Go With Grace ?Jasper Hale 3?

Chapter 10

"Bella... I - I have plans with Paul."

"Willow please, I- I. Charlie wants to send me back to Jacksonville be-because I don't get out. I can-can't leave. Okay?" Bella stared at Willow for a long moment and Willow could see the tears forming in the corners of her eyes. Paul spoke first.

"It's okay Lola." Paul offered her a smile before he turned to Bella with the same warm smile. "Go with Bella. We can hang out tomorrow."

"Thank you, Paul." Bella lowered her head and the edges of her mouth tilted up into a smile.

Three hours later Willow was walking out of a movie theater in Port Angeles after a boring movie experience. She was walking between Bella and Jessica listening to Jessica about zombie movies and Bella's depression. This entire experience was excruciating but Willow reminded herself that she was doing it for her cousin.

Willow almost didn't realize the other two had stopped for a second. She turned on her heel to see Bella staring down the alleyway where a group of motorcyclists were yelling and cat calling them. Jessica stepped towards Willow, but Bella seemed to still be staring at the group.

"Bella?" Willow piped up trying to get her attention.

"Dude, come on." Jessica stepped closer to Bella.

"I think I know those guys." Bella whispered without looking towards them. Willow glanced back at the guys, sure that she had never seen any of them in her entire life.

"Well, they seem great. Can we go?" Jessica tried to pull Bella toward her. Bella shrugged her off and headed towards the men.

"I just need to see something." Bella started making strides to the motorcyclist.

"Woah, woah, woah." Willow called out, jogging to catch up with her cousin, her hand grabbing Bella's shoulder. "What the hell are you doing?"

"I'll be right back. I promise." Bella offered a small warm smile and left Willow standing there.

Willow watched, frozen to her spot, as her cousin approached the men. She turned slightly to look at Jessica who looked as freaked out as she felt. Willow felt her stomach roll with nausea as she watched Bella climb onto the back of the motorcycle with one of the strange men.

"Bella! No!" Willow sprinted down towards her cousin, yelling at the top of her lungs. She watched in horror as her cousin rode off with the strange motorcyclist. Her hands on either side of her head, her fingers tangling in her red hair.

Jessica walked down to join Willow, ranting about the stupidity of Bella. Willow felt her heart beating rapidly and breathing became labored. Heat rushed up to ears and spread over her face. She was stuck half between a panic attack and fit of rage and Jessica's commentary wasn't helping.

Exactly two minutes later the motorcycle reappeared, and Bella was still on the back. Willow felt the panic disappear and she was filled with nothing but rage. She crossed her arms over her chest and scowled at her cousin who seemed half giddy.

"Hey, um, what the hell is wrong with you? Just curious." Jessica snapped before Willow could.

"I thought I saw something." Bella glanced back towards the motorcyclist. The three of them headed back towards the sidewalk.

"You're insane, actually. Or suicidal." Jessica went on but Willow didn't care what she had to say anymore. Willow was thankful that Jessica drove separately because when she heard Bella's response, she knew she was going to blow a gasket.

"That was such a rush." Bella sounded completely elated. Willow twisted her head and shot Bella a look of warning, it was clear Bella understood that she was on Willows absolute last nerve.

Jessica was too upset to even wish them a goodnight, she simply climbed into her car and sped off. Willow took the keys from Bella with a word between them, Willow started the truck and let the heat run. An awkward silence surrounded them, and Willow's rage grew the longer she sat there.

"What the fuck were you thinking?" Willow snapped; her eyes focused straight out the window.

"You wouldn't understand." Bella muttered with her eyes focused on her hands in her lap.

"Fucking try me." Willow twisted her head to look at her cousin. Bella clammed up and shook her head with her shoulders shrugging slightly. "You just did something incredible stupid and almost left me to tell Charlie what happened. You owe me an explanation."

"I saw him!" Bella shouted, her hand gripping her roots.

"Who?" Willow demanded and twisted to completely face her cousin. Bella's face twisted up into an expression of pain and Willow almost felt bad for being angry.

"You know. Him." Bella kept her head down as she spoke. Willow's brow rose and it suddenly seemed to click in her head.

"Edward?" Once the name left her lips Bella flinched but nodded to let her know that she was correct.

"You know that's not really him, right? It's just your mind."

Willow felt like a hypocrite saying that after she spent months dealing with visions of Alex. A severe symptom of her PTSD that Koda had healed with his magic months ago. But he warned her that the mind wasn't easy to heal and at some point, the symptoms of her PTSD may reappear.

"I don't care. I saw him. And I'll do what it takes to see him again." Her tone was so determined and the look on her face let her know that her cousin was still consumed in the loss of Edward. Willow sighed and shifted the truck into drive and silence filled the cab. They were half back to Forks before Willow spoke again.

"Try to be safe if you are so hell bent on doing this."

"Okay." Bella whispered.

"You know, I might be the only person who understands where you're coming from."

That was where the conversation ended. Bella didn't respond to her. She simply turned her head to look out the window, while Willow contemplated if her and her cousin were ever going to be friends.