Never Dying
I woke up in the yellow Porsche, looking up at Jacob's alert face. He looked like he was worried, waiting for something bad to happen. He looked this way a lot these days. He helped me straighten up when he saw I was awake. I was sore from the position I was sleeping in the backseat. I hadn't realized it was so freezing. I just then looked outside, and all I could see were snow-capped pine trees. I had a jacket on, but it wasn't very warm. So I, by instincts alone, leaned into Jake's chest. He put his arm around my shoulders when he saw my teeth chattering.
"Finally up, are we sunshine?" Alice said from the driver's seat.
"D-d-don't y-you th-th-th-think it's w-wr-wrong t-to c-call a v-v-v-vampire s-s-sunshine?" I muttered. The laugh after that came out wrong. I was too cold to make a good one come out. Everyone else's laughs were perfect though. Being half human sure had it's disadvantages. I started to pull the jacket tighter, but Jake beat me to it.
"S-so, where are w-we r-run-n-ning off to t-today?" I asked. Just felt like planning my little vacation to a foreign country in advance.
"Russia," Alice answered simply. I thought about it. I couldn't really come up with something way too exciting to do there. Lot's of museums, I guess. Some big fancy palaces, maybe. I would probably spend the remainder of the time sleeping, though. I would always need the energy if we were forced to run.
"What's in Russia?" I asked, but I was pretty sure I had a good idea. Vampires who would help us.
"…Emmett and Carlisle. And the real werewolves Caius is so afraid of," Jasper said. That confused me.
"Why? And what about the real werewolves?"
"Ness, we can't run anymore. Luke's the most dangerous right now, so we can't avoid the Volturi . We have to…join them," Alice said.
"What about the werewolves then?" I couldn't see how any "real" werewolves would help us in joining the Royals.
"The Volturi have become…frustrated. They might be angry with us, and we aren't taking chances. The pack of werewolves is from another Indian-like tribe. That tribe is related to the Quileutes. They'll be there in case the Volturi are angrier than we thought. Nessie, we aren't taking any chances here. You'll have to join the them," Alice said. Then, it finally hit me. Mom and Dad. I hadn't thought of them much for awhile. But now I'd get to join them.
"…What about Carlisle? And Emmett and Esme? They don't have any powers, so where'll they go?" That was what worried me the most. Not that I'd have to work with Satan herself (I refused to say her real name). Not that doing this might put all of the Volturi in danger as well. But that the rest- the ones the royals didn't want -would die. I could imagine Aro insisting on letting Carlisle stay, but what if we couldn't convince them to take the others as well?
"That's what we're trying to figure out. If we can make a deal, all of us or nothing, it should be fine. But…if we can't…" she trailed off.
"Wait," I muttered, for this had just come to my attention, "Where's Rosalie?"
"Until we can be sure that Luke is dead…we can't take our eyes off him. He's biting again. And you're scent leads to Charlie's house too," Jasper said.
"Oh."
"So when are we headed to Italy?" I asked.
"When we pick up Carlisle and Emmett, and Esme's with them too. The werewolves will be on the outskirts of Volterra, if they agree to help. But we pretty much-" I cut her off.
"What's Jacob gonna do." I didn't say it as a question, but as a statement of grief.
"Ness-" I cut her off again.
"You…you can't expect him to just go home, can you? He- he's not- where-" I couldn't put the sentence together right.
"That's the other thing we're trying to work out. There's no chance he'll even be allowed to live in city limits. Visit, possibly. But we still…we haven't worked that out yet." Alice seemed to be the only one talking, but the only person I was aware of being in the car was Jacob. I realized how much it would hurt me if he had to leave. But it would hurt him five times worse. And that's putting it lightly.