Chapter 15-Solidarity

If Edward hadn't been holding my hand as we walked back down stairs, I would have fallen on my face. We entered the living room together, everyone was laughing at something Emmett had said. I froze, I wanted to back out of the room but Edward held me next to him. After the laughter died down Alice looked at Edward and I. Her face dropped. Jasper felt her mood change and looked at us too. Eventually everyone was staring at us. 

They were my family and I had done nothing to earn them, I just continued to put them in danger. Alice broke the silence.

"Bella! Stop being so indecisive, I can't see your future." Alice scolded me.

"I haft to be. You can't see my future, Alice." I said, I didn't want her trying to much. 

"What's wrong?" Carlisle asked us. Edward started but I stopped him.

"I know what my power is." I said in a rush.

"Thats great sweetie." Esme cooed.

"No, it isn't." I relipied. 

"Why is it crappy?" Emmett ventured.

"I wish. " I whispered but everyone heard. " I can't tell any of you. I wont put any of you in danger for me anymore." 

"Bella-" almost everyone in the room started.

"No!" I said raising my voice. "I love all of you and I wont have the Volturi use you to get to me."

"Bella, the Volturi have rules they wont break them for-" Carlisle began.

"Someone who could remove them from power?" I retorted. Silence followed that statement. 

"Bella if you told-" Esme tried to reason with me.

"No, I wont tell you what I can do. I can't give you clues either, because you might figure it out and if you know, Aro would know."

"You're taking this-" Jasper tried.

"I'm not. I've thought about this way more than you have. And I know what I can do will be seen as a threat to them. A threat or an ally. I refuse to be used by them." Carlisle winced, another long silence. "I'll go there before they come here. No one can go with me-"

"I'm going with you. I don't know what you can do so they can't use it against you." Edward said very defined. "Alice?" He questioned. She shook her head. She couldn't see our future. 

"Lets think this through." Carlisle trying to calm the situation. I shook my head.

"They will expect a plan. It is better if we do it on the fly." I said. 

"It's bad isn't it?" Alice asked softly. I nodded. "We are behind you Bella. You are one of us, don't forget that." I nodded a second time.

"Solidarity!" Emmett yelled.

"You expect us to just do what you say?" Rosalie inquired. "Because you know what your power is? It can't be as important as you say. I think you just want attention." Rosalie added crossing her arms. I wanted to laugh at her. Attention? I hated being the center of attention.

"Hey!", "Watch it!", "Rose!." Flew at her from every direction.

"Her 'gift' cannot be something the Volturi would break their own rules for. Think about it. " She was trying to convince someone to be on her side. "One power isn't worth risking everything they have build. Your not that important Bella." She said to me as if I was five. I would let her have her opinion about me- "and for that matter, maybe your power isn't that great." That was it.

"You don't like me? FIne. Rosalie. I have put up with all of your crap for two years. It ends now. I have met Aro, he wanted me before I was a vampire. Now that I am one, and I have my power that he will kill all of you to get to me, if he knew what I could do for him. News flash I didn't choose my power. So take your sassy ass attitude and shove it!" I let go of Edward's hand and marched back up to our room. I don't know who it was but someone clapped.