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2010-Houston, Texas-Houston Airport-Mary Alice Brandon Cullen Whitlock
"Hurry up, Rose! If we don't get to Mexia soon, Jasper's going to sulk! And I know it." Rosalie came out of the bathroom, running a brush through her hair. I swear, that girl is too obsessed with her hair.
"Okay, Alice! God, if I didn't know any better, I would assume you had a surprise in Mexia for him." I shrugged and turned around, skipping over to the pretty Ferrari I convinced Jasper to rent. Rose grabbed my arm.
"You do have a surprise!" I gave her a look. "What is it?" I smiled and shook my head no, slipping into the passenger side. Jasper was waiting already.
"Ready?" His deep voice flowed smoothly in the car as he put it in drive.
"Yep!" I happily chirped, lacing my fingers with his. He smiled at me and I swear if my heart was beating, it would have stopped. I smiled back and reached down to my bag, pulling out my MapQuest directions.
"Okay, so it says that we have a little over two and a half hours to drive, so we'll be there in about an hour." I looked at him. "Do you know where you're going?" He chuckled and nodded as he pulled onto Interstate 45. I turned on the radio, turning it to a station that I didn't know, hoping for some good music.
It was 1989, my thoughts were short
My hair was long
Caught somewhere between a boy and man
She was seventeen
And she was far from inbetween
It was summertime in Northern Michigan
Splashin' through the sandbar
Talkin' by the campfire
It's the simple things in life
Like when and where
We didn't have no internet
But man, I never will forget
The way the moonlight shined upon her hair.
I looked to Jasper, seeing him mouthing the words along with the singer. He saw me looking and grinned.
"You like this song?"
"Yes. It reminds me of times in Texas when there wasn't wars." I nodded and listened to the song. The guitar solo was good.
Now, nothin' seemed as strange
As when the leaves began to change.
Or how we thought those days would never end.
Sometimes I hear that song
And start to sing along.
And think
'Man, I'd love to see that girl again.'
The song repeated the chorus and let the guitar take us out. For the next hour, we listened to country music and the occasional Spanish song. Jasper seemed happy that we were going back to his hometown, but with him, I could never tell. I was just hoping that my vision was going to come true. If it did, Jasper was going to be on a one-way trip to Happyville.
I never understood how one town could be filled with Vampires, and no one would noticed. But as we pulled up to the hotel we were staying in, I could finally see it. The sun was shining brightly, but that didn't stop anyone from being outside. Men wore flannel shirts tucked into jeans and rolled up to the elbow, their forearms sparkling. Women wore loose skirts to their knees or a little higher, and tanktops and tubetops under Women's plaid and flannel shirts, sleeves all different lengths. Most wore cowboy boots, holding the old ways, although some wore gym shoes or heels. A lot wore hats to keep the sun out of their eyes, and when you would look at the locals, you saw two colors of eyes. Gold, which made them animal drinkers, and purple, which was really confusing. I shrugged and followed my family into the hotel.
They all were looking at a picture by the door, one that looked close to the age of Jasper. A caught a glimpse of it, but decided to wait to see it later. Turning to the front desk to check in, I saw a girl I had seen earlier this week.
A tiny blonde girl was standing there, her purple eyes shocked as she looked at Jasper, who was still looking at the picture. She opened her mouth, and I saw what she would say before she said it.
"JASPER WHITLOCK?" The girl's voice betrayed her size. She could deafen an Elephant.
Jasper turned around, confused, until he saw the girl. Laughing, he responded.
"Is that Li'l Ol' Miss Savannah Fuller?" She squealed and launched herself over the counter, flying at him. He caught her and squeezed her, still laughing as she was put down, babbling in shock that Jasper was back in Mexia, and they needed to celebrate. She froze and grinned widely.
"Oh! Susanna! SUSANNA! You'll never guess who's back!" She flew to the door that said Management, and started pounding on it. "Stop gettin' it on with Dex! Come and see who's back!"
The door flew open, and a repleca of Savannah came out, looking furious.
"Savannah! How many times do I have to tell you? STOP INTERUPTIN' ME!"
Savannah waved her off and pointed at Jasper. Susanna growled at her.
"I don't care who's back!" Savannah spun her furious twin around towards Japser. She turned back around and started in on Savannah.
"Okay? Jasper's back! Good for...him..." She spun around slowly. "Jasper?" He nodded. The girl's face broke into a smile and she squealed, having the same reaction as her sister. She tackled him, and squeezed him to death.
I was starting to feel jealous.
Both Edward and Jasper laughed. Jasper gripped my hand and tugged me to the two girls.
"Su, Sav, this is Alice. My mate." The two girls grinned and had totally different reactions. The one on the left (I can't tell them apart if they don't act different) gave me a hug, squeezing me. The one on the right punched Jasper in the arm, smirking.
"Finally," she said, and suddenly she was in a headlock, Jasper musing her hair. She screamed and went to attack Jasper.
"I'm goin' to kill you, boy!" He grinned and ducked behind a chair. She pursed her lips as she tried not to laugh at Jasper, who really can't hide behind a chair. He peeked over and grinned.
"You're just jealous of my mad skills," he said. She couldn't hold it in. She fell and began laughing. Jasper and the other one joined her.
"Have you ever seen Jasper act like this?" Rose was speaking to Carlisle. He shook his head no.
"It must be because he's in his hometown," Esme said, smiling softly at her 'son' laughing on the floor. We all agreed that's probably it. Jasper shot up.
"I never told you, did I?" We all looked confused, so he continued. "Susanna and Savannah are Empaths too. Susanna deals with bad emotions, and Savannah deals with good emotions." The girls nodded. We still looked confused. Jasper sighed.
"It means that Sav and I are feeding the good emotions around us, keeping them going."
"Oh," Emmett said, the only one admiting that he didn't get it before.
"Anyway, I'm pretty sure you want to know how to tell us apart," the one on the left said.
"That would be perfect," Emmett said. The girl nodded.
"I'm Savannah. I have purple eyes. Pure purple. This is Susanna. She has purple with gold flakes. She takes both kinds of blood." Susanna rolled her eyes. I could tell by his face that Carlisle was confused.
"Why are your eyes purple?" He asked.
"Yeah. I never saw anything like it." Jasper dusted himself off. The girls went to answer, but a voice behind them spoke for them.
"They drink donated Human blood." Susanna smiled and turned around, wrapping her arms around the male that came in. Jasper shook hands with him.
"Hey, Dex." Dex grinned.
"Hey yourself, big man. Never thought I'd see you back here. Thought you'd left for good."
"Had to get away from Maria." Jasper shrugged. "You know." Dex slapped him on the back.
"That I do know, my friend." Suddenly, there was a crash. We all hurried over to see what happened. Savannah was frozen, the rack of keys behind her all over the floor. Susanna groaned.
"What happened?"
"Nothin'," Savannah chirped, smiling innocently.
She handed us our keys and sent us to our rooms. Jasper's and I's was large, and furnished perfectly. I flopped on the bed and watched as Jasper turned on the TV, settling down next to me. We sat like that for a couple of hours.
2010-Mexia, Texas-Mexia's Hotel-Edward Anthony Masen Cullen
I changed out of my nice jeans, sweater, and gym shoes, and into what Alice said was 'appropriate' for tonight. Light blue jeans, dark blue cowboy boots, and a dark blue button up shirt. I was kind-of afraid of what she had planned for tonight. I walked out of room, only to find everyone dressed up like cowboys. Jasper wore a brown button up over medium blue jeans and brown cowboy boots. Emmett wore a burgandy button up top over dark blue jeans and dark red cowboy boots. Rosalie wore a red camisole under a black button up, short sleeved shirt and dark wash skinny jeans with bright red cowboy boots. Alice wore a one-shouldered light brown top under a pink button up top that matched Rose's, medium blue skinny jeans, and light brown cowboy boots.
"Where's Carlisle and Esme?" I asked.
"They've decided to stay in tonight." Alice rolled her eyes, obviously upset that she didn't have two more opportunities to dress people up.
"Anyway," Rose said, clapping her hands, "Where are we going, oh Pixie of Doom?"
"To the racetrack!" Alice was grinnind like a maniac. "You'll never guess where it is, though!"
"Where, Alice?" Jasper brushed a piece of her short black hair behind her ear. She grabbed his hand and pulled it to her face.
"Your old home," she said softly. Jasper froze, eyes wide. Then he grinned and I caught what he was thinking.
Everyone pulled together a buildin' around the racetrack Bell and I built when we were younger. Pa would've been so proud. Anyway, what are we waitin' for? The last thought was directed towards me.
"Don't know, Jasper. Ask Alice."
"We're going, we're going," she said, exasperated. We all followed her out the door to find that the sun was setting. Pausing for a second, I admired the beauty of a Texan Sunset.
"Come on, Edward! We wouldn't want to be late! Savannah said Jasper's going to race!"
"I'm goin' to what?" I'm goin' to WHAT?
Oh, this is too good to be true. Emmett was thinking, already plotting ways to make fun of him.
So, THAT's what Alice's surprise was! I had no clue what Rosalie was thinking.
Ha! Jasper will never suspect a thing! Alice cast a glance at me, and suddenly started keeping me out. Pink. It's my new obsession. Pink. It's not even a question. I got out of her head quickly.
"Can we go now?" Susanna stood in front of us, also keeping me out. Cause it's a good-time cowboy casanova, leaning up against the record machine.
What. The. Hell.
Jasper glared at Susanna, and asked, "Were you a part of this, Sue?" She just smiled and began running to the west. We followed quickly. She kept running until we came upon a wrought iron gate. The sign fashioned out of the same metal was sitting over the gate. It read:
Whitlock Property
Do Not Enter
We walked in, ignoring the sign, and came face to face with a really nice-looking, southern sytle house. It was white, the paint obviously being kept up with. The shutters and doors were a dark blue. A large, wrap-around porch was settled on the front, left, and back of the house. It's roof and the regular roof was also dark blue. On the porch was two rocking chairs, a small table in between them, and couch on the other side.
"Jasper!" Savannah came out the house, the door swinging shut behind her. She carried a brown hat in her hands.
"Put this on, get into the stable, choose a horse, and get to the track. We got a race to put on." She ran off quickly, heading to the track. Susanna followed after her, waving goodbye. We stood there like idiots.
"I guess y'all are supposed to go that way, too. I'll be there soon." We nodded and ran off, following the scents that went this way. We soon came upon a large building.
"This is it," Alice said, and she ran ahead, going inside the building.
"Alice, wait!" Rose followed. Emmette went after her, but I walked over there, feeling...odd. Why did I feel like after tonight, nothing will be the same?
2010-Mexia, Texas-Whitlock Racetrack-Mary Alice Brandon Cullen Whitlock
Oh my god, I couldn't wait to see the look on Jasper's face when he sees the surprise! He's going to love it!
I sat in the seat Savannah told me to sit. I saw the whole track from here. Rose sat next to me, tuggin once on a lock on my hair. I scowled at her. Emmett passed by, and sat on Rose's other side. I wondered where Edward was, til I decided that he could take care of himself.
"Why are we here, Ali?" Rose asked.
"Well, my lovely blonde sister, we are here because I wanted Jasper to feel like himself again, which means riding a horse in a race. He needs this, Rose." I looked to her. "He needs to feel like his old self." She smiled at me.
"He should consider himself lucky, to have a mate like you, Alice." I looked down, slightly embaressed. Rose laughed and started talking to Emmett, and Edward came and sat down. I sat there, thinking, when a vision came on.
The song started, and Edward took a step forward, only to be stopped by Jasper.
"Edward, you watch your hands. Or I'll be watchin' them for ya." Edward nodded and walked to the girl standing in the middle of the room. He bowed, and she smiled and curtsied. He took her hand and placed it on his shoulder. Placing one on her waist, he grabbed her other and began dancing. Spinning gracefully around the room, she looked up at Edward, a soft smile lighting her face. Edward looked down at her, and the same smile was on his face.
Suddenly, he lifted her up quickly. Once he put her down, he spun her around. Doing a quick two-step with her, she fell back and Edward grabbed her hands, letting her hang lightly from his hands. Pulling her up, they danced around for a couple more seconds before the song ended. Holding her hand, he bowed and she curtsied. The look he gave her as he gave back up was one of pure adoration.
This girl was his mate.
I came out of the vision, and immediately blocked it from Edward's view. He wasn't paying attention anyway.
"Belles and Boys, welcome to the Annual Mexia Racetrack Racing Day! I'm Micheal, and we are here to find the fastest, the most cunning, the most ruthless, and the most fearless Vampire in Mexia. So, who's ready for the race?" A man stood in the middle of the racetrack, on the green, and he spoke in a loud voice, knowing that we didn't need the help of the microphone to hear. His blonde hair fell in his eyes and bright yellow eyes peered from under the mop. He grinned and gestured to the ground in front of him, which was dark from the spotlight on him.
"Now, without further ado, I present to you, The Lady of the Track!"
A small female, looking no older than 16, was standing next to a large, black horse. Her golden eyes roved the stadium, a smirk playing on her lips as she saw the crowd. Mounting the horse swiftly, she led it to the starting gates. Twirling an older style of a gun, she nodded once to Dex, who was holding the open gates button. He nodded back. Tilting her hat so her eyes and nose disappeared, the smirk stayed as she spoke.
"Well, look at what we have here. A full house. An' I'm pretty sure you're not here for some food."
Everybody laughed.
"Unless you guys like horse." She laughed once, a short peel of bells.
"Now, who's ready for some racin'?"
The cheers erupted. One person started the chant of her name and soon most picked it up.
"Bella! Bella! Bella! Bella!"
Dex, holding the button, turned around, grinning.
"Now, y'all let Miss Whitlock shoot the gun, or we ain't goin' anywhere."
Everyone quieted. The girl on the horse, Miss Bella Whitlock, lifted the gun.
"Let the games begin."
And pulled the trigger. The horses were out the gate, the jockeys pushing them to go faster. I looked for Jasper, but didn't see the familiar cut of wavy blonde hair that he had. Sitting back, I pouted, crossing my arms over my chest. Emmett poked my cheek.
"Why the sad face, little one?" I shot him a dirty look for the little one comment, and sighed.
"Jasper's not out there. Where is he?"
"He's still in the house, debating on whether or not he should do this," Edward said, still slightly dazed. I nodded and turned around to catch the ending of the race. Soon, all the jockeys were around Bella, wondering how Ralph? got it. She held up her hands.
"He won 'cause he raced correctly." They all grumbled and went back to doing there regular stuff. Everyone began talking again, waiting for the next race. Bella laughed and spoke clearly.
"Now, I didn't say the races were continuin'. We have a challenger." I felt my brain stop in shock. Savannah didn't. "Now, you all know the drill. No speakin', no whisperin', no nothin'. His name is J. Cullen. And I'm goin' to beat him." Everyone except our family had grins on their faces. Bella pulled her horse to the starting gates. Whistling sharply, Jasper came trotting out, taking his place at the gate. Dex lifted the gun. The duo pulled their hats lower on their faces, the left hand grabbing the reins and the right behind them slightly, ready to get the horse moving. The shot was fired, and off they went.
The race was noticablly slower than the first one. The first two laps weren't all that fast. But about half-way into the third, they both did the same thing. Crouching low behind the horse's head, they kicked them in the sides and suddenly sped up. However, it seemed Bella was slightly faster.
She passed the finish line, but didn't stop. She went sprinting into the holding places. Jasper dismounted his horse and looked off to where she ran off to.
"What's the matter with her?"
Savannah came flying up to him.
"You didn't let her see your face, right?" Jasper shrugged, not really knowing. He was too into the race. Savannah stomped her foot.
"Dammit! She wasn't supposed to know you're here!" Savannah then darted off, in the direction of Bella.
Oh, Savannah's in for it now!
What's Bella going to say when Savannah finds her?
What's Jasper's opinion on all this?
And why is Bella running away from Jasper if she saw his face?
All questions to be answered next time!
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