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Rewriting My Destiny

A/N: This story is written as a collaboration by both Xo BellaItalia oX and DeathQueen26. We hope that you enjoy the story and look forward to reading your reviews. If you have any questions or comments, post them in my reviews and I will answer them in my next Author's Note! Enjoy!

Chapter 3

(Jasper's POV)

I continued my pacing outside the nurses office, constantly running my hands through my hair or, when I did manage to sit down, I had my head in my hands. I couldn't help but to worry about Bella and Peter's phone call had only brought on more questions than answers. I knew in my heart that Isabella Swan was meant to be mine and that I was finally getting a second chance with my forever.

Flashback…

I watched as my best friend, the girl I had loved since I first met her when she was five years old and I was seven, dismounted from her horse after galloping through the pastures on her daddy's farm. She was now a woman – or what was considered a woman in these times – and I had finally psyched myself up to ask to court her. I had already spoken with her father and had gotten his blessing, but it all finally came down to this moment.

I approached her house, grabbing hold of the reins in order to assist her on taking her horse back into the barn.

"Thank you, Jasper," Isabella smiled at me as she trailed beside us.

"The pleasure is all mine, darlin'." I nodded politely as I opened the stable and led the horse inside. Bella followed after us after stopping briefly to grab a brush so that she could tend to her horse after I removed the saddle.

We chatted as we talked together as best friends did while taking care of Allegra (A/N: It means 'fast' in Italian for all of you who play an instrument, you should know that! Though, it could also be 'Allegro') while we brushed her and removed her riding gear. I could feel my heart begin to beat fast and faster as I tried to figure out how to broach the subject with her at this point in time. If she rejected me, my heart would shatter. I've loved her my whole life.

Finally, as we began to exit the stable, closing the gate behind us, I took her hand and walked her over to a barrel of hay, where I sat her down in front of me and I squatted down in front of her, still holding her hand in mine as I looked into her eyes. They were always the feature that I loved the most about her. You could tell exactly what she was thinking and feeling just from looking into those chocolate brown orbs. Not only that, but the colors that were streaked through them were phenomenal. There were yellows and greens that would reflect back at me as well as others when the sun would shine on her just right.

She wasn't like all of the other girls I've ever met. She never liked wearing dresses or cleaning or sewing. She liked getting down and dirty with the best of us men. She didn't ride a horse side saddle or try her best to stay clean. She was perfect for me in every way and her beauty only shined further from these qualities.

"Belle, I want to ask you somethin'," I began nervously, fidgeting slightly from my position on the ground in front of her.

I watched as her eyebrows scrunched together in confusion and concern as she looked back at me. "What's wrong? Is everythin' alright?" She asked in a tender manner while running her free hand through a few of my honey blonde curls. I couldn't help how the right side of my lip twitched upward in somewhat of a smile as she did this.

"No, my Belle, everything is fine," I reassured her as I drew figure eights over the top of her knuckles with my thumb. "I was just wonderin' if maybe… would you do me the honor of…" I sighed, looking down at the ground in between us while trying to get my nervous rambling under control and word this just right.

Finally, I looked back up at her confused face and began to approach the subject once more. "Do you remember when we were little and I fell out of that apple tree in the orchards?" I asked her.

She nodded, an amused smile beginning to grace her perfect pink lips. "Of course, I do. It wasn't long after our parents introduced us and we became friends." She summarized. "You thought you were so dashin' as you tried to show off by gettin' that one specific red apple for me near the top of the tree on the furthest branch out."

"Hey, I got you that apple, didn't I?" I grinned teasingly. "Peter would 'ave been too chicken to climb up there an' get it himself, even if yer mama did have him strapped to the bed with the flu."

She smirked and nodded. "Yes, yes you did. But you also busted your knee on the way down."

"But I had you to take care of me." I nudged her leg in front of me with my dimpled grin still on my lips. "I knew that you were hungry an' I only wanted the best for ya."

"And it was the best apple I've ever tasted an' one of the sweetest gestures that I've ever been granted." She admitted as she looked up from our joined hands and into my eyes affectionately.

"Well, you deserved that apple; only the best and more." I told her with conviction. "I promise that if you agree to what I'm askin' ya, that you will only receive the best of everythin' from me an' that I'll always put you first." I paused as I took in a deep breath and continued. "I've loved you since the very first day that I met you when you were gettin' made fun of by the other girls for not bein' as lady-like as they were. You always stuck out to me in the best of ways." I admitted, pausing once again before finally asking her what I had been wanting to since I had finally had the gull to ask her daddy's permission. "Will you do me the honor of allowin' me to court you? I promise to make you happy and that one day I'll make an honest woman out ta' you when I can afford the best ring I can get ya."

I waited with baited breath for her answer while looking up into her face as her eyes began to water. Finally, she began nodding frantically. "Yes!" She gushed before launching herself into my arms.

That was the beginning of our love filled relationship.

End Flashback…

I was broken out of my thoughts when I noticed two EMT's coming through the office, pulling a stretcher along with them. I immediately became nervous as I rushed inside with them, not caring about what anyone had to say about it.

"What's going on? Where are they taking her?" I rushed out frantically as I watched them load her unconscious form onto the stretcher.

"They're taking her to the hospital." The nurse informed me, but wouldn't tell me anything about what she suspected was wrong. "If you want to follow them in the emergency room, I'll write you a note out of class."

"Yes, please, do that. Thank you." I said gratefully as I rushed out of the nurse's office after the EMT's and Bella.

The second I pulled out of the school, my cell phone began to vibrate.

'Alice' I thought to myself.

"What, Alice?" I rushed out in agitation. I was too worked up to have a conversation right now and I definitely wasn't going to turn around to pick anyone back up.

"I called Carlisle and filled him in on what was happening so that I made sure he would be in the ER to take her case when the ambulance arrived." She informed me.

'At least one of us is thinking clearly' I thought to myself.

"Thanks, Alice." I sighed. "I'm just too stressed out to think clearly." I paused as I turned on to Madison Avenue as I drove through town, following behind the ambulance as it's siren's blared and it's lights flashed, warning people out of our way.

"I know and that's why I already handled everything." She assured me. "I told him to call Chief Swan down at the station, because that's where he could reach him since he was currently there filling out paperwork and not in the field. He will need to be there to give Carlisle any and all background information on both her health and mental health, since her flashbacks have been a big part of her past." She explained. "I also went to the house and picked up Rosalie's BMW while I was out hunting so that Rose and Emmett could go home after school. It would be too hard for Rose to be in the hospital otherwise if she doesn't go home and hunt first. Emmett will want to go with her, of course."

"Won't it look a little odd if all of us were down at the hospital for Bella on her first day here when none of us really know her? Or at least, according to everyone else, we don't." I asked her.

"I guess you're right about that." She sighed. "But it won't be weird it we're there, since Carlisle works there."

A moment of silence passed between us as I stared at the ambulance ahead of me.

"Alice?" I choked as I swallowed thickly. "Please tell me that she is going to be alright?" I begged. "I finally got a second chance with my forever and I don't think I could handle it if I lost her again."

I heard her let out a breath on the other end of the phone line. "I don't know, Jasper. There are so many different variables that I can't see a clear outcome of the future. But I'm sure that Carlisle will do everything that he can for her and for you."

"I hope so, Alice." I admitted as the ambulance and I turned into the Emergency Room parking lot. "I really do."

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A/N: Uh Oh! Any ideas on what is going to happen with Bella? What will Charlie say when he finds her in the hospital. What about Renee? Any ideas on what is wrong with Bella? How did you guys like the flashback from when Jasper first started to court Bella in his human life? Review!

~*Dragon*~