This isn't a full update. That will be coming THIS WEEK I GIVE MY WORD. But I wanted to fix one or two small things on this chapter that had been bugging the living hell-o out of me.
Lo Siento, Muchachos!! Please forgive me!
Ok, ya'll know the drill. I've yet to overthrow the tyranny which is S. Meyers, free the Cullens, and hand them over to my favorite readers as rewards for reviews. (We all know the Cullens want to be our pets). So, until then, I own not the Cullens.
Alice's POV
I followed the scent that faintly drifted in the air outside the hotel. I kept the window down as I drove. I had left my driver at the hotel, taking the town car for myself. Bella was sooo in trouble when I got my hands on her. Why would she run? I thought we were having fun.
There's only one thing worse than Bella running off.
And that was what Edward would do to me when he caught me.
Believe me, that I saw perfectly clear. He knew exactly what he was going to do to me. My poor closet.
I sped down the road, following Bella's scent. That's when it hit.
Craaaap.
They were near.
I saw the train station come into view.
I also saw Emmett's jeep.
If she was here, I'd have to fight to get her to the airport on time.
Edward was going to get me.
My poor closet.
Emmett's POV
Bella had been at the train station. By her scent, it seemed we had missed her by two hours. The last train to leave two hours ago was headed for Vancouver, B.C….with stops in Seattle, Everett, and Mt. Vernon. Edward was still formulating his plan of attack. What if this was one of Alice's plots? But we hadn't gotten a scent of Alice here.
Until now.
Ah, my deranged pixie of a sister was talking to the clerk at the ticket counter. She seemed agitated. That was not good.
"Alice," Edward said her name as a curse, too low for her to hear.
This would be interesting.
Alice was too preoccupied with the ticket clerk to hear Edward's low oath. I watched my frustrated brother silently ghost behind the deranged pixie. When he was a good yard away Alice, without turning, without giving any indication she knew he was near, took off through the lobby.
"Lo Siento Eduardo," she hollered behind her as our brother chased her through the lobby at human pace.
"Alice! Where is she!?"
I looked at Jasper and Rose.
"Like I said, Lo Siento, Eduardo!" her bell-like voice rang through the lobby as she darted out the doors, Edward hot on her heels. She was really looking for punishment. Edward hated being called Eduardo more than he hated being called Eddie. Something about a bad trip to Peru in the seventies with Alice and Jazz. Then again, he was kind of twitchy when they returned, mumbling something about mummies and Alice never being trusted with gauze again.
"Dude, something tells me your wife dropped the ball." I muttered.
Jasper was quiet, watching through the glass windows as Alice danced out of Edward's grasp through the parking lot, weaving between cars and travelers.
"Yeah, I think your right." He muttered back.
Rose was quiet. She just stared at our siblings.
Alice slid across the hood of a late 90s' model sedan before darting between a row of cars. We could hear every word being said. Although Edward was the only one speaking.
"Alice, where is she?!"
Alice ran around a traffic sign and leapt over a luggage cart being pushed by an elderly couple.
"What do you mean she's GONE!?"
There was a large, abstract sculpture rising thirty feet into the sky. Really it was an elaborate fountain constructed of concrete and glass. Its angular shapes rising high gave way to smooth glass platforms staggered from the base of the fountain, reaching high above the fountain base.
"How could you lose my fiancée!?"
Alice made her way towards the fountain, leaping gracefully from the bench rim of the pool to the lowest platform.
This. Was. Hilarious.
Edward made the same leap as Alice, while the deranged pixie made her way higher.
"Should we stop them?" I asked as we made our way towards the doors.
"No," Rose finally spoke. "Eduardo is bugging someone else for once. Maybe he'll take out his rage on Alice and we can go home."
Edward turned, starring death glares at my wife. "Not very likely, Rosalie." He hissed before making another leap towards Alice.
The pixie was now on the highest platform, with nowhere to go…that wouldn't rouse suspicion from the now starring humans.
"Alice, if you don't have her, where is she?"
"I don't know. She's blocking me!" Alice wailed, playing up for her now enraptured audience.
That's when Alice eyed our brother while I heard the notes of Tom Jones' SexBomb singing from my pocket.
Rose and Jazz stared at me. Rose Edward and Alice peered down from their perch on the highest platform, mouths hanging open.
I shrugged.
Tom Jones' has got style.
Rose rolled her eyes, turning her attention back to our siblings.
Jasper grinned wickedly, his shoulders shaking from silent laughter.
I ignored them and pulled the offensive thing from my pocket.
Home.
"Alice," Edward hissed ,"You took her, now your going to help find her."
Edward was pissed.
I ignored him and answered the phone.
"Hello?"
"Where are you?"
"Edward's chasing Alice up a fountain in broad daylight while the humans stare aimlessly after them."
"Oh Edward, he really is in love."
"Yep."
"Emmett dear, Bella is here at home. Please tell Edward you can stop canvassing the western seaboard for her." Our mother's voice sang from the tiny silver phone.
"Sure thing mom." I said grinning.
Edward's eyes flashed relief as he heard our mother's words.
He was making his way down the platform, Alice's tiny arm clutched in his hand. In the distance we heard the wail of sirens.
"That's our cue to go." I said, running for the jeep.
Behind me I heard my siblings following...and the distinct voice of Jasper mutter, "Whatever you say, Sexbomb."
Jasper's POV
Something was off as we pulled into the drive.
Alice was curled into my side as we sat in the backseat. Edward drove wordlessly as he flew like a madman up I-5. Once we made it to the peninsula, Edward's emotions changed from determination to anxiety and longing. This was really getting to him. Alice remained quiet. She kept searching the future, I knew as much, answering Edward's silent stares he'd give through the rearview mirror.
Something was definitely off as we made our way up the drive.
Edward…we should be careful. I don't like the vibes I'm getting. The house came into view. Twilight had settled in and everything was still; too still. It was the same feeling I'd get before an ambush. It had nothing to do with my gift, it was simple instincts telling me to be wary.
"Jasper, don't." I felt the relief wash over Edward as he turned the key in the ignition off. That's when I heard it, the sound that caused Edward to calm so quickly, so perfectly.
A human heartbeat.
Only it was going too fast to be considered calming.
"Edward," I warned as we slid out of the Volvo. Emmett pulled the jeep around to the garage.
Edward was ignoring me as he ghosted up the steps at vampire speed and into the house.
And that's when I heard Sex bomb yell and all hell broke loose.
Ok, forgive me for I had mid-terms and a somewhat life and writer's block all conspiring against me. This is the first part of the beginning of Bella's epic revenge. Personally, a crazed Edward chasing Alice around a parking lot at the train station was pretty funny in my mind. Especially her spouting of Spanish to him as she ran. So yeah, what to look forward to in the next chapter.
Gooey, tasty human food, motorcycles, and again, even more…dun dun-dun…PAINTBALLS.
So review and you get your very own Cullen-of-your-choice dipped in chocolate for your very own lick fulfillment. Don't review and you'll be dipped in chocolate and given to the Vile Mike Newton…or Aro, cause yeah…he's weird like that and has a chocolate fetish.
