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Chapter 9
(Peter's POV)

It's been five days now and little Isabella still hasn't woken up. I'm still not getting anything about her and from what little we could get from Alice, she's not getting anything either and my 'knower' is telling me that she is telling the truth.

Edward has been fully healed as of yesterday and seems to have done a 180 with his behavior and it is confusing everyone around us. I haven't gotten anything on his change in attitude and weather it is genuine or not, but until I knew for sure or had reason to speculate, I am going to keep quiet and let it play out.

Alice, on the other hand, has been picking fights left and right and that included with Edward as well. She was acting like he betrayed her and maybe he did? I couldn't tell if it was genuine resentment or if she was really saying one thing and thinking another. There were just too many unknown variables involved with the whole situation for me to 'know' anything about that specific topic or not.

"I'm worried, sug." Char murmurs from next to me.

I wrap my arm around her shoulders and squeezed her to me. "I know, babe, me too."

"You still haven't gotten anything on her?" Rose asked as her and Emmett entered the room and took a seat on the loveseat across from us.

"Nope," I sighed.

"What about the Jazz-man?" Emmett chimed in.

I shook my head, "Nah, not when he's in his feral state."

He pursed his lips momentarily. "Edward!?" Emmett called before the man in question sauntered into the room and collapsed against the wall.

"Yes, I can hear his thoughts, but they are wild and jumbled." He explained looking up towards the ceiling.

"What's he thinkin'?" I asked trying to get some insight into what's going on up there since he still hasn't let anyone anywhere near his study, let alone his room.

Edward closed his eyes and took in a breath as he began to speak, rattling off the Major's thoughts. "Silence…too quiet…too long." He opened his eyes and looked at us. "He's stretching his senses and looking for threats as he has constantly done since Bella was injured." He paused once again and listened before continuing to repeat the Major's thoughts. "Mate in pain…nuzzle and purr to calm her…must protect at all costs…destroy any threats…and it just goes on from there with the same thought processes."

I sucked in a deep breath and leaned forward with my elbows on my knees, raking my hands down the front of my face as I sighed loudly. "We're just gonna have ta hope for the best an' prepare for the wor-."

"Wait!" Char exclaimed interrupting me as she grabbed my forearm. We all looked at her in confusion until she pointed upstairs. "Listen…"

We extended our senses to listen to what she was talking about and immediately picked it out as we heard the loud thumping of Bella's heart as it began to speed up.

Her change was coming to an end and we continued to listen for the next few minutes, holding our breaths for when her heart would cease its thrumming.

(Bella's POV)

The fire was burning hotter and faster. It felt like my heart was going to beat its way right out of my chest. I had no way to tell time unless I counted each 'thump' of my heart and take occasional breaks to listen to the purring noise of my Jasper or the occasional growl as I listened to him breathe. But as of recently, I got up to 1,625 heart beats only for it to start to speed up as it pounded louder and louder. The pain continued to get worse and worse until BOOM!

Silence.

I took in a breath and slowly opened my eyes only to be completely amazed at everything that I saw. There were colors that I didn't even realize existed meshing in with the others. I could literally see everything that there was to see, hear everything that there was to hear on the property and beyond.

I heard a sound coming from the other side of the room causing me to catapult up and out of the bed and into the opposite corner from where the sound was as I cowered into the corner. I looked up to see a beautiful blond man standing on the opposite end of the room. His eyes were pitch black to the point where there was no white left in his eyes and he looked feral, completely animalistic. He looked like he was something to be feared, especially in this state, but also because of the hundreds of bite marks that littered his body. To add to the affect, his clothing was completely shredded and torn as it hung off his body. His hair was disheveled and a few strands of blond curls fell into his eyes. He looked familiar yet different in so many ways, but I just couldn't put my finger on it.

I continued to cower into the corner, still unsure of the world around me. The blond man whimpered at this, causing the sound to tug at my heart strings.

I looked back over at him to see him squatting as he used his hands to almost crawl over to me, making small whimpers as he went. I hissed and growled at him, scared of this man approaching me and the feelings that he was emitting inside of me causing him to halt in his tracks. He whimpered again and bared his neck to me in a submissive gesture, remaining frozen that way until the continuous growls that were pouring out of me came to a stop.

He stayed motionless in that position while I kept my eyes on him, petrified in my position from the corner. It took several minutes for me to feel safe enough to look away as I tucked my head down so that I was in a ball-like position. I was shaking and shivering, completely confused and vulnerable.

Suddenly, I began to hear what sounded like a large cat purring softly causing my body to relax and to feel safe, content and wanted. I looked up to see where the sound was coming from only to see that it was coming from the blond male who was now only a foot away from me but was not coming any further.

I began to feel this tugging sensation in my chest, urging me to complete the journey and crawl into his arms and to hide from the world. Something inside of me was telling me that he was my safe haven and that as long as I was with him, nothing could hurt me and I would feel whole.

I unwrapped myself and crawled forward and into his lap. I got as close as I could to him to the point where if I got any closer to him we would be the same person. He started to nuzzle my neck as his purring became louder and he encircled me tightly in his arms. I let out a happy sigh in content before I began to make a purring noise of my own.

There was a loud BANG that resounded from downstairs causing me to literally jump into the corner and growl just as the blond male jumped up into a crouch and he back me further into the corner.

I could hear someone approaching the door to the room from somewhere else in the house along with whispered chatter coming from others downstairs.

"Emmett! God Damnit, you idiot!" A female voice snapped in a hushed voice.

Emmett? Why did that name sound so familiar?

"Geez! I'm sorry! It was an accident!" A deep voice that I learned was this 'Emmett' apologized.

I heart a sigh from another male as I different male with a southern accent spoke. "Yeah, yer gonna be sorry when the two a them come down here an' massacre everyone in the house." He said pausing when the blond in front of me let out a particular vicious snarl to emphasize his point. "See? My point exactly."

"This is ridiculous!" I high pitched female voice screeched loudly causing both of us to snarl loudly at the noises coming from downstairs. "Ugh! She's awake! We're fine now!"

The light footsteps started to walk towards the stairs, only to pause when another male voice interrupted. "Alice, you don't know that! You can't see them right now, so I would listen to Peter. He knows Jasper best, especially when he is in this state of mind."

Jasper…I knew that name. I knew all of these names and voices, but none better than I knew Jasper. He is this man that is crouched down in front of me. He is the one that sent shivers down my spine when his lips touched mine and the one who causes hordes of butterflies to circulate within my stomach. He's my mate.

All of my memories suddenly flashed before my eyes as I recalled my life and what happened that caused me to become what I was today, a vampire.

Alice's voice broke me out of my thoughts as I heard her argue at the foot of the stairs with the rest of the group. "I might not be able to see them right now, but Jasper doesn't attack unless you give him reason to."

"That shows how much you know!" Char snarked. I noticed that the volume of their voices were escalating as the continued to speak. "You obviously don't know Jasper well enough other than the lap dog that you briefly turned him into. His alter ego is the Major and yes, he may be vicious and doesn't need as much of a reason as Jasper to attack, but Ares?" I could hear the smirk in her voice. "Oh, honey, you have no idea!"

"Yeah," I heard Peter agree. "Unless you're his mate, he will attack an' kill anyone that he perceives a possible threat to himself but most definitely his mate."

"Oh, I don't know about that," Alice retorted. "There is no way that any part of Jasper would just attack me like that!"

"Are you forgetting about being ripped apart a few days ago?" Rose mumbled from somewhere across the room from what I could hear.

There was silence for a moment before she seemingly brushed it off. "He wasn't himself that day and I admit that though he took it a little far, I did provoke him."

"Alice dear… though I am anxious to get up there myself, I think that you should really think rationally about this for a moment." Esme attempted to coax her.

There was silence for a moment before I heard Carlisle speak up for the first time since I woke up. "Edward? Can you hear where their thoughts are right now?" He asked in clear exasperation. My guess was that there has been a lot of arguing the past…however long I was incapacitated.

There was another brief moment of silence and from what I could gather, Edward was listening. It made me wonder if he was able to hear me yet or not.

My question was answered with the next words out of his mouth. "Well, I still am getting nothing from Bella and Jasper's thoughts are solely focused on us and what we're doing. He can't comprehend everything, but he is getting the gist of it. It's the same kind of jumbled mess that I got from him earlier today when Bella was going through the change. So I would feel comfortable saying that he is still in his feral state and until he comes out of that, I doubt that Alice, Peter and I will get much of anything regarding our gifts."

I was temporarily baffled at the demeanor in which Edward spoke. He didn't sound like I remembered and actually sounded reasonable and very un-asshole-like.

"Ugh, forget it!" Alice grunted. I could picture her crossing her arms over her chest in a childish manner. "I can take care of myself."

"Fine," Emmett mumbled snickering quietly, though everyone could hear him. "It's your ashes."

I could hear her stomping loudly up the stairs coming closer and closer towards the study. I was starting to panic, because I knew that regardless of what she thinks and the fact that I'm definitely not her biggest fan, he was going to tear her apart if she just strides into this room without caution, or if she just enters the room, period.

Jasper's growls got louder and louder as her footsteps grew closer and closer and before I could come up with a course of action, the door knob was turning...

A/N: Cliff Hanger! Another short chapter, but I couldn't afford to have the next chapter become too long. Either way, I hope you liked it!

What do you think will happen when Alice comes into the room? What about Edward and his new attitude adjustment? What about Bella and how she will act as a newborn vampire? How will Jasper take everything when he comes back to himself?

If you have any questions or comments, post them in my reviews and I will answer them in my next Author's Note!

MelissaJHackett2011:WOW is there more to Edwards "issue" or is it Alice? I love when Peter calls her PIXIEPIRE

Yes, of course there is more to the issue and you will just have to wait and see whose issue it is!

Lady Skyelite: Who knows what's in Alice's head; she certainly doesn't have a heart to break! And if Edward's truely remorseful for his actions, I've got some ocean-front property right outside of Tuscon, AZ that I'd like to intrest you in! I think there's more going on with those two than anyone knows, and unless someone (Bella, maybe?) can see inside their heads to know exactly what was(is) planned and why the things that happened were allowed(planned and/or deliberately set-up) to occur, I don't think the truth will be completely known! Much less the real reasons behind Alice's and Edward's actions! I also think that Carlisle,Esme, and Rosalie, in particular, need to get the real picture concerning the "Golden Duo" before someone gets killed! I enjoy your stories, I only can say that I'd like to see a couple of the others continued as well, 'Attempting to Covet', 'Pretexting',and 'Twilight ReVAMPED'. Do you think you might be adding to these wonderful stories soon? Thank you, Lady Skyelite.

I'm so glad that you like my stories! Actually, I have been adding to Pretexting recently and I will be continuing on with the others as well. Check out the rest of my stories and let me know what you think! I'd love to hear your opinions!

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Take a look at a few of my Twilight stories posted on my FF page! (Xo BellaItalia oX)

This is a series I am working on. The first one is called 'Dhampir':

Lilly McLean never understood why she was so different until she & her adoptive parents moved to Forks, Washington & finds a friend in Bella Swan. They meet a strange golden-eyed family where she finds her mate in Jasper Whitlock. With their help, she will learn what it means to be a Dhampir & become initiated into the Supernatural World. A Twilight Story Book 1 Jasper/OC Bella/Edward

I have already started the Sequel to that story and it is called Dhampir: Broken Moonlight:

Sequel to Dhampir: Lilly & Jasper seal their forever's with their vows, but an accident at Bella's birthday party causes the family to split up and leave Forks. Lilly has her opinions about leaving Bella behind & challenges Edward's demands. Meanwhile, Jasper has an old enemy from his past stalking him & his new wife. Who are they & what do they want? A Twilight Story Book 2 Jasper/OC Bella/Edward

Another story is called 'Never What It Seems'

What Jasper Whitlock remembers from his time in the Southern Wars isn't what happened at all. After unknowingly leaving his mate, Marie, to the hands of her power hungry sisters, he continues on with his immortal life. After 90 yrs with no word about what happened to her Major, Marie is rescued & reunited with him only to find that what he remembers of her is nothing but brutality. Jasper/Maria Peter/Charlotte Bella/Edward

The other has been adopted from I-Have-A-Dark-Side called 'You Promised Me Forever

Edward left resolving in Bella falling into Jakes arms. However, he broke his promise of forever when he imprinted. A certain southern gentleman suddenly reappears in her life causing her to be thrust back into another love story within the supernatural world where both the past and present threaten everything they've built! Jasper/Bella

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Check out my other stories!

'Attempting to Covet'
'Dhampir'
COMPLETED!
'Far Fetched Realities'
'Mirror Image'
'Other Worldly Beauty'
'Dhampir: Broken Moonlight'
(SEQUEL)
'Perplexing Revelations'
'Unimaginable Outcomes'
'Unbreakable Faith'
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'Pretexting'
'You Promised Me Forever

'The Heart's Desire'

'Intricate Beauty'
'Never What It Seems' NEW!
'The Major'
'Twilight ReVAMPed'

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'Flashbacks' NEW!
'The Alpha's Mate, Crystal'
'How You Make Me Feel'

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