Jasper and Alice - Love Is Infinite
Chapter 1- Save a Life Major Whitlock
It was a chilly night and the moon was full, but to the couple gently holding each other; it was like any other night. The cold air had no effect on their snow cold, white skin as they continued to walk no certain path through the sleeping wilderness. In a few places the pale moon's light gently cascaded down through the tree tops, casting shadows on the forest's rough green floor. The couple continued in silence for another mile or so, until they reached the river a fair distance from their home. Jumping with little effort, Jasper landed on a very large, low hanging, maple branch. Alice landed right after. Pulling her easily into his lap, Jasper let his long slender arms encircle her waist drawing her closer to him.
" I love you, always!" He whispered in her ear as she watched the quiet river flow.
" I know." She smiled softly, turning so she could see the face that she loved so much. His face. His expression was a mix of deep thought, despair, and almost restraint, as if he were restraining his emotions so she couldn't feel them.
" Jasper what is it?" She knew this expression well, as he wore it often, but this time it was different. This time it had nothing to do with his self-control like it had been when Bella was human. It was something else entirely.
" Alice…." He trailed off in thought for a minute, deciding how best to word it. " Alice are you happy?" He asked, finally looking her in the eyes his reflecting only fear.
" Of course I am, I am always happy so long as I have you Jasper! "
Alice said resting her tiny hand against the side of his slender, concern riddled face.
" That's not what I mean…" He said looking away, his gaze now behind her on the river shimmering in the moonlight. " I've watched you these past few months, your reaction to Bella taking more to Rosalie. I felt your emotions. You felt slightly jealous and disappointed that it wasn't you she turned to for comfort while she was carrying Renesme." He paused letting his gaze return and settle on her again. Stopping their conversation a moment to take in her beauty, he gently ran his fingers back through her soft yet spiky hair. " I hate it to see you feel that way." he sighed, his eyes now locked with hers.
" Jasper, that doesn't mean I'm not happy. I have you! I love you. I am happy just being with you." Alice said in a soft tone, a smile replacing the furrow in her brow line. Without a second thought she pressed her cold lips to his, replacing his anguish with all the love and compassion she had in her.
" How is it possible for a vampire, to be such an angel?" He half laughed when Alice wrinkled her nose at him.
" Let's dance!" Alice chirped happily. As she was about to jump out of the tree, Jasper caught hold of her waist.
" What's the matter Jazz?" she turned to look at him, only to find his normally serious face scrunched into an amused smile.
" Alice…." he laughed lightly. " there's no music, love!" he stared at her lovingly.
" I will sing!" She said in a higher pitched sing-song voice. Kissing him briskly, she leaped out of the tree, landing like a cat. Jasper followed at her heels. Taking her little hands into his , Jasper twirled her in a circle, in, out, and then back in again till he could feel her tiny figure against his chest. Their white skin made them look almost like ghosts dancing in and out of the moonlight to her soft bell-like voice as she sang. They danced that way for almost an hour, Alice's voice eventually fading into silence. Without warning Jasper abruptly became still.
" Jazz, why did you stop?" Alice asked, playfully pouting. He said nothing, but let his wry devilish grin give him away. " I should have seen this coming." she laughed letting her grin match his.
" Spur of the moment decision, darlin'." He beamed, at the fact he had for once managed to surprise her. Laying her gently in the grass, he was already kissing his way down her neck. Getting into the sweet passionate moment, Alice closed her eyes listening to the sound of Jasper's heavy but even breaths. In that split second, a faint sound in the distance caught their ears. A shrill human cry of pain and fear. Even from this distance, Jasper could feel the agony and panic in the air, some of which belonged to Alice. He winced momentarily at the heaviness of the emotions his gift was receiving.
" Jasper!" Alice shrieked, as she clutched his arm tightly in her stone grasp, to support some of his weight.
" Someone is…dieing!" He forced the last word as if his chest was being crushed.
" We have to do something….We have to.." Alice was cut off by Jasper's waving hand as he urged her to relax. " Oh, Sorry Jazz." she said quietly and as calmly as possible, brushing her hand across his jaw line; to smooth some of his pained features.
" Carlisle cant help, he cant get here in time ;even with our freaky level of speed. This person is dieing fast!" Jasper explained through strained lips and gritted teeth, biting back all of the pain coursing through him, afraid of passing it to Alice.
If Alice could have cried then, she would have. Seeing Jasper this way with no way of helping him, was breaking her silent lifeless heart.
" I'm sorry Jazz." she whispered in his ear just before darting away, a blur, through the trees toward the direction the cry had come from. She knew how much it pained them both to be apart, but anything was better than adding to his agony. Just five miles from where they were, Alice found a young girl, about the age of eleven, laying barely conscious just three feet inside the woods from the main road. A car had crashed into a tree along the edge of the woods killing her parents. The girl only managing to survive it, being, she was thrown through the windshield escaping the explosion that occurred following the accident.
' She is so young…..' Alice thought to herself. " Can you hear me?" Alice asked, trying to hold her breath to escape the sweet scent of her blood.
" I cant see….. I cant feel… I'm scared, please…..help me….. I don't want to die!" The girl said through strained faint breaths, wincing with every word. A moment later, another agonizing wail of pain slipped through her blue lips. Thoughts were speeding like bullets and colliding in Alice's head. She was unable to think straight but still managed a vision. She could see the young girl as a vampire, but could not see who she was changed by.
" It has to be one of us." Jasper said from behind her, taking Alice once again by surprise.
" Jasper, I can't. I don't trust myself." Alice said so quietly that even Jasper's expert ears barely picked it up. Feelings of weakness over-whelming her. " But maybe….You can?" she said lifting her head in a hopeful glance, her eyes searching his for an answer. His muscles tensed up, and his unneeded breath stopped, as his gaze moved to the dieing girl.
" My….self-control….my…. My promise…" he trailed off in thought, his gaze not budging.
" You can do this Jazz, I've seen it." Alice whispered, turning his head so that he was forced to look at her. " Just now, I've seen it. You can do it, I trust you." Seeing the love, and encouragement in her eyes , and feeling it in her emotions, he dropped to his knees by the girl's head. His hands trembling, he took a deep breath, and whispered something to neither the girl or Alice in specific.
" Forgive me!"
Carefully he made his mark, on the soft spot of the girl's neck between her jaw line and collar bone. Wincing a few minutes later, at the pain he was causing her, Jasper launched himself back away from her and Alice by almost five feet. Shuddering from disgust with himself, he crouched with his face buried in his hands.
" Jazz, you did it! It's working!" Alice chirped excitedly. Twirling like a ballerina to face him, she stopped dead in her tracks, excitement fading from her face. As much as she wanted to comfort him, she did what she knew was best for him. She left him to sort things for himself, gave him a minute to think. Lifting the young girl's twitching body from the ground, Alice held her breath to help ignore the blood that spilled from the girl's gashed limbs.
" Let me. I will carry her." Jasper said standing up, his voice dark and grave, almost hollow.
" Jasper you don't have too, its ok. Really." Alice said in a soft voice, a little concerned for his state of mind. Tracing his fore-finger along her hair line, he finally spoke.
" I need to prove to myself that I am worthy of You, your love. Your trust. That I am not a monster." he said calmly but still darkly, refusing to meet her wide-eyed stare.
" But Jazz….." she was silenced by his long slender fingers pressed gently to her lips. Removing his fingers he let his lips take their place, in a crushing kiss.
" Please Alice? Its what I need right now." he pleaded quietly, his calming breath washing over her.
" Ok Jasper, but just so you know. You are more worthy of my love than anyone else in existence, and I trust you because I know you well enough to know that I can. You are not a monster." she returned his kiss three-fold, before placing the girl gently into his arms. Taking off into a sprint, they both became another blur in the shadows of the night.
To Be Continued…
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