Uprising: Chapter 6

I slid into the backseat of Carlisle's black Mercedes, the black tinted windows seeming strangely familiar. Alice slid in next to me, Jasper cautiously following. He hadn't been around me for a while, that is. Carlisle and Esme got in the front. No one said a word. I could see Esme sneaking glances at me from the rearview window.

Rosalie and Emmett got into the Jeep, Rosalie was still throwing apologetic glances my way. I closed my eyes tightly as we swiftly drove away. I didn't dare think about the dream I had on the plane, so I let my thoughts drift away. I found myself thinking about everything that had happened.

Edward - I forced myself to think his name - left me several months ago, and said he didn't want me anymore. It had been agony everyday since he left - nightmares, the gaping hole in my chest - until I had started hanging out with Jacob Black - my adolescent werewolf friend.

I had been selfish, and used Jacob to help form hallucinations for my own guilty pleasure. He really liked me, and I had to admit that I really liked him too, not as much as Edward though, my heart would always belong to him. It wasn't the first time I had fallen for a mythical creature…

And then I had jumped off that damn cliff. After that my world was sent spiraling out of control, and now my life had painfully crashed…

"Bella?" Alice asked, pulling me out of my reverie. I realized I was clutching my chest, gasping for air. Tears blurred my vision, painfully falling from my eyes.

"We are home…" She said hesitantly. I looked around, and realized the Mercedes was parked outside of Charlie's house.

Carlisle and Esme were talking to Charlie, while Jasper, Rosalie and Emmett stood off to the side. Rosalie hung her head in shame. Alice slowly pulled me against her chest, and pulled me out of the car.

"Let me take her." I heard Emmett whisper to Alice. Emmett carefully grabbed me with his cold, strong hands, and carried me over to Charlie.

"Bella?" Charlie asked. My face was buried in Emmett's brawny chest, I didn't want Charlie to see me. If he thought I was bad before, he would defiantly send me to a therapist now. I felt so bad for him…I remembered Harry Clearwater had died right before this whole incident.

"I'll take her upstairs," Emmett told Charlie. I wasn't even aware he had walked me to my room, until he gently laid me on my bed. I clung to his shirt.

"Emmett," I whispered. My voice sounded dead. "Don't leave me." I had no desire to be alone right now. I knew once I was alone the hole in my chest would be ripped open, even wider than it was before. It would swallow me whole before I even knew it was coming.

"Don't worry Bella," Emmett reassured me. Even Emmett sounded dead, other than the happy-go-lucky mood he was usually in. "Alice will be here -" Alice suddenly appeared next to Emmett, looking like a child next to his large frame. "Now." He finished/.

Emmett slowly walked out of the room, leaving us alone. Alice sighed, and sat on the edge of my bed. I curled into a ball, and stared off into space. Alice slowly lifted her head, staring at my door. She got up quickly, and then was gone.

I was about to call her, but Suddenly Charlie opened my door, peeking his head through. He hesitated, my erratic heartbeat the only sound in the room. I knew what he was going to say even before he really knew. I wished I could just die right now…