The Missing Link

Chapter Four: Returning Home

Jane walks with me back to where the receptionist is. Bella, Alice, and Edward are all sitting tensely. Before we get within seven feet of them, Jane stops and whispers.

"I want you to look up soulmates once you're home. It should help clear up some confusion."

I scrunch my face up in confusion but nod anyway. She then presses a piece of paper into my hand. I bring it closer to my face seeing it's a phone number, email, and skype username.

"Until we can see each other in person, we can keep in contact like this"

I quirk my lip up in a half smile. "Thank you, Jane. It was nice to meet you."

She squeezes my shoulder and speeds away leaving me alone with my sister and two of the Cullen's.

"What did they want to discuss with you? "Bella asks.

I ignore her and sit down in a overly stuffed chair. What was disscussed isn't hers or any of the Cullen's bussiness.

They continue to look at me expectantly. I shake my head at them.

"It doesn't concern you. When are we leaving? Dad's probably freaking out."

Bella rolls her eyes at me. I don't know where this attitude has come from, but I don't appreciate it. Dad won't either. She's been practically a zombie for months, and now that the Cullen's are back it's as if she has taken some of their cockiness.

We sit in silence waiting for the sun to go down so we can leave. Edward, Bella, and Alice whisper to each other, while I have my sketchbook out, drawing a picture of the thrown room.

I completely ignore the other three people, lost in my own head. My hand slides across the paper, smuding and shading different parts of the scene. In particular, the shadows that where cast from the sunlight shining through the ceiling.

My hands are covered in charcoal from my pencils. I didn't know how much time had past until Bella lightly nudges me.

I look up from my nearly completed sketch and see that it is now dark out. I close my sketch book gently, sticking it back in my purse. I follow the others out of the castle.

We walk back towards where Alice left the car in silence. Seeing as Alice can see the future, I'm sure she's already planning for a new form of transportation since we all won't fit in the sports car.

Alice guides us through the city of Volterra and I can't help but take in the sights of the old Italian archetecture. The city looks as if it hasn't been changed since it was built, knowing now of the three vampire Kings that 'run' Volterra, it probably hasn't.

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The further I got away from Volterra, the more the aching pull got. It's not constant, but it's there.

Sitting in a plane with two vampires and my annoying sister is not a sentence I would ever think of, but here I am Bella and Edward are right back to acting as they did before the family left. I don't understand how. If I was in her position, I would want nothing to do with him or any of them.

I once more have my sketchbook out, this time working on a rough drawing of Jane. I try to capture all the detail in her eyes. They are very expressive and hard to capture. Not having my Colored pencils with me, I leave her eyes as they are. I'll add color to them later.

As we land back at Sea-Tac, I pull out my phone and look at my calls. I see I have close to fifty missed calls from dad and as about as many voicemails. As we make our way through the terminal I listen to a few of them.