JODIE'S POV
I was in bed and about to go to sleep when someone came into my bedroom.
"Hello?" I asked out to the unknown person or vampire in my room.
"It's Rosalie, do you mind if I stay with you for a bit?" Rose whispered to me in reply.
"No not at all, you can lay down if you want to?" I said patting the spot next to me in this huge bed.
"Thanks." Rose said as she slowly got into my bed and covered herself up with the fluffy throw and many other blankets and sheets.
"Do you want to talk about something?" I asked Rose who was now laying next to me.
"Nothing in particular. I just wanted to ask you a few questions to get to know you better."
"Well then ask away!" I said in reply, then maybe I could ask a few back.
"Whats your favourite colour?" Rosalie questioned me.
"I was watching T.V once, and this woman had got a necklace from tiffany and co. The box that it came in was the most amazing colour I had ever seen and I officially loved it. So tiffany blue- if that is what it is called?"
"I love that colour too. Emmet often buys me things from there." Emmet buys Rose things from there? Did that mean Emmet and Rose where together?
"You and Emmet?" I hoped she understood what I was implying.
"Yes we are married, well we have been several times now." Oh yes because vampires didn't age, they were stuck at a single age for all of eternity.
"Do you ever think that someone we love me like Emmet loves you?" I asked Rose.
"Of corse Jodie! You will probably have to hit them away with sticks, or I will do it for you. You are beautiful, physically and on the inside too. Your smart and extremely talented. Jodie any man would be lucky to have you." I felt a tear run down my face. At Rosalie's kind words.
"Are you crying Jodie?" Rosalie asked me.
"Y-yes. That is the n-nicest thing that anyone has e-ever said about me-e." I replied. My words came out awkwardly because of my sobs of happiness.
Rosalie held my hand. And my sobs slowly came to a halt.
"Jodie can I ask you something personal now?" Rosalie questioned me, she sounded so sincere, and kind.
"You can ask me anything." I said genuinely happy to talk to someone who cared about me.
"You know when you asked us had we raped you, or did a bunch of other horrible things… When you were trying to explain that we didn't scare you?"
"Yes.." I replied.
"Well have you been sexually assaulted in the past?" I knew that question was coming so I decided to hit the duck on the head and just get it over and done with.
"Yes, I was. Many times… I really don't want to have to re hash the details or the memories. It was horrible, it happened over and over again. Sometime it was just one man, some times it was many. Some times it was on a bed and sometimes I was tied or handcuffed to a pole. It was horrible. Worse than being pushed down the stairs, thrown onto the hot plates, hit with a broken glass bottle or any punching or kicking that had ever been done to me." Rosalie hugged me as I spoke. She put a blanket between herself and me so that I didn't get cold.
"It's okay honey your safe now, I will never let that happen to you again; ever." I believed her.
I was almost asleep in Rosalie's arms when I remembered that I forgot to ask her what I should call her.
"Rose…?"
"Yes baby…"
"You don't feel like my sister. I don't know what I should call you…"
"You can call me what ever you want baby…"
"Can I call you Mum too because you feel like you should be a mother and I know you can't have kids of your own… And I…. If…. If you don't want me to that fine too…" I trailed of I really had no idea what to say, maybe I had made mistake, what if she didn't want to be like my mum.
"Jodie, oh Jodie. I would want nothing more for you to be my daughter." Rose said with excitement obviously present in her voice.
"Good night mum."
"Good night baby." Rosalie gave me a little squeeze.
"Can you stay with me till I'm asleep?"
"Of corse baby!"
I was almost off to sleep when I remembered one thing.
"Does Edward hate me?" I asked it came out kind of slurred together because I was almost asleep.
"No sweet heart he doesn't. Edward is very complicated."
"Okay mum… good night for real this time." I mumbled.
"Stupid mind reader for upsetting my daughter" I heard Rose mutter a little to loudly than she meant to.
I sat up in bed and turned my bed side light on.
"MIND READER?" I shouted a bit to loudly. "He can read my thoughts?"
"No darling, not yours…" I was confused now she just said mind reader. "He can read everyones thoughts, but yours."
I turned out the light and lay down in bed… "Does that mean that there is something wrong with me Mum?"
"I tell you that he can read minds, and you think there is something wrong with you?" Rose replied.
"Yes…"
"I don't really know about it Jodie, but I can assure you that there is nothing wrong with you. You will have to talk to Edward about it sweetie."
"Okkaayyyy…." and I drifted of into darkness.
EDWARD'S POV
I was sitting at the desk chair in Jodie's new bedroom watching her sleep. Rosalie had left shortly after Jodie had fallen asleep. I was so frustrating to see Jodie and not be able to see into her mind. But it was also extremely peaceful.
"Carrots and trampolines" Jodie muttered as she rolled over. I heard Emmet booming with laughter down stairs at the words that had escaped Jodie's mouth.
"This one is a keeper." I heard Emmet say to Rosalie down stairs, who was now happier than I had ever seen her.
Minutes pasted and Jodie was peacefully asleep.
"HELP ME….. DON'T HURT ME. You can let me go, I won't call the cops." Jodie started screaming in her bed, and crying too. She must have been having a bad dream.
"Let Edward handle this." I heard Alice say from down stairs.
"NO DON'T TAKE CRESSWELL! HE IS MY FAVOURITE TEDDY!" Should I wake her up, I had no idea what to do.
"Please that hurts, please stop." Jodie yelled she was really getting into a panic now, crying, shaking and screaming.
I ran over to Jodie at vampire speed. And started gently shaking her shoulders.
"Wake up Jodie, It was just a bad dream." Jodie was still crying and still asleep.
"Wake up its Edward, please wake up your safe now." Jodie opened her eyes, and was now awake. She was still crying her little heart out.
"I had a bad dream." She muttered. Then flung her arms around me.
"Shhh It's all alright now Jodie. No one is going to hurt you." Although we so easily could, I didn't want anyone to hurt this girl.
"Please don't leave me Edward." Jodie was still hugging me so I pulled my new family member into my arms. She placed her head in the crook of my neck. She smelt so wonderful, but I tried not to let that bother me. She smelt better than anyone else; ever. I cradled Jodie like a little child in my arms.
After about ten minutes Jodie's sobs came to a halt. Three minutes after than her breathing evened out which meant she was asleep. There was a human female asleep in my arms.
I held her like that for what felt like only short minutes but was really a few hours. I put her back into bed after that and decided to go and play the piano.
JODIE'S POV
I woke up, I still felt extremely tired. I remembered last nights events, my chat with Rose, and Edward saving me from my bad dream.
I got out of bed, still wearing my cardigan making sure that no one saw my body. I suspected they all knew I was abused but I didn't want them to see how bad it really was. I walked out of my room and remembered that I had no idea where to go, so I decided to go exploring. I decided to count how many rooms I pasted.
I walked down to corridors and then up some stairs. So far I had passed three doors. I was now on what looked like the top level of the house.
I looked out the large window which overlooked he driveway. Alice and Jasper were kissing up against a yellow porche. I supposed that meant Alice and Jasper were together too. Did that mean Edward was alone; that would get annoying after a while.
I decided to call out to who ever was in the house I really needed to know where I was.
"Hello? I think I am lost…?" Two seconds later I heard someone walking up the stairs to the top level, wow that was fast.
"Hello squirt! Get lost did we?" Emmet was booming with laughter. He had two eggs in his hands. I gave him a weird look then he got a piece of paper out of his pocket and wrote on in; I'm going to throw these eggs at Jasper and Alice out the window. I knew that wasn't a very good idea.
"Well in that case I am leaving." I said and turned on my heals leaving Emmet as he opened up the window to drop the eggs. I had a feeling that Alice would be extremely mad when Emmet got egg on her outfit, that was no doubt very expensive.
I began walking down the stairs. I turned left up a corridor and heard a beautiful melody coming from one of the rooms. I decided to follow the classical music. I was almost at the source of the classical music when I realised what piece it was. It was Claire De Lune. I just stood outside the door for a while appreciating the beauty of the piece.
Eventually the song ended and the door of the room swung open and standing there was none other that Edward himself.
"You like classical music?" He questioned me.
"Yes Debussy is one of my favourites." He looked impressed that I knew who Debussy even was.
"I'm sorry that I fell asleep on you, and probably tear stained your shirt."
"Thats no problem, it gives Alice an excuse to buy me a new one today anyways."
I could hear foot steps of who ever was coming up the hall way behind me, but I was a little to busy staring at Edward's crooked smile.
"Time for breakfast darling Jodie." It was Esme speaking. I turned around to face Esme.
"Okay Mum, coming!" I said I followed Esme down the hall and through the house to the kitchen.
I sat at the table I heard two people come through the front door.
"Good try Emmet, you can't trick someone who can see the future." Alice called out in-between giggles.
"Idiot!" Jasper shouted out.
"Language!" Esme said in a stern tone in reply to Jasper.
"Sorry Mum." Jasper replied to Esme. Alice and Jasper walked through the arch way that led to the dining room.
"Did Emmet try to throw eggs at you?" I asked them both.
"Yes he tried… again." Alice said. Alice said faking exasperation.
Esme put chocolate chip pancakes in front of me.
"Eat up my darling."
"Thanks mum!"
"Okay so we have to do some serious shopping, like serious." Alice said while bouncing up and down the the seat next to me.
"How serious can shopping be?" I questioned Alice.
"Is that a joke, shopping could practically be a sport Jodie, and I will be training for the olympics." Alice shrieked.
"Calm down Alice." Jasper said, and suddenly I felt extremely calm. So calm that I actually fell of my char onto the floor and was about to go to sleep.
"Jodie! Whats wrong with her, Alice what happened?" Someone said it sounded like Edwards voice.
"CARLISLE SOMETHING HAPPENED TO JODIE, SHE JUST PASSED OUT ON THE FLOOR!" The same voice shouted.
"Baby whats wrong wake up." A different voice sounded.
"calmmm…" I murmured.
"Oh sorry I think that was my calming waves, wow it doesn't take much to make you calm Jodie." Suddenly I felt as normal as well… normal.
"That was very calming." I said with a laugh.
"Sorry Darlin." Jasper replied with his Sothern accent.
