Chapter 7
Jasper POV
Today is 'D-Day'. Emmett and Rosalie are due to arrive. They should be landing in about two hours in Seattle. Alice has decided that today of all days, she was going to stay in instead of going shopping. Grabbing my car keys, I make my way to garage; Alice suddenly appears in front of me, hands on hips.
"Where are you going?" She demands
"Out" I snap.
She growls low, "Where. Are. You. Going. Jasper?" she enunciates every word like I'm illiterate.
"I said out, which part don't you understand?" I push passed her but she grabs my arm pulling me back around to face her.
"What the hell is your problem Jasper? Are you going to see Bella again?"
"Get out of my way Alice. It's none of your business where I'm going, if you know what's good for you, you'll get your hands off me now" I say through clenched my teeth. Glaring at her, I'm sure my eyes are rapidly darkening.
Her eyes widen a bit, before she releases my arm and takes a step back. 'Smart move bitch' I continue on to my truck, getting in and starting her up. Alice moves to the passenger side and gets in, not uttering a word, she looks straight ahead waiting for me to drive I assume.
"What the fuck are you doing Alice?" I sneer at her
"Going with you, what does it look like to you?" She answers in a sickly sweet voice, plastering a fake smile on her face.
"No, you're not. Get out"
"No!" she says, thinking that's the end of that.
"Alice," I respond slowly. My patience is slowly running out.
"Just drive Jasper, if you don't want to tell me where you're going, then I'll just see for myself"
Talking doesn't seem to be working, so how does that saying go again….
Ah yes. 'Actions speak louder than words' I just have to remove her myself. I don't have time for her craziness today of all days.
As I get out of the cab, she speaks "I wouldn't do that if I were you Jasper" she whispers
Deep breath in, exhale slowly, find my happy place, find my happy place. I chant to myself.
"Why are you being so difficult Alice?"
She smiles, triumphantly, she thinks she's won." I just want to spend some time with you, that's all"
"Fine Alice" I slam the door and go back into the house.
A few seconds later she follows, and grabs my hand she leads me towards the stairs. I pull back to get her to stop and she looks at me questioningly.
"What's the matter Jazzy?"
"I'm not going to have sex with you Alice, so you might want to stop feeling so lustful" Disappointment courses through her and she glares at me through narrowed eyes.
"Fuck you Jasper" She yells and stomps upstairs
"No thanks" I respond, and her answering growl causes me to chuckle.
A few minutes later I hear the shower being turned on. Now's my chance to leave. Deciding to read so Alice will not be alerted through her visions, I make my way outside. My truck will be too loud, so running it is. We'll just have to rent a vehicle at the airport.
About thirty minutes into my run, my cell vibrates signally a message, slowing down I pull out my phone to see that it's text from Alice
"You'll regret this" What the hell is that supposed to mean? I'll deal with her when I get back.
Pocketing my cell, I continue on my way to the airport. Standing just inside the tree line, I make sure there are no humans around to see me emerge, I make my way to arrivals and wait for their plane to land.
Fifteen minutes later, Em's big form emerges. Rose rushes over to me and envelopes me in a bone-crushing hug whispering apologies which I assure her there's no need for. She pulls back looks me dead in the eyes and WHAM! She smacks right across the left cheek.
"Don't ever do that to me again Jasper, next time I'll rip you apart. Am I clear?" Fuck that hurt like a bitch. Emmett fucking laughs at me, Fucker!
"Yes ma'am" I drawl. Giving her my best cheeky smile.
"Hey Jazz"
"Hey Em. We have to rent a car. I ran here."
"Why? What happened to your truck?" Rose asks
"It's at the house. I had to get away from Alice, I ran while she was in the shower"
"Let's get a rental, we'll talk in the car" Rose say, walking off.
Emmett and I follow behind her. "How's Bella doing?" he whispers
"I haven't seen her in a while, but I suspect she's as well as can be expected." Going by the look he's giving me or rather the glare, I quickly continue, "I'll explain in the car"
With a nod of his head, he continues walking to the rental office. Rose emerges a few minutes later, directing us to the car. Emmett and I put the bags in the trunk and I hop in the driver's seat with Em riding shotgun and Rose in the back.
As we pull onto the highway, Emmett can no longer contain himself.
"The suspense is killing me man, come on, spill" he says impatiently. Taking a deep breath I relay what's been going on around here these last six or so months.
Upon hearing that Bella and I dated briefly, and after Alice came back, the manner in which I ended said relationship, Emmett looks about ready to kill me. I don't blame him though; I would let him beat my ass. I can only imagine what his reaction will be when he finds out how Edward broke her and had the nerve to abandoned her in the middle of the woods. But that's Bella's story to tell not mine.
Rose has been uncharacteristically silent, just listening to Em tearing me a new one. I know for a fact she'll be tearing into me sooner or later. I never once defended myself against his verbal attack; I deserve that and so much more. I was just about to tell them about Alice and Edward, when Rose snaps at me;
"What the fuck is it about that human that has you and Edward acting like fools? Hasn't she done enough damage to our family?" she sneers
"Rose, Bella didn't…" I start and she hisses at me
"Bella" she growls "has torn our family apart, why would you get involved with her. She needs to find a human and leave the supernatural world alone. She doesn't belong in our world" Emmett jumps to Bella's defence
"Rosie, Bella didn't tear our family apart, she's my baby sis, I have…." Rose glares at Emmett,
"She's not your sister Emmett, you need to leave her alone. She's human, she needs to stick to her own kind" Rose says menacingly
"I will do no such thing. She's family" Emmett booms. Even though Rose is being argumentative, she would never want Emmett to be in the state he's been in since we left Forks.
Rose, doesn't really hate Bella, she just felt she was too young to make a decision to give up her human life for a prick like Edward. She wanted her to decide on the change for the right reasons. Edward was definitely not it. I happen to agree 100%.
"Jazz, can you drive by Bella's apartment, I just want to see if she's ok" Em asks pleadingly
"I'm not sure that's the best idea Em, I wouldn't want to piss her off. Maybe we can come check on her when she's asleep instead" I try to reason with him. Really, I'm a little afraid of the new person Bella has become. But I'm not about tell Em that, I will never live that down.
"Come on man, just a peek. I'll come talk to her later. I just want to know how she's holding up" Em pleads
"Fine Emmett, we can go past her apartment" I relent
"Thanks man" he says sincerely
Pushing the vehicle to its limit I weave through the traffic. Forty-five minutes later, we pull up in front of Bella's apartment, fucking Edward's scent mixed with Bella's leading out of the building.
Feeling Emmett's rage at recognising Edward's scent, he jumps out of the car and races up to Bella's apartment where he forces the door to open Running through the apartment, he calls out to Bella. There's no heartbeat, so we know she's not here. I look around the apartment for any clues, anything that'll help. Nothing!
Retrieving my phone to call Peter, I recall Alice's earlier text. You'll regret this. She wouldn't, would she? Dialling Alice instead, I wait for her to answer. Three rings, four rings, five rings… and it goes over to voicemail. I hang-up and walk towards the door, looking back at Emmett.
"Let's go Em, Alice has some explaining to do." With that I leave telling Emmett to lock-up.
Rose is standing next to the car; she looks about ready to kill. "Get in" I bark at her.
Emmett comes out looking much like Rose. The atmosphere is almost too much for me, I grip the steering wheel tighter, almost snapping it. The faster we get to Alice, the sooner I can find out what Fuckward's scent was doing at my Bella apartment.
My Bella? Yes, she will be mine again!
Now to deal with that manipulative, deceiving, lying pixie-bitch. AKA – Mary-Alice Cullen.
