3. Traveling
I was asleep when I heard the noise. Three cars coming to a stop at the big house. So quickly that I nearly flew I ran to the house. My parents beat me to it. They always did. Stupid full vampires I thought to myself. My dad chuckled at my thought. I scowled at him for reading my mind. He knew it always annoyed me. Alice got out of the car smiling. She was my aunt. My best friend. The only person in the world that knew me almost as much as Jacob or my parents. Sometimes she even knew me better then them. I flew into her arms throwing my arms around her waist. She giggled at my eagerness.
"Auntie!" She laughed again and kissed the top of my head before I pulled away. We had a lot to talk about.
"So your mother tells me you have been spending a lot of time down at La Push. I think she said it has been a week and she has barely saw you" I blushed faintly. Stupid human side. My dad laughed again. This time his voice was coming from Carlisle's car. I ignored it.
"Well that is because I wanted to meet the new wolves. Well not all of them. Well yea all of them, but one" I finished my mixed up sentence hoping she would understand. Her face registered that she had.
"Mhmmm" she smiled a little bit before placing both hands on my shoulders and steering me towards her carnary yellow Porsche. "Want to go for a ride?"
"I would love to" didn't she know when I needed to get away.
"Good because I need a new school outfit. I am almost running out of clothes" I gave her a short look. My what about me look. "I mean we do"
"Bring her back in one piece Alice" My dad warned from the porch as he carried some of Esme's things into the house. He had paused there a minute ago to listen. Damn I should have heard that. My dad did not laugh this time. He was looking at Alice.
"Don't I always Edward?" she asked pretending she was shoccked
"Just be safe"
He gave us a quick look before disappearing into the house. The look was clearly meant for Alice because she suck her tongue out at him after he had gone inside. She got into her car and waited for me. I had always admired how graceful my aunt always was, not in a creepy way I swear. How easy she made things seem. Even her simple view of the world. Not counting the various visions that she had. Those things made stuff much more complex.
"You coming?" Alice asked poking her head through the open window. I nodded once.
"Yea"
I got in and turned the radio. Great Clair De Lune. My dad must be influencing her now. I laid back in the seat and closed my eyes. This song always put me to sleep. It had a soft beautiful melody. My dad used to play it for me when I was a "baby" to get me to sleep. As I slept Jacob's face appeared in my vision. A contorted face of rage and anger. He was standing on the cliff edge. The one my mother had once jumped while she was still human. Then all of a sudden a white flash captured my entire dream before being replaced by a bloody vampire. His face was smared with blood while his eyes stood apart. Blood red. Thirsty. He had killed my Jacob and now he wanted me.
He closed the distance between us in one easy stride. I tried to back up but something stopped. A wall maybe. I didn't have time to look before the thing tried to kiss me. I movede my head a fraction of an inch and suddenly was awake. We were speeding along a highway. I wiped my forehead. A bad of sweat sloshed across my hand. It was only a dream I thought as I pushed myself up in the seat. At least I had Alice to talk to.
"Morning" Alice said brightly as she pulled off the highway "We only have about fifteen more mintues until we get there"
"Get where? where are we auntie?" I asked looking out at the sleeting rain as it poured onto an unknown city.
"Rodeo Drive silly. You honestly think that I would go to Olympia to talk to you neather the less to shop" she smiled turning her head to look at me "Plus I couldn't miss shopping on a perfect rainy day in L.A."
"Can we not spend the night?" I asked my voice trying to sound like a plea.
"We will leave after lunch" she said brighty
That was her way of saying we are going to talk. It was always a good thing unless I had other things on my mind like that dream. As soon as we pulled up to the first store I was out before Alice could get out. She laughed at my excitement. Shopping meant I could focus on other things. Things that did not include Jacob and that dream. We spent a few hours shpping before going to lunch at the IVY. As soon as our orders were placed Alice looked at me.
"Talk she said simply folding her arms in her lap.
"I'm in love" I said looking down at my own folded hands.
"I know that part, but your dad told me you have been wanting to talk to me all week. Well here I am talk to me" I glared at her. She raised her arms in defense "Hey talk to your father. I see the future I do not read minds"
"I just want my aunt's help" I tried to force a smile onto my lips. A grim frown only appeared. "I don't know how to be a girlfriend"
"Be yourself Nessie. He has loved you since the moment he laid his eyes on you. nothing can change that. Just make sure that you are happy. That is all that really matters. Especially to Jacob. Above all you happiness is the most important thing to him" she looked at me her smile warm and complacent "He would do anything for your happiness. Trust me. He has told me many times over the past couple of decades." she laughed softly it didn't help
"Thanks auntie" I sighed again and she looked up at me. I waited for a moment as the waitress gave us our orders and left. "Can I tell you about I dream I had on the way here?" she nodded her head slowly. She was a tiny bit sared. I never talked about my dreams unless there was something to talk about.
"Well it starts off at the cliff edge"
"Oh this should be interesting. That is where your mother tried to kill herself once or so it seemed in my vision" she grimminced at the memory. Alice hated the wolves for two things. One they stink terribley to her. Two they were one of the two black holes to her vision. The other one was me. She didn't hate me thought.
"Jacob was standing there angry looking and-" I stopped for a moment "It would be easier to just sho w you" I placed my hand on her cheek for a moment. Alice was better then anyone besides my father for getting my images the fastest.
"Well then" she said as I pulled my arm away a moment later I waited patiently for her to answer. Meanwhile I decied to take about of the human food. It wasn't horrible, but I didn't eat it much to like it. "Do you know who that was?" she asked a moment later after thinking about my dream.
"No he looked familar, but I could not remember for the life of me who he was. Why? should I know him?"
"Nessie" Alice said simply putting her elbow on the table trying to act human. The men around us oggled at her. It was gross. "That was Nahuel"
"Nahuel? but I have not seen him in ages. Why would I dream he killed my Jacob?"
"Well," Alice paused for a moment considering a thought. She knew she had to think of something quick. I wasn't patient when I was confused let alone angry. "Ummm maybe part of you wants to see him again" great a lie so simple I couldn't twist it around enough for the truth.
"For what? so he can kill Jake?" My voice was soft, but cutthroat. I was angry at her errant thought. Her lying. She knew the answer to it. She always did.
"Sorry Nessie, but I really do think this time that this is a dream you will have to figure out on your own" I scowled. She was right. I hated it when she was right and it was not in my favor. Not that happened a lot. "You'll figure it out"
"Right thanks" I rolled my eyess and stabbed at my salad "Can we go home now? I want to goo see Jake"
"Of course. Go wait out in the car"
I nodded once and left. She came out a few mintues later. A few guys followed. I rolled my eyes at the lust in their eyes. What pigs. What mongrels. Luckily for my aunt she never seemed to notice or she did and she didn't really care. She had Jasper. Her true love. Her soul mate. Just like I had Jacob. My Jacob. That was my last thought before I drifted off into dreamland. This time a good dream. A good Jacob dream.