Chapter 7

OH, this is my favorite chapter so far!


They walked into the Cullen house and Sophia looked around, entranced by everything around her.

"Hello again Sophia", Carlisle said. He held out his hand and she took it.

"Where's your accent?" she asked him.

"I'm afraid it's faded over time. See that cross on the wall over there? What can you tell me about it?"

Sophia stared at it. "It hung in a very old church. Yours?"

"Very good, little one".

Sophia giggled and clapped her hands. "I like this game!"

"Would you mind if I take her up to my office?"

Vivi shook her head and said, "Jasper and I have a project to work on, so I'd actually appreciate you keeping her busy for a while. Sophia Grace, be good for Carlisle, okay?"

"Okay mama", she said as Carlisle picked her up.

Vivi and Jasper went up to his room and she collapsed onto the bed again.

"Are you going to do that every time?" Jasper asked her.

"I can't help it if your bed is super comfy".

Jasper looked at her, an expression on his face that Vivi couldn't place.

"What?" she asked him.

"It's nothing", he said. He came over to the bed and sat next to Vivi.

"Do we really have to do this project?" she asked him.

Jasper laughed and said, "No, I'll have it finished in ten minutes the morning it's due".

"Oh good", she said closing her eyes. Vivi felt Jasper's cold fingers brushing hair from her face and she leaned it towards his touch. It had been so long since a guy had shown her affection (if you didn't count the Pack). So long since she had been kissed.

Jasper could feel the longing flowing off of her.

Vivi laid completely still, waiting to see what he would do next. She knew he wouldn't hurt her because she could knock him on his ass in a second.

Jasper stared down at Vivi. If it weren't for her chest rising and falling and the flush of her cheeks, he would think she was dead.

As Jasper leaned closer to her, she could smell the cologne he had put on this morning.

Jasper's golden eyes shut as he pressed his lips to hers. But it was over in a second.

Vivi opened her eyes to find Jasper looking down at her. She sat up and moved closer to Jasper, putting her hand on his neck.

This time Jasper was the one who sat completely still.

Vivi's warm lips met his ice cold ones and Jasper had never felt more complete. Vivi put more pressure into the kiss, straddling Jasper's hips as he started kissing back.

They slowly sank onto the bed, with Vivi on top of him.

Jasper could hear Alice squealing in delight, but blocked her out to focus on his mate.

Vivi's hands were now on his face as she pressed herself closer to him.

His hands slipped up under the sweater she wearing and Vivi whimpered feeling his skin on hers. Jasper reluctantly pulled away so she could breathe.

Someone cleared their throat.

"Carlisle thinks he may have found something", Edward said and left.

"How long has he been standing there?" Vivi asked Jasper.

"Only a second or so", Jasper reassured her.

The two of them went into the living room and saw Emmett on the floor with Sophia on his back.

"Emmett, don't break my daughter", Vivi said.

Rosalie picked the child up and set her in her lap, which surprised everyone.

"Edward said you might have found something", Jasper said.

"I believe that Sophia is what we call an 'intuitive'. There's not much information out there, but it simply means that she has to have contact with a person or object to know things. Much like Alice, she gets snippets of things. Like in the hospital, she knew I was a vampire, but she didn't know that I was from London until she met me today".

"So theoretically, over time she could know everything about a person or their past?" Vivi asked.

"Exactly", Carlisle said.

Vivi looked over at her daughter. With this power, she would learn things that she shouldn't know about. How was this going to affect her for the rest of her life?

"She'll be fine", Edward reassured her, "She's much older mentally than physically".

"My vision is blinded by her connection with the wolves", Alice said.

This was just too much for Vivi to handle.

Jasper rubbed her back. "Hey, I'm gonna be here. No matter what", he told her, "For both you and Sophia".

For the second time in 24 hours, Vivi broke down and cried. She didn't deserve the kindness the Cullen's were showing her.

"Jasper's right, you and Sophia are family now", Carlisle said, "And we'll do anything you need us to do to help you".