I shut my door and put my hands over my ears.

"No Bella, she's trapping you... run away!" Emmett said dramatically.

"Idiot," Rosalie said, rolling her eyes.

"What it's true... I bet Eddy's having Shorty watch her," Emmett pouted.

She grinned, and turned the volume down until it was just background. Then she hit the locks and the gas in the same second.

"What's going on?" I asked, starting to feel uneasy. "Where is Edward?"

She shrugged. "They left early."

"Oh." I tried to control the absurd disappointment. If he left early, that meant he'd be back sooner, I reminded myself.

"And I've probably already been gone for a while, so there was time when you didn't have to worry about me being gone," Edward said.

"All the boys went, and we're having a slumber party!" she announced in a trilling, singsong voice.

"A slumber party?" I repeated, the suspicion finally settling in.

"Aren't you excited?" she crowed.

I met her animated gaze for a long second.

"You're kidnapping me, aren't you?"

She laughed and nodded. "Till Saturday. Esme cleared it with Charlie; you're staying with me two nights, and I will drive you to and from school tomorrow."

I turned my face to the window, my teeth grinding together.

"Sorry," Alice said, not sounding in the least bit penitent. "He paid me off."

"Cool... how?" Alice asked.

"Well, I know of at least one thing that you want," Edward smiled.

"I really hope you're right about that," Alice smiled. "I want to get my car in both realities."

"Yeah, but once Bella gets away from you, Eddy will probably take the car back," Emmett put in. "And there's no way you're actually going to get this car...at least not from me."

"Oh, you think so, do you?" Alice asked at the same time as Edward said "Bella's not getting away from Alice...how could she..."

"I don't know... she'll find a way," Emmett smirked at Edward first then turned to Alice. "And this will show you that Bella is the more stubborn one... she gets what she wants more."

"Oh there is a big difference between these two issues, Em," Alice said, smirking at him.

"And what's that?" Emmett asked, still smug.

"One, she is convinced that Edward's wrong and she wants to help her friend," Alice said. "The other, she has issues with, but knows that Edward really wants... and she is rather selfless when it comes to others' feelings..."

"We'll see," Emmett said, not looking as smug as before, but still smiling.

"How?" I hissed through my teeth.

"The Porsche. It's exactly like the one I stole in Italy." She sighed happily. "I'm not supposed to drive it around Forks, but if you want, we could see how long it takes to get from here to L.A. - I bet I could have you back by midnight."

"Alice, it's a school night... she needs sleep," Esme said.

"Then we could do it the next day," Alice shrugged.

I took a deep breath. "I think I'll pass," I sighed, repressing a shudder.

We wound, always too fast, down the long drive. Alice pulled around to the garage, and I quickly looked over the cars. Emmett's big jeep was there, with a shiny canary yellow Porsche between it and Rosalie's red convertible.

Alice hopped out gracefully and went to stroke her hand along the length of her bribe.

"Wow... I really want it now," Alice said excitedly.

"Pretty, isn't it?"

"Pretty over-the-top," I grumbled, incredulous. "He gave you that just for two days of holding me hostage?"

Alice made a face.

A second later, comprehension came and I gasped in horror. "It's for every time he's gone, isn't it?"

She nodded.

"I would have given it to you for just this weekend," Edward said confidently.

"Probably, but I don't mind kidnapping her," Alice said. "And I must really not like the wolves either."