Sorry this took so long. Writers block was causing some issues. I will tell you that this is short, well kind of short. It was needed though to go with the next chapter. I will warn you, I plan to make up my own ending to this story. I know I am trying to follow the book a bit with this but I want my own ending, which will happen in a few chapters.

Thank you for all the great responses to this. This was my first fan fiction and I am glad you all are liking it so much. Enough with the rambling...

I rubbed the bridge of my nose as I woke up. I was in the back seat of a very dark Mercedes, heading for Phoenix. In the front seat Alice and Jasper were quiet, both very quiet by nature. I cleared my throat and smiled when Alice turned to look at me. I stretched a bit and smiled back, though I was not really sure how convincing the smile was.

"How much longer until we get there?"

She looked ahead briefly before back to me, "It looks like we will be there soon. We will check into a hotel as soon as we get there. This will all be over as soon as they catch James."

I nodded and turned to look out the side window. My mind wandered back to the night before. This was my fault of course; I was the only human who attracted trouble like this. That thought made me laugh a little and I let my mind wander.

"Edward, let Alice and Jasper take Bella. They will get her as far from here as possible. We will catch James before he can find her.

I watched Edward nodded at Carlisle as he spoke. I was about to speak up when Alice grabbed my arm and shook her head. I had no say in what was going to happen to me. I huffed and leaned against the counter behind me in the kitchen. I sulked as they talked about the plans they were making. Most of the conversations were one-side; Edward was really talking much. Mostly they talked about tracking James and how hard it was going to be since he was a tracker himself.

Everything after that was a blur of movement and people saying good bye to each other. I was carried to the car, put in it and left in the care of Jasper and Alice. Before we left though I was allows to have a moment with Edward. He held me close and told me that he would come for me as soon as everything was done. I hated that my life was so tied up in his and at the same time I loved it. I had lost control of everything and it had stopped bothering me. I kissed him softly and had said something about everything being alright. We both murmured our "I love you" and then I was gone. The car I was in sped away quickly.

I came back into the present and looked at Alice. She was looking ahead, quiet. I wondered how long we were going to be in Phoenix. I was actually dreading the return there. I was feeling more at home in Forks; there was nothing left in Phoenix for me. I think Alice sensed my unease and turned to me. Her face looked concerned.

"Things will be alright. They will catch James, and then we can go home. And you don't need to worry about Charlie. Rosalie and Esme are watching over him. No one will get him."

I gave her a weak smile and sighed softly, "I just hate that this is happening Alice. It is just too much to handle right now."

She reached back and patted my leg before turning back around to look straight ahead. I closed my eyes and tried to let my mind go blank. Of course it wouldn't, Edward's face kept appearing. No matter what I did he was a part of my life forever. He had changed things too much to go back to the way things had been before.

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We were settled into the hotel room in no time. I must have fallen asleep again in the car. The thoughts of Edward must have relaxed me. Jasper and Alice were both perched on the couch, the tv acting as background noise as they talked softly. I was laying in bed, staring at the ceiling. I was worried, no one had called yet. I feared the worst had happened, and no amount of comfort from Alice was changing that. When I heard a soft gasp I jumped up and ran into the sitting area. Alice must have been having a vision because she had that far away look. I watched Jasper scramble for paper and a pencil. Once they were in front of Alice she started drawing a picture. It looked vaguely familiar but I could not place it. Once she was done drawing, the vision gone, I took another look at the picture.

"I know that place," I grabbed the picture from Alice as I spoke. "I took ballet classes in a room like this. Actually I think this is the exact room the class was in. What does this mean?"

I could see the fear in Alice's face and knew what it meant. James was in Phoenix, or on his way. I reached for the phone to call Edward when it rang. It startled me and I hesitated long enough for Alice to answer it.

"Hello Edward," she turned her back to me as she spoke to him. "Right, no, I understand. Yes, I saw him coming here. We will keep her safe."

Alice handed me the phone then and I half whispered into the phone, "Hello? Oh my god Edward, is he really coming here?"

He reassured me that I would be safe with Alice and Jasper. I didn't feel any better when we hung up. Edward had said something about calling my mother and making sure she stayed in Florida so once I was off the phone with him I tried to call her. I left a message on the home answering machine; she checked that every day. I hoped she would trust me to explain things later. It was not even thirty minutes later when the home number showed up on the caller id on the cell phone I was clutching.

"Mom? What are you doing home?"

"Bella, hunny, are you there?" I could hear the panic in her voice.

"Mom I am fine. When did you get to Phoenix?"

The line was quiet, which was odd. My mother was the type to not calm down quickly. When someone did speak again, it was not my mother. I knew the voice on the other end.

"Do not act surprised to hear from me, Bella. I don't need your bodyguards to know I am talking to you. Then they will not let you leave, and you know you need to leave them. You need to meet with me, save them all."

I sighed softly, "Yes mom, I am fine. But I really don't want to talk about all of it right now."

"Good girl Bella. Find a way to lose the guards and meet me at the ballet school around the corner from your house. I am sure you know the one. You have one hour."

The phone was dead then and I sighed again, "Alright mom, I will call you later to talk about this. I understand."

I hung up the cell phone and looked at Alice. She smiled and hugged me briefly before she moved around the room, packing things up.

"We have to get out of here, since he is coming this way. Edward and Carlisle are going to meet us at the airport. You and Edward are going to get away from here until we can catch James."

I nodded and stood there, feeling helpless. I had decided that while they were checking us out I would slip away. I knew how to be quick when I needed to be.

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