Do you hate me? Yes, you do. Just do the story justice and read it. Please? Review, maybe? DON'T HATE ME! I love all of you, really! I'm so….SORRY! *Sob sob*
Disclaimer: sadness overwhelms the heart and soul of me, as truth thirsts upon the truth of its own kin. I do not own twilight or the characters, okay?!
BPOV
"I don't know about this," I said, uneasily. I leaned into Edward, face buried in his chest.
"Don't worry, you'll do great," he murmured convincingly. I looked up. His eyes smoldered into mine, but I saw what laid behind the smoldering.
"Oh great," I growled.
"I didn't say it wouldn't be…easy," he chose his words carefully. That for sure didn't help.
"Alice, help me out here. What do you see?" I glanced up at my annoying pixie friend. She crossed her arms, knowingly.
"If I told you, you wouldn't do it. Now hurry up, we don't have all day. We've got more packing to do." I sighed. That sure wasn't a great pep talk. I took a deep breath and plunged into the most dangerous place I could be: in Charlie's presence. He was sitting in front of the TV watching baseball, not paying attention to me. I nearly flipped and ran back to the safety of the outside world, but I knew Alice or Edward would catch me. I sighed.
"Hey, um, dad??" He looked up, surprised to see I was there.
"Yah, Bells? Do you need something? I'm in the middle of the 2nd inning." I paused.
"Uh, well, um, yah, er," I trembled, avoiding the subject. Charlie looked a tad uncomfortable.
"Er, can you hurry it up a bit? Sort of in the middle of--"
"Yah, I know dad, the 2nd inning. I know," I said quietly.
"Well, ok then," he said gruffly, and I lost his attention.
"EdwardandIaregoingonavactionsomewhereIdon'tknowwherebutAlicesetitupsoIcan'tstopher!" I gasped for air like a dying fish. Charlie was looking at me, eyes agape.
"Um, what?" he asked, confused. I took a deep breath and began to speak again.
"Edward and I are going on a vacation together. I don't know where, but Alice set this up and you trust her, right? So PLEASE can I go?" I was by then looking at the ground. I was standing above a grossly deformed brown stain that had seeped into the carpet. Yuck. I glanced up and saw Charlie open his mouth. I squeezed my eyes shut.
"Okay, sure. Yah, sure! As long as you tell me when you are going, when you will be back, and BRING YOUR CELL PHONE." If it hadn't been his voice, I would have thought that wasn't him who spoke.
"Whoa, wait, what?" I asked, completely bewildered.
"I said sure, why not? It's not like I'm gonna be doing anything while you're gone or anything." He coughed loudly. I searched his face suspiciously.
"Uh, Dad? What are you—"
"Well, no time to chat. Must head over to the police station." Abandoning that baseball game he had been watching, he jumped up and practically flew out the door. Quietly, Alice and Edward came out of their hiding spot and headed over toward me,
"What in the world was THAT about?" I asked, astounded. I saw the two siblings exchange a look just like the one I saw at their house. "Oh no!" I said as they opened their mouths, "You are to tell me what's going through Charlie's mind and not give me any lame excuses. NOW!" Alice cleared her throat.
"Well, fine. Here is the complete truth. Take it away Edward." She pushed Edward forward expectantly.
"Coward," he grumbled, annoyed.
"Oh, just kidding," Alice laughed tensely. I glared at her.
"Okay, you better—"
"Alright, alright! But I won't say names. Someone is going on a cruise with someone you hate. This person believes that by letting you go with Edward to wherever, he will be let off the hook."
"Charlie's going on a cruise with Annabel?!"
"Ahem! I don't say names," Alice reminded me.
"Grrr!" I screamed. Jeez, what is WITH Charlie? How could he love that demon? I raced up to my room and slammed the door. I jumped onto my bad, sobbing madly. I didn't hear Edward come into my room, but I did feel his hand comforting me as I fell to sleep.
About 6 hours Later
I woke with a start.
"C'mon Bella! Time to go!" My head clutter and groggy, I stood up. Yet I was overcome by vertigo and fell back down onto my bed. At least, I would have if Edward hadn't caught me.
"Whoops, sleepy head. It's time to get on the plane."
"Plane? What plane?" I asked, as Edward carried me out of the room.
"To our vacation area, of course." I was immediately awake.
"NOW?! Does Charlie know? Why didn't you TELL me we where going today?!" He shrugged.
"Slipped our minds, I guess." I growled and he chuckled lightly. I felt my anger ebbing away.
"And Charlie?"
"Oh, Esme told him everything. Alice finished packing, just so you know." I felt a headache coming on. The sleepiness came back. I felt my awareness quickly deserting me.
"That's alright, hon. Just go back to sleep," I was about to oblige when I heard a very annoying pixie jabbering away about something like plane tickets or clothing or something.
"Alice, shut up," I mumbled. I heard a little 'Hmph', but it did as I wished, or at least, was so quiet I couldn't hear her. I barely remember driving to the airport or loading the plane. I couldn't remember the ride at all. It felt like seconds when the plane slowly began to descend.
"Mmph, where am I? Edward?" I looked around, but he was nowhere to be seen. I was lying in a white leather couch. In fact, the whole inside of this room was white. The table, seats, mini fridge, the works.
"Oh Bella! I'm sorry, I had to talk to the captain. I didn't know you woke up."
"That's okay. Where's—oop." I felt a wave of nausea overcome me and I sprinted toward a door that looked like it would belong to a bathroom. Correct I was. I spent ten grueling minutes…well, I better not go into detail. The point is, it was ten minutes of grossness I'd never like to endure again.
As I emerged from the bathroom, I came face to face with Edward, who was right outside the door. He looked very concerned.
"I'm alright," I told him as he opened his mouth to speak.
"Oh I know." My eyebrows shot up in question.
"At least, I know I shouldn't have. Alice knew this would happen. You'll be fine."
"Why didn't you tell me this?"
"You were asleep. I didn't want to wake you up to bad news." I sighed, imagining what I could have done anyway to prevent it. I hate riding in planes.
"Sorry," I whispered.
"Don't be. This was quite the experience. I've never seen such a site." I rolled my eyes.
"Nor have I ever smelled such a stench," came a voice I knew so well. I turned to see Alice walking up the aisle toward us.
"We will be landing shortly. Welcome to Strix Island."
Well, this is it folks! Review please??? I promise (cross my heart, hope not to die) that I will update sooner. By the way, Strix is the Latin word for Vampire. So, yah! Hope you enjoyed it!
