My name is Jaclyn Lee Whitlock I am 8 and I was named after my Daddy( A/N Most southern girls call their fathers daddy I do) Jasper Whitlock. He was a soldier called away to fight for the confederacy at only 17. Even though he looked older so he passed himself off as 18, well at just 20 he was reported MIA and no one ever heard from him again. Most people said that he was murdered and left in a ditch somewhere after a battle one day.
What they didn't know was that he was changed into a vampire by a woman named Maria. I don't know much about her only that she was just power hungry and cared about no one but herself. Regardless our family has always been very proud of him and after all these years we still think and talk about his past as a human from time to time. I love to hear about it because you see I am very much like my father and I love history, the civil war is my favorite topic to cover in school so I think his story is amazing.
"Jaclyn stop writing and get over here"
"Yes Mama?"(A/N another southern thing)
"Stop writing and wasting time and start unpacking" You see my mom thinks that we need a fresh start because people are starting to notice that we don't age in our old town of Huston, Texas my family has been living here for years but now all of that's going to change because people put their nose in business that isn't theirs.
"listen to your mother Darlin.'"
"Okay Daddy" my Mama's name is Mary Alice Whitlock she is really short but tiny. She doesn't remember much of her past only that her family sent her to a mental institution because she had visions of the future. Now my story is a little different. Along with my Mama's ability to see the future she is the only vampire ever to be able to have children, I have two brothers and a baby sister my brothers names are Mathew Christopher Whitlock he is 17 and Logan Monroe Whitlock he is 13. My sister's name is Amber Grace Whitlock and she is about four months old. I love my family we always have fun when we are together, Especially when uncle Emmett is here. Aunt Rose is fun too but she is really Jealous of Mama because she can have kids and Aunt Rose can't, she always tells us she isn't Jealous but I know she is I have Daddy's gift I can feel her emotions.
"Jaclyn be a peach and go get your sister's blue blanket out of the box on the fridge" Mama is starting to talk more and more like Daddy every day, but I like the way Daddy talks he still sings me to sleep. Every time I start to get upset he picks me up and hums to me so only I can hear it I love that.
"Okay Mamma" I went to the fridge to get Amber's blanket and I saw my Daddy come in the front door and I ran up to him and hugged him.
"Daddy! Daddy!"
"Hey princess why do you have Amber's blankey?"
"Mamma asked me to take it to her"
"here Darlin' I'll do it I gotta talk to her anyway"
"Okay Daddy" as usual I fallowed Daddy into the family room and listened to him and Mommy talk, but I was too busy coloring to really pay attention to what was going on until I heard the name Maria.
"Yes Alice she is coming back"
"I should have been watching more carefully but with Amber and the rest of the kids I have been really busy."
"Darlin' it isn't your job to protect the family it's mine and that is exactly what I am going to do."
"What are we going to do Jasper?"
"I am going to talk to Edward, Carlisle, Emmett and the pack and see if they will come help me fight her and her army off. First I am going to send you, Bella, Nessie, Rosalie and the kids away so you guys wont be in the fight"I didn't know much about daddy's fighting as a vampire all I knew was that he forbid us from ever doing something like that and that he received a lot of scars from it.
"Daddy I don't want you getting hurt"
"It's okay sweetie I'll be fine you know Uncle Emmett, Uncle Edward and grandpa Carlisle would never let anything happen to me."
"I know daddy but I love you I want to help"
Daddy picked me up and pulled me into his lap with his arms tucked around me like I loved "Well Jaclyn I know you do you take after me but I need you to go with you to help your Mommy."
"Okay Daddy I will"
"Promise?"
"I promise."
"Okay good girl now why don't you say we get you upstairs so I can give you a bath" Daddy carried me upstairs and he gave me a bath. We went to my room and he told me about a typical night at the camp of the Confederate soldiers, He told me of them telling battle stories by the fire and writing their loved ones as the last candle went out and the camp went dark. I don't really remember what happened because I fell asleep after that.
Jasper's POV
After I tucked Jaclyn in I went into our bedroom to find Alice holding Amber in her arms getting ready to put her in her crib.
"Do you need help Darlin?"
"Would you sing her to sleep?"
"Sure sugar" I carried Amber in her kitty cat PJ's to her crib and laid her down. I started to sing her favorite song.
Lyrics to Never Grow Up :
Your little hand's wrapped around my finger Oh darling, don't you ever grow up You're in the car on the way to the movies Oh darling, don't you ever grow up Take pictures in your mind of your childhood room So here I am in my new apartment Wish I'd never grown up Oh I don't wanna grow up, wish I'd never grown up
And it's so quiet in the world tonight
Your little eyelids flutter cause you're dreaming
So I tuck you in, turn on your favorite night light
To you everything's funny, you got nothing to regret
I'd give all I have, honey
If you could stay like that
Don't you ever grow up, just stay this little
Oh darling, don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up, it could stay this simple
I won't let nobody hurt you, won't let no one break your heart
And no one will desert you
Just try to never grow up, never grow up
And you're mortified your mom's dropping you off
At 14 there's just so much you can't do
And you can't wait to move out someday and call your own shots
But don't make her drop you off around the block
Remember that she's getting older too
And don't lose the way that you dance around in your pj's getting ready for school
Don't you ever grow up, just stay this little
Oh darling, don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up, it could stay this simple
No one's ever burned you, nothing's ever left you scarred
And even though you want to, just try to never grow up
Memorize what it sounded like when your dad gets home
Remember the footsteps, remember the words said
And all your little brother's favorite songs
I just realized everything I have is someday gonna be gone
In a big city, they just dropped me off
It's so much colder that I thought it would be
So I tuck myself in and turn my night light on
I wish I'd never grown up
I could still be little
Oh I don't wanna grow up, wish I'd never grown up
It could still be simple
Oh darling, don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up, just stay this little
Oh darling, don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up, it could stay this simple
Won't let nobody hurt you
Won't let no one break your heart
And even though you want to, please try to never grow up
Oh, don't you ever grow up
Oh, never grow up, just never grow up
Your little hand's wrapped around my finger
And it's so quiet in the world tonight
Your little eyelids flutter cause you're dreaming
So I tuck you in, turn on your favorite night light
To you everything's funny, you got nothing to regret
I'd give all I have, honey
If you could stay like that
She started to giggle and pull her blanket to her face
Oh darling, don't you ever grow up You're in the car on the way to the movies Oh darling, don't you ever grow up Take pictures in your mind of your childhood room So here I am in my new apartment Wish I'd never grown up Oh I don't wanna grow up, wish I'd never grown up
Don't you ever grow up, just stay this little
Oh darling, don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up, it could stay this simple
I won't let nobody hurt you, won't let no one break your heart
And no one will desert you
Just try to never grow up, never grow up
And you're mortified your mom's dropping you off
At 14 there's just so much you can't do
And you can't wait to move out someday and call your own shots
But don't make her drop you off around the block
Remember that she's getting older too
And don't lose the way that you dance around in your pj's getting ready for school
Don't you ever grow up, just stay this little
Oh darling, don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up, it could stay this simple
No one's ever burned you, nothing's ever left you scarred
And even though you want to, just try to never grow up
Memorize what it sounded like when your dad gets home
Remember the footsteps, remember the words said
And all your little brother's favorite songs
I just realized everything I have is someday gonna be gone
In a big city, they just dropped me off
It's so much colder that I thought it would be
So I tuck myself in and turn my night light on
I wish I'd never grown up
I could still be little
Oh I don't wanna grow up, wish I'd never grown up
It could still be simple
Oh darling, don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up, just stay this little
Oh darling, don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up, it could stay this simple
Won't let nobody hurt you
Won't let no one break your heart
And even though you want to, please try to never grow up
Oh, don't you ever grow up
Oh, never grow up, just never grow up
She was asleep in the middle of the song I think I was singing just to soothe her. I love singing to my little girl I am really going to miss her when I have to go fight. I have to do this to protect my family though I can't let this go I need to get over all this emotional crap and focus on my training for the fight.
"You're so good with her Jasper"
"I am so thankful for everything we have Alice"
"I know so am I my powers are the best anyone could ask for"
"I've decided I don't want the boys in the fight"
"I know I don't blame you"
"I just don't want to see them the way I used to be"
"Jasper that will never happen"
"I really just don't want to see that"
"I understand Jasper you don't have to explain" we didn't really talk much after that just laid there and cuddled with each other. I Kissed up and down her body things would have gone further but Amber started crying. Oh well I love my life and my family.