Chapter 31:

Too Late

The waitress brought one plate and one drink over, Jake's.

"Here you go, you waffles with orange juice" she said super sweetly.

I stared at her in disbelief.

"Cynthia!" called a male waiter, with another plate and drink. "This was another order too, you forgot" he ran over and gave it to her.

"Oh, yeah, here" she said as she tossed it in front of me.

She winked at Jake once before walking off. I stared at her in disbelief as I grabbed a couple ice cubes from my drink and sent them flying across the floor. They stopped right in front of her.

She took a step and landed right on top of them. Her foot slipped forward and she fell on a waiter who was heading for a table of 16 with 4 more waiters behind him. They all fell with her, dropping all their food on her. It all landed with a huge crash and a shriek on her part.

"Karma" I said with a smile as I took a sip of my drink.

"Ugh! Look at my hair! My clothes!" she wailed as she ran off, leaving the poor waiters to pick up the mess.

"She should watch where she steps next time" I said with a huge smile as I began eating.

Jake chuckled for a second before he began eating. It was quiet for the most part. I was enjoying the island breeze, the relaxing sensation it brought just being there.

"You done?" he asked and I nodded, finishing my drink.

We got up heading for the hotel.

"Okay, just through here are our bags" Jake said as he unlocked a small storage room.

I grabbed mine and headed towards the exit.

"Ah yes, a call was put in for you. Here comes your car now" the man who was manning the car station told us as we exited.

"Thank you" Jake said as he tipped him and packed up our bags.

"So, how long is the drive?" I asked as I got in.

"About 20 minutes" he said as he drove out of the hotel.

"what?"

"I decided we should take a plane. It would be about a 10 hour drive and in the middle of the day . . . not so pleasant" he explained.

"Oh, that makes sense. You probably already have everything set up don't you?" I asked and he nodded sheepishly.

"Well then, to the airport" I said and he smiled, taking a sharp left.

The drive was, as he had said, short. It seemed like no time had passed when we were at the airport again. He dropped it off at that rental station and headed inside with me on his heels. He headed to a new airline this time: Blue.

"Hello. I have reserved tickets" he said to the lady, giving her our passports.

"Okay" she after a minute of typing. "Here you are. 2 First class tickets to Connellan Airport"

We grabbed the tickets, slowly passing through all the security and baggage checks. We only had to wait a couple minutes in the waiting area before they started calling.

"First Class, you may now board" called an attendee.

I grabbed my bags, scanned my tickets and headed for the plane.

"How long is this flight anyway?" I asked as I looked for my seat.

"About 2 and a half hours, maybe less" he said as he found our seat.

We got in quickly so as not to cause a congestion.

"I'm going to do homework and you probably should too" I told Jake.

"How would you even get it?" Jake asked.

"I called Lily on the flight to Australia. I think you were asleep when I did. I told her my family and I had to leave the country for a while for personal family matters. She told my teachers who agreed to post everything online for me to do" I explained. "Personally, I have never failed at anything . . . school wise and I don't intend to now"

"Thanks for telling me that Nessie but you can go on and do your homework" he said and I shook my head as I took out my laptop.

Most of the work was math or Biology and research. I ignored the reading part, I had already read everything required many times. We didn't have much in Government. According to a note left by Emma, they were constantly changing subs after Mr. Mental's sub also had a mental breakdown.

I laughed. It was the room. All the teachers in the room had mental breakdowns. I started with math, doing the millions of problems my crazy teacher had assigned. A couple minutes after I stared, Jake took out his laptop and began working on homework too.

"There's really nothing else to do" he said when he saw me looking at him.

"Uhuh, right, okay" I said with a knowing smile.

"Oh shush" he said as he gave a me a gentle shove which just made me smile more.

EPOV

"Anything?" I asked and they shook their heads.

I sighed and continued driving. We had been at this for almost 12 hours. It was about 9:00am.

"Wait . . . I think I'm getting something" Bella said suddenly. "I can kind of smell Nessie's . . . or maybe I'm wrong" she said but I began driving faster

"Hey, I can smell it too. It's sort of faint but I recognize it" Alice chirped.

I drove to the dock and parked my car.

"They're probably on one of the islands" I said.

"Let's try Hamilton Island first" Bella said and I nodded, checking the ferry times.

"Here, a ferry leaves for Hamilton Island in about 5 minutes" I said and we ran quickly to the right dock.

They began boarding almost immediately. I checked through the people leaving but they weren't there. I got in, climbing up to the top deck. Bella came up with my, taking my hand in hers.

"We'll find them" I said and she nodded slowly, leaning against me.

"I hope so" she mumbled.

The ride was only about half an hour. The closer we got to the island, the more recognizable the scent got. When we finally got off, I was positive they were here.

"Do we just drive around?" Emmett asked.

"No, go to the most popular place to stay; the beach resort" Alice said.

"Here, we'll take 2 taxis there" I said as I hailed 2 down.

"The beach resort please" I told the driver.

"Of course. It will only be a couple minutes" he said as he began driving.

The view of course, was amazing. It was like an island on a commercial.

"Sir, here we are" he said as he stopped at the entrance of a huge hotel"

"Thank you" I said as I handed him a couple dollar bills.

The second I got out, I smelled them. Nessie's sweet scent and Jacob's wet dog smell.

"They're here" Bella said as she walked up to the entrance excitedly.

We followed, steps behind her. When the doors opened, a stronger concentration of their scent came out.

"Come on, let's see if anyone knows where they are now" I said as I walked up to the reception desk. "Hello, I'm looking for 2 teenagers, a boy and a girl. The boy it tall, well built with tanned skin. The girl is slightly pale with brown eyes and bronze hair"

"Them? You want to look for them?" said a blonde waitress coming out of the bathroom.

Her eyes were red and she had food all over herself.

"You've seen them?" Bella asked excitedly.

"Yes, they were having breakfast about an hour ago. Do you know how hard it is to get mango juice out of your hair?" she asked and I could see the anger coming off her.

"Where are they?" I asked impatiently.

"they left. While they were eating, they were talking about heading to Uluru-Tjuta" she said.

"Guru what?" Emmett asked.

" Uluru-Tjuta or Ayers Rock" she said. "I have to get back to work" she said as she stomped off angrily towards the restaurant.

I turned back to the receptionist.

"They checked out this morning. They had breakfast and then grabbed their bags and left. The parking man may be able to help you more" he said and we nodded, saying a small thank you before leaving.

We told the whole thing that just happened to the man in the front.

"Yes I remember them. The girl was really fine" he said and I bit back a growl. "Anyway, she already had her partner. They were headed towards the dock I think" he said.

"Oh come on, we were just there" Rosalie said as we called for a cab.

"Yes but now we have an advantage we didn't have before. We actually know where they're going" I said before slipping into the cab.

"The dock please" I said.

"Airport of ferry?" he asked.

"Oh!" Bella said as she turned to me. "Maybe . . . "

"I don't think so. They already have a car and the guy said dock, not airplane dock. Ferry dock please" I told the driver.

"Ferry dock it is" he said as he drove out of the hotel.

We arrived at the dock just as the ferry was going to leave. We ran over to it quickly, just making it. I sighed as I looked at the island disappearing.

N/A

Hey Guys! What's up? I'm so proud! I actually got this update up. I thught it would be cruel to make you guys wait 3 weeks until I got back from vacation so I worked during my free hours at my family's house and viola! An update on time. Anyway, what did you think? Hahahaha, they got plain lucky, getting out just with enough time to be at the airport when edward arrived. and now, they are led off the trail, again. Oh, Nessie. Anywho, my vacation has been awesome. I love being surrounded by the fresh mountain air. For all of you who don't know, The Short Second life of Bree Tanner is already in stores! Get your copy now! Second little note, Breaking Dawn will be broken up into 2 parts! EEEPPP! I'm so excited.

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