Trust Factor
Chapter 7: You Never Know What is Going to Happen (Even if You Are Alice)
Friday January 17- 2:30am-Volterra-Italy
"Monica, this is quiet a short cut you've decided to take," Caprice said as she Bella and her other roommate Haley followed Monica closely. "This ally is dark and scary if you ask me."
"Oh, relax," Monica said leading the girls a bit further into the unknown
"That faster we get back to our dorm, the easier I can relax," Haley remarked looking behind her as if something was going to jump out and kidnap her.
"The sooner we are in any kind of shelter, the easier I can relax," Bella said keeping her friend close to her as they walked.
The dark closed in on the four girls as they made their way from a party across campuses. With their hair up and makeup done, the four girls walked slowly through the ally Monica had found. It was to lead straight to their dorm, but Monica never expected the path to be so long. The winter's air had chilled the girls showing skin, and left them wishing they had brought jackets.
Just then, in the distance, there were a pair of eyes, dark red eyes. The girls stopped at the sight. The figure started its way, slowly towards them. As it got closer, the girls could see that it was a human figure, a girl to be exact. She had an eerie feel to her, as her pale skin glowed under the light of the waxing gibes. She wore a dark clock and a smile on her face.
"Now, what would four girls of your age be doing out so late?" She asked in an ear pricing voice that memorized the girls.
"Just going home," Monica said lowering her head and stepping forward.
"You attend the school, don't you," the girl asked putting a hand out to stop Monica.
"Yes we do, and if you don't mind, Lola will be very mad if she finds us out late," Haley said trying to get the girl to let them pass.
"Which dorm?" She asked looking from Monica to Haley to Caprice and locking her eyes on Bella.
"Maclean Hall," Caprice answered.
"I can show you a faster rout, if you want," the girl asked.
"No thanks, we're fine," Bella said as only she and Caprice walked on.
"I kind of want to see where she will take us. If it's faster we can make it back in half the time," Monica said. "That would be so useful."
"I'm not going with a stranger," Caprice protested. "You and Haley can go. Bella and I will go this way and we'll see who gets home first, and which ever rout is faster we'll take from now on."
"Fine," Monica said as the girl gave a small pout, but recovered fast.
"This way," She said guiding the two girls through an unseen turn and into the darkness. Bella and Caprice watch until they could see them anymore, then they started down the alley as they were before.
Friday January 16-3:55am-Bennett house-Australia
Zane pulled the page from the computer and read it. He turned to find Will still seated on the end of his bed, waiting to get the information he wanted. Everything was quiet, the rain on the rough, the wind hitting the house, the thunder crashing. The lights were off, for the boys were to be asleep, but they had to do what they were doing.
"So you got the addresses?" Will asked.
"Will, you do have a passport, right?" Zane asked.
"Yeah, why?"
"Ok, then, Bella is in Italy, Volterra to be exact. She staying at a boarding school that hosts students from everywhere around the world, Richen School, in the Maclean Hall dorm, downstairs," Zane explained giving Will his address. "Rikki on the other hand is in Mexico, one of the nicest neighborhoods, with Ash Dove."
"Who?"
"Ash Dove, he was a friend of ours, Emma Gilberts, boyfriend. He moved to Mexico when she went to travail around the world with her family."
Will took another look at where he was to find Bella. How did she get there, and why? He wondered. Bella's father had sent her to a school in Japan to study marine biology, but she never showed up at the school. Rikki was said to be kidnapped by a man who wrote a note saying when his previous demanded is met he will let her go, but no demand was given. Cleo had left them with a runaway/suicide note, saying she was never coming back. Zane knew, Lewis and Emma were finding out how to fix the problem instead of finding the girls. Neither he nor Will like that idea, and were taking some action into finding them.
"We'll leave tomorrow," Zane said.
"Tomorrow."
Friday January 16- 8:45am-Forks Washington
"There you two are," Alice shrieked as she ran faster than Seth or Cleo could see into the cave. "We have been worried sick all night."
"What time is it?" Seth asked as he stood letting Cleo down safely on her feet.
"You found them?" Jasper asked as he and Leah entered the cave.
"We have been so worried that one of you got hurt. Of course you know how was worried of who," Leah said pulling her brother away from Cleo.
Seth's expression was unchanged but Cleo's changed from frightened, to hurt, to just plain upset all in one move. Jasper caught Cleo uneasiness to the situation and went straight into calming her down.
"We just were scared you had been hurt, that's all," Jasper said calmly.
"Well we're fine," Cleo said, "I'm not a baby," she whispered more under her breath.
"I know, it's just, when you didn't come home I got an uneasy feeling, not being able to see Seth and all, I wasn't saying you were a baby," Alice said pulling Cleo closer to her. "And there was the storm last night, and a lot of unexpected things can happen in the woods, and there are hikers, and bears, and well… you know… vampires, wolfs…"
"Alice we are safe, you can stop," Seth said in a bit more irritated voice.
"He's right, we should go find the others and tell them you're safe," Jasper said.
Seth gave Cleo a quick smile before his sister pulled him away and Alice and Jasper pulled Cleo away. Jasper lifted Cleo as he and Alice raced back to the house to find where they left Bella, and Edward with Nessie. After making sure she was safe at home, Alice and jasper went to find the others and tell them she was home.
Once at the Cullen house, Cleo went up to her room and closed the door. She looked around at all they did, the blue paint, a full sized bed with ocean like bedspread, pictures of dolphins and fish, all Alice's idea. There was even one picture of her with Emma and Rikki and one of Bella Hartley. She thought of all they had done for her when she had nowhere to turn. I'm going to stick to what Alice wants of me now. She thought still seeing the worry in Alice's eyes when she found them in the cave. I won't ever see her like that again.
Then Cleo changed from her messed up clothes into a dress Alice had given her, brushed through her now short brown hair and pined it up a little in the front. She gave herself one look over before leaving her room and making her way downstairs.
