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Bella:

"Kate will vanish in a week, then Tanya and Irina in the following weeks."

"What? No! We have to do something!" I protest.

"Do what? We don't know why they are going missing!" Edward retorts. I glare at him, but in my mind I begin thinking of ways. I could go and visit the Denali's, warn them. I catch Alice giving me a look. No, I think, visiting the Denali's is a bad idea. I tell myself firmly.

Since we've been talking about this all lunch time, the bell goes so Edward and I walk to biology.

"I'm really sorry about what's going to happen, but we can speak to Carlisle tonight, he'll be better at sorting this out." Edward reassures me. I'm still angry at him, but I don't show him I am. Instead, I smile at him, give him a quick peck on the lips, and walk in to biology. Unlike last time in high school, we're not seated together.

So, I spend the lesson thinking about what we can do for Tanya, Kate and Irina. We've got a week to try and stop Kate going missing, that should be plenty of time. Right?

When the bell goes at the end of biology, Edward walks with me to my last lesson, French. I spend that lesson just thinking, not really paying attention. Who would want to hurt the Denali's, anyway?

Finally, it's the end of the day. I meet up with Edward, and we get in his car and the others drive off together.

"Bella, I know you want to go running off to the Denali's, but it's safer if you stay here." Edward says quietly after most of the drive has been spent in silence.

"Better for whom?" I reply angrily. He knew I was angry with him, anyway. He can see right through me.

"Better for you! Better for me! You know I can't bear seeing you gone! It's bad enough that you take yearly trips for a week on your own." Edward's voice gets louder now.

"I'm a vampire; I can take care of myself! Maybe it's better for me, one person, if I don't go, but three people could go missing. That will tear the Denali family apart!" Edward doesn't seem to understand how important the Denali's still are for me.

"Just promise me you won't go. At least until we've talked to Carlisle." Edward pleads with me.

"I promise." I tell him, and the rest of our journey is in silence. When we reach the Cullen house, I go inside and look for Carlisle, but he's still at work.

"Alice, is it alright if I go for a hunt before we talk to Carlisle?" I ask. She eyes me a bit before replying.

"Didn't you go hunting just yesterday?" Alice enquires.

"Yes, but I'm really stressed out. Look, you can see if I'm going to try anything. Do you really think I'd try and run away from seven vampires and not be found out?" I ask. Alice just sighs at me.

"Fine. But, I'm going to have to keep checking on your plans, since Edward will murder me if I don't." Alice warns me.

"Thank you. Oh, and Edward, 'I don't need a babysitter!'". After I've said that, I run out the back door and into the forest. I relax a bit once I'm in the fresh air, and I forget about some of my problems for a bit. Then, I go do some hunting.

There's only deer in the forests surrounding Maine, so I go a bit further to get some better animals, like bears and mountain lions. Edward would be jealous of me for getting mountain lions.

I check my phone for the time, and see that I've been gone for about 45 minutes. I run a bit more, to go to better forests with a wider variety of animals. I had been running for about another hour, trying to avoid main cities, when I cross the border into Alaska. Only then do I make the decision to visit the Denali's. Alice will see, but even running at our speed it will take them at least an hour to get here.

I knock on their door, and Eleazar opens it almost instantly.

"Bella! What do we own this pleasure?" He smiles as he invites me inside.

"I actually need to tell you something. Are the rest of them here?" I ask as we sit in the living room.

"Yes, I'll just call them now. Carmen, Kate, Tanya, Irina, come down, Bella's here!" Eleazar announces, and soon everyone is running into the living room to hug me.

"Hey, Bella, how come you're here? Not that we don't want you here!" Kate teases.

"Uh, I actually have something to tell you, and I only have," I check my phone for the time. "about 45 minutes before I need to leave. Ok?" They all look at me like I'm crazy, but nod anyway.

"Why? Is someone after you?" Eleazar asks, sounding worried. If he's this worried about the possibility of me being in danger, I dread to think of how he'd feel if three members of his family went missing.

"No, but it appears there's someone after you. Well, more specifically, Kate, Tanya, and Irina." I then go on to explain everything from Alice's vision to me running to tell them.

"You didn't have to go to all that trouble for us." Kate tells me. I feel like I've always been closest to Kate, not that I'm not close to Tanya or Irina.

"Yes I did. I couldn't have my family going missing." I tell them honestly. I check the time again and see that the Cullen's are likely to be here within the next five minutes, if my timings are correct.

"But the Cullen's are your family now." Irina whispers sadly.

"You're still my sister. Kate and Tanya are still my sisters. Eleazar is still my second father, Carlisle being my third, and Carmen is a better mother than my own. Esme is my second mother." They all smile at that, but then my phone rings. I'm guessing it's Edward.

"You promised! You promised me you would speak to Carlisle!" Edward shouts down the phone, and everyone can hear him.

"Look, I'm sorry, but the Denali's are family to me as much as you and the Cullen's are. How would you feel if it was Alice or Rosalie that was going to go missing?" I demanded.

"I get that, but you shouldn't have promised me!" Edward shouts. I can hear Jasper in the background telling him to calm down, but it's obviously not working.

"If I hadn't of said that, you would have known I was going to go to Alaska." I tell him back, trying myself to keep calm.

"Well, stay there. We decided to be sensible and speak to Carlisle, and now we're coming to Alaska. We'll be there in about an hour. Don't go anywhere." Edward huffs, before hanging up on me.

Kate walks over to me and hugs me, telling everything will be alright. In a way, I regret coming here, but I knew that even talking to Carlisle, he'd tell us to go to Alaska anyway.

I just hope Edward isn't too mad.

A/N: Do you think Bella was right to run off to Alaska? :O

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