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"So you know about the pack?" Anna asked as she leaned against Bella's door, her arms crossed as she watched the brunette staring at her laptop screen. "How long have you known?" Bella asked without looking at her sister, the tension between them was still strong from their fight. "Since a nomad threw me off of my bike a few months ago," Anna told her gaining her attention, Bella's eyes were wide as she looked at her younger sister. "And then I was attacked by Victoria who Jacob tells me is in town to kill me and anyone who tries to protect me," Anna said in reference to Bella's conversation with Laurent.

"Bella, you need to be more careful now. Victoria has her mind set and you--" Bella cut off Anna, "--I'm sorry." Anna smiled softly at Bella before sighing. "You'll have to give me time to forgive you, Bella. I just..." Anna huffed before moving to sit with her older twin sister. "I'm hurting too, Bella. You weren't the only person who had someone you love walk away from you so it just... got too much and I snapped," Anna expressed to Bella who nodded along. "I know. And I'm sorry, Anna," Bella told her before the two hugged. Anna had a bad feeling in her stomach, but she pushed it aside and smiled at her sister.

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Anna pulled on her jacket and made her way downstairs when she realized that there was someone in the house, she took a breath and walked forward only to be stopped by a familiar face. "Alice?" Anna whispered. The pixie vampire smiled up at Anna before the two hugged, Alice's grip tightened on Anna. "I thought you..." Alice trailed off before pulling away, "Last I saw, you were attacked on your bike and then--" Anna sighed, "I've been hanging around the Pack, Alice. They've been looking out for me." Alice nodded knowing that she can't see shifters in her visions which would explain why she hadn't seen much of Anna.

"Not that I'm not happy to see you but why are you here, Alice?" Anna asked the pixie woman who looked down. "It's Bella... I saw her jump off of a cliff and I--" Alice stopped herself as she looked up at Anna who was shaking her head. "Bella's fine, Alice," Anna assured her, and right on cue, the two heard the door open to reveal Bella herself. "Alice?!" Bella shouted softly before wrapping her arms around her. "Bella?" Alice breathed out, her vision still messing with her head despite Anna's words and Bella standing in front of her. "Sorry, I just can't believe you're here," Bella told Alice once she pulled back from the hug.

"Would you like to explain to me how you're alive?" Alice asked with genuine concern. "What?" Bella asked her in confusion. "I saw a vision of you. You jumped off of a cliff!" Alice told her causing Bella to look at Anna who was looking back at her with a blank expression. "Why in the hell would you try and kill yourself? What about Charlie? And Anna?" Alice asked her with an upset tone. "I didn't try to kill myself," Bella defended as a tear fell from her eye. "I was cliff jumping, recreationally. It was fun," Bella said with a sniffle while Anna shook her head. "It was stupid," Anna told her before walking into the kitchen to make a cup of tea.

Alice and Bella sat in the living room, Anna bought a cup of tea for Bella and sat down on Charlie's armchair with her own mug. "I have never met anyone more prone to life-threatening idiocy," Alice told Bella while Anna agreed with her. "Does--Did you tell him?" Bella asked Alice who shook her head. "No. He only calls in once every few months. He said he wants to be alone," Alice told Bella while Anna rolled her eyes, she hoped he was miserable. "And is?" Anna interrupted, her eyes telling Alice what she needed to know. "Jasper's... getting by. He's doing okay now," Alice told Anna softly, Anna's heart broke at the knowledge that he wasn't okay before.

"Girls, what is that God-awful wet dog smell?" Alice asked as she scrunched up her nose causing Anna to shrug. "Um... That's probably me. Or it's Jacob," Bella answered causing Anna to sit up straight, at least she knew who to thank for saving Bella though she should've expected that considering that Jacob was clearly in love with Bella. "Jacob who?" Alice asked as she looked from Bella to Anna who had sighed. "Jacob's kind of a werewolf," Bella answered causing Alice to sigh at both girls due to their recent company. "Girls! Werewolves are not good company to keep," Alice told them with a distrustful expression.

"Speak for yourself," Jacob's voice caught their attention, Anna leaned back in her seat ready to watch the scene play out. "I had to see you were safe," Jacob said directly to Bella. "I thought you couldn't protect me here," Bella asked him rhetorically. "Guess I don't care," Jacob replied while noticing Anna's bored expression. "Well, I'm not gonna hurt her or Anna," Alice told Jacob like the idea of hurting either girl was worse than a sin. "No, you're just a harmless Cullen. I'm talking about the other bloodsucker who tried to kill Anna and Bella because of you," Jacob sneered at her. "Victoria?" Alice asked.

"Yeah, Victoria's been around," Bella said while Anna scoffed, "She had a great time with me." Jacob raised his brow at the blonde but she just winked at him to play off the fact that if the pack hadn't shown up, Anna would be dead and Bella hadn't even acknowledged that in her broken state. "I didn't see her," Alice told them as she looked at Anna with worry before looking back at Bella, "I didn't see you get pulled out of the water, either." Alice stood up and looked at Jacob, "I can't see past you and your pack of mutts." Jacob glared at Alice, "Don't get me upset... Or things are gonna get very ugly."

Bella tried to get between them without success, Anna simply waved her hand, and the two were dragged away from each other. "Enough with the natural enemies crap," Anna told them as she stood up, Alice looking at her with shock having no knowledge of Anna being a witch. "I'll give you a minute," Alice told Bella. "Hey, you're not going anywhere. You're gonna come back, right?" Bella asked Alice. "As soon as you put the dog out," Alice said before grabbing Anna's hand and dragging her outside. "You wanna tell me what that was about?" Alice asked Anna before looking her over almost like she was searching for an injury.

"Hey," Anna grabbed Alice's hands and stopped her, "I'm okay, Alice. I promise." Alice nodded and Anna let go of her hands. "Do you know the story of Della Freya?" Anna asked Alice, the pixie woman's eyes widened. "Of course I do. Carlisle has told us all about her considering her connection to the Volturi," Alice answered her before gasping, "You're her chosen descendant?" Anna nodded at Alice's question before sighing, "Yeah, it seems that I'm a witch and I've been learning how to control the limited abilities that I have." Alice let out an unnecessary breath as she took in the information.

"Alice, how has Jasper been? Really?" Anna asked in a soft, vulnerable tone. "It was rough for him in the beginning, he almost killed Edward before he left but Carlisle and Esme have been helping him get by," Alice answered her truthfully. Alice knew that Jasper wouldn't want Anna to know that he believes that the pain he was going through was deserved due to his past that he wasn't honest about. "He holds on to the promise you two made," Alice added noticing Anna's expression, pain and sadness. "I hold on to it as well," Anna told her with a sniffle. "And there's something else, Alice. Something important--" Anna was cut off as Alice's eyes became unfocused, a vision plaguing her mind.

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Rosemary Speaks

So close to them being reunited!
I wanted to do more scenes with the pack but truthfully, I couldn't really come up with anything so I just jumped back into the script and worked from there.

See you next chapter!