Bella's POV

"Alice, why do you need so many clothes?" I complained, settling myself onto a bench and dumping the paper bags onto the floor at my feet. Delicately, she shrugged her petit shoulders and flopped down beside me, cradling her milkshake between her two palms.

"Easy Bella, there are 365 days in a year, so I need approximately half that, if I can." She grinned at me, sipping through the plastic straw sticking out the top of the cup. I eyed it with disgust, my whole life I had become accustomed to water; any other liquid didn't seem to settle in my stomach.

"Why?" I breathed, searching through the bags for a bottle of water. Alice rolled her eyes at me, holding out a bottle for me to take. Gratefully, I accepted it and gulped it down heavily. Alice stared at me as the bottle drained itself into my mouth.

"Wow, you get dehydrated quickly." She exclaimed, taking the now empty bottle from my hands. Blushing, I shrugged, standing up.

"Let's get this over with Alice, how many more shops are you going to drag me round now?" I asked, looking around for a way out. Noticing me hesitation she stood up next to me and started leading me towards the shopping centre's exit.

"Actually none, I need to get home, I have work in the morning." My shoulders slumped, work. Something I was not yet acquainted with. I looked down at my watch, we had been out all day, and no wonder my legs were beginning to feel jelly.

"Alice, what am I going to do all through the day when everyone is at work? I hate sitting around the house. I feel like a visitor and that I am invading your personal space." I admitted, a blush creeping up my neck. Alice shook her head at me, looping our arms together.

"I know what you mean. When I lost my memory I couldn't even remember what I my home was like, but I was certain it wasn't where I was." Alice blinked away a few tears. "But Carlisle and Esme are amazing; I couldn't imagine a better family." She reassured me.

"Oh, Alice! I can't even begin to imagine what that must have been like for you!" I gushed. She laughed at me, to which I returned with a very confused look.

"Me? Bella you were washed up on the beach after almost being drowned by your evil step father. For the first two weeks you couldn't say a word and you had a fish hook in your foot!" She cried. "Bella, I think you were worse off." I smiled at her.

"What an achievement!" I said, leading her towards the car and chucking the bags in the boot. We chuckled on the car ride home. Alice was raging about some girls that she was 'forced' to work with. Alice worked as a beautician at the salon down the road. The girls there all hated her because she was too pale. I rolled my eyes at that. I was pale and I had lived on a desert island all of my life without sun cream!

"So yeah, they think they are better than me just because they can remember their past!" Alice said as I zoned back into our conversation.

"Alice I'm pretty sure that your past was a hundred times better than theirs!" I ensured her. "And anyway, carry on like that and they'll have a very lonely future." She rolled her eyes and me and pursed her lips. "Seriously don't let it get to you."

"You know I can't remember ever having a boyfriend." She said. "Remember I told you about my boyfriend and best friend, well I can't remember them." She said flatly.

"Alice..." I started, but she cut me off.

"I'm sure someone will come along." She replaced her frown with her usual perky self and sped down the main road that led into loads of tiny side roads.

"I love this place." I said my thoughts out loud, staring at of the window, but I felt Alice turn to look at me. "It is just like the island, but bigger...And more built up." She giggled. "What? Does that sound stupid?"

She shook her head. "No, not really. I want to see this island see if there are any extremely cute guys with amazing tans." Rolling my eyes, I wound my window down.

"There are none. Trust me. Why do you think that my step father set up that match making scheme? Because no one liked each other." She grinned, pulling the car into the garage. We parked next to the silver Volvo belonging to Edward.

"That's funny; Edward said he was out all day today." Alice murmured. I felt my heart do a little dance in my chest, but I didn't let it show in my face. Instead, I nodded my head and clumsily climbed out of the car, walking around to the filled boot. Alice clicked it open and handed me and armful of bags, motioning me to walk through the door in the corner of the garage.

Doing as I was told, I went through the door, finding that it went directly into the kitchen. "Hey Bella," Emmett called to me as he tucked into a hot dog. Rosalie grimaced at her boyfriend and nodded her head at me as I strained to walk in a straight line towards the stairs. Hearing that Alice was behind me, I hurried up, taking one step at a time, stumbling slightly in certain places.

"Careful." Alice cautioned behind me, giving me a bump up when I got stuck on one of the steps. My ankle had become slightly sore I was, therefore, taking things very slowly. Finally, I reached the landing and strolled along to Alice's room. I shoved the door open and threw the bags onto the bed. "Thanks." Alice said to me, looking through and handing me the bags with my clothes, "Thanks for everything." She grinned and plopped down on the bed.

I nodded, unsure to what she meant, so I smiled and stalked out of the room, walking across to the room I had been given to stay in. Opening the door, I tripped over the threshold and landed in a heap on the bed. So tired, I didn't move from that position. I just stayed there, falling into a slumber...

Nothing. That's all it was. Nothing. Just black. I couldn't dream. I couldn't do anything but think. My mind swerving at a million miles an hour. Going round in circles. Like a merry go round. But faster. Like a rollercoaster. Fast enough to make you feel sick in the stomach. The fair. It made me smile. It made me dizzy. Dizzy with excitement. Excitement about what I had to come. Coming full speed ahead. Would I be here tomorrow? In a week? Month? Year? Ten years? Would everything be the same? Would I still love Edward? Do I love Edward now? Yes! No! Maybe...

"Bella..." Emmett's voice sounded in my ears as he peeked his head around the door. My eyes cracked open to see his face, concerned, worry lingering in his eyes.

"Yeah?" I croaked, sitting up, flinching when my back click, loosening the stiffness.

"You're needed." He said. "At the hospital." I was awake instantly, standing up, slipping my feet into my shoes and rushing out of the room, barging past Emmett.

"Hello, hi." I said breathlessly to the receptionist at the hospital ten minutes later. She looked up at me bored, but put on a fake smile through her blood red lipstick.

"How can I help you?" She cheered. I quickly told her that I had been told to come here by Carlisle family. I guessed something was really wrong, had they found something about the island? Were they sending me back? The lady tapped on her keyboard, chewing on her pen as she searched through the notes she had made. "Ah...Yes. Here you are. Doctor Carlisle would like to see you in his office." She quickly told me the directions and I sprinted away shouting back my thanks.

The hospital floor was very slippery as I sprinted my way through the corridors, up in the lift and through millions of wards. After what felt like miles of running I came across Carlisle's office. Before I knew what I was doing, I banged urgently on the door. It opened as I was still knocking and I crashed- almost instantly- to a worried looking Edward.

"What are you doing here?" I snapped, before I could think the words through.

"Nice to see you too." He chuckled; I blushed and looked over his shoulder for Carlisle. He was getting up from his desk, clipboard in hand, and walked calmly over to me.

"Hello Bella." Carlisle greeted me, motioning me to follow him down the brightly lit corridors. I did as I was told, Edward hot on my heels.

"What am I doing here?" I asked, my voice wavering ever so slightly.

Carlisle sighed, swerving into a separate room. "We have found another patient in a similar condition to you were."

"Washed up on the beach?"

"Yes, although he seems to be struggling a lot more than you." He warned me, I nodded my head in understanding. Slowly, he opened the door. I struggled on my feet at what I saw, landing in Edward's arms as I fell backwards.

"Do you know him?" Edward murmured in my ear.

Nodding my head, I etched colder, to see him more clearly. "Jasper." I choked; dot's appearing in front of my eyes.

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