Edward's POV

The only few things to break the ruthless silence in our now ominous house was the sound of Esme’s unceasing sobbing, Bella’s tranquil heartbeat and my pacing back and forth in front of her door. It seemed like it had been days since I’d seen her precious face, although the reality was minutes. Alice’s irresolute insights on Bella’s future didn’t aid my apprehension in the least. The first one I saw frightened me most.

It was very clear. Bella was in her truck, driving past a sign that said ‘PHEONIX- 150 MILES’. It skipped to her decision to move back in with her mother and finish out the remainder of her senior year there. Unease kicked me in the stomach.

The second premonition was a little fuzzier, but it changed course. It was a picture of Bella and I together, in our meadow. She hadn’t remembered still. She was staring down at her engagement ring as I was explaining our history and it seemed that she wanted to stay in Forks and try to rekindle our relationship, memories or no memories.

The third was so smeared that I could barely decipher it. I could tell, however, that Bella began to remember everything. It seemed like the least likely course that her future would take.

I pleaded with whatever higher being might exist, that if they had any mercy on my existence whatsoever, to let the first vision lose it’s clarity, and let the third take it on. All she needed was a little progress; I just had to figure out what would trigger that first memory, and the rest would follow.

“Thirty-two seconds, Edward,” Alice’s thoughts whispered. My breath caught and I stopped pacing. Thirty-two seconds. One last vision popped into my head as Carlisle came to stand at my side. I could see that as we entered into the room, I decided to stray from our original plan and speak before Carlisle, and then ran to her side. Bella got frightened at how strong I came on, and would not listen to a word I had to say. She demanded to immediately be brought to her father. I could assume that this probably led to one of the prior futures… most likely the first.