Dear Diary: Renee. (Alice)

10 am. September 18th. We were at home. Pacing around the room, unable to stay still. Renee was due to come knocking at our door in 20 minutes. And that may be the last 20 minutes of her life.

I sat by the glass wall which have been repaired in a jiffy after i crashed headlog into it. Carlisle and Emmett ran to the DIY shop and pretty soon we had a new glass wall. Edward had apologised profusely to me after he had calmed down. I don't think Jasper was appeased. He kept giving Edward a murderous stare. Most probably from his point of view was that Edward had gone nuts and had thrown me off his back intentionally,(which he had to get me off his back) and made me crash through a glass wall and into a river. Though I wasn't hurt at all,(i pity the glass wall) Jasper seemed to firmly believe that I was. I tried meditating between them to no avail. Overprotective fool.

After we had the mess cleared up and everything, we held a conference at the dining table. "Okay, So Renee is coming." Rosalie started.

"And Bella might just eat her up" Emmett chortled, always finding humour in the distruction of one's life. Esme glared at him until he realised that the whole room was quiet and that Esme was shooting daggers at him out from her eyes.

"Okay, Okay. Just joking." He held his hands up in surrender. We just glared.

"I... I can't let my mom be expose to this much danger. What if she really really smells that nice to me? What if I attack her? " Bella trailed out everything in the worst possible light, her voice going shriller and sharper and louder as the possibilities came tumbling out of her mouth. I eyed Jasper meaningfully until a aura of calm drifted across the whole room.

"Relax Bella. We are going to take all precaution we need. We will help you. We won't let you attack your mom." I said, soothingly.

More Memories flashed forward.

It was September 17, a day before Renee was set to come. I went with Bella and Edward to hunt.Carlisle, Esme, Jasper, Rosalie and Emmett had already hunted. We were in the forest and I caught the scent of some deers. I took down a buck and Bella and Edward went for the does. "So small yet going for the big ones," Edward teased, nudging me with his elbow. I could tell he was trying to keep things light. "Yeah yeah yeah," I retorted.  He tried to muse my hair but I danced out of his way, sticking my toungue out at him.

" You asked for it, Alice" Edward said, shifting into a crouch. He was about to spring at me when i realised something. Bella was not with us. " Edward, where is Bella?" I said, worry colouring my tone.

"You know I won't fall for this kind of tricks."

No, Edward, honestly. Bella is gone.

The tone of my thoughts finally got his attention. He spun around. No Bella. We stared at each other. And we hurtled down the path with her scent.

We found her where we left her, with the pack of deers. At her feet lay 3 dead deers, drained completly off their blood. Bella sat there, staring at her bloody hands.

"Bella love!" Edward said, dropping to his knees and hugging her tightly. She made no response whatsoever to that gesture.

"Bella. Don't worry. We won't let you hurt your mom. Everything will be fine, we promise" I soothed, sitting down on the mossy undergrowth of the forest. I was staining my pants but whatever. Clothes are meant for one time wear, and not more then two.

Knock Knock Knock

The sound of Renee knocking the door made me look up and stop the flood of memories. This is it. The moment of horror. Edward was beside the doot in a flash. Everyone else had taken up their positions. The wolf pack were scattered in the surrounding forest, I was besides Bella with Jasper and Emmett on each side of her. Carlisle and Esme stood behind them while Rose was near the door like me.

Everyone in position? I asked Edward with my thoughts

"Yes" He replied with a whisper.

He opened the door.

" Hi Edward!" I heard Renee greet Edward.

"Hi Renee"

Bella took a deep breathe. "C'mon." I encouraged. "You did it with Charlie, with Sue,I.m sure you can do this" I encouraged, talking very fast and very low so that Renee would not hear, as we walked towards the door.

And we reached the door. Renee caught sight of Bella. "Bella!" She squealed like a 5 year old. Bella smiled at her mom. She took a deep breathe, leaning against Carlisle and Esme for support least she lost control. Her eyes started unfocusing, she was preparing an attack, I guessed. Just then the vision cleared a little.

Bella pounced but I caught hold of her just in time and heaved her straight into the piano. "Sorry Renee!" Carlisle shouted and slammed the door shut and locked it just as Bella landed with a crash. Esme drew the blinds with astonishing speed and drew up the metal shuttles. All this happen in less then a second and a half. Bella jumped into the air again. I pounced at her once more but I missed by fraction of an inch and went hurtling straight onto the stairs. The marble and wood cracked as i ploghed heads first into it. Jasper and Emmett launched themself against her and brought her crashing into Esme's new china ware cupboard. The cupboard bucked and groaned forward. Carlisle, Rose, and Edward rushed to restrain Bella and wrestled her up the stairs. Esme ran in front of them, leaving me at the stairs. The china ware crashed onto the floor in a cascade of plates and bowls and smashed into thousands of porcelain fragments.

"No!" I screamed. Too late though. The vision happened.

Bella pounced but I caught hold of her just in time and heaved her straight into the piano. "Sorry Renee!" Carlisle shouted and slammed the door shut and locked it just as Bella landed with a crash. Esme drew the blinds with astonishing speed and drew up the metal shuttles. All this happen in less then a second and a half. Bella jumped into the air again. I pounced at her once more but I missed by fraction of an inch and went hurtling straight onto the stairs. The marble and wood cracked as i ploghed heads first into it. Jasper and Emmett launched themself against her and brought her crashing into Esme's new china ware cupboard. The cupboard bucked and groaned forward. Carlisle, Rose, and Edward rushed to restrain Bella and wrestled her up the stairs. Esme ran in front of them, leaving me at the stairs. The china ware crashed onto the floor in a cascade of plates and bowls and smashed into thousands of porcelain fragments.

"Bella! Carlisle! Whats going on?! Let me in!" I heard Renee scream over her frantic pounding on the door. I walk over and opened the door. Renee was crying. "What is going on Alice? What happened? One minute it was all good and then i heard things crash and screaming and I have no idea what was going on. Please tell me Alice! Please!"

" Renee. Calm down. Look. I can't tell you anything. I'm sorry. This is for your safety and ours. Please. Don't ask. I'm really sorry. I wish I can explain, but I honestly cannot." I said. "When things calm down alittle around here, maybe you can try visiting Bella again." I said, babbling to make her feel better.

Renee siad nothing. She left our house with her shoulders slumped. "Renee!" I called. She turned and looked back, her face sad. "How are you going back?" I asked out of politeness.

"Charlie's waiting for me." she said in a monotone.

"Oh. Okay. See you next time Renee"

She didn't say anything but turned and walked down the path...

When I got back to the house, I was shocked to see what I saw. I was so engrossed with wondering how to explain things to Renee that I didn't even see the outcome of futures. I'll write about it in the next entry.

Alice