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JPOV
When Alice told me I needed to talk to Bella tonight I was a little angry. I didn't like her looking into my future and I told her to keep her head out of Bella's to. You would think by now I would've learned to listen to Tinks, but I guess me stubbornness took over.
"Alice, there is no way I am going over there to talk to Bella about us" I gestured around the room "tonight. It can wait until the morning"
"Why, she's not sleeping anyways"
"Alice, please let me do this my way. Let the information sit with her a bit…I don't wanna scare her off"
"Trust me Jasper, she won't be scared"
"And how would you know… Fear isn't a decision you make, it's an emotion… as we all know emotions can change in a split second"
"Yeah but Jasper, she's already decided that she's not scared of you…of us"
"No Alice!" I could feel my anger boiling over. I needed to go hunt. I could tell by the fear coursing around the room that my eyes had gone black and they were waiting for me to blow. "I'm going for a hunt. We can talk about this tomorrow".
I ran from the house and into the forest beyond our property. Thankfully the winter was over and the bears were no longer hibernating. While coyotes were my favorite, there weren't any anywhere near Forks, there were wolves though, but because of our treaty with the Quileutes it was just too weird to hunt them. With my luck it would be some friend of theirs and war would break out. Stupid fucking shifters.
Thankfully my hunt didn't take too long. I quickly drained a bear, didn't even play with my food this time. I just wanted to get back to the house.
Apparently however I wasn't fast enough. In my fifteen minute absence Alice had taken off to Bella's and according to Emmet dragged a protesting Edward behind her. Hearing this I ran as fast as I could to Bella's. When I got there I saw Edward outside and I could hear Alice talking to Bella in her room. That's odd, the only fear I feel is coming from Edward. I turned to him with a raised eyebrow.
"You know how she is when she gets something stuck in her head. I had to come with her, she said if I didn't there would be hell to pay, and trust me, what I saw in her head wasn't so pretty"
Fucking pussy, I thought in my head.
"Hey, I know when to fold em, besides, you know I can't say no to Alice."
Yeah we all knew that. The canary yellow Porsche he got her two months ago was proof.
"I'm going in there, please make sure to get Alice the fuck out of here when I send her down. I don't need to hear her I told you so speech."
"Fine. Go easy on her though. She's shown me what she's seen and she's right you need to talk to Bella tonight. She loves her you know. They really are going to be the best of friends… and surprisingly enough so is Rose"
I just nodded and jumped through Bella's open window. I gave Alice a slight growl, but she knew I wasn't really all that angry anymore.
"we'll talk about this when I get home"
"Fine, but she really is going to be my best friend… Don't mess that up for me"
"Whatever Alice. I'll see you later"
"Um… no you won't, you're staying here tonight"
"Alice…"
"Just trust me… you need to tell her everything"
"Fine. Now go! You're Eddie is waiting"
And with a few parting words Alice jumped out the window and she and Edward left.
"Get talking cowboy" my Bella said. Did she really have no clue how she affected me. She must know on some level. She has to know something about our past…mine and Annabelle's otherwise she wouldn't say the things she does. Hell she even smells the same. And hearing her call me cowboy just about pushed me over the edge. So I did the only thing I could do. I started talking.
I told her about me and Annabelle first. How we were friends from the age of six, well I was six, she was five, or five and a half as she always used to correct me. Her family had just moved from New York in 1850 still a decade before the war of the states. They were our new neighbors. By neighbors I mean they lives on the ranch almost a mile away from ours. We first met at school. I had been the best reader in our class until she joined us. I was angry at first so I called her a yankee and told her to go backup north, she wasn't wanted here. And then she punched me. Right in the nose.
I had to stop because Bella had giggled and it was one of the cutest things I had ever heard. Once she saw me watching her she stopped and gave me a soft kiss on the nose.
"I'm sorry, did it hurt?"
"Fuck yeah it hurt, knocked me over too, but once she did that, she helped me off the ground and said that now that we've put that behind us we were going to be the best of friends. And she was right, from that point on we were inseparable".
I went on to tell her how we had our first kiss at ten and then our first real kiss at 14. It was a different time back then. By 13 we were both done with our schooling and helping out our families on our farms. Our families had become close over the years and we were always over at each others ranches. We'd go swimming in the pond on Annabelle's and we'd ride the horses I had at my stable. Bella stopped me again this time and described the stable picture perfect as I remembered it. When I told her that, her eyes began to tear.
"Why are you crying darling" I asked as I kissed away the tears.
"I don't know. I guess I'm just feeling validation. I mean I've been having these dreams for so long I was beginning to think I was crazy. Hearing your story just puts everything in place. Please go on".
I gave her a soft kiss on the lips before continuing.
I explained how everyone knew we were going to get married since we were eight years old and I told my Mama I was going to marry Annabelle next week, and how she convinced to wait till we were done with school and had a few more years on us. We were promised to each other. When we were 16 the war finally broke out and there was a lot of tension. I had told Annabelle how I wanted to go fight for the army, fight for our land. Neither of our families had slaves. We had workers who were paid and lived on the farm with us, but they were by no means slaves. I wanted to fight for our land. The way we were told was that the north wanted to come in and claim all our land. That caused some tension for Belle's family, but the Whitlock's stuck behind them and so did many of the other families and the tensions were quickly subsided. But I still wanted to fight for the great state of Texas. Annabelle was upset that I would be gone, but said I wouldn't be the man she has loved for a decade if didn't stand for what I believed in. We were engaged before I enlisted. We would wait until I returned to get married, but we officially consummated our relationship the night before I was to report to the army. We were in my barn. It was where we spent most of our time together growing up. It was our special place. And then the next morning I put on my uniform and left.
"I gave Annabelle, you that very same flower that you have oh so beautifully tattooed on your body" I said as I traced my finger along her tattoo, as my hand slipped under her tank top. "And we said our goodbyes… and let folly be"
"The guide of love" Bella finished as she yawned.
I looked over at her alarm clock and saw that it read 6:45. Bella looked over too.
"Fuck, I'm supposed to be getting up for school soon" Bella said as she stretched. "No way am I sleeping for 15 minutes only" she got out of her bed and walked over to the door. "Wait here a second"
She walked across the hall into what I assumed was he father's room. She was talking to him softly but of course I could hear just fine. He had already been up for half an hour or so. I had heard him in the bathroom getting ready for work. "Hey dad I'm not feeling so great today. I guess with the climate change and everything I just need a bit more time for my body to catch up"
"You do look tired Bells, there're dark circle under your eyes. Why don't you take today off"
"Yeah, sounds good. I'm sure I'll just be able to sleep it off"
"Okay baby girl. I'm off to work. If you need anything call me ok?"
"Yup thanks dad" I heard Bella answer. Then I heard Charlie walking down the stairs and Bella walked back into the room. She closed the blinds shutting out all light and laid back down on the bed next to me and curled into my side.
"I'm gonna get some shut eye cowboy, but as soon as I wake up we're picking up where we left off" she said as she closed her eyes and somehow managed to cuddle into my body even more. She was resting her head on my chest and had her arm strewn across my abdomen.
"As you wish darling" I said kissing the top of her head softly as she drifted off into a much needed sleep. All I kept thinking as she slept was this was one crazy fucking day.
