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Peter's Point of View

Something was off in the Wittlock household. I didn't know who the problem was but there was something wrong. My bet was on Esme.

At least it was on Esme until the delivery truck came. Jasper had to take Bella out of the house and into the forest so she didn't eat the delivery person. I could hear him arguing with her about not wanting to eat the delivery guy.

I helped the delivery guy unload the boxes so we could get the guy out of the house and Bella back in. I guessed what was in all of the boxes. Alice had insisted on clothes shopping even though no one had wanted her to. Right now I didn't know where she was now but she and I would be having a talk.

Finally, all of the boxes were inside and the delivery man thanked me and went on his way. Bella walked slowly back in her house and experimentally sniffed the air. Her eyes turned black. She took deep breaths and slowly calmed down.

Her eyes turned back to their orangish tint.

Alice appeared and began opening boxes. She separated them into piles and started taking them into various bedrooms.

"We told you we didn't want you to go shopping for us."

"This is ridiculous. We don't need this shit. We're taking care of a newborn, not on a runway."

"You don't have to be doing anything special to look good."

"Why don't you focus on your sparring and do something useful. We're preparing for a fight with newborns. We're going to have to fight fifteen to twenty newborns and if you want to survive it you better get yourself prepared.

"I know everything I need to know," Alice said.

"You know nowhere close to everything you need to know."

"You forget my visions. I come out of this just fine."

"What are you up to Alice?" Peter asked.

"Who says I'm up to anything? I just know how it's all going to turn out." Alice said.

Peter let it go or at least didn't say anything more though he knew something was off. Alice was the one who was up to something and it was just a matter of time before he figured out what. As for the clothes, well, Bella didn't eat the delivery person and that was really all that mattered. He'd watch Alice. He'd figure out her game.

The others were all out sparring or going to feed. It was time for him and Charlotte to go as well, but that left Bella and Jasper unprotected for a full day. Him and Charlotte would have to wait till tomorrow and sometime he would just have to find a way to have a quiet talk with Jasper.

Bella's Point of View

Letting the rage out was hard after I'd had so much control since I woke up. I tried not to take out my feelings on anyone but Jasper felt the brunt of them. He never reacted, he just told me he loved me and that I was doing well. It was frustrating.

I wasn't doing well, I was a mess. If I could have, I would have cried. So many emotions at one time. Rage, confusion, helplessness, anger, it all left me feeling tired. Jasper recognized this and we were cuddling up in our bedroom, pretending to watch a movie. I couldn't focus. The movie was just colored lights dancing across the television but I was trying. Jasper held me tight. He ran his hands through my hair, which did calm me some and I snuggled into him even tighter.

I thought I'd learned to fight sufficiently well, though I'd still practice later. I thought I was ready for this newborn army that was coming. We'd have to kill them all if we wanted to live. That thought would have bothered me before. Now I thought that was what they deserved for invading my territory. They didn't just want to visit, they wanted my life and they couldn't have that.

Jasper's fingers in my hair calmed me down a bit. I took deep, unnecessary breaths trying to calm myself further. I could do this. I could keep the rage out and not act on it. I had to. If I acted on it then I would hurt someone I loved, either physically or emotionally.

I put a shield around us, just practicing, and let it drop again. I had to be able to do it at a moment's notice. Which moment though? Why couldn't I put the rage away until we were surrounded by enemies? Then I'd set it loose on all of them. Did Jasper think we had an enemy here among us? It's true that Esme and Alice turned up out of the blue, guided by Alice's visions. It's also true that I haven't really forgiven them. Not yet at least. Though they're coming to help us does make a difference.

Alice couldn't help herself, shopping for all of us. Getting us clothing she considered appropriate for the occasion. I don't see myself ever wearing the majority of those clothes, but that's just Alice. She shops. I didn't hold it against her, though she could have had the boxes delivered to a PO Box or something and we could have gone to get them. Having a delivery man here was a big mistake. I would have eaten him if Jasper hadn't been there both to curb my struggles and to help me fight through the thirst.

How long is it going to take for me to feel normal? I was getting close before I had to let the rage out, but now it feels like an unobtainable goal.

Jasper's Point of View

Bella was barely holding on to her control. I felt for her. I knew she didn't want to do this, but all I could do was be there for her and guide her as each situation came up. Bella wasn't the quiet tractable girl she had been in forks. She was a vampire. A newborn vampire to be more specific. She was supposed to feel out of control.

My stroking her hair helped calm her, so did being away from Esme and Alice. I didn't understand that reaction but I guessed she hadn't forgiven them yet the way she forgave Emmett and Rose. I wasn't sure why this would be, but talking about it just now didn't seem the best of ideas.

I took it upon myself to do my best to protect her, even from herself and her fluctuating moods.

Carlisle's Point of View

Except for Edward, the entire family had gone and it was all due to Bella and Jasper. I didn't know what to do to get them back but for the moment it was just the two of us here in this big house. I wanted to know where Bella was and what she was doing but I didn't know how to find out. Their days were numbered though. I'd find a way to get back at them. They may think I'm the calm compassionate doctor but I'll show them an entirely different side of me.