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Bella's POV
My whole body burned the second he bit me and then I blacked out and my body became paralysed. The burning went straight to my heart and then my toes and hands became tingly, like a million butterflies here tickling my feet and hands. Soon I was tickling all over, it was torture. Edward said when he changed he felt like he was on fire, so when Jasper bit my neck I certainly didn't expect to be tickled.
I lost track of time at some point, the tickling becoming unbearable, and I ended up blacking out. I don't know how long I was out for but the sound of my erratic heartbeat woke me from my comatose state, but I was very confused. My heart was beating a million miles per hour and getting faster with every breath I was taking and then it just stopped.
I opened my eyes and I couldn't see a thing. Bright florescent lights flooded my senses and I started to panic. Who am I? I what is my name? Where am I? I couldn't remember who I was. I remember a room high up in the sky, like a bird that watches everyone from their nests in the tree. I remember a boy with copper hair coming to help me. He bit me. He BIT me!
The light started to fade and I could hear someone calling out to someone.
"Bella? Bella! Bells wake up!" They were screaming. They were on top of me and then I saw him. The boy with copper hair.
And so I screamed.
"!" My scream pierced even my ears as I pushed the boy off of me. To my surprise he went flying into the wall across from me, nearly taking it down. I was finally aware of where I was, in the room of the big hotel.
"Ugh." The boy groaned as he stood up. I was tucked into the sheets of the bed in the centre of the room so I pushed aside and stood up on the mattress.
"Don't come anywhere near me or I'll, I'll... Push you again." I said finishing lamely.
"What is wrong with you girl? Do you seriously not remember me?" He asked confused and rubbing his head. I slumped onto the bed.
"I don't even remember my own name so how do expect me to know your?" I said defeated.
"Well this was unexpected. You name is Isabella Marie Swan. Do you remember anything now?" He asked. Isabella Marie Swan. What a name.
"Are you sure that's my name?" I questioned.
"I'm absolutely positive, ma'am."He replied.
"And who are you?"
"My name is Jasper, Ma'am." He answered.
"Are we a... um... couple Jasper?" I asked uncomfortably.
"Oh, God no Bella, we are just really good friends." He said.
"Ok good." I breathed out.
"So... How old am I and where are we?" I asked looking around.
"We are at the New York Palace and you, my dear, are eighteen years young." He answered in an accent.
"I'm so old." I said under my breath.
"You really don't remember a thing, do you Bella?" He near whispered. "Look, I'm going to explain what has happened to you over the last few years, but you have to keep an open mind ok or else it will get really confusing. Do you promise to not freak out?" He asked stretching out his hand. I took it and shook it, how weird could it get?
"Well first of, you and me, we're Vampires." He said straight of the bat.
"You're fucking kidding me!" I screamed flailing my arms
"You promised not to freak out on me!" He shouted
"I'm not freaking out! Who's freaking out? I am NOT freaking out!" I shouted jumping up than falling flat on my back.
"I know it's a lot to take in now but it will all be ok. Let me explain." He soothed. Then he jumped into my life story, or all that he knew I guess. I was going to live with my dad, Charlie, after my mum, Renee, married my step-dad Phil the minor league baseball player. We moved to forks and I met the Cullen's who are all Vampires and Edward was my cheating Vampire boyfriend who fucked his brother's girlfriend who is also his sister. I left town in search of myself and then Jasper found me here miserable and so he changed me so that I could go and live with him and his other family of Vampires. Well that is a lot to take in.
"Did you get that Bella?" He asked.
"Yeah. I remember my Mum and Dad and Phil but I don't remember anything after I drive into the car park on the first day of school. The most I remember are eyes. Golden then Topaz then Bronze then Black. I am so confused." I take a breath. "So I am a Newborn, right?
"You sure are." He said.
"Jasper, how where you changed?" I asked.
"Um... Well I was changed during the Civil War by a Vampire named Maria. It was a terrible time back then. That's how I met Char and Peter. Maria was creating an army of vampires so that she could get vengeance on another coven that had killed her partner. Alice found me when I left the army and together we found the Cullen's."
"So Alice is your wife?" I asked confused sitting up on the bed.
"No Alice and I got divorced after your birthday, remember? We weren't mates anyway so it didn't hurt as much as I thought it would." He said with sad eyes.
"I'm sorry Jasper, she must have meant a lot to you." I said as I scooted closer to him.
"It's ok it wasn't your fault. Anyway we should get going the family will be waiting for you." He started getting of the bed. I stayed sitting there until Jasper looked at me.
"Shouldn't I feed or suck or something like that before we go?" I asked.
"Oh my gosh Bella, I'm so sorry I forgot. Your throat must be burning so much." He said walking back to the bed.
"Actually I'm not really that thirsty and my throat is only a bit tingly." I said smiling.
"Wow. That's just... Wow. Can you smell them?" He said with eager eyes.
"Smell who?" I asked confused.
"The Humans." He stated. I closed my eye and concentrated on my new sense of smell and listened to the beating hearts of the sleeping humans in the rooms throughout the hotel. Then I smelt it, that salty mouth watering scent like a good cut of roast lamb, just oozing and rich and moist.
"I can smell them. It's amazing they smell so good." I said. Then I realised I was talking about living breathing humans, people with families and jobs and things to live for. "Jasper, I don't want to drink from humans, I'm not that kind of person... err... Vampire."
"I know a way you can still drink human blood and not feel guilty for it." He said.
"Oh yeah. How?" I challenged.
"It a method called selective drinking. You only drink when you feel hungry and only from humans who are really shady, like rapists or murderers. That way you can enjoy human blood without the guilt."
"Well I'm not really thirsty right now so I guess we should go and find your family." I said going to pack my suite case. Jasper grabbed my wrist and I turned to look at him.
"You not thirsty? At all? You don't just want to go next door and rip those human's throats out?" I shook my head at him. "Tell me about you transformation Bella. Did I tell you about my power? I'm an empath, I can feel other people's emotions and when you were transforming your emotions where rather different from the normal feelings of a Vampire change. You seemed almost as if you were being tickled but you hated it."
"Isn't that how the change is supposed to feel?" I asked.
"No, in rare cases maybe but, the normal human will feel like every inch of their body is on fire during their transformation." He said, stumped.
"Well you did say I was clumsy as a human, always getting bruises and cuts, yes? Well maybe it has something to do with my high tolerance to pain and that was magnified as I started to change. Besides I felt like I was on fire for a little bit at the start and the tickling was torture but more like pins and needles like being numb and sore at the same time, like when you sit cross-legged for too long and your legs fall to sleep and when you move again they really hurt. You know the feeling?" I finished
"No I don't Bella. I have been a Vampire for too long." He smiled.
"Oh, right" I said shyly. Jasper shifted on the bed and I could hear something in his back pocket vibrate then stop. He pulled out his iPhone and tapped a few buttons on the screen.
"That was Peter. His text says that they are going to hunt in Detroit on their way back to Seattle and meet us there. Did you know that Detroit has the highest violent crimes rate in the whole of USA?"
"No I did not. But it sounds like an amazing place to live for selective drinkers." I said raising my eyebrows at him while I packed the last of my clothes in my bag.
"So she does have some sort of blood appeal. I know what you're thinking, and as much as I want to drop everything and just live there, we can't because we have plans. We can stop there for a snack though. If you want." He smirked.
"Oh I want." I said with a menacing smile. "So what plans do you have for us, Mr... umm."
"Whitlock." He offered.
"Whitlock? When did you have that name?" I questioned.
"Since I was a baby Ms Swan." He answered.
"So that's your human name, hey? Sound so you. Major Jasper Whitlock. Has a ring to it." I said smiling. He looked a bit shocked. "Everything ok?"
"Yes, fine. It's just been a while since anyone called me that, that's all. You seem very different from the human Bella you know?" He stated.
"Do I? Oh well I like this me. We should get going, I'm sorta getting hungry now." I grabbed my back pack, looked inside and found a set of keys, a key card for the hotel, a brush, my iPhone and some lip gloss and makeup.
"Cool, I have a MX 5 and an iPhone. I must be rich." I Joked.
"Well you're pretty well of." Jasper confirmed.
"Really? How?" I asked.
"Your Mum and Phil and your dad have been putting heaps into your college fund. I kinda peaked to see if you'd used it. Turns out you have accumulated nearly two million since you where a baby."
Wow. That's a lot of money to earn from a Minor League baseball player, a small town Sheriff and a woman who decides she needs a new hobby every ten seconds. Unless...
"You said that Edward was really over protective right? Do you suppose he could have had money deposited into my account when we were a couple?" I looked at him.
"I suppose so, but I'm pretty sure you never gave him your account number. Um... Bella? I don't mean to be rude but we really have to leave soon or else someone is going to notice."
"What do you mean notice? What are they going to notice?"
"You haven't payed the bill since you started transforming." Jasper stated.
"So, you said three days right? Three days for the transformation to be complete?" He just shook his head.
"Oh. Well how long then?" I asked.
"Your transformation Bella took fourteen days to complete." He smiled at me. I just stared back and then the one word I had been thinking over and over escaped my mouth.
"Fuck"
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