thanx for all the reviews and for all of you who are wondering, james is a guy. i accidently put "she" a few times lol keep reading!
I walked back into the Volturi building and sat down at my desk. I turned on my computer, which I never really use for work, and opened up a game of Solitaire. This is how I usually spent my day, just sitting at my desk playing computer games all day until my shift is over. After a few successful rounds and one failed round, I noticied something pink on my desk. A post-it:
Alice,
Madatory meeting at 5:34 pm sharp
Convention Hall
Greater Good
Ugh! Not another one of those stupid meetings where all we talk about keeping Romanians in order and how to better the vampire world. Blah blah blah. I've heard that speech so many times that I could recite it in 38 different languages including Mayan. And Mayan is a dead language.
"Miranda?" I called out.
As usual, she popped out of no where with a certain bubbly attitude that made me want to smack her. And I'm not violent.
"Yes Miss Cullen?" But she smiled the one that made me actually like her.
I held up the post-it. "Do I really have to attend this meeting? I've heard it thousands of times and plus, they really don't need me." I hoped somehow she could get me out of the meeting that made me want to tear my hair out from the roots.
"It's mandatory, Alice. You have to attend. Everyone in this building does. I'm sorry." she replied and I could feel the chain around my ankles tighten.
I can't take any of this anymore.
I sighed. "Okay, I guess one more meeting won't kill me." I wish it would.
Miranda smiled and walked back to her desk with a bit of bounciness as her slick brunette hair that was pulled back into a bun that perched on top of her head bobbed up and down.
I don't know how much more of this hell I can take. I haven't seen Jasper in 100 years and I'm going crazy being couped up in this dungeon. I looked at the clock on the computer. It read 5:13pm. Only 21 minutes until the meeting started and probably about 4 hours later, I'll be getting out of it.
I always thought by this time, I would be back with Jasper picking up where we left off. I didn't want anything more than to see his smile and to feel his hands caress my face and his lips against mine. Those moments I cherished and I wish I could relive now. I wonder what he has been up to since I left. He probably has been no better than I have.
I still remember his tortured face as if it was yesterday. I will never forgive myself for that.
"MEETING IN 10 MINUTES. FILE INTO CONVENTION HALL" came Allan's voice over the intercom system.
It was so annoying when they announced meetings and Allan's voice made it worse. He hasn't loosened up since I got here. Aro has him going around doing all his dirty work and Allan thinks it's an honor. Idiot.
One by one, everyone got up from their desks and started to head up the stairs to the Convention Hall on the 4th floor.
"You coming, Alice?" asked Miranda.
Her job at the meetings was to take notes on everything any of the council members said and to record names of all who participated into whatever lame topic they were discussing. So she carried a notepad and a pencil that was perched behind her ear, looking like at any shift in the wind would blow it off.
"I will head up in a minute. I just have to make a few calls." I answered.
"Okay, I'll see you soon." She was even more petite than me as she bounced her way to the stairwell.
At that moment when I picked up the phone, my brain got an interesting idea. I quickly looked up from my office space and no one was on the 1st floor. I slammed the phone down and sprinted to the door and out onto the street. I stopped and looked back.
"Goodbye hell on earth." I smirked.
I quickly ran to my apartment and cleared my closet and grabbed my keys to the yellow Porsche parked in front. I piled all my clothes in and hopped into the front seat and turned the key in the ingnition. I quickly glanced at the clock. It read 5:27. That gave me about 7 minutes until the meeting started and a few minutes to take role. So I had about 10 minutes to drive to the airport and get on a plane before they start to look for me.
I quickly sped out of the parking lot and screeched to 120 mph. The road flew by next to me and the wind whipped at my hair. I got to the airport in 5 minutes flat. I gathered my clothes in the shopping bags I saved. You never know when you have to make a desperate escape, and I was definately desperate.
I ran into the building vampire speed but quickly stopped once when I got inside and slowed to human pace even though I was on the biggest run of my life. I walked quickly to the counter.
"One one-way ticked to Seattle, Washington, United States please. And I'm kinda in a hurry." I added.
"That'll be $250 Miss." the woman answered in a heavy Italian accent.
I handed her my credit card and she quickly swiped it. She has definately had pushy customers before. Not even ten seconds later, she handed me my ticket.
"If you want to go right away, the plane is almost done boarding so I suggest you hurry. Chao." she said.
I was so grateful I got a great flight that left right away. I ran to the doors and handed the flight attendent my ticket and she led me to my seat. I didn't sit down for even 2 minutes when the plane lifted off the ground.
I was safe...for now.
I settled into my seat and now had to wait for like 5 or 7 hours. It would be so worth it in the end.
"Jasper, here I come."
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