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LXV
'Bella what do we do? What do you want us to do? Do you want us to try and…find the airport, like what should we do? Tell me!' Rose is in my face, her eyes wild as she stares at me.
There's a circle of people around me.
Swarming.
Vultures.
My throat is hoarse from the scream I just let out.
I'm scooped up into familiar arms and then dumped in the backseat of Emmett's jeep, my friends piling in around me.
I can't see properly.
He's gone.
'Right, which airport would it have been?'
'Are you sure this is what she wants?'
'For god's sake, look at her Alice. She needs to go after him.'
'You don't even like him.'
'But I love her. So we need to help her do this.'
'Fuck I just checked, there's four different ones it could be.'
'Rose, go ask Tanya, she'll know.'
A door slams.
Black spots are gathering in my blurry eyes, a strange drum sounding in my ears.
'Bella. Bella, look at me.' Jasper's crystal blue eyes stare into mine. 'I need you to breathe darlin', you're not fucking breathing and you're going to pass out. In and out with me come on.'
The first breath hurts, but it takes away some of the blurriness. Jasper puts his hand over my heart. 'Come on baby girl, in and out.' I copy him, 'That's my girl,' Jasper smiles gently, 'keep breathing beautiful.'
The door slams. 'God she's a cunt.'
'Did she tell you?'
The car engine hums, the tires squealing as we're suddenly thrust forwards.
'She thinks it'll be the one at Lancaster, they're only 10 minutes ahead, if we go at 90 the whole way, we should almost catch up, they won't risk going over the speed limit.'
'If we get caught…'
'Shut the fuck up Alice, if we get caught, it doesn't matter. This will destroy her.'
Silence.
'I love him.' My words crack and break, rough and scalding, bitter and wrenching.
A discordant harmony, all of them speaking at once. 'I know.'