Ok so this is what you've all been waiting for, and from Jasper's POV. Thank you all for all the reviews! It's been great and I can't wait to see what you guys think of this chapter. Hope you enjoy and now I will shut up so you all can get to reading the interesting part.
Chapter 8
Finally
*Jasper's POV*
I walked into the house for the first time in a week and was overwhelmed with the scent that I knew to be Isabella. She still smelled as she did that night nearly 150 years ago, of course that night it hadn't been as powerful as it now was. My Bell had always called to me, whether it was my Bell from 1859 or the Bella that sat in the next room; to me they were one in the same. I had to swallow the venom that was pooling and burning my mouth. Her blood called to me, sang to me still but yet at the same time I had control, more control than I thought I would when I'd finally see her again. I had to wonder if the love I still held for my best friend and at one time girlfriend was what kept my vampiric instincts in check. I inhaled deeply again, yes she was definitely still here no doubt; the smell was too strong for her not to be. I could see her in my mind's eye, dressed in a beautiful light pink dress, it puffing out wide at her hips…wait no this is not 1859 she would look nothing like that; no long hair piled on top of her head with those beautiful curly trends around her face, 1850's dress. No this was the 21st century not the 19th, I had to continue to remind myself of that. She's not going to know who I am other than the few seconds she saw me in school. I would have to be patient, give her time, there would be a lot to adjust to and if I was lucky I would once again get my Bell and hopefully this time get to marry her. I inhaled deeply again numbing my senses a little more and then walked into the living room stopping a few feet behind the chair she was seated in.
"Oh hey Jasper!" Rosalie greeted me when I walked through the entry way. I didn't say a word as I watched Bella turn around, her smell was even stronger, overwhelming almost, but for the first time in over a century my heart was warmed with love. Her eyes went wide when our eyes met. I was surprised at the feelings coming from her, astonishment, recognition, panic, confusion; there were so many and each one so strong. "Bella." Rosalie's voice pulled me from my trance just before Bella fainted. My vampire reflexes caught her before she could even come close to hitting the floor.
"What the hell was that about?" I asked cradling Bella in my arms. I walked to the couch so that I could lay her down but at the same time I never wanted to let go of her. She was finally, for the first time in so long, in my arms again and I felt as though if I let her go she would disappear from my life yet again. I smoothly laid her on the couch and sat beside her.
"Seems to me that you made her faint brother dear." Emmett replied. I couldn't help the growl that rose from within. "Whoa man, calm down."
"I'm guessing she fainted because she recognized you and because of all the feelings she was having overwhelmed her. She is only human after all." Alice's voice came from the entry way where she was coming into the living room.
"Recognized me?"
"Ya she's dreamed of you, from what I understand she's dreamed of you a lot." How Alice could make that statement seem so…so…normal and nonchalant was beyond me. I didn't even have to say anything before she started to talk again. "For some reason she dreams of you. She dreams of the two of you together and then most times it turns to when you were attacked. Reincarnated over a century later and the woman is still so in love with you she remembers you from 1859." I sat stunned. She dreamed of me? The woman I had been in love with since I was 13 still loved me too; my heart soared momentarily before it was shot down.
"Wait she…she dreams of the night we were attacked?" Alice looked at her hands and slowly nodded. If I could've cried I'm sure I would have. I hated that I had to live with that memory but why did my Bell have to live with it too? "So does she realize who she is? Or what's going on?"
"No she doesn't but she's quite suspicious of all of us. The suspicions have nothing to do with her dreams though." Edward answered.
"I'm confused."
"She doesn't realize that her dreams are a past life. She knows something is odd since she just realized the man from her dreams is actually real. However she's spent so much of the last week around all of us but mostly Alice that she's started to notice something is off. Never eating, the eyes changing colors, the paleness, the cold skin…so we're going to sit down and tell her the truth." Edward explained.
"You're going to what? You can't do that! We can't tell her, she'll flip! You guys want me to lose her again!" I was nearly screaming.
"No Jasper." Alice's voice was calm when she laid her hand on my shoulder. "We're telling her so you don't lose her, Jazz. I've seen it, if we don't tell her she finds out on her own; she pieces it together and then believes we've all betrayed her and that we don't have the same trust in her that she has in each of us. If we do tell her, ya she freaks out a little bit but then accepts it, accepts all of us for who and what we are, laying the ground for the two of you to be together. She's already drawn to you, falling for you, even though she doesn't understand why. We're only going to tell her the vampire stuff, her being reincarnated is for you to tell her or help her figure out eventually" I didn't have time to think about what she was saying or say anything as Bella started to stir. I looked down to see her beautiful eyes beginning to open.
"What happened?" She asked her eyes on mine. Those deep chocolate eyes hadn't changed, they were still the same so very much the same.
"You fainted," I replied just about a whisper. She nodded slowly as if she was trying to piece it all together, trying to figure out what to say. "How are you feeling?" I asked her after a moment of silence. I couldn't seem to tear my eyes from her.
"I…I think I'm ok." Slowly she sat up and once she was up began to look around. Her beautiful cheeks began to turn first pink and then red. She looked as adorable as she always had. "I'm so sorry you guys, I don't know what came over me."
"It's ok Bella." Alice said. It was quiet again and a few minutes later Emmett was clearing his throat. It was then that I realized I had been staring and was sure that had I been able to blush I would've been purple with embarrassment.
"I…uhm…I…" Bella was stuttering not sure what to do or say. "I should probably go." Suddenly she was quickly getting up only to trip over her own two feet tumbling head first toward the floor. Alice quickly caught her before anyone else could react.
"Actually Bella, I…we would like you to stay. We need to talk to you about something." Alice explained looking at Bella.
"Uhm…ok." She slowly nodded.
