It's happening! It's going to be slow going, and I'll be updating sporadically, but it IS happening! Please, everyone, enjoy, and stick around until the end! Thanks for everyone that has so far!
'Trapped, it's like a nightmare where you have to run, run until your lungs burst, but your legs won't move, forever stuck going nowhere, but unable to stop running, hoping to get to your goal. Heart pounding, racing in an attempt to race to save something infinitely precious than my own life, let alone my own fears. It seems oddly inevitable, though, facing death again, I'd had more than my fair share of near-death experiences; it wasn't something you ever really got used to. Still, there's so much difference between this time, every other time, it's purely because of my friendship with Bella, by choice mind you, but now it's because of the danger we're all in. You can run, from the monsters in the dark, you can fight the fears of the monsters under the bed, all your actions can be geared towards the creatures of the night, but if it's something that is threatening your loved ones, that will hunt you down if you so much as entertain the idea of running. That want to kill you, and all the ones you love, because of some alleged crime that you didn't commit, and it's killing me.'
Sitting upright in the bed with a sudden jolt, a gasp rips from my throat, hair flying in all directions as I lean against my knee, rubbing my eyes with my thumb and index fingers, reaching up to wipe sweat from my forehead. The bedroom door slowly opens to reveal Jasper, in his southern gentlemanly glory that is tight jeans, cowboy boots, and a tucked in blue and plaid top, a tray of food in his hands complete with a vase holding a single rose, he smiles at me only for it to fall as he sets the tray on the coffee table of the room, crossing to my side almost instantly. "Darlin'?" He asks, his tone is soft, though I can hear to worry laced through it as he caresses my sweaty cheek, causing me to look up at him, letting out a breath of a smile. "What is it?"
"Nothing." I shake my head, my smile stretching as I attempt to detangle my black locks, raking my fingers through my hair, only to grimace as they get caught, causing Jasper to chuckle softly, working to disentangle my fingers from my hair slowly, carefully, before handing me my silk robe, which I wrap around my bare shoulders, tying it tight.
"Alright," He presses a delicate kiss to my lips, then stands from the bed, hefting me into his arms as I let out a surprised squawk, then let out a laugh as he lowers me onto the couch, sitting beside me. "you better eat up. We've gotta a lot of work to do on the ranch." He gestures to the tray, causing me to pull the cover of my plate, revealing a plate of eggs, bacon, sausage, toast, hashbrowns, pancakes, fresh cut strawberries, a cup of cocoa with cinnamon, and a small pitcher of warm maple syrup. Picking up my fork and knife, I start to cut into the small stack of pancakes, eying my fiancé as he watches me take a bite of the sweet cakes.
"You're going to kill me, you know. Fatten me up, and watch me drop like a rock, you are." I taunt, popping a fresh strawberry in my mouth.
"I didn't bring you out here to fatten you up, nor to watch you drop like a rock." Jasper teases, pressing a kiss to my cheek as I pour some syrup over the rest of my pancakes. "I brought you out here, to get you away from Alice and all the wedding planning, with both our own, and Bella and Edward's weddings." He explains, caressing my cheek. "You've been looking pale as of late, and it's been worrying me."
"I'm fine, my love." I promise, smiling at him as he frowns as he rubs my bare leg.
"What was the dream about?" He finally asks, causing me to roll my eyes, popping another strawberry into my mouth, chewing and swallowing it quickly.
"I honestly don't remember. Just a nightmare." I answer, causing him to frown.
"You've been having quite a bit of those." He points out.
"Comes with the powers, I suppose." I answer, shrugging as he chuckles.
"A terrible burden." He teases as I lean up, pressing a kiss to his cheek, then turn back to my food at his insistent gesture, twining our fingers together as he watches me eat, a silence hanging over us, comfortably in the earlier morning sun.
So, my plans did not go through, and so, I am posting this chapter! Read, review, and enjoy!
