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"Jasper?"
"Hello there darlin'. I guess I used a little too much calm huh? I'll pull it back now. Didn't mean ta scare you but Em said you wanted to talk to me?" He finished it as a question instead of a statement.
"What time is it?" I asked looking around for my cell. My head and arm were pounding.
"3:30 in the mornin'." Jasper answered grabbing my water and a pain pill. I took them from him sending him a wave of gratitude.
"Thanks. I wanted to let you know that I'm not angry with you. I know you wouldn't have hurt me. To be honest I was least scared of you out of everyone. And plus I am a human that bled in a room full of vampires, and I'm the singer to one of them. It wasn't your fault. I told Edward to tell you that but I'd bet my life he didn't." I took a deep breath as I finished.
"You never cease to amaze me, Isabella." I hated being called that but out of his mouth it is wonderful. "I know we don't really know each other but I would really like it if we could start bein' friends. It'll be tough with everyone watchin' me but we have Em and Rose on our side so I think we can make it work if ya wanna?"
"That would be great! Are you southern? I've never noticed but you have a southern twang."
"Yes Ma'am. Born and raised in Houston, Texas." He said and smiled.
"Why have I never heard it before?"
"Well darlin', Alice hates it...she hates anythin' southern actually. Do you really think I would dress like this if it weren't for her? It's easier just to do what she says than waste the time arguing over it." He said shrugging.
"Oh. Wait, did you say Rosalie was on our side? I didn't know there needed to be sides."
"Well ya see darlin' after what happened earlier there is now a 'team Jasper' and a 'team Edward' if you will. Edward is tryin to get me to leave the family for your safety but we both know that isn't needed. However the rest want me to leave anytime you come to our house." He said shaking his head.
"Um, Jasper? Can I ask you a question?" I asked giggling as the medicine kicked in. Seriously? What is this shit? He gave me a smile so I took that as the ok.
"Well, I was talking to Emmett earlier and he had mentioned something but wouldn't explain and I was wondering if you would?" I said giving him puppy dog eyes.
"Darlin' you keep givin' me that look and I'll tell ya anythin' ya wanna know." He smiled.
"What does it mean when mates mark each other?" I asked and he choked. He cleared his throat and just stared at me for a minute.
"Hmm. Well...you see when...arg! Ok Bella how about you ask me that when you're not high from the pain killers." He said and rubbed the back of his neck.
"Why wont anyone tell me?" I whined. " First I find out that Edward deliberately only told me the bad parts of vamprism...vampism...vampim...ugh...being a vampire. And then after Em tells me he will answer my questions on whatever, he didn't and now you wont tell me either." I pouted. Need to figure out what this medicine is! Jasper chuckled at my whining.
"I think its time for you to go to sleep Bella. I gotta go anyways. They think I'm huntin' with Em." Before I could ask him the question that popped into my head he leaned down and kissed my forehead before sending me a huge amount of lethargy.
"You, sir... play...dirty." The last thing I heard was that sexy deep chuckle.
Ugh stop thinking about your boyfriends brother that way!
When I woke up I found that my room was freezing and my arm pounding. I took some Tylenol this time and got up. My window was wide open and I just stood there trying to figure out why until a rustling on my bed caught my attention. I shut the window quickly and found there was a note on my pillow.
Bella,
Sorry about leaving your window open but I figured it was best so that Edward wouldn't catch my scent in your room. I hope you slept well! My cell number is at the bottom of this note. Feel free to text or call whenever.
Jasper
I grabbed my cell phone off of my nightstand and programmed Jaspers number in before I sent him a text saying good morning. It was just a couple seconds before he replied.
'How ya feeling darlin'?'
'I'm alright. My arm is killing me but it happens.' I replied.
'Did ya not take any of those pain meds Dr. C gave ya?'
'No. I refuse to take any more of those until I figure out what the hell they are! I don't remember a lot of last night... Just the main points.'
'I believe they are Percocet. Have you ever taken that before?' He texted back.
'I doubt it. I would have remembered the way I was feeling last night. How's the house?'
'Overwhelming. I can't even be in a room by myself...I'm in my study right now but the door is wide open so they can see me. It's ridiculous!' I could practically see him rubbing the back of his neck in frustration. A habit he has that I didn't even realize I had noticed.
'They should have more faith in you! You've been with them for what 60 something years now?"
'They have no faith in me. They think I'm a fucking monster. They just wont let me forget about my past.'
'What about your past? Edward never told me anything more than you weren't changed by Carlisle and that your dangerous.'
'Now's not the time for my story but, I'll tell ya eventually. I gotta go though Alice is coming. See you at the house later, darlin'. Oh and Eddies on his way.'
'Thanks for the heads up! See you later Jasper.' I flipped my phone shut and quickly got ready for the day.
I grabbed a black and blue plaid shirt, some black skinny jeans, and my converse. I got dressed quickly and put on some light make up. There was a knock at the door just as I was pouring myself some cereal.
"Come on in." I said knowing that Edward could hear me easily.
"Hello love. How are you feeling today?" He asked sitting down in Charlie's chair.
"I'm alright. What are we doing today?" I asked while shoveling cereal in my mouth. Edward grimaced.
"Would you please slow down. I really don't want to see your food as you chew it." I rolled my eyes but complied. "As for what we're doing...I'm taking you to school than after we will come back here and study."
"Why aren't we going to your house?" I asked. Remembering the text Jasper had sent me.
"Because I want you no where near Jasper. I told you he was dangerous and last night just proved my point." I sighed loudly.
"He wouldn't have hurt me Edward." I told him softly.
"Yes he would have! I'm done talking about this. Are you ready?" He stood and held out his hand for me to take. I ignored it, grabbed my back pack and keys, then walked to my truck.
"What are you doing? I'm driving." He said sounding like a petulant child.
"Sure, you can drive your car and I'll drive mine. I'll see you at school." I don't know where that came from but it felt amazing to tell him I wasn't doing something he wanted. I got in my car and drove away. Leaving him standing in my drive way with his mouth hanging open.
I ignored Edward most of the day. At lunch I saw that the rest of his siblings weren't at school so I went and sat with Angela, Ben, Jessica, Tyler, and Eric. It was awkward at first but we quickly settled into a nice conversation. The rest of the day went by quickly and before I knew it I was at home. I walked into my room to start my homework and noticed something looked different but couldn't quite figure out what. I shrugged and went to my desk.
"Bella." I jumped and fell off my chair.
"Fuck, Edward! You scared the crap outa me!"
"Language Isabella!" He hissed.
" Whatever." I muttered and rolled my eyes at him then asked. "What's up?"
"Will you come take a walk with me please?" He said sweetly. I nodded and followed him out into the woods.
The next thing I knew I was lying on the forest floor curled up in a ball.
'You were just a distraction. A pet if you will.'
'We're leaving.'
'I don't want you'
'You're no good for me.'
His voice kept repeating, over and over again. I felt someone pick me up, I heard them talking but couldn't make out the words. They left me. ALL of them left me. I went numb. The next few days I was locked in my own mind going over every little thing could think of. Trying to figure out what I did to deserve this.
"It goes without saying that we can't ever leave our Mates. The pain would be unimaginable." Emmett's voice floated through my head.
Something snapped inside of me. Fuck him! Fuck him! I hope he rots in hell! Em said even when he was human Rosalie couldn't leave him. I was never his mate! I guess I was just a fucking pet after all!
"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" I screamed into my pillow and felt much better afterwards.
I got up and started tearing through my room looking for anything that Edward had given me only to find he had already taken it all. As I was walking back to my bed my foot caught on something and I tripped. When I looked to see what it was I saw that one of my floor boards had been pulled up. I removed it and looked in and found all the stuff I previously thought he had taken. I grabbed my cell and found that all their phone numbers had been erased. Fucking ASSHOLE! My phone beeped just as I was setting it back down. I didn't know the number but I opened the text anyways.
'Hey there little bit! You don't know me (obviously) but don't worry I'm not some weirdo perv or nothin'. Just wanted to tell ya that the Major and his brother can't txt ya or nothin' cause of that damn pixie. I'm sorry in advance there's nothin' I can do. I've tried to change it.' I read and re-read that text so many times I knew it by heart. Who's the Major? And what's my mystery texter sorry for? I shook my head set my phone back down.
I walked downstairs to start dinner and kept thinking about what that text could mean. Weeks went by and my anger towards the Cullen's grew. How could they leave me like a piece of trash? Did I really mean that little? No. Emmett loved me like a little sister. Jasper wanted to be my friend. My mind argued with my heart all the time now. I barely spoke but I didn't notice. I was too locked in my own thoughts to notice what was going on around me.
Graduation came and went. My birthday came and went. I worked and went home. Day in and day out I had the same routine. Charlie and I spoke more and I always had dinner ready for him at 6:30 every night. Today was no different. 6:30 came and went. At 8:15 I called the station and they said they hadn't seen him since he left work at 6. I was walking towards the door to go out and search when the back door swung open. I ran into the kitchen thinking it was Charlie and got a huge surprise.
"Victoria!" I shouted and froze.
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