Chapter 30

B'SPOV

Plan D in Motion

The next day

"Bella, come on! Time to get working!" Nessie's small voice yelled loudly from the outside of my door.

I smiled smally, lifting myself out of the bed I was assigned to. "I'm coming! Jeez! Give a girl some piece to change in, huh?" I acted aggravated kicking the small cover off. My dark jeans and sweater sat on my dresser. Those were for the mission. I walked out in my pajamas and looked at down the hall cautiously. "Where's Stephen?" I asked closing the bedroom door behind me.

"In the kitchen. He said he wanted to talk to you about today's chores..." She hinted biting her lip.

I rolled my eyes. "Oh goodie!" Then slowly made my way yo the kitchen. "What is it that you wanted?" I asked leaning against the door jam.

He glared at me, I glared back. "House. Spotless. By 7:00 tonight." He yelled in my face, then left without another word.

"He's gone?" Nessie's voice came from behind me, in the pantry!

"I thought I told you not to use that trail anymore!" I scolded pulling her out the hole. The second day I was here, I found that there was a secret trap door in the closet of my assigned room. In it, were two tunnels to choose from. One led to inside the pantry inside the kitchen; I carved a 'P' next to that one. The other one, led to a pot that sat next to the front door; I carved a 'F' next to that one. Someone must have loved sneaking out late, because it really wasn't that hard to get out of. Or maybe they were just kids being kids...

I told Nessie about them. I also told her, not to use them unless emergencies. I guess she's in that stage in her life, where every time someone tells her to do something, it goes in one ear and out the other.

I sighed after I had changed into some faded light blue jeans and way too small t-shirt. "Come on, we have to be done by at least twelve. What time is it now?" I stretched walking to the bathroom for a really quick face wash.

"Eight. I'll do the living room, bathroom, main hallway, and 'my room'. That ok?"

I nodded. "And I'll do the kitchen, the small hallway, laundry room, and 'my room'. Let's get started." I ordered pondering who we would contact first.

For sure one had ti be Amber. She knows Stephen inside and out. What I wasn't so sure about was if I was going to call Charlie-who obviously isn't back from his trip-or Edward-the guy that took my heart unknowingly and ripped it to shreds. Two hours later, I shut off the vacuum cleaner in 'my room' and listened. "Nessie?" I called into the silence. I heard the springs of the bed creak as she got off it. Then the thumps of her footsteps. She showed up in the doorway. "You done?" she nodded pulling at her shoe ties. "You ready to run?" She nodded again. "Ok, let me grab my shoes and put my hair in a pony tail, kay?" she nodded and walked to the bathroom. I limped over to the closet, grabbed the shoes I was wearing the day he snatched me and shoved them on. Grabbed three hair ties, just in case, and put one in my hair, in a high messy ponytail. "Nessie! Let's go!" I hollered and she was there, silent. "We're going to call my sister and your parents ok? You can speak to them. But we have to be calm and quiet about this. We don't want to get caught." she nodded, still silent. "I'm so sorry, Nessie. We're going to be ok, I promise." She shrugged as if she didn't care. I sighed letting it drop. "Come on, we have to get going." I turned and pulled the hatch to the trap door open. "Careful," I warned jumping down and lighting a huge stick that was left down here long ago.

Once outside in the fresh air, I took a deep cleansing breath. The trees swayed against the chilly wind. Small snowflakes lingered in the air shafts. "Wow, never thought I'd be so happy to be outside while it was snowing." Nessie said with awe in her voice.

I nearly smiled at her happiness. I wasn't going to get any better. So letting her have her fun now, seemed like a crime. Give it to her, then take it back. "Nessie! Come on! Through those trees. Move!" I was going to be persistent today; for our own safety.

We ran through the trees, not completely sure if we were going in the right direction or that we were even going to find a phone or some help. The trees clawed and scratched at my legs, successfully ripping my pants into shreds. Nessie's were no better. My shoes were soaking wet and so were the ends of my poor excuse for jeans. A few more miles later, we saw our first paved road in awhile. I nearly smiled at the thought of civilization, but then remembered we still had a lot of work cut out for us. Nessie had other ideas. Tears of relief fell down her rosy cheeks. "I never thought I would be so happy just to see a paved road!" She nearly squealed in delight.

"Hey! We have to be quick and cautious about this, ok?" I asked hoping she would get my reasoning. I gripped her hand for comfort. "Let's pass..." I waited till no cars were coming from either direction, "now!" I gripped her hand tighter as we ran across the two-lane street.

Once on the other side, I did smile. Glad I could be strong for Nessie and myself. We continued through the woods, it was no better than the first part. My arms and legs were bleeding and Nessie had multiple twigs, leaves, and thorns in her hair. I sighed as I wiped the blood off my cheek, were a large thorn had cut deeply into my skin. "Are...are we lost?" Nessie asked pulling at the sleeves of her dirty shirt.

I shook my head. "No. No, sweety! I can hear the buzzing of people and cars now. We're almost there," I lied about the hearing people part, but I knew if we were lost, it was a hell if a lot better if we were, than being found. "Come on,we'll be there soon."

Thirty minutes later, I was hit in the head by a soccer ball. "What the fuck?" I screamed clutching my nose, that was now bleeding. "I swear,sometimes I wonder if God just gets bored and decides to pick on me. Because no one, no one, would ever get hit in the face by a freaking soccer ball in the middle of the fucking forest!" I vented. Nessie covered her mouth, hiding her smile, I glared coldly at her.

"Oh snap! I am so sorry!" A female's voice reached my ears. "Butterfingers over there wasn't paying atten-Nessie!?" the girl squealed.

Immediately I jumped in front of said girl. I glared at the blonde soccer player. I could tell it was fake, the roots were black, as were her eyebrows. Her dark eyes penetrated mine, like Jacob's usually do. Before I could understand this girls' actions, Reneesme was hugging her. "Tasha! OMG! I never thought I would see you again!"

They were basically bouncing around, talking excitedly about everything that Reneesme had missed. I sighed. The girl-Tasha-noticed me once more. "So who are you?" she didn't sound snobby, just safely curious.

"Bella Swan. You?" I blinked, got out of my protective stance,and leaned back against a near-by tree.

"I'm Natasha Black. Isn't my brother dating your sister? Amber, right?"

I gasped. "I didn't know Jake had a little sister! Sorry about earlier...you can never be too careful."

She nodded. "Yeah. So, why are both of your faces on the missing boards an I'm standing hear talking to you?"

"Well..." I launched into a story about how all the came to be, "...and now we just got done walking through these effing trees!"

"So...you were both kidnapped by the same guy?" we nodded. "And this guy just so happens to be Amber's biological Dad?" We nodded again. "Why does her want you?" she asked pointing at me. Nessie shrugged.

I sighed. "He told me once, that I was a trap; steal me, lure Amber to him, and have us both." I ran a hand through my hair. "Do you by any chance have a cell phone I can borrow? I need to call a few people."

Tasha nodded and ran back to her soccer field and started rummaging through her duffel bag. "Do we have to stay in these woods?" Nessie asked looking longingly at the Gatorade bottle inside her bag.

"Yes, Nessie, we have to stay in these woods. We don't want to cause attention to ourselves." I knew she was thirsty, hell I was thirsty too. But we had to stay hidden.

"Hey guys?" We both looked up at her. "My phone gets no reception out in the woods. But at the edge it has a few bars."

Oh how convenient! I thought angrily. Once we made it over to her, I could clearly see the soccer field and its occupants. The sky was light blue with fluffy white clouds; the snow obviously had not hit here yet. I grabbed the phone from Nessie's hands. "We'll call them second. I need to speak with my sister." Quickly, I typed in her number and put the speaker to my ear. It started ringing majorly loud, or maybe that was just my attisipataion.

"Hello?" a voice I really missed and feared answered after the fifth ring. "Hello?

OK...so not as big as I thought but...I decided to expand the ending a bit...so enjoy that and I know...for sure, the next couple chapters will be longer than what I've been giving.

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