Chapter 9:

Jasper Decided to Throw Rocks for the Twins to Catch. . . . Lovely

I felt the tears on my cheeks. My mouth dropped and I looked at Jalice. Then, Jasper and Carly walked into the room.

"Hey! Jalice, your power works on mom!" Carly exclaimed. "But what's that thumping noise?"

Carly came up to me and put her ear against my new beating heart. She listened to it for a while. Way too not surprisingly, she started talking about it.

"The beating noise is in your chest. A.C. and Renesmee have it too. Why is that?" she asked.

I shrugged and gave Jalice a look. She stopped using her power on me. The beating in my chest stopped and the tears stopped coming. I wiped away the tears that were still on my cheeks. Carly looked confused.

"The beating stopped… why is there beating noises in humans' chest? And why would A.C. and Renesmee have it in their chests if they're vampires?" Carly asked.

I looked at Jasper for an explanation. He shook his head that had wide eyes and he shrugged. I looked back at Carly.

"You must be hearing things. I don't hear beating noises in their chests," I said.

Carly gave me a suspicious look but then shrugged it off. She dragged Jasper to another room. What a daddy's girl.

Jalice looked up at me. She was slouching in her seat. I changed the channel back to Keeping Up With the Kardashians. On Keeping Up With the Kardashians, they suddenly started swearing frantically. I quickly covered Jalice's ears. Hey people, I know she's "thirteen" but she hasn't learned the language normal people use. And she doesn't need to learn now. Saying suck, frickin, crap, and hell are okay but not those other words! Anyway, when the swearing finally stopped, I uncovered Jalice's ears. A.C. came in the room. She didn't sit down. From the corner of my eye, I saw her glare at Jalice.

The next day, Jasper, Jalice, Carly, A.C., and I were hunting in the forest. A.C. walked slowly behind us. I went back by her. She looked at me and her eyes looked as if she had been crying.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

She shook her head, looking away from.

"Something's wrong," I said.

"Nothing's wrong!" A.C. growled angrily. She was giving me a glare.

I sighed. "Bear hug?"

Almost immediately, A.C. was in my arms. I hugged her tightly. Jasper looked back at me but I gave him a look saying, "Keep hunting with the twins." He nodded and motioned the twins to start running. Jasper also told Carly to hold Jalice's hand since the scenery would be blurry to her with her human-like eyes. The twins did what they were told.

I let go of A.C. "Seriously, what's the problem?"

A.C. looked down.

"Do you wanna talk about it?" I asked.

"Do we really have to?"

I sighed and shook my head.

A.C. walked away and went down her own path. I ran and caught up with Jasper and the twins. Carly was smiling since her first prey was a mountain lion. Jalice was quiet about it as usual.

Jasper walked up to me. "Where's A.C.?"

"She went down a different path," I explained.

Jasper nodded. We went on with hunting for a while and ended shortly. A.C. met us by the river. Me and everyone else jumped over it, Again, A.C. walked slowly behind us. Carly got impatient with her and started groaning. I gave her a look that clearly said, "Shut up." She was silent for once.

Jalice and Carly walked ahead. Jasper had a rock at hand. I watched as he threw it to one of the twins. Jalice caught it and threw it back. When Jasper threw it again, both of the twins collided when they tried to catch it. Jasper, the twins, and I started laughing. Jasper kept throwing the rock and it almost hit the twin's heads a few times (it's a violent game of catch you know). A.C. kept calling for me impatiently.

I ignored it.