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Chapter Ten: Plan in Motion
"What is your idea, Jazz?" Alice asked, and we all waited patiently for Jasper to answer.
"Well," Jasper began while pacing around the room, "if we can get Edward to answer his cell phone, I can trace the call, and we can find out where he is."
"How can we get Edward to answer his phone?" I asked as I started to get excited about Jasper's plan.
"Well, I think if Esme or Carlisle were to call him on one of their cell phones, he might pick up," Jasper explained.
"Do you think that if they were to call from this house he wouldn't answer because he wouldn't recognize the number?" Alice asked.
"Yes, but if they were to call from one of their cell phones he would recognize the number and answer the phone," Jasper said.
"The only people he would talk to right now would be Carlisle and Esme, so that's why you want them to be the ones to call, right?" I asked, as I figured out the rest of Jasper's plan.
"Right," Jasper agreed. "Bella, out of those two who would he most likely pick up the phone for?"
"Esme," I said, after thinking about it for minute. "He doesn't like to hurt her, so if she called him he would pick up to let her know he was okay, so she wouldn't worry."
"That's what I figured, but I wanted to be sure," Jasper said while throwing a smile in my direction.
"Why did you ask me, though?" I asked and I could tell he could feel my confusion.
"You know him better than anyone, Bella," Jasper said, and before I could open my mouth to protest he went on.
"Yes, we have known him longer, but you are in love with him and he is in love with you, so he tells you more then he tells us."
I just nodded in understanding because I didn't really know what to say to that.
"Okay, I will go get my computer. Esme, can you get your phone, please?" Jasper asked, and they both left the room. As soon as they were gone I turned to Emmett and asked him something that had been on my mind since he woke me up.
"What are you and Rose doing here, anyway?" I asked.
"Well, Esme called us and asked if we knew where Edward was," Emmett explained. "When I asked why, she said that you were with her and that you were looking for him."
"Oh," I said, even thought that didn't really answer my question.
"I wanted to see my favorite little human," Emmett said with a big smile as he reached over and patted my head. I was about to respond when Jasper and Esme came back into the room with the objects they had gone to retrieve.
"Okay, so if Edward answers, keep him talking until I signal that I have the information I need," Jasper explained, and Esme nodded in understanding.
"Bella, you have to be extremely quiet," Jasper said while turning to look at me. "If Edward figures out you are here, it might make things more difficult."
"I will be quiet, I promise," I said, and thought about how hard it would be to keep that promise.
"Good. Okay Esme, call him," Jasper instructed while setting up his computer.
Esme dialed her phone, and we all waited impatiently for Edward to answer. After a minute I began to give up hope, but then suddenly Esme smiled.
"Edward, I am glad you finally picked up the phone," she said in sweet, motherly way.
Alice mouthed the word speaker to Esme, and Esme nodded pushed a button on her phone. Edward's velvet voice filled the room.
"I want to be alone, I told you that," Edward said, and I could hear in his voice how depressed he really was.
"I know, but I am your mother and I worry about you," Esme said and I smiled.
"I am fine, you don't have worry," Edward said, even though he sounded far from fine.
"You don't sound fine," Esme said, voicing my thoughts.
"I meant physically I am fine," Edward explained.
Just as Esme was about to respond I got the over whelming urge to sneeze.
Alice saw what was about to happen, and looked at me in horror before pointing to the stairs. I nodded and ran up the stairs as quickly and quietly as I possibly could. Once I reached the top of the stairs, I sneezed and prayed that Edward couldn't hear it. When I came back downstairs, I noticed Esme was not on the phone anymore.
"Did he hear me sneeze?" I asked.
"No," Esme explained, and I breathed a sigh of relief.
"I know where he is Bella," Jasper said, looking very proud of himself.
"Where is he?" I asked.
"He is in Chicago," Jasper said. "Go get your stuff and we will head to the airport."
I did as I was told and went upstairs to pack my duffle bag. When I came downstairs I noticed Alice, Jasper, and Emmett by the door.
"Emmett, what are you doing?" I asked.
"I am going with you," he said, like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"What? No, you need to stay with Rosalie," I said, looking at the angry blonde on the couch.
"No, I need to go and beat the living daylights out of my brother for doing this to you," Emmett said, and I gave up because I knew I couldn't stop Emmett. We said goodbye to the others and then raced to the airport to make the next flight to Chicago.
Once we were in the air and on our way to Chicago, I realized how sick of flying I really was. I decided that after I found Edward, I would stay on the ground for a while. The plane landed a few hours later, and since it was cloudy, the vampires decided they would rather run than rent a car.
"Climb up, Bella," Jasper said, and lowered himself on the ground so I could get on his back.
"Are you sure?" I asked, not wanting to test Jasper's control.
"Yes, Bella, I can handle this. Don't you trust me?" Jasper asked with a pout.
"Of course I do, I just wanted to make sure you trust yourself," I responded while climbing onto Jasper's back. Once I was situated, Jasper took off running. Before I knew it, we were in front of the building that Jasper had been able to track Edward's phone to.
We quickly ran up the stairs and through the hallways, until we came to a stop in front of a door with peeling red paint, and a rusty number 17 on it.
I raised my shaking fist to the door and knocked.
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