Hey guys, last chapter! Its got a little fluff but I enjoy the ending hehe. I don't own Twilight only Brittany and Cage. I will have the first chapter of Total Eclipse up by thanksgiving day so kjeep checking guys!
Cage. She needed Cage, because he wouldn't question her as much as the others. She cornered him in the living room, sitting a little too close to him.
"Cage, being as we are both new to the family I think we should trust each other more than the others." He gave her a slight smile and nodded, either being too naïve to catch her intentions or going along for the fun of it.
"I need your help, in my room is all the money I have left from my fighting and I need you to get it for me… but you can't tell anyone." She watched him bite his lip and glance towards the window. Alice had gone hunting with Rosalie, and that was who is mind was on.
"Cage… Alice will get a vision of my plan soon, she doesn't need to know I asked you to get my money. Look, I want to get Jasper a present but I need it to be a surprise." He nodded in understand, and she told herself it wasn't a complete lie so she was still a good person. She gave him the exact location of the money and sent him off.
"Where is Cage going?" Emmett asked entering the living room.
"I don't know, wanna play Halo?" She asked holding up the video game controller. Emmett bounced over and grabbed it, she smiled to herself at how easy he was.
She waited a day before approaching Alice, and asked her to take her shopping somewhere she would not be noticed. The shorter girl agreed but was confused at why she was the one being asked when usually she was the demander. They drove for a few hours but eventually they stopped in a small town with a bigger mall. Brittany kept her hood up as Alice bought her tons of clothes.
"Hey Al, I'm gonna go grab some food in the food court… I'll be right back." Alice nodded as she kept picking out clothes. Brittany sprinted across the mall, passing the food court and heading straight into a jewelry shop.
"Can I help you?" The woman behind the counter asked.
"Yes, I need a ring for a man… and I want it engraved." The woman smiled and brought her over to a case of men's rings. She asked what kind of ring she was looking for and Brittany took in a deep breath.
"An engagement ring." The woman looked a little shocked.
"I mean, I guess just the wedding ring, I don't know what a girl does when she asks a guy to marry her but I figured I better get him a ring." The woman pulled out a few choice and Brittany picked out a beautiful silver one and told the woman the words she wanted engraved, and then she was asked the size.
"This is his." She pulled out of her pocket an old wedding ring and handed it to the woman. The girl fiddled with something behind the counter and then handed the older ring back to her.
"It will be ready in thirty minutes." She said and Brittany walked out of the shop and started towards the food court. She got three feet before she saw Alice, not a single shopping bag in hand and her arms folded in front of her chest.
"You didn't think I wouldn't see did you?" She asked.
"I knew you would, I was hoping you would keep it to yourself." She nodded and linked arms with her as she pulled her towards another store.
"Good choice, and smart thinking with stealing his old wedding ring. But you could have just asked me." Brittany gave her a small smile and shrugged, she hadn't really thought to talk to Alice about Jasper, it was still weird.
"Don't you want to know what he will say?" She asked and Brittany shook her head.
"Takes all the fun out of life, always knowing." Alice grinned but didn't make a comment, and that alone made Brittany feel confident.
Jasper looked around the room and felt extremely proud of himself, his plan would work he was sure of it. He heard the girls return and ran downstairs.
"Alice, the other's are waiting in the forest for you." He told her and she headed out the door. Brittany took in a deep breath as she looked at him, he was the most handsome man she had ever seen, how could he possibly want someone as impossible as her.
"I drew you a bath, and then I set up a kind of game… so go, and take as long as you want." She gave him a small kiss and headed for the bathroom up stairs. The bathtub was huge, and now it was filled with bubbles and hot water. She stripped and stepped in, relaxing immediately. He eyes stayed on her shoulder bag, inside was the ring she had bought for him. He was making tonight the perfect night. After she soaked for fifteen minutes she got out and grabbed a towel, noticing a box with a bow on it to the left. She opened the box to find a sexy red silk cami and little red silk shorts.
"Oh Jasper, you are expecting to get lucky." She laughed as she slipped them on and then picked up a note at the bottom of the box. You are the sweetest thing in my life, I knew that the first time I kissed you. Go there. She stared at the note for a second before she realized he meant to go to the place he had first kissed her, the kitchen. She grabbed her bag off the floor and dropped it in his room, grabbing the ring and holding it tightly in her hand before padding silently to the kitchen.
"Oh he is getting lucky!" She hissed as she saw a plate with a beautiful slice of cheesecake sitting on the counter. She looked around but he was nowhere. She began eating the cake quicker than normal, she was getting anxious to reach him. She finished and looked down to see her next clue on the plate. Your passion and fire drives me each day, go to the gift of fighting. She scrunched up her face in confusion as she tried to understand his riddle. Gift of fighting? He had given her the dagger but she didn't know what he had done with it. He had never given her anything else accept the sword on her birthday…wait, birthday. Emmett had made that place in the garage for her. She took off towards the garage, knowing he must get a kick out of watching her run around. When she entered she saw something tapped the punching bag, and as she got closer she saw it was a photo. The group had posed together right after prom, right after she gave in and let the empath into her heart. On the back of the photo he had written a message. You are the melody of my soul, even when I have no instrument to play, where do you think I want you to go? She grinned as she remembered she had smashed his guitar, but he had deserved it. She looked down at the ring in her hand and smiled, this was going to work. She raced up the stairs and into the bedroom to find him standing in middle of the room with a lily in his hand.
"My favorite flower, you really went all out." She grinned as she walked towards him. He gave her the flower and then tried to take her other hand but she pulled it back.
"I have something for you… and I know now is the perfect time to give it to you." He smiled softly and shook his head.
"I kind of have one more surprise." He told her and she grinned.
"Same time then." She announced and waited for him to fish through his pocket for something. They met eyes and both stuck out their hands, Brittany opened her fist and Jasper opened a box.
"Will you marry me?" They said in unison and then both stared dumbfounded at the ring the other was offering up. Jasper snatched it in seconds and Brittany pulled the tiny box closer to her face. It was a simple band with little flecks of diamonds on the top instead of a huge rock. He turned to ring over in his hand and when noticed the engraving on the inside, My Hero, he was shocked.
"You are you know." He looked into her eyes to see nothing but love shinning back at him.
"We are getting married." He stated it, knowing someone had to but also knowing neither of them had to say yes. She reached out and grabbed the ring from his hand before slipping it on his left ring finger, he did the same to hers.
"Brittany Hale." She spoke her new name as she looked at her hand, Jasper wrapped his arms around her from behind.
"Brittany Whitlock, sounds better than Hale. I guess that's fate huh?" He chuckled slightly and nodded. In two days time they would drive back to Texas so she could be "found" and then she would return to Forks to finish school.
"I want to be married in May, before school ends. Once graduation hit I want to be turned automatically." Jasper looked down at her curiously, he could feel her anxiety. Something was going on, he didn't know what, but she was never in such a hurry before.
"Why so quickly?" He asked.
"I want to beat Bella." She said and he grinned. It sounded like her, but he felt a small pain of guilt beneath her happiness. He knew then he was still missing something.
The Texas sun beat down on her as she entered the building. She looked around as she walked through the door, deputies running around not noticing her. She stood there for a moment, reveling in the chaos.
"Can I help you?" A man was standing behind a counter looking at her, she kept her hood and approached.
"I was kidnapped…and I escaped." He seemed surprised and then quickly brought her back to another room. They starting questioning her, asking her name and what had happened. Once they searched her name through missing persons they found that she had been taken from diner in San Antonio. She told them she had been kept in some sort of basement and her attackers had cut and tortured her. After a while they stopped coming down, feeding her seldom. They put her in a car and were driving her somewhere when she managed to jump out and run away. They asked her if she had seen her attackers and she described Drew and Max knowing full well that they wouldn't find them. After all the questions they called her family and told them they would be sending her home with an officer as an escort. She was silent the whole trip, as strange as it was she was actually nervous about seeing Charlie. Losing her had affected him worse than she thought it would.
"Take a right, this is my street." She was surprised to see all the cars outside her house. Charlie and Renee were standing next to Bella, all of them looked anxious. The car stopped and she stepped outside slowly.
"My baby!" Renee cried and in seconds she had her in her arms and was holding her tightly. Brittany hugged her back, hoping to sooth her a bit, she felt guilty now for staying in Alaska for as long as she had.
"I'm ok mom." She said and Renee let her go to Bella who also hugged her tightly, even though she had known she was ok. The last person standing there was Charlie, and she was surprised to see tears in his eyes.
"Good to have you back kid." He said and put a hand on her shoulder. He wanted to act like Renee but she knew he was being tough for her benefit, she hated all the mush, but she was going to make an exception.
"It's ok daddy." She said and hugged him, he began to bawl like a little kid as they embraced. She had not referred to him as that since she was a child. As planned Bella tapped her on the shoulder and gestured to the street.
"The Cullen's are back, Jasper has been crazy with worry." Brittany looked back to see the shiny silver Volvo sitting across the street.
"I can kill him if you want." Charlie said and she shook her head with a smile.
"No, I kinda missed him." He sighed realizing both his daughters were going to end up back with those boys he hated. She started towards the car and smiled when Jasper got out of the passenger side and headed towards her, his face looked like he was about to cry.
"I missed you." He said and pulled her into his arms, they had only been apart for the time it had taken her to be sent home but it still felt like forever. When had he turned her into a mushy girl?
"It wasn't so bad." She said with a chuckle and pushed some hair behind her ear. She didn't notice the escort take off, nor did she notice her mother stepping up beside her.
"It is nice to finally meet you Jasper." Renee said and Brittany stepped back so they could shake hands. Renee asked them if they were together and Jasper nodded, adding a small comment of "if she'll have me" as if she would say no. Then Renee demanded that they all have dinner together the next night so she could talk to the two boys who had won her daughter's over.
Dinner was slightly awkward, the restaurant was very nice but all of the teenagers looked uncomfortable.
"Come on you guys, I wont bite." Renee said and her girls laughed, the boys simply shared a knowing look. She began asking the boys questions, where they planned to go to college, and what they wanted to major in.
"I took this year off, but I am thinking I would like to study psychology." Jasper said and Renee looked impressed as she turned her sights to Edward.
"I'm going to be studying medicine like my father." He answered quickly. She then turned the question to her daughter who both got a deer in the head lights look. Bella recovered quicker and answered swiftly.
"I was thinking I would major in English literature." Her mother grinned, as though she had expected that answer.
"History." The word flew from Brittany's mouth so quick almost no one caught it. When her mother thought it over though her daughter had always done really well in that class, but she had not really shown a deep interest in it.
"Now for the real important question, do you all plan to stay together during the college years." The four exchanged looks and then nodded slowly.
"Come on mom, you know me and Brittany are staying together, and if we are lucky we can find all these programs in one college or at least in colleges close together." Bella explained. Renee took off to the bathroom and once she was out of ear shot Edward turned to Jasper.
"So you guys planning on telling her now?" He asked and Bella looked confused.
"Bella, me and Jasper are getting married in May." Brittany told her sister who then threw her arms around her neck.
"Thank god, I thought they would kill me when I dropped that bomb but they will kill you first." Brittany chuckled and then stood up, wanting to hit her mom with it privately. She managed to make it to the back of the restaurant as her mom was heading back.
"Mom, I need to tell you something." Renee grabbed her hands and smiled brightly at her.
"What do you think of Jasper?" She asked suddenly, surprising herself n the process. She had never needed anyone's imput, but this was her mother after all.
"He is a very nice boy, a little intense but that suits you." Brittany nodded with a smile as she glanced back at the table.
"We talked a lot, me and Jasper, and we decided that we are going to get married." She paused to see her mother's eyes get wide.
"Now before you freak out just know I love him mom, and you know damn well I never use that word. And we both know how harsh I am, and he loves me for it… he is perfect for me and we don't see a reason to wait. I'm getting married in May and nothing you or Charlie can say or do is going to stop me." She took in a deep breath and realized her mother was smiling.
"You mean to tell me that my little anger management case is going to be someone's wife? Oh baby, I never thought you would take that step." She hugged her tightly and then hustled her back to the table, crossing around to Jasper.
"Welcome to the family Jasper." She opened her arms and Jasper held his breath and then stood up and hugged her. Brittany smiled because she knew then that telling Charlie would be easy.
School was a different story. They all were back, the two Cullen's and the two Swan's and now the pig headed twin was sporting a very nice looking ring on her wedding finger. Everyone was treating them like they had the plague except Angela of course. Bella was still bummed about Jacob so her mood was slightly down.
"I'm gonna get a soda, you want?" Bella asked her sister as she stood, the dark hair girl nodded and then went back to picking at her pizza. As Bella walked past Lauren who was straddling the bench seat, she kicked her back pack out right into Bella's feet, causing the klutz to slam face first into the floor. Bella brought her hand to her face, checking quickly for blood but there was none. Lauren was cackling from her seat, these where her usual antics since the elder twin had been missing. Brittany felt a familiar feeling bubble up inside her stomach, one she thought had been beaten out of her and a devious grin crossed her face.
"Bella, you should watch where you are going." Lauren scolded, standing to retrieve her pack. She dusted it off and didn't even offer to help Bella up, and it was that moment she realized no one else was laughing anymore but watching her with wide expectant eyes. No, not her, something behind her. She turned slowly and barley got a glimpse of Brittany before a cheese pizza was shoved into her face and twisted around just to be sure it covered her completely.
"Brings new meaning to the nickname pizza face." Brittany said with a grin before hauling her sister to her feet. Lauren screamed as she tried to remove all the pizza goop from her face and hair. Bella looked at her surprised, she had been more herself in that moment than she had in a long time.
"I know." Brittany said to her unspoken thought, and then turned her eyes to the two smirking Cullen's.
"The bitch is back!"
The end….for now... Total Eclipse coming soon! Review please
