Alice's POV
I was choking. Even though vampires don't need to breath I was panicking as if the air was being sucked out of me.
The vision of that, stupid, vile wench taking my daughter away from me was very haunting.
Sometimes my visions could be a curse, and yet they've helped our family a lot.
"Mommy?" I was brought back to reality as Karla called me. She was sitting on Jasper's lap eating shrimp and white rice.
"Yes?" I smiled.
"Are you okay?"
I glanced quickly at Jasper and the back at Karla.
"Yes, don't worry."
"Aren't you hungry mommy?" her question didn't catch me off guard like the first time she asked about our eating habits.
"I ate while you were sleeping." I lied. I hated lying to her even though she accepted it like freshly baked cookies.
My daughter was so gullible.
Once Emmett made Karla believe that elves lived in her closet.
She slept with a baseball bat for almost a week. And she made Jasper 'sleep' in the closet just in case.
"Alice, may we speak to you outside," I looked up to see Carlisle. I got up and followed him out the backdoor.
I noticed Edward leaning against a tree with his arms crossed.
"You saw didn't you Edward?" he nodded.
"Alice I would like to hear from you, exactly what you saw." said Carlisle.
I hadn't yet told Jasper what I saw, mostly because Karla was in the room.
"I saw Jasper holding me back like if I was trying to escape. I also saw Jane…she was taking Karla away." as soon as I was finished I heard a hiss escape from Jasper no doubt.
Carlisle took a while before he said anything.
"Do you know when she will be coming or if she'll come alone?"
"I didn't see, but I can check again."
"Don't bother Alice. There was something else that you missed." Edward finally spoke.
"And what would that be?"
"I saw in the background our house, but it was a different color." I stared at him confused.
"What about the house?"
"Esme said that she was planning on repainting the house in soon."
"Edward did Esme tell you when she was going to paint the house?" wondered Carlisle.
Edward sighed.
"Three days."
If my heart could beat, I would have had a heart attack then and there. I want to cry.
"Alice calm down, Karla will hear you." that was Edward's voice, but it was so faint could barely hear him.
"I don't think that she can hear us. She's too loud." that, I recognized as Carlisle. But I didn't know what was happening. Was I crying? Was I yelling? What was I doing to be loud?
But I couldn't speak. My vision was fading on me. I felt like I was in a tunnel, and the last thing I could see was Jasper's face.
Then… nothing.
Edward's POV
I felt bad for Alice. I felt bad for Jasper. I felt bad for my niece who had no idea what would become of her.
"Uncle Eddie?" I stared down at Karla who was playing with her Barbie dolls. "Is my mom going to be okay?" I could tell that she was on the verge of tears.
"Don't you worry about your mother. She'll be just fine."
"Promise?"
"I promise."
"Pinky promise?" she held up her little pinky. I wrapped mine carefully around hers and smiled.
"I promise."
"Do you wanna play?" she held up her Ken doll.
"Um, no thanks."
"Okay, but things are heating up between Barbie and Ken."
"Who taught you that?"
"Taught what? 'Heating up'? Uncle Emmie did." she replied innocently.
I growled. "Is it bad?"
"What exactly did he tell you what that meant?" I anticipated the answer.
"He said that it's used when a lot of drama is gonna happen," I sighed, "Then he also said that it was when to people are gonna do it."
"What does it mean? When I asked Emmie he said I'd find out when I grow up. But then he started laughing."
"It means…um…your uncle was right. You'll find out when you get older. If your father lets you." I wanted to choke Emmett for almost making me give Karla the 'talk'.
"You wanna know what else he told me?" giggled Karla.
"Um, sure." I dreaded knowing.
"He said that one day I'll be strong like him and daddy. He said that one day I'll be just like him. But uncle Eddie I don't wanna be a boy." whined Karla. I started laughing and she became angry. It was always so cute when she got upset.
Her eyebrows would squish together, her nose would scrunch up, and her mouth turned into a pout.
"Karla, don't worry. Your daddy will make sure that you never turn into a boy." I hugged her and I could feel her steady heart beat.
"Eddie, can we go up on the roof again?" I nodded my head and stood up. I picked her up and walked outside.
At times while Jasper and Alice where 'away' or very 'busy' in their room I would take Karla up on the roof to stare at the stars.
I held Karla in one hand as I climbed up the tree. The tree was very tall, so I only had to jump from the branch onto the roof.
I sat down and placed Karla on my lap. Karla rested her head on my chest s she stared up at the few stars that were there. It was a full moon.
I began to think about Alice's vision. I knew that the Volturi didn't like it for humans to know about us, but I didn't know how they found out about Karla so quickly. She was just a child. If they came they would want us to promise that she would be changed, but I knew that Jasper didn't want that for her.
Then again what would compel Jane to try and take Karla away? Would the Volturi kill her in Volterra?
I became frustrated because we only had three days to prepare for the Volturi, and there were so few of us compared to them.
"Uncle Eddie can I ask you something?" Karla's voice squeaked.
"Yes,"
"What is love?" she stared at me with her bright big brown eyes that could get away with anything.
At first I wasn't sure how to answer her in a way that a 3 year old would understand.
"Love…love is what you feel when you care about someone. It's when you want to protect them and make them happy no matter what. Do you understand.?"
"Daddy loves mommy, huh?"
"Yes, he does."
"Uncle Emmet loves auntie Rose a lot." she giggled.
"We all know that. And your mom and dad love you too."
"Do you love me uncle Eddie?"
"Of course I do." I kissed her forehead.
After about 15 minutes I felt like it was time to head inside. I carried Karla as we walked back inside. While we were walking up the stairs I could hear Jasper and Carlisle speaking.
"What happened to her?" asked Jasper.
"She went into shock. I have only seen this once before happen with Rosalie. I'm guessing that even as vampires we can go into a state of shock where our bodies shutdown. It's a way of our minds to protect themselves." explained Carlisle.
"Do you know when she'll come out of it?"
"Rosalie lasted a couple of hours."
"But it's already been two. How much longer?"
"We'll just have to wait." spoke Carlisle calmly. I heard Carlisle's footsteps as he walked out of the room.
I made it o the top and Karla was already asleep. I walked into Jasper and Alice's room. Alice was curled up on the bed and Jasper was laying down right next to her with his arms wrapped around her.
"Jasper, Alice will be alright." I reassured him.
At first he didn't speak, but then he sat up. He stared at Karla.
"Has she been asleep for a while?" he asked.
"Not a long while. Do you want me to put her in her room, or would you rather she slept here?" I waited. His mind was full with worry for both his daughter and wife.
"She might have another nightmare, and Alice would want to see her went she wakes up." he answered. I walked towards the bed and handed over the sleeping child. I watched as his face turned into pain. He brushed Karla's hair out of her face. I tried not to feel guilty knowing that it would only make it worse. But it was hard.
I saw him flinch.
"Sorry," I apologized.
"No, it's alright. I just…I don't know what to do." he looked up at me with pleading eyes.
"Of course you do. We'll fight."
"You know that Carlisle would approve of that. He'd want us to talk it out."
"Well if that doesn't work then we'll fight." I answered him.
I began to walk out of the room when I heard Karla speak.
"Goodnight uncle Eddie." I smiled.
"Goodnight Karla."
I walked out and headed for my room. I knew that fighting was our only option that we had. Tomorrow we'd begin training. I knew that Emmett was going to enjoy it.