Ok I'm going to try and write as much as I can today, we'll see what I can get done. Thanks all!!!
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End of Chapter 9
**Edward's POV***
"Alice." I whispered, knowing everyone heard me.
"Alice?" Jasper said...and one second later he was leaning in front of me. "Did you see her?"
"No." I whispered. "I..communicated with her."
"And?" Emmett asked. "What about Rosalie?"
"Alice is scared, she kept saying the same thing over and over..well except for the last time. She said red light." I said as I looked at Carlisle.
"Red light?" Esme asked.
"Yes, red light."
"What about Rosalie?" Emmett asked.
"No I didn't hear her, I'm sorry Emmett." I said softly.
"Red light. Red light?" Carlisle said to himself racking his brain as he tried to figure out the meaning.
Chapter 10
***Edward's POV***
I sat up, feeling weak for the first time in quite a while. I was leaning against the arm rest of the couch, my head hanging slightly. I know that everyone was watching me closely, most of them wondering what had truly happened to me and if I would be alright.
"I think I'm going to go lay down for a while." I said, wanting to get out of this room and the thoughts of my family. I smiled at Bella as I moved slightly so that I could stand, but as soon as I got my feet underneath me I felt myself falling.
Bella gasped as I fell, but Esme's arms were there before I hit the floor. She looked at me wondering if I was really alright, and what was going on. Emmett looked over at me, trying to think if he had ever seen me be...weak.
"I'm not weak." I said bitterly as I looked at him.
"I didn't mean it like that." He said, instantly sorry that he was thinking those things. "Can I help you?"
"Sure." I said as Emmett moved over, wrapping his arm around my shoulder and supported my weight.
Emmett helped me into my room, helping me lay down on the bed before he stood up and went to lean against the wall.
"Edward?" Emmett asked.
"Yeah. Go ahead and ask Emmett, I know there's something you want to ask." I said as I realized that I couldn't hear all of his thoughts, I could hear bits and pieces but not everything. I tried to focus on his thoughts, but yet again could only pick out pieces.
"You didn't hear Rosalie?" He asked sadly, avoiding eye contact. "You didn't hear her...at all?"
"No, I'm sorry Emmett. I didn't see Alice either, I just heard her and she was very hard to hear." I said as I watched him. "I'm sorry."
"Do you think...." He said as he looked at me, not wanting to finish the sentence...and not needing to.
I looked up at Emmett, his thoughts wondering about how he could be in this world if Rosalie weren't in it. He began thinking of options, not realizing that most of them wouldn't work.
"Emmett, she's not gone. I'm not sure why, but I didn't hear her...yet somehow I think I knew she was there. I didn't talk to her, but I didn't talk to Alice for long either. We will figure all of this out, I swear. We will get Alice and Rosalie back. You have to believe that, believe that she will be alright." I said, looking directly into his eyes.
"I will, I think I better get back to her." He said as he slowly walked back out of the room.
I was left alone wondering if Emmett would really try and end his life, it brought me back to the time when I tried and almost killed myself. I believed so completely in Alice's visions that I thought Bella was dead, I knew I couldn't survive in a world without her...much like Emmett was feeling right now. We would have to figure this out, we had to get Rosalie and Alice back.
I was so lost in my thoughts that when someone knocked I jumped slightly. I looked at the door, smiling as Bella stepped through the doorway.
"Hi." She said softly as she came to stand next to my bed.
"Hi." I said as I patted the bed, smiling as she climbed on to the bed. She sat next to me, her legs crossed beneath her. "How are you?"
"I'm better, now." I said as I reached over and took her hand in mine. "I'm sorry I scared you."
"I got here, angry because you didn't answer your phone, and was even more angry...then horrified when I saw Esme waiting for me on the steps." She said as she looked down at our hands.
"I'm so sorry," I started to say before she reached over and touched a finger to my lips.
"It wasn't your choice, you didn't decide to become sick. I've never been so scared in my life, Esme told me what happened and I ran up the stairs. You...you were just laying there, frozen." She said, a tear rolling down her cheek.
"Bella," I said as I reached over and pulled her slightly so that she lay next to me on the bed, my arm wrapping around her as I held her tight against my side. She cried softly for about five minutes not saying a word, just letting me hold her as she cried.
"I'm sorry I upset you." I said as I leaned down and kissed her softly.
"Don't do it again, please." She said as she smiled at me.
"I promise to try and not do that again." I said as I crossed my still heart.
"Ok then." She said as she reached her head up and kissed me sweetly, her hands instantly going around my neck. The kiss started to build in intensity, her hands running up and down my back. I wanted nothing more then to just let myself go, to see where this would go but I knew I couldn't take that chance, not with Bella.
I sighed as I pulled back, Bella's eyes staring into mine. I laughed quietly at the surprise on her face, knowing that she was not sorry for trying to push our limits. She sighed softly and put her head on my chest, her breathing still accelerated.
I ran my fingers through her hair, an automatic thing. I was humming softly as I played with her hair, and would have been happy to stay there for the rest of time. BUT...at that exact moment I heard footsteps running down the hall. I gently moved Bella slightly so that I could sit up, her head still on my chest.
I heard Emmett's thoughts..no screams as he opened the door. I was instantly on my feet, moving to the door as Bella looked at me. I reached one of my hands out, smiling as she moved to come stand next to me, her hand wrapped in mine. Not one second later, the door to my bedroom opened and Emmett walked through, his eyes wide in horror.
"It's Rosalie, she's...she's." He said as he looked at Bella. Bella started to cry again, sobbing so hard that it shook her entire body.
"No, Bella." I said as I wrapped my arms around her, making calming noises as she looked up at me.
"Bella, she's asking for you." Emmett said as he looked at her then turned around, running out of the room.
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End of Chapter 9
**Edward's POV***
"Alice." I whispered, knowing everyone heard me.
"Alice?" Jasper said...and one second later he was leaning in front of me. "Did you see her?"
"No." I whispered. "I..communicated with her."
"And?" Emmett asked. "What about Rosalie?"
"Alice is scared, she kept saying the same thing over and over..well except for the last time. She said red light." I said as I looked at Carlisle.
"Red light?" Esme asked.
"Yes, red light."
"What about Rosalie?" Emmett asked.
"No I didn't hear her, I'm sorry Emmett." I said softly.
"Red light. Red light?" Carlisle said to himself racking his brain as he tried to figure out the meaning.
Chapter 10
***Edward's POV***
I sat up, feeling weak for the first time in quite a while. I was leaning against the arm rest of the couch, my head hanging slightly. I know that everyone was watching me closely, most of them wondering what had truly happened to me and if I would be alright.
"I think I'm going to go lay down for a while." I said, wanting to get out of this room and the thoughts of my family. I smiled at Bella as I moved slightly so that I could stand, but as soon as I got my feet underneath me I felt myself falling.
Bella gasped as I fell, but Esme's arms were there before I hit the floor. She looked at me wondering if I was really alright, and what was going on. Emmett looked over at me, trying to think if he had ever seen me be...weak.
"I'm not weak." I said bitterly as I looked at him.
"I didn't mean it like that." He said, instantly sorry that he was thinking those things. "Can I help you?"
"Sure." I said as Emmett moved over, wrapping his arm around my shoulder and supported my weight.
Emmett helped me into my room, helping me lay down on the bed before he stood up and went to lean against the wall.
"Edward?" Emmett asked.
"Yeah. Go ahead and ask Emmett, I know there's something you want to ask." I said as I realized that I couldn't hear all of his thoughts, I could hear bits and pieces but not everything. I tried to focus on his thoughts, but yet again could only pick out pieces.
"You didn't hear Rosalie?" He asked sadly, avoiding eye contact. "You didn't hear her...at all?"
"No, I'm sorry Emmett. I didn't see Alice either, I just heard her and she was very hard to hear." I said as I watched him. "I'm sorry."
"Do you think...." He said as he looked at me, not wanting to finish the sentence...and not needing to.
I looked up at Emmett, his thoughts wondering about how he could be in this world if Rosalie weren't in it. He began thinking of options, not realizing that most of them wouldn't work.
"Emmett, she's not gone. I'm not sure why, but I didn't hear her...yet somehow I think I knew she was there. I didn't talk to her, but I didn't talk to Alice for long either. We will figure all of this out, I swear. We will get Alice and Rosalie back. You have to believe that, believe that she will be alright." I said, looking directly into his eyes.
"I will, I think I better get back to her." He said as he slowly walked back out of the room.
I was left alone wondering if Emmett would really try and end his life, it brought me back to the time when I tried and almost killed myself. I believed so completely in Alice's visions that I thought Bella was dead, I knew I couldn't survive in a world without her...much like Emmett was feeling right now. We would have to figure this out, we had to get Rosalie and Alice back.
I was so lost in my thoughts that when someone knocked I jumped slightly. I looked at the door, smiling as Bella stepped through the doorway.
"Hi." She said softly as she came to stand next to my bed.
"Hi." I said as I patted the bed, smiling as she climbed on to the bed. She sat next to me, her legs crossed beneath her. "How are you?"
"I'm better, now." I said as I reached over and took her hand in mine. "I'm sorry I scared you."
"I got here, angry because you didn't answer your phone, and was even more angry...then horrified when I saw Esme waiting for me on the steps." She said as she looked down at our hands.
"I'm so sorry," I started to say before she reached over and touched a finger to my lips.
"It wasn't your choice, you didn't decide to become sick. I've never been so scared in my life, Esme told me what happened and I ran up the stairs. You...you were just laying there, frozen." She said, a tear rolling down her cheek.
"Bella," I said as I reached over and pulled her slightly so that she lay next to me on the bed, my arm wrapping around her as I held her tight against my side. She cried softly for about five minutes not saying a word, just letting me hold her as she cried.
"I'm sorry I upset you." I said as I leaned down and kissed her softly.
"Don't do it again, please." She said as she smiled at me.
"I promise to try and not do that again." I said as I crossed my still heart.
"Ok then." She said as she reached her head up and kissed me sweetly, her hands instantly going around my neck. The kiss started to build in intensity, her hands running up and down my back. I wanted nothing more then to just let myself go, to see where this would go but I knew I couldn't take that chance, not with Bella.
I sighed as I pulled back, Bella's eyes staring into mine. I laughed quietly at the surprise on her face, knowing that she was not sorry for trying to push our limits. She sighed softly and put her head on my chest, her breathing still accelerated.
I ran my fingers through her hair, an automatic thing. I was humming softly as I played with her hair, and would have been happy to stay there for the rest of time. BUT...at that exact moment I heard footsteps running down the hall. I gently moved Bella slightly so that I could sit up, her head still on my chest.
I heard Emmett's thoughts..no screams as he opened the door. I was instantly on my feet, moving to the door as Bella looked at me. I reached one of my hands out, smiling as she moved to come stand next to me, her hand wrapped in mine. Not one second later, the door to my bedroom opened and Emmett walked through, his eyes wide in horror.
"It's Rosalie, she's...she's." He said as he looked at Bella. Bella started to cry again, sobbing so hard that it shook her entire body.
"No, Bella." I said as I wrapped my arms around her, making calming noises as she looked up at me.
"Bella, she's asking for you." Emmett said as he looked at her then turned around, running out of the room.