WHAT AWAITS ME
They say the choices you make can either make you or break you. Well the same could be said for the choice I just made, I couldn't let Bella go alone I had a gut feeling if I did I wouldn't see her again.
I stopped the car and jumped out running up the Cullen's porch steps two at a time. I didn't knock I had a feeling they wouldn't mind I rushed in to see the Cullens running around the house like tornadoes and Bella sitting on the couch looking like she was going to puke.
When I stepped into the living room they all stopped what they were doing and looked at me.
"I'm not letting her go alone I'm going with her." I said holding my body in a position that said I wasn't backing down.
Carlisle was the one to speak up, no one else dared to contradict me, "Jennifer have you spoken to Embry about this? You know how he feels about us."
"First of all only my grandma gets to call me Jennifer, and second Embry needs to pull the stick out of his ass long enough see that when my sister's in danger nobody can stop me from helping her, and third if anybody tries to stop me I will make Hitler look like the freakin pope!" in the end I was practically yelling.
The vampires looked at each other than Carlisle turned to Alice, "Go get Jen's bags and put them in the Mercedes with Bella's bags. Everyone else meet in the garage we leave in ten."
Just as he finished Embry busted through the door, "Jen since I know you aren't going to listen to me I have no choice but to go with you."
"You know I really want to say something right now but if I start I won't stop. And if I get started it won't help anything so right now shut up and listen to Carlisle." I sat next to Bella and put one hand on her back rubbing it while the other hand went to pinch the bridge of my nose
"Okay Embry, Alice and Jasper we're going to take Bella south to Phoenix, the five of you should be able to fit in the Mercedes it's on the small side but it's the fastest car we have that will hold all of you." He motioned for us to follow him to the garage as he grabbed a few bags in the garage Edward told us the rest of the plan.
"Rosalie, Emmett and I are going to lead them north while Alice and Jasper drive you guys south. I don't know how long it will fool him but it should buy us some time. Esme and Carlisle are going to stay behind to watch Jen and Bella's father." He threw some more things into the trunk of the Mercedes and slammed it shut and took Bella's heavy jacket from her it was the one she wore all the time. "Rosalie put this on it will help trick him into thinking that Bella is with us."
He tossed the jacket on the counter, "Why should I? What is she to me?"
"You are so lucky you are vampire because if you were just human your nose would be broken right now. It's kind of your guy's fault that this ass hole is even after Bella in the first place."
Carlisle held his hand up in an apologetic gesture then stepped up to Rosalie and put his other hand on her shoulder, "Rosalie Bella is with Edward, she's a part of this family now." He grabbed the jacket and put it back into her arms, "We protect our family."
Rosalie took the Jacket glaring at me, I fucking glared right back, I was just about fed up with this bitch I swear if I wasn't human I would have torn a limb from her body.
We all got into our perspective vehicles Alice and Jasper in the front of the Mercedes and Bella Embry and I in the back it was tight but it would work. Edward leaned in and whispered a goodbye to Bella then kissed her as he pulled away. As soon as he was clear of the car Jasper took off speeding down the long drive. As we passed the diner we could see our friends leaving after a pre dance dinner. I had forgotten it was the weekend of the spring dance, even though I wasn't going out of principal I felt kind of sad that I would never have a normal life. I looked at Bella just before I turned towards Embry I saw her wipe tears from her cheeks and even though she didn't say it I knew she was thinking the same thing I was.
The three of us in the back slept until we were about halfway to Phoenix then Embry who couldn't take it anymore insisted he drive the rest of the way he was so cramped. So Embry and I switched places with Alice and Jasper, there was no way he was going to let me sit back there with either of them.
Once in Phoenix Alice directed Embry to a Hilton near the airport. I knew Embry wanted to object to them paying for what we knew to be an expensive hotel suite but we both knew it would be pointless the Cullen's were loaded.
The three of us stood back as Alice and Jasper checked us in, once they were done we went up to the room as we waited for Edward to call. We were lucky it was spring break because I don't think I could have focused on anything with the way my nerves were on high alert.
Jasper turned the television on but every time the sound of a phone ringing came out of the TV, Bella Embry and I would jump and get all nervous so he had had to turn it off. So here we were sitting in silence waiting for the actual phone to ring. For two days we were in the suite, nobody wanting to leave for fear of missing the phone call.
"Aw fuck," I whisper yelled from the bathroom.
"Jen what's the matter?" Embry said through the door
How do I tell my boyfriend that it was that time of the month I had been so preoccupied with everything going on that I had forgotten to keep track. I cleaned up and exited the bathroom.
When I stepped out I turned to Alice and whispered so low I knew Embry wouldn't be able to hear.
"I know but I can't go for you and there is no way I'm letting the two of you go alone," she paused for a second then said, "We'll have to send Embry."
"You'll have to send me for what?" He asked from behind me.
Alice wrote something down on a piece of paper Pulled the keys out of her pocket then handed both to Embry, "There is a Walgreen's around the corner give this to one of the female clerks she will know what to get you." She said indicating to the paper. Then she handed him a shiny black credit card and pushed him and his confused looks out the door.
He was back in less than 20 minutes he walked into the room looking utterly embarrassed. Admittedly so was I had hoped we wouldn't get to this until later in the relationship but what are you going to do when a crazy sadistic vampire is after your twin sister. I took the bag from Embry not looking him in the eyes and rushed to the bathroom luckily I didn't have a heavy flow or this would have been so much worse.
When I came out of the bathroom the whole mood had shifted, Alice was sitting on the couch scribbling on a piece of hotel stationary and Bella and Jasper were panicking just a smidge (by smidge I meant like royally freaking out) Alice had a blank look on her face and Embry looked like he wanted to help but didn't know how.
"Okay what the hell happened a minute ago we were laughing about the fact that Embry had to go get me tampons now everyone looks like their puppy just died." Admittedly what I just said should have been funny but I was dead serious and everyone knew it.
Before anybody could answer Bella's phone went off, "Mom what are you doing home I thought you were in Jacksonville?" she paused I really wished she would put it on speaker, "Mom no calm down we're fine we're in phoenix but we're fine I promise." Another pause, she walked into the other room and I could even hear her side of the conversation.
While she was in the other room Jasper's phone rang, "Edward what happened?"
There were a lot of 'yeah's' and 'uh-huh's' then "Okay I'll tell them." He ended the call and turned to us, "James figured out what they were doing, Edward and Carlisle are on their way here and Emmett and Rose are staying behind with Esme to Guard Charlie. When they get here we'll figure out what we're going to do next."
Suddenly Alice shot up from where she was sitting holing the picture so we could see, "This is where the tracker is headed I saw him here."
"You had a vision of him?" I asked as I glanced at the bedroom door Bella still hadn't come out but from the sound of it she wasn't on the phone anymore.
"Alice's visions are subjective if a person changes their mind the vision changes, the persons future is dictated by their choices. Like you for example she can't see your future because you decided to accept the imprint to Embry, she can't see the wolves."
"So the course the trackers decisions are leading him to a ballet studio?" I asked taking the picture from Alice.
"You've been here before?" Jasper asked nodding towards the paper in my hand
"Um, yeah Renee made us take lessons as kids, Bella hated it but I kind of liked it. Anyways the studio she took us to was just like this." I pointed to an arch in the drawing, "There's a bathroom through this archway."
"Is the ballet studio here in Phoenix?" Alice asked taking the drawing back
"Yeah like three blocks from our old house." I looked at the door again "Why is she still in there?"
"She's probably processing things," Jasper said, "I can feel her tension I think maybe we should just let her do what she' needs to do right now. Edward and Carlisle will be here tonight their plane lands just after sunset. We'll all head their about five minutes before it lands. Right now the three of you should get some sleep."
Jasper and Alice went over to the other side of the room I shrugged there was still a good 6 hours till sunset and admittedly I was really tired I hadn't slept well in the last 72 hours with all the shit that had been going on. The suite Alice got us had two bedrooms so far we had only utilized one the first night I had stayed by Bella's side she had been having bad dreams and when she did that she thrashed in her sleep so in turn I didn't get any. The second night neither of us slept we just set on the bed staring at the cell phones we had lined them up on the desk by the door. But now I just needed to be alone with Embry I needed him to hold me and I needed to sleep.
Embry and I went into the second bedroom and climbed into bed with our clothes on neither of us had the energy it would take to actually got throught the motions of actually getting ready for bed. We through everything but the sheets off the bed this is how we slept at home his body heat would keep me warm any more heat would put me in danger of heat stroke. I slid under the sheet and Embry pulled me to him Wrapping his arms around my waist I buried my face against his chest as he hummed me one of the Quileute lullabies.
Just before I fell asleep I had a feeling that within the next 24 hours something bad was going to happen but I was too tired to say anything I would tell them when I woke up.