Disclaimer: All recognisable characters belong to Stephanie Meyer.
Back again
Anna closed the door behind her and fumbled for the light switch. Her flat was dark and empty. "Damn it, where... Ah, there it is." Light flooded the room and with a sigh of relief Anna tossed her school books on the table next to her door. Her bag followed right away.
She was about to turn around when she hesitated. Something was wrong. Very wrong. She wasn't alone. Although she couldn't hear anyone breathe she could feel that persons look in her back like needles. In one motion she grabbed one of her books and whirled around ready to face whoever broke into her flat but when she saw the person a shriek slipped her lips: "Alice?!"
The fragile girl eyed the book in Annas hands warily "You're not gonna to hit me with that thing, are you?" Anna lowered the book slowly but didn't put it down entirely. She blinked at Alice. "Alice Cullen.. I thought... Did you... What the devil are you doing in my flat?" Alice opened her mouth but Anna cut her off: "And why didn't you answer my mails? Like any of it?" A hint of guilt appeared on Alices' fairylike face. "Anna, I know I've been a horrible friend lately but I need your help. You have to come with me. Right now. It's about Edward." "Uhm..", Anna started, "I think you've got the wrong house. Up the street, one right, two left and when you see a red truck or a devastated girl you're at the right place." She smiled sarcastically at Alice and put the book back on the table. "And damn right you are, you've been a more than horrible friend lately." She said turning back to Alice. "No, I'm at the right place. Bella's waiting in the car outside and we really don't have time for this. I'll explain everything later when we're on the plane. Grab your passport and you're bag. We're already late." Before Anna could protest or even tell Alice she certainly wouldn't go outside anymore tonight left alone fly anywhere the pixie already shoved her out of her flat and down the stairs.
2 hours later Anna sat in a plane between a sleeping Bella and Alice. "Where exactly are we flying again?" she whispered to Alice. "Italy. We're going to save Edward." "Why does he need to be saved?" "Well, he thinks Bella's jumped off a cliff and died and now he wants to die too so he went to the Volturi and.. " "The Volturi? You mean those guys on that painting in Carlisle office? Aren't they like the kings of your world?" "Yes and yes they are. So he asked them to kill him but they declined so he planes on revealing himself to the humans so the Volturi have to kill him." "I'm assuming this is the abridgement. Alice, why did you have to drag me into this? I've had a long day. He's not my ex-boyfriend after all. And besides I'm a human who knows about your world. Do you have any idea what they are going to do with me? It's not gonna be pretty." "I know and I'm sorry but..." she hesitated. Annas eyebrows rose. "Listen Anna if we can't save him in time this is going to end in a trial and... well... you're studying law, aren't you?" Annas jaw dropped: "You've got to be kidding me!" she all but whispered. A stewardess turned to her, her eyes questioning and Anna lowered her voice again. "Are you freaking serious? Maybe it has slipped your attention, Alice, but Vampire Law is not on my timetable. Or at anyones' for that matter. What am I supposed to do there? What am I supposed to say?" "I don't know yet. I didn't think it all through..." "Obviously not." "I am truly sorry Annabeth. But I swear I'm gonna get you out of this." Anna knew Alice was really sorry. She never used her full name unless she was dead serious and now she was. The girl shifted in her seat, put her hood up and closed her eyes to get at least a bit of much needed sleep. "Don't make promises you can't keep Alice." she mumbled. "Oh but I know I can keep them", the vampire girl whispered. Annas mouth quirked into a smile: "Show-off." "I missed you too darling."