Well I'm back with the sequel! I'm so glad everyone likes my story, apparently more than my other story, which if you are reading A New Life I apologize cause I can't get chapter four to work out the way I want it so it might take me a while to update. Ok, on with the show! I don't own anything in the twilight universe only Brittany is mine.
Brittany stood on the battle field, guns going off in every direction. She was running, searching for Jasper on the field. She was panicking, why couldn't she find him? Suddenly a cold laugh made her turn and here stood Maria and Victoria.
"Lost your little boyfriend?" Victoria crooned in her melodic voice. Brittany held her head up high as the scenery around her changed, she was suddenly in the woods, both vampire women still in front of her. This time Jasper was there, being held by two big vampires. Both look like they had been pro wrestlers in their human life.
"Let him go." She growled.
"Brittany run!" Jasper called as he struggled to get out of their grasp. She felt rage take over and she grabbed Maria by her throat and lifted her off the ground, the vampire seemed frighten of the young girl. Suddenly Victoria was at her side.
"Happy birthday monster." She bit down on her shoulder and Brittany screamed as she threw Maria into the red head. She reeled back as her hand clamped down on her bloody shoulder. The fire spread quicker than she knew it should, moving directly to her heart. She began ripping at her skin, Jasper was beside her instantly.
"Baby, its ok." They said it was like fire, this was not fire, this was her insides being ripped apart about put back together. Her skin was acid to the rest of her. Jasper held her hands in his iron grasp. She screamed loudly, the agony over whelming.
Brittany shot up from her spot on the floor at the same time as her twin, Bella, launched herself up from the bed. They both took a deep breath and then glanced at the alarm clock that was going off.
"I hate when we do that." Bella muttered. They had a habit of having nightmares together.
"Happy birthday Bells." Her sister frowned, she didn't want to be eighteen. Her boyfriend was forever seventeen and she hated being older than him. Jasper had been twenty when he was turned so Brittany still had a ways to go.
"Yeah you too Brit." Bella muttered as they stood up.
"What was yours?" Bella asked as they made their way to the bathroom. Brittany had spent the night in her sister's room, as she did every year on the eve of their birthday. A tradition they took very serious, they hadn't allowed either of their boyfriends to stay that night, a habit the vampire boys had.
"You first, you're the youngest." Bella smiled, happy she was younger than somebody, even if it was only two minutes.
"I was looking at Gran, and then Edward showed up and I realized it wasn't Gran, I was looking in a mirror." Brittany began laughing loudly, nearly choking on her tooth paste.
"What if he never turns me?" Bella's biggest worry as of late was when she would become immortal. Brittany hadn't worried much about that, she was in no hurry to become a vampire. Eventually she was sure she would ask Jasper to bite her, but she wasn't in a rush.
"I got bit by Victoria, and it was like my skin was eating me. Jasper was trying to stop me from ripping my skin off… worst part was she said happy birthday monster." Bella shivered, she hated thinking of what had happen a few months before. They both went down stairs and while Bella faked her smile Brittany's was real. She loved birthdays, the complete opposite of her twin.
"New nun chucks!" She was so happy she slipped them in her bag without him noticing and then hugged him tightly. She received a hand held video camcorder from their mother while Bella got a scrap book. Charlie bought Bella a digital camera though so it evened out. Bella was getting annoyed on the ride to school as Brittany had yet to put the camera down.
"Come on Bells, it's out senior year, and our eighteenth birthday…not even a smile?" Bella gave the camera pointed look before a smile broke out onto her face. They pulled into the parking lot and Bella was only a row away from the silver Volvo they were very familiar with. Alice and Edward were both standing by the car. Brittany hopped out and began creeping towards the two of them, camera up.
"As we venture through the thick terrain of the parking lot we see a wild Alice grazing lazily by the water hole." Alice giggled, as Brittany circled her. Then she turned the camera on Edward, he was looking very serious.
"Watch as the brave Bella attempts to get closer to an Edward, she must approach with extreme caution or else he will feel threatened and assume a defensive position." Alice was laughing hysterically. Brittany turned to see Jasper coming up the side of the car and crouched lower.
"Hold it, one of the rarest beast in the jungle. The Jasper can jump over thirty feet and reach speeds of forty miles per hour." Jasper smirked as she stepped out in front of him.
"I am facing certain death if he attacks." He started towards her and she began backing up.
"He's charging! He's charging!" She took off running, Jasper chasing after, and she tried to steady the camera.
"I love you mom!" She screamed as he grabbed her around her waist and threw her over his shoulder. Everyone was laughing by time they got back to Volvo, Alice handed Brittany her present. She had wrapped Bella's in silver paper and Brittany's in gold. Brittany began to tear it open still hanging over Jasper's shoulder. It was a long and skinny wooden box. She opened it as her feet were placed back on the ground. A row of three guitar picks stared back at her, they were solid gold.
"Holy shit Al, I can't play with solid gold picks!" The dark haired girl grinned and then tried unsuccessfully to give Bella her gift. They continued walking, but Jasper had to leave since he had technically graduated the year before.
"I'll see you tonight." He promised as he kissed her lips. She nodded and smiled, pulling the camera out to video tape him walking away.
"I hate to see you go but I love to watch you leave!" He shot a grin back at her and then got into the red convertible and hauled ass out of the parking lot. Their summer together had loosened her up, now she was free with affection for him. He was hers and though she still hated it whenever he was close to Alice she no longer feared him wanting to return to his old flame.
"I didn't know I had plans to be there." Bella was saying when Brittany fell into step beside them. Bella had no idea about the party but Brittany did, she was excited to.
She and Alice had paired up and gotten their schedules to match. She loved Alice but she missed Rosalie like crazy. The blonde was her partner in crime as far as she was concerned. At lunch they met up with Edward and Bella and sat at the end of the old table with Bella's friends. A sort of line was drawn, no one ventured to the south end of the table where the foursome sat, and when the sun was bright and Edward and Alice were no shows the two Swans would merge back into the normal group. Bella more than Brittany.
"Did you see them in the parking lot this morning? All over each other…you know they are totally having sex." Brittany glared down at the far end of the table, Lauren was running her mouth.
"I wont be surprised when they get married at the end of the year, and then she has a baby six months later." The girls laughed and Brittany turned to Edward and had a pouty expression on her face.
"Please tell me she thinks Jasper is hot…. Please, please, please." He looked a little shocked.
"You heard her?" He nodded and Bella looked confused, but he stared down the table trying to pick her voice out of the others. He finally looked back to her and nodded.
"She doesn't see how he went from Alice to you… she is going to attempt to flirt with him the next time she sees him and steal him from you… you're a dirty skank." Edward said softly, repeating her thoughts as she thought them. Brittany stood up and skipped over to the girls at the end of the table.
"Hey Lauren...I was hoping I could talk to you for a moment." Lauren looked annoyed for a moment but walked away from the table with her.
"So Jasper wanted me to talk to you… we both think you're really hot and we want to spice things up so we were thinking that you would like to join us." Lauren's jaw dropped.
"I mean I get if your not into girls, you can just fuck him while I watch… wouldn't it be great if he got us both pregnant before the end of school… I mean he could marry us both!" Her voice took on a valley girl accent, Lauren let her mouth close as she realized she had been heard.
"You're sick." She spat the words with venom.
"Your loss…" She said and walked back to her spot at the table. Bella just shook her head at her sister's crude sense of humor.
"Did you see her face?" She asked with a grin.
After school Brittany took off with Alice instead of going with her sister. She told Alice she didn't own a dress and the vampire wasn't having it. She drove to the next city and found a classy department store.
"Al I don't think a dress is for me." But before she knew it she was standing in front of a dressing room mirror in a tight red salsa dress. She had to admit if she did her hair right and had some fire engine red lipstick she would look wicked sexy.
"Oh yes, he will love that." Brittany paused, she always felt awkward when Alice made comments like that, knowing she had been with Jasper physically. She allowed Alice to buy the dress and when she was rushed through the house she couldn't tell if she had passed anyone.
"No one can see you until I'm finished!"
When she came down the stairs she felt silly and over dressed. The only reason she allowed Alice to turn her into a Barbie doll was the fact that it was her birthday, the only day she ever wanted attention. Her usual cold and guarded demeanor was thrown to the back burner for one day, and she was a happy upbeat girl. Emmett saw her first and let out a loud whistle, Rosalie slid up beside him and punched him hard in the arm. Carlisle came in next and smiled warmly.
"You look lovely, Alice did a wonderful job." She felt her heart swell when he said those words, she felt an odd urge to impress Carlisle at all times. She was not close to either of her parents but she felt close to Jasper's. Her mother did try, and so did Charlie but when it came down to it they were always more focused on Bella, and so was she.
"Oh sweetie!" Esme embraced her and adjusted her hair. Alice had managed to give her waves, and impossible task as far as she was concerned. Rosalie led her into the living room where a table of presents sat.
"Oh you guys its wonderful!" The room was decorated in yellow and blue, the twin's favorite colors. She loved being a part of something, people caring enough to throw a party for her. She couldn't wait for Bella to get there.
"You guys even made a cake!" She was touched. Jasper could be heard entering the room.
"So lets see the birthday gi-" He froze mid sentence as he stared at her. She was stunning and he couldn't find words, he stepped forward and pulled her close to him. He asked for the time and Rosalie told him it was six.
"We will be back." He muttered lifting his girlfriend up by her waist and started running up the stairs. Alice could be heard in the background.
"Don't mess up her hair Jasper!"
Once in his room he shut his door and she looked over to see a queen sized bed sitting against the wall. It was covered with black silk sheets that seemed so inviting, she looked from the bed up at him.
"I thought, since you always complain about Edward hearing our talks and thoughts we could come here…" He led off and she could tell he was unsure.
"Yeah I love that idea… but right this moment, you carried me up here too…" He smiled softly and then kissed her slowly on her mouth. She melted into him and he pulled back gently.
"Nothing you not ready for… it's extremely dangerous for us to engage in that, I could crush you." She grinned and shook her head.
"No you won't… and it's my birthday so I get what I want right?" She asked and he nodded. She was bit her lip as she thought about his family downstairs, and the fact that they could probably hear.
"I'll be right back." He was gone. In seconds she heard an engine and saw them driving off from the window.
"They forgot ice cream." He stated and she saw that he was back. She knew he was lying, he had asked them to leave for a bit. She moved back to him, unbuttoning his shirt slowly. He asked her is she was sure.
"Just be gentle with me." She said dramatically and he laughed, pushing her back towards the bed.
When they heard the car pull back up Brittany had just finished fixing her hair. She looked basically the same except her lipstick was terribly smeared. She flashed him a smile as she headed for Alice's bathroom. The seer came in a few moments later.
"You love him." She said and Brittany glanced at her before shrugging. She didn't like that word, that would defiantly be a no turning back point.
"Was he the first?" Alice asked and Brittany stared at her wide eyed before shaking her head.
"No. My friend from Arizona had an older brother, I wanted to know what it was like and I didn't think I'd ever be in a relationship so I just did it." Alice smiled softly at her and reapplied her lipstick for her.
"Did he hurt you?" Brittany shook her head and shrugged.
"Actually he held back a lot, I'm surprised." She admitted and then they head down the stairs to wait for Bella. When her sister showed up she looked surprise at Brittany's get up. They were both pushed towards the table that was stacked with gifts.
"Bella this one is yours." She handed her a big shiny silver wrapped box. It said that it was from Emmett, Rosalie, and Jasper on the tag, and when she opened it there was just an empty box.
"It's a car stereo, Emmett is installing it right now so you can't return it." Jasper said with a smile. She thanked them, calling out a thank you to Emmett who could be heard laughing outside.
"Brit, this is from Rosalie and Jasper." Brittany grinned as she tore open the long rectangular package. It was a wooden case, and when she opened it she gasped. An ancient looking samurai sword sat in excellent condition, so much so she was afraid to touch it.
"Oh my god! It's beautiful!" She threw her arms around Rose and the blonde laughed as she hugged her back. She placed a chaste kiss on Jasper's lips before pulling back. His eyes, usually gold where a deep black.
"You ok?" She asked concerned.
"Yeah, just little worked up from earlier activities." He said and Emmett snickered. She rolled her eyes and noticed Rosalie looked a little uneasy, her mind seemed to be going in an odd direction.
"Mine next!" Emmett cried pulling her from her thoughts. He grabbed her wrist and began dragging her through the house to the garage. She laughed when she saw the dark blue punching bag hanging up in a cleared out area in the corner of the garage.
"We can spar and swordfight out here!" He said excited, and she too felt his contagious emotion. She jumped into his arms and gave him a big kiss on the cheek.
"This is awesome Em!" They rejoined the group and Brittany went to stand with Jasper as Alice gave Bella her gift from Edward and herself. Bella grudgingly took the present and began to open it. The deep inhale of breath told her something was wrong, as she saw the drop of blood she was aware of Jasper's hand tensing in her own.
"No!" Edward shouted and as Jasper began to move forward towards Bella, a roar rumbling through his chest, Brittany did the only thing she could think of. She pulled on the arm that was already in her hands. Jasper went flying into the wall as she began running towards her sister who Edward had flung backwards into a glass table. As she passed said vampire she used both hands to shove him away, he to was moved by her force. Brittany pulled her sister up as Emmett grabbed Jasper, who had clamored to his feet.
"Move Bella!" She was shoving her towards the garage, the closest exit that was not blocked by vampires. Carlise was moving after them, the only one who stayed calm. Brittany grabbed him by the front of his shirt and pushed him back a few feet.
"Don't touch her!" She screamed but the calm in his eyes was seeping towards her. Carlise had both hands up for her to see he wasn't hostile.
"Emmett, Rose, take Jasper outside." He ordered and Emmett began pulling the still ravenous Jasper out the door. Carlise looked behind her at Bella and then back at the furious twin still holding onto his shirt.
"I need to make sure Bella is ok, no one is going to hurt her Brittany." She nodded, knowing he meant it. Edward had a look between disbelief and fury on his face. He wanted to kill Jasper for trying to hurt her. Carlise requested they move her to the kitchen and Brittany moved with them carefully. Bella tried to get Edward to leave but he refused.
"Go find Jasper before he gets too far, you and Brittany are the only one's he will listen to right now." Carlise said but Brittany growled.
"Yeah you find him and tell him to keep running." Carlise sent her a sharp look as did Alice, and Edward finally consented to leaving. Brittany, realizing the danger was over tore up the stairs and into Alice's room where her clothes were. She was out of the dress and into her jeans and t-shirt in seconds.
"You ok?" Alice asked from the doorway.
"No, this is my fault as much as it is his." She was pissed at herself.
"He said he was worked up, we shouldn't have had sex right before I knew he would be around Bella… I should have made him go hunt when I saw his eyes earlier, he should have done it himself!" She didn't know who she was madder at, Jasper or herself.
"It's no one's fault." Alice said and Brittany shook her head.
"I'm suppose to protect her, I just… he has no problem being around me Al." She took in a deep breath and Alice led her down the stairs. Esme was mopping the floor with bleach, the smell made Brittany nauseated. Bella met them at the bottom of the stairs.
"Lets find you something to wear." Alice said and the two went back upstairs. Brittany and Edward shared a long look before she sat down on the stairs. She was conflicted, she wanted her sister safe but the Cullen's were family.
"Where is he?" She asked softly.
"He wont leave the forest, he is pretty far out." She started for the back door but he grabbed her arm. They both knew what he was saying, it was dangerous to be around Jasper right then.
"He wont hurt me Edward. That's the problem, I'm in no danger, Bella is the one who is always going to be." He pulled back almost like he had been burned. She was right, her smell didn't appeal to them at all, almost like she wasn't human. She continued outside, across the grass. Rose was at the edge of the trees watching her.
"How far out is he?" She asked.
"It would take a fair amount of walking to find him, and the way he feels right now he would be running from you." She said and Brittany understood, but she still took a few steps into the brush.
"Can he hear me?" She asked and Rosalie sighed.
"Jazz, can you hear her?" She asked and waited. Brittany thought she heard a voice on the wind but was sure she was just wishful thinking.
"Yeah, he can hear you." She said, the look on her face was indifferent.
"Jasper, once you calm down you come to my house. I'm leaving my window open and I'm not sleeping till your there." She turned and gave Rose's arm a squeeze and then headed back to the house.
The ride was silent, and Brittany had been shoved in the middle between the quarrelling lovers. Bella kept looking at her and finally she made eye contact.
"Is he coming?" She asked softly.
"Rose said he could hear me, and I told him to come." Edward tensed, but then he relaxed, seeing the interaction in her mind. She had a feeling he doubted Jasper would show, and she hated the fact that she was feeling the same way. If he thought he could get away with that he didn't know her at all.
"Tell him I'm not mad, it wasn't his fault." Brittany gave a curt nod and the silence resumed.
It was one in the morning, her room was chilled from the open window. Rain was pelting the ground and the eldest Swan was pulling on a heavy jacket and her sneakers. Charlie was a heavy sleeper for a cop so sneaking out was easy. She locked the door behind her and began walking down the empty road. He was upset, she got that, but what could they do? He would just be kept away from Bella, at least until Bella won her argument with Edward and was turned. She had asked him to come, she had sworn no sleep and he didn't seem to believe her. She walked in a daze, only coming to as she turned up the dark dirt path. She knew they had probably heard her, and she was not surprised to see all the lights on. Esme was waiting on the front porch.
"Are you crazy? It's pouring!" She cried pulling her inside and pulling the wet jacket off her and replacing it with a dry one, Rose's by the smell of it. She just gave a soft smile and gestured to the stairs.
"He upstairs?" She asked and she nodded solemnly. She headed up the stairs and walked right in, if he had heard her it hadn't stopped his movement. He was packing, and she was stunned. Alice was standing there beside the bed looking like she wanted nothing more than the ability to cry.
"What are you doing?" He didn't look at her he just moved to his cd collection and began selecting a few. She waited a few more moment before moving towards his bag and looking inside. Clothes, books, all his sentimentals.
"Where are you going?" She asked louder. He finally stopped but he still didn't look at her.
"I am going to Alaska." He answered.
"For how long? I don't want you to be alone, if you really think this is the best idea then I'll go with you." He shook his head turning to her, she felt the cold blanket the room.
"I don't need you, Alice is coming with me." She couldn't stop the sting that accompanied those words. He threw three CD's at Alice and gestured to his bag, he wouldn't even come near her.
"Jasper…explain now." She said and Alice put the CDs down and started to leave.
"Alice, stay. I'm going and I'm not coming back. Alice had a new vision and it's me and her happy in Alaska." She watched him carefully, looking for the lie in his words. He was cold.
"Alice?" She asked and the pixie just kept her eyes cast on the ground.
"So that's it? Alice has a new vision and you just move right along with it? You're not gonna fight for me the way you did her?" He shook his head and then turned back to his CD's again.
"I never should have stopped fighting the first time, me and you has just been a big waste of time." She nodded and looked out the open window, he was leaving her. He was always going to leave her, she had known that, she had tried to protect herself form it.
"Well, let me help you pack." She muttered grabbed his bag and tossing it out the window. She picked up one of the CDs and tossed it like a ninja star at the huge tv, shattering the screen. Jasper closed his eyes when she moved towards the guitar.
"I inspire you." She spit the words out of her mouth as if they were wour milk, then she grabbed the instrument and slammed it against the wall. Alice started towards her but she held her hand up.
"Don't you dare touch me! You have no right to ever come near me again." She stepped over the debris and held her hands out to the mess. That was her way of helping him, her way of dealing with what he was doing.
"You…fucking coward, you look me in the eye and say it." He didn't move but she reached out and grabbed his hair, wrenching him roughly towards her. His eyes snapped open and she was inches from his face.
"Say it!" She screamed. No one needed Jasper's gift to feel her anger, it was radiating strongly. The cold harshness fell upon the room once again, making her shiver slightly, but he would never notice since she was shaking with rage.
"I don't give a fuck about you Brittany, I love Alice." She released him and stepped back, moving towards the door without a glance back.
"Have a nice life, you two fucking deserve each other." She was down the stairs and storming toward the door when Esme cut her off. She couldn't be mad at her, looking at the heartbreaking face she was making. She asked to drive her home, begged was more like it.
"Fine Esme, you can take me home." She agreed. The drive was silent, the rage was still much to fresh, and she didn't want to snap at her. She knew that Esme was not a part of the sick game, neither was Carlise. No she assumed it was just Jasper and Alice's game. When they pulled up the house Brittany turned to her, and she knew right then if Esme could cry she would have.
"I don't blame you Esme. You and Carlise have been like parents to me, and I don't blame either of you." She nodded and then pulled the girl into her arms carefully.
"Don't let your anger control you." She whispered and Brittany laughed as she pulled away.
"That's the only way I feel like me." She muttered as she stepped out of the car and ran silently up the walk to the front door. She couldn't face Bella or Edward the next day, she knew it. She also knew that her parents were use to her random runaways. A small note taped to Charlie's door, a duffle full of clothes, and a wad of cash she stole from Bella's wallet down in the living room was all she needed. She knew Edward heard her leave but he didn't try to interfere, he knew she needed it.
She had spent three days in a cheap motel in Seattle when she got a call from her father, she didn't answer but he left a voicemail. She listened half heartedly but the first words out of his mouth had her packing instantly.
"Brittany, it's Bella… she is sick." She knew automatically what had happened, Edward was gone. That was why he hadn't tried to stop her, he was leaving too. He was getting her away from the danger. It took four hours to get back home but soon she was walking up the front walk and into the house. Charlie didn't say anything when she dropped her bag, he just pointed to the stairs. She was running up them quickly, walking into Bella room without knocking. Bella was on her hands and knees on the floor, the scrap book Renee had given her open in front of her.
"Bella." She spoke softly and her sister reached for her but didn't look up. She was holding her sister in an instant, rocking with her slowly. Bella was fragile, Bella couldn't take this. She couldn't handle being left by the man she loved.
"They left." Bella said as the tears began to streak down her face.
"All of them?" She asked softly.
"Jasper didn't tell you?" Bella asked looking up at her sister seriously. She believed the girl had left because she was at a loss as of what to do about her vampire boyfriend. She never assumed he wouldn't tell her.
"Jasper left three days ago with Alice. She had a new vision which didn't involve me, so he went running for it. I didn't think Edward would leave too." Bella nodded and held onto her tightly.
"He doesn't want me." She mumbled and Brittany squeezed her, then noticed the pictures missing from the album.
"He took the photos?" She asked carfully. She nodded and sat up.
"He said it would be as though he never existed… Did Jasper take your stuff too?" Brittany stood up slowly, her door looming across the hallway, taunting her. She held her head up high and marched to her room, throwing the door open. The dagger was gone, the gold picks also. She moved towards her bed, but she was sure the jacket that she had curled up in the corner was gone. Everything that would remind her of Jasper, except…the video camera she that had taken to the motel with her. The only shred of evidence that the Cullen's had been a part of their life and she knew she could never show Bella. The Swan girls were about to enter a dark age.