Chapter 7
Only you, Nandi
Back at the Cullen manor, Esme found herself upset. Sure they were vampires and of course they had lived through some times and so some views may not have quite caught up, but to act upon it! Unacceptable, they did not need that girl, Nandi to feel some sort of way towards the Cullens. Esme had learned so long ago that humans talked. And her family did not need themselves to be branded open racists; that would require them to move if the people of Forks decided they didn't want anything to with "racists." Esme found that she quite liked Forks, and like most in her family, her foolish 'daughter' included, did not wish to leave.
Getting quite worked up, Esme was stopped in her tracks by her first 'son.'
"Rose didn't mean anything by her words. Even though it seemed…prejudiced with her comments towards the girl, her thoughts are confused right now. She doesn't understand how the girl came to the conclusion she did."
Esme sighed, finding herself uncharacteristically annoyed. Well, now she'd have to perform so-sorry-for-my-daughter mother for the girl during the impromptu dinner she invited the girl to. Her children certainly kept life interesting. Now that Jasper, he was…interesting to say the least. To think he found something in that girl that he felt he didn't have with Alice. And oh, poor little Alice. She was absolutely heart-broken, spending all of her time with Edward's Bella, Esme's soon-to-be new daughter especially after Edward changed her.
Edward scowled before hurriedly leaving, in a right mood, having been listening to his 'mother's' thoughts. What a stubborn boy, her son was. He loved little Isabella, didn't want to be without her but he didn't want to keep her either. Teenagers, human or no, they were all the same.
~The New Girl~
"I kissed him. Wait, no, the imbongolo kissed me." Nandi was pacing in her room, unable to stop thinking about Jasper's little goodnight to her. "Yeah, he kissed me," she reassured before scowling, blue eyes darkening with her anger. "That jackass, he has a girlfriend! Who does he think he is just…just kissing people like that!" Honestly, Nandi was angrier at herself. She didn't do things like that, well apparently she did; Jesus, she was wrapped around that man like a snake on a tree. She felt him; he wanted her and she…Lord help her, she desired that man like nobody's business. Well no more, that would just lead to heart break and that was not what she came to Forks for.
Whatever little fling was starting between her and Jasper was ending, right now. He had a girlfriend and Nandi didn't even know him. As interesting (because how did that man always turn up where she was and why did no one know anything about him or his family outside of their like of camping trips) and sexy and different Jasper was, Nandi wouldn't fall down the rabbit hole any further than she had already.
When Jasper came over to drop her car off, she'd let him know what's what. And that would be it. Nodding firmly, hoping to convince herself more than anything, Nandi grabbed some running shoes, her Taser, pulled her wild hair up into a ponytail before plugging in her headphones and heading out for a morning run. It was four am and Jasper wouldn't be over until six, so she had time to burn her frustrations off.
Forks really was beautiful. And wet. The grass was still dewy with yesterday's rain, but it gave the surrounding vegetation a certain charm about it. The scenery was lovely for a run; California, while beautiful didn't have as much nature as Forks. Her lungs starting to burn and her legs starting to ache, Nandi pushed herself further, faster, when something zipped by her vision, too fast for her to identify but not fast enough that she could have imagined it. Fuck, how did she forget the very reason she was here? Forks had bears. Bears that were killing people, people like her who was already out of breath and aching and probably couldn't run from it for very long. What did Daryl say do again when you see a bear? Stand tall or was it run like hell?
Wait, no that wasn't a bear, it was a wolf? It was about to eat a man! Holy shit, was that Edward? He was about to get eaten by a wolf! Nandi opened her mouth to scream for him when his head turned so fast towards her, his neck had to have cracked with the movement. His golden eyes widened impossibly and the red-brown wolf-bear thingy turned in her direction too.
Fuck. Eaten by a giant wolf. Only you, Nandi.
~The New Girl~
A/N: Um so yeah people didn't seem happy with the last chapter. Is it the racial themes that are being heavily hinted at? If so, THIS IS NOT THE STORY FOR YOU. Nandi is African you guys; I'm maybe pairing her with Jasper. At the very least, he wants to own her, feels as though she is his and maybe he's right. BUT did you guys forget the awesomely hot and totally misunderstood Jasper was a bloody Confederate soldier, that he may have owned slaves because he certainly fought to keep them as property, and he fought well, hello Major ring any bells, people?
Anyway, yeah so I'm going to explore how a love interest of Jasper Cullen deals with such. This story is not going to romanticize these things. Not everyone is going to be branded "racist" by Nandi but they're VAMPIRES, old as hell and as Esme said, lived through some times. I'm going to play with and challenge who they think they are.
This story is also going to progressively get darker, you guys. So if that's not your thing, don't read. Not sure when the rating will switch to M but I'm going with Darksper, because he's fun and I can.
Rant over. Comment or review or PM me (No more PMs about how this story is pulling the race card okay, it's not like that, you guys. I'm going somewhere with this, trust me.)
