Chapter 3

While at 45a waiting area, Alice was getting anxious because the flight would arrive any minute now because it had been delayed. Bella hadn't come back to the waiting area and could possibly be lost in the enormous airport. Jasper kept assuring her that she'd come, but Alice waited for thirty minutes and Bella was still a no show. Worried Alice and Jasper called her cell leaving a message, then walked to the baggage claim carousel to find Carlisle, Emmett, and Edward. There's nothing to fret about. Bella is probably at the baggage claim carousel looking for Edward.

"Where's Bella?" Edward asked worried. Alice turned around and found Edward, Emmett, and Carlisle standing behind her.

"Well, Jasper took her to the food court to get some breakfast, and then she was supposed to come back to our meeting spot, but never showed up. I though she would have been here to find you," Alice stated.

"I don't think she's here we searched this whole area for you guys and we didn't see her. Where could she possibly have gone?" Carlisle wondered.

Alice's eyes were filled with terror as she came to realization of Bella's possible whereabouts. Jasper sensed a change in Alice's mood. "What's wrong, Alice? Did you have a new vision?"

"No, I have had no new visions, but I think know where Bella might have gone," Alice spouted.

Without Alice further explaining, Edward responded, "We need to leave the airport very quickly. We might be able to get to ballet studio before her. She can't fight James, he's too powerful. We should probably check her mother's house before going to the ballet studio, just in case she stopped by there."

Amongst the crowd in the baggage claim carousel area, Victoria listened closely to the Cullen's conversations. She ambled slowly towards them but kept a decent distance just in case one of them sensed her presence especially the "one" with the visions. The Cullens took their luggage and headed to the exit. Victoria moved gracefully towards the exit after the Cullens following them. Alice sauntered into the passenger seat of the Jeep, and then paused momentarily. Edward sensed that Alice had something on her mind.

"Alice, did you have a new vision" Edward pondered.

"I had a momentary feeling that Victoria followed us, but then I couldn't see her. I think someone has been messing with my visions lately," stated Alice massaged her forehead as her head throbbed with pain.

Jasper revved the engine up and sped out of the parking lot to the ballet studio. Carlisle mused of a plan of how to retrieve Bella without having to fight James. He despised fighting his kind even sadistic monsters like James.

Victoria watched from a distance as the Jeep left the airport swiftly. She had to distract them so they couldn't get to Bella. It just wasn't normal for vampires to protect and be close to humans. They were mean to be food not friends. The Cullens should never play with their food. They could brainwash themselves and think that animal blood will satisfy them, but it never will be as satisfying as human blood. The Jeep sped along the freeway to Bella's mom house. Victoria ran through the forest next to the highway monitoring the Cullens' Jeep closely.

Pulling up in front of Bella's mom house, Edward was first to get out and rabidly searched for a key to enter without having to break down the door in case Bella was inside. He remembered that Bella had told him a while ago there was a spare key in a secret compartment of the mail box. The other followed behind Edward curious of what he was trying to find. He searched the mailbox and found no key, infuriated he beat the red, metal mailbox leaving a huge dent causing the key to fall to the ground. Smoothing out the dent, he looked down at the cement and saw a shiny silver key lay on the rugged, crème cement. Edward put the key in the lock and twisted the door opened surprised to find Bella standing in the small kitchen area. Alice breathed a sigh of relief, no longer worried that Bella had gone to the ballet studio alone. Jasper placed his hand on his wife's shoulder and assured her, "I told you she would be safe."