Chapter 10: Miracles Do Happen
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"Nobody knows you,
The way that I know you,
Look in my eyes,
I will never desert you."
You Me At Six – Take On The World
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The ground was fully covered in snow again.
For the first time in days, I felt peaceful. I couldn't explain why; I just had a feeling that everything was finally going to be alright.
As I entered the kitchen, I found my mother humming over the pancakes that she was making. She looked at ease, almost happy. Casting a quick glance towards my father, I saw him staring at my mother with amazement.
"Morning, love." My mum cheerfully called over to me, placing a plate down in front of me for breakfast. "Eat up, won't you? Busy day today."
Scrunching my eyebrows together in confusion, I sat down at the table. "Busy day? How so?"
"Just trust me. It'll be a busy day." She smiled, a mischievous glint in her eye.
Sharing a look with my father, we both shrugged, deciding to go with whatever my mum was saying.
"Can you just do me a favour and make sure Pepper doesn't get out today? It's ridiculous how many times this happens, mum." I sighed, shoving a pancake into my mouth.
A soft yip came from my side, Pepper apparently deciding to join the conversation. Watching as she glanced between me and the pancake on my fork, I "accidentally" dropped it onto the floor.
"Only if you stop feeding her whatever she wants." Mum scolded.
Smirking, I laughed at Pepper who was wagging her tail happily at me.
"I shouldn't be working long today." My dad informed us, turning his attention to mum. "I should be back home around about lunch time, we'll do something together."
As I listened to them talk about a trip to the La Push beach, I couldn't help but feel like things shouldn't be this normal today. Adam was still missing, yet mum seemed to have forgotten all about that. I myself, shouldn't feel so perfectly content today. Today wasn't a good day, there wouldn't be any good days until Adam was safe and home… So why couldn't I feel sad?
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"How is it even icier than it was yesterday?" Bella complained as we slowly made our way to school in her truck. "Honestly, can we just go back to Phoenix now?"
Sighing, I shook my head with a smile. "It's not a terrible thing, Bells. I think you would enjoy a snowball fight. Think of how many people would avoid you if you had snowballs ready to throw in their faces? It's the antisocial dream."
"I'm not antisocial." She stuttered out. "I just like quiet sometimes…"
Raising an eyebrow at her in disbelief, I knew that she was only being slightly honest. Bella found it difficult to communicate with almost anyone, so instead chose to avoid basically everyone. The people of Forks were making it extremely difficult for her, and I saw every day how panic flashed through her eyes as she was expected to join in on girl or sports talk.
"You would think we'd get the day off school with the weather." She mumbled, pulling into a parking space.
"If they closed the school for bad weather in Forks then no one would ever graduate." I snickered. "Just breathe in the fresh cool air, Bella. It's good for you." I finished, hopping out of the truck.
Slipping slightly on the ice next to the truck, I quickly regained my balance.
"Breathe in the fresh air, Lex." Bella mocked from the other side of the truck. "It's good for you."
Glaring in her direction, I said "Don't make me come after you, Bells. We both know that even if I'm clumsy on any ice patches, you'll be ten times worse."
As I made my way round the truck, I slipped on another patch of ice. Just as I expected to hit the floor, two arms caught me before I could tumble to the ground.
"You should be more careful, ma'am." I heard a familiar voice say, his tone making it obvious that when I turned around I would see a smirk on his face.
Glancing up, I saw the golden eyes that had become a permanent part of my everyday life.
"Remember when you used to just stare awkwardly? It was a simpler time." I deadpanned, shifting so that I was stood upright again.
Smiling slightly at the ground, he gave a quick glance over to Bella. Awkwardly giving her a nod of acknowledgment before pulling me over to a side.
"I wanted to check how you were doing." He said, his tone suddenly serious. "Edward thought he saw you look quite panicked before you left yesterday."
Eyes squinting in confusion, I glanced over at the Cullen's cars. Seeing Edward looking over this way intently. "I'm fine, Jasper. Why would anything panic me?"
As I turned back to Jasper, he was staring at me almost quizzically. As though he was searching for something in me.
"Are you okay?" I asked, lightly grasping his arm.
The overwhelming feeling of calm that I was becoming accustomed to appeared as Jasper slightly smiled once more.
"How could anything possibly be wrong right now?" He said, staring at me in a way I wasn't quite familiar with.
Before I could say anything in return, the sound of tires screeching caught my attention. Glancing over my shoulder, I saw Tyler's van skidding across the parking lot, heading straight for my best friend.
"Bella!" I called, seeing her frozen in shock. My feet moved before my mind could comprehend what I was doing, running straight for her.
But I didn't get far before I was being dragged away and slammed back into a car.
The loud thud that echoed across the lot was drowned out by the noise of my blood pumping through my ears. On either side of me, were deep handprints embedded into the car I was pressed against. Jasper's own hands fitting perfectly in them.
"How?" I asked, my mind racing. "How did you- "
My sentence was swiftly cut off by the same icy hands cupping my face, forcing me to stare into Jasper Hale's eyes.
"Are you alright?" He asked, his voice sounding as though it was being forced out of his throat. "Are you hurt?"
Trying to look back at the dents I knew I would find, his grip forced me to look back into his eyes once more, his face only inches from my own.
"Are you alright?" He repeated, his eyes filled with panic and worry.
"I'm fine." My voice came out as almost a whisper, "I'm okay…"
With that his hands freed my face, instead choosing to envelope me into his arms. And for a few seconds, my mind went blank. My eyes closing as I reciprocated the hug, relishing in the sudden feeling of relief that was coursing through my body.
But my mind snapped back full force, my eyes widening. "Bella." Turning away from Jasper, I quickly ran around to my best friend. "Bells are you okay?"
Her eyes seemed unable to focus on anything, glancing around every which way, looking for something. "Edward…" She mumbled.
Tilting my head, I watched as she continued her search, the sirens of the ambulance blaring as it made an appearance.
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"Are you sure you're okay?" My dad asked for the 10th time since I arrived at the hospital with Bella.
Edward had been caught up by some other students concerned that he might also have been hit by the truck, all of them seeing that he had apparently saved Bella from almost certain death. Although no one seemed to know how, they only saw him try to leave the scene as soon as it happened, emerging from in between the two vehicles.
"I'm sure, dad." I sighed, slightly aggravated. "For the last time, it was Bella that was actually involved, not me."
"Only because of Doctor Cullen's son." He argued.
Sighing, I lent against the wall in the waiting room. I had told him about the fact that Jasper had dragged me away from trying to get to Bella, that he was probably the only reason I myself had not been injured in any way.
"I'm inviting him round for dinner. It's the least I can do." My father went on to talk to himself. "That Jasper boy has done nothing but good things for you since you got here. We need to do something."
"Dad." I cut him off from rambling on further. "If I agree to ask him to come round to the house will you please go check on Bella for me and leave me alone? I'm fine."
He looked as though leaving my side was the last thing that he wanted to do right now. But after a few seconds, he sighed and nodded his head. "Alright. I'll go check on her, I'll let you know if she's okay."
With that, he walked swiftly off towards where Bella had been taken, only stopping for a few seconds to tell me he'd called my mother to tell her what had happened.
I sat down on one of the waiting room chairs with a sigh, watching as Jasper Hale walked into the room, looking around before his eyes focused on me, making a beeline right for the seat next to mine.
"How's Bella?" He asked, sitting down.
"I don't know." I replied, looking towards the double doors. "My dad just went to check on her. He's freaking out about the whole thing."
"Maybe because his daughter tried to run into a skidding van." Jasper said, dryly.
Looking over at him, I noticed he was looking anywhere but at me. "My best friend was in danger."
"All that would have happened is that you both would have been killed." He said, anger seeping into his tone. "It was a terrible judgement call."
"Edward did the exact same thing." I quipped. "How, I have no idea, cause he was at the other side of the parking lot."
His eyes finally snapped towards mine. "He was probably already on his way to talk to her, you just didn't see him move."
"And what about you?" I asked, remembering the few seconds right after the accident. The dents in the car flashing into my mind.
"What about me?"
Shifting in my chair so that I was directly facing him, I lent in to whisper. "I saw the dents that your hands made into the car, Jasper. How did you even manage to do that?"
"Heat of the moment. You haven't heard of mother's picking up cars to save children?" He answered, raising an eyebrow.
It almost felt as though he was calling me a child. I understood that I had made a stupid decision, knowing that even if I had attempted to save Bella, there would have been absolutely nothing that I could have done. I would have been crushed.
Choosing to let it go, I shook my head. "I'm sorry."
His look turned to confusion.
"You saved my life, I should be thanking you, not questioning you." I sighed, looking around the room before my eyes focused back onto his. "Thank you, Jasper."
His eyes scanned my face, as though he expected something completely different to happen, before leaning in closer, his eyes intense. "I would never let anything happen to you, Alexis."
I couldn't find any words to say out loud. Hearing him speak in such a way caught me off guard, hearing him sound so sincere. How he managed to feel so strongly, so passionately about keeping me safe in such a short amount of time knowing me was incredible.
"Ahh Mr Cullen." I heard my dad say as he approached us. "How nice of you to check in on Lex."
"It's Hale, sir." Jasper corrected. "Rosalie and I kept our parent's names."
My father reached his arm out to shake Jasper's hand, saying a quick apology. "Cold hands, are you feeling alright? You didn't sustain any injuries protecting my daughter, did you?"
"No, sir." Jasper brushed off, taking his hand back. "Just bad circulation."
"Sir. What a polite young man." My dad smirked, nudging me with his elbow.
"Dad." I stressed, I couldn't believe what he was doing. I knew my father wasn't like most other dad's, but what kind of parent grins at the idea of matchmaking their daughter?
"Did Lex invite you to our house for dinner yet?"
"I didn't really have the chance to." I sighed, trying to figure out a way to get Jasper away from my father.
"Oh, well, I'll do it then." He grinned. "As a thank you we would love to invite you over for dinner. The least we can do for someone who would help our daughter stay out of trouble."
Jasper gave a quick glance over to me before responding. "I would love to, sir. But my mother, Esme, she insists that we all have dinner together as a family every night. No exceptions."
"Strong family bond. We'd insist the same if we believed we could separate Lexi and Bella for more than a few hours sleep." He snorted.
Rolling my eyes, I still couldn't seem to form an escape route.
"How about coming round for a movie night?" My dad offered instead. "We like to do one every now and then, you can come round before dinner on the weekend. How does Saturday sound?"
Jasper seemed taken off guard, looking between me and my father, as though judging what my reaction would be.
Sighing, I thought I'd try and help my dad out. "You should come. He won't stop making different offers until you accept one." I said, smiling softly.
Jasper returned with a slight smile of his own before turning back to my father. "I would love to, sir."
"Don't worry about calling me sir from now on, son." My dad beamed, clapping his hand on Jasper's shoulder. "It's Andrew."
"Andrew." Jasper repeated, nodding his head in acknowledgment.
Looking between the pair, I figured that the conversation was over. "So, how's Bella?" I asked.
Turning his attention back to me, he smiled. "She's doing just fine. She just needs to stay for a few routine checks. So, I think it's best that we head home to your mother. She sounded calm, even happy, over the phone… But I think she's fooling herself to stop from panicking, Lex."
Nodding, I told him that I'd meet him outside once he'd changed and sorted things out in his office.
"I'll walk with you, I need to leave anyway." Jasper said, as we turned a corner to leave the hospital.
I noticed that he kept quite close to me the entire walk to the front, his face and eyes conveying his discomfort.
"Are you okay? You seem on edge." I ask, studying his features.
He looked at me, eyes widening slightly before letting out and awkward chuckle. "I'm just fine, I just don't do so well in hospitals."
"I don't think anyone really enjoys being in a hospital to be fair." I smile, coming to a stop as I see Jasper's brother not far in front of us.
Edward's eyes seemed intense as he stalked towards us. "How did you see that yesterday?" He asked, standing directly in front of me, his features angry.
"Excuse me?" I responded, slightly aggravated by his accusing tone.
"You saw me with red eyes, how did you do that?" He asked again, his tone almost acidic.
I could feel my eyes widen in shock at his words. How the hell did he see that? How did he know?
"How did you-?" I didn't manage to get the full question out before Jasper stepped slightly in between the two of us.
"Edward." He warned, his tone hard. "Leave her be."
The two of them stared at each other, almost in a silent conversation, before Edward look at me with one final look of suspicion before walking away towards the waiting room.
"What was that?" I asked Jasper, grasping hold of his arm so that he'd turn to face me. "How does he know what I saw? I haven't told anyone about it."
"What did you see?" He asked me in return.
My mouth gaped open, realising that I would technically have to talk about it now. It was the only way I was even possibly going to be able to figure out how Edward knew about it in the first place. I hadn't even told Bella about what I'd seen.
Glancing around to make sure there was no one listening, I decided to tell the truth. "I don't know what I saw, Jasper." I sighed. "Honestly, since moving to Forks I'm pretty sure I've been going slightly insane…" My voice trailed off into a whisper, realising that I could never say everything I wanted to.
I couldn't tell him about the weird dreams about his eyes, the weird feeling of calm that comes with him, or the strange pictures I get in my head about his entire family. I didn't know which reaction would be worse from him. If he thought I was crazy, he would no doubt leave me alone and never speak to me again, the idea of which was something I wasn't prepared to deal with yet. The only other option would be that he wouldn't find me crazy, in which case he would be able to shed some light onto everything I've been dealing with, which would mean that it was all real…
"You're not insane…" He told me, running a hand down my arm in comfort. "I can promise you that."
"What does that even mean?" I asked, feeling almost tired of everything that was happening.
"Lexi." My dad piped up from behind me, making his way towards us. "You ready to go?"
Nodding, I turned towards Jasper once more. "Do you have a way of getting home?"
"Yeah, I'll get home just fine." He smiled, although the smile didn't reach his eyes.
Walking out of the building with the pair of them, I froze. There was no way that I could possibly be seeing what I thought I was. It was another hallucination, another fantasy. It was an impossible thing.
"Adam?" I heard my dad ask. Causing me to believe that what I was seeing was real after all.
Adam was really stood there? Standing next to my mother, who was beaming from ear to ear.
"Hey," Adam replied, a sheepish smile gracing his face. "Mum thought it'd be best if you actually saw me okay instead of hearing it over the phone."
I watched as my father hugged my brother tightly to him, his eyes filling with tears of relief. But I myself couldn't move, I could barely breathe. I was frozen, unable to consider anything what so ever. I couldn't believe that he was actually here, afraid that if I so much as took one step forward, then he would disappear in a puff of smoke like he did in my dream.
"Hey Lex." He said, as my father released him.
I felt the tears well up in my eyes, my heart suddenly beating at an alarming rate. In a second, I was running into his arms. My arms wrapped around his neck as he picked me up into the tightest hug of my existence.
He was here.
My brother was home, he was alive and safe. And here.
I felt myself sob into his shoulder as he held me tightly. "It's okay, Lex. I'm right here."
"I can't believe you're okay." I sniffled, finally returning to the ground, looking up at him. "You're okay."
"I'm okay." He reassured, his hands resting on my shoulders. "I made it out, I made it back, I'm here. I told you before that I'd never leave you."
Wrapping my arms around his waist, I hugged myself tightly to him once more as he wrapped his arms around me, resting his head on top of mine.
"Let's go home, love." My mother said calmly, "We can have a proper catch up."
Nodding, I let go of Adam, although I was terrified that the second I wasn't in contact, then he would suddenly be gone, and I would wake up from a dream.
As my family made their way to the car, my parents fussing over Adam again, I turned to see Jasper still stood there, smiling at me.
Before going to the car, myself, I walked over to Jasper and wrapped my arms around him in a hug. He stiffened in surprise for a second, before returning the hug gently. "Thank you." I whispered.
"What for?" He asked, as I let him go.
"For keeping me calm until now." I smiled. "I really needed it. I'll see you at school tomorrow."
With a quick squeeze of his arm, I turned and went to join my family.
Looking at Adam, I still couldn't believe it.
Miracles do happen.
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A/N: He is safe. He is alive. All is well with the world.
Let me know what you guys think! I love seeing when people follow/favourite/review this story. It gives me the need to update. I know this update has come a lot quicker than the last, it's just because I feel bad with how long it took me to update it before.
Anyways, hope you enjoyed the chapter.
((I know he came back safe super quick, but it's to get into the rest of the story, stuff is away to happen, and this is just the way it's going soooo.))
Also, after a review, I feel I should say that Adam's story will be told next chapter. Also, it will be revealed as to why Edward was so ready to talk openly about the whole thing so, yeah, just be patient for that xD
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