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Chapter 12- Questions and Answers

"Are you sure, Alice?" Edward asked once again, pacing the dinning room at vampire speed.

Alice had finally told Edward about the vision she had that night in Bella's bedroom. She knew he needed an explanation as to why Bella hadn't shown up at school for the past few days.

"I'm sure Edward. I saw it with my own eyes" Alice answered sadly.

What Alice didn't tell Edward was that she actually had two visions that night. The one she had just shared with Edward was of Bella packing her suitcase, getting ready to leave Forks. The one she omitted was of the glowing charm bracelet that she realized belonged to Bella.

Though skeptical at first, Alice was sure that something had indeed gone down between Rosalie and Bella that night in her bedroom. To make things look even more suspicious, Rosalie didn't come home after that night. That was three days ago. Emmett was still out trying to find her.

Whatever was going on between Bella and Rosalie was also starting to affect the rest of the Cullen Clan.

Carlisle had started taking night shifts at the hospital to avoid the drama at the mansion. Esme had also started to spend more time in her garden. It had gotten to the point where you rarely saw her inside of the house. Jasper was a complete wreck, having to endure the emotions of everyone around the house as well as his own.

And as for Edward… well Edward was just being Edward.

"You mean your all seeing eyes," Edward answered bitterly, "Are you sure your vision was accurate?"

"Same shit Edward!" Alice said, rolling her eyes, "and yes, I'm sure. What do you think we should do?"

"I don't know Alice! We can't just tie Bella up and lock her in the attic!" Edward yelled in exasperation.

"Who says we can't?" Alice snapped back, actually considering the idea.

"Alice, have I ever told you how crazy you are?" Edward sighed, pausing to run his fingers through his wild hair.

"Yes, you have, on multiple occasions actually" Alice confirmed, " and have I ever told you how terrible you are at keeping a girlfriend?"

"All of my past relationships were never this complicated!" Edward argued.

"Need I remind you, all of your past girlfriends were vampires" Alice added, "It's a lot harder to calm down an angry vampire than an angry human".

"Indeed they were all vampires and yet Bella is still more vicious then all of them combined!"

"You don't mean that" Alice said.

"Yes, I do. Do you not see what's going on here, Alice? Something is wrong with her! That's not my Bella!"

"No, I see it Edward! I know exactly what you're talking about! She's different. That night-" Alice suddenly stopped herself. Revealing that Rosalie was in Bella's bedroom that night would not resolve anything, it would just make things worse.

"That night what?" Edward asked, knowing Alice was hiding something from him. He tried to search through her head for the answer but she was successfully blocking him with another image.

"I had another vision. It was of Bella's bracelet. You know, the one that mutt gave her. It was glowing!" Alice exclaimed, using her other vision to distract Edward.

"What do you mean, glowing? You mean the bracelet was actually emitting light?" Edward asked in disbelief.

"Yes Edward, glowing! Fucking glowing!" Alice yelled in frustration.

"Everything okay in here?" Jasper asked, poking his head inside of the dining room. He couldn't take anymore of the yelling and raging emotions that were being projected from the room.

"No! I'm frustrated and I'm not getting any answers here! Looks like I'm gonna have to go straight to the source!" Alice huffed, storming out of the dining room with Jasper hot on her heels.

"Where the hell are you going, Alice?" Jasper called after his mate, cutting in front of her to stop her from leaving.

"I'm going to the reservation. Now please move out of my way, Jasper" Alice asked politely, though her patience was slipping.

"Are you crazy? I'm not letting you go to the reservation alone! Not only would that break the treaty but it would also put you in a lot of danger. Those hounds would tear you apart without a second thought!"

"I just need to talk to Jacob. I'll be fine, I promise. Now move" Alice said, pushing forcefully against her husband's chest.

Jasper stopped her efforts by trapping her tiny wrists in his large hands, "No way, Alice! I can't lose you too!"

Jasper was just starting to feel like he belonged in this family when it decided to fall apart on him. His sister was god knows where, Bella was leaving Forks, and Edward was losing his mind. There was no way he was going to lose his little pixie in this mess as well.

"If I can talk to Jacob, I might be able to find out where Rosalie is and why Bella is leaving. Trust me Jazz, pleaseee?" Alice begged, leaning forward to place a soft kiss on Jasper's pouty lips.

"I don't understand what Jacob has to do with any of this but I trust you and your decisions, Alice. It's the wolves I don't trust. If you're going, then I'm coming with you," Jasper said, releasing her wrists and pulling out the keys to his truck from his front pocket.

"Thank you Jasper" Alice said gratefully, giving him another kiss before tugging him out of the house in her haste to get to the Quileute reservation for some answers.

The Rez

Jasper parked his truck on the side of the road, just inches away from the invisible treaty line.

"Honk the horn" Alice instructed, watching the trees and bushes for any signs of movement.

After a few minutes of loud and obnoxious honking, five abnormally large wolves came stalking out from the trees towards the two vampires, surrounding Jasper's black F150.

"Alright, let me go out first to calm things down and then you can come out and talk, okay?" Jasper told Alice to which she nodded. Jasper exhaled loudly before exiting his truck carefully.

He was greeted with many vicious snarls and growls as soon as his boots touched the pavement. He put his hands up in a gesture of surrender and then walked towards the front of his vehicle, the wolves following him closely.

Jasper recognized the largest wolf of the pack to be Sam Uley. The big black wolf dared to step closer to Jasper, baring its dagger-like incisors at him.

"We're just here to talk" Jasper assured him as calming waves oozed out of his body in the wolves' direction.

Almost instantly, the wolves started to back off and their growls and snarls came to a sudden halt. They still continued to eye Jasper carefully, knowing that he was the smartest fighter in the Cullen clan.

Alice took this as her cue to exit the truck and strutted over to Jasper's side.

"I need to speak to Jacob" Alice demanded, looking amongst the wolves to see which one of them was who she was looking for.

Sam tilted his large head back and let out a long, high-pitched howl into the night sky.

Shortly after, Jacob and Leah came running over to the treaty line in human form. The wolves parted a way for them and then stood at their sides protectively.

"What do you want, bloodsuckers?" Leah asked, crossing her arms over her chest in an aggressive manner.

"I'm not here to talk to you bitch! I'm here to talk to Jacob!" Alice snapped.

Leah growled, lunging forward at the tiny vampire. Jacob quickly grabbed Leah's shaking form and pushed her behind him while Jasper stepped protectively in front of Alice.

"We're not here to argue with y'all! Just give us the answers we need and then we'll be out of your hair" Jasper growled lowly.

" Quill, Embry, watch Leah" Jacob ordered the two wolves that moved to stand in front of her, "What answers do you need?"

"Something is going on with Bella and Rosalie and I think that something was caused by that bracelet you made" Alice accused the teen wolf.

Jake tried to tune out the thoughts of his fellow pack mates asking him what the midget vampire was talking about. For some reason, even in his human form, Jacob could still communicate with the wolves telepathically.

"You're right" Jacob confessed quickly, "but that's all I can tell you right now".

"I knew it! What's wrong with that bracelet? What did you do to Bella and Rosalie?" Alice growled menacingly as she moved closer to Jacob.

The wolves started growling again and Jasper tried his best to calm everyone down with the small dosage of calm that he was able to project. Anything stronger would most likely knock everyone out and then they would definitely not get the answers that they needed.

"Listen Tinker Bell, I already told you that I can't tell you anything right now. If the wrong people find out what's going on, it will complicate the situation even further and then ruin our chances of helping Bella and the other chick" Jake said, surprisingly calm.

Jacob immediately suspected the blonde cowboy to be the one fucking around with his emotions.

"Seems like all of you leeches have some kind of annoying supernatural powers," Jacob growled at Jasper.

"Which is why they can't be trusted with the truth, Jake! Don't tell them anything!" Leah shouted, narrowing her eyes at Alice specifically.

"Look mutt, my family is in danger! I will do everything in my power to protect them from it, and right now, you seem to be the one causing this danger" Alice growled.

"Fine Tink, how about we make a deal. If you can find the bracelet you saw in your vision, then I'll tell you everything that you need to know" Jacob promised.

Alice continued to glare at him, not fully convinced.

"I care about Bella just as much as you do and will also do anything in my power to protect her. You can trust me," Jacob said with his puppy dog eyes. Jasper scoffed.

"I will never trust a mutt" Alice spat, turning on her heel to walk back towards the truck.

"Oh and by the way" Alice said, turning back to face Jacob, "I'm a vampire, not a fairy, and if you don't keep up your end of the bargain, I will not hesitate to kick your hairy ass vampire style".

TBC

The next update will most likely be in February or the last week of January due to exams! I really need to put all of my focus and attention on studying for my exams so please be patient with me and stay tuned!

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