Chapter 3
Reunited
I beat Bella to the door. It was then that I relized I wasn't breathing, so I inhaled deeply as I touched the door knob, and I wave of electricity ran through my hand. I opened the door and saw for the first time in seventy two years I saw the SECOND most beautiful thing in my...existance.
She looked up at me and smiled so that it made my breath leave my body. "Edward Cullen, my, it's been a while." Said the golden haired beauty standing on my porch in her olden time slang.
"A while indeed." I smiled to her, only half heartidly though. Seeing her standing right there, in my reach had preoccupied most of my thoughts. The only other thing on my mind was her dazzleing eyes. Bella cut infront of me, reaching out with her right hand, the wedding ring glinting in the light of the clouds, the sun threatening to burst through any minute.
"Hi! My name is Bella CULLEN," She emphisied our last name. "It's a pleasure to meet you, uh"
"Jess." She said as her green and gold eyes filled up with unhidable agony, even being quiet the actress she was. "My name is Jessica Skarlett Grace. It's a honour to meet Edwards...wife." She flinched ever so slightly on the last word as she examined the beautiful hand-me-down ring.
"Please come in...Jess." I winced inwardly, if it was visable Bella would have been hurt, but she couldn't miss the hesitation before her name. She cringed. I decided to hurry the conversation along before someone said something they would regret.
She walked in slowly, examining the roof and tripped on the rug. I caught her before she did a complet faceplant. I shook my head.
"Same old Jess. Do you still trip on everything that sticks out of the ground?" I chuckled "It's a disorder! I swear you vamps are to stuck up about your amazing balence. I SWEAR that I will find someone like me eventually, so you will just have to wait and THEN I will be the one laughing." She protested as the straightened herself up. Bella was laughing.
"What's it with you and clumsy girls?" She asked me between giggles. Jess turned to her "You TOO?" Bella nodded. "HA! I told you Edward. I'm NOT alone"
I smiled and shook my head. "I think I'm a magnet for girls who have eqalibrieum problems"
Bella laughed and Jess smiled. Then Jess's face went serious and she silently told me;
' Edward, I have a big problem'
I nodded my head. "Sit down. Carfully!" I added as she kicked her toe on the corner of our coffee table.
"Ouch." She murmured as Bella erupted into laughter. Jessica stuck her tounge out at her. "Oh like you've never done that"
"Now, Jess." I sat down on the chair diagonally facing the couch. "What wrong"
"Actually," Jess started. " I wanted to start with...why I'm not a crippled old woman or under a big peice of rock with my dates on it." She looked at me for approval.
" I think that would probably be a good idea"
She took at deep breath. "After you left, I... I started looking for you. I went into the forest and was wondering around aimlessley. I told my father I was taking a camping trip"
I think she heard my quick intake of air, because both her and Bella turned their faces to stare at me. I guestured for her to continue.
"I was in the forest and I cut myself on a really sharp branch and was bleeding to death, medical tools where hard to come accross for non doctors in that time." She added for Bella's sake no doubt. "Then she found me.
"The black haired girl saw me lieing on the forest floor, dieing in my own blood so she bit me, only after she drank SOME of my blood. She said she wanted more she then she also said that she could 'see' some strange powers in me. It was around then that the wolves came.
"I can barley remember who they where, what their faces where like I hope that I never find out...but they didn't like the face that another vampire was changing right under their noses. They used a forgotten herbal recipe and did surgery on me before my transformation was complete, stopping the venom from reaching my heart"
I relized now, why her eyes were more gold than green, why I could hear a slight drumming of a heart that I couldn't understand.
Bella spoke first. "You...You mean...Your a half vampire?" She asked with obvious wonder in her voice.
Jess nodded. "Not technically, but thats what I've been told"
This time I spoke. "Our..daughter is....a half vampire." Jess's face went into shock, and as if on cue, Renesme ran into our cottage and jumped on Bella.
"Momma! Oh Momma it was so great! I caught a moose! Moose are so big and-" Her beautiful voice stopped short as she saw for the first time the frozen stranger on the couch.
Alice and Emmett followed her. "Edward I am so sorry! She went after the MOOSE," Alice rolled her eyes and Emmett chuckled. "Well we were going onto a heard of elk. She was gone before we knew she left." Alice then turned to Jess. "Who's this"
"JESSI!!!" Emmett roared, picking up the tiny blond half breed and putting her into a bear huge. "I CAN'T BELIVE IT'S YOU!! DO YOU KNOW THAT IT'S BEEN"
"Seventy two years." Jess said in a strained, breathless voice. "I'm aware Emmett." She laughed and then coughed. "Could you"
"Sorry." Emmett put her down immediatly. "I'm just so excited"
"Your such a teddy bear. Where's Rose?" Jess questioned my brother.
"Um, hi? Excuse me!" Alice interupped before Emmett could launch himself into his random explinations because he honestly really didn't pay attention to what most people have to say. Alice stuck out her hand. "Hi. My name is Alice Cullen. Nice to meet you Jessica Skarlett Grace." Alice laughed at Jess's bewildered face.
"It's a pleasure." Jess mumbled.
"Where is Carlisle and Jasper?" I wondered aloud.
"Oh..well." Emmett stared at his feet as he shuffled them on our wood flooring.
" Uncle Emmett hunted all of the pack, so Uncle Jasper and Grandpa had to go and find something else to hunt." Nessie tattled on Emmett for fun, because he alway 'got mad'
"Why I otta.."Emmett threatened and tickled Nessie until she was read in the face.
Jess waited politley until Renesme could breathe again and offered Nessie her hand. "Hello sweetheart. I'm an...old friend," She winced like someone had slaped her. "Of your Daddy's. It's a pleasure to meet you... Renesme." Emmett whispered the name in her ear. It was great to see the friendship they had formed was still strong.
"Jess..." Alice began. "Why are you here"
It was at that exact moment Jess's face turned blank. Blank with panic.
"Oh no." She mumbled. "No no no no NOO. I'm so sorry. I have to leave right now!" She ran for the door, but Emmett and I grabbed her. She growled at us ever so slightly.
"You JUST got here! What about Rose?" Emmett demanded.
"Their comming for me.." She whispered. "Their comming"
"Who is comming for you Jess?" I asked. She continued to shake.
Bella came over and slapped accross the face. "Jessica." She said calmly but firmly. "Who is comming for you"
Jess stared at me with terrorized eyes. "The Volturii."
She looked up at me and smiled so that it made my breath leave my body. "Edward Cullen, my, it's been a while." Said the golden haired beauty standing on my porch in her olden time slang.
"A while indeed." I smiled to her, only half heartidly though. Seeing her standing right there, in my reach had preoccupied most of my thoughts. The only other thing on my mind was her dazzleing eyes. Bella cut infront of me, reaching out with her right hand, the wedding ring glinting in the light of the clouds, the sun threatening to burst through any minute.
"Hi! My name is Bella CULLEN," She emphisied our last name. "It's a pleasure to meet you, uh"
"Jess." She said as her green and gold eyes filled up with unhidable agony, even being quiet the actress she was. "My name is Jessica Skarlett Grace. It's a honour to meet Edwards...wife." She flinched ever so slightly on the last word as she examined the beautiful hand-me-down ring.
"Please come in...Jess." I winced inwardly, if it was visable Bella would have been hurt, but she couldn't miss the hesitation before her name. She cringed. I decided to hurry the conversation along before someone said something they would regret.
She walked in slowly, examining the roof and tripped on the rug. I caught her before she did a complet faceplant. I shook my head.
"Same old Jess. Do you still trip on everything that sticks out of the ground?" I chuckled "It's a disorder! I swear you vamps are to stuck up about your amazing balence. I SWEAR that I will find someone like me eventually, so you will just have to wait and THEN I will be the one laughing." She protested as the straightened herself up. Bella was laughing.
"What's it with you and clumsy girls?" She asked me between giggles. Jess turned to her "You TOO?" Bella nodded. "HA! I told you Edward. I'm NOT alone"
I smiled and shook my head. "I think I'm a magnet for girls who have eqalibrieum problems"
Bella laughed and Jess smiled. Then Jess's face went serious and she silently told me;
' Edward, I have a big problem'
I nodded my head. "Sit down. Carfully!" I added as she kicked her toe on the corner of our coffee table.
"Ouch." She murmured as Bella erupted into laughter. Jessica stuck her tounge out at her. "Oh like you've never done that"
"Now, Jess." I sat down on the chair diagonally facing the couch. "What wrong"
"Actually," Jess started. " I wanted to start with...why I'm not a crippled old woman or under a big peice of rock with my dates on it." She looked at me for approval.
" I think that would probably be a good idea"
She took at deep breath. "After you left, I... I started looking for you. I went into the forest and was wondering around aimlessley. I told my father I was taking a camping trip"
I think she heard my quick intake of air, because both her and Bella turned their faces to stare at me. I guestured for her to continue.
"I was in the forest and I cut myself on a really sharp branch and was bleeding to death, medical tools where hard to come accross for non doctors in that time." She added for Bella's sake no doubt. "Then she found me.
"The black haired girl saw me lieing on the forest floor, dieing in my own blood so she bit me, only after she drank SOME of my blood. She said she wanted more she then she also said that she could 'see' some strange powers in me. It was around then that the wolves came.
"I can barley remember who they where, what their faces where like I hope that I never find out...but they didn't like the face that another vampire was changing right under their noses. They used a forgotten herbal recipe and did surgery on me before my transformation was complete, stopping the venom from reaching my heart"
I relized now, why her eyes were more gold than green, why I could hear a slight drumming of a heart that I couldn't understand.
Bella spoke first. "You...You mean...Your a half vampire?" She asked with obvious wonder in her voice.
Jess nodded. "Not technically, but thats what I've been told"
This time I spoke. "Our..daughter is....a half vampire." Jess's face went into shock, and as if on cue, Renesme ran into our cottage and jumped on Bella.
"Momma! Oh Momma it was so great! I caught a moose! Moose are so big and-" Her beautiful voice stopped short as she saw for the first time the frozen stranger on the couch.
Alice and Emmett followed her. "Edward I am so sorry! She went after the MOOSE," Alice rolled her eyes and Emmett chuckled. "Well we were going onto a heard of elk. She was gone before we knew she left." Alice then turned to Jess. "Who's this"
"JESSI!!!" Emmett roared, picking up the tiny blond half breed and putting her into a bear huge. "I CAN'T BELIVE IT'S YOU!! DO YOU KNOW THAT IT'S BEEN"
"Seventy two years." Jess said in a strained, breathless voice. "I'm aware Emmett." She laughed and then coughed. "Could you"
"Sorry." Emmett put her down immediatly. "I'm just so excited"
"Your such a teddy bear. Where's Rose?" Jess questioned my brother.
"Um, hi? Excuse me!" Alice interupped before Emmett could launch himself into his random explinations because he honestly really didn't pay attention to what most people have to say. Alice stuck out her hand. "Hi. My name is Alice Cullen. Nice to meet you Jessica Skarlett Grace." Alice laughed at Jess's bewildered face.
"It's a pleasure." Jess mumbled.
"Where is Carlisle and Jasper?" I wondered aloud.
"Oh..well." Emmett stared at his feet as he shuffled them on our wood flooring.
" Uncle Emmett hunted all of the pack, so Uncle Jasper and Grandpa had to go and find something else to hunt." Nessie tattled on Emmett for fun, because he alway 'got mad'
"Why I otta.."Emmett threatened and tickled Nessie until she was read in the face.
Jess waited politley until Renesme could breathe again and offered Nessie her hand. "Hello sweetheart. I'm an...old friend," She winced like someone had slaped her. "Of your Daddy's. It's a pleasure to meet you... Renesme." Emmett whispered the name in her ear. It was great to see the friendship they had formed was still strong.
"Jess..." Alice began. "Why are you here"
It was at that exact moment Jess's face turned blank. Blank with panic.
"Oh no." She mumbled. "No no no no NOO. I'm so sorry. I have to leave right now!" She ran for the door, but Emmett and I grabbed her. She growled at us ever so slightly.
"You JUST got here! What about Rose?" Emmett demanded.
"Their comming for me.." She whispered. "Their comming"
"Who is comming for you Jess?" I asked. She continued to shake.
Bella came over and slapped accross the face. "Jessica." She said calmly but firmly. "Who is comming for you"
Jess stared at me with terrorized eyes. "The Volturii."
