As soon as Alec and I entered the castle, I ran to find Bella. I found her sitting stiffly on a chair in the dining room, alone with her head bowed down. "Bella?" I asked.

Her head snapped up. "Ali!" she crowed. "What are you doing here? I heard that you went to hunt because Aro wouldn't let us go together. I thought you would leave."

"Not without you," I said. "Edward would kill me."

She laughed weakly. "You missed your chance."

"No, I didn't," I grinned. I explained Alec's plan to her.

She pursed her lips when I finished speaking. "How do you know we can trust him?"

I shrugged. "It's a risk we'll have to take."

She took a deep breath. "Alright. Tomorrow, then."

"Tomorrow."

During the night, I tried to lay down and sleep in whatever way I could as a vampire. Still, my arms jittered with excitement and my legs ached to run away from here and to be in Jasper's arms. How long had it been since I'd last seen him? A month? However much time had passed, it was too long.

Rather than using my visions, it was my own imagined future that finally helped me relax. I could imagine it-Bella and I would run away from the castle to the airport, and then we'd get on the earliest flight to Buffalo. After the agonizingly long flight, we'd get off at the airport and I'd finally see him, my Jasper, and he'd have that beautiful smile on his face and his golden eyes would light up with joy as I ran into his arms. And everything would be perfect.

In my mind, though, I knew my picture-perfect reunion would be the best case scenario. In the meantime, there were a million different things that could go wrong. I snapped myself away from my fantasy and forced myself to focus on the real future.

I saw Bella and I talking to Alec in the woods. After a quick goodbye and thank you, we were off. So far, so good. I skimmed through it without paying too much attention to details. We got on the plane. We made it home. To my delight, it was close to what I had imagined.

There was a gentle knock on my door, and I opened it to see Alec with a wicked smile on his face. "Ready to go?" he asked.

I nodded. "Where's Bella?"

"Right here," her voice said as she walked over to us. "I'm ready."

There was utter silence as the three of us left the castle. As soon as we were a good distance away, Alec stopped. "I'm not going any farther," he muttered. "Good luck."

"Thank you," I said genuinely. "Thank you so much."

He rolled his eyes. "Yeah, sure. Goodbye, Alice, Bella." With that, he ran off.

I turned to Bella. We didn't have much time before they knew we were gone. Bella was ready with the bottle of Jacob's blood. "Here," she said, shoving it towards me.

I wrinkled my nose when I uncorked it. It seemed to stink more from being bottled up so long. As disgusting as it seemed, I doused myself with half the bottle and passed it to Bella, who did the same.

As soon as we were sure our scent was hidden and that Bella's shield was up, we ran towards the Pisa International Airport, keeping out of the public eye as much as possible. We had no idea when the next flight was, but it was hopefully soon.

I kept an eye out for any trouble, easing up more when we neared the airport. Victory was so close. A vision suddenly hit me like a truck and I skidded to a stop. "Alice?" asked Bella in a panicked voice. "What's wrong?

"They're there," I whispered in shock. "Jane. Felix. Demetri. They know we're gone. They're waiting for us."
Bella swore loudly, a rarity for her. "We don't even know where the next closest airport is."

"We could ask someone," I suggested. "Or we could go and try to find a computer and search it up."

"Looking like this?" she asked, gesturing to our blood-stained, ragged clothes. "Besides, when they realize we're not at the Pisa airport, that's the next place they would look. They might even have split up already."

I let out a cry of frustration and let my head fall into my hands. "We're dead. They will not let us go alive. Remember what Alec said? If they find out we betrayed them, they wouldn't hesitate to kill us. They don't even need us as much anymore. We're just as replaceable as anything else."

Bella chewed her lip. "There's still one option."

I realized what she was thinking. "Are you sure? That would take days."

"There's no other way," she whispered. "We have to swim there."

A/N: So...this is the last official chapter of A Dead Girl's Diary. The next and final update will be the epilogue. It's hard to believe that after almost two years, this story is finally almost over. It's been a long journey, but totally worth it because of you guys. Thank you for sticking with Alice throughout her journey, and see you for the epilogue!