It would be an entire day until I could see my Bella again. Alice had banned me from her room and house. I couldn't go within two miles of it. She even set the phone, pictures, and computers off limits. Absolutely no contact was allowed. The worst of it was that she had gotten everybody to block their minds, so they weren't even thinking of Bella. This would be the longest twenty-four hours of my existence.

I was walking around the house. I had only been away from my angel for twenty minutes, and I was already going crazy. What if she was hurt? What if she was scared, or crying?

As I continued my worried pacing, I plucked a bouquet of freesia from the many centerpieces that had been set up. Alice had gone overboard with this. Freesia, strawberries, roses, oranges, and several other fruity and flowery aromas filled the room. Perhaps filling my senses with the beautiful lilac freesia would help my nerves. It would surely be the closest thing to Bella's natural scent, beauty, and memory I would get over the next day.

Edward, don't worry. Alice is coming over to get some things and I'll go watch Bella for a while. She'll be fine.

Esme's sweet voice called my attention to her thoughts. At least Alice was taking care to make sure my love would be okay. I would kill her if anything happened while I was away. I was relaxed to know Esme would be watching her for a while. She was always so loving, and Charlie and Renee liked her. Maybe I would be okay.

"Hey, Emmett! I think it worked!" Jasper said.

Great! He was calming me. This was not going to turn out well.

"Nice job, Jasper. Maybe he'll stop freaking out now."

I ran up the stairs and into Emmett's room. They were playing video games – of course.

"Emmett! Jasper! I will personally see to it that you both die after the wedding tomorrow. Shut up, and leave me alone!"

Thank goodness Carlisle was at the hospital. Esme might be out of the house and therefore unable to scold me, but Carlisle would have surely stepped in. Maybe now I could get some peace and my own emotions.