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WORLD WAR 3: CULLEN-STYLE!

We got to the Billy’s not shortly after Jacob called. Both Billy and Jacob greeted us at the door with hugs and kisses. Billy hugged me as tight as he could, probably because he hasn’t seen me in a long time, and picked up Sara-Bell and put her on his lap. We spent the night eating dinner together and entertaining the kids while Billy enjoyed the game once all the other wolves came over. Kelsi and Leah went home when Jessie came to pick them up so they could leave early for some family vacation time. Billy got tired and went to bed as soon as the game was over, Sara-Bell falling asleep just a few minutes later in my lap on the couch, and all the guys left to go home.
Jacob and I sat in the living room alone, with TV on, though I wasn’t paying much attention to it, with my arms around Sara-Bell and Jacob’s around me. Jacob buried his face in my hair and kissed the top of my head. I was too tired to move and I’m sure he was too.
“Do you want to go home now?” he asked after a long silence.
“No. Can’t we just sleep here tonight? I’m really tired.”
“Yes. We can stay in my old room if you like.”
“Sure. As long as I don’t have to —” I was interrupted by my cell phone vibrating in my pocket. I quickly answered it so I wouldn’t wake Sara-Bell.
“Hello?”
“Nessie?”
“Mom? What is it?”
“You need to get down here… and fast.”
“Why? Mom, what’s going on?”
“Alice and Rosalie are —” There was silence for a moment, which worried me.
“Mom? Mom!”
“Ow! Geez Nessie. No need to yell!”
“Alice what’s going on?”
“I had a vision!”
“Wow, Alice. That’s amazing! I mean, it’s not like you don’t do that everyday!”
“Okay, your sarcasm is noted.”
“Alice, what did you see?”
“Just get down her!”
“Alice!”
“NOW!”
“Okay, okay! No need to be all snappy! We’re on our way.”
“Good!” the line went dead and I snapped my phone shut.
“What’s wrong?”
“I don’t know, but we’ve got to get to the house. Come on.”
***
We pulled into the driveway. Sara-Bell was still asleep in my arms as we pulled up, though I’m not sure how since Alice and I were yelling at each other on the phone, but woke up as soon as we reached the doors. We ran in and found the most surprising thing you could ever see, especially in this house. Rosalie and Alice we bickering, and quite loudly, at each other. Jasper was holding Alice back and Emmett holding Rosalie. I’ve never seen the two loving sisters fight before, at least not like this.
“What’s this about?” I yelled, silencing the whole room.
“Rose-is-being-a-totally-over-obsessive-creepy-jerk! She’s-gone-completely-insane!”
“Shut up Alice!”
“What are you two fighting about?”
They both began shouting at once to where I couldn’t understand a single word they were saying. Sara-Bell looked up at me with a puzzled look on her face as I shrugged. I handed her to Jacob and ran over to the two of them.
“O… Oka… OKAY! STOP IT!” There was silence in the room again.
“One at a time!”
“Can I go first?” Alice asked.
“Oh sure. Let her go first because she’s always right because of her stupid future seeing!” Rose said sarcastically.
“Rosalie…”
“Okay. Sorry.”
“Go on ahead, Alice.”
“Well, I just have one question for you, Nessie.”
“Yes?”
“Did you by any chance feel like you, today, you were maybe being, oh I don’t know, kind of stalked?” My eyes widened, as well as everyone else in the room.
“What?” Jacob asked confused. “What is she talking about?”
“You had a vision about that?”
“Yep.”
“What happened?” I turned toward Jacob with concerned eyes.
“I’m sorry, Jacob. I meant to tell you… well actually I didn’t, but I didn’t want to worry you. I just thought it was no big deal.”
“Why wouldn’t you tell me something like this? You could have been hurt.”
“Chill out Jacob,” Alice interrupted. “That’s why I’m asking. I’m getting to the part where I tell you that you don’t have to worry about it… sort of.”
“What do you mean, Alice?” I asked frustrated.
“Your little ‘stalker’ wasn’t really all that much a stalker as you might think. It was Rose.”
“Rosalie? Why were you following me?”
“I wasn’t!”
“Yes you were!”
“Alice, shut up!”
“Why? Are you afraid of me telling them why you were ‘stalking’ Nessie and Sara-Bell today?”
“I wasn’t stalking her!”
“Yes you were…. Actually…. No you weren’t”
“Thank you!”
“You weren’t really following Nessie around.”
“Alice…. Don’t you dare!”
“Ah ha! So you know what I’m going to say and you know I’m right!”
“Shut up!”
“You were following Nessie because she was with Sara-Bell!”
“SHUT UP!”
“You know I’m right! You are obsessed! I knew it! You’re jealous!”
“Oh and you’re not?”
“What?”
“Remember that little talk we had after Sara-Bell was born? And eve after Renesmee was born? You said you were jealous too! Just like me!”
“Don’t cross the line with me, Rose!”
“Ooh! I’m so scared!”
“Rosalie!”
“You know I’m right Alice! You’re just too afraid to admit it!”
“THAT’S IT!”
Then both girls let out an ear-piercing shriek and charged for the other, breaking Emmett and Jasper’s grasps on them, and all hell broke loose.