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Chapter Ten - November 2014: Alice

You won't cry for my absence I know

You forgot me long ago

Am I that unimportant?

Am I so insignificant?

Isn't something missing?

Isn't someone missing me?

Even though I'm the sacrifice,

You won't try for me not now.

Though id die to know you loved me

I'm all alone

Isn't someone missing me?

Missing by: Evanescence

We all sat at the dinner table, family meeting were the only time it was used. Rose took off right after Edward told us his plans to talk to Esme and Carlisle. That left Jazz, Emmett and I to try and talk Edward out of it.

"We can keep her safe. If we all stay." Emmet tried again, but Edward just shook his head.

"She needs to live a normal life." He told us again.

When he called a meeting, saying that he already talked to Esme and Carlisle, we were apprehensive. When he said he wanted to leave Rose was furious.

She liked it here. So did I, and I didn't want to leave Bella. She was like my sister. I frowned at the lack of sight I was having. I knew we left, but I just wish I could see something. Jasper was being a champ. Staying right beside me, even though I knew my moods were affecting him just as much as they were me.

"She wants to be changed." Emmet said and Edward growled at him. Edward got up and went to look out the windows his back to us.

"Emmet this meeting is not whether we leave or not, it is for where we are going. Because we are leaving." he said just as there was a knock on the door.

We all jumped, which was unusual. I thought at first it was because we were concentrating on Edward, but I realized that I couldn't sense anyone outside. We all sat there, unsure when a second knock made jasper get up to answer the door.

"How may I help you?" he asked.

Whoever it was gave a response that I missed because jasper said. "One moment."

Jasper walked into the dining room followed by a beautiful woman. She had dark hair that went to the middle of her back, and eyes that reminded me of a frozen ocean. She had a faint blush, but her body temperature was lower than a human.

"Edward you have a guest." Jasper said sitting down next to me.

"Tell them to go away." He said.

"I didn't realize you were so busy." She said and I felt lighter. Like her presence was happiness. Even jasper and Emmett seemed in a better mood.

Edward spun around and froze the second he saw her. "Annie…" He whispered.

"I guess I will see you around." She said and turned to leave.

"No!" Edward yelled and she smiled.

"We need to talk." She said grimly.

Edward walked out of the back door and to the edge of the river.

"I am afraid introductions will have to wait. It was nice meeting all of you." She said before she slipped out and joined Edward.

Emmet gave us a very confused look which we could only return.

As she walked over to Edward the front door opened and we were joined by Rose.

"Carlisle and Esme are on their way and… who… who is that?" She asked her voice a little shaky.

Once Annie reached Edward, he hugged her, but she did not return it.

"Edward called her Annie." Emmet said and Rose gasped.

Edward let Annie go and she stepped away to look up at him.

"You're not listening." Annie said.

"For once in my life I am." Edward growled back.

Then Annie slapped him. Right across the face. Now we were watching, and Rose snickered.

"To this!" she said as she pointed at his head. "Not this." She said as she poked his chest. "And don't take that tone with me."

To say I was shocked was such an understatement that it was laughable. Edward was getting put in his place by a tiny thing and he wasn't doing anything about it.

"This is for the better." He whispered. "And sorry."

"No it isn't. Edward there is danger in life. Everywhere in life, what makes you think that just because you leave her the danger will?" she asked.

"How does she know so much?" Emmett asked and was met with three shhh's.

"What are you saying James…" Edward started but she cut him off.

"Is dead, James is dead. Don't worry about that. You know the future Edward. Alice has seen it, why can't you accept it?" she asked.

I should have felt off that she knew me, but it felt right.

"I can change it." he said.

"Really? Do you want to know what happens if you leave and never come back? I can tell you right now it is not as pleasant as you come to think it will be."

"She will live a human life." He said.

"No she won't, you are uprooting the whole family for yourself. Falling in love with her was not selfish Edward, but this is."

He collapsed to his knees. "She probably doesn't even want me anymore. The things I she said…" he trailed off.

"She went on the defensive. I taught her that. I helped raise her you know. I helped her mother. Was more of a mother when her own was otherwise occupied. And you Edward are like my brother. More than that, since I was there when you grew up and when you were changed. I hate to see you both in so much pain."

"I have to try." He whispered so quietly I wasn't sure if that was what he said.

"Then go." She said grabbing his face and lifting him from the ground. "Go now so you can get back all the sooner."

She pulled him into a hug. "And Edward. At least try to hear what its saying."

"I will."

"Promise." She said and he cringed.

"Promise." He replied.

"And you don't want to know what will happen if you break one of my promises." She whispered and let him go.

Edward took off, running towards Seattle. The nearest airport. I just hoped I would see him soon.

Annie walked back to the house and when she reached the door Rose stood up.

"Rose, I am so sorry." She said and Rose ran over to her. She wrapped her arms around her and started to sob.

"Shh… Shh… it is okay." Annie comforted her. "Why don't we go sit down?" Annie suggested and we walked into the living room.

Jasper and I sat on the love seat while Annie and rose sat on the couch. Emmett sat on the other side of the couch and looked unsure of what to do.

"Where did you go?" Rose asked after she got control of herself.

They sat really close to each other. Annie had Rose's hands in her own and rose had her head on Annie's shoulder.

"Not just one place, I was in quite a few places." She explained.

"Why did you leave?" Rose asked.

"Rose over my years I have come to realize that life is too short to question your heart. I heard life telling me to start a new adventure, so I did. I really don't know when I am going until I leave." She told her.

"I am confused." Emmet said.

Rose and Annie laughed. "Sorry Emmett." Annie said. "Apology to you as well Jasper and Alice. I am Anberliegh, but everyone calls me Annie."

"She lived with us until '46. She was with us since I was created I know that." Rose laughed. "How long were you with the rest of the family?"

Rose's behavior was stunning us. She was so carefree and happy that we thought for sure something was wrong.

"Since before you were born." Annie laughed. "I was there when Esme and Edward were created as well."

"How old are you?" Rose asked.

"Now, Rose. You should never ask a woman her age. Plus I won't tell you. I will tell you that I was alive when Carlisle was changed." She said and they started to laugh.

"Why haven't you mentioned her before?" I asked rose.

"I… I don't know." Rose said and looked at Annie.

"That would be my fault. My little gift. My memory slips your mind when I am away." Annie said.

"What are you?" Emmet asked.

"I am half vampire. I will explain it one day." She told him.

"So you aren't as strong as a vampire?" He asked. Typical Emmett, looking for a good fight. Jasper chuckled beside me.

"No." She said and his face fell. "I am stronger that any vampire."

Emmett lit up and was about to challenge her when a car pulled up outside.

Esme walked in and Annie ran right up to her.

"Oh my god." Esme cried as she pulled her in for a hug. "Carlisle hurry. Annie, I can't believe you are here." She said then hugged her again.

Carlisle hurried through the door, probably thinking something was wrong. Annie ran to him and hugged him as he held her tight.

"You're home." Carlisle said.

After a few minutes Carlisle looked around. "Where is Edward?"

"He left. To Brazil. He will be back." Annie said.

"Do we leave?" Esme asked.

"Only if you want. Edward wants you to, but now he knows that it was selfish to make you move." She told us.

"We should, for Edward." Jasper said.

"I don't want to." Rose said again.

"I know Rose, but I promise you I will be here when you get back. Which will probably be sometime in the summer." She said.

"I will go, if next time you leave, you let me come with you." Rose said and Annie went over to hug her.

"Of course Rose." She said and Rose smiled.

Bella…

I woke up to voices coming from the living room.

"Annie?" I called and the voices stopped. A few seconds later my door opened.

"Hey Bella." Annie said from my doorway. I reached over to turn on my lamp.

I sat up and she walked over to sit next to me. I heard a knock on my door and Charlie peaked his head in.

"I am heading to bed girls. Good night." He said.

We told him good night and he shut my door.

"Bella, how are you feeling?" She asked.

I didn't know how to respond. I didn't feel anything.

"Hollow." I told her and she hugged me.

"It will be okay Bella." She told me.

"How can you say that? The love of my life didn't just leave me. My family left me. I wanted to be a part of their family so much, and now I… I cant." I told her. I wanted to be a vampire, and now I couldn't.

"What is your class schedule?" She asked suddenly.

"English, Physics, Home Ec, History, AP Biology with Mr. Manner. Lunch. Math, And P.E. Why?" I asked.

"We have the same schedule." She said excitedly.

"What do you mean?" I asked her.

"Bella I have a secret to tell you. And since I was never bitten, I am bound by no laws." She said with a sly smile.

"Bitten?... Laws?" I asked confused.

"Haven't you ever noticed that I am a little different?" She asked.

I thought about it for a second. "You have always looked the same. I have never seen you work, but you have a ton of money. Are, are you saying what I think you are saying?" I asked.

She looked at me. "Annie, are you a vampire?"

"Half of one."

"How can you be half a vampire?"

"My father was a vampire, and my mother was a human when I was born." She explained.

"When you were born, what happened to her?"

"She was turned into a vampire right after my birth."

I thought about my next question carefully. "Where are your parents now?"

"My mother died a few years after I was born. I do not know nor wish to know where my father might be." A hint of hate seeped into her words and I shuddered.

"Do you know the Cullen's?" I asked.

"Yes."

"You have known about them since before I moved here." I said and she nodded.

"I understand if you are mad at me." she said.

"Did they leave?" I whispered and she nodded again.

I started to cry and she hugged me. It was then I noticed that she was cooler than me. Not as cold as any of the Cullen's, but still a comforting cool.

She let me cry myself out on her shoulder the whole time soothingly rubbing my back. Once I felt that I couldn't cry any more questions started spinning in my head.

"I have seen you eat food." I told her and she smiled.

"Yes. I can survive on either blood or food. I choose food."

"Have you ever tried blood?"

"Once, without my consent." She told me.

"How old are you?"

"I stopped aging at seventeen. As for my age, I just don't like to tell people that." she smiled.

"How long have you known the Cullen's?" I asked choking on their name a little.

"I just met Jasper, Alice, and Emmet, but I have known the rest since they were changed." She told me.

"You knew Carlisle since he was changed?"

"A little more than that. I changed Carlisle." She had a faraway look in her eyes like she was remembering something.

"So you are at least as old as Carlisle." I said and she laughed.

"I am older than Carlisle, let's just leave it at that." she smiled at me.

"When were you at their house?" I asked it was getting harder and harder for me to say their name. Realization sinking in that they left.

"Right after I dropped you off. I had to say hi and slap a certain boy upside the head." She told me and I laughed a little.

"He doesn't want me anymore."

"Bella, I want you to think about everything he said. Then think about how he looked when he talked to you. And then I want you to look deep inside at what you feel. Then tell me he doesn't want you."

I tried to take her words to heart. I tried to listen to what she said, but I couldn't. Reason told me that someone like him would never be with someone like me.

Annie let me grieve the whole weekend. By Monday I was still in mourning and a little self-pity when Annie woke me up for school.

"How did you explain you going to school to Charlie." I asked as I was looking through my closet.

Apparently Annie took the opportunity of one of my naps to completely get rid of my entire wardrobe and replace it. She told me new status, new look with a smile.

"If I tell you I might have to kill you." she said in a deadly serious tone.

I looked at her with my eyes wide and she laughed. "It is my talent… so to speak."

"What like an ability. Like how some can see the future or… read minds."

"Yes." She seemed unwilling to elaborate and I was having none of that.

"What can you do exactly?"

"Mind Control." She said simply.

I gaped at her. "What?"

"It has developed over… time. So don't cross me." She said sternly then laughed.

I didn't know how I would have gotten through that first day without Annie there. Between people asking me if I knew where the Cullen's went to Lauren giving me crap I almost blew.

The first week was much of the same. I sulked around while Annie tried to get me out of my slump. Friday came ending the first part of school and starting Christmas break. My plan was to lie in my bed the whole time, Annie, however; had different ones.

Anberliegh…

It was Saturday. A beautiful and sunny Saturday. You never get a sunny Saturday, especially in December! Bella needed to realize that there was more to life than a boyfriend. Edward may be her Ever After, but she needed to make herself happy. Show him that she could be independent.

I frowned at her sleeping form. Then went over to organize my side of the bed. At first I was sleeping on an air mattress on the floor, but stopped when Bella crawled into bed with me. My coolness kept her calm at night, and kept her nightmares away.

She feared being abandoned and in her mind that is exactly what Edward did. When I saw him I was going to slap him again.

Charlie had already left. He was going on a five day fishing trip with Billy Black. Bella and I were about to get her out of her funk.

"Bella, wake up." I sang and she groaned and hid her head further beneath the blankets.

"If you don't get out of this bed right now, I will dismantle your truck and throw it piece by piece into the ocean." I threatened and she started to stir.

Ha! I knew that would work. She sat up and glared at me.

"Get ready Bella, we have a date with some fun." I said as I thrust clothes at her and she glared at me the whole way to the bathroom. I laughed as she shut the door.

When she got out I French braided her hair as she ate. She still hadn't said anything.

"Okay, I didn't want to do this Bella, but you leave me no choice." I told her and she turned around to look at me.

"What?" She asked.

"Bella he is coming back. Don't ask how I know. He will be back. If he comes back seeing you all doom and gloom them on some level he wins. You need to realize that there is more to life than a stupid boy. Enjoy this break from a boyfriend and have a little fun."

"Why didn't you tell me this sooner?" she asked a little happier.

"I was hoping that you would get over it. He will be back though. So I am going to grab the keys and you get your butt in the truck." I said and she smiled.

Touchdown! She smiled. Now to get out of this house.

We were quiet for the first part of the ride.

"Where are we going?" She asked.

"La Push." I said and smiled. She started messing with the radio, but nothing was coming in.

"Looks like you need a new one." I told her and she frowned.

I slowed down to the lowered speed limit. "Maybe, but I will get my own." She told me. Like that was going to stop me. I already had one ordered.

We pulled up the beach and a group of boys ran up to the driver side of the truck.

"Bella!" One of the boys yelled, but then saw that I was not her. "Umm… you're not Bella." He said and I laughed.

"Over here Jake." Bella said and got out of the truck.

I jumped down and shut the door. Jake hugged Bella and then looked at me. He opened his arms. "Any friend of Bella's is a friend of mine." He said and I went over to hug him. He was close to his change, as were his friends. Embry would start within the week, Jacob at the end of the month and Quill right after that. Bella did introductions then looked at me.

"What are we doing here anyway Annie?" She asked.

"Well Bella, ever been in a dune buggy?" I asked. The boys made appreciative sounds and Bella smiled.

I had two dune buggies delivered for the day. At first Bella and I were in one and the boys in the other, with me driving. Then Bella drove. She was having so much fun that I was sure she forgot about Edward.

We switched up the seats and I was sitting in the back with Quill and Embry up front. Bella and Jacob took the other one. I felt a little uneasy about letting her be alone with him. He was infatuated with her and she was vulnerable. He knew it too.

By time dark fell I knew we should be going I had to feed Bella.

"Will you guys come back soon?" Jake asked and Bella smiled at me.

"Sure." I said and Bella and I left.

For the next few weeks Bella kept on want to go back to see Jacob. Like I thought, Embry ditched them. Jake and Quill were feeling a little hurt because the three promise to not ditch each other for the 'Gang'.

The gang was the other boys on the reservation. I guess Jake really didn't believe in the Legends.

The end of the month neared and I worried about Jake changing. He would ditch Bella until she figured it out, but until then she would go through the hurt process all over again. Hey what didn't kill you only made you stronger.

The dreadful December 31 came. Bella and I were supposed to meet Jake on the beach tonight for fireworks, but she hadn't heard from him in the past few days.

"Call him; if he doesn't answer then we won't bother." I told her.

She called and I could hear the phone ring, and ring, and ring. Eventually someone answered.

"Hello?" I recognized it as Jacob's voice, though it has changed.

"Is Jake there?" she asked.

"Umm... ya, this is him. What do you want Bella?" He sounded rude.

"Just wanted to know why you have been ignoring me." She said just as rudely.

"I can't say… I got to go." The line went dead and Bella glared at the receiver.

She walked over to the counter and grabbed a bottle of champagne her dad left for us.

"Come on Annie." She grabbed two glasses and headed to the living room. "Twenty minutes to midnight. Let's do this right."

I smiled at her. And joined her. A half an hour and two glasses of champagne later Bella was tipsy. I could get drunk if I wanted, it took something stronger than champagne and more than two glasses to do it through.

I led a slightly drunk Bella to bed and she plopped down singing to herself.

"Annie, you lived with Edward for the first part of his life, did you two ever hook up?" she asked.

"Bella, if you remember that question when you are sober I will give you an answer."

She giggled and her giggles turned into snoring.

It was five when I heard Bella's phone go off. She was snuggled against my side. She rolled over to answer her phone.

"Hello?" she said sleepily.

"Can I come in?" Jake said on the other end.

I pretended I was sleeping when she let Jake in the back door.

"What's going on Jake?" she whispered.

"I wish I could tell you, but I can't. I am not allowed to." He whispered back.

"I don't understand." She said.

"Do you remember the first part of the legends I told you?" He asked and she shook her head.

"Try. Try to remember. Once you know it will be different. I have to go." He whispered and left.

Bella came back to lay down and looked at me.

"Have you been awake?" she asked me and I nodded looking at her.

"I only used him to help figure out what Edward was. I can't remember the first part." She admitted.

"Oh, the part where they descended from Wolves." I said and she gasped.

"No! Really?" She said and I laughed.

"You live in a supernatural world Bella." I told her and she smiled. "Don't provoke them though. They lose it when they get angry, and you could get hurt. Let him come to you." I told her and she nodded.

"You said you could pretty much control minds, what does that mean?" she asked.

"I can read them, manipulate them, see where they are in the future." I said.

"Why don't you use it more?" she asked.

"The day I found out how to shut it off was the best day of my life. I can hide myself as well. I could be standing right next to a vampire and they wouldn't know it. That is the one thing I keep on." She whispered.

"Last night, I asked you a question. You said that if I remembered it when I was sober you would give me an answer. So did you and Edward ever…?" she trailed off.

We were sitting now. The look in her face said she really wanted to know.

"Yes, but I want you to know that the only feelings I have for him now are completely that of a sister to a brother." I told her.

She wasn't upset about it at all. I knew she wouldn't be.

"So you two had… sex?" she asked.

"Yes. We were intimate on a few occasions. I left them in 1946, so he has been celibate for 68 years. Do you wish I wouldn't have told you?" I asked her.

"No. I am glad you did; now I know he is at least a little normal. I mean what kind of boy doesn't have any sexual desires." She laughed and I laughed with her.

"Give him time Bella; he just needs to realize that he won't hurt you." I told her.

"If he won't change me, will you?" she asked and I laughed.

"Trust me he will. But to make you feel better, if he backs out I will change you." I told her and she smiled.

A few hours later I went out for a drive on my motorcycle that was just delivered with a promise form Bella that she would not leave to go see Jacob. A half an hour out I knew she broke her promise. I sped off toward La Push, hoping I would get there in time.

Jacob…

I heard the big red beast of a truck rumble outside my house and stop. That was Bella, she figured it out. I smiled at myself until I heard her.

"This is your fault!" she screamed and I looked out the back window. She was screaming at Jared, Paul and Sam. Then she slapped Paul, Paul was really unstable.

"Bella stop." I yelled as I ran out the back door.

Paul was shaking so bad that he was blurring. I heard a motorcycle pull up and looked to see Annie running towards Bella. Annie had an aura of authority coming off her that was intimidating.

"Bella! Come here, you said you wouldn't come here." She yelled at her and shoved Bella in my direction as Paul growled and started to shake more. He was going to hurt Annie.

Sam went to push Annie away until she looked at him, and he stopped. We were all to shocked to move. He has never been able to do that, ever. And he was the second to change, his anger was always so out of control. That could only mean one thing.

"Did you just growl at me?" She asked him. "Down Cujo!" She said and Jared laughed.

Paul went from looking like a fierce blood thirsty wolf to a love sick puppy. He just watched her and if she would have been paying attention, I am sure she would be freaked out.

Annie walked over to Bella. "Come on, let's go." She said sternly and Bella started to follow. Annie reached in the back of the truck to pull out a helmet and handed it to Bella.

"Jake, could you drop the truck off later today?" she asked and straddled her bike.

Bella climbed on the back and held on to her.

"Umm… ya, no problem." I said still in shock.

She started her bike but stopped it when we heard Paul's voice.

"Wait." He said as he ran over to her. "I never got your name." He said smugly.

Ah, Paul the ladies' man. I don't think he was with the same girl twice, and now this. He always swore that this would never happen to him, that he would fight it with everything he had. I could laugh.

"That wasn't an accident." She said and he frowned. "Don't go and growl at me again. Maybe one of your friends will throw a stick for you, or rub your tummy."

This was gold. Wait until she found out he changed into a wolf.

"I'm Paul." He said and held out his hand.

"Bye Paul." She said and started her bike and took off.

We watched her go down the road handling the road like she was part of the bike. It was extremely sexy. Paul groaned next to me and I knew that I wasn't the only one who thought it was sexy. He had his work cut out for him. I laughed and he looked at me.

If looks could kill…

"You know her, what's her name?" he asked.

"I value my life too much to give you that information." I told him.

The rest of the guys laughed and Paul tackled me. "Fight? I win you tell Me." he said and I shook my head. He was angry again.

"I have to return a truck." I said getting up.

"Shot gun!" Paul shouted and ran to the truck in a great mood again.

"I think I liked the angry Paul better." Jared said and Sam agreed.

"At least he was predictable." Sam said and I laughed.

In the back of my mind I was disappointed. I was hoping to imprint on Bella, but I knew it wouldn't happen. Instead the most promiscuous man I know imprinted on the one girl that he would never get.

Anberliegh…

I was swearing under my breath the entire ride home. Once at the house I went straight to the back yard. Anger and hate filled me. I had gotten too comfortable here and let my guard down. I had not been looking into the future. I didn't see this coming.

I hated myself. Because I knew what just happened, knew his bond to me, and knew I could never return it.

"Shit." I swore. Staring out into the forest.

I couldn't return it because I still loved Luke.

I looked into my future a little for an answer on what to do. I saw myself telling him what I was, and him leaving. I stopped there. I did not want to see him reject me because of what I was.

Rejection, no matter from who, stings. I could only go through it once.

"Annie are you okay?" I heard Bella ask.

"No, not really." I told her.

"Did he… imprint?" she asked.

"Yes that sorry excuse for a mutt imprinted on me." I told her.

"Jacob only told me the just of it, what is it?" she asked.

"Their kind have only one soul mate. They could be in love with someone for years and the second they see their imprint ditch the other person. They are bound to their imprint like the sun is bound to the fucking earth. He has more or less claimed me as his own." I told her angrily.

"Why is that so bad?" she asked.

"Because, Bella not even the Cullen's know this, my heart has belonged to another for a really long time." I whispered and she gasped. She wrapped her arms around me and I smiled at her.

"And it had to be the hot one too." She said and I laughed. Until I heard her truck in the distance.

"Don't tell them I am here." I told Bella and went in the house.

She nodded and went to the front door.

"Thanks Jake." I heard her say.

"Paul wants to know if she is here." He asked and she shook her head.

"Do you want to come in?" she asked and he agreed.

The two of them walked into the living room and sat down. I watched from an upstairs window as Paul sat on the steps.

"So you change into a wolf huh?" she asked and Jacob laughed.

"Ya. One of my many talents." He laughed. "Does Annie know?"

"No." Good Bella.

"Excellent, that will make the fact that she called him Cujo that much better. It is like his nickname now." He laughed.

I couldn't understand why he had to imprint on me. I needed to be more careful, and keep a closer eye on my future. Because somewhere in me, I felt this was just the beginning.