Remember Me: Chapter 13

Chapter 13

EPOV (A little earlier than meadow scene and before Bella leaves for the party)

"So…where are you going this afternoon?" Alice smiled coyly at me. It was just the two of us; the others were out still hunting. Since the sun came out, we of course had to avoid any direct rays of sunlight to avoid our secret being revealed. This was the perfect chance for us to hunt, without Bella knowing instead of when she was asleep. Luckily, she had fell for the funeral gimmick and did not ask any further questions.

"I'm going to pick up Bella. You know that." I smiled, knowing what she was trying to hint at. I grinned wider when her smirk fell. She glared at me, her thoughts full of ways to disembody me or torture me with excessive hours of shopping. I just laughed aloud.

"That's not what I meant, and you know it." she huffed.

"Well you're the psychic. Shouldn't you tell me?" I laughed, and was rewarded by a punch to the chest. To a human, they would have been killed instantly but in my case, it was just a slight sting to chest.

"Just answer the question douche-ward." she grimaced, her arms crossed over her chest, her foot tapping furiously against the floor.

"How original of you. But to answer you, although you already know. I've decided to take Bella to the meadow." I rolled my eyes, when she squealed loudly. Even as a vampire, I felt like she was going to burst my eardrum with her squealing.

"Well it's about time! You were starting to get on my nerves with the constant decision making. I believe you were trying to give me a headache." she rolled her eyes.

"Whatever Alice." I shook my head. She stared at me with hopeful eyes and I admit it was beginning to get a little creepy.

"What? Stop with all the staring. You're seriously creeping me out." I said.

"Edward…." She said in a threatening tone…

"Fine, fine, I'm going to tell her I love her." I shook my head, looking at the individual strands that made up the oriental rug on the floor. To tell the truth I was worried. It was hard not knowing what was on her mind. Questions plagued me constantly wondering whether she would laugh in my face or run away screaming.

"And you're worried?" Alice asked, and I just nodded my head. She just smiled.

"Why are you smiling?" I asked, and she gave me a glimpse of Bella and me in the meadow, our lips inches apart. Before I could see what was happening she stopped the vision.

"Alice." I whined. God, she could be so annoying sometimes. I swear if she weren't my sister.

"Nope. You'll just have to wait until it happens. Now go. She'll be waiting." She smiled.

"And what will you be doing, my dear darling sister?" I asked, as she skipped around the room.

"Oh I'll be around. I have some planning to do." She smirked, and I tried to read her thoughts but she was blocking me. I sighed.

"Do I want to know?" and she shook her head.

"All in good time, all in good time." she grinned before skipping up the stairs.

"Hell no!" Emmett roared.

"There's no way I'm letting her go around those dogs." He spat. I agreed with him. I definitely didn't want my Bella spending time with those mangy rats. She was currently taking a nap upstairs and I prayed we didn't wake her with our arguing.

"And what are you going to tell her huh? Oh you can't go down there because Jacob and his friends are wolves and don't like us because we're there mortal enemies: vampires!" Alice huffed. Emmett and I were still pacing, but Jasper looked surprisingly calm.

"How are you so calm about this? She's hanging out with wolves and there are two vampires on the loose." I asked. Yesterday when the others had returned home, they told me that they had gotten a hold of the vampires scent but it disappeared. They believed it was a false lead.

"I'm not, but getting angry isn't going to help. Alice is right. She can't know about us right now, it'll be too disastrous and you know it. As much as I hate to say it Bella will probably be safer with them tonight." he responded.

"Jasper's right. We can use this as an opportunity to patrol the area for any more leads." Carlisle said.

"Alice, are you sure she will be safe" I asked pinching the bridge of my nose; a habit I had picked up from my father.

"As of now yes. You know I can't see much with the wolves involved, but I don't believe they would ever hurt her." she sighed, her eyes slightly glazed over. Her vision was the same. Bella driving down to La Push before she disappeared.

"Believe Alice. Believe. I hate that word, I want know. You're a damn psychic. You should know." I growled.

"Well what do you want from me? I'm trying" she said, her voice cracking. Although we couldn't shed tears, that didn't stop her eyes from swelling up with venom. Jasper glared at me as he tried to console her. I hated making her 'cry'.

"I'm sorry Alice." I said, kneeling down in front of her.

"I'm just worried." I said but she shrugged her shoulders.

"Its okay, but you're not alone in this. We all love and worry about her too." She smiled.

"Love you Ally-kins." I smiled. If I remembered anything, it was the nickname I used to call her when we were little.

"Love you too Eddie." she laughed, and I grimaced at the horrendous use of my childhood nickname.

"Aw, well isn't that sweet. But here that?" Rosalie pointed upward as we heard the quickening heartbeat. "Is Bella waking up." she glared. What was up with her? She was getting seriously pissy lately. If vampires could have periods, she was definitely pmsing.

"Rose is right. We just have to act normal." Jasper nodded his head.

"Since when have we ever been normal?" Emmett snickered and we all nodded our heads, as we heard Bella's footprints upstairs.

He had a point. We were anything but normal.

BPOV

It couldn't be. I closed my eyes and prayed that this was all just some horrible nightmare.

There was no way that this could be them? I looked closer at the pictures. First at Jasper. Same posture, blonde hair, small smile upon his face. Then Emmett. Huge large frame, dimples in both cheeks and blue eyes? Blue eyes. Looking closer I noticed that the two of them had baby blue eyes similar to my mother, than then the topaz I had grown accustomed to. Grabbing the picture, I ran out of Billy's room, bypassing a giggling Jessica wrapped around Mike. I should have stayed and made sure she was okay, but I was in a rush to get away. Nearly tripping over a passed out Lauren, I ran out towards my truck. Luckily, I had parked at the back so I didn't have to worry about being blocked in.

I hadn't even realized, I had been crying until I felt the drops hitting my pant leg. Was I missing something? Had I entered the Twilight zone? There was no way that they were the same people in the picture. They looked to be about in their mid-teens early twenties. If that picture were accurate, they would be about thirty years old! Were they dead, ghosts maybe? Maybe I was in an alternate universe where everyone had an evil twin of sorts. Get real Bella. You're losing it. Maybe its photo shopped? Did they even have Photoshop in 1993? I wasn't aware that I had been hyperventilating or that black spots were beginning to form in my line of eyesight. The last thing I remember before my head hit the steering wheel was a blur running across the front of my car and then everything went black.

EmPOV

"Stop!" Alice screamed. We all paused. We had just patrolled the outskirts of Forks the scent all leading us to the same spot. Rose almost ran into me but stopped just in time.

"What is it Alice?" Jasper asked.

"No!" Edward growled, nearly dropping to his knees.

"I'm so sorry." Alice said pain evident in her town.

"Will someone, please clue us in?" I begged, fearing the worst.

"Bella's been in an accident." she whispered.

"What!" I growled. "I swear if those dogs did something to her, treaty or no treaty I'm kicking someone's ass.

"No it wasn't them. She's been in a car accident. Just a couple of miles from La Push." Alice said her eyes slightly glazed over.

"Well why are we standing here, we have to go." I snarled.

"Relax Emmett." Jasper pushed.

"We have to go to the hospital. She's already there." Alice said.

"What? How is she already there when she just had the accident?" I questioned.

"It's been a while. Maybe thirty-thirty five minutes." she said looking at her feet.

"What the hell Alice? You should have seen this." I hollered.

"What is this pick on Alice day? It snuck up on me okay. I don't know why okay! Up until now, it's been blank. I figured she was still in La Push. Besides my visions are based on the decisions a person makes. No one decides to have a car accident." she glared.

"Then what's the point of being psychic then?" I growled. I looked around to see Edward pacing back and forth, his hand pinching the bridge of his nose, Rose beside Alice, rubbing her hand in small cycles and Esme near Carlisle as he spoke on his cell phone.

"You need to relax Emmett." Jasper growled. Jasper usually kept his cool, but when it came to Alice, it was a completely different story.

"You relax! My sister is in the hospital!" I screeched, and he stood in front of me."If I do remember clearly, she is my sister as well." He said monotone, his eyes shifting between black and gold.

"Crap, I'm sorry. I didn't mean it like that." I said quickly, His expression shifted.

"I know, but arguing isn't solving anything. Let's go. Edward looks like he's about to have an aneurysm." Jasper sighed, looking over at Edward who was still pacing back and forth.

"About time." Edward growled and took off. We all followed behind him. Edward being the fastest out of all of us, jumped in his Volvo and took off, nearly running over Jasper and Alice in the process who quickly hopped in before he took off. Rose, Carlisle, Esme and I hopped into my jeep, and I started the ignition not even bothering for them to have the chance to close the door before I sped off.

We were probably breaking numerous speeding laws, but it wasn't as if we were going to be caught. A drive that usually took about 25-30 minutes we made in ten. We all sped into the hospital parking lot, Edward being the first to jump out, nearly breaking the keys in the ignition as he pulled his keys out.

"Stop Edward. You can't go barging in there like a madman." Carlisle said restraining him as we entered the lobby. It was about 11:30 and although it was nearing midnight, the emergency room was filled with about fifteen people, including a little girl who looked to be about four or five years old. We all sat down as Carlisle and Esme tried to get information on Bella. Edward sat in the farthest corner, a pained look upon his face, and Jasper and Alice sat a few seats down from him, Alice perched in his lap, as he rubbed her leg soothingly. My Rosie was next me, her head on my shoulder, and I smiled down at the love of my existence. I didn't know what I would do without her. I was broken from my story when I heard a small voice from beside me.

"Hey Mister?" it was the little girl. She was so cute. She had jet black hair, and piercing hazel eyes. She smiled at me with a toothy grin.

"Yes?" I smiled down at her, and she giggled.

"Would you mind reading this to me?" She gestured to an old battered copy of The Adventures of Winnie the Pooh and Christopher Robin.

"Sure, I'm Emmett. Where's your mommy?" I asked her, and looked around to see my family all had small smiles upon their faces even Edward managed to give a grin."I'm Lexie. My mommy's with the doctor people. She's got a bad boo boo." She answered, and gestured to her arm, where she had a small band-aid on her arm.

"What happened to you?" I asked the little girl. I didn't want to pry, I was just curious.

"She was making spishgettis for me. The phone had ringed and I wanted to help her like big girls do. So while the water was boiling on the stove, I tried to add the spishgetti, but my mommy came in and stopped me just as I was spout to put it in. I accidentally hitted it and knocked it over. She pushed me out the way, and the water fell on her arms. Its was so scary." she said, a few tears welled in her eyes.

"Are you okay?" I asked gesturing to her arm.

"Yep. I haves a small boo boo. See the doctor people even gave me a Dora band-aid and a lolly." She grinned, flashing me a huge red lollypop.

"I see." she just smiled at me, as she scooted over beside me. Rose had gotten up and purchased a small sandwich and a bottle of juice for Lexie while I read to her and she ate.

I was still worried, since Carlisle and Esme hadn't returned yet, but I tried to ease my worries. It had only been an hour but it felt like days. I had just finished reading, and noticed that she had fell asleep against my side.

"I had just laid her down against a pillow from a nurse when a breathless man ran through the emergency doors. He was dressed in a business suit and had jet black hair similar to the little girl.

"Oh thank god." He breathed, when he saw her asleep at my side.

"Thank you for watching her. I tried to get here as quick as possible." the man said breathlessly reaching out his hand.

"No problem. Emmett Cullen." I smiled.

"Daniel Reynolds." he smiled, and sat down beside us. We sat there for a few more minutes when a nurse wheeled out a woman who had casts going up both arms. She must have been his wife and Lexie's mother because he bolted up out of his seat and ran to her. She had blonde hair and the little girl's hazel eyes.

"Don't you ever do that to me again." he breathed kissing her forehead. She smiled sheepishly at him.

"You ready?" he asked and she nodded her head. He picked up the sleeping little girl and laid her against his shoulder.

"Daddy?" she grumbled.

"Yes princess. Go back to sleep." he whispered and she nodded her head against his shoulder.

"Thanks again." he smiled and I could see the relief in his eyes. I nodded my head, and watched as they left. I felt Rose shift beside me. I looked down at her and her eyes said it all. They were slightly glazed over and I could see the want in them.

"I know." I whispered.

"I just want it so bad." she whispered, her voice slightly breaking.

"You have it. You're like a second mother to her." I said and she shrugged her shoulders.

"Yeah right, like she remembers." she huffed.

"Remember when we were in the same predicament as Lexie?" She nodded her head, and I heard Edward growl quietly. He looked at me with a glare. He knew what I was referring to, they all did.

Flashback… (Fall of 1994) Bella is two

"Are you sure you can handle this?" My mom asked me for the ninth time. We all had agreed that we would watch Bella for the night, while she and dad went and visited Grandma Swan in Seattle.

"Yes. We can handle it." I said. Since Rose and I was the oldest of the group at seventeen, we would be in charge of Jasper, Edward and Alice who were all fifteen, while they helped up watch Bella who was perched on Jasper's lap sucking her thumb. I was glad to be in charge for once. I felt it was my duty as the eldest of the three of us to make sure Jasper and Bella were safe.

"Okay." She said wearily, grabbing dad's hand tightly. "Well you have our number, Gram's number and the number of the restaurant. Call us if you need us. I trust you to watch her okay. I don't know how long we'll be, but if we are long, give her the plate with chicken fingers I made, and bathe and dress her for bed." She smiled, kissing my forehead.

"No problem." I grinned.

"Bye baby girl." She smiled at Bella, before kissing her and Jasper's foreheads.

"Bye kids." she waved, and followed dad outside. I waited until they were down the street before breathing a sigh of relief.

"God," I breathed, flopping down beside Rose. "I really wish they would trust us." I shook my head.

"Yeah we're practically adults." Jasper grinned, tickling Bella on her stomach.

"Yeah. I mean how hard could it be?" Alice laughed.

Boy, were we wrong. How a two year could destroy an house was beyond me. She was happy one moment, sad the next. One minute she wanted to play and the other lay down. We were all on the couch exhausted. Even Alice, who was a big ball of energy, was stretch out on the floor her hair in complete disarray. We weren't any better either. Mom and Dad had only been gone for about 2 hours but it felt like longer. Bella was on the floor behind us, playing with her stuffed bear.

"Thank god she's occupied." Jasper breathed, and we all nodded our heads.

"Wookie, wookie, wookie!" she suddenly screamed. That was her word for cookie. When she was about to scream or cry (something I really couldn't handle) I would give her a cookie to make her be quiet. I hadn't thought it out through enough, because it made her hyper and kept her begging for more.

"No bella." I told her.

"Yes!" she smiled, giving me a toothy grin.

"No." I said more sternly, and she went back to playing with her bear, a pout upon her face. I closed my eyes, and we all settled back on the couch relishing our small moment of silence. That moment of silence went on for a little too long. That made me a little nervous. I looked around to see everyone had their eyes closed, appearing to be on the brink of sleep. I looked over the back of the couch to see if bella was on her mat, but she wasn't there.

"Guys," I gasped, but they didn't stir. "Guys!" I said louder, startling all of them.

"What?" Edward groggily whispered, Alice groaning beside him.

"Bella's gone." I said, and they all shot out of their seats.

"It's too silent. Split up, we have to find her." I screeched and we all split up. We all searched frantically but we still couldn't find her. By the time we all made it back to the living room, we were in full panic mode. My panic slightly weakened but elevated when I heard a scream from the kitchen. We all ran in to see Bella on the floor screaming bloody murder as she held her finger. I looked over to see a chair placed beside the stove were I had strategically placed them so she wouldn't get to them. I was wrong. She must have had accidentally pressed herself against one of the knobs, and turned one of the burners on. I quickly ran over and picked her up.

"Shh… Bella, it's okay." I tried to soothe but she kept screaming. I looked at the others to see what I should do next, but they all shrugged. Edward then ran over to the freezer to grab some ice. I handed over a still screaming Bella to Rose who rocked her back and forth, while I grabbed a towel. Once we placed the ice on her finger she stopped crying, only to start once more when the ice melted. I didn't know what to do. I was the eldest I should know what to do next. I was panicking. I was suppose to watch over my baby sister and brother and his friends and I failed.

We were all panicking, and I saw tears welling in everyone's eyes. Jasper just handed me the phone.

"Do it." he sighed and I pick up the phone and dialed. Long story short, they quickly rushed home where we then took Bella to the emergency room, to be treated for a quarter sized blister on her thumb. Jasper and I had also earned ourselves 2 months of being grounded, although he really didn't do anything. It was the same for the others as they had to avoid coming to our house for the same duration of time. I had then vowed to myself that I was going to do anything to protect my family, especially my brother and sister.

"Emmett?" Rose called.

"Um what?' I wondered, noticing the others standing up.

"Edward says Carlisle and Esme want us to speak with them outside." she gestured, to the three of them.

"Oh okay." I got up and followed the others out. Carlisle and esme were out by our parked cars with a panicked look upon her face.

"What is it, and why are you blocking me." Edward growled. He just reached out his hand. In his palm held a picture. Edward reached for it and opened it. A pained expression took over his features, and I didn't have to look at it to know. I closed my eyes.

"She knows?" I whispered.

"Part of it, I presume. But yes she knows." Carlisle answered.