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"I understand why you're apprehensive, Bella. Honestly, I'd question your sanity if you weren't the slight bit nervous about it. Please trust me in this Bella. I assure you, I don't see any indication that we will have any trouble whatsoever in Italy."

"Really?" I asked.

"Really. And Edward has seen what I've seen too. And we've discussed it in great detail with Carlisle too."

"OK, Alice. I trust you. And Carlisle. I just needed...reassurance, I suppose."

At this, she seemed to relax. "Honestly, Bella, you are going to worry yourself gray prematurely." She laughed a little, her bell like voice filling the room.

I forced my face back into seriousness. "Alice?"

"Yes?"

"Do vampires get gray hair?" I teased.

"No, but I'm sure you'll be the first to find a way." Suddenly, her face went blank for a fraction of a second, pulling her face into a scowl. "Ooooh! I hate delayed flights!" She threw her hands up in frustration and spun back around to the computer, already rescheduling our flight before she'd finished her statement.

"Thanks, Alice. I'll let you get back to your planning." I turned and headed back for the stairs.

"Oh and Bella...don't pack your green jacket. You're not going to need it," she called over her shoulder.

"Alice...I didn't pack my green jacket."

"I know," she said, turning to flash me a quick grin. "But you were going to...and don't forget to get your passports together. I already have Edward's." She turned her attention back to the computer screen, her hands flying over the keys in search for different flights.

Once downstairs, I rummaged through my purse and pulled out mine and Renesmee's passports. I looked at Renesmee's marveling at how her appearance had changed in the few short months since the picture had been taken. She easily still resembled the picture, only older. I mused over the name...Vanessa Wolf. I didn't suppose the name mattered. I took both the documents and lay them on the counter for Alice.

After a quick peak in on Renesmee's lesson, I followed the sound of Edward and Emmett's voices to the garage. They were on the far side of the garage, standing in front of a massive steel cabinet, full of sporting goods and camping equipment. At the sound of my approach, Edward turned his attention to me. "Feel better?" he asked. He stepped forward to embrace me, leaning down to kiss the top of my head.

I nodded. "Yes...much. What are you two doing?"

"We're getting together the supplies for the baseball game," Emmett said as he stepped back from the cabinet. He inclined his head to acknowledge his arms which were full of gloves. He easily slung them in the back of his Jeep. "Why don't you two pry yourself off of each other long enough to help me out?"

Edward and I rolled our eyes at each other and turned to help him. I didn't want to admit it, but I really didn't know what ‘supplies' we actually needed. I stepped towards the cabinet, grabbed a few bats and walked around to put them in the back of Emmett's jeep as well. I held back one and turned it over, examining it closely. It felt feather light. I knew I'd never played baseball, or any other organized sport that I could recall off hand, but for some reason, there was something very familiar about the bat that I held in my hand. I peered at it, turning it over in my hands, trying to recall exactly what it was. I shrugged and reached forward to place it in the back of Emmett's jeep and picked up one of the balls from the back seat. Like the bat, there was something familiar about the small red and white sphere, but I couldn't quite place what it was. I turned it over, running my pale fingers over the stitching. I could easily discern every small flaw in the leather that covered it. I could count the threads in the intricate stitching, but I couldn't recall why I would feel a connection to the object.

Emmett's booming voice pulled me from my musing. "Those wolves don't honestly think they stand a chance against us, do they bro?"

I turned a confused expression towards him and Edward and raised a questioning eyebrow. "Wolves?"

Edward grinned at me widely. "Jacob and a few of his pack members are going to join use this afternoon."

Edward, Renesmee, Emmett and I rode to the clearing in his jeep. All the way, Emmett boasted about how easily we would beat our opponents. I rolled my eyes and focused on Renesmee who laughed hysterically with every bump we drove over in Emmett's four wheel drive. At long last, we arrived at the field, where we'd met the rest of the family.