Chapter 5:
I followed Alice at my slow human pace down the stairs. I could see Edward at the bottom of the stairs, he was wrestling with Jasper. Edward cussed loudly as Jasper put him in a head lock.
"What did you just say?" I asked Edward loudly as we reached the bottom of the stairs.
Edward looked up at me laughing once before his jaw dropped. "Wow."
I grimaced, "Thank you Alice," I said sarcastically. "So does anyone want to tell me what's going on?"
"Nope." Edward said as he led me to the car. Alice and Jasper were already in the front seat of the Porsche, by the time we were outside.
"You wish, Alice." Edward said, "I'm driving."
"No way, mines faster." Alice stuck her tongue out at him.
"Race you."
Alice didn't say anything. Her only response was the car speeding out of the garage, a glowing yellow blur quickly disappearing down the winding drive in half a second.
"Come on, Bella." Edward said. He picked me up and before I could blink I was buckled into the passenger seat of the Volvo. I'd never seen him drive so fast, apparently it was a big deal that we made it to where-ever we were going before Alice and Jasper did. Stupid competitive vampires.
I must've blinked again, but by the time I opened my eyes we were out of the long drive way and speeding down the road. By the time we reached the highway I was brave enough to look at the speedometer. The needle was slowly gliding over the 175 mph line.
"Holy schnitzel! Slow down."
"Bella, I thought we already established this, we're not going to crash." Edward grabbed my hand and squeezed it gently. This scared me even more because it meant he was driving with one hand, and probably looking at me, rather than the road.
I looked up at his face, he was entertained. "Can you please tell me where we are going and why we need to get there in record time?"
"You'll find out in a few minutes." I turned my eyes back to the road to see that we were already in Port Angeles. It'd been less than five minutes. I doubt it was even that long. The lights of the city on a Friday night lit up the car. I could see a huge frown spread across Edward's face. I looked at him questioningly.
"We lost," he said sad and I could see him glaring playfully at the yellow Porsche next to us. I laughed.