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Chapter Eleven: Carlisle, Edward, and Bella Oh My!

I got up and went downstairs. I knew Bella had decided to temporarily shield everyone's minds. So Edward wouldn't freak us out by answering questions that we'd only thought. 'We', of course, meant Jasper and I. Garrett and Kate were used to it by now. I walked into the living room where they were seated. Smiling, I sat down.

"Hi. I'm Alice. Jasper's asleep upstairs at the moment. Thank you for coming Carlisle. And it's nice to meet you Bella, Edward." I greeted.

"No problem. We heard you killed James. He hunted Bella while she was human. He had a strange habit of hunting vampires' mates." Carlisle answered with a grin.

"Oh. How I wish I could have been the one to kill him." Edward commented, an angry glint in his eyes.

"Trust me, if he'd gotten away with killing Jasper and I, like he'd wanted, he would have then gone to your family. Namely to you, actually, and have you kill him." I told him. He gave me a puzzled look.

"What do you mean? Why?" he questioned.

"I gave Kate and Garrett the go ahead to kill Victoria. He wanted revenge. He knew you'd never gotten over the fact that he'd hunted you wife." I replied. Comprehension dawned on Edward's features and he subconsciously pulled Bella closer to him. I decided it was time to reveal my gift. I saw Bella asking if I was going to change Jasper and Carlisle requesting to see him. I turned to both of them.

"Yes I'm going to change Jasper, Bella. And yes, you may see him Carlisle. Follow me." I said, getting up and motioning up the stairs. They gawked at me. I saw Edward ask if I was a mind reader. I turned to him.

"No. I'm not a mind reader. I can see the future depending on decisions. So, I know that you are a mind reader, that your wife is a mental shield and currently shielding everyone here, and that Carlisle has great compassion. I've seen the rest of your family and their gifts." I explained.

After a few more minutes of staring, Carlisle got up and started up the stairs. I followed closely behind him. I entered the room and Jasper sat up, blinking at the light streaming in from the hall. I walked over and sat down next to him. He looked at me, exhaustion on his face.

"Ali? What's going on? Why the early rising?" he asked.

"Carlisle is here. He wanted to see you. We didn't mean to wake you up yet. He just wanted to see your neck." I reassured him.

Jasper yawned hugely and got out of bed. He walked into the bathroom, grabbing a change of clothes on the way. When he came back, he flipped on the bedroom light and sat down in my lap. I laughed and pulled him down to kiss his cheek. We were distracted by three figures entering the room. Bella, Edward, and Carlisle.

"Hello, Jasper. I'm Carlisle. This is Edward and Bella. They fell in love when Bella was human and wanted to see how other similar couples handled the relationship. Why, I still don't understand. But, it's them after all. I guess I'm not supposed to." Carlisle stated.

He walked over to us sat down on the chair next to the bed. Jasper laughed and got up out of my lap. He shook Carlisle's ice-cold hand and then sat back down on the bed. Bella and Edward came over and greeted him. After they'd introduced themselves, they went out into the hall. I stayed in the room with Carlisle and Jasper. Carlisle was now asking Jasper various questions while taking off the loose bandaging I'd put on his arm.

"I wasn't sure if he'd need stitches. I went to medical school once, but I'm not smart enough to be a doctor. I got a bit bored with it all. He got the cut on a rusty fence. He said he's had his tetanus shot, so I wasn't as worried about that." I said to Carlisle. Jasper grimaced and I stroked his hand soothingly. Carlisle looked at Jasper's arm for a few minutes.

"I think I'll stitch that up just to make things easier. The bruising isn't as bad as it could be considering it was a vampire who grabbed you. Though it certainly doesn't help things. It should fade in time. I'll also give you some antibiotics to help fight that infection. And your neck looks like it'll heal up in a couple weeks tops." Carlisle told Jasper, finishing up his assessment. He left to get his bag and Jasper groaned.

"I was hoping to avoid the stitches." He said to me.

"Why? Don't like needles?" I inquired.

"No, it's not that. Needles I can handle. It's just the idea of stitching. As in, like, thread. I know it's dissolving, but still…I don't like those, that's all." He verified. I smiled sympathetically.

"Well, like you said, the stitches dissolve. So you won't need to have them out at least." I comforted. Jasper shuddered and I held his hand.

Carlisle came back in and got to work; first cleaning up and deadening the area, then proceeding to the actual stitching. Jasper shut his eyes and held onto my hand the entire time. He would shudder slightly every now and then. In return, I'd give his hand a gentle squeeze. Carlisle took care to not stitch where the bruising was particularly bad. Ten minutes later, Carlisle finished up and left the room. I told him we'd be down later. Jasper lay back on the bed and motioned for me to lie next to him. I did and he wrapped his good arm around me.

"Thank you, Alice. For everything. I love you. You're the best thing that ever happened to me." He told me. His voice was soft and filled with love. I smiled up at him.

"I think you've got it wrong. I was starting to lose hope that you'd ever come to me. I'm glad you finally did, even if it wasn't under the best circumstances." I stated, my voice equal to his. We kissed and then I stroked his hair as he fell into a deep sleep.

A few hours later, Jasper woke and we went downstairs. Carlisle was in the kitchen talking on the phone with his wife, Esme. I saw that Bella had stopped shielding our minds. She and Edward were currently down by the lake nearby. My neck was back to normal, thankfully. Jasper and I decided to visit with Carlisle for a bit. We talked about our relationship and I told him about my visions.

"Well, we'd love to have you in our family." Carlisle was saying. "I know that Jasper will want to go to his hometown one more time so here's our number. Come when you're ready."

"Thank you. We can't wait. Jasper will be a vampire when we join you. We'll fit in easier that way." I answered, putting the phone number Carlisle had given me into my contacts in my cell phone.

Just then, Edward and Bella entered the room. They were both gazing into each other's eyes and grinning like love struck teenagers. Which, physically, they were. Jasper gagged and I turned to give him a quizzical look.

"What they're feeling right now…ugh. There's so much adoration that it's disgusting! Kind of. I'm going to go for a walk." He told me before running out the door as fast as he could.

"What was that about?" Bella inquired.

"Um, well, it's just…Jasper can get a good sense of people's emotions and I think he got a bit too much of yours." I answered awkwardly, but slightly amused. Both Edward and Bella looked embarrassed. Carlisle laughed.

"So. What is your relationship like? Did Jasper have to beg and plead with you to agree to turn him? Or did you just agree right away?" Bella asked after a few minutes of awkward silence.

She glanced over at Edward who'd gone stony faced. Uh oh. This isn't a good subject. Dangerous territory here! Um…how am I supposed to answer? With the truth, I guess. I cleared my throat.

"Well, Jasper didn't exactly have to beg and plead. I agreed immediately. But I have my conditions. He has to know everything about vampires. The fact that it's not always easy to control the thirst. That he can't absolutely hate himself if he slips up because it happens to all of us. That he's going to have to deal with whatever enhancement he gets and that sometimes those aren't pleasant. Things like that." I told them. Bella turned to glare at Edward.

"I still don't know why you couldn't see that I loved you more than anything. Even though I don't believe your theory on the fact we don't have souls, if you were right, I'd still want to be with you. I'm pretty dang sure Jasper feels the same about Alice. And Alice understands that. But did you? Nooo. You somewhat do now, but it took me ten darn years to drill it into your brain! And you're a vampire!" she ranted, marching up to Edward and getting in his face. Edward cowered against the wall, looking up at Bella nervously.

"Love, I'm sorry for that. Please, can we leave this in the past? Remember, Alice has conditions just like I did. Not the exact same ones, but still." He defended.

I laughed and left them to their arguing. I found Jasper's scent and started following it. I found him leaning against a tree. He was looking into the forest and I smiled at the sight. He looked so peaceful, so at ease. I came up and touched his elbow. He turned to look at me.

"Are you ready to go home? I'm sure you miss it." I asked. He smiled at me.

"Yes. I'm ready. But, what are we going to do? It's a rather big mess there. And I don't know how I'd explain my injuries or the reason why you grabbed me and ran. And the apartment? I don't know what we could possibly do about that." He said.

I thought for a minute. I decided we'd just see what happens. As soon as I made that decision, I got a vision. Jasper and I were standing there faking exhaustion and weakness. There were reporters everywhere. We were being interviewed. We'd told everyone that there'd been a murderer after Jasper and I'd been trying to help him escape because he was a friend I'd met in the past few weeks. He'd told me about everything but wasn't sure what to do. Several people questioned where the murderer was now. We said he'd drowned in a lake we were swimming in. That said murderer had given Jasper his injuries. A reporter came up and asked if we were dating. We grinned at our clasped hands and answered absolutely. The vision ended. I turned and smiled at Jasper.

"I just got a vision. We'll be fine. I'll end up making up some crazy story about how James was a murderer, which he was, and that you'd told me about him. Then I'd run with you to help you. They'll believe it and we'll end up announcing ourselves together." I reassured. Jasper grinned and together we walked back to the house.

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