Alice:
We were on the road not long after, speeding up the coast in my yellow Porche. I was grinning ear to ear as we curled around each curve in the road, the wind stinging my cheeks.
I flashed a glance at Jasper as he sat peacefully beside me. He was leaning back in the chair, totally at ease, his hand making waves through the air beyond the mirror. He grinned at me, his other hand closing on mine on the gear shift.
"Thanks Jaz". I whispered as he nodded.
"I figured you'd need a break eventually. What with all the interference in our house". I blew him a kiss, forcing my eyes back to the road. I loved his playful spirit, though he rarely acted such a way with the others he was always that way with me. At times like this it was similar to when we were first together. Just he and I, the world laid out before us in an endless expanse of time. Together and in peace forever. I couldn't hide the glimmer in my eye as I thought of our many moments together and I heard him chuckle lightly.
The trees opposite of us flew by, masses of green against the blue grey sky.
My head was aching, a tearing sensation rising up from the back of my neck through to my forehead. I was trying desperately to ignore all the visions that were assaulting my mind the further we got from home. So many random ones; Rose and Emmett going on a trip to Seattle, Carlisle and Jasper reading in the study, Edward and Bella in their cottage. It was getting quite annoying.
I let out a grunt out of frustration, feeling Jasper's eyes on my face as he watched me.
"Do you want me to drive"? he whispered softly as I shook my head.
"Oh no!" I beamed at him as his eye brows raised. "Remember the last car you wrecked? I'm not letting that happen to my baby! Besides I'm fine". I giggled as he shook his head slowly.
"Last I remember love, you were the one who almost crashed. Edward and Bella are witnesses". He smirked lightly, his finger tracing along my wedding band.
I shook my head roughly, squeezing his hand tightly with my own. "I'm fine love really. Just sometimes there's such a silence in my mind that once I get the visions back it's difficult to adjust."
"I know". He stared at me warmly, his eyes burning into my face. "There hasn't been anything crucial yet, otherwise you would have told me right"?
I gave him a stern look as he smiled weakly. "Of course. I'd never keep anything from you or the family".
"What about Adura? Have you seen anything happening with her? Pertaining to the lunar cycle"? He asked becoming suddenly tense.
I shook my head, glancing out over the road. "Her future, it's pretty much closed off to me, like with Jacob. I suppose maybe what happened before was a fluke and I won't be able to see anything that happens to her".
"Well she's going to be with the dogs around that week, but I'm sure Carlisle would want to observe what happens to her during that time."
"Of course". I said rolling my eyes at the antics of our overly analytical adoptive father. No doubt he'd want to be right there, notebook in hand to document the possible transformation. But how would the vampire blood affect it? Would she not even transform at all? Or maybe-
"I know." Jasper said looking back toward the mirror. "I'm concerned with that as well. I just want to make sure none of us are in danger, considering how volatile she might become."
"Don't worry, it will be fine". I muttered with a sigh. No way of knowing for sure. Just had to hope really. I closed my eyes for a moment, not that it would affected my driving anyway. I was so good I could drive if I were asleep. That is, had I ever slept.
I let the wind wash the scent of his cologne up my nose and down my throat. The breeze brushed across my face, lifting little strands of hair into the air. Opening my eyes, I stared back at the twisting road. "I don't want to go home just yet. Another hour or so". I whispered looking at him as he nodded.
"That's always a good thing for me." He whispered taking my hand and kissing my knuckles lightly. "Any time away from Edward's probing little gift is more than fine with me".
I nodded quickly, pressing the gas pedal into the floor so that car gave a slight lurch forward. "Let us distance ourselves further then"!
Adura:
The next few days continued in the same fashion; Dr. Cullen sending someone to bring me back to the house. It was early one morning when the other Clearwater child appeared at my door to get me.
Leah stared silently at me, her hand resting against the threshold. "You ready"?
I nodded hesitantly, not able to react differently. She was intimidatng to say the least, much like Grazyna. Something about the way she glared toward me made my heart stop.
She seemed to sense my distress as she smiled weakly. "You're not going with the blood suckers," She said in a passive tone while still managing to hiss the word 'blood suckers'.
"Then where am I to go"? I asked growing steadily more anxious. What plan was laid out for me without my knowledge.
She grimaced for a second, her gaze distant as she fell into her thoughts. I knew what she was thinking, without having the gift the vampire Edward possessed. Her brother Seth was vague about it, telling me of their past experiences with the other larger pack in La Push. She was no doubt thinking about their leader Sam, the man whom abandoned her for her cousin. What a life. To once have had to answer to a man whom hurt you so deeply. It seemed so terribly tragic as her eyes pulled back to me, full of sadness and anger at the same time.
"You're going to go with Sam." She said as I expected she would.
Unwillingly I felt more nervous than before. Sam was much less accomidating than Jacob, and he frightened me. Where Jacob acted sympathetic, Sam was indifferent, I didn't want to go to him.
"Please don't make me." I pleaded as Leah's expression softened. "Please don't send me to him, I don't want to go."
She looked at me softly as she glided forward, settling herself on the edge of the bed. "I know," She whispered briefly touching my cheek before jarring her hand back. She shook her head smoothly, her shoulder length hair bobbing back and forth. "Jacob wanted you to stay with us but Sam insisted. He has more experience with these sort of things". She said almost bitterly.
"He has experience with monsterous half vampire half werewolf abominations like me? I sincerely doubt it". I muttered as she smirked lightly.
"No. That much he doesn't have. He's just a know it all, he says Jacob is too inexperienced to deal with.... With this". She trailed off as I bowed my head.
"With me." I whispered closing my eyes. "No one will ever know how to deal with me".
Leah shook her head, her hand touching to the top of my head. "I'm sure in time the Cullen's will learn any secret about your nature. And then you will feel no obligation to Sam or his pack."
I looked up at her silently. "I don't feel any now." I whispered as she grinned despite herself.
"Come on." She whispered as she took my hand, pulling me to my feet. "Get dressed and come outside. Jacob, Seth and I aren't going to abandon you just because he wants us to." She said gliding out the door, leaving me to dress in private.