Renesmee's POV-

As I made my closer and closer to my bedroom, I grew increasingly nervous. I kept telling myself that there was no reason to be afraid, but I couldn't shake the bad feeling in my gut. Alice had sounded worried. I could barely hear her voice when she called me. Perhaps if it hadn't been quiet, I might not have heard it at all. That was the biggest red flag. Alice was never quiet. I'm pretty sure I haven't seen her quiet or calm whatsoever since she got here. There was definitely something wrong.

She was hiding her thoughts too, which meant that whatever it is, nobody else was allowed to hear, not even her own family. Well, except for me of course, but she doesn't know that. Wait, maybe she does! What if that was it? I felt a wave of nausea come over me and I felt like I could pass out.

Pull it together, Renesmee! You don't even know what happened yet! She could have bought the wrong size dress for me and realized her mistake. That could be it. Even by now, I could tell that she was super serious about her shopping. Yeah, that was probably it…but then why would she be hiding her thoughts?

I shook the thought from my head and tried to calm down. It seemed like it was taking a century to walk from my father's room to my own. I just wanted the anxiety to end!

I reassured myself that whatever Alice was worried about, it was probably no big deal. I already know that she is very dramatic, so whatever it is that she needs to tell me, it's probably nothing.

I reminded myself that I had been very careful about hiding everything that could connect me and my mom, so my secret was probably still safe. Since that first day when Alice almost saw the pictures of my mom hanging around my room, I had made sure that everything was safely hidden away. I picked up the pictures that I had thrown in my closet, collected a few other items that could be tied to my mom, and packed them away in a box I placed on the top shelf in my closet. Even if Alice had gone into my closet, I doubt she would have seen it, let alone have the audacity to start going through my stuff. Then again, Alice was unlike any other person I'd met.

Another thought occurred to me just then. What if she had a vision of me and my mom? She had said that she could predict the future when we met. This secret was kind of gigantic. I don't know why it wouldn't pop up in her visions. Then again, though, she hasn't seen anything up until now. Maybe she can't see my mom because of her shield. Maybe she can't see me either because I'm a hybrid. The uncertainty was killing me.

I ran the rest of the way to my room because I couldn't take the suspense. When I finally got to my room, I walked in to find Alice sitting silently on the bed. I couldn't really read her facial expression, but I could already tell that my anxiety I had been drowning in as I was walking to the room was well deserved.

I'm sure that she heard me enter. My heart was racing by now, so I'm sure that it was hard to miss, yet she didn't move a muscle as I closed the door behind me and sighed. She didn't even turn her head.

"You called for me?" I asked. She seemed to break out of her trance, but she still sat frozen on my bed, not even bothering to nod her head. After a few seconds, she blinked rapidly and shook her head slightly. She looked as if she was having a war between thoughts in her head. She appeared to be distressed, scared almost, but she said nothing.

I slowly made my way over to the bed to sit next to her, both to find out what was going on, and because the nausea and dizziness I'd felt earlier was back. I sat down and placed both of my hands in my lap. I remained silent for a minute, hoping that she would say something. I was so scared in this moment that I was too afraid to pry.

Alice continued to sit on the bed, staring at the ground in front of her. She had venomous tears in her eyes and my breathing became unsteady. I knew I had to say something, otherwise we'd be here, sitting silently on my bed all day.

"Alice?" I asked. When I said her name, her facial expressions showed that she was sad, hurt, and confused. It looked like she had just been told that she had two weeks to live. "Alice, what's wrong?" I pried.

For the first time, she actually moved her head to look at me. She looked as if she was unsure of what to say, which was a first. I raised my eyebrows at her and she turned to look at her hands again.

"Ness, is there something you want to tell me?" She asked quietly. It was quiet enough that I could barely hear her and I was certain that anybody trying to eavesdrop wouldn't have heard it. My heart began racing again.

This couldn't be happening. She had to be talking about how Bella is my mom. I can't imagine anything else that would be bringing her this much distress. I was panicking. I desperately wanted her to be talking about something else, but I can't imagine that she would be. I prayed that whatever it was had nothing to do with my mom.

"No." I answered weakly. God, even if she didn't know that I was lying, she would be able to tell. I was screwed. I looked at Alice. I could tell that she knew I was lying, but she wasn't sure if she should say anything else. I saw her pull something out of her pocket and hand it to me.

"Are you sure?" She asked. I looked down at the small rectangular item she had handed to me and I knew that the charade was up. It was a picture of me when I was three, but physically looked like I was eight. I was sleeping in the arms of my mother, who was looking at me like I was the only person in the world. I knew the picture well. In fact it was one of my favorites.

My heart swelled at memory, but any happiness I felt looking at the photo quickly disappeared as I was faced with the reality of the situation. Alice had found out my secret. From now until forever, she knew that Bella was my mom, and with a mind reader as a brother, I'm certain that it wouldn't remain a secret much longer.

Author's Note:

I know it's a short chapter, but I really wanted to update today to make up for not updating on Monday. I didn't even think about the fact that it was a holiday because I had school (bummer) so it didn't really feel like one.

A lot of you guessed right about your predictions for what happened! Sorry to those who thought it was Bella. I promise, she'll be back VERY soon.

I also still plan to update again tomorrow. This was originally going to be part of that chapter, but I figured that it's already written, so I might as well just publish it!

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