I think that Bella is in shock.
Alice was smiling, and Jasper was handing her a five dollar bill. That pulled me out of my sorrows, even making me smirk a bit, "Are you betting on me?"
"We were until Alice beat me." Jasper smiled. "How are you guys?"
I looked over to Bella, curled up in her seat. A few minutes ago she was staring at me, in shock, and now she's fast asleep.
"I'm..." I trailed off, sighing. "Bella is... sleeping."
"She needs it." Alice says confidently.
"What's... what's going to happen Alice?" I asked, my hands twiddling in my lap.
Alice takes a long sigh, looking into the rearview mirror, making immediate eye contact with me. "It's all up in the air right now. How long it will take, where we will go..."
"Who will survive?" I question, my voice shaky.
Alice hesitates. "Unclear."
"You don't need to worry." Jasper reassured me. "We're going to be okay. You're Rosalie's mate, that means that you're apart of the family."
I consider that for a moment. "Am I now in a cult?"
Alice is smirking, I can tell she knows how to cheer me up. "Yes, basically."
I try to hold in my laughter, but my cheeks hurt, and soon Alice is laughing with me.
And even sooner after that, I start to see the orange sandy, rolling hills of Ariozna.
It no longer felt like my home.
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Once we were settled in, at the hotel, things started to set in. Alice and Jasper were constantly on the phone with Carlisle, or randomly staring off into space. (I knew they were basically dead, but damn! They look like they are corpses!)
I sat down on the foot of the bed, where Bella sat with her knees to her chest, trying to take up as little space as possible. I wish I could see inside her head, I wish i could understand her and help her. I wonder if she wishes the same for me.
Eventually, I break the silence, saying, "You know, I'm depressed that the person I love isn't here, just like you, but... Bella, talk to me. I've been worried. I didn't want to tell you that I love her because I was scared." Tears well up in my eyes. "Please, Bella, I'm scared. I want her here, I need you to be my sister. I'm being a good sister."
Bella looks up finally, and holds open her arms and she places an arm around me, trying to comfort me. "I'm scared too."
I wipe my eyes, "We all are. You... don't mind, do you?"
"Of course not!" Bella says.
"Just making sure." I smile widely.
"I don't mind that you love Rosalie. In fact, I think thats good for you. She's always seemed oddly protective of you, it makes more sense now." Bella smiles down at me. "As long as you stop making fun of Edward."
I Chuckle and roll my eyes, "Fine."
"But you love her?" Bella asked.
"Of course I do."
A tense silence settles over us after that. "They'll be okay, right?" I ask. I imagine Rosalie, her smiling face, her cold lips against mine. And then I imagine James chasing after her, overpowering her... hurting her. I shiver and shuffle closer to Bella. She doesn't answer. She stayed silent.
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Finally, Alice made us come out of the hotel bed and sit at the little table the hotel provided, placing food in front of us that we didn't eat.
Bella sighed, "I wish they'd call."
I felt the same way as I pushed the food around on my plate. Alice sighs, "You should eat." But we continue to ignore the food. It really isn't appealing.
My leg continues to tap on the floor. Anxiety radiates off of me. "They could get hurt. This isn't worth it."
"Yes, it is." Jasper speaks up from the couch, beside Alice. I'm a little taken aback. I thought Jasper would never really talk to me, considering he was struggling with the 'vegetarian' diet. "Edward and Rosalie have both changed since they found you. We don't want to look into their eyes for the next 100 years if they lose you." Jasper insists.
I smile. "Thank you."
Suddenly, Alice gasps. Jasper grips her arm, asking, "What do you see?"
"The tracker..." Alice says with deep worry, "He changed his course."
Jasper put out a pad and a pencil in front of her. "Where is he going?" He asks gently.
Alice sounds confused. "Mirrors... A room full of mirrors?" She starts to sketch on the piece of paper, the pencil moving rapidly across the page.
"How do the visions work?" Bella asked. "Edward said they weren't always certain."
Jasper explains, "She sees the course people are on, why they're on it. The person changes, the visions change."
"So..." I look to Alice's drawing. "The path James is on will lead him to a... ballet studio?"
Alice stops immediately. "You've been here?"
"I don't know." I stutter.
Bella speaks up, "The ballet studio I used to go to had an arch like that."
"Is your ballet studio here in Phoenix?" Jasper asked.
"Yeah, around the corner from our house. I haven't been there in ten years." Bella says.
"Do either of you have a reason to go there now?" Jasper asked again.
"Hell no!" Bella and I said it at the same time. "We both hated the place." I explained.
Bella and I jump as the phone rings. Alice is there in less than a second, Talking in a low volume at a rapid pace. I sigh and walk back into the bedroom, as I hear Bella answering the phone for Edward.
I laid on the bed, wishing I could hear her voice. Wishing she could hold me. Wishing she could kiss me right now, making it all go away. Then Bella comes in with the phone, saying, "Rosalie wants to talk to you."
It takes only those words for me to be energized again, jumping out of bed and grabbing the phone. I put it to my ear quickly, "Rosalie?"
"Andie." She sighed. I felt like a weight was being lifted off my shoulders, hearing her voice. "Andie, I'm coming to get you. We're gonna be together, okay?"
"Okay." I smiled. "Where's James, though?"
"We lost him." Rosalie says, her voice breaking. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to let you down."
"No." I say immediately. "You didn't."
"Are you okay?" Rosalie asked.
"I'm fine." I sighed. "I miss you. I miss you so much."
"I miss you too." Rosalie said. "I'll be there in a few hours. We'll go somewhere safe, while the others keep hunting." Rosalie sounded determined now. "You're going to be safe, Andie."
Tears welled over my eyes finally, and I said, "I love you."
"I love you more." Was how she responded.
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