This chap is dedicated to Mrs the King even though I don't think she knows it (or reads this fic) the play list for one of the chapters of Poughkeepsie gave me the inspiration for this chap. So, the play list for the first bit is Come Home by One Republic. Then it's Life is a highway by rascal flatts.

AND Dedication for Kiralol101 cus she gave me an awesome idea for later chapters that made me really excited to write again and filled in the blanks in my plan for this fic. Now things are going to make more sense in the later chapters. SHE IS AWESOME!!!!!!! Virtual-High-Five!

Important

I think I forgot to mention that when Meg eats people food (pasta, ice-cream, etc) her eyes are green, animals – topaz, people – red, hungry-black.

1954

It was finally time to go find my brother. 3 years had passed; it was time. Time to set off into the big world and search for him. Time to look for Emmet.

Yes I said that…several times. To say that my head is a mess at the moment is an understatement bigger and louder than my brother's booming laughter.

My mind flashed back to that last day; the last moments I had with him.

"Don't Emmy!" I squealed, even though we both knew I loved it when he pulled my pigtails and lightly teased me. He laughed at my reaction and did it again, so I had punched him in the leg with my tiny, ineffectual fist. His booming laughter always made me smile.

I could still remember that day, even though it was when I was human and only 6. I could still remember that look in his eyes; truthful, loving, loud Emmett. He honestly believed he was coming back; he didn't run away. I reasoned, although it sounded like I was trying to convince myself. A few tears fell down my cheeks as I started packing my bag.

Hello world
Hope you're listening. Forgive me if I'm young, for speaking out of turn. There's someone I've been missing. I think that they could be the better half of me. They're in their own place trying to make it right, but I'm tired of justifying.
So I say you'll come home, come home, 'cause I've been waiting for you for so long, for so long. And right now there's a war between the vanities, but all I see is you and me. The fight for you is all I've ever known, so come home.

* Switch song to life is a Highway by Rascal Flatts*

I put the last of my clothes in my bag and took the heavy thing down the stairs with ease. Hey, sometimes I have a heartbeat, but it doesn't mean I'm not a vampire. I put my bag down at the door next to… 1, 2, 3 bags?

"Waaait a minute!" I murmured, drawing out the word. "Jeeze, Jade how many bags are you planning on taking?!" I called out. Soft laughing flowed down the stairs as Tier and Barb were suddenly next to me.

"Ha, you didn't think you were having all the fun and leaving us behind!" Barbs exclaimed. My lips parted into an O.

"Da!? We're going with you!" Tier huffed when I still hadn't figured it out.

"Yay!" I squealed jumping up and down like a two year old on Christmas… or a teenage girl. "For how long?"

"Until we get bored of you." Barbs answered, trying not to smile as she did so, but failing miserably. "I don't know."

Jade came down the stairs and I looked up at her hopefully.

"Are you finally ready?" I asked, smiling like an idiot.

"Yes." She answered.

"Then let's go!" Barbs yelled. We all laughed as went through to the garage; they couldn't go outside because of the sun. We loaded the bags into the back of Tier's purple 4-seater 'vette, with tinted windows and severe awesomeness.

"I call shot-gun!!!" I yelled, but Jade and Barbs were already wresting for it, so with a pout I got in the back behind Tier. Barbs sat next to me with an identical pout, both of us muttering about how stupid Jade was, but she just sat there laughing at us.

"I got an idea!" Tier piped up 30 minutes into the drive. "How about we play a game?" We all shot her death glares. "How about the license plate game?" She continued on, ignoring us.

"Oh god." Jade muttered.

"Not the one where you tally the states, the one where you made words and phrases out of them." Still ignoring us. "I'll start!" So Tier started calling of ridiculous crap and we ignored her.

3 hours later

I nudged Barbs to get her attention. I had to be really quiet so I wouldn't alert Tier and she would read my mind. That would totally spoil my fun. Barb looked across at me as I pulled out a small ball with a bell inside. I quickly chucked it under Tier's seat and started singing songs in my head. Every time the car made the slightest bump the bell would tingle. After 10 minutes I could see Tier and Jade were both grinding their teeth as Barbs and I tried not to laugh. Another pothole; another jingle.

"That's it!!!" Jade yelled as she reached across for the steering wheel and swerved the car off of the road. She turned around in her seat and yelled "Meg, get that damn bell!"

"What bell?" I asked innocently.

"The bell under Tier's seat." She hissed through her teeth.

"There's no bell, but if you're so sure, why don't you get it?" I challenged playing dumb.

"Because I can't go out in the sunlight." She said in a dangerous voice.

"Fine. Don't get your knickers in a knot." I muttered as I stuck my hand under the seat and grabbed my irritating device. Jade took it in her hand and crushed it.

"Barry!" I mock-cried. "You killed Barry!"

"Oh shut up." Tier chided. I high-fived Barbs and settled back into my seat by sitting side-on with my foot on the back of Tier's chair, slowly pushing it into her back. Barb caught onto what I was doing and did it to Jade too. No reaction after 10 minutes. Dang. I started tapping my foot to the song I was singing in my head.

Oh, life could be a dream
If I could take you up in paradise up above
If you would tell me I'm the only one that you love
Life could be a dream, sweetheart

Ha! She didn't last 2 minutes with that one.

"If you don't stop tapping your foot and singing that ridiculous song the only dream you'll have will be with the fishes!" Well, let's just say I stopped quickly.

Why didn't Barbara get in trouble? I asked her mentally like a whiney kid.

Because she wasn't annoying me, and I don't really car,e as long as she leaves me alone. She answered, keeping the conversation a secret.

Can we all try to peave off Jade?

Yes!!! Barbs, you in? Tier asked.

Yes! How are we going to annoy her? Obviously Tier had let Barbs in on our convo.

All sing different songs she hates. I suggested.

(an/ Quiz – What movie with Kellan Lutz contains this song?)

Mama lovesmambo
Look at 'em sway with it
Gettin' so gay with it
Shoutin' "olay" with it, wow

I started singing quietly, but loud enough to be annoying, just as Tier started with,

I got fssss steam heat

I got fssss steam heat

I got fssss steam heat

But I need your love to keep away the cold.

Which was really irritating, even for me, because instead of the 'cling cling' she would hit the steering wheel and on top of that it was just an annoying song. God knows how it was in the Top Songs of 1954! Barbs sang,

Shufflin, shufflin, shufflin down
Ramblin scramblin headin for town
Hustlin, bustlin buzzin around
Happily awaitin at the station
Look at that train number 709
It's a fuffin and a puffin and comin on time
Who do you think is about to arrive
It's the band they call the Dixieland Five

We all looked at Jade as we continued to sing our songs at the same time. We were all getting towards the end and started winding it up, singing really loudly.

"Oh, for the love of all that is holy!" She shouted. We all looked away and smirked.

4 hours later.

"Snitch dog!" Tier yelled again. We all groaned because she could read people's minds and knew if they had a dog before anyone else could see or smell it.

"When can we run?" Barbs and I chorused for the millionth time.

"When it gets dark." Jade and Tier said at the same time in tired voices.

"When's that going to be?" We asked in unison again.

"About an hour and a half." They answered. Long car trips suck, even for immortals.

"Wait," I began. "What are you going to do with the 'vette!?"

"Sell it to someone." Tier answered.

"When? Are you just going to ask some random person if they want your car!?"

"Pretty much." I gave her a 'What on Earth is going on in your head' look. "What else can I do with it?" She had a point.

"So how are we getting to Tennessee y'all?" Barbs asked as I shot death-rays at her.

"When it gets dark we'll ditch the car then run to Barranquilla. When we get there we're going to buy-"

"Or steal." Jade cut in.

"an inflatable toy boat to put our bags in and tug it as we swim through the Caribbean and then we're getting out of the water at Houston." Jade, Tier and Barbs shared a look.

Why do they do that every time they mention a state down south?! Maybe they have something against southerners! That's it! They're freaking racist against southerners! I'm gonna give them a piece of my mind!

"Seriously guys! What do you have against the sou-" Tier interrupted me.

"Southern Vampires." She answered as if that explained everything and making 'Southern' sound like a curse-word.

"Well that's awful! That's freakin' racist! Elvis is from Memphis!!!!!!" I yelled. Elvis was the new star, one of his new songs was like "If you found someone new who means more than me to you, I'd never stand in your way."and it's really sweet!!! But I digress.

"You never explained Southern Vampires Wars?" Tier asked Jade. Jade shook her head.

"Well, it all started with…" And the three of them explained the South- Vampire Style. Great, just great. By the end of it I was hanging onto the door frame shaking my head.

"I won't go to Texas! You can't make me!"

"Meg, if you don't go there we can't find Emmett. It's always best to go back to the place where you lost something when you're trying to find it… although vampires remember where they put stuff but still."

"But I lost him in Tennessee! Can't we just go there!?" and then get the hell out.

"We need to go through Texas." Jade replied calmly.

"Why!?" I yelled, still outraged that we had to face evil vampires.

"Because."

"Why?"

"Just because."

"WHY?" Thank god the glass was tinted or people would be looking at us more than just because 3 of us were sparkling.

"Agh! Because the Volturi have the south surrounded and are making sure no one 'good' gets in, but they don't have the sea next to Texas covered. They are also making sure any vampires don't leave the south at the moment." I didn't ask who the Volturi were or why they had the place surrounded; even though I had no clue.

"Then why the dickens are we going in there!?"

"Meg, it's complicated." I rolled my eyes.

"Who are the Volturi?"

"God Jade, didn't you tell her anything?" Barb asked. Jade sighed in frustration.

Then they explained who the Volturi were and I felt like going to the middle of Africa, digging a hole and burying myself. Lovely. Jane was like the reincarnation of Satan, Aro sounded like an absolute creep, Rent-a-guard seemed weird- they all came off as horrible!

"Eep." Was all that came out of my mouth.

"It's not that bad, we just have to be careful." Tier explained encouragingly. I wonder if she'd mind if I tried to punch out her teeth.

"Once we get to Houston how are we going to get to Gatlinburg?" I asked when my voice came back.

"You're going to steal a car when it's daytime and we'll drive all day and pull over at night and try to make sure we don't run into any vampires."

"I'm going to steal a car?" I rubbed my hands together as if warming them up. "Cool."