Disclaimer: I have no claim on any of the characters from Twilight or New Moon all rights go to Stephenie Meyer.

Summary: Edward leaves Bella alone in the woods after telling her he didn't want her any more. As she is lying on the cold forest floor; Bella remembers three important things. Edward made a promise not to leave her, and Edward never broke a promise, and third it was her body, her heart, what right did he have to make this choice for her? Bella realizes that Edward was covering up his true feeling about her. She goes to bring Edward home.

Last Time:

Alice POV

Since the image was clearer than before, I knew that she was closer to us. I was horror struck as the Sedan she was driving slid on the wet road. The vehicle then vaulted over a bridge and into the ice water. In Bella's current condition there was no way she would survive.

Once the images had faded and I had snapped back to reality, I knew I had to get moving if I planned to stop what I had seen from happening. I wasn't all together sure I could do it without my family's support, but I was going to try.

I wasn't about to lose my best friend, and little sister; even if she was a fragile little human. There was one future that was clear. If Bella died, it would be the end of Edward. That much I was very sure of.

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Chapter 2: The Sky Won't Fall Forever

By TaintedDarkInuShemeeko

Alice POV

Taking out my phone, I dialed Bella's number, but my call went straight to voicemail, forcing me to leave a message. I did my best to keep my breathing calm and regular. I didn't want my family to know how upset I was. Why wasn't Bella answering her phone? I needed to warn her. I needed to keep her safe. Not just for my own selfish reasons, but for my family's wellbeing. For the first time, I knew what our future would be without having to actually see it. Bella was the glue that held this family together, and that glue was crumbling. Vision or not Bella needed me and I wasn't going to leave her in the dark.

Jasper looked over at me with curious eyes. He never questioned me out loud; he walked over to me and kissed the top of my head. Words were never really needed between us; we just always knew what the other needed. It however, wasn't Jaz who spoke next, but Carlisle.

"What can we do to help, Alice?"

I was silent for a second before I answered Carlisle knowing the weight of the request I was about to make.

"Carlisle, I was hoping you'd come with me. I think I'm going to need you in order to bring Bella back safely."

I watched as Esme squeezed Carlisle's hand, seeing the love that was there between the two of them. I then looked over at my Jaz. There was pain burning in his eyes. He had something to say but seemed unsure of it at first.

"Alice, I want to go with you too, but I don't know if I can do it. I'm not sure if enough time has passed, since I…"

There was no need for Jasper to say any more, we all knew what he meant: had enough time passed since the night he attempted to attack Bella. I wasn't completely comfortable with his request, but I didn't want him to be discouraged. I took Jasper's hand in mine and gave it an affectionate squeeze. I loved my Jazzy; with all my heart- he completed me. But, without Bella and Edward, I would be missing an important part of myself that Jasper alone couldn't fill.

Carlisle wasn't taking Edward's leaving the family very well either. That fact alone made me desperately want to see that future more clearly. Would he and Esme give up their lives if they lost Edward and Bella? The bond they had with Edward was different than what they shared with the rest of us.

"It's fine Jasper, you can come and meet us. When you're ready, I know you can do it."

"Wait a minute if Jasper is going then I'm going too," came Emmett's excited reply. Rosalie appeared behind him with a sour look on her face. It was clear she did not share Emmett's excitement.

There was so much to do and not a lot of time to do it in. If Bella died while trying to find Edward, I knew that he wouldn't be the only one who would seek death at the hands of the Volturi. I wasn't sure who that someone else would be - that much of the future was not clear to me yet. My one vision was still very vague as if a mist was wrapped tightly around someone. To my frustration, someone seeking death with the help of the Volturi, but hadn't fully decided, as if they were waiting on something.

My one wish for now was that we made it in time; for all of our sakes.

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For the first time in my unnatural life, I wished Carlisle's Mercedes could go faster.

"Carlisle, we have to hurry."

Carlisle's bright topaz eyes locked with mine. Carlisle always exuded an air of calmness, no doubt a useful mannerism in the chaos of the ER, but today his eyes betrayed him – he was fearful.

"Alice, I'm going one hundred miles per hour as it is. We're lucky that the New York authorities haven't stopped us yet."

I could hear Emmett fidgeting in the back seat. He didn't really say why he wanted to tag along. I had a feeling it was because Edward wasn't here. Emmett also had the same fondness for Bella I had.

"So, Alice you didn't happen to see how angry Eddie was going to be at us for interfering with things especially when he asked us not too?" his loud surly voice boomed from the back seat

"Oh, he's going to be mad, but he'll get over it. He's starting to come to the same realization that Bella has; that he can't continue on without her," I stated matter-of-factly.

I drew in a quick breath as a vision wrapped its cold fingers around me. My chest tightened and my eyes started to sting with the tears I longed to shed. Oh my God! We were going to be too late.

"No, no, no," I cried out.

"What is it Alice?" Carlisle's voice was filled with concern when he spoke.

"The bridge! We have to make it to the bridge now! If we don't we're going to be too late!"

This couldn't be happening to me, to us. No, it just couldn't! Bella couldn't die now, there was just too much that hadn't been said yet.

The bridge was barely noticeable as I grabbed the handle of the door in anticipation of my quick exit. The image of Bella's car plunging into the icy water flickered inside my mind.

Just then another vision flashed in front of me. As I watched Bella's car flew into the air before plunging into the icy water. My breath caught in my throat and fear suffocated me. What the vision revealed next confused me: Jasper was standing where Bella's car had been; he turned and looked at me before jumping into the water. The sweet flowery scent of Bella's blood burned the inside of my nose. The smell of her blood caused warning lights to flash inside of my head, and triggered the memory from several months ago.

Bella rolled her eyes at us, as she slid her finger under the paper. She then jumped slightly, "Ouch, paper cut."

One drop of blood rolled out of the cut and dropped to the floor. The second Bella's sweet scent had filled the air; Edward threw himself in front of Bella.

"No!"

In effort to protect Bella, Edward had knocked her backwards. Flowers, cake, presents and plates scattered in her wake. The sound of Jasper slamming into Edward was like two large boulders crashing into one another during a rock slide.

My Jasper had fallen into a very dark place that day. Snarling and snapping inches from Edward's face as he tried to shove past him. Even Emmett, had a hard time holding him back. There was no sanity in his eyes as zeroed in on Bella.

This made me realize the current dilemma: if Bella was hurt, how were we going to keep Jasper from attacking her? Why had he risked losing control again by coming here? A flood of emotion hit me as I ventured a guess at his motivation: Edward. Jasper had come here out of his love for his brother. He, better then any of us, knew Edward's true feelings for Bella. With Edward gone, Jasper hoped that saving Bella would give him atonement for the sin he felt he had committed against Edward.

A half mile from the bridge, Carlisle stopped the car. We all knew we had a much better chance of reaching Bella quicker if we went the rest of the way on foot. Thanks to the late hour, as well as the heavy down pour, there were no other cars on the road. We ran with inhuman speed toward the bridge even as sheets of water continued to fall and snap against my hard skin. Before me I could make out the mangled guard rail cables. I also picked up on the scent of wet sweet grass, vanilla and wet leather. Jasper had some how made it to the bridge ahead of us.

His wild curly blonde hair was now plastered to his head. He looked in our direction for what was less then a second. I could see that his eyes were the richest color of butterscotch I had ever seen them. The sight of their brightness made me think of Edward and all the precautions he took when he was around Bella.

"Jasper, wait!"

My pleas did little to stop his momentum even though I knew that he had heard me, he paid no heed to my cries. Jasper disappeared from the bridge and I knew he had jumped into the black water below, after Bella's sinking car. I didn't even realize that I had frozen in place until I heard the sound of Carlisle's voice.

"Alice! Alice, get moving! Bella needs all of us. Jasper will need you as well."

There was a loud smacking sound as we hit the water. Emmett moved toward Jasper's side. I think Emmett's decision had to do with the fact that he was unsure if it was safe for Jasper to be so close to Bella. They both dove under the water with Carlisle and I following close behind.

Emmett ripped open the driver's side door, while Jasper quickly freed an unconscious Bella from her seat belt. With Bella in his arms Jasper quickly headed toward the surface. Emmett, Carlisle and I were very close behind him. Oh, how I wished I knew what was going on in Jazz's head.

"Oh, Edward, why did you have to leave?"

Once we reached the surface, Jasper sprang from the water, heading for the embankment before jumping up and landing on the bridge. He was clutching Bella to him when we landed beside him. I couldn't read his mind, but I had seen the course he had chosen. Jasper was determined not to let anymore harm come to Bella.

Retrieving his medical bag from the car, Carlisle then held his hands up in front of him as he approached Bella and Jasper.

"You've done very well, Jasper. I'm proud of you son, I really am. You can relax now, I need to examine Bella. Gently lay her down. Edward would be grateful. Proud of you too, you know."

Jasper continued to hold onto Bella like she was his lifeline. I winced at the thought of the bruises she would have on her arms and ribs. Emmett tensed beside Carlisle. I wasn't sure if that was what caused Jasper to release his hold on Bella or whether he did it because I had moved to his side and had reached out to lay a hand down gently on his shoulder.

He swallowed back venom that must have been pooling in his mouth. His golden topaz eyes then moved to look down at Bella.

"I've caused them so much pain, Alice. Being this close to her, in the condition she's in now, it's maddening, but I have to do this. But not just for myself. I owe it to Edward and Bella."

I gave Jasper a small smile; my heart ached to see him in so much pain. I was also very proud of him.

"You did it Jazz, Bella is safe. You didn't hurt her, you saved her."

Emmett's voiced boomed loudly after my own.

"Alice is right--you're a hero, bro. So why don't you give Bella to Carlisle now."

In one quick fluid motion, Jasper laid Bella into Carlisle's arms as if she were no more than a feather. Emmett and I noticed he was clutching her bag in one of his hands. It didn't look that wet; maybe the photos and tickets were safe. I wasn't sure when he had decided to grab it, I was just glad he had.

Hearing Carlisle's quick intake of breath, I looked over at him and took in what he was seeing. Bella's clothes hung loosely on her body. Her skin was so pale she could have easily passed for one of us. Bella's face was gaunt and there were dark circle under her eyes from the lack of sleep.

"This was what you were keeping from us? Had I known that our leaving would affect her in such a way, I would have never…allowed…him to leave."

I winced at the hurt in Carlisle's voice when he spoke. "You should have said something Alice. Then again I should have known what our leaving would do to her. Bella is not a normal human; she was so emotionally involved with him. I should have seen that Edward's leaving would break her."

He knew what I had been hiding from them. Without Edward home to read my thoughts it had been rather easy. I wasn't proud of what I had done. I had just thought I was doing the right thing at first, by keeping the condition Bella's body to myself. Edward had asked us don't to meddle in Bella's life.

The doctor in Carlisle took control. He quickly moved about assessing her condition. Her airway was blocked with water, so she wasn't breathing, but there was still the faint sound of her heart beating. I watched with glassy eyes as Carlisle tilted her head back slightly, pinched her nose and forced two breaths of air in; followed by a second quick breath. This time her body reacted to the air being forced into her lungs. Carlisle already had her sitting up in his arms as she coughed and sputtered water.

"Alice, we need to get her warmed up. Hypothermia could set in at any time. Go get the car and turn the heat on. We're going to need those blankets, though you probably knew that all along."

The firm loudness of Carlisle saying my name shook me from my reverie. Carlisle then glanced over at Emmett and Jasper. Even though he had taken on the same commanding tone he would have in have in an ER, calmness seemed to settle around Carlisle.

"Emmett, Jasper the two of you need to step far away if this is becoming too hard for you."

Carlisle's rich golden eyes held mine as I came to his side.

"Alice, you should go as well."

As much as I respected Carlisle and loved my Jasper; I loved and respected Bella just as much.

My heart was torn as I looked from Carlisle and Bella to Jasper. Jasper knew me so well and he nodded his head at me, telling me in his own way that he understood my decision.

"No, Carlisle, I'm staying here with you and Bella."

"Alice."

I knew what Carlisle was thinking without having need for Edward's gift.

"I'll be fine. Everything is going to work out in the end. Just please, let me stay here with Bella."

Before we could get deeper into our discussion, the soft and confused sound of Bella's voice reached out toward me.

"Alice?"

I turned my attention toward Bella.

"It's okay Bella, I'm right here." I reached a hand out to gently brush away a few strands of her wet hair.

"I'm cold, so cold." Bella's lips quivered, as her body started to shake from the wet state she was in.

Carlisle did his best to soothe Bella as I watched with anxious eyes. My heart swelled and I had to fight to hold back a sob. The way Carlisle was gently cradling Bella in his one arms as he brushed wet strands of hair out of the way with the other was the image of a loving father chasing the monsters away after a nightmare.

"I've done what I can for the cut on Bella's forehead. It will be easier to check her over once we get home. I'm worried about hypothermia, and she may have a concussion."

The way Bella seemed to be slipping in and out of consciousness; I was becoming concerned as well.

"Carlisle?"

He seemed to know what I was going to ask, before I even said it.

"She's going to be fine. With some rest and good nutrition, Bella will be just fine. Though having Edward back would be the best medicine. I can not force him to return home, Alice. You must know that Edward was only doing what he thought was best for Bella."

As much as I hated it, I knew that Carlisle was right. Edward thought his chivalrous behavior was the correct course of action to protect Bella. He never once considered the dire consequences that I now viewed first hand. But I couldn't help wonder if there was something I could do that would make him come home. If he saw her now, what would he do?

For right now I had not one flicker of a vision that would tell me if I would be successful, however, I could see how upset Esme was going to be when she saw Bella's condition.

I did have a strong sense of something else. There was some sort of gravity between Bella and Edward's soul. The soul that Edward was so sure he didn't possess. And that pull would continue to have influence on their lives.

Would Edward sense that something had happened to Bella? Would he come home? If he did, would he stay?

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