Alice couldn’t stop laughing. It was really getting on my nerves. I sigh, frustrated.

“So- wait- what…” she manages a laugh in between “What did he say?”

“I left, he had no time to say anything or do anything,” I said calmly, hoping that the boring news will calm her down.

“I can so imagine the look on his face! Was he…” Alice bursts into a fit of giggles once more, unable to finish her sentence.

We are both sitting in the kitchen of the Cullen’s house, and Alice is telling me, well, was telling me about a shopping trip she wants to have in Seattle next week. The topic then switched to the new treaty and somehow the punch I gave Jacob yesterday slipped out and now she is hunched over, shaking, stricken tears of laughter lining her beautiful face.

“Alice, stop please,” Edward commands.

This time he turns to me “I need to talk to Bella.”

I look up at his stern face, and at the visible worry in his eyes. I wonder aloud.

“What happened?” I ask, standing up.

Edward’s eyes dart at Alice, who has finally stopped laughing and is nervously pulling a strand of hair.

“You can’t see anything?” Edward whispers to Alice.

I walk over to his immobile body and take hold of his hand. I don’t know why he looks so worried, so I try to comfort him. Edward reaches out and pulls me to his chest, resting his chin on top my head.

Edward stares at my face, cupping it with his hands. I could sense that something was wrong. Incredibly wrong.

“Seth is missing, Bella. He went missing after the campfire yesterday. No-one remembers where he went, and the Quileutes are extremely worried,” Edward seemed determined to answer honestly “since he hasn’t phased in all this time.”

My jaw dropped open in shock, and I am quite sure that if I still had a beating heart, it would have skipped a beat. I didn’t know what to say so I stood quite still. The Quileutes were probably terrified, and Leah even more. I imagine the state of Seth’s mother. A sadness creeps into my stomach and over to my legs. Seth was missing. Seth. The words try to make sense in my head but fail.