Rosalie growled as she finished going through yet another ticket selling website not having any luck finding tickets to any of the three Bella Swan Portland concerts. The only thing that kept her from smashing her laptop in anger was the fact that she needed it to continue her search. She had upped her bounty on the fan's site this time to one hundred thousand dollars for VIP passes and hoped that someone would see the amount and take it upon themselves to find the passes to make some extra cash. If finding tickets and passes didn't work Rosalie wasn't ruling out stalking Bella to get a chance to meet her.
"ROSE!" Alice yelled as she burst through Rosalie's closed door ignoring any sense of privacy Rosalie had.
"I told you not to call me that." Rosalie was feeling a sense of deja vu watching Alice wave her phone at her. The last time this happened Alice was coming to tell her she scored Bella Swan tickets. Hopefully this time she would have better news.
"Guess who just called me?!" Alice asked.
"I don't know who?" Rosalie hoped this was going somewhere because she wanted to get back to her search.
"Timothy." Alice said.
"Who the hell is Timothy?" Rosalie had never heard Alice mention someone named Timothy before.
"The vampire from last night." Alice rolled her eyes at Rosalie's lack of response. "You know the Bella Swan mega fan with the permeant fangs?"
"Yeah I remember him. Why is he calling you?" Rosalie didn't know why Alice would give some random human her phone number.
"We exchanged numbers so we could trade Bella Swan information. He actually wanted to buy the sunglasses Emmett caught. I told him that you wouldn't be willing to sell them. He was pretty bummed but understood." Alice felt bad for the boy but knew Rosalie wouldn't part with the glasses.
"Alice, is there a point to this?" Rosalie didn't care about Timothy or his disappointment at not being able to get the sunglasses Rosalie currently had resting on the top her head. They hadn't left her person since she got them. They made her feel closer to her mate as did listening to the Susan's Sundown album that had been playing on repeat since she downloaded it.
"Yes, the point is he told me that when he was backstage Bella gave him and his friends an envelope and told them to open it in private. After I got him to calm down from his excitement that Bella not only remembered their names but gave them something he explained that when they opened the envelope it contained a clue." Alice told her.
Hearing this Rosalie gave her full attention to Alice. "A clue for what?"
"A free show!" Alice exclaimed excitedly. "Apparently she is going to be doing a free show in Seattle tonight and wanted to give them a head start on solving the puzzle to give them a better chance of getting tickets."
"Wait she is doing a concert tonight?" Rosalie knew that she had to be at that show.
"Yes," Alice confirmed. "She has done a couple free shows before and Timothy told me she usually posts the rules and first clue on twitter the day of."
"Please tell me he told you what the first clue was." If he didn't Rosalie was going to track him down and beat him until he told her what it was.
Alice nodded. "He did."
"Well what is it?" Rosalie asked impatiently.
"The clue is find the woman who captured the wind." Alice told her.
"The woman who captured the wind…." Rosalie wasn't sure what that meant. "Do all these clues lead to people and places in Seattle?"
"Timothy said that all the clues revolve around the city the concert takes place in. That means whoever the lady she is talking about is in Seattle." Alice said.
"We need to call a family meeting and get everyone working on the clues." Rosalie grabbed her phone and made her way to the living room as Alice got the rest of the family to join them. She was feeling excited that she now had a lead on finding Bella. Hopefully this free show would be small and Rosalie would be able to get close to her mate.
Once everyone took seats on the furniture around the room Alice stood and addressed them. "Alright people here's what's going on. We all know Bella Swan is Rosalie's mate and we weren't able to get Rosalie a chance to meet her. The situation has changed. I got a call from a friend and he told me about a free show Bella is doing tonight in Seattle."
"Did your friend tell you were it is?" Veronica asked.
Alice shook her head. "No he didn't because he doesn't know. When she does these shows she gives out clues that you have to figure out like a scavenger hunt. Once you complete the hunt you are given tickets to the concert at the last stop. So even if someone leaked where the concert was being held it wouldn't matter because you still need the tickets to get in."
"That is so cool."Emmett was starting to understand why Bella Swan's fans were so dedicated.
"We have the first clue but we don't know what it means, only that it somehow coincides with Seattle." Rosalie said.
"All of us are more than willing to everyone?" Carlisle looked around the room receiving nods of agreement from all of his family except for Edward and Lauren. "Is there a problem?"
"I don't think we should get involved with Bella Swan, especially after Rosalie and Alice told us about their interaction with Bella's brother." Edward didn't care that Bella was Rosalie's mate. She could block his gift and seemed to know they were vampires. That was dangerous.
"I agree with Edward. We should just forget about Bella Swan. It's not like she knows Rosalie is her mate so it wouldn't be a big deal for Rosalie to move on." Lauren didn't understand the family's obsession with Bella. It irritated her that the concert the night before was all they talked about. Usually they gave her at least some acknowledgment but when she came over this morning she was completely ignored by everyone even Esme. Edward explained they were all trying to get tickets to the Portland Bella Swan concerts and that was why no-one greeted her. If they actually brought Bella into the family then Lauren knew that everyone would be focused on Bella the whole time, leaving her with little to no attention from the family.
Jasper sent a wave of calming emotions toward Rosalie when he felt her anger spike. When he felt she had control he addressed Lauren." That's not how the mate bond works. You don't just get over it and move on."
"Anyway, so the first clue is find the woman who captured the wind." Alice decided to get back on topic before Lauren could piss off more than just Rosalie.
"And this woman is in Seattle?" Esme asked.
"Yes somewhere in Seattle there is a woman who was able to capture the wind." Alice said.
"Do you think she is a scientist?" Emmett was already looking up scientist in Seattle but wasn't sure how to go about finding a specific one.
"I'm not sure of anything." Rosalie along with the rest of the family minus Edward and Lauren were scrolling through their phones looking for clues. It was a few minutes later that Esme broke the silence.
"I think I figured it out." Esme held her phone out to Rosalie. "I don't think you are going to meet a living person I think you are going to the Seattle Art Museum."
Rosalie looked at the picture of a photograph of a woman taken on a windy day. "The Wind 1910 photo taken by Imogen Cunningham. They are doing an exhibit of her photographs at the museum. That has to be it."
"Let's go then." Emmett was already out the door before anyone had time to decide it they wanted to go.
"We'll stay here while the five of you go. If you need help just call us." Esme said motioning to herself, Carlisle, Edward and Lauren.
"I'm driving." Rosalie wanted to get to the museum as fast as possible so she could beat out the others looking for clues. "Has she posted anything about the concert yet?"
"Not yet but she could at any time so we need to hurry." Alice keep refreshing her twitter feed looking for any announcements from Bella as they drove to Seattle in what felt like minutes. Rosalie didn't even bother finding a parking spot and just parked on the curb in front of the building.
"Are we going to get towed?" Jasper asked.
"You can go find parking while we are inside." Rosalie tossed Jasper the keys and jogged at human speed to the doors. Walking up to the ticket booth she saw a man with a name tag that said Brad. "Do you have the next clue?"
"I don't." Before Rosalie could get disappointed Brad quickly added. "However if you would like to walk through our exhibit I'm sure you will find what you are looking for."
Rosalie pulled out a hand full of cash and tossed it on the counter. "Keep the change."
"Miss this is way too much." Brad said.
"It doesn't matter just give them the tickets." Rosalie didn't wait for him to reply and walked into the exhibit area looking for the photo. After finding it she didn't see anything that could be considered a clue. Noticing a random man that seemed to be guarding a box Rosalie decided to approach him. "I'm here for the next clue."
The man smiled, took a small pamphlet out of the box and handed it to her. "Make sure you keep your admission tickets because without proof that each member of your group participated in finding the clues they won't be eligible to receive the concert tickets at the last stop."
"Thank you." Rosalie took a few steps away from the man and looked at the pamphlet. It was a booklet on the photographer's work and life.
"Did you find the next clue?" Veronica asked as she, Emmett and Alice met up with Rosalie.
"Yes and it says ask Queen Anne to let you see her Yankee Dog." Rosalie was even more confused by this clue than the first one.
"What the hell?" Emmett said.
"Why don't we go back to the car and regroup. Bella just posted about the concert and included the first clue. We don't want anyone to overhear us if we figure it out." Alice said.
"Good idea. Make sure you have the admission tickets. We have to prove that everyone was involved in finding the clues to be eligible to get the tickets." Rosalie didn't want them to go through the hassle of figuring everything out and then not being able to get the tickets.
"It's a good thing Jasper doesn't want to go." Alice knew Jasper wouldn't want to be forced to hang out in a group of humans that were as hyped up as they were at Bella's concerts.
"He can be the designated driver for us then." Veronica figured it would work out better having someone stay with the car so they wouldn't worry about having to park.
"Guys I got it. Caffe Ladro on Queen Anne Ave serves a coffee drink named the Yankee Dog." Rosalie was already programing the address into her car's navigation system.
"Does that mean we have to drink coffee?" Emmett didn't want to have to actually ingest the gross liquid even for Bella Swan concert tickets.
"I think we just have to buy them." Veronica said.
"We are about to find out. Jasper just drop us off here." Alice gave her husband a kiss on the cheek as she scrambled out of the car with her siblings.
Rosalie of course was the first one up to the counter. "Hello the four of us would like to meet Queen Anne's Yankee Dog."
"I can arrange that for you." The barista smiled brightly at her.
"Do we actually have to drink the coffee?" Emmett asked.
"No. However Bella Swan has pledged for every Yankee Dog sold today she will donate the equal amount to charity." The barista said as she handed them four cardboard coasters.
"Thank you." Alice said.
"Good luck" The barista called out to them while they were leaving.
"What's the next clue?" Veronica like the others was having a great time. Life for a vampire could get repetitive so a random treasure hunt brought some excitement to an otherwise boring day.
Rosalie read the clue on the coaster."It's says they always need baby supplies on the west side.I have a feeling we are going to need to buy stuff for babies. Jasper head to a store while we figure out where we need to bring them."
"On it." Jasper was happy to be the driver because it gave him a way to be involved in the adventure without having to be around humans. Plus he hadn't seen his wife this excited in a long time.
"Ok so I found a charity that is called Westside Baby that hands out things for kids like diapers, clothes, cribs stuff like that. I think we need to bring the stuff there to get the next clue." Veronica said.
Rosalie pulled up the charities website on her phone and smiled as she read their mission statement. She liked the fact that Bella decided to add a children's charity to the treasure hunt. Rosalie imagined they would be receiving a lot of supplies today. She bookmarked the website to look through later. It wouldn't hurt to make a donation to such an important cause. "While we are at the store we should grab some extra things to donate."
Rosalie noticed people walking into the same store they had purchased the supplies at wearing Bella Swan shirts and knew they needed to hurry up. After having Jasper break several traffic laws they reached the charity where volunteers were set up in the parking lot with big bins and a table manned by half a dozen people. "We brought this stuff for you."
"Thank you, just set them on the table and we will take care of everything. You will need to keep these cards as proof you completed the task." The volunteer handed Rosalie four business cards with the charity information on one side and the clue on the other.
"Thank you." Rosalie called over her shoulder as she handed the cards to her siblings.
"Although this precious gem is usually only found in museums Seattle has one that is available to every member of the public." Veronica read out loud.
"I think we should look into places named after jewels because I doubt that there is some precious gem in Seattle everyone can have." Emmett said.
"It looks like there is a place called South Seattle Emerald that offers reduced cost music lessons to kids. I bet that is where we are supposed to go." Rosalie was sure that was the answer.
"Do you think anyone has already gotten tickets yet?" Jasper asked.
"It depends on if Bella gave more than just Timothy and his friends the first clue before hand." Rosalie didn't care if others had gotten tickets yet as long as she got hers.
"I think they are expecting a big turn out." Emmett was surprised when they pulled onto the street and found police officers blocking the way.
As the officer flagged him down Jasper stopped and unrolled his window." We are here for the next clue."
"I don't have that but if you follow that road you will find another officer there to show you where to park. You are not permitted to park on the street or in anyone's sure you have all the proof you completed the tasks with you when you reach the destination." The officer told them.
"Thank you." Jasper rolled up his window and followed the officer's directions to the parking lot of an office building. "I wonder why we have to park for this one."
"It might be the last cop did say that we needed to bring all the proof." Rosalie hoped it was.
"Is the concert happening right now?" Alice asked. As they walked up to the building the parking lot had a big outdoor stage with a bunch of people setting up were also a few food trucks and even a couple vendors set up. Alice couldn't make out what they were selling but it looked like at least one booth was Bella Swan related.
Rosalie led her siblings up to one of the half of dozen folding tables that were set up in front of the entrance of the school. "We are here for the next clue."
"Do you have all the things you collected from the previous stops?" A teenage girl asked them.
Veronica put all the stuff they had gotten on the table. "We have everything."
"Then congratulations you are one of the first groups to have completed the scavenger hunt." The girl told them.
"You mean we get the tickets?" Emmett asked.
The girl nodded. "Not only do you get the tickets but because you were one of the first twenty people to get here you get VIP passes for the after show meet and greet."
"Rosalie can you believe this? You get to meet your mate!" Alice squealed in excitement as she jumped up and down.
"Calm down Alice." Rosalie was just as excited as Alice but wasn't going to make a fool out of herself in public.
"Here are your tickets. Have fun tonight." The girl handed Rosalie eight envelopes.
"I think we should get out of here because I have feeling it's going to get a lot busier soon." Jasper was thankful they had gotten the clue early because as they were walking back to the car the street they came down was covered in back to back traffic.
"Agreed, I bet this place is going to become a madhouse." Veronica felt bad for all the people having to man the stops they had visited. At least Bella had set it up so it would help the community by aligning with some charities.
"What's in the envelopes?" Emmett asked.
"One has the VIP pass in it and the other has a card that says you are formally invited to enjoy the music of Billie Holiday performed by Bella Swan featuring students from South Seattle Emerald. On the back there is a website and number that says we have to log in to secure our seats." Rosalie was already on the website putting in all of their finished in less than a minute. "It's being held at the Marion Oliver McCaw Hall. We got pit seats which means that we got front row."
Alice pumped her fist in the air. "Yes!"
"That's nice that she's letting the kids from the school play with her. That's a once in lifetime experience." Veronica couldn't imagine how excited the kids were to get to play with someone as famous as Bella Swan.
"It is nice." Rosalie agreed. She was feeling kind of anxious for tonight. Not only was she meeting her mate in person but she had to figure out how to get the human to actually want to see her was no guarantee that Bella would feel the mate bond. That made it beyond important that Rosalie make a good impression. Then there was the fact that Rosalie was almost positive Bella knew who she was. Well who human Rosalie was. Rosalie wasn't sure if she could keep from bringing it up right away. If Bella didn't know that vampires were real then there was no way to explain who Rosalie was without telling her. Telling Bella about the existence of vampires was another issue that Rosalie didn't want to think about just yet. It would have to be discussed but Rosalie decided that she would worry about that in the future. She was going to meet her mate tonight and making a good first impression was something she needed to focus on because if Bella rejected her right away then it wouldn't matter if she was a vampire.