ALICE

Damn. Double damn. I know that it would have been much worse had I not given the idiot the oil for the window. Charlie would have been involved then and who knows what Bella would have done. Even I can't predict anything about her. Who knew that not being able to see someone would be so annoying?

"As far as I know, Edward only opened her window to look in." I cringe, waiting for the fallout.

"Did you only have one vision of him opening the window?" Jasper's eyes narrow as he looks at me.

"Well, yes. I did only have the one vision. There was nothing inside the room that I could See. But, I also may have given him oil for the window." Rose looks at me like I've lost my mind. Maybe I have.

"Why would you do that?" Jasper demands. My poor husband seems the most upset by this.

"He was going to open the window regardless of anything that any of us could have done. In the vision, Bella wasn't even in the room. Bella and Charlie would have woken up. The stupid thing sounded like a disgruntled wood chipper." I shrug. Jazz seems the most annoyed. I'll make it up to him later.

"What's done is done. We need to work on our plan for damage control. Bella obviously knew that the window was opened." Carlisle sounds like he has a horrendous headache. Welcome to the club.

"It wouldn't hurt to help Edward be less of a stalker with Bella." Emmett amazes us all by suggesting something helpful.

"I'm so proud of you right now." Rose leans over and gives her husband a kiss on the check. Although, I think it was more to rub in the fact that she has a happy relationship in Edward's face than it has to do with his idea. Guess I'm not the only one who wants Edward to suffer a little for his stupidity.

"Maybe if you told us why you went to her house and opened her window." Esme looks expectantly at Edward.

"If I hadn't stopped you, would you have gone into her room while she was having her nightmare?" I lean forward.

EDWARD

I don't know what to say to my family. Bella just brings these tendencies out in me. I know that I shouldn't spy on her, but I will. Any chance I get to learn more about her, even just one tiny piece of the puzzle, I will act on it. She pulls me in. There is no escaping it. As to whether or not I would have gone into her room had Alice not been there to stop me, of course I would. She was clearly in distress. So it was only a nightmare, so what? She needed someone and I would have been there … when Charlie rushed in to be there … maybe that would have been a bad thing. I had not considered that before. Charlie came barreling in as quickly as he possibly could. He would have caught me. Obviously I wasn't thinking things through while I was there, or even since I met Bella.

"There will be no more uninvited trips to the Swan house, let alone in it," Carlisle reiterates.

"Of course not," I lie. It's not like Alice can See Bella. My mind is already working on how to go back without anyone, especially my family, knowing about it.

"Anything you try will only make her more hostile." Alice glances at me.

"I thought you didn't see any visions with Bella." I point out.

"Just because I can't see Bella in any visions, doesn't mean I can't see you. I would be pissed in her place." Alice shakes her head at me.

"Who wouldn't be pissed by your creepy ass behavior?" Rose throws in, much to Emmett's amusement.

"Edward, this has to stop and it has to stop now. If there is to be any possibility of smoothing things over with Bella, then we need to assure her of her own safety and privacy in her own home. Who knows when the next visit from the Volturi or the Guard will be? You need to apologize. Alice does too." Carlisle crosses his arms over his chest.

"Agreed." Alice nods before looking at me again.

"Perhaps we should invite Bella over to talk? I'm sure that could help." I suggest this hopefully, despite the angry haze of the thoughts around me.

"Aside from what I am sure seems like valid reasoning to you, Edward, that may prove to be a good idea. We need to build a better report with Bella. If the Volturi do drop by, her knowing about our kind will only reflect poorly on us. They have been known to be rash in such cases," Jasper says. My brother is up to something. He is running through Civil War Battles to deflect me.

"I'm not sure Edward should be in attendance for the meeting." Alice, on the other hand, is holding nothing back. Thought after thought assaults me.

I'm looking at Bella. Her face is contorted with rage. She pulls back her fist before launching at me with impossible speed. I can't move. There is a solid hit. My head whips to the side. The hit actually hurts.

I know that Alice is just sending images to mess with me. I believe her when she says that she cannot See Bella if for no other reason than that I can read her mind. Alice stands up and intensifies her imagining.

I enter the room. Carlisle is talking to Bella. She seems more calm than hostile. That's a good sign. I take another step towards them. She tenses, sensing my presence. Carlisle's thoughts warn me to leave, but I simply can't. Bella turns towards me and burns me with her glare. She goes to leave, but I can't let her go. I grab for her arm. In response, she rips my arm off and uses it to assault me.

"That's a little over the top, don't you think? Bella can't do that." I look at my sister.

"I bet she wishes she could. I know I want to." She huffs and plants her fists on her waist.

"Actually, we should invite Bella over for a talk without Edward." Jasper goes on like nothing happened. He is in full-on-strategy mode.

"She deserves an apology that is face to face," I argue.

"She deserves an apology that is sincere." Esme actually is a little short with me. She is angry about my invasion of Bella's privacy. She also suspects that I will do it again the first chance that I get. How could she know that? It's almost like she's the one that can read minds. This whole situation is new territory for me.