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Chapter 25
They hadn't knocked me out, just kept me blindfolded. They bound my hands together to stop me from reaching out. I squirmed and screamed in their grasp, but whoever was holding me had an iron grip on my shoulders. I could only assume that it was Jay that was holding me, she seemed like the crazy psychopath sort. I was dragged back in the direction of the car, but they shoved me in to the seat of a higher car than the small convertible. It was then I realised that I was being put in the jeep. The little red car had never been theirs in the first place, it was used as a decoy. I could tell by my surroundings that I was in the back of the car, behind the driver. I had no one next to me, the middle seat was left empty. They must have been pretty certain I wouldn't escape. The car started up, the thrum of the engine alerting me of that.
"Take that off, I want her to see the look on Edward's face. And take away her purse," sneered a voice. Someone removed my blindfold. Sitting in the back sea with me was Sophie. She gave me a sympathetic smile.
"Turn round and look out the window," the voice snapped. I tried see the owner of the voice, but they were in the shadows. I turned towards the window.
We were coming up to the store.
"Everybody think of something else now, like what happened yesterday or something."
For once, I completely despised the fact that Edward could not read my mind. I saw him standing there, on the phone looking frantic.
"Where's Bella? Carlisle, where could she have gone?" the voice said sweetly form the front. The voice changed to something deeper. "She won't have gone far, relax Edward."
He kept looking around, quickly. He started to walk away, towards the store, then turning around heading towards the car. He stayed in the middle, really unsure of what to do.
"Edward!" I screamed but the material gagging me stopped the word from forming. One of my hands got loose from the rope and I pulled my gag down with my hand.
"EDWARD!" I screamed again, this time actually saying the words. "EDWARD, IN HERE!"
His eyes vaguely looked at the car with mild curiosity. He shook his head and continued to look everywhere, everywhere but the car in front of him. The car picked up speed.
"Edward!" I sobbed, banging the window. "Edward!"
"Oh, you bad bad girl," tutted the voice. "You shouldn't have done that."
I just sobbed and kept my head against the window. He would never find me now.
"Swap seats with me, Sophie." There was a gust of wind telling me that they had changed seats. I looked up at the brains of the situation. I was right, it was Jay.
But she couldn't be a vampire. She had spots and was not beautiful at all. I just looked at her, trying to figure out how any of this had happened and what she wanted.
"If you want money, I'll give you money." My voice was squeaky with fear and with the crying.
She threw her head back and laughed. It was a wholesome laugh, one that I never expected to erupt from her, ever.
"Oh, honey. This is not about money at all. This is about making everything right. This is about Edward."
Now I was confused. What had this got to do with Edward? Sophie had turned round in her seat.
"Oh, show her already, Jay!" she said excitedly. She watched Jay, mesmerized, while I watched in horror, as Jay's hair slowly changed colour.
The orange turned to brown, the spots slowly disappeared, her eyes changed colour, from green, to red. Sophie's eyes gleamed in delight.
"I don't know how many times I have seen that, but I still think it is awesome!" she sighed, sitting back round in her chair. "I wish I had a power."
"You're power should be learning when to be quiet," the changed girl said.
"Sorry, Jay," Sophie mumbled.
Suddenly, everything clicked into place. Jay wasn't her name, it was her nickname.
Jenna smiled as my eyes widened at the realisation.
"You're not so smart, are you Bella? I thought you would have figured it out, obviously not. Now you have seen my power, does anything else fall in to place?" Jenna asked, smirking.
I swear she watched as the wheels in my brain went into overdrive as I thought about what she was talking about. She could change her appearance?
"Do you need a little help there? Does this help?" Jenna's features slowly changed into something more recognizable. It was me.
She smiled widely as I stared. I finally understood. She had been trying to wreck my life for a while now, I just didn't know it.
She had changed her appearance to look like me, then went to the beach with Zac Efron. That explained it all. She had tried to make Edward jealous, not that he knew much of it.
"You… the beach… Zac…" I spluttered.
"Yeah, that was me," she grinned. "And can I just say he is brilliant in bed, we hardly left the room on that little boat." She wiggled her eyebrows at me. It was strange, I had never been able to do that, so it was weird seeing it on my face.
"So, this is probably the part in the movies where I tell you my evil plan but then you are rescued by your knight in shining armour. Wrong!" She laughed as her features changed back. "Edward will never find you. And if he does, it will be too late! You will be dead! If he still doesn't want me, then I guess it won't be too bad to spend the rest of my life as you."
I stared at her blankly and she muttered a whole load of profanities.
"I just told you my plan!" she wailed. "God damn it! It's okay, it will never be like one of your precious movies. I can still get through this!"
I think she was trying to reassure herself while I done absolutely nothing. She calmed herself and put a dazzling smile on her face.
"It's going to be a while before we reach our hiding place, why don't you try and relax?" she smirked. I just leaned back and closed my eyes, wanting this nightmare to be over.
We had been driving for a few hours, when suddenly, nature called.
"I have to go to the bathroom," I informed Jenna. She gave me an exasperated sigh. It wasn't as if I was asking her to stop every half hour, this was the first time I had mentioned my human needs. I had gotten cold in the car, but I didn't complain. So why should I be moaned at now.
"There's a turn off up here, Jordan, take it," she instructed. This was the first time I had heard the man's name before and I thought it didn't suit him. He was more a… Steve, I thought. In my mind, he was named Steve.
Steve pulled up to a service station.
"Sophie, you take her to the toilet and we will fill up the car," Jenna said, looking out the window.
"Bye, babe," Jordan leaned over and kissed Sophie's cheek. She giggled and lead me out and into the station.
"Be quick."
I pushed open the door to the little bathroom and recoiled in disgust. It was absolutely disgusting. I hastily put toilet paper on the rim of the seat and sat down. There was graffiti all over the walls.
Katie and Liam 4 eva… one of the items said. What a brilliant way to express your love, I thought. Write it on a bathroom wall, very classy. I washed my hands and fixed my dress. I looked a state and I had only been gone a few hours. I opened the door of the bathroom and went out to see Sophie. I couldn't see her so I slipped off towards the pay phones.
"Can I borrow a quarter?" I asked a man on another phone booth. He seemed to be in a deep conversation and so handed me one to get me to leave. I put the quarter in the machine and dialled the number to Edward's house. I looked over my shoulder to see if anyone was there.
"Bella! Is that you?" came a panicked Esme.
"Shhh, don't say anything," I said to them, changing my voice to something deeper. "Yes it is me, they might hear you. I have no idea where I am, so I will be of no use. Try and trace the call or something. It was Jenna. I love you, E."
There was silence on the other end of the phone. I didn't want to say Edward's name in case I was heard. I saw Sophie heading towards the toilets, frowning.
"I have to go now, but please, hurry or do something."
I left the receiver off the hook, to give them more time to trace it and walked over to the toilet.
Sophie span round and looked at me accusingly. "Where were you?" She narrowed her eyes in suspicion.
"Uh, looking for you." I decided to change the conversation, to distract her. "So, what's the deal with you and Steve?"
"Steve? Who's Steve?" she asked, confused.
"Oh, I meant Jordan." This only confused her more.
Then the confusion was swept away by a look of utter love. "Jordan, he's… perfect," she swooned. "I think he could be my mate," she said quietly.
"What's that?" I asked confused.
"It's where a vampire is completely and utterly in love with one person, and could never love another person as much as they do for their mate. Apparently, you just know when they are the one for you. And I think that's how it is with Jordan," she concluded. She stared off in the distance, in a dream while I mulled over her words. I knew that all the couples in Edward's house must be mates, but I didn't know about my relationship with Edward. Was I mated with him?
"We have to get back now." I knew there was no use protesting, Jenna would just kill me here if she had too. So I reluctantly followed her back to the car.
"Where are we even headed?" I asked Jenna. She was sitting in the seat with a strange smile on her face and Steve's sunglasses on her head. Her lipgloss looked a little smudged. I looked at Steve's neck and saw the little patches of pink glittery gloss. Sophie seemed oblivious though, and stared at his eyes, dreamily. Jenna seemed to follow my line of eye.
"Sophie, what's that?" Jenna shouted. Sophie snapped her head towards the way Jenna was pointing. While she looked away, Jenna quickly wiped the gloss off of his neck. It seemed that I had gotten myself into something much bigger than a love triangle. No, this was more like a love pentagon.
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