ADOPTED FROM BECCA XX
JPOV
"What do you mean you're not fully human and one of us is like you?"
It was like someone had turned a light on in a dark room. Everyone turned to look at Edward, then Evie, then back again. Their eyes moving back and forth like a tennis match. Evie's heart accelerated and she turned her head into Esme's body. Rosalie stroked her hair soothingly and sent Edward a deathly glare that made him step back.
The tension in the room could be cut with a knife and it was killing me. I felt like I wanted to scream, cry, laugh and sleep all together.
"I…I…I" Evie's jaw was gaping like a fish, she obviously wasn't meant to say that. I growled and felt everyone's eyes on me. Their confusion was tangible and once again I felt it all. Edward was about to open his mouth to ask again when rustling was heard in the bedroom.
Bella
BPOV
Pain. That's all there was. There were voices telling me to wake up. Something was wrong. Why do I feel so threatened, so scared? Flashes of a red haired female and a man with a ponytail swirled through my mind with fear laced in.
Wake up.
Why, why should I wake up? What does this mean? Gradually a numbness that I wasn't aware of, released my arms. I wiggled my fingers to rid the emptiness. The last of the numbness travelled down my body. I was vaguely aware of chest rising and falling, and my heart beating. More voices sounded but these weren't in my head.
Someone was sobbing, someone with a heartbeat. I heard people moving.
"I…I…I…" I recognized that voice. Suddenly the door burst open and there stood Jasper with worry all over his face. Then everything came crashing back. I slammed my eyes shut and gasped when images of the fight, the girl, the sound of the drum in my ear.
"Bella!" I felt someone stroking my head and I leaned my head into their hand.
"It's going to be ok Bella. She's fine" A girl with a tinkling voice whispered and I felt an enormous weight lift off my chest. My breathing turned back to normal and I sunk back into the bed sheets.
I opened my eyes to see six pairs of beautiful golden eyes staring back at me. I recognized Edward, Alice and Emmett but there were two more people. I turned my head to the right and saw Jasper with his hand on my head. I must have looked confused as he smiled lightly and introduced me.
"Bella, this is my family. This isn't exactly the way I planned to introduce you" he wrinkled his brow and I grabbed his hand I mine, sensing his discomfort. "But this will have to do. You all ready know Edward Alice and Em from school. Over there is Carlisle, my father and next to him is Esme, my mother." The man, Carlisle, nodded politely at me and the beautiful woman beamed at me.
"I'm so glad you've come round Bella, I've been so excited to meet you." The woman said, almost bouncing on her feet. I looked around the room. Emmett was stood with his arms crossed in what looked like a fierce stance but when I looked at his face two dimples and a childish grin made him appear a lot less intimidating. I vaguely remember him carrying me. Then there was Edward. He was leaning against the wall with a troubled look on his boyish face.
Suddenly Edwards face looked like he worked a hard question out and looked at me.
"Bella who is Evie?" He asked and everyone hissed at him. Jasper stood up and walked towards Edward and leaned over him. The two extra inches Jasper had on Edward made him seem so much more intimidating.
"Leave her alone Edward she has just kicked a vampires ass on her own and was seriously injured. I don't think questions are in her best interest right now" He was seething and I was waiting for the smoke to come out of his ear.
"Evie…" I recognised that name. Evie, Evie, Evie. That name had been swirling around my head since I heard that thumping. Evie. Wait Evie must be the girl I saved in the forest. Come on Bella the answer is staring at you in the face.
"Bella what's wrong, honey?" I heard Jasper ask but I couldn't answer. I needed to figure this out. Evie. Who is she?!?!?
Wait, I know an Evie. My dad's brother's daughter, my uncle's daughter, my cousin. My uncle's firstborn. The strange scent, the reason she survived a broken neck, the reason why my Uncle and Aunt are dead. The pieces were coming together. They are the same person I gasped and everyone tensed.
"Bella what is it? Tell me!" Jasper was getting more and more worried by the second and he was projecting. Everyone circled around me, fussing over my sheets and hair. My heart was thumping wildly.
I jumped out of the bed, throwing the sheets around me and almost knocking Edward and Alice over.
Thank God for vampire reflexes. I ran into the front room and my eyes landed on her. Rosalie's arm was protectively hung around her shoulders and she was half sitting in front of her.
Rosalie sent me a warning glance and I ignored it. I growled at her. She let go of Evie and crouched in front of her, bearing her teeth. Thankfully grabbed Rosalie's arm and half dragged her up the stair, her hissing all the way. I stared at Evie while everyone once again circled around me. Esme was inching further towards her, obviously trying to protect her from me. I must have looked wild as I scanned her face.
Auntie Evelyn's eyes, Uncle Steven's hair - which was slightly lighter than mine – and my face.
My eyes widened as did hers. She must have seen the resemblances too. I felt the others trying to grab me as I ran towards her.
"Are you Evie Swan?" I asked desperately. Tears fell out of her eyes and her face scrunched up. I grabbed her shoulders and lightly shook her.
"Are you Evie Swan?" I asked again. She nodded weakly and I crushed her to my chest. I wrapped my arms around her tightly and shook with tears. After she got over the shock she hugged me too. We both rocked backwards and forwards. She was alive! After all this time she was actually living! I cried in joy while hugging my only cousin.
"Evie…oh my god …Evie" I gasped. "I can't believe it's you"
"I missed you all so much Bella. I only had a few memories of you but I missed you. It was awful being with them. I dreamt of you every night, you and Uncle Charlie and Auntie Ren" I laughed at my mum's nickname. "I miss my m…" She stopped there and started breathing heavily.
"Evie what is it?" By now everyone had gathered round us and sat down. Edward and Alice sat mine and Evie's feet, Jasper was at my side playing with my hair, Esme was sat next to Evie with a worried look on her face and Carlisle was sitting next to Esme on the arm of the chair, holding her hand. I heard Rosalie run down the stairs followed by Emmett.
"My parents, they toyed with them. D…Daddy killed one of them and that made them mad. They said she was Laurent's mate, his plaything. He said I was going to replace her. They killed them Bella! They killed my parents." I growled and felt my eyes change. I was shaking violently and Evie shrank away from me in fear. Jasper grabbed my arm but I ignored him.
"Did he ever use you Evie?" I hissed out menacingly. I heard Rosalie roar behind me and a part of my brain wondered why. But I was too focused on Evie right now. Laurent was lucky he was dead because if he wasn't I would rip him apart, piece by piece starting with his…
"No, he never did. He tried to once but I tried to fight him. Somehow I felt this heat rush through me…" I didn't like where this was going "and then I was this big leopard thing, but before I could get to him Victoria knocked me out."
"I am so sorry that you had to go through this alone." I whispered, hugging her again. "If you want I could let you see Charlie" her eyes lit up like Christmas "but you will have to wait a few days. I need you to rest and I need to drop the bombshell on Charlie. Plus I need to tell him about Jasper." Her eyes dropped. I lifted her chin with my hand and smiled reassuringly at her.
"Tomorrow I will tell you all about us but now rest. I will still be here, don't worry. You'll never be alone again." I leaned close to her and whispered in her ear "even if you wanted to be, I don't think you'll be getting rid of Rosalie any time soon" She giggled and Rose hissed. I smiled at Rose to show I was joking and her face softened.
Evie yawned so I picked her up and carried her to bed. As I passed Rosalie I whispered
"don't leave her alone, please" in her ear and she smiled and nodded. I had a feeling that Rosalie loved Evie as if she were her own already.
Carlisle showed me to an empty room for Evie. It was light blues and pinks, perfect for her. Somehow I felt like I already knew her. I repressed a yawn of my own and gently placed her on the bed.
"Bella go home now, I can see that you are tired. You aren't the only who's had a long day." Carlisle said softly. The indecision was clear on my face. Esme must have followed me up stairs because she hugged me and stroked my hair soothingly.
"Don't worry; she'll be safe with us. Like you said she won't be getting rid of Rose" I smiled and made my way back downstairs with Carlisle and Esme in tow. I walked up to everyone and hugged each of them.
"Thank you all so much. I can never repay you for saving her and me" I said tearfully.
"Nonsense! You are a part of this family now" Esme whispered as I hugged her.
"Thank you for letting Evie stay here too"
"Hey I get two little sisters now and my rose is happy so it's a win-win situation." I laughed at Emmett's booming voice and made my way to Jasper. As soon as I reached him he crushed me to his chest and started to sob.
"I'm so glad your okay Bella. I thought I'd lost you! When Alice came rushing towards me and told me you were in danger then I heard you howl I thought I was going to have a heart attack! Then I saw you fighting that bastard, God Bella never do that again!" His words mixed together and were rushed. To stop him I reached up and pecked him on the lips.
"I love you Jasper and I'm sorry"
He just hugged me. After a while he let me go.
"Come on I'd better get you home" He grabbed my hand and pulled me to the door. But Alice stepped in front.
"No Jazz let me. You need to hunt" he growled but I shook my head at him. He, Edward and Emmett all ran out the door with him grumbling all the way. I heard Emmett's booming laugh and Edwards Velvet snicker then a loud voice made a whipping noise. Soon after there was a loud smack.
Everyone burst out into silent snickers except for Carlisle who just shook his head.
"Come on Bella let's get you home. You look like your about to drop." I nodded and slouched off to Alice's car. Normally I would stare at her Porsche but I was too tired.
"Bella I just wanted to say, welcome to the family. We are going to be the best sisters ever, I can see it" she winked at me mysteriously "we are going to go on shopping trips and…" I tuned her out, not because I didn't want to listen but I was too tired to make sense of the words.
Thanks to her fast driving we got to my house in record time.
"Goodbye Bella and thanks for saving Jasper, I haven't seen him so happy before." I smiled and waved at her as she sped off.
I walked into my home tired from the day's events. I stopped Jasper from killing Mike. I confessed my love to Jasper. I was attacked by a vampire. Said vampire is dead. His mate may or may not be alive. I found my missing cousin. And I met my soul mates family and Emmett was a goof.
I flopped down on my sofa, thanking to all that is holy that it was Friday. I don't remember shutting my eyes but I woke up at 7:30 the next morning.
I tried to stand up but my neck was killing me and I was dizzy from sleeping on the couch. When I decided it as safe for me to stand I walked up to my room to grab some clothes. I walked into the bathroom and had a shower. I dried my hair and flat ironed it so my hair fell below my waist. I threw on what I brought from my bedroom which was a faded SpongeBob tee and some boyfriend jeans.
I slowly plodded back downstairs – I was NOT a morning person – and grabbed a bowl of cereal.
I ate it slowly and drank some water that I got. When I had finished I washed my bowl and put it away. When I went to put the milk away I notice a not in Charlie's scrawl. It was then that I realised that he wasn't here last night.
Slowly I picked it up, scared of the contents.
'Bella I've gone to see Renee. Don't call me, she just needed support. I'll be back as soon as I can.
Charlie.'
Huh? Why would Charlie go see Renee? Better yet, if something was wrong with Renee why would she confide in Charlie? Why…
My thought process was interrupted by the doorbell ringing. I dropped the letter and ran to the door when I caught the scent. I ripped the door open, almost pulling it off its hinges and there he was.
His hair was dripping wet, making it brown with the rain and the curls were almost straight. His clothes moulding to his body showing off his perfect muscles, of course he had to pick today to wear a white shirt. He wore a black leather jacket and his jeans hung dangerously low on his hips, showing the 'V' of his bones. I licked my lips and his golden eyes were staring intently at them.
He looked like a biking sex god. I watched a drop of water fall from his hair, round his left eye, past his nose and landed on his perfect full lips. I almost melted when I saw his tongue shot out and snatch it away. I don't know how long I ogled at him but I snapped out of it when he cleared his throat with a sexy smirk on his face.
"See something you like?" he asked, his face morphing into an innocent smile. Ass. Two can play at this game. I mirrored his smirk, stood up on my tiptoes and pressed my lips against his neck, catching another drip. His breath hitched and I smirked.
"Yes and I think I better get you inside before my boyfriend turns up." He growled possessively. I felt my self being pushed against the hallway wall and held up by Jaspers body. Somehow he managed to do that and kick the door closed.
"So who's this boyfriend of yours and do I know him?" He said huskily while planting wet kissed on my neck.
"Oh he has blonde hair, tall and a real nice ass" I replied while trying to catch my breath. His hand wandered up my shirt and began stroking my stomach, making me moan. I ground my hips into his making him purr into my neck.
"Well you better tell this boyfriend that you are mine." I growled when my lust boiled over. I attacked his lips with my own, nipping and sucking on his bottom lip. He groaned and pushed me harder into the wall. I responded by lightly licking his top lip, begging for entrance. He complied and I was overwhelmed with his sweetness. His hands roamed over my body but never touched where I ached for him. He lightly brushed under m breasts and I gasped into his mouth. His tongue joined my mine as we battled for dominance.
I broke away for a breath and he gently planted a kiss on my forehead. Then he placed his forehead on mine.
We stared into each others eyes for a long time. Mesmerising each others faces. Once again we crashed together like magnets. Instantly the air charged with lust and desire, I needed him! We were interrupted by the phones insistent ringing.
"Leave it" Jasper whispered against my lips. I couldn't refuse him even if I wanted to. His cold, hard body made it hard to think. After a while the phone stopped.
We were once again lost in each other when my back pocket started to vibrate. Jasper groaned and broke away, releasing my legs. I tried to stand up, but my legs felt like jelly. I started to fall forward but Jasper caught me in time. He started to laugh so I glared at him and stomped out of the room.
"This had better be good" I muttered to myself.
I ripped my phone out of my pocket and saw it was Alice.
"What Alice?!?" I growled. I'm usually much nicer but she interrupted my make out session with my own personal God. Not good!!
"Now, now Bella there's no reason to be nasty" She giggled. That midget was going down!
"Alice, is there any reason why you are calling?" I sighed exasperatedly.
"Nope, not really bye!" I growled and threw my phone against the wall while cursing stupid, annoying pixies. I heard a chuckle and saw Jasper leaning against the door jam with a grin on his face and a mischievous glint in his eye. He approached me like I as his prey and I was actually feared him, but mostly he was sooo hot right now!
He grabbed my waist and pulled me roughly to him. He buried his nose in my hair and breathed deeply
"I love you Bella" I felt a serene smile creep on my face and my anger melted away.
"I love you too, Jazz" he smirked
"Now where were we?" I giggled and glued my lips to his.
A.N thanks for reading please review
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