Alright here is book three, should be exciting since I keep changing my mind while writing it so even I don't know what's gonna happen! I don't own twilight and the only things that belong to me are Brittany, Cage, and the crazy plot twists. Review guys! Please!
Brittany stared Charlie down, her arms crossed in front of her chest and her jaw set. She would not budge but it seemed neither would he.
"It is good for you, you can't keep it all bottled up." He said and she shook her head, hair flying furiously as she did so.
"No! I am not going to sit on a couch and talk about my feelings! Do you forget who I am?" She snarled ignoring her sister who had come into the room to start on dinner.
"Your mother agrees with me." As if that fact changed anything. She felt her face turn red as she began to breath deeply. She would not go to therapy, she was fine. She had had her time to grieve and deal and now she had moved on, she didn't want to rehash her time in Maria's hold.
"Well then you and Renee can go to therapy, I'm not doing it." She pulled out her chair and sat down, going back to the piles of things Alice had asked her to decide on for the wedding. Brittany had made it clear nothing was to be picked out without her consent, she would not let Alice run wild with her wedding.
"Charlie, not another word! I have flowers to pick out and I'm guessing you know how much I'm loving do this right now…so anything you can say will not help." The police chief snapped his mouth shut and sank down in the chair beside her. She scanned the pictures of flowers, her eyebrows scrunching together as she looked them over.
"I…I guess… Oh this is so stupid!" She shoved the photos away as Charlie handed Bella an envelope. Bella looked down to see it was from the University of Alaska Southeast, and it was opened.
"Congrats, your first acceptance." He said with a bright smile. Brittany looked from the letter to her sister and then to her father.
"They didn't send me a reply? We applied at the same time." She muttered, not that either girl had any intention of going to college but the fact that she had not answered her bugged. Charlie began discussing Bella's freedom, letting her off being grounded from her escapade to Italy, or what he thought was L.A.
"That is probably Edward." Bella muttered and Brittany realized someone had knocked on the door. She was so deep in thought over college she hadn't heard it. She had the same GPA as her sister, they couldn't not want her.
"Hello sir." Edward said politely as he handed Bella a packet of fresh applications for college. She looked up to see Jasper moving towards her, concern on his face. She pulled out the chair beside her so he could sit.
"I don't know flowers, I like lilies but Al gave me seventeen billion photos to chose from. You pick." She gestured to the photos and he didn't spare them a glance. He knew something was wrong but she was not about to tell him how the college thing made her feel.
"So have you boys been accepted anywhere?" Charlie asked casually.
"Yes, Harvard…Dartmouth… and today I got my acceptance from the University of Alaska Southeast." Edward said with a smile and Bella handed him her letter as if she was surprised and excited they got accepted to the same place.
"What about you Jasper?" Charlie asked ignoring the urge to comment on Edward's college choices.
"Well I sent out my applications with Edward and Alice, I've been accepted to all of the same schools… we all have excellent GPAs." He stated in his usual strained tone. Brittany let out a sigh and crossed her arms.
"Well I think college is stupid and I don't want to go. It's going to take me twenty years to pick out fucking flowers for my wedding so by the time i'm done with this my kids will picking out colleges." She grumbled. Jasper raised an eyebrow but she just closed her eyes and and whirled her pointer finger of the pictures for a moment before bringing it down.
"Those are our flowers." She said looking down to see she had landed on blue lilies. Brittany let her eyes linger on Bella's letter for a second and then looked over at her fiancé. He was one of those most handsome creatures on the planet, designed that way to lure in unsuspecting victims, and in her case it hadn't worked. She had fought him hard when he tried to woo her, she had battled Alice's visions as well, but in the end she fell for him. She hadn't counted on him being the perfect man for her, she hadn't expected to feel the same protectiveness for him that she did for her sister.
"Alice has been itching for a shopping partner, and I'm sure Bella would love to see some city lights." Edwards words caused Charlie to freak out over some recent gang violence in Seattle, but Edward recovered with ease. Once he left to go watch the game Edward slid applications to the two girls.
"Really? Cause I don't have enough to worry about? Jasper, kill him please." Brittany demanded as her eyes scanned Alice's check list. She didn't give a damn about place settings, no one needed that many plates. Jasper chuckled and leaned in close, kissing her neck gently.
"Stop stressing." He whispered.
"It's what I'm good at. Stress and anger, you want to marry a fluffy bunny airhead then go marry Lauren." She growled and grabbed her glass cup and smashed it against the wall. Jasper pulled back surprised and Charlie came running in, looking confused.
"What's wrong?" He asked. Brittany stood up roughly and swept everything on the table off into the air.
"I'm done with this! I'm not going to college, I'm not getting married, and I'm not going to therapy! I'm going to go drive Bella's truck off a cliff!" She grabbed her sisters keys off the counter and stormed out, no one moved as Bella's truck was fired up and tore out of the driveway.
"She doesn't mean it Jasper, she is just stressed out." Bella said gently and he nodded. He knew her anger was more directed at planning the wedding then actually marrying him.
"Charlie, what was she saying about therapy?" He asked and Charlie crossed his arms in front of his chest. He liked Jasper, sometime he felt like it was against his will, but the concern he had for his eldest was endearing to him.
"Her mother and I think it would be best for her to talk to a professional about what happened, but when I told her she was going she did that." He gestured to the door and Jasper smirked.
"You told her… that would be your first mistake." Charlie nodded knowing he was right. He was grateful that her kidnapping hadn't changed her, but Jasper knew better. She had only started to become herself again when she returned to Forks, while she had been with his kind in Alaska she had been, well…empty. She still had nightmares, she usually woke up screaming one of their names, struggling against something he might never understand, she wouldn't talk about it. Maybe she should go to therapy.
"I'll go talk to her, Edward may I borrow the Volvo for a moment?" He asked and Edward handed him the keys without hesitation.
There was only one place she would go, only one place she did go, so he wasn't surprised when he pulled up to his own house and saw Bella's truck. He could hear loud rap music blaring from the garage and the other members of his family were standing on the front lawn when he approached.
"After you talk to her could you get her to turn it down?" Esme asked softly. Emmett was dancing around, apparently loving her taste in music, but Jasper knew all the cursing offended Esme's delicate nature.
"Don't worry." Jasper said and hustled in towards the house. She was in the garage, having stripped down to her sports bra and jeans, and was beating the hell out of the punching bag. Jasper hit the off button on the stereo and she turned to glare at him.
"Unless you want to take the place of the bag I suggest you turn it back on." She said through clenched teeth. He moved towards her slowly, not doubting her words at all.
"Charlie told me what he and Renee asked of you, and you know its just because they are worried sugar, no one thinks you are crazy." She punched the bag hard and narrowed her eyes.
"I'm not going, I don't like talking about how I feel and I'm not going to do it again." Jasper was confused for a moment before he put it together, she must have been forced into therapy because of her anger. It was a losing battle he was fighting so he knew he had to make her laugh.
"So I was thinking we have a traditional rodeo wedding, because Emmett would look amazing as a clown." She cracked a smile at the thought of Emmett with his face painted up, actually running from a bull that he could tear apart in less than ten seconds.
"We don't have to have a ceremony, we can just elope… I'll even take oyu to Vegas." She shook her head as he captured her face in his hands.
"No can do, Renee would kill me and I know Charlie is actually looking forward to the dad part… I'm just no good at this planning stuff." Jasper nodded but he also knew she wouldn't hand it over to Alice because she was too flamboyant when it came to parties, but that was his Alice. She jerked away from him suddenly, her eyes seemed confused and hurt.
"What's wrong?" He asked and she shook her head.
"I have to go." She muttered, throwing her shirt and jacket back on. She moved out of the garage and past the family, not looking at any of them as she passed. She didn't feel calm again until she was in the truck and driving away. Her mind straying back to that moment, she could have sworn she heard whispering.
"Maybe I do need therapy."
The next day at school everything was going normal, that was until Alice froze in mid conversation with Angela, her classic "I'm having a vision" face securely in place. Bella seemed nervous from that moment on and she knew her sister was worried about what Alice had seen. Brittany didn't get a chance to talk to her about it. Brittany noticed Jasper wasn't waiting for her when they dropped Alice off, and the pixie got out of the car and slammed the door quickly so the warrior woman couldn't follow. Brittany raised and eyebrow at Edward but he simply began driving back to the Swan house. Bella and Edward went to her room while Brittany began on her homework. The door was open but she was trying not to pay attention to the conversation. Carlisle and Esme had gotten plane tickets for them to go to Florida, and Edward was pushing for it.
"What did Alice see?" Bella asked and Brittany allowed her ears to perk up.
"She has been having strange visions. Seeing Jasper in a strange place, with his former family… But he has no conscious intention of going back… obviously." He answered and Brittany felt a chill go through her body. Alice was seeing Jasper leaving? She flipped open her cell and dialed him instantly.
"Hi babe." His accent was slightly thicker than normal.
"What does Alice keep seeing? You're leaving?" She asked quickly and he sighed, sounding highly annoyed.
"No, and Edward is stupid for telling you that. I'm not going anywhere. I'll come by and get you right now and explain." She agreed and when she hung up she sensed another presence, turning she was face to face with Edward.
"Jesus Christ Eddie! Don't fucking do that!" She screamed placing a hand on her heart. She assumed Bella was starting on dinner since she was no where in sight. He gave a small smile and crouched down so he was at a better level with her since she was sitting.
"I am going to take Bella to Florida this weekend. You are welcome to join us. Although after Jasper talks to you I'm sure you won't want to." She took in a deep breath and shrugged.
"Not if he is going to run off to some Texas beauties he use to know, then I want to be right here to kick his ass." She said with a soft glint in her eye. He shook his head and stood up, gesturing to the door.
"He is almost here." He left and she grabbed her jacket, she knew she was going to have a long talk with him. She was sitting on the front porch when he pulled up, the dark blue Camaro glinting as though it had just been waxed. She didn't give him a chance to get out, she jumped in quickly and shut the door hard.
"Talk Hale." She threw out his fake name to show to was annoyed and he could only grin as he peeled out. He had told Alice the second he saw her that he didn't want Edward saying something stupid to Bella, and now he could see that his words had done nothing. He should have called Edward himself.
"What did Edward say exactly?" He asked and she raised an eyebrow before speaking.
"That Alice is having visions of you returning to your former family, which does not make sense because for one I'd beat you senseless and for two you told me you killed Maria." Her arms were crossed as she glared down at him, knowing that if he told her he was a liar and leaving her she would lose it. It wouldn't be like before, she would turn into the incredible hulk and smash everything in her sight.
"She is dead and Alice has had no such vision. It's Victoria she keeps seeing." Her arms unwound swiftly and her hand clamped on his forearm. Victoria was evil in her book for two reasons, one, she was trying to murder Bella, two, she was the reason she had been kidnapped.
"She is here." Brittany muttered and he nodded. Oh Edward was more than right, there was no way she was leaving now.
Friday morning Jasper and Brittany dropped them at the airport and then headed back for the Cullen house. They needed to see Alice to ask where in the forest she would be coming from so they could strategize, and Brittany had thrown down casually that she would be spending the weekend at their house. When they arrived it was automatic, Brittany ran her bag to Jasper's room while he called everyone to the dinning room. Once the whole lot was there Jasper began correlating their positions with Alice's vision. He finished and made sure everyone was on the same page, and of course only one person was not.
"Where will I be in all of this Captain Strategy?" Brittany asked and noted that he wouldn't meet her eyes. He gestured for her to follow him up the stairs and she glanced back at his family in disbelief.
"Ok, cause we wouldn't want to have a fight in front of the family, lets go up stairs where they can still hear everything we say." She grumbled as she followed him. Once in his room he turned to her.
"It will be harder for me to be on my best game if I have to worry about you." She glared at him and squared her shoulders.
"Did you forget I can hurt her just as much as you can?" She growled and he shook his head.
"Yes you can harm her but she is still faster, and her senses are better. Baby if you were a vampire I would let you go out there all on your own and not worry for a second but you are still human, and that means you could die… and we both know I can't have that." She opened her mouth to argue and then snapped it shut. A huge sigh came out of her lips and then she held her hand out.
"I'm going to go home and get my History book, hopefully you guys will be back before me and then I won't be sitting here stressed out." He could see the pout and feel her battling with her stubbornness. He handed her the Camaro keys and kissed her lips softly.
"Thank you."
She could hear one of her CD's before she got all the way down the stairs. Emmett must have been in the garage, and she noticed everyone had disappeared, probably to give Jazz and Brit privacy. She got to the garage and saw Emmett bouncing around with a wrench in his hand.
"Hey Em, what are you doing?" She asked stepping up beside him.
"We aren't leaving for another twenty minutes so I figured I could get a little work done." A smile suddenly lit her face.
"I'm going to head home while you guys hunt, but Jazz is a little ify about me taking the Camaro cause it is making a weird noise, can I borrow your jeep?" He gave her a bright smile and she knew Emmett would never deny her anything. He tossed her the keys and she hugged him before heading out the side door.
Jasper heard Emmett turn off his music fifteen minutes later and thanked god that he could hear again. He felt guilty for treating her like Bella, he knew she was strong, but she could still bleed… she could still die.
"Jasper it's time son." Carlisle called and he headed to the living room where everyone was gather. It only took a few seconds before his eyes caught a dark blue glint in the driveway.
"How did she get back so fast?" He asked going to the window to see his car cold and stationary.
"Don't worry bro, I let her take my jeep so we could fix the Camaro tonight." Emmett said with a proud smile. Jasper raised and eyebrow.
"What is wrong with the Camaro?" He asked and Emmett's smile faded.
"Brit said it was making a weird noise…she asked to borrow my jeep so you would worry." Jasper looked out the window at the car confused. It wasn't making any noise, why would she rather have the jeep? Then it clicked, the jeep could off road, more specifically into the forest where she knew Victoria would be.
"God damn her!" He shouted and ran out the front door with the family following close behind.
Brittany walked through the woods looking around for any hint she was close, but Jasper was right, without their senses she was straying blindly.
"Vickie!" She called twirling around to see all sides of her.
"I really hate being called that." The red head stood before her, a smirk on her face.
"All I had to do was annoy you?" Brittany asked as she moved forward, the vampire not even backing up as most human girls would. Brittany knew her time was limited, her boyfriend would be coming for her soon.
"You came alone." Victoria noted.
"I wanted a few hits in before Jasper killed you." She answered and as soon as she was close she hit her. Victoria stumbled and Brittany Spartan kicked her in the stomach. She was doing a good job of beating the hell out of her when Victoria found an opening and socked her in the stomach. The next punch sent her flying into a tree and Brittany could feel her cheek split open. Brittany jumped to her feet and dodged three swipes from Victoria's claws and spun into a round house kick to Vickie's jaw. The red up looked up and grinned.
"We got company, hate to run but your little gang aint really my scene." She was up and running and Brittany didn't even think as she started chasing her. Victoria was fast but Brittany noticed that she wasn't losing her, nor was she gaining. She kept up her pace as she heard Jasper scream her name and then a wolf howl. Damn, the pack was there too. She heard Emmett cry out behind her and then another growl.
"Brittany!" Jasper was on her tail.
"Are you cra-" Jasper's words were cut off and she glanced back to see a large brown wolf pinning him to the forest floor.
Jasper looked up into the angry eyes and knew he was dead. He had been so focused on saving her that he hadn't noticed the wolf, nor had he been able to land in a position that would benefit him. He was pinned at the shoulder, he couldn't protect himself against the jaws that were about to eat his face. He saw a blur go by what sky he could see and he had a feeling he knew what it was. Brittany landed on the wolf's back and gripped his ears tightly, ripping back his head and causing his to howl and buck. She grabbed onto the excess fur on his neck as he bucked around trying to throw her off.
"You can't hurt her she is human!" Jasper cried as she scrambled to his feet. The wolf used one of his paws to scrap her off his back and then stood, paw on her chest growling at Jasper.
"You hurt her and your dog chow." Jasper growled stalking towards him. Brittany, not one to wait for hero antics, grabbed the paw on her chest and twisted it quickly so he howled in pain. Then she rolled out from under him and backed up until Jasper could grab her.
"Jasper where is the line?" She asked.
"This is no man's land, his line is right behind him ours is right behind us." He said softly. She nodded and began pushing his backwards. He seemed to agree and held her hand tightly as he moved for the line. They could see Emmett, Rosalie, Carlisle, Alice, and Cage moving towards them, and on the other side of the line the rest of the pack. Jasper could feel the anger coming off all of them, but it wasn't for the fact that they were vampires. They wolves would have had her. He, Emmett, and Cage would have had her as well, if it hadn't been for one person. His eyes moved to her to see she had her eyes closed as if trying to stop ignore something. She was going insane, the whispering had come back, only now it was like a million people whispering at one and she could make out anything they were saying. But she could feel Jasper's judgment, he thought it was her fault they didn't catch her.
"Fuck you!" She cried causing everyone to look over at her as she glared up at him.
"I have more of a right than anyone to go after her! She kidnapped me and tortured me and probably drank my blood from that stupid cup, if I want to fuck up your plans to kill her I will." Then her eyes went to the wolves.
"And I'll fuck of your plans too! I have more of a right to her than anyone, so save your goddamned judgment for someone who gives a damn Whitlock." She spat his name and then stormed off down the treaty line, Rosalie gave Jasper a quick pat before headed off after her.
"Hey, you ok?" Rose asked as she fell into step beside her.
"No, no I'm not. Monday after school is my first scheduled day of therapy… will you and Em take me?" She asked and Rosalie stole the jeep keys from her pocket.
"Of course, but trust me your fine." She grinned at her but it was half hearted, there was no way in hell she was fine.