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Jasper is a lonely vampire who has spent all of his time from going one place to another. All he truly wanted was love from another however because he was a vampire it made things very difficult to find companionship, until however he finds a companion, a human more beautiful than any other he'd seen. Edward. (jpov)
I wandered through a massive expanse of woodland along the border of my territory or rather, hunting, looking for my next supplement of human blood. It was lonely being a vampire. I couldn't control my urges and only wished to feast upon my prey. Why should I care? After all if I was ever exposed as what I was they would hunt me down and try to get me. The only thing I feared was the flames licking against my diamond skin. The next most painful thing to a vampire bite which I had far too many of after protecting my territory.
I had belonged to a coven of four vampires, myself, Alice a seer who could predict the path of our every move and every decision, Peter was a good hunter but not the best. He always tried to knock me or Alice down, of course it was futile as I'd spent so much time already fighting vampires hence the scars. Charlotte the last member of our coven was mated with Peter, she was good strong willed and tried to subdue her blood lust with that of animals. I however did not much fancy that idea. I left them because I needed to clear my head from everything, I felt like I was loosing myself to the will of others and didn't have a firm ground to place myself mentally. The others understood and would be waiting for me to find them if I ever decided to wander back.
In the distance I could smell the blood of a young man, his heart pumping. Could be no more than five-hundred metres away. He sounded to be at least eighteen years of age and at most twenty two years of age. My eyes glowed a malicious red. The smell of his blood aggravated my raging thirst. I wanted him.
The sun was setting as I stalked closer towards my prey. I could see him with complete focus in the distance. He had a strange bronze colour to his hair, neither brown nor blond. What an odd reflection it gave off. He had rolled up sleeves and was shifting large amounts of manure in a wheelbarrow. His muscles were tense, strong looking. But still no match for my mutated vampiric strength.
I stalked closer still until I was on the edge of the only farm house within my territory. He must be one of the farm lads that worked with old Cullen. Owner of the biggest farm-base in the whole of the area. Sweat dripped from the workers forehead, he wiped it away with his exposed arm. Suddenly my blood lust had stopped. This time another lust was set in place. I walked closer, this time exposing myself in the dim light.
"Could you use a little help there?" I shouted walking closer. He turned to face me. His eyes were a green only matched by the colour jade.
"Sure" he shouted back. I moved in closer and could hear his every breath. He licked his lips in anticipation.
"Are you new to the area? I don't think i've seen you before" he said as I walked trying to pace myself like a regular human.
"Yeah, I just moved here for a new job opportunity" I lied.
"If you want after you've finished helping me I could see if there is any work available on the farm" I looked at him. Eager to say yes but if I got too close to the situation i'd barely be able to stop myself from feasting.
"Uh, i'm not sure farm labour doesn't sound like it's my thing. I prefer to hunt my food" which was true enough. And farm labour would probably expose my many superhuman abilities.
"Oh come on, it could be fun, where are you from anyway?" he asked.
"I'm from Texas, the main reason I left was because I couldn't cope with the farm work" I lied again. I left because I was turned by a vampire called Maria during the American civil war.
"Seriously, all the way from Texas?" he grinned "I've always wanted to meet someone from another part of the country"
"Well today's your lucky day" I smiled pretending to heave a wheelbarrow across the field.
"It sure is" he smiled back.
After we finished the work the mysterious man led me inside the farmhouse. Luckily nobody knew of my real name and origin. Otherwise I would have been snuffed out right away and not had the chance to see what was underneath his shirt.
"Carlisle, I found a work traveller on the edge of the field." He shouted up the stairs. I went right up close to the roaring fire place trying to steal some of the warmth from it. An unbelievably cold handshake would definitely blow my cover, I could not let this happen. Well I could I just didn't want it to happen. Doing things at a human pace is so boring and slow. My hands became boiling hot from my own point of view meaning it is a bout the right temperature for a handshake. Carlisle made his way down the stairs dressed in what appeared to be light-set work clothing. Carlisle for his age looked very young, thirty years of age and he looked like he was still in his early twenties. I remember making a vampire deal with him a few years ago stating I wasn't allowed to hunt any members of his family whilst he was still alive. It'll be interesting when he realises I was about to hunt what I can only assume was one of his children.
"Hey, you never told me your name" the man said.
"Oh, I'm Jasper, Jasper Hale. And yours?" I replied
"Edward Masen" he said. Oh, so he wasn't part of the family. Just a work labourer. Well then to hunt him wouldn't seem so bad. But Carlisle knew of vampires in existence afterall my coven made a deal with him that they would get full access to the whole town under the conditions we do not hunt his family. Thankfully I wasn't present at this meeting I as out hunting with Alice and only heard of the news after the return from our trip. He was aware of vampires but had no idea who I was. Carlisle finally made his way down the steps and looked at me. My eyes were black because I was thirsty for blood, so at least they didn't appear red. Why hadn't thought this through? I could have just killed Edward and ran for it. Why stay? Humans are repelled by me and I can't pretend not to be a vampire for too long. What was I doing? I was in far too deep now. If old Cullen was gone then a lot of inquiry would come about. Would it be better to make my existence known as a vampire? After I feasted my eyes would turn red any way, and I'd have to either flee or go on a massacre, neither of which I fancied doing. Why did I have to be so stupid and fall for a pathetic human? Why did I crave the companionship of a mortal?
"Carlisle, this is Jasper he helped with my farm work, and I was thinking we can use an extra hand on the farm whilst Emmett is on his honeymoon with Rosalie" Edward spoke confidently.
"I don't see why not but I'll have to talk things over with him" Carlisle indicated. Edward nodded and walked from the room. "You can drop the act now, I know what you are" Carlisle said quietly.
"Well if you know then why am I still here?" I asked.
"Because if you were going to kill anyone here you would've done it by now" he smiled
"Or I could just be waiting until everyone least expects it, otherwise why are my eyes black not red?" I stated.
"Why did you help with the farm work then?"
"Just keeping up appearances." I said.
"somehow I would beg to differ, why go through all this trouble just to get your teeth into some human?" he smiled.
"Because I enjoy a challenge. Is it not possible for me wanting to play with my food?" I smiled exposing my teeth.
"You could but your Coven agreed not to attack any one in my family until I died so it would be highly unethical to go back on your word"
"Then I should probably leave because it would be unethical to let a vampire with a taste for human blood in a house full of them."
"nonsense, you have enough restraint to stand there thirsty with blood lust, yet you aren't going to attack"
"Fine, but the sparkly skin and the red eyes are a dead give away when it comes to showing the vampire in someone" I sniggered.
"I'll make you a deal, not with your whole coven but just you personally, You can stay and live here, if you leave this will break the contract okay" he said
"Okay and now what are the conditions for the contract?"
"You will work here and only be permitted to work in the early morning and late evening, you are allowed to hunt as long as there is at least a mile radius of the farm house, Then you can live here and I will help cover these things up, we can use make up to hide the sparkly skin and eyed-drops infused with dye to make your eyes appear brown" Carlisle said.
"There is one inquiry I have, the only reason I am here is because I took an interest in Edward" I said.
"I could have guessed that from the off, whatever you two do under the moonlight does not concern me in the slightest as long as no-one is harmed" he said. He winked at me."I'll have Edward show you to your room, Esmé will take care of your laundry when you've finished showering."
After I was shown into a medium sized room with a desk, bed and an old book case. I sat on the bed and looked out of the window. I could see for hundreds of metres all in focus even if it was dark. There was a knock on the door, I turned to see Esmé's head peeking round the door.
"There is some water being heated if you want to wash yourself, and I will bring a set of clothes for you" she smiled
"Thanks" I smiled getting up and moving downstairs. I saw the water in the kettle boiling. I picked it up and poured it into a bucket. The bucket was taken upstairs along with a cloth. The only reason I was doing this was to keep up appearances and convince everyone I was human. I closed the door to my room and saw Esmé had left the clothes on my bed. I couldn't really be bothered to go through the tedious process of actually washing. Instead I just dipped my hair in the water and got changed into the new clothes.
I dumped the barely used water in the small courtyard behind the house. Everyone in the house was completely asleep. I could hear their slow quiet breathing and slowing heart rates. I walked into Edward's room and saw him lying their, vulnerable. My breath hitched, I barely knew who he was but I was so enticed by him. Lying there his chest moving slowly up and down and his arms stretched outwards. Seriously what was wrong with me? Why did I care so much about a stranger?
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