-1A/N: Two days after Alec left. Jasper arrives!
"Good morning Bella" Jane said, coming into my room and looking surprised that I was already awake and dressed. And also looking a tiny bit disappointed.
"Good morning Jane"
"I have something for you but you need to be really nice to me before I give it to you" she said.
"I'm always really nice to you. My life depends on it, remember?"
"Hmmm…I'm not sure that's nice enough for me to give you this" she produced a letter from her pocket.
"Is that a letter from Alec?"
"Maybe"
"Can I have it?"
"Nope"
"Please Jane!" I begged "if you don't I'll go into a depression spiral and slit my wrists"
"Don't you do that enough already?"
"I don't. other people do it for me" I pointed out. She shrugged and opened the letter. She let out little squeals and gasps to wind me up. It worked. I tried to snatch the letter. She moved easily.
"Please Jane, pretty please?" she handed me the letter.
"Fine but you owe me" I hugged her and read it.
Dear Bella.
See? I managed to fit in time to write you a letter while tracking down evil vampires. Anyway, Spain is hot and sunny. It's kind of hard to hang out here without someone noticing. But we're managing.
The Spanish people are very friendly but quite a few are superstitious. Also, there seems to be a large amount of retired English people out here. Maybe they're plotting world domination?
Well, I better get back to work. I'm sorry this letter isn't longer but Demetri is hassling me. I only just managed to grab five minutes while they were on a hunting trip. I didn't need to because I had your gift to keep me going. I must say…MMMMM! Okay, that just sounds creepy now. Sorry. But it was very nice. Thanks.
I should be back in two days max. I hope Felix isn't giving you any trouble. I wish he could have come with me. It'd be a great excuse to let him get dismembered by psycho vamp.
I'll see you soon.
All my love
Alec.
I folded the letter and put it in my desk drawer. I ignored Jane's eyes on my back watching every move I made.
"So?"
"So what?"
"He's well?"
"You read the letter first Jane"
"Yes and that's why I'm wondering. Is there something going on between you two?"
"No. we are friends. Simple as" I said.
"Okay" she looked slightly disappointed.
"Why? Did you want me to get involved with your brother, Jane?"
"What? Err…no. I just thought you two seemed really close" I sighed.
"I like Alec but my last relationship involved the guy leave me and then being killed in front of my eyes. I don't think I'm ready for another relationship yet. And…I don't like Alec that way"
"Does he know that?"
"Of course he does!"
"Really?"
"Well…yeah"
"Bella, I'm his sister. Please don't hurt him" she left. Huh.
That evening.
Jasper's POV (A/N: I had to switch POV because Bella isn't present at the moment. I'll switch back in a minute)
So here I was. Volterra. The place where so recently my wife, brother and future sister were killed. Well, I say future sister. Alice had insisted that no matter what Edward did, Bella would be one of us. But not anymore apparently since they were ALL DEAD! I'd tried to forget but it had only be a week and I'd given up. Given up on everything.
I entered the lobby of the Volturi castle. The pretty human receptionist moved to stop me but I snarled at her. She sat back down immediately. I wanted to crush every single brick of the building, then burn it with them inside until there was nothing left of the Volturi. I went to the main hall and pushed through the doors. The ancients looked surprised to see me but they quickly hid it. Obviously they were used to preparing for angry vampires in advance.
"Aro" I said.
"Ah, you seem familiar but I cannot place where from" he said, cocking his head as he stared at me.
"Jasper Whitlock. I live, lived, with the Cullen's. You killed three members of my family" I spat the words out like they were poison.
"Three members?"
"Bella was part of our family too" I said.
"Oh, that was such a shame but necessary. Your brother and sister"
"Mate" I interrupted.
"Your brother and mate were breaking the law. He had no intention of changing her"
"Alice did. Alice had seen it"
"That's very well but they showed us no sign of it so they had to be taken care of, as did the girl"
"I'm not here to debate ethics. I want to join them. I want to die"
"I'm getting the oddest sense of déjà vu. Young Edward requested the exact same thing"
"Yes but unlike him, I know my mate is dead. She isn't coming back. I want to join her"
"I'm afraid we will have to refuse. We do not take immortal life without cause. However, you are welcome to join our guard" he offered.
"I'd rather not" I turned and stalked off. I walked down the corridor, and bumped into someone. That someone fell to the floor. I was engulfed by a familiar smell.
"I'm sorry" the person began. I looked down at her.
"Jasper?" she said. It took me a moment to recognize her.
"Bella?"
A/N: Cliffy. Sorry, I just had to end it there.