A/N: Hey everybody! I'm sorry this update is a lot later than I planned but I had finals this past week at school so I had to study and I'm completely drained. It's been three days and I'm still recovering! This chapter is going to be split into both Bella and Jasper's POV's so I hope you like it! Enjoy!
Disclaimer: If Twilight belonged to me I doubt I would be writing this story.
Jasper POV: She looked thoroughly surprised. "Oh! I don't think I've ever heard yours," she said curiously. "I've heard everyone's but yours and Rosalie's I think. Why didn't anyone ever tell me yours?"
I shifted a little bit in my seat. "It may be because my story is slightly more… gory than those of my adoptive siblings and parents."
Her eyebrows furrowed in confusion. "What do you mean?"
A smile played at the corners of my lips. "Here," I said warmly. Why don't we start with these?" I rolled up my sleeve to show her my extended amount of half-moon shaped pale scars. I heard her gasp audibly as she took my arm.
"Those are exactly like mine," she held up her wrist in comparison. "But how on earth did you get so many? That's impossible isn't it?"
"Not when you're the only true soldier to be recruited into an army of Newborn vampires," I said, my Texan accent beginning to slip out. Alice never liked it, but I did. I didn't have to hide it anymore. Bella looked confused so I decided to elaborate. "I was the youngest major in the Texas Calvary back then. Because of me we probably won more of our Civil War fights than we would have otherwise."
"You lived during the Civil War?" she asked incredulously. "That's amazing!"
I chuckled. "Yes darlin' I did. I can tell you more about it later, but for now can we continue with our story?" she nodded excitedly. "Thank you," I smiled. "However high in the ranks I was at nineteen years old, it wasn't enough to take down Maria. It was a rather warm night; I had stayed behind in Houston evacuating women and children from the war zone. I came across these three women when I stopped to water my horse. Like the good gentleman my mother had raised me as, I got off the horse and took of my hat to them. Maria's friend's Nettie and Charlotte had this… crazed look in their eyes. Like they had waited days for a meal and finally found one. I didn't think anything of it at the time, but I do remember telling them it wasn't very safe for ladies like themselves to be out this late at night. Maria had called me a gentleman, and it was needless to say I was flattered."
"I don't remember much of what happened next, just the burning sensation of the bites, and then waking up on the ranch three days later. Maria told me about her army and the existence of vampires. She told me she had chosen me to be her second in command because she thought she had found her true "soul mate" for the vampire life. Not knowing any better, I believed her, I killed each newborn when they became too old and their strength started to wane. It was truly awful, feeling their emotions of fear and betrayal as I killed them. But I thought nothing of it, at the time all that mattered to me was Maria's approval."
Bella nodded silently, urging me to continue. "The only one I didn't seem able to kill was Charlotte," Bella looked shocked and I shook my head. "No, not Maria's Charlotte; she and Nettie were killed well before this happened. I meant my friend Peter's Charlotte. Peter and I were in command of Maria's main armies, so we were very good friends. He trained Charlotte after she was turned and they fell in love. So when Maria told me it was her turn to go, I knew that I couldn't. As soon as I had Charlotte alone, Peter came to stop me. I told them to run, to get as far as they could, and that I would tell Maria I had to kill them both."
"I thought Maria and I were in love, but after seeing Peter and Charlotte and the love they had, I knew that she had only manipulated me into thinking so. After that I ran away on a night that Maria had gone hunting. She was never a good tracker, but I doubt she'd missed me. I found Peter and Charlotte and stayed with them for a few years. We had fun traveling together for a while, but I felt like I was missing something, so I left, and met Alice. She told me she'd been waiting for me for a long time," I chuckled softly. "We found the Cullens, and they offered us family, and a new life. It was the first time I was truly happy in one hundred years," I sighed, signaling the end of my story.
Bella POV: As he finished, he sighed and stared at his lap. "Sorry if that was too much," he said, his southern accent completely revealed now. "Just needed to share that with someone I guess."
Smiling and patting his knee softly I said, "Jazz, please look at me for a minute." He raised his eyes slowly, looking slightly embarrassed. "I think it's so brave that you've been through all that and you're still standing here, as a better person. I'm not scared of you. As a matter of fact… I'm beyond proud to call you the best friend I've ever had," and I wrapped my arms around him squeezing him tightly. He stiffened under my hold and I looked up, eyebrows raised. "What's the matter?"
Jasper chuckled softly and looked down at me with a warm gaze. "Nothing," he smiled. "It's just that nobody has ever been as understanding as you. Thank you so much, Bella."
I shook my head, waving away his thanks like it was nothing. "Just one question?"
"Ask away," he smiled.
"What's your last name? Your real one, not the one you and Rosalie share."
"Whitlock. Major Jasper Whitlock."
"I like that. It's a good last name," I took his hand.
"It is?" he said, sounding surprised.
"Yes," I answered. "It fits much better than Jasper Hale."
The grin that answered me was all I needed to see, to know that I would always be there for him. And he would always be there for me. No matter what.
A/N: Aww, now isn't that sweet? Bella and Jazz are getting closer! They'll realize how they feel soon enough trust me, but I want to know if you guys think Alice and Edward will get into this somehow! Tell me how you like it and I'll update this week! Love you guys!
Thanks for Reading!
-thewolfgurlgleek :)
