Chapter 7:

Trying Not to Smell A.C.'s Blood, Jalice's Screaming, Wearing Blindfolds, Being Rushed Down the Stairs, But in the End, it Turned Out Pretty Amazing


I couldn't talk. Jalice's smile got wider. She stuck her hand out of the towel and moved it towards me. Slowly, I moved my hand towards hers. Her tiny fingers wrapped around my thumb. I probably would've cried tears of joy if I was human.

"Aww, that's so cute!" A.C. yelled. "Do you think she will get embarrassed when she's older if we keep talking about this moment?"

I looked at her and made that shocked sound. "Uh, hey man, you giggled like crazy when you were born!"

"Says you! You don't remember your human past so you wouldn't know the truth," A.C. said.

"Didn't you show your mom her past?" Jasper asked.

"Aww, dude! You ruined it!" A.C. exclaimed and I giggled.

Still holding Jalice in my arms, I moved into a sitting position. Jasper handed Carly to A.C. and he sat in a sitting position too. Before A.C. gave Carly back to him, she yelled:

"Ow! She bit me!"

I heard A.C. sucking the side of her finger to stop it from bleeding. Jasper and I tried not to pay attention since A.C.'s blood easily catches our attention. Her blood is actually the most attractive blood to any vampire, especially to Edward and me since we're her parents. Once A.C. gave Carly back to Jasper, I saw Carly trying to get to A.C.'s blood. I looked at Jalice to see her reaction. She was perfectly still and it seemed not to bother her.

I took my chances and looked at A.C. I asked, "Are you alright?"

"Mhm," A.C. mumbled. "It stopped bleeding."

I sighed of relief and looked away from her. A.C. noticed how nervous I was so she came up and hugged me around my neck. I rested my head on her collar bone.

Jasper wanted to try holding Jalice. As we switched babies, Carly was perfectly fine in my arms but Jalice started screaming in Jasper's. The scream was way too high-pitched for A.C. to bear so she covered her eyes and started cringing. My eyes were wide with fear and so were Jasper's. We didn't know what to do. Quickly, I put a hand on Jalice's tiny hand and she squeezed my thumb (or at least tried to). Her screaming went down a boat load of notches but she was gasping a little. Carlisle suddenly came into the room.

"What's wrong?" he asked with panic in his eyes.

"Jalice got scared," Jasper said.

Carlisle walked over by us. He examined Jalice closely. "Well, her eyes are finally open and it looks like she's already starting to get along with people," he said as he looked at Jalice's hand squeezing my thumb.

He stayed for about five minutes longer and then left the room. Jasper grabbed Carly from the one arm I was carrying her in and I grabbed Jalice. She instantly calmed down. Once she was comfortable in my arms again, I saw her look at A.C. A.C. noticed it too and looked at me. I looked at Jasper. Jasper shrugged. I was about to hand Jalice to A.C. until she said:

"I'm not gonna hold her."

"Why?" I asked.

"You saw what she did when Jasper was holding her!" A.C. exclaimed.

"If you keep yelling, you're going to make Carly and Jalice scream now hold Jalice," I demanded and tried putting Jalice in A.C.'s arms. A.C. backed up. "What?" I asked.

"She's a mommy's girl," A.C. said.

Jasper rolled his eyes. "So are you."

"But what if she bites me?" A.C. asked.

"Jalice won't bit you," I said. A.C. gave me an uneasy look. "I promise." I handed Jalice to her.

Surprisingly, Jalice didn't scream. She was still. Jasper was shocked. I pulled A.C. onto my lap. This time, she rested her head on my collar bone. Jalice took steady breaths and didn't make any more noises. Thank God.

At midnight, Carlisle came in and took Carly and Jalice. A.C. was on the floor sleeping. Why the floor? I have no clue. Anyway, my baby belly was completely gone and I was back to being thin again. I held Jasper tightly as I waited for the time to pass. To make it pass faster, I decided to look in the future.

The first vision was tomorrow's weather. Sunny. Very sunny. Well, I guess vampires can't go out tomorrow unless everyone wants a portable, waterproof, bulletproof, beautiful, white, pale, shiny disco call with them. To the next vision I go!

Okay so the next vision… hmm… Jasper and I… uh-huh… okay, okay… okay, uh, WHOA! You guys do not need to know about that one! Moving on!

But I couldn't move on. Jasper shook me and when I was back to the present, it was sunny out. Morning! I wanted to check on Jalice. I heard her screaming half way through the night. That child honestly scares the crap out of me sometimes. Anyway, A.C. came into the room. I didn't even know that she was gone. She walked up to Jasper and me.

"Carlisle said that you guys can see Carly and Jalice now," A.C. said.

Jasper squeezed my hand. Then, A.C. gave us black blindfolds.

"And we need these because…?" I asked.

"Because, Carly and Jalice really changed. It's a surprise for both of you so you can't look until I tell ya too!" A.C. exclaimed.

Jasper gave me a look. "Can you see what's coming?"

I tried looking. The thing is, I started to smell a disgusting dog smell.

"You brought the werewolves here, didn't you?" I yelled to A.C.

"Maybe," she said with a typical prankster smile.

I glared at her.

"I love you!" she exclaimed and put on a forced smile.

"You better," I muttered.

A.C. giggled and then kissed both of my cheeks. She grabbed my blindfold and put it on for me. Knowing A.C., she would tie it too hard… and that's exactly what she ended up doing. I spoke too soon.

"Ow, A.C.! Are you, like, trying to squeeze everything out from the inside of my head?" I asked and I heard Jasper laugh. I tried smacking him but I smacked air instead. Jasper started to laugh even harder.

"C'mon!" A.C. yelled happily.

She grabbed my hand and pulled me off the couch. Jasper followed us but ran into me half the time since he couldn't see. A.C. tried rushing us down the stairs.

I pulled her back. "Dude, you're gonna make us fall."

"How do you know that wasn't my goal?" A.C. asked but laughed.

My mouth dropped but Jasper and I started laughing too. We kept walking.

Pretty soon we were in the living room. A.C. wouldn't let Jasper and I take our blindfolds off. The smell of werewolf filled the room. I recognized Jacob and Sethy. There were two other smells but I couldn't tell who they belonged too. Even though it smells nothing like these things, both smells reminded me of flowers and citrus fruit. Don't ask why! They just do!

Anyway, I could tell that someone hugged Jasper very roughly from the sudden "oomph" that left his mouth. But then, someone ever so slightly taller than A.C. hugged me softly. It acted like I was fragile or something. But this person gave me a right squeeze like Jalice didn't to my thumb the day before. I hugged this person back and I felt it smile. I knew A.C. was smiling over by Sethy. Suddenly, the scent this person had gave me the reminder of flowers and citrus fruits. Now I know who the smells belong too. I also have an idea of who is hugging me right now:

Jalice.