𝐓𝐄𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐆𝐄 𝐃𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐁𝐀𝐆 , jasper hale .

24. [ vision ]

TEENAGE DIRTBAG

chapter 24

( vision )

the ride to the hotel out of town was relatively quiet. there was the odd murmur between both hunter and alice or the odd glance between the two brunettes in the back — but other than that, silence.

surprisingly, the ride hadn't taken too long. thank god for that; ethan isn't exactly prone to sitting down for long periods of times. currently, the four sat in the hotel. ethan was in one of the bedrooms, mindlessly looking up the ceiling with waves of thoughts pooling in his mind.

or, that was until ethan's ears perked up at the sound of hunter's — slightly — worried voice. it didn't take long, only a few quick strides before ethan was standing in the main room, leaning against the wall with his arms tucked over his chest.

alice and hunter were sat on the couch, alice's vision was almost dazed with bella on the floor. she was having a vision.

ethan pursed his lips in the meantime, running a hand through his hair before the petite brown-haired girl finally spoke. "the tracker," she announced, not shifting her gaze to look at any of them, "he just changed course." fuck.

"got a sneaky feeling that's not good." ethan hummed mostly to himself, taking a step further into the room alongside bella. hunter scavenged for a piece of paper and a pencil, "where will it take him, alice?" hunter spoke, ethan's eyes glued to the male vampire.

"mirrors. a room full of mirrors," alice announced. the pencil and paper got placed in alice's hand, leaning on the coffee table in front of them — the gazed girl began drawing without looking at it.

"self-absorbed dick. he's not even good-looking." ethan scoffed with a roll of his eyes before receiving a quick nudge from bella, silently signalling for him to shut up.

"edward said the visions weren't always certain." bella piped up, her brows furrowing causing a small crease to form between them on her fair skin. hunter shook his head, "she sees the course people are on while they're on it. if they change their mind, the vision changes." the boy explained.

ethan hummed, taking yet another step forward as bella spoke up, "okay, so the course the tracker is on now is gonna lead him to a ballet studio?"

ethan's brows raised so high they almost flew off his head. "well aren't you a genius, bells. how'd you know that?" ethan hummed, his tone full of both confusion and curiosity.

"you've been here?" alice's eyes finally met someone, that someone's being bella's she snapped her head up to look at her. the brunette mortal nodded, "i took lessons as a kid. the school i went to had an arch just like that."

"huh. you did ballet? i thought ballerinas were supposed to be graceful." ethan teased with a small smirk, bella only shook her head with a laugh. "was your school here in phoenix?" hunter broke the playfulness, his tone serious. 

"yeah..." bella's phone began to ring. she held up a finger, walking to the other side of the room to take the call. ethan continued standing in front of the two vampires.

"so what are the chances this ugly... asshat vampire finds both bella and i and, i don't know... bites the fuck out of us?" ethan hummed, biting down on his lower lip as he cocked his head to the side.

"with how much jasper cares about you? not a chance." alice spoke, her voice as soothing as honey, her words making ethan's heart beat slightly faster. "i've never seen him care so much about someone. much less a human or... whatever you are." hunter trailed off, obviously referring to james' previous words.

"right, yeah.. uhhh.. hm." ethan only nodded his head, stumbling over his words. and thank god for the fact bella came over again, just in the nick of time.

around 25 minutes had passed since alice's vision. hunter and alice were in the lobby, and bella and ethan, however, were in the hotel room packing up their stuff.

or, they were until bella suddenly ran frantically into the room. "we need to go." bella said, her eyes widening with what looked like fear, this only caused a spark of confusion to wash over ethan.

"yeah... that's why we're packing up?" ethan said with almost a 'duh' tone, shaking his head in confusion as he looked at the girl. "no, i mean us. james called me." what. the. fuck?

ethan took a few steps closer to bella, both confusion and worry etched onto his features, "what the fuck do you mean he called you? you give him your number or something? i thought you were into edward, man."

bella rolled her eyes, slightly smacking the boy on his chest but not enough to hurt. "he has my mom. he went to her house and we need to meet them both at the ballet studio." bella said, catching her breath after she rushed out each word.

"well that's not good." ethan said, his face pulling into one which matched his words. "we need to tell hunter and alice, they'll be able to—"

"no! we can't tell them. he made me promise not to bring anyone." bella shook her head frantically, denying the idea before the jaylin boy even got to finish it. "and yet you still decide to bring me?" the boy questioned, his eyes widening.

"you're not a vampire."

after a few seconds, his shoulders dropped and he let out a sigh. "fine. fine." ethan nodded his head, running a stressed and tired hand through his dark hair. "but i swear to god if they catch us sneaking out of here, trust you're getting all the blame." ethan put up a finger in her direction as almost a warning.

bella didn't waste any longer. she grabbed his hand, pulling him out of the hotel and gently closing the door behind the two. they managed to sneak down to the lobby, hunter and alice were blissfully unaware of their presence despite the fact ethan's eyes were burning into them.

"well there they are." ethan hummed, his hand interlocking with bella's before slightly nudging her. "come, before they spot us." the two of them slid through the crowd, hiding behind anyone they could before they managed to slip through the door of the hotel.

"we're going to be fine. we're going to go there and get my mom and everyone will be fine." bella nodded her head. but her words did very little to comfort ethan.

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