I felt my phone vibrate next to me and I sighed loudly. Truthfully I was really looking forward to spending my Sunday with Bella but I didn't blame her. I didn't blame her for anything she had done or was about to do because of what she was about to find out. Or in reality I was sure what she had already found out. I looked down at my phone for a moment; I knew what she had said but I just didn't want to confirm it.

Hey, so I have to be an awful friend and cancel our plans for tomorrow. I'm sorry! I have a ton of homework to finish :( I'll see you on Monday - Bella Cell

I put my phone down next to me and placed my head in my hands and groaned out of frustration.

"What's wrong with you?" Rosalie questioned as she walked past my door

"Bella knows" I shut my eyes tightly as I continued to hold my face

"How?" Rosalie asked leaning against my door frame

"She went to La Push and I guess she would have heard the story about us, the legend. Stupid dogs ruined my weekend!" I said sitting up and running my hand through my hair "What do I do now?"

"She could have taken it as what it is, just a story" Rosalie suggested

"It isn't just a story. It's true and Bella's a smart girl. She'll figure it out. We had plans and she just canceled them for no good reason. I saw her researching the cold ones and looking up vampire references. She clearly understood the story"

"Well you could run. You could run and never come back, never returning to Bella" Rosalie suggested; only being half serious

"I'm not going anywhere, I'm not leaving her" I said firmly

"Well you could confront her before she confronts you"

"And why on earth would I do that?" I asked raising an eyebrow

"Because you're going to be in pain until she confronts you about it and who knows when that could be. She could decide to wait until next year to talk to you about it" Rosalie shrugged "You've been through enough pain over this girl. I don't want you to spend a moment more agonizing over her because if she doesn't accept you than she isn't worth you Alice. It's not fair on you"

"I'm going to wait until she decides to confront me" I said aloud trying to convince myself that it was the right thing to do "Even if she takes a year...a very slow, painful year of avoiding me...great"

"Why?" Rosalie asked in frustration "Why do that to yourself?"

I couldn't really answer the question because I really didn't have one. I wanted to speak to her but honestly I was scared of what her reaction was going to be to me the next time she saw me

I spent all of Sunday morning in my room witnessing two very different decisions from Bella as she changed her mind back and forth.

The first vision she decided to just confront me in school

"Hey Bella" I said cheerfully, pretending like nothing was wrong

"Alice we need to talk" Bella said very seriously "We need to talk now"

"Bella we can't talk here" I grumbled "Not in the school"

"Then let's go" She shook her head "I need to speak to you alone and I need to do that now"

Or in another vision I saw her avoid me at school completely

I sat at our lunch table while Bella sat with her friends. She looked tired, beyond miserable and upset. She brushed a piece of hair from her eyes and she let her gaze slip to me. I mouthed 'hi' to her with a small, sad smile but she just looked down at the table and put her head in her hands.

"You okay Bella?" Angela asked

"Just tired" Bella nodded and repeated "Just...tired"

I didn't worry that she was in two minds about everything; she was considering confronting a vampire after all. Bell was stressing me out though with all of her decisions changing. The visions changed as she decided different ways of confronting or avoiding me and they were changing pretty swiftly. I felt my head begin to hurt and I was wasting a lot of paper while sketching different scenes in my visions.

I would start trying to draw something simple like landscape scenery or a pretty angel when I would just be hit by a vision and ruin my drawing. I would have much rather been in Port Angeles with Bella.

I had considered calling her to pretend to just have a simple conversation about her homework or lack thereof in reality. I decided to leave her alone and let her try and figure whatever she wanted out. Who was I to stand between her and what she wanted, what she really wanted deep down?

I knew what I wanted but I didn't want to influence her at all, if she wanted me than she had to make that decision for herself. She would either accept me or tell me to leave and though I was desperately hoping for the former; at least there would be no lies between us any longer. It felt good to have the possibility of having nothing stand between us anymore.

I was hit pretty solidly by my clearest vision of the weekend. Bella had decided what she wanted and this time she wasn't going to change her mind

"Alice I really need to talk to you about something important" She said firmly as she approached me near my locker

"What is it?" I asked pretending to be clueless

"I think you might have an idea" Bella replied seriously "Please Alice?"

"Bella are you sure you want to do that?" I asked her furrowing my eyebrows

"I need to get this off my chest" Bella replied

"Not here" I said looking around "During lunch we'll go somewhere"

I blinked away the vision once it was finished and I smiled slightly. She had chosen to confront me rather than ignore me and I had to say that it made me feel a little better. That was what I was hoping for from her, it meant that I still had hope.

I would rather her talk to me and think I was a freak than not speak to me at all.

Though I cursed quietly to myself as I realized I was actually going to have to explain myself to her and I rushed down to the kitchen to see all my siblings sitting around casually and laughing. My dead heart stayed still but I knew it should have been pounding hard against my chest, I should have been sweating and having some trouble breathing.

Both Edward and Jazz heard/noticed my mood and looked over to me as I had a distressed look on my face. I was deep in panic mode

"She knows!" I announced nervously as I ran a hand through the back of my hair

Silence greeted me as they all looked around at each other before their eyes finally landed back on me

"Okay Ali just be calm" Jazz said as she shot up from the couch and approached my side "All you can do is just be honest with her. Explain things slowly"

"I almost don't want to do this" I said shaking my head as I swallowed the lump back in my throat "But if I'm going to confess what I am I want to do it on my terms seeing as it is my secret. Rose you were right, I should beat her to it"

"I didn't actually think that she would figure out what we are" Rosalie said furrowing her eyebrows as she stood from her seat next to Emmett "I don't know if telling her is such a good idea"

"I can't lie to her because she knows and I can't leave her because she's my mate" I said shaking my head desperately

"Well what do you think is going to happen when you tell her the truth?" Rosalie asked "You're the one going to get hurt when she doesn't want to be around you anymore"

"I can't lie because that'll just push her away" I sighed heavily as I tried not to think about her last comment

Of course there was a huge chance that Bella would react badly and never want to see me again but I couldn't bear to think about it

"She shouldn't have to push Bella away" Jazz scowled at Rosalie in my defense

"It's probably a bad idea but I'm going to go speak to her now" I nodded bravely

"Not probably but definitely a bad idea" Edward replied quickly

"I don't care. I just don't care if it is or not" I shook my head "This is my decision and if it is a mistake to do this now than it is my mistake and mine only. I will have no one else to blame"

"Then go" Jazz said nodding as she placed a hand on my shoulder, giving it a gentle squeeze "We'll support whatever decision you make because this is your mate"

"Sure Alice it may be your decision but it's all of our lives" Rosalie objected heavily

"Rose!" Jazz snapped venomously "Support her. She is your sister and this is difficult enough without you scolding her about this"

"You realize because of one choice you make you're going to put the whole family in jeopardy?" Rosalie asked narrowing her eyes "You being around her is going to cause unnecessary drama. What happens if one of us loses control around her? Then what happens?"

"I'm going" I said ignoring Rose's comments so that I wouldn't get into a fight with her, it was the last thing I needed.

I grabbed my keys but I found Edward standing in front of me when I turned around.

He avoided my eye contact and looked down at the floor with a saddened expression

"Alice this isn't a good idea" Edward said in almost a begging tone "Can't you at least just wait until Carlisle gets home?"

"I've waited a decade now for this moment Edward. That is long enough" I said pushing past Edward "No more pretending and no more lies"

"Good luck" I heard Jazz mutter under her breath as I stormed out the front door

I paused at my car and shoved my keys in my pockets. If I was going to do this I was going to do this right. I was going to expose everything that I was so I was going to run to her house. It wasn't far and I was sure I could get there faster anyway.

I ran through the woods confidently knowing that no one was going to be able to see me. Although I almost plowed into a few trees while my head was caught up way in the clouds thinking about what was about to happen. I could see the future but this conversation had never occurred in my vision because she never even knew I existed until a few days ago. So for a change I was going into this with less knowledge about the situation than Bella. The ball was officially in her court because I would love her no matter what. It was just whether she was willing to get past what I was and love me back.

I arrived at Bella's house and I looked up to her window. I couldn't see inside but I could smell her and hear her heartbeat so I knew she was in the house somewhere.

I took a deep breath before I paused at her front door and knocking gently against the glass.

"Alice" Charlie said with a broad grin as he opened the door for me

"Hi Chief Swan. Bella home?" I asked politely

"Now Alice you know to call me Charlie" He said with a small smile and he turned towards the stairs "Bells!"

A few long moments passed before Bella came down the stairs slowly in jeans, long sleeved shirt and a light jacket. Her hair was out and she looked like she was a little stressed out to say the least. She usually ran her hand through her hair when she was stressed or nervous and she looked both of those. Judging by the darkness and the bags under her eyes she wouldn't have got anymore than half the sleep she was required to each night, if she even slept at all.

She paused when she saw me but she didn't seem too surprised. Her heart rate picked up a little but she was much calmer than what I had expected from her. For knowing she had a vampire at her house, just a few inches from her father she was keeping her cool. She made her way down the stairs; dragging out each step and approached the door while placing her hands in her pockets awkwardly.

"I'll leave you girls to it" Charlie said happily as he walked away to go to the lounge room but I only had eyes for Bella as I watched her eyes follow her father but then quickly coming back to me

"I know you didn't expect me here today but I understand you have some questions to ask me" I said lowly but in a very serious tone

"Yeah" Bella said nodding as she swallowed hard

"Follow me then, we can't talk here" I whispered though it came out colder than what I had intended

I walked towards the woods behind her house and she followed without hesitating. I looked behind me a few times making sure that she was still there but I could feel her eyes burning a hole in the back of my skull the entire time. The theory of her being scared of me was being thrown out the window completely.

We made our way to a small opening, just deep enough so that no one would be able to hear us but not further away enough that if she decided to leave she would be able to easily make her way back to her house in one piece. I stopped walking and I heard her pause very quickly behind me. Her heart beat picked up and her breathing was abnormally rapid, she wasn't so calm anymore.

"Ask away" I muttered quietly as I kept my back to her so I looked down at the floor

"Well what are you?" Bella breathed cautiously

I almost felt a smile trying to appear on my face because of how simply she asked me that life changing question

"What do you think I am?" I asked quietly "I mean you have to know by now"

"Alice I've never actually seen you eat. Your eyes...they change colour even though you tried to convince me they didn't. Your hands are always so cold. You're so pale; like a beautiful pearly white colour" Bella took a step forward as she listed her observations to me

"You know what I am Bella. You know it so why don't you just tell me" I replied quietly as I stared out into the distance in front of me "What am I? Don't beat around the bush, I want you to tell me exactly what I am"

There was a pause in the air, she wasn't scared, she was just anxious

"You're a vampire" Bella said "A cold one"

I turned around to Bella who had her eyes focused on mine. I wasn't greeted with the look in her eyes as I had expected though. I expected shock but mostly fear yet I was greeted with confidence and reassurance

"You figured this out today?" I asked furrowing my eyebrows. I knew the answer because I had seen it but I wanted her to confirm it for me

"I always knew there was something different about you. I mean you're...you're too beautiful to be human" Bella stuttered slightly "And you speak like you're from a different time. Your whole family does"

"That's because I am from a different time"

Bella took another step towards me but I took two steps backwards; halting any progress she had made. I wanted so desperately to embrace her seeing that she finally knew my secret but I also wanted her to make sure she knew what she wanted completely before deciding anything else

"I'm not scared of you Alice" Bella announced with an air of confidence

"Why not?" I said watching her intently

"Because I know you Alice" Bella persisted "Or at least I feel like I know you"

"You know me Bella" I said nodding as I felt my resistance cave in "You do"

"That's why I'm not scared" Bella reassured me

"Bella you do know what we live on don't you?"

"Blood" Bella replied quickly "And I can deal with that"

"Bella you have no idea just how good your blood smells to me" I said shutting my eyes tightly; trying not to concentrate on her blood too much but I couldn't help it because it constantly called to me. I took a moment before I opened my eyes again and continued my words "I have never wanted someone's blood so much in my entire life"

"You wouldn't hurt me" Bella encouraged truthfully "I know you wouldn't"

"But how on earth do you know that?" I questioned raising my eyebrow

"If you wanted to hurt me you would have done it by now. You had a chance when we were alone in my house. You had the chance when you were walking me to the nurses. You could have killed me but you didn't" She said as if to be defiant to my doubts

"Bella it really isn't about wanting to kill you it's just about me not being able to control myself" I ducked my head slightly

"The animal attack. Did someone from your family do it?" Bella asked placing her hands deep into her pockets "Did...did you do it?"

"My family is different from other vampires; we don't drink human blood. We survive on animal blood. It doesn't give us the strength that normal blood would but it gets us by. It doesn't satisfy us as much as human blood would as well but we make that sacrifice to keep humans safe. I think it's what keeps my family together as well" I replied nodding

"What?" Bella asked in a perplexed tone "So like you bond over the blood or something?"

I felt the corner of my lips curve in a small smile which soon turned into quiet laughter

"What?" Bella asked again but this time she smiled awkwardly at me

"Bella that's just silly. You make it sound like we're a cult or something" Her cheeks turned to red and she began to blush furiously which only made my smile grow "You are such an adorable human"

"Thanks. You're an adorable...non human" She stumbled over her words clumsily

"As I was saying; it keeps us together because animal blood doesn't put us in such a frenzy as human blood does so after we feed we don't want to rip each other apart. It's actually weird for vampires to be living in such a large coven. The only larger coven that we know about is the Vo...well anyway my point is that drinking animal blood helps us control our natural instincts as predators" I explained very cautiously; I was having to think about every single word before I spoke to avoid possibly scaring her

"So it wasn't you?" Bella asked expelling a deep breath

"No it wasn't any of my family but another vampire did do that and we've been tracking them since the night I came over your house to do our Biology project"

"Oh...so the unexpected visitor?" Bella asked, connecting the dots in her head

"Unexpected and also unwelcomed" I added nodding

"I knew you weren't a killer" Bella said with a small smile

"I have killed before though Bella" I confessed "I may not have meant too but I have killed a few people before"

"What happened?" Bella asked curiously

"Curiosity killed the cat, you know?" I asked smartly

"Well luckily I'm not a cat" Bella countered quickly

"I was alone for a long time Bella and I just couldn't control myself when I was a newborn sometimes" I paused to shudder quickly "I was hungry and this man came too close to me and I couldn't control myself so before I was aware of what I was doing I'd killed him"

"I trust you" She whispered supportively

There was a pause between us; a lengthy, tension filled pause. Her eyes never left mine and her gaze only broke when she had to blink. She built her confidence back up in her head before she opened her mouth to speak again

"So the rest of your family members are like you? Vampires?"

"Yes. Carlisle turned Edward because he was sick and his mother made Carlisle promise to save him. Carlisle also found Rosalie dying on a street so he changed her as a last resort, he found Esme while she was ill as well. Rosalie saved Emmett from a bear attack and Jazz found her way to Carlisle like me" I said truthfully

"How was Jazz changed?" Bella asked taking another step towards me but I allowed it this time feeling my resistance to her was becoming futile