A/N: Set during New Moon when Bella chases Edward through the woods in an attempt to find him after he leaves her.
Chapter 6
Bella's POV-
"Oh, thank God, Bella, you are here!"
"A…Alice?" I fumbled over my words, as in front of me, minutes after I had left the long tunnel and hardly walked a few steps, stood Alice glaring at me. Only difference between the Alice that I had known and this one, this Alice was clearly not the one that I had known. My Alice had been a vampire with golden eyes and short jet-black hair…and this one…while maintained her short jet-black hair, had greyish-black eyes and shiny russet skin.
She was Quileute. And human.
How was this possible?
Alice was a vampire.
How could she suddenly become human? And a member of the tribe that would mercilessly kill her on first sight?
I was not in my universe.
Shit.
I had messed up.
Sam had had his doubts; which universe was I now in?
And where was Sam?
We had fallen through the tunnel together.
"Um, where is Sam?"
Please let Sam exist in this universe!
I don't know what I would do if he was not in here!
"Bella!" Alice gave me the 'duh' look. "He is getting ready inside."
Okay.
"For? I want to see him."
Please.
I had to talk to him.
"Nope, can't do." She smiled. "We have no time to waste here. I have a major responsibility and I am going to do it well."
"What responsibility? Please. I must see Sam."
It was strange. I wasn't even glad to see this Alice. For one, she wasn't the same Alice that I had known and been friends with, back in my universe.
I knew her…and yet I didn't.
I had to talk to Sam!
Alice gave out a laugh- a human laugh, nothing like the tinkering of bells I had heard from her mouth earlier. "Such impatience. I wish my Edward had been this impatient to get married to me! It is adorable."
Wait.
"Edward? Married?"
Edward was married? To Alice?
He was human, too?
What warped up universe was I now in?
"Uh-huh." Alice raised an eyebrow in question, "Bella, are you okay? Edward and I have been married for a decade now. We have three kids together."
Oh.
I didn't know how to react to that.
This was clearly not my Edward.
It was weird. I wanted to feel something for him…but I was aware that he wasn't mine in this universe.
This just wasn't my world!
But still, it was strange! Alice and Edward?
What's next?
Charlie and Esme?
"Oh, Bella!"
Oh God! What the fuck was happening here?
How on Earth had a human Esme appeared in front of me?
Shit. Shit. Shit.
"Bella, my beautiful daughter, I am so happy today."
She- a human Esme- thankfully nothing but her eye-color had changed, led me inside this huge mansion, pretty similar to the Cullen house back in my universe, the three of us walking up the stairs, with Esme all dressed up as if she was attending a wedding, letting her hand rest on my back.
"This is the happiest day of your father's life. He is already getting all teary." She finished with a short laugh.
Who is my father, please tell me that?
Why was my mother different in each universe?
Sure, Renee had been my biological mother back in that universe, but Joy had been the one to raise me…and now Esme?
The two of them led me forward, pushing me into a bedroom of sorts, several dresses lying unattended, with Rosalie- of all- standing in the center of the room, with a hair curler in her hand, and a frown on her face.
"I have been waiting here since long, missy!" she fumed. "I still have so many people to attend to! You are not the only important person in here!"
"Rose!" Esme scolded. "Be nice. She is your sister."
What?
Rosalie was my sister in this universe?
No. no. no.
"Jeez, Rose." Alice whined. "You can be nice today. It is your sister's wedding day, after all."
I turned to look at her in shock, my eyes wide as I attempted to make sense of her words.
Wedding?
Mine?
No. They had to be talking about someone else?
Rosalie had to have another sister. That was the only explanation.
"Fine." Scary Rosalie gave in, grabbing me by the hand and pulling me forward, seating me into a chair, as she began to style my hair.
Um, do I get a choice in this?
"Please can I see Sam?" I begged.
Was he too as confused as I was?
What was happening here?
"God, Bella!" Rosalie scoffed. "You can wait for a bit. You are to be married to him in less than two hours now. He is yours then."
"Plus, it is bad luck for the groom and the bride to see one another before the ceremony." Alice chipped in.
Wait.
I WAS GETTING MARRIED TO SAM?
I just didn't understand this universe!
I had to get out of here.
"Bella?" Sam- thankfully, stormed into the room, all dressed up in a tuxedo, looking more handsome than I had ever seen him before. "We have to talk." He grabbed me by the hand, pulling me out of the room before anyone could object, leading me towards a corner of the house, secluded and convenient to talk about something no one could know.
"I am not a wolf in this universe? I tried phasing!"
"Rosalie is my sister, and Esme is my mother?"
"I have a brother named Edward! He is so fucking clingy."
"Edward is married to Alice?"
"We are getting married to one another!?" the two of us blurted out in unison.
"We have to get out of here."
"How?" Sam demanded. "I don't have the supernatural eyesight. I can't find the tunnel without it."
"I am not getting married to you!"
"Like I want to get married to you!"
"Crap." I took my head in my hands, crying out. "I brought us here. I want to go back."
Please.
"Bella." Sam pulled me closer to him, wrapping me in his arms, his warmth so soothing and welcoming. "I will find a way out."
"We only have two hours." The wedding was in two hours. "Or else I will be pushed into becoming your wife."
The both of us shuddered at that thought. I couldn't be his wife. Neither of us wanted that.
"Did you know we have been dating since the past seven years in this universe?"
"Yeah?"
"Uh-huh." He nodded his head in agreement. "Edward told me. Apparently, we are madly in love with one another."
"I could guess that." I played along. "You are pretty handsome in this universe."
"I am a package, baby!" he smirked. "Good looks, a decent job working as an accountant, a supportive family from the looks of it. Plus, we are both older. I am twenty- six, and you are twenty-four. Coincidentally, the age gap stayed the same."
"I had my doubts that we are older than what we had been in our universe." I hummed in agreement. "But it is so strange. Esme is my mother?"
I still couldn't believe it!
"Not biological. Charlie married her when you were in your diapers. Renee is your and Rosalie's actual mother. Left Charlie soon after you were born."
"So, Rosalie is actually my sister?" It was hard to believe. "Edward told you all this?"
"Yeah." Sam frowned. "He is quite a chatterbox. Ate my ears off."
"Strange." I let out a short laugh. "He was pretty mysterious back in my universe. Never spoke as much."
"He was…" he trailed off, waiting for me to finish his sentence.
"Yup." I admitted. "Edward was a vampire. And the one I was in love with."
Felt like a third-person I was referring to.
He wasn't the same Edward who inhabited this universe.
"Jeez." He sighed. "This universe is so warped up."
"Clearly."
"So, I will go…and find that tunnel."
It didn't seem like he wanted to leave.
"Yeah…"
And strangely, neither did I.
He left me standing there, the clock ticking. If we couldn't find the tunnel in two hours…he was going to become my husband.
