Fanfiction: Invisibility Chapter 11

-Insanity's Partner

Rated T

Bella:

We flew down the highway at top speeds, the trees on either side of us blurring into one giant green wall. It was unnerving, but comforting.

I was strangely calm. The thought of what would happen was very numbing. Very soothing. Very much worth any pain I'd endured, just to get rid of it; if that even made sense.

We arrived in the airport about an hour later, and it was crowded. I was afraid that we wouldn't be able to book a ticket, but as luck would have it, they had a plane leaving for Florence, Italy, in a mere 2 hours. And it wasn't booked. We bought the last two tickets from my laptop from the terminal, and then printed it out in one of the do-it-yourself kiosks.

Fortunate, indeed; the next plane trip to Italy after that is in a week.

After we got the tickets, we waited in the terminal again, waiting for the opportunity to board.

Finally, after the two excruciatingly long hours, we boarded the plane.

I pulled out my laptop after I was seated, and opened MS word.

I tinkered around with a few good bye letters, but then gave up. Who cares anyway?

I finally hung up the laptop, while the plane began coasting down the runway, preparing for take-off.

It seemed like forever once the plane was finally up in the air, but we were going. That had to count for something.

I politely rejected the offers for some soda, coffee, and food items. I really wasn't that hungry, for blood or otherwise.

And I looked out the window, stunned to see the clouds so beautifully, for a moment I was too stunned to pull down the window flap, so as to shield me and Jalin from the sun.

But as the sun peeked over the mountains, I snapped out of my reverie and slid down the tiny plastic window.

I laid my head back in the head rest, and closed my eyes. I tried to close down my mind, willing it to lose consciousness. And to my intense pleasure and surprise, it did.

I sank into an even sleep, and awoke to Jalin shaking my shoulder. "Callen," she hissed, "We're in Florence."

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Flying down the highway again; this time in our stolen car. I was anxious to get there soon, but Jalin insisted on driving. Even after I reminded her that she wasn't of a legal age to drive; she still insisted.

So we were flying down the highway, when he popped into my head. The thought made me wish I was brain dead.

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I stood in front of Aro. Marcus and Caius were watching us from the corner with their entourage.

Jalin stood next to me. I tried to send her home, but there was no budging her. She was a persistent little bugger; I had to give her that.

Aro was trying to read my mind; and failing. Much to his blatant aggravation, as both I and Jalin could tell. The look of annoyed concentration on his face would have made me laugh, if I wasn't so numb.

So here was the predicament: How do I tell them I want to die without alerting Jalin, and having her freak out on me?

I took a deep breath.

"I trust you know who Carlisle is." He nodded his head, aggrivated. "He has a son; Edward. I fell in love with him when I was a human. I think he might have loved me, once upon a time, but then he stopped loving me, and left. Now… I just can't stand being around him. I want to escape him. I want to join you here."

Jalin gasped next to me. I told her I wasn't going to ask them to kill me. Not yet at least. As soon as she's gone, I will.

"And what makes you think you'd be a benefit to our family? What can you do?" he asked, now interested.

"I can… I'm not sure. I get many powers. They come and go." I said, unsure.

"What can you do now?" he asked, curious.

I thought for a moment. I can still hear thoughts. The only male, straight, flight attendant proved that with his abnormally lusty thoughts. I had to admit though, he had quite the imagination. It was very, very sickening. He drooled over me, and Jalin, who was almost half his age. It was very disturbing.

I can still block powers, obviously. Even if I don't mean to. I think I can still control my appearance, and cry. Yeah, I can still cry. I've done plenty of crying in the last week.

"I'm still not sure. Right now, I think I can read thoughts, change my appearance, block powers, and move things with my mind when I'm angry." I sighed, and then remembered. "You may have noticed my eyes, though I can assure you my diet is only of animals."

Aro's face showed no emotion, but I could easily tell that he was impressed. "It's not something I usually say, but I do think you'd be an excellent addition to our family." He said, and Caius looked like he would smash something.

I just nodded my head. Jalin too, looked like she might smash something.

"We will have to think about it." He said nodding to his brothers who'd approached him. "But in the mean time, we'll have rooms prepared for you."

He waved his arms to gesture to a tiny girl who liked was small enough to be a child. She walked through the door leading us down the hallways of the large castle turning into a torch lit corridor, and showing us to two very large ornately decorated doors, which opened to two delicately decorated rooms.

Jalin ignored hers and walked into mine, plopping into the chair in the corner.

"Why?" she asked, on the verge of sobs.

"I can't have him following me everywhere. You know he will. Don't deny it." I said, laying down in the bed, on top of the covers and staring at the stone ceiling. I rolled over on my side away from her. "Now he can't."

"But what about me?" she whined. "I don't want to be alone. I'm tired of being all alone! I want a sister!" She mumbled something else under her breath, but even I didn't hear her.

"You have Dani." I said, quietly. She scoffed.

"Are you kidding me? She's totally oblivious! She has no idea what goes on, and she doesn't care. I don't even know what she does every day, but it must be time engaging."

"Just go back to what you were doing before I joined the family." I said, closing my eyes, wanting to die.

"But I don't want to!" she whined. "That's the whole point!"

"'Jalin," I said, firmly. "I'm not going back home."

"Fine," she said, surprising me. "I'm joining you here, then."

My eyes flew open in shock, and slight anger. Why couldn't I just die without any complications?

Because you don't deserve the die so easily, the voice inside my mind resounded with. You had to be selfish, and love someone who was so clearly out of your league. You had to mess everything up for everyone. You are suffering just like you should be.

I didn't say anything to her; I was too busy agreeing with my voices in my mind.

"Say something!" she cried, desperate.

"What's there to say?" I asked, numbly.

"That you hate me!" she said, then realizing something, and continuing with this asinine idea. "You know, if you hate me, you should have just said something from the beginning, and I would have left you alone." I turned around, angry.

"Don't ever say that!" I yelled, fuming. Why does everyone have to suffer because of me? "It's not your fault. If you want to blame someone blame, blame him." I said, knowing full well that she would understand who HE was.

"And I don't hate you." I said calmly. "You're like my sister, my best friend."

"Yeah well," she said, bitter. "You sure are acting like you hate me."

I sighed. "Jalin," I paused, wondering how to continue. "Jalin, some day, you will fall in love. You might get your heart broken. But once you fall in love, you will understand, I promise. Even if it isn't for a very long time; someday, you will understand."

The look on her face told me that if she would cry, she would have been crying. The thought broke my heart.

"Just promise me something." She said, on the verge of sobs again. I didn't say anything, but she continued. "Just please, please, please…" She paused to take in a shuddering, unnecessary breath. "Please, don't ask the Volturi to kill you. Please."

I turned away from her. That was one promise I couldn't keep. I was tired. My brain was exhausted. His image sat behind my eye-lids, making me want to claw at my eyes with tenacious fingers. But I knew no matter what I did, that his face would be there. Instead of the treasure I once considered it to be, a curse.

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