WhaaaaaAAAAaaat?! A New Chapter?! No way! Okay, so Jasper and Lily get into a fight in this one, I just felt the need to add something... It feels like their relationship has been too... easy-breezy for me. Anyway, they also make up in this chapter, so no worries there. There is also a little surprise! Enjoy!
~Chapter Three~
Standing before a large meadow, a river streaming through the middle of it, the sun is beating down through the branches, flowers are growing everywhere, Jasper lays beside me, arms around my waist as he inhales my scent from my hair, everything is calm compared to the storm a few hours before. I hold our hands out into a beam of sun, fingers interlocked as I rest my head on his chest, watching the sun glisten and glimmer across his skin. I'd never understand how uniquely Jasper and I differ, yet there isn't much about us that is that different, both of us are immortal, yet his heart does not beat like my own, his skin is harder than the diamonds that seem embedded in it, and his diet is not like anything I've ever heard of, yet I cannot help but find myself loving him with every fiber of my being. "What are you thinking?" He asks me, pulling me from my thoughts, to look up in his tawny eyes with curious cobalt eyes, before I smile at him.
"Thinking about our differences, and how much I love you, despite them." I answer, causing him to chuckle, leaning down to nuzzle my face, like a cat. "What're you thinking about?"
"Hmm." He rolls over onto his back, pulling me with, causing a mix between a laugh and a yelp to slip out of my mouth he stops, I'm resting, one leg on either side of his waist as I sit up, crossing my arms to glare playfully at him. "I am thinking about this beautiful young woman in my lap, who's promise ring has been hanging from her neck, taunting me for almost two years." Had it been that long?
"Oh? And why is my promise ring bothering you, this time?" I ask softly, leaning over him with my hands in the grass on either side of his head. "Hmm?"
"Because, it's not… promise enough." He states, causing me to sit back, brow furrowing as he leans up on his elbows, a smirk twitches the corners of his lips.
"What do you mean?" I can't help the hurt tone in my voice.
"Also, I don't much care for your name." He pokes me in the nose, my face falls a bit more.
"What do you mean? What're you getting at?" I can feel myself getting angrier, trying not to let my emotions get ahead of me, I dig my fist into the dirt.
"I specifically dislike your last name." He states, reaching up to tuck his hand around the chain holding the ring in his palm. "I think we should change it."
"What to?" I ask, confusion evident on my face, I can tell as he pulls me closer, placing his hand on the back of my neck.
"Whitlock." He answers, pressing his lips to mine, suddenly what he says clicks in my head, causing me to sit back, staring at him.
"What did you just say?" I ask, causing him to frown.
"Whitlock, you should change your last name to Whitlock." He sits up, shifting me around to hold me in his lap, before he digs around in his pocket, pulling out a black velvet box, and he squeezes the sides, causing it to flip open. "Marry me." He states, the ring sitting in the box is a
Tiffany Lucida diamond engagement ring, 2.56 carat E/VVS1, I stare at it, before I stand slowly, my legs shaking a bit as I press a hand to the back of my neck, before looking back at Jasper, who's sitting up, the box on the ground beside him, ring in hand.
"That's something we've barely talked about, Jasper." I take a deep breath, before I look over at him, he shifts again, placing the ring in the box from his hand, closing it before he stands, tucking the box away, crossing over to me, his arms wrap around my waist, before he pulls me against him.
"Is that a no?" He asks, his voice is soft, his face falls with depression, as I nod. "Any reason why?"
"Because, I'm just getting used to life as a witch? It's not even the end of Senior year? Because, my entire world seems to change every few months? Pick one, they're all pretty good to me." I answer, looking up at him with a sigh. "It's just not the time to be thinking about marriage, Jasper. We have forever… Literally, we have forever." That seems to give him pause.
"Even immortal, your body is only as strong as another mortal's." He tilts my head up to look me in the eyes. "You could get sick, catch pneumonia, or get cancer. Your life could be ripped from you tomorrow, and what happens then? I'll be alone for eternity? I can't… I can't handle that, Lily, I can't lose you."
"What do you want from me, Jasper? Marriage is something I've never even wanted, until I met you, but things have been hectic, changing, and I've been extraordinarily careful ever since I met you, and even more careful since my powers came in! Do want to change me? Is that it?!" I ask, causing him to take a large step back, eyes widening at my question.
"I told you, that's not something I will ever force on you!" Jasper states.
"Really? Because, it sounds like you are." I argue.
"That's fitting. Should we talk about forcing things upon people?!" He snaps.
"What's that supposed to mean?!" I demand, causing him to let out a rude laugh, before I clench my fist.
"It's forceful to be with you, to be around you, to breath the air you're in! Not just for me, but my entire family, and it's not just you, it's Jennifer too!" He presses towards me.
"We don't have to be together, Jasper. I turned you do for marriage, because I feel like I'm not ready! That doesn't mean that I want to break up!" I can feel tears burning my eyes. "Is that what you want?" He stares at me, absolutely silent for three whole minutes, before I nod in understanding. "Apparently." I walk past him towards the trail, starting down the path, I get halfway to the cabin when a figure comes out of nowhere, slamming me into a tree by my throat, causing me to cry out, grabbing the wrist of the hand around my throat, tears burning my eyes as I blink them away, an unfamiliar brunette man with red eyes is glaring at me.
"Who are you? Why do you smell so tantalizing?!" He growls in my face, causing me to open my mouth to respond, when his growls. "Shut up!" He snarls as his grip tightens, my palm start to warm up, by the time he seems to realize it, his sleeve is smoking, he's hissing as he jumps back, causing me to drop to the ground, coughing as I press a hand to neck, sucking in a sharp breath as I scramble to my feet, the vampire glares at me. "What the hell are you?!" He hisses, starting towards me as I stumble backwards, pressing towards the field once more. "Tell me what you are!" He roars, following me as I let out a frantic scream, all I seem to be able to do is scream, suddenly I trip over my feet, landing harshly on the ground.
"JASPER!" I scream, there is a blur over my head, slamming into the brunette vampire, the brunette vampire is flipped, pinned to the ground with Jasper snarling in his face, suddenly Carlisle breaks through the trees, Esme following shortly behind with Jennifer on her back, Alice and Pandora are shortly after, then Emmett and Rosalie.
"Jasper." He looks up at Carlisle's call, pausing when Carlisle slowly steps closer, frowning as he eyes the man that Jasper is pinning to the ground. "Garrett?" He asks, causing me to pause as I slowly move to sit up.
"What. Is. She?!" Garrett growls.
"My. Mate." Jasper hisses, slowly standing up as I cross to him, he lets up his grasp on Garrett as my hand lands on his elbow, Jasper whirls around, eyes burning as they glare down at me, my hand comes up to rest on his cheek, his eyes soften as he leans down, pressing his forehead to my own. "Are you okay?" He asks, causing me to give him a soft grin.
"Been better." I admit, causing him to nod, pressing a gentle hand to the marks on my neck, causing me to wince. "What is it with the neck? Everyone goes for the neck." I whine as Jasper's lips twitch into a smirk, he pulls away as we turn to find Garrett watching us. Jennifer jumps off Esme's back, brushing her blonde locks over her shoulder, and crosses over to me, reaching up to hover a hand over the skin on my throat. Her hand glows blue, the smell of oranges and cinnamon fills the small clearing, the change in smell means that her magic has changed, developed during her time away, before she pulls her hand away, the marks having vanished as I look up to find Garrett watching both my sister and I. I grab Jennifer's arm, pulling her to my side, before pushing her behind me, she looks at me in confusion, before her eyes land in Garrett, who's eyes land on Jennifer, before the two of them seem to freeze as Alice bounces forward, grabbing Jennifer by the hands, and bringing her forwards.
"Finally!" She chirps. "Garrett, this is Jennifer Jefferson, sister to Jason, Mary, Melody, Sam, Ricky, Angel, Winnie, Max, and Zeke Jefferson, daughter of Matthew and Sheryl Jefferson, coven mate and sister to Lilith Michaelson." Alice's long-winded introduction ends with a giggle. "You two, are mates!"
"What?!" They bark out in unison, causing me to bite my bottom lip.
"Perhaps, we should take this back to the cabin?" Carlisle offers, Jennifer huffs as she loops her arm through my own, sticking her nose up as she escorts me past Garrett, Jasper follows behind us as he chuckles, the rest of the Cullens, and Garrett are following behind. Once at the cabin, Jasper and I break off from the others, to go down into the basement, once there, I lock the door as I cast a silencing spell, crossing to the middle of the homemade library, I take a seat in a chair, staring at Jasper with my arms crossed.
"I don't want to break up."He states, causing me to look down, tears burning in my eyes. "You know that I just don't want to lose you." He states, causing me to look at him.
"Everyone has anxiety, Jasper, but they don't let it get ahold of them, to control them to the point where they lose people!" I state, causing him to frown. "Thank you, though." He looks at me in confusion. "That's the second time today, that you've managed to save me from other vampires, without killing them."
"You don't have to thank me, darlin, it's my duty to protect you." He sighs, crossing from the door to my side, he kneels down to my side, caressing my cheek as he leans his forehead to my own. "I'm sorry." He murmurs. "I'm sorry you feel that I was pressuring you for marriage, that you felt that I wanted you to choose to be a vampire right now, I'm sorry about Irina and Garrett. I'm sorry."
"I'm sorry for fighting." I state, causing him to let out a soft laugh. "But, what do I have to do, to prove that I'm not going anywhere?"
"Nothing, darlin." He presses a kiss to my lips. "Nothing at all." He vows, pecking me on the nose, I giggle as I crinkle my nose, looking up into his eyes, noticing how dark they are now.
"Are you hungry?" I ask, drawing back to press a hand to his cheek, he just shakes his head, smiling at me.
"No, I'm fine." He promises, slowly standing as I do, he wraps an arm around my waist, pulling me against him as I tuck my head under his chin. "How about we go to dinner, tonight?"
"What?" I let out a laugh. "For a thing that doesn't eat, you sure go out a lot." I point out, causing him to chuckle.
"I don't have to eat, but you do." He states, causing me to let out another laugh.
"No, I want to eat Esme's cooking. I love whatever she makes!" I answer as we start back up the stairs, I banish the silencing spell just before we leave the room. Rounding into the living room, Jasper goes rigid as I freeze at the sight before me, Jennifer is standing with her head tilted, hands on her hips, glaring at Garrett from only two feet from his face, while Garrett, himself, stands looking stunned and slightly uninterested as he looks at my sister's face. "Hey!" Jennifer doesn't budge, but Garrett looks over at me with a frown, eyes darkened a bit, causing Jasper's arm to wrap around my waist. "Jennifer."
"Get fututam, perfide et-" She turns to look at me, muttering under her breath.
"Jennifer!" I hiss, causing her to frown. "If you have nothing nice to say, say nothing at all." I state, causing her to frown.
"But, I-" I raise an eyebrow at her, causing her to nod.
"Let's try to get along." She states, her voice is monotone, causing him to look at her in surprise.
"Why would I need to get along with a human? You're nothing but food." He argues, causing me to sigh, shaking my head at him.
"Oh? Okay!" Jennifer leans up towards him, head tilted, neck visible. "Bite me. Drain me dry. Kill me. Watch how fast you're killed, cause baby, my blood is like dynamite." She warns.
"She's not kidding. Every witch has something in their body, that is different than a normal human's. For me, it's that my wounds heal quicker than a human, for Jennifer, it's that her blood is hotter than magma, it will burn you from the inside out." I state.
"Thank you, peanut gallery." Emmett states, causing me to glare at him, he crosses his arms, chuckling until he goes flying, causing him to scream as he flies into the wall.
"She's my sister, even if by adoption, she's still my family!" I state as he growls, climbing to my feet. "Jasper, we're going for a walk, now." I shove open the side door walking out, Jasper following right behind me.
Wow, that took a lot out of me! I hate when they fight, I've actually written a lot of scenes where they've fought, but never published them, I don't like the idea of it. Anyway, two reviews for the next chapter! Read, Review, and Enjoy! ^-^