The Crash: Book Two - Heart on Fire

Chapter Seven: The Nightmare

Alice

"Prophecies are tricky creatures. They don't tell you everything."

- Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Prophecy Girl)

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"Angela?" I heard her screaming at me. Were we just... It was a flash of time, me frozen in place while my car sped out of control towards a semi-truck. Angela was there, frantically trying to wake me. Was it a dream, a vision or reality?

Then I was somewhere else, well I was still in a car but it was totally different. Rosalie's Cadillac was fully restored and beautiful. We didn't take it out much, especially since it was best driven with the top down, but even as vampires we didn't enjoy that kind of drive in the pouring rain. Yet this day was perfect, with a high but thick ceiling of clouds and rain called for late evening. It had been a good morning, with Angela staying over. None of us were doing well since the family split apart to try and cut off the threats surrounding us, but we all had our roles to fill.

We were twenty minutes into our trip and we were mostly engaged in small talk. Rose reached for the radio and we caught a song in the middle.

"Oh Monday mornin' you gave me no warnin' of what was to be. Oh Monday, Monday, how could you leave and not take me..."

"Sorry Angela." Rose said, turning off the radio.

"No, it's okay, music doesn't bother me." Angela gave a half-hearted smile and looked back out the car window.

"You can find me crying, all of the time." The song continued as Rose turned the radio back on.

"Yeah, never mind." Rose said with a small sad chuckle. "This is supposed to be a bright day."

"I'll try, I promise." Angela said with a nod, even though her body language told me she was only going on this trip for us.

"I really don't think I need all this." Bella said fidgeting with the hat and scarf I had painstakingly found to make her look stylish instead of stealthy.

"You do look a bit like Carmen Sandiego." Angela said with a shrug.

"A red trench, damn." I said pouting a bit, I hadn't thought of that ensemble for Bella, with her coloring and hair she would look amazing.

"Never." Bella pouted, crossing her arms.

"Ah... fine." I conceded. "Speaking of clothes, is shopping on our agenda?" I asked hopefully.

"I'm with Alice I think you would look amazing hun. Alice, shopping is on the menu, but there is an actual reason we're going into the city." Rose answered since she had planned the entire afternoon outing.

"I don't see why I need a new identity, it's not as if we're moving until next year anyway." Bella said somewhat petulantly, shaking her head.

"Practicality; if you are ever pulled over you won't have to explain why you're driving while legally dead. Plus if we ever want to... nevermind." Rose shook her head, clearly thinking about the future but not wanting to put too much pressure on their new relationship, but caught herself from going to a dark place and gave Bella a warm smile in the rear-view mirror.

"Right." Bella met Rosalie's gaze and both of their smiles brightened, I didn't know how deeply they were involved yet but they seemed happy.

We continued to talk as we made it into the city and met with J. Jenks first, getting pictures taken for both Bella and Angela. Then before leaving the city we stopped at a mall to do some light shopping. It wasn't until we heard Angela's stomach that we turned towards the food court. "I'm really not hungry guys." Angela said for the fourth time.