Now You See Me [Jasper Hale story]

XXXII. What The...

Two months later

I was sitting on a huge, adorably soft bed in my "new" room, which was situated in the Eastern wing of Volterra castle, munching a porcelain cup in my hands, as I carefully sipped a herbal tea Corin made me. It was hot but then again, I got it that the Volturi didn't have much experience with humankind, therefore, had no idea that we (common humans) needed to be served hot drinks in their a little less hot form. Their care was, nonetheless, pretty good. It almost didn't make me feel as if I was a hostage (which I was, by the way). I would get all the food I needed any time I needed, I was allowed to go to the library (under the supervision of a guard, of course) to do my homeworks and every morning and evening, Corin took me out for a run. After about a week of constant insistence, I finally got an opportunity to meet a personal teacher, who taught me of the subjects I had subsribed back at Forks High School even.

"Knock, knock," a familiar voice of my aunt's sounded from the door and I turned my head to smile at the visitor. Oh, did I mention Hayden was here too? Once the Cullens came back to Forks, the first trip of Alice's was to Hayden's, according to my instructions. The vampire told my aunt what happened and she insisted on coming to Italy. That was basically why she ended up stuck in here.

"We're here, ready to party!" My other aunt's head appeared in the doorframe, as my eyes met hers, crimson ones. Meet Ianthe, my mother's second sister; a vampire, who was changed by the Volturi and started working for them, after she had almost died in a car accident more than 10 years ago. "But... hey, look at you! You're not ready, Gwyn! My, we were supposed to leave quarter an hour ago."

"I know and I'm sorry," blurting out guiltily, I shifted on the bed. "I drowned in my thoughts and forgot about the time. You can totally go by yourselves tho! You were looking forward to seeing the film."

"That's not happening, hon," Hayden stated, as she entered my room.

"Sorry, is it not?" Ianthe teased, following her sister inside. When she was murdered by Hayd's glare, she rolled her eyes. "Alright, I get it. Gwyn-less movies usually suck anyways. Of course, unless Tom Hiddleston, Tom Hardy, James McAvoy or Michael Fassbender are starring in them. Because films like that can fundamentally not suck."

It was Hayden's time to roll her eyes at her sister. "Sweetheart, what's wrong?" The two blondes said in unison, making their way towards me. They both sat on the bed, automatically choosing the sides, without telling a single word; Hayden on my right, Ianthe on my left.

"N-nothing! Everything is fine," I tried to sound confident, but failed completely.

"Oh, come on! If there is one thing that will never become a source of money for you, Gwyn, it's definitely lying," stated Ianthe.

"What your aunt is trying to say is," Hayden paused, sending another, definitely not any less murderous glare to her sister. "That you can tell us anything. We are here for you, don't forget that."

"I know," I breathed out, shutting my eyes closed, to order my tempestuous thoughts. "Alright, the thing is, that I miss my friends from Forks; Seth, Angela, Bella, Emmett and Alice. I... I thought it wouldn't be that bad. I counted on that the depression would pass eventually, with time, you know? Just like when we moved away from Dublin. But it doesn't and every single day, I feel more and more awful," I opened my eyes, only to look down, at my palms.

"It's been just two months since you moved in, Gwyn. If you really want to forget about them, it will take much longer. Trust me, I'm an experienced forgetter," Ianthe wrapped an arm around my lower back.

Unfortunately, I couldn't agree with her point. It might have been because I wasn't telling them the whole truth. I missed my friends - I really did - but then again, I could live without them; there were Skype, What's App and other super-epic apps thanks to which we were often talking to each other at nights, despite the time difference.