Dusk III (Eclipse Fanfiction)

Chapter 2: To Florida

(Katherine's POV)

After lunch, Jasper and I walked to our next classes. I didn't need to ask, Jasper could see my questions in my eyes. I could tell. What was it that Alice saw? Seeing Alice's face told me it was something bad. As the day went by, it was close to the final class. Thank god, we had class with Dax and Alice. Before the classroom began to fill up, I placed my stuff on my desk, then walk over to Alice, taking her hand and pulling her towards the other side of the classroom, away from everyone.

"Ok, what did you see?" I ask softly.

Jasper follows behind me with a sigh, knowing that I wouldn't let it go till Alice told me. From the look of Dax's face, he didn't know either.

Alice licks her lips and looks around to make sure no one could hear, then turns towards me.

"It's nothing for you guys to be concerned about. We'll take care of it." She gives me an assuring smile, but I wasn't falling for it.

"Alice." Dax warns.

She turns to Daxy, giving him an innocent smile, "Daxy, it's nothing."

"Alice, I don't wanna do this, but I will if you don't tell me." I warn as I hold up my hands, ready to grab her head.

She frowns and sighs, she knew I would force the truth out of her the hard way. And I don't want to do that.

"Ok. Ok." She takes a deep breath, "Victoria is here. I saw her making a decision to come through the rez into the woods. Where the borderline is between us and the wolves."

I look at her in pure shock, but I wasn't surprised that Victoria was still around, just shocked they are keeping this from us.

"Why didn't you tell us? Me, especially." Dax exclaims.

Alice stutters to find her words, but Jasper helps her out.

"We didn't want anyone to worry. We thought about your safety first. Especially, Bella's." He says.

Jasper could see how angry I was at him for keeping this from me and Dax. I swear it's like talking to a brick wall at times. What do I have to prove to him that I can take care of myself?

I cross my arms over my chest and frown deeply at him, practically glaring at both of them with an ice cold glare.

"You shouldn't be keeping secrets from us. Especially, with us being your mates. I thought we agreed after Volturi, no more secrets." I whisper furiously at both of them.

They both give us a guilty look and pleading eyes for apology.

"Katherine, I'm sorry. But, Edward told us to not inform either of you to save you from being worried. We're going to try and ambush her in the woods, but Edward is going to try and get Bella out of town. So, Victoria won't get to her if we lose." Jasper explains.

I sigh deeply, still pissed, but I understood. Still, I didn't like knowing they kept secrets from me. And, of course, Edward is the boss again. Last time, he gave orders, it nearly cost Bella's life. The final bell rang before I could speak. I gave them a curt nod and turn to head to my desk to finish my lesson. I tried to ignore Jasper's pleading looks, but it was difficult to see him in pain. I can't help it, I'm hurt, too! He tried to keep secrets from me!

After class was over, Jasper pulls me away from the crowd and into an empty classroom to talk.

"Katherine, I'm sorry. I know I promised no more secrets, but..." He stops to sigh. "I just worry so much about you. Edward's worry for Bella motivates my worry to protect you. I know you're not fragile, but it'll take time for me to see that. Please, have patience with me." He pleads.