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Meeting the Cullens
''Come on Jasper," Alice pleads, tugging him along with an edger smile.
Jasper begrudgingly follows behind, staring at the large house in apprehension; Alice's excited energy doing nothing to squash the bundle of nervous in the pit of his stomach.
'Five vampires, such an abnormally large coven so far north,' he still can't help but think, even with Alice's instance of their friendly nature, it still had him on edge. Their numbers however currently stood at three, a number that made it slightly more tolerable with the pending meeting; in his mind at least, Alice wasn't as pleased.
She had been edger to meet the whole family at once, trying to rush him along before Edward and Emmett left for their hunting trip. He had jumped at the chance to meet them without their two strongest members, pleading that it would be easier. He had seen the protest in her eyes, and watched it die on her lips before she had smiled, in her reassuringly knowing way and had agreed to wait.
Now that they were gone and well out of sight from the house, Alice was wasting no time with meeting her new family.
"Please, Alice, go slow." He begs of her, knowing it's in vain, but he has to try.
Alice laughs and shakes her head in response, "Stop worrying Jazz, they're going to love us." She says so confidently he almost believes her.
'They're going to love you,' he thinks as she skips up the front steps, pulling him right along with her and rapping her knuckles on the front door without hesitation. He comes to a stop behind her, feet slightly scuffing along the porch and readjusts the bag on his shoulder. Quickly scanning the immediate area he absentmindedly moves his hand down from the bag, tugging at the sleeve of his shirt, covering back up the scars that had become visible with Alice pulling at his hand.
Alice lowers her hand from the door, taking a small step back, giving his hand a gentle squeeze. He can sense the apprehension she's trying so hard to keep hidden, the smallest flicker, mingled in with her love, hope and excitement.
''They're going to love you,'' he whispers softly, running his thumb along her knuckles and pushing back her good feelings.
''Us,'' Alice corrects sharply as she bounces beside him, practically bursting from her own skin in anticipation; when the door opens he's unable to stop her as she releases his hand and flys through the open doorway.
"Esme!" She cries in excitement, any ounce of uncertainty gone as she wraps her arms tightly around the stunned vampire. Esme is so distracted with Alice it takes her a few seconds to notice him standing in the doorway, and when she does her response is automatic.
She tenses, eyes wide and mouth open in shock. A hesitant hiss passes her lips, as instinctively she tries takes a step back. Alice notices the movement and looks up at Esme with a large smile. "That's Jazz," she explains voice full of pride. "And I'm Alice, we've been looking for you a long time."
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