My senses, all of them start to dim and fuzz around the edges, like when you burn the sides of a letter to make it look old fashioned. This means I'm about to see something, usually something bad. But i guess i shouldn't be expecting the worst even when the worst is usually logically expected these days. Ok, here we go.
The lights dim in my vision white noise sears at my ears my tongue goes dry and any sense of touch i was used to dissipates as the scene fills the back of my eyelids; A long room, hard wooden floors varnished to perfection, yet littered with scuff marks from some kind of repetitive tapping or friction. Mirrors haunt the walls reflecting every inch of the interior in divine detail, where is this place? Why am i seeing this?
Then i remember, 'it's what i do.' Draw. Why did i not think of this straight away, always draw what you see Alice, I try to remind myself of this every time. Reaching for the nearest pad of bland hotel notepad I start to scrawl down what I'm seeing. "What are you doing love?" I completely forgot Jasper was here, no time to explain. Draw. As the vision starts to fade ever so slightly, releasing my head from the vice that held it so tightly over the last few seconds the paper comes into view, slipping through my retina as the photographic image fades from my sight, replaced by a surprisingly accurate translation kneaded into the paper in front of me with the pen I am holding. The pen has started to crack under the pressure with which i was holding it. Sweat slides down the back of my neck creating a film that holds my shirt to my back against it's will.
Jasper. "I think i know where James is. He is here in Phoenix Jasper, here in Phoenix." "In that case we need to make sure Bella stays close by." How can Jasper be so calm? Maybe its just the adrenaline from my 'vision' but calm is the last feeling that my mind could comprehend, then i feel it. Jasper must have sensed my mood. Slowly my pulse slows, heart beat fades back to a normal pace and the last grip of the vice is finally undone. This is one of the many things that makes loving Jasper so easy and complete, his ability to set a mood upon an entire room, I truly could not suffer eternity without him. Then Jasper suddenly utters the worst possible scenario for this moment. "Alice, where is Bella." "Shit."
Shes gone. This is not good at all, her scent is still lingering though.
Then all of a sudden who should walk through the door holding a fucking soda? Bella. "Where have you been? We were panicking, look I've had a vision, do you recognize this place." Bella's face dropped and her brow creased. "This is my old ballet studio. Its just down the road." "And thats where James is." Bella jumped, she had obviously forgotten Jasper was here.
A phone rings, it's Edward for Bella. They go off into the bedroom and talk. I have to thin about how I'm going to explain this to Edward, he thought she would be safe here, there is no way he won't over react, is it even over reacting? Why would James, no how would James know about Bella's old studio, unless. "Jasper,we have to make sure Bella's mom is ok. Think about it, how else would James know about the studio." "Yeah but shes out of town, right?" This is true technically she shouldn't be back for weeks, the stress is nearly too much.
Bella has finished talking with Edward. My turn. "Hey there brother" i say sarcastically, that joke never gets old. "What is it Alice?" Damn he just knows, every time. "Well see, James might be.......kind of" "OUT WITH IT ALICE" "well kind of.......here in Phoenix, at Bella's old ballet studio." "................" "We think he is going to try and lure her there, but we have it all under control." "I'm on the NEXT flight, why did you not call me immediately??" "Chill out Edward, I'm still coming down from my 'vision' you were the first person i was going to call, and you don't need to come down here, everything is fine." 'Click.'
"He's coming. Probably with Carlisle and Emmet." "Figures, Emmet can never resist a good fight." "Jasper this is hardly the time to be amping for a fight." "Then when is Alice?" "uhhh excuse me, could someone please fill me in?" oh Bella, that's right. "Edward and the other boys are coming down, he's blown this whole thing out of proportion." "I wish he would do what best for him and stop babying me." "Bella, its only cause he cares about you more than anyone that has ever existed." "I know." Of course she knows, how could you not Edward is so goddam smitten with her even I'm a little grosed out.
It's morning already? Ha-ha Bella snores, cute. Guess we should wake her the others will be at the airport around midday. Its annoying how due to Edwards stubbourness we have to try to manuver during the daytime, time to put on the big, heavy, ugly clothes.
"Jasper, how are we going to do this?" "Lets go and talk to the front desk and see if we can't get our car parked around back, it'll be a start." "Good idea love, lets go, we can wake Bella when we get back."
Bella wakes at the sound of the door sliding shut and the lock clicking quickly into place, or so she thought. It was really her phone vibrating under the night worn pillow. "Hello??" "Bella? Bella?"
"Calm down mom." "Mom?" "Bella, your mother is safe as long as you do me this one tiny little favour........."
ok so this is basically my finsihed draft, needs to be gone over with grammar and all that etc etc.
thought id leave the outcome hanging in my story seeing as if youve read the book you know how it goes down.
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What can i say!!! CUDOS! Loved it!! Only a few grammer mistakes are stopping it from being fantastic! Love how you have kept the ending open!
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