Okay, so there is some confusion about the outcome of my story… It IS a James and Bella story, not a Bella and Edward story… I had to add in a good Edward SOMEWHERE! So just wait and you'll get it soon enough!!! (^_^)
Chapter 9
BPOV
I was scared. That was the bottom line, the ultimatum. But there was more than just fear in me. There was anger, for one thing. I couldn't see how James was bad. I was angry that he had lied to me, of course, but he just didn't seem like the kind of guy that would do that!
"Bella, you know what to do when we get there, right?" Alice asked, jerking me from my thoughts. We were in their car, on the way to Phoenix. Edward was driving, and Alice was with me in the back seat.
"I know." I assured her once again.
"Okay. You also should put this in your purse." Alice handed me a small silver phone and a bottle of what looked like perfume. "The phone is to call Edward or Carlisle. This is the only kind of phone that can reach them. It's specially programmed, so it doesn't have a number, you just press 'send.' Then you talk to whoever picks up first." She explained all this quickly, as if we were on a jet rather than stuck in traffic.
"What's the perfume for?" I asked, but she didn't hear me.
"Put this on," She said, handing me a necklace. It was silver and in the shape of a dove. "It's a camera," Alice said. "Jasper put it in so that we could see what was going on. Carlisle and he will be monitoring the camera. I'll be with you, Esme and Rosalie will be looking after Charlie, and Emmett and Edward will be searching for James. Any questions?"
Truthfully, I had a lot of questions, none of them referring to any of the information Alice had just given me. "No," I shook my head.
"Good." Alice said. She was extremely quiet after that, and she leaned back into the seat. After a few minutes, she was asleep. Edward and I laughed hard when she suddenly burst out snoring. It sounded like a chainsaw being used to cut down a huge tree.
We arrived late; the sky was dark and unpromising. We checked in at the front desk and were ushered to our rooms (One for Alice and I, and one for Edward). I fell asleep easily, but felt out of place without the sound of rain bouncing off the roof.
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The next morning, I went downstairs to eat breakfast. I didn't eat much, just a muffin and an apple. I was walking back up to the room I shared with Alice when I suddenly saw a bright light coming from outside. It was unusual, especially considering the fact that it was 5 A.M. (They served breakfast early in the hotel) and still dark out. I turned and walked out the door to see what the light was. A car was pulling into the lot, but it wasn't an ordinary car. It looked like a helicopter with wheels and no wings. Before I could see anything else, a bag was slipped over my head and I was being carried away from the hotel.
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APOV
Bella was gone. She wasn't downstairs, and she wasn't asleep. She was nowhere in sight. I picked up my phone and punched a couple buttons. It rang for so long I almost hung up, but then he answered.
"Hello?" his voice came from the speaker.
"She's gone!" I said, hearing the worry in my voice.
"What?" He said, surprised. "How could you let her get away?" He asked, his voice suddenly filled with anger.
"I-" I started to make up an excuse, but he interrupted me.
"Get her back! We NEED her!!" He screamed, and then hung up the phone. I was scared. I still couldn't believe that Edward had agreed to this. Just for stupid Tanya. Everyone knew that she could take on a vampire five times her size and win!
I ran across the hall to Edward's room. After only a couple seconds, he answered the door.
"I hope you're happy!" I screamed.
"Alice? What's wrong? Why are you here?" He asked, half asleep.
"You are still willing to risk that poor defenseless human's life just to help your girlfriend? The same girlfriend that devoured two full packs of werewolves alone? The same girlfriend that doesn't care for you at all? You are so stupid!" I was yelling so loudly that when I was done, you could have heard a pin drop.
"Alice, you know why I did this! Plus, what's the problem? Bella won't get hurt!" Edward was so calm, making me angrier than ever.
"She's gone! You know she was my friend! Or at least that she was supposed to be! But now she's gone and it's all your fault!" Without thinking, without considering how strong I was, I punched him.
He flew across the room and busted through a wall. The people in the other room were shocked, and there was complete silence except for Darth Vader's theme coming from the T.V. "Sorry," I said softly. I grabbed Edward and pulled him across the hall back to my hotel room, promising not to punch him again.