Chapter Seven: The Old House

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Me: I have to type this really fast I hvae like, another three minutes before I have to get off the computer, so SPEEDY DISCLAIMER! SM, can I own Twilight?

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Me: There ya have it. I don't own Twilight. Not even if I buy it off of SM with a piece of cheese. But I wonder If I offered her a unicorn...

The landscape whizzed past me as I ran, trying to come up with a brilliant flash that would tell me how to find Jasper, where to look for him. It really wasn't working very well.

I slowed as I approached a city, the second I'd come to in the day that I've been gone since my escape. It was a fair size, but not overly large, probably a lot bigger then where we were currently living, but almost everything was bigger then that town.

I considered skipping it, but I wanted to keep going in this direction, and going around it would put me back. I might have to keep to the shadows, the clouds were thin. But I'd do that, if it would get me out of the town faster. I had to keep searching, and inconveniences like towns and cities just slowed me down, but it was faster to go through them.

I stuck to the sides of buildings where the shadows were darker as I entered it. My mind still raced as I tried to think of some way of finding him, and I still came up frustratingly blank.

I glanced around my surroundings, trying to tell how much longer I had until I'd reach the end of the city, when I saw it, how to figure out where Jasper was. And boy, did I feel stupid for not thinking of it before a billboard told me.

On the opposite side of a street, there was a billboard with a picture of 'mystical' looking woman staring into a crystal ball, the heading of 'Find out the truth of where life will take you' written in curly letters under it.

All I had to do was look in his future.

I resisted the urge to smack my forehead, instead looking for a hotel or somewhere else I could concentrate without being disturbed. I started walking faster on the sidewalk, glancing around for any place that would do the job. I finally found one, and rushed in, eager to start.

The bell ringing alerted the secretary at the desk I was here, and he looked up. He smiled at me, looking me over. I disgustedly rolled my eyes quickly, wishing they had another secretary, but there was just him.

"Hello there, miss," He said, still looking at me in a way that made me want to slap him. "What can I do for you?"

I took a deep breath, making sure I wouldn't yell at the guy. "I'd like a room please," I said sweetly. "Just one night."

"Are you sure? I'm here all week…" Oh no he didn't.

I let my fake smile drop and glared at him, abandoning the show of patience "Just give me the room." I said flatly. "One night."

He nodded, looking pale. "Tha-that'll be $150, please."

I pulled out my credit card, and swiped it. The terrified secretary handed me the room key. "Room fifty-four." He said quickly.

I grabbed the key and spun away, rushing to the elevator, pressing the up button about seven times. I jumped in before the doors had opened fully, tapping my foot as I waited for the few seconds it took to get to my floor to end.

I unlocked the door, and was sitting on the bed, ready to start, before the door was closed half-way.

I laid back and closed my eyes, trying to find him. I concentrated, rubbing my temples, trying to get accustomed to him again.

I felt a surge of triumph, so strong it nearly pulled me out of my vision. I repressed it hurriedly, focusing on the scene that had yet to happen.

Jasper straightened, wiping blood from his mouth that remained from the deer he'd just finished. He ran through the trees of the forest, finishing another herd of deer before his thirst was gone.

"Come, Jasper!" A voice called, a female's "I'm finished." Maria grinned wickedly as she came to stand beside Jasper, her eyes a glittering red.

Jasper was silent as he followed her to the edge of the forest. I forced myself to look away from his beautiful face, the face I loved, even after all the pain it had caused me. I had to see where he was.

"You really should give up on that stupid diet of yours" Maria was saying. "You would be so much stronger if you fed on humans."

Jasper didn't answer her again. I'm not sure if he even heard her. He was staring at something in front of him, his eyes filled with sorrow.

I pried my eyes unwillingly from his face to see what he was staring at. This time the surge of triumph I felt wouldn't be repressed, and I was pulled from my vision.

My eyes snapped open, and I was grinning in victory. I knew exactly where he would be.

I rushed out of my room and back to the lobby, dropping the key card on the secretary's desk as I left the hotel. I made myself walk, but I wanted to break into a run.

The object Jasper had been staring at in my vision was a house, but more specifically, a house that me, Jasper and the rest of our family used to live in. It wasn't really close, but it wasn't far, a relief. If I hurried, I'd be able to get there quickly, hopefully beating Maria.

The vision had been clear, meaning it would happen very soon, possibly today. But I was really hoping to avoid Maria. Bella's warning of her easily being able to beat me in a fight was true.

I broke free of the cities limits finally, and began to race towards the old house, desperate to get there in time. I knew it was pure luck that the house had been in the vision, and I wouldn't get that lucky again if I missed them. This was probably my one chance.

I grinned, knowing I had made it. I'd full out sprinted to get here in time, completely matching, if not beating, the speeds I'd reached when I was making my breakaway.

I leaned against a tree that faced the house I'd once occupied, eagerly anticipating Jasper's arrival. I needed to see him, and soon. This was a relief from feeling nothing, a break. I had no idea how long this would last, and I was completely aware that seeing Jasper again would change my life. The answer, the truth, would affect me hugely. If it turned out that Jasper had been lying to me the whole time, and was just playing with me, I'd go back into depression, never coming back out. But if the answer was positive, that he was keeping me safe by leaving me, then I'd could be happy again, because I wouldn't let him go. I'd fight Maria if I had to.

I rustle human ears never would've picked up caught my attention, and my head snapped up. I stopped leaning on the tree and walked towards the sound a little, and said, my voice cracking with happiness, "Jasper."

Sorry, it's short I know! But I wrote this in like, 45 minutes, so I think it's pretty good for that. Again, you people ROCK!! :D

I thought I should update, because I'm leaving tomorrow for Christmas and will be back on Tuesday, (Just going to Ontario. Nothing exciting) but I thought I should update before I left, so I went into typing over-load. Literally, I was so stumped and didn't have a single word down, and I wrote this in forty-five minutes.

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