"We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment." - Hilaire Belloc

"You're next..." He said to me through gritted teeth as he lit a match and held it over Alice's torn up body.

My vision was blurred from the waterfall of tears in my eyes, and all I saw was a ball of yellow and orange fire engulf my little vampire.

I was actually thankful that he was going to kill me, because I couldn't live without Alice.

"Oh, Bella...you should see the look on your face."

I saw his dark figure slowly walk closer to me, he was enjoying this way too much. Sure, I was scared...death is scary. Especially when your dying at the hand of a lunatic vampire.

"Bella?" Another voice called out.

I furrowed my brow in confusion. The voice seemed to have come from far away, but it didn't faze Jasper one bit. I hoped he would at least make it quick. I wasn't one for pain, much less torture.

"Are you scared, little Bella?"

I refused to answer him, even though tears were streaming down my face, I kept my head held high and my eyes straight forward.

"To good enough to answer me now?" His voice got deeper.

"Fuck. You."

He took one deep, unneeded breath before he lunged at me, wrapping his ice cold hand around my throat. Gradually applying pressure, making me gasp for air.

"Bella?" The voice said again, this time more frantic.

"Goodbye, Bella."

I sat up with a jolt, frantically pushing the cold body away from me as I tried to get some air in me.

"Bella, calm down...it's me."

It's then I realized who it was, even through my coughing.

"It's just me."

Rose.

I let out a relieved breath before collapsing back on the couch, ignoring the irritated muscles from my little episode. I looked up to see her worried face as I felt her hand wipe away tears I didn't know had fallen.

"Sorry...bad dream." I panted.

We sat there for a few more minutes as my breathing returned to normal, Rose sitting next to me on the floor patiently.

"Do you want to talk about it?" She asked, her eyes soft and warm.

I shook my head. "No, it doesn't matter...it was just a dream."

I pushed that out of my mind and noticed her hand was resting on mine, her thumb lightly rubbing my skin in a sign on affection. I didn't think she realized she was doing it. I sat there for another few moments observing her. She was sitting on the floor, leaning against the sofa, half turned to me. Her eyebrows were knitted together, and she looked like she was in deep thought about something. I started to turn my hand over to hold hers, to give her comfort about whatever she was thinking about, but before I could she moved her hand off mine in a flash.

"Why do you do that?" I asked.

"Sorry if I made you uncomfortable." Her gaze never meeting mine.

"You're not making me uncomfortable." I reached down and grabbed her hand again, and entwined my fingers with hers. "It's like anytime you realize what you're doing, you stop all of a sudden and pull away. Why?"

She was quiet for a few moments, but her face went through a range of emotions. Many times she opened her mouth, but then shut it again, deciding not to say what she was thinking.

"I-uh..."

"Wow, Rosalie at a loss for words. Never thought I'd see the day." I said playfully.

I saw the side of her mouth twitch upward for a second before she regained her composure.

"I missed you."

"Why the hell would you miss me? I was nothing but mean to you." She looked at me confused.

"I still thought of you as an older sister. A bitchy older sister...but a sister nonetheless." I admitted.

She sat there in shock for a few seconds before looking at the floor again.

"I missed you, too." She whispered.

I smiled at her, resisting the urge to hug her. But I think she's had enough touchy feeling stuff for now.

"Where's Emmett?" I asked, noticing that it was much too quiet around here.

"He went hunting, then was going to stop my the house to grab a map so we can start planning where we need to go look." She looked thankful for the change in subject. "While you were asleep, I called our go-to guy, and he should have a passport for you by tomorrow evening."

"So you're getting it illegally?" I asked.

"Of course, it's the only way we get paperwork done." She said nonchalantly. "Not to mention quickly. He's a speedy little thing...but I suppose that's because he's afraid of us." She chuckled.

"Does he...know?"

"Not that we're vampires, but he does know that we are differently. Carlisle's been working with him for thirty years now."

"Whoa. Aren't you afraid that he'll say something to someone?"

"No. Emmett threatened him once...you should have seen the look on his face. We know we can trust him, though." She finished before she whipped her head to the door.

A few seconds later, Emmett walked in. He had on a simple black shirt and blue jeans, and rolled up piece of paper in his hands, which I assumed was the map. I looked down at Rose, noticing her change in outfit as well. She was wearing more my style of clothing than the usual name brand she always wore. It was nice to see her this way.

"Bella, your finally awake!" His voice boomed through the house as he approached.

"Morning, Em."

"Morning? It's afternoon! Four fifteen to be exact."

"Holy shit, I really slept that long?"

"Yeah, but you needed to rest." Rose rubbed my hand before letting go and standing up. "By the way, Charlie called and said he wouldn't be home until about eight tonight."

I nodded. I had totally forgotten about Charlie coming home.

"I made your bed, would you like me to take you upstairs?" She asked.

"Yeah, but I need a human moment first." I said, realizing how badly I needed to use the restroom.

Her eyebrows raised, and next thing I knew, I was upstairs in my bathroom.

"Do you need help?"

"No, I think I got it. But thanks."

She let me go and closed the door behind her, leaving me to do my business. I had trouble standing up from the toilet, but I managed to get up after three tries. I flushed and washed my hands before limping my way over to my bed, where Rose was sitting, watching me carefully in case I started to fall. I made it to the bed and collapsed face first onto it, not bothering to move for a few seconds, and I swore I heard a small giggle come from Rose.

"Don't suffocate yourself, now." I heard her say before I groaned and turned over.

Emmett came through the door then, unfolding the map in his hands, then sat it down on the bed in front of Rose and I.

"Where do we even start?" I asked as I sat up.

"Well...we're pretty sure they aren't in the United States, they would be too easy to find that way." Emmett said as he laid the map on the bed. "I also doubt they're in South America."

"Why's that?"

"Last time we heard, that's where Edward's been staying. And he didn't wanted to be by himself for a while, so we can rule that continent out, for now." He answered.

"We'll call around to families we know, see If they've heard or seen anything recently." Rose said.

"How many covens are out there?"

They both looked at me like I was crazy.

"More than you could imagine, Bella. There's at least one coven in every state in the US, plus Nomads that never stop moving. As for the other continents, Europe is the most populated because it has so many countries. And not all are vegetarians, so it would be wise to leave you in a hotel when we talk to the ones that aren't."

I couldn't really argue with that. I'd rather not be killed when I have my little vampire to save.

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Throughout the next week, Emmett and Rosalie called every family they knew to try and find out anything they could about Alice and Jasper's whereabouts. They were able to rule out Africa, Australia, Alaska, and of course, South America. So now we knew, we were heading to Europe first. We would fly to Portugal, since Emmett said it was a good starting place, and where there is a known coven.

I was literally going crazy with anticipation. The whole week had gone by extremely slow, even with the company of Em, Rose, and Charlie. I has spent quite a bit of time with him since he came back, because I didn't know when I was going to see him next, and I knew I was going to miss him. All I left was a vague note, saying I had to go, I was safe, but I didn't know when I would be back. I knew Charlie would freak the fuck out, and I felt terrible, but I had to do this.

I also recovered quite well. I was still sore when I did certain things, but overall, I was good to go, and boy was I ready. I didn't sleep well because of that, and I kept having those horrible Jasper dreams, that I still refused to talk about with Rose. I could tell she was worried, but I didn't want my stupid dreams to affect anyone else. We were on a mission now, the last thing we needed was a distraction.

A voice over the intercom pulled me out of my thoughts, and Rose motioned for me to follow her. Emmett handed the lady our tickets so she could scan them, and then we walked through the tunnel thingy that's attached to the plane, and boarded quite fast. We were one of the first people on, so we had our pic of seats. Emmett lead us all the way to the back of the plane, then both stood to the side and motioned for me to go in first to take the window seat.

Rose then slid in next to me, and Emmett follow her. I took a deep breath and buckled my seat belt before relaxing into my seat the best I could. I couldn't believe this was actually happening. Traveling the world with Rose and Emmett to save the love of my life...it was like a story from a romance novel or something. I wondered what my future held after we actually did find them. There was no time to think about the future at the moment, once we found Alice, there would be plenty of time for that.

But, for now...to Portugal.

A/N: Sorry for the short chapter. I promise the next one will be longer. In the mean time, tell me what you think about this chapter, and what you think will happen soon?