to.

"Come on, Kevin!" He yelled to his friend as they ran into the house.

"Alright, by Beth," I waved to her.

"See you tomorrow Bella." She smiled. I got back into the car and pulled out of the driveway, heading towards Port Angeles for our shopping day.

"Sarah, we're gonna get some food first today, okay? Daddy and Mason keep eating it all." I told her.

"I get lollipop?" she asked.

"Sure," I allowed.

"Yay!" she crowed. We got out at the wall*mart and bought some food for our small kitchen.

Four-hundred dollars later, Sarah and I got back into the car to head for the mall.

"Sarah, we're gonna shop for mommy first today, okay sweetie?"

"Okay," she said brightly, sucking on her blue lollipop.

I parked the car in a space close to the doors and got Sarah out of her seat. I held her little hand as we made out way to the mall. Once inside, we went up the elevator to level two and began our search for the maternity store.

Once found, I began to pick and search through racks of clothes, Sarah holding on to my pant-leg the whole time. I was just beginning to search through the black, fancy clothes when I noticed she wasn't at my side.

"Sarah," I called. Oh no. oh no, oh no. she was still I the store. She had to be.

"Sarah!" I called again.

"Momma! I'm over here!" Sarah's head popped into view momentarily over a rack before disappearing again. Thank god. I made my way over to her as quickly as I could, despite my belly, ready to thank my savior.

"Sarah," I sang as I grabbed her out of my saviors arms, hugging her close. "Don't do that to me again, missy. Okay? You need to stay right with me."

"Okay. Sorry momma." she hugged me back.

I looked up to thank the person still standing in front of us and gasped. I put Sarah down before I could drop her.

"Alice," I gasped, lurching forwards to hug her.

"Hi Bella!" she said brightly, hugging me back.

"You're here. It's actually you. How? I thought you all left, moved on to…wherever," I stuttered as I tried to figure out y current situation.

"And," I stopped in my thought process. "Why are you in a maternity store?" I asked.

"We never actually moved on. We've all just been in Alaska with Tanya and them. Well, except for Edward. He's been around other places in the world. I don't know why. And I'm here because I saw you here. Blurrily. I haven't been able to see you for ten years. Why have my visions been all blocked off from you?" she asked.

"Um…why don't you finish shopping with us then come back to our house with us. I'll put Sarah for a nap and then explain. Sound good?" I suggested.

"Okay," she allowed.

I felt my phone vibrating in my pocket. "Hello?" I answered without checking the ID.

"Bella, I'm not going to be home when you get here." Jacobs voice came from the phone. "I'll be at Quil's for a few days. His grandpa just passed away. I'll see you in a few days. Okay?" he spoke quickly.

"Alright. See you in a few days. Love you." I told him.

"Love you too, bye." the line went dead.

"Yeah, bye." I muttered as I pocketed my phone.

"Ah, just my husband. He's gonna be gone for a few days, but he'll be back." I answered the question on Alice's face.

"Dadda's leaving?" Sarah asked innocently.

"For a little while. He'll be home soon," I promised as I went back over to the blacks.

"Why black?" Alice asked.

"Funeral," I muttered, thinking of Quil and his family. I felt so sorry for them.

"I'm sorry," Alice said. I finished shopping in silence and paid at the register. We made out way to the Children's Place to buy Sarah her clothes when Alice spoke again.

"This one's on me." She smiled and pulled out her credit card.

"Alice, no. that's not right." I argued.

"Deal with it," she told me. "She's about three, right?"

"Yeah, three as of today." I thought about her presents hiding in my room.

"Then this is my present to her." Alice smiled

"Fine," I shrugged. She'd win no matter what.

Alice took Sarah over to the girls section while I went to the formal section for girls to find her a dark outfit. I picked out a cute dark smoky grey dress with a black sash around the waist and went to show it to her.

"Ooh, that's pretty momma." She said as I walked over to her. Good, I smiled at her as Alice took it from me.

Five hundred dollars of kids clothes from Alice later, Sarah and I got back into the car to go back home. Alice put up with out 'slow' pace all the way back and helped unload. Jeez, Jake's extra muscle would be nice right now, I smiled to myself when I realized Alice was just a little stronger.

I brought in a few bags while Alice carried in ten at a time. I gave up after three trips and decided to put Sarah down for a nap.

After she was asleep I checked the missed calls on the home phone. Mason had called on his emergency cell phone. Ooh, shoot.

I dialed the number of Beth's house.

"Hello?" Beth answered.

"Hi Beth, is Mason there?" I asked.

"Yes. Is everything alright?" she asked.

"Yeah, he just called earlier from his emergency cell so…" I trailed off.

"Oh, just a sec." she said. "Mason! Your mother's on the phone!" she called away from the phone.

"Hi mom," I heard Masons' voice.

"Mason, baby, are you okay?" I asked.

"Oh, um yeah. I forgot what I called for. Hold on." he asked Kevin a question.

"Oh yeah! Can we got dirt-biking?" he asked.

"You'll wear helmets?" I asked.

"Yes,"

"And protective gear?"

"Yup."

"Alright, I guess. But be safe!"

"Thanks mom!" Mason crowed.

"No problem. Love you."

"Love you too mom. Bye."

"Bye Mason." I hung up the phone.

"So," Alice patted the couch beside her as I rounded the corner. "Talking time."

I sighed and sat down before beginning.

"Okay. So, you haven't been able to see me in your visions because, well, I'm married to Jacob Black. Sarah is his child, as is Mason."

"Who is Mason?" Alice asked as I pulled out a picture of him.

"Bella, he does not look like you or Jacob." Alice gasped, immediately figuring it out. "He looks just like Edward." she pulled out her phone.

"No! Alice, don't. You can't. Please, you can't." I begged.

"Give me one good reason," she wavered.

"He left me." I spoke slowly and evenly.

"Fine. He'll just se it in my mind though."

"No he won't. Translate Shakespeare into Russian." I suggested.

"Ooh, that's a good one." Alice smiled and I knew I could trust her. "Deal. I'll keep him out. As long as I can stay for the night."

"Deal. Oh, Alice, I've missed you so much," I hugged her again.

"I know, Bella, I know." she muttered in my ear.

"So, what is it how far along are you? Names?" Alice asked, looking at my pregnant belly.

"I'm five and a half months along, and it's going to be a surprise. For a boy, I was thinking Ethan or Alex, and for a girl I was thinking Jodi or Melanie maybe…" I told her.

"Pretty," Alice commented, seeming off.

"Alice?" I asked.

"What?" she snapped back into the present.

"What did you see?" I asked.

"Nothing that worries you. Don't worry about it." she told me.

"Okay," I allowed. We talked and joked until five when Jake called in and asked me how my day had been and I told him that it had been fine and that I had to go because Sarah was waking up from her nap. It was five o'clock and Sarah wanted dinner.

Alice appeared in the kitchen and began to prepare a meal. I shrugged it off and went to get Sarah.

as I started walking back to the kitchen with her, I smelled a waft of cake batter. Of course Alice had decided to take matters into her own hands.

I told Sarah to go play with her toys and that dinner was almost ready. She went to play as I brought her presents out to the kitchen. She had a total of four gifts this year; one from myself, one from Jake, one from the both of us, and one from us and Mason.

We ate dinner while Alice flitted around, neatening anything and everything she could. She did the dishes and then took the vanilla frosted cake out of the fridge.

"Yay!" Sarah squealed as she caught sight of it. Alice smiled as we began a song of happy birthday for her before she blew out the three candles stuck into the top.

We each had a piece before I gave her the small stack of gifts.

I handed her mine and Jacobs first, watching her face brighten as she pulled out the Kaya American Girl Doll. My gift was a few new dresses for her new doll and Jacobs to her was the dogs' set that were supposed to be her pets. The gift from the three of us was slightly bigger. It was Kaya's tent home, fire pit, fire logs with fire on top, sleeping bag, and log benches to surround the fire.

She hugged me tightly before running off with Alice to her bedroom to set up her new doll set. I smiled to myself as I got up and did dishes, cleaning up the leftover cake, putting it back into the fridge.

After I was done, I walked as quietly as I could to watch Alice and Sarah playing with her new dolls. It was eight thirty and it was time for Sarah to go to bed or tomorrow would be hell.

She gave me her pouty face when I told her but I held my ground. I was bedtime whether she liked it or not.

I went to bed soon after and left Alice free to do as she pleased. She left in the morning; she needed to hunt. She told me that she would see me around, but I wasn't so sure.