A/N: Alright this occurs two days later…the big plan day! Hope ya enjoy!
I would like to dedicate this chapter to Barnaby, my muse, you make me smile in all of the darkness, for that I am grateful.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything! Alright? It all belongs to Stephenie Meyer.
Jasper's Point of View:
I was so excited! Today's the day! The plan is finally being set into action. The whole family was in the living room, going over last minute details. Even Bella had ventured downstairs to hear everything. She looked weak; it pained us all to watch her try to make it down the stairs. She got to the fourth step, and then Edward had to carry her the rest of the way. However, it made me even more determined to get everything done, and done correctly. If things went wrong, who knows how much time we would have to come up with a different plan?
"Alright Jasper, we're going to make this as simple as possible." Carlisle said.
"Alright sounds good." I responded.
"You are going to fly towards the west, and end up over the Pacific Ocean…" This is where I had to cut him off.
"Won't everyone wonder why I would choose to fly over the Pacific Ocean? Aren't there more direct routes to Houston?" I asked.
"Yes there are more direct routes to Houston, and they would not involve flying over the Pacific, however if we want to be sure that there is a possibility of sharks in the water, then that is what needs to be done. Also no one is actually going to be aware of the fact that you were the pilot. Charlie just thinks she is going on a private plane." Carlisle explained. I couldn't help but question this as well.
"Wouldn't you be able to tell a private pilot which route to take?" I inquired.
"Jasper, no one is going to think of that." Emmett butted in.
"Maybe not right away, but how do you know people won't think of it down the road?" I continued, nothing could go wrong with this plan, nothing.
"Jasper, you needn't worry about that. Even if someone did question it, the pilot would be dead and…" I cut Carlisle off.
"Yes, but then they would come question you! They will say that you chose the route which was taken!" I countered.
"Jasper, after this is over, actually before Bella is changed, we are moving. We will say it was for Edward's benefit, that being in this town reminds him too much of Bella and it hurts him too much to live here." Carlisle explained.
"I thought the plan was that Edward would be going on the plane with Bella, and weren't you also going on the plane? I mean I would have assumed that you of all people would go with her, to make sure everything worked out with the doctor." I pressed on.
"I hadn't thought of that." Carlisle said quietly, as he continued to think.
"See, so in this case, not only would Bella and the pilot be dead, but you and Edward would also be dead." I pointed out.
"Which means, that no one would question me about the route that was chosen. I don't believe that people question the dead…and if they do, they certainly don't expect to get answers." Carlisle said.
"Anything else you are worried about?" Carlisle asked me.
"Well no I suppose not. I assume we are still moving after this little plan goes down, so our reasoning would be that we just had to get away from all the memories in this town, right?"
"Exactly." Carlisle nodded.
"Alright, well do you have any other directions I need to follow?"
"The plane does not have a lot of gas in it; it has enough to get you where you need to be, right over several cliffs which overlook the ocean. You won't have time to fly around to other areas."
"Why isn't there a full tank of gas?" Emmett asked.
"This way, if the plane is found, and they can look closely at it, they will figure that you simply ran out of gas, and there was no where you could have landed safely."
"Nowhere?" I questioned, there had to be somewhere…
"Not exactly, the cliff is near a field, you over shot the field and ended up hitting the cliff instead."
"Is that likely?" I asked.
"It may not be likely, but it is believable." Carlisle informed me.
"Anything else?" I asked.
"Make sure that when you exit the plane, you are not seen, that could really mess up the plan if that happens."
"Alright, anymore information I need to know?"
"Be careful, and take your cell phone, that way if something happens or you have a question you can call and ask."
"You can't use phones on an airplane." Emmett pointed out.
"Emmett, Jasper is going to be crashing the plane, I don't think it really matters." Alice pointed out. Everyone laughed at Emmett, except for Bella; she looked like she was losing everything left in her.
"Edward, put Bella back in bed." I told him, as I stared at Bella.
"Not yet." Bella said.
"Bella, I agree with Jasper, you really should be resting." Carlisle pointed out kindly.
"That's all I ever do is rest, and I have something I would like to say before you usher me up the stairs and back to bed." She said defiantly. Everyone looked at her with kind expressions.
"Go ahead darling." Esme said. Bella took a deep breath, and stood up, which shocked us, we all looked at her with worried eyes, and unconsciously we all stepped closer to her, just in case she were to fall, someone would be there to catch her, even though we all knew Edward was right next to her, and would undoubtedly catch her.
"I would just like to thank all of you." She started, watching our expressions closely.
"I am so happy to have met all of you, and I am sorry for the burden that I have been…" This is where we all cut her off.
"You are not a burden." We all said in unison.
"Well I appreciate you saying that, but all of you have been taking care of me, and altering your lives to help out, I consider that to be a burden." We were all about to say something, but Rosalie was the first one to the punch.
"Bella, you are not a burden, we are choosing to help you. You should not feel the way that you do. We consider you as part of the family, and we all love you. We are happy that soon you will truly be part of the family, even though we wish that the circumstances were different. We will all be here for you whenever you need anything." Rosalie finished off. I think the whole family was shocked. No one expected Rosalie to be the one to be so excepting of Bella. In the past she had been rather hostile to Bella, or at least not as kind as the rest of us. Although where do I get off judging her, I did try to eat Bella…
"Thank you Rose. I am still very grateful for everything you have all done though."
"You are welcome." We all said together.
"Is that all you wanted to say dear?" Esme asked kindly, and Bella nodded.
"I know you are tired of resting, but I think it's best that you go rest, you look really tired darling." Esme spoke gently.
"Alright, and Jasper and Emmett…"
"Yes Bella?" We both said.
"Thank you, and please be careful." Emmett rushed over to her and picked her up into a huge hug.
"Don't worry about us sis, we will be just fine!" Emmett said smiling.
"Emmett! Put her down!" Esme and Edward both said at the same time.
"Awe, sorry Bella." He said as he placed her on her feet.
"It's okay Emmett." Bella said with a gentle smile. I walked over to Bella, and as Emmett released her from his grip, I pulled her into a hug.
"Bella, you really have no need to worry, everything will be fine, I promise." I whispered in her ear. I let her go.
"You ready to go upstairs?" Edward asked. Bella nodded, and took a step forward. Before Bella could move any further, Edward scooped her up. I think we all expected her to put up a fight, and she even started to open her mouth, but only seconds later, she closed it. She must have realized how little strength she really had. We all watched as Edward walked up the stairs slowly, obviously trying not to make any sudden movements, so that he would cause Bella any further pain in anyway. As we watched them disappear into his room, we all turned to face each other.
"Well, Emmett, are you ready to go?" I asked.
"Yup, I'm all set." He nodded happily.
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Emmett's Point of View:
We were finally on the plane. It seemed like it took hours just to get to the airfield, when in reality we had probably arrived there in fifteen minutes. We were half way to our destination point when I decided it was time to have some fun.
"Jasper, do a flip!" I said excitedly.
"Hell no!" Jasper bellowed.
"Why not?" I questioned, with a pleading tone.
"Because I said no, and we don't need to cause further problems."
"Come on man!" Emmett started giving me the puppy dog eyes.
"You know, I'm like Rose, I don't like dogs." Jasper said.
"Ugh, will drop that whole stupid thing, I didn't get it, big deal."
"Emmett, all I said was I didn't like dogs, you are making this too big of a deal, now shut up and let me concentrate."
"Why won't you flip it?" I continued to press him; maybe I was annoying him enough to make him do it.
"Because!" Was all Jasper said.
"What are you afraid?" Emmett asked.
"Afraid of messing up the plan? Yeah, actually I am. Did you see Bella tonight? She doesn't look good. We need to do this, and we need to do it right!"
"I dare you!" I said, knowing he wouldn't turn down a dare.
A/N: Will Jasper except the dare? If he does will everything be okay? Review please!
Shelby
