Chapter 7

JPOV

Riding back to the house with Bella was an eye opening experience. Bella's insight into her relationship with Fuckward just proves that she is smarter than he gave her credit for. Her emotions, though somewhat muted, gave me no cause for alarm her strength and resilience are astounding. Also this new style that she has adopted with the hair, clothes and the attitude make her look really sexy…..WTF did I just think Bella Swan is sexy…where did that come from. It's true though she looks even better than Alice, but then again Alice did always look like a prepubescent girl.

We were coming up to Peter and Char's place just as Bella was asking me about the emotions surrounding Edward during their relationship. Just as I was steeling myself to answer her and prepare for the onslaught of emotions that would undoubtedly flow from her, Peter whips her out of the truck in greeting. Char comes up behind him and smacks him on the head admonishing him for his actions. Bella slides over to me and snickers, "kinda reminds you of Rose and Emmett huh?" I nod my head comically while Char apologizes for Peter's behavior and motions for us to follow her into the house.

Peter is filled with mischief when he looks over at Bella as we are making our way to the living room. He steps up to Bella, takes her hand and bends at the waist and says, "welcome to Casa de la Whitlock, mi casa es su casa, would you care to be a snack, hmpf pardon me what I meant to say was would you care for a smack, Char has stocked up on some human food so make yourself at home." A low grumble starts in my chest when it is abruptly cutoff as Bella lets out a laugh so big she has to hold her stomach. I hiss out to Peter so low Bella has no chance of hearing, "another reference to her being food and I will rip your arms off and beat you with them and not give them back for a month." He sarcastically replies while wiggling his eyebrows, "at ease Major don't act like you don't want to EAT her. I send him a fuckload of irritation, when Bella smacks my chest and says. "alright you two cut that shit out." Char slings an arm around Bella's shoulder and leads her over to the couch saying, "sugar we're going to get along just fine."

We were sitting around making small talk when Bella turns to me brimming with curiosity and asks me how I know Peter and Charlotte. Just as I was about to answer her Peter yells out, " the Major here is my daddy." A look of confusion falls on Bella's face and before I can come up with any kind of explanation, Bella focuses on Peter and says, "that's not the first time I have heard you call him Major, and what do you mean he's your daddy, are we talking the biological kind or the sire/venom kind." We all look at her in amazement at the fact that she understands things of a vampiric nature but Char recovers the fastest and responds, "what my idiot husband is trying to say is that Jasper is his sire, and as for the Major thing, I think that is a story for Jasper to explain, its how he came into this existence."

Bella's curiosity is at an all time high, so before I get into my history I decide to question her knowledge about me and the rest of the Cullens as well. It was just as I thought, Assward didn't tell her a thing. As Bella so lovely put it, "that prudish mother fucker didn't tell me shit, he was too busy treating me like a child and lying to my ass every got damn minute, besides why would I want to hear it from him, it's your story and I would like to learn about you from you, not that psychopire and the fudgepacker that is Edward would ever let me get close enough to you to actually have a conversation." Her statement sets off a round of laughter as Peter exclaims, "I've always questioned whether or not Edward played for the other team, I mean come on he's a hundred year old virgin and turned down a succubus. Who does that?" Char lands a hard smack to the back of Peter's head and gives him the stink eye before Peter elaborates, "what I mean is what single man who doesn't have a hot wife who puts all succubi to shame would turn down a romp in the hay by a succubus." We all erupt in laughter and Bella is once again holding her side as the emotion is too much for me to hold in so I project it out to everyone. After a few minutes we all calm down and Bella looks at me once again and demands my story.

Before I start with my story I try to tell Bella my story is not for the faint of heart and she might want to wait until another time to get into it. This is the first time we are actually spending any real time together and I don't want our friendship to start before it has a chance to begin. Bella looks at me and starts to laugh, it's not a joyful laugh, it's a scary laugh. It kinda reminds me of someone who is saying I know something you don't know, and as I tried to read her emotions they are once again muted. I try to delve deeper into her emotions and I hit a block, I mean literally it's like I have run onto a brick wall. Bella eyes me knowingly before she says, "cut it out Jazz, if I wanted you to know how I feel I would tell you, or at least allow you to feel it." SHOCK! I am slammed with shock, I can tell it is not just my own emotion, but Char's as well. I feel shock coming from Bella to, but I think its because she feels she has said to much, but from Peter I feel nothing but conceit and smugness. After a moment Char looks to Bella and says, "well from the looks of it you can handle yourself pretty well and won't be taking shit from nobody." Bella turns to her and responds, "you got that right Char and let me make myself crystal clear, I won't be taking shit from anyone human, vampire, or whatever else is out there." Just as I am about to ask Bella more questions she shushes me and says, "no way emopire, you tell me your story then I will tell you mine."

I took a deep, unnecessary breath and launched into my history. I started with all of the human experiences I could remember, my family, growing up in Texas, and joining the Army at the age of 16. I talked about my time in the army and how I mastered all the basic fighting skills for a human and how I moved quickly through the ranks to become the youngest Major ever, a title that I still hold to this day, even though I was actually 2 years younger than everyone believed.

I proceeded to tell her about the evening I met Maria, and how I thought her and her 'sisters' were damsels in distress. My assumptions that they were sisters was based on the fact that they were all extremely beautiful and had the same skin and dark eye coloring. Little did I know that they had the same eye coloring because they were all thirsty. I spoke about how the other two went off and let Maria have me and how Maria thought I would be a great asset to her and how she turned me into a vampire.

I glossed over the transformation, and went straight into what happened when I woke up to this existence. I included how I discovered my gifts quite easily as I could always make Maria and her sisters feel what I wanted them to feel and calm down anyone who became agitated in my presence. I told her all about my time with Maria and all the slaughtering of both humans and vampires alike.

I told her how I met Peter and at first my desire was to drain him, but his emotions confused me so much that I turned him instead. I told her about how the relationship with Peter progressed from him becoming a pestering newborn to an unlikely Captain and then a really good, although at most times irritating asshole of a friend. Peter then jumped in and continued on about how he and Char met and how he just knew that I would let them escape once her newborn year was up. I jumped in and informed her how I nearly destroyed him for being an insufferable son of a bitch, but anyone who could find a love as powerful as theirs in the middle of the shit storm we were in deserved a chance at happiness.

Peter once again interrupted me, and told her all about the time that he and Char spent together immediately after they left Maria and how they ran into other vamps, learning that the rest of 'our' world wasn't all about blood and territory. Discovering this, he said he just knew that he and Char needed to get me out of there. It was the right move to because I was just about to put the kabash on all that shit and take out Maria, her sisters and every last newborn in the camp, or get destroyed trying.

I finished my story with how I met Alice and the bullshit she tried to feed me about us being mates. I made it clear that in fact Alice and I are not mates and that she was just someone who kept me company until my mate comes along, or until she got on my nerves so bad I had to use her as kindling. I told her about how when we first met the Cullens they were immediately put off by my appearance. She looks at me questioningly, and I know the question before she even has a chance to ask, so I take her hand, and when I do I am completely amazed at the absolute comfort I feel from the simple action. I notice the look of peace in Bella's eyed and decide to talk to her about that later. I roll up the sleeve on her shirt and trace my hand over the scar inflicted on her by James. I have never seen this scar up close, but when I do see the scar marring her flawless skin, a flash of rage goes thru me and it's lucky that I was able to end James existence when I did, because looking at this scar made me want to tear him apart again and again and again.

I was absentmindedly tracing my finger over the scar when Peter clears his throat and says, "come on mother fucker on with the show." Ignoring Peter, I tell Bella that I have the same scar as she has but I have hundreds of them all over my body. Bella softly asks, "can I see some of them." I am not ashamed of my scars but I let her know that usually when someone, a vampire I mean sees my scars they are usually filled with fear, because the bites show that I am a skilled fighter, When she looks up at me I tell her, most of my scars signify a vampire that has died at my hands.

Not wanting to prolong this anymore, I stand up and rip my shirt from my body. I am hit with a quick flash of what I think is lust before it is gone, and I hear Bella's heartbeat quicken and a small whisper of "holy fuck' escapes her lips before she clamps her hand over her mouth. Peter holds out a flashlight to Bella and tells her that she will need to use the flashlight to be able to see my scars as they are not visible to the naked human eye. Bella comes over to me and is looking at my chest breathing heavily then shines the light on my chest and gasps a quick breath of air. She raises her hand up to my chest and just as she is about to touch, she looks at me for permission and I nod my head letting her know it is okay. Once again I am washed in peace at her touch. It is feather light like she is touching the most delicate peace of crystal afraid she might break it. She lightly moves from one scar to the next, and is circling around me taking in all the scars on my arms, chest and back. It is almost like she is in a trance as I can hear her whisper so low that she probably doesn't even know that she is talking out loud "such strength, beauty and power," once again I am amazed by the slip of a woman.

She comes to a complete stop directly in front of me, looks me square in the eye and then does something I never thought she would do…..


AN: Sorry it has taken me so long to update. There is really know excuse, except that I was lazy and really did not feel like writing for a while. For those of you that aren't familiar with problems that women go through, let me tell you that you are very lucky. I recently had a hysterectomy, and while I am no longer cursed with unbearable cramps, or cycles that last for 2 weeks at a time; I have gained 10 pounds, I am always hot, and to say I have become a bit bitchy is an understatement. But somehow my family puts up with me and I am getting better.

I know I know TMI, but it feels really good to get that off my chest. I will try to update once a week, and yes I will complete this story, it has not been abandoned.

Insangel – crazy but sweet