So, i haven't updated in a while, i have been very busy. I have worked really hard on this chapter
One reason that i haven't updated is because i have had track championships! They were awesome.
But since you all probably don't care, here is chapter 11! :)
Jasper POV
Alice and I were finally in Texas. It was a week until our wedding and Alice had suggested that we come down early to situate ourselves in another environment. Of course, I agreed and had started showing her some places from my human life. Right now, we were east of Houston passing a newly built horse stables.
"That used to be where we kept our horses, but it seems like they have torn it down," I murmured as I peered at the tan building. "I had a brown one named Alex but it died when I was twelve so my parents got me another one for my thirteenth birthday named Ace," I told her as I sighed.
Alice squeezed my hand. "It seems like your family really loved you," she whispered as she looked up at me.
"They were the best," I replied as I turned us towards the stables. Alice saw where this was going and squeaked with excitement.
"Where are we going to go?" she asked happily as we walked through the door and to a man with gray hair.
"You'll see," I said to her with a smile.
I paid the man and he took us to choose a horse to ride for the next several hours. Alice pointed at a white one quickly. "That one," she said to me. The man went and got it and put a saddle on the horse Alice had chosen. He guided it out to us and handed the lead to me.
We walked the horse outside and I gestured for Alice to get on first. She shook her head and motioned for me to get on. I sent her a confused look but got on anyways. I reached down to take her hands as she put her foot through the loop. I gripped her waist and pulled her up to sit in front of me. She smiled and held onto the harness.
"I still have no idea where we are going," she told me.
"That trail right there, Alice," I told her as I pointed to the right.
I pulled on the harness twice and the horse started to trot towards the trail as I guided it. Alice's hands slid over mine and she leaned back into me. We went along the trail in silence until we came upon a small creek on the side.
I stopped the horse and hopped off quickly. I helped Alice off and walked with our hands entwined to the creek. "My friends and I would come out here almost every day after classes were over and just hang out. Sometimes all of the families would come down for a campfire and it was really fun," I murmured.
She smiled and looked at the clear water that ran through the smooth rocks. She turned her perfect gaze on me and her eyes seemed to sparkle, but there was something deeper that she was trying to hide from me. I dug deeper into her emotional base and found the source. There was a tiny pang of sadness hanging over her in a thin but noticeable wave. I looked down at her and cupped her cheek as I pulled her closer to me. "I'm sorry," I whispered.
"No, you shouldn't be. You had an amazing human life. I was just merely thinking," she told me.
I sighed, but she continued. "Maybe I don't want to know my past. The day I do find out I may wish I had never found out the truth," she said somewhat to herself as she looked away from me.
I brought her face back to look at mine. "Don't say that. There are some vampires out there that have very special abilities and it could have been mind erasing. That person could have changed you and taken your memory away. Don't blame yourself for that," I said to her.
She smiled and hugged me gently. I smiled to myself knowing that I had broken through to her. She looked back up to me and stood on her toes trying to reach my lips. I chuckled to myself as I picked her up and her legs quickly shot around my waist. Her lips then met mine and she pressed her body to my own.
"Jazz," she whispered against my lips. My hold on her tightened as the lust rolled off of her like a heavy blanket. I could feel myself slowly giving into her as she kissed me fervently. I sucked on her bottom lip and a whimper escaped her softly.
I pulled my lips away from hers and she opened her eyes and pouted at me. I chuckled as I bent my head to trail kisses down her smooth, flawless neck. She tilted her head back to give me better access as I moved my lips to the curve at the front of her neck. Her breathing hitched when I moved farther down her neck and towards her chest. Her legs tightened on me and she pulled my face back to hers. She bent her head and traced my ear with her tongue. She started to purr when my hands went under her shirt and started tracing random patterns on her stomach. She came back up and her eyes were jet black from the lust. She smiled adoringly at me and then kissed me lightly on the lips. I fixed her shirt and moved my hands to her face. "It is getting harder and harder for me to resist you. I want you so bad," I murmured as I had calmed my own emotions down and started to work on Alice's. Her eyes soon became a soft gold as serenity surrounded her.
"Then you will just have to stop trying to resist me whenever we get like this. Soon enough, you will have to give in if it drives you this insane," she whispered seductively into my ear. "Maybe you will decide to not resist me now," she suggested as she licked my ear slowly. She drew back to look at me and smiled as she threw her passion as well as my own back at me. She leaned her forehead against mine and she flickered her eyes shut. She let out her wind-chime laugh as her eyes opened again and met mine. "Please?" she murmured softly as one of her fingers ran slowly down my face and rested on my bottom lip.
"Or I can just keep my hands off of you until next Wednesday. I may be able to do it," I said as I dropped my hands away from her. The smile on her face faded and turned into a sad frown.
"No, you can't be serious," she moaned as she hugged herself to me. I chuckled as she reached for my hands and kissed them. She growled as she saw all the playfulness on my face. "Don't joke like that Jasper Whitlock," she reprimanded me but I would have taken it more seriously if she wasn't laughing.
"I don't think I could keep my hands off you for a week, baby let alone a day," I murmured as I placed my hands on her waist. Her eyes gleamed beautifully as she looked at me. I kissed her softly and then pulled away.
"Good," she murmured as she melted into me. Then we both turned our heads as we heard laughter. There were two kids walking along the trail. I set her down quickly and beckoned for her to follow me. She took my hand and we walked down towards the bank.
She giggled quietly as I pushed her down and she folded herself on a rock. I joined her and we sat in silence as the two kids passed by. Alice's eyes were on the water as it swirled by. She took her shoe off and put her toes in the water. She smiled as the water rippled around her foot.
I stood up as the two kids were nowhere to be seen but Alice stayed where she was. "Alice?" I asked as I turned to look at her. She turned to me and grabbed her shoe. I turned back around and started to walk up the bank but stopped when I heard a loud splash and a thump followed by a fit of laughter. I turned to see that she had slipped and fallen into the water.
"Oops" she said as she stood up. I walked up to her and looked over her then got her shoe and put it on her foot easily. I stood up and took her hand to guide her away from the bank. Her hair was plastered to her head and her clothes were soaked.
I chuckled and then stopped as she glared at me teasingly. "I'm sorry, love. Do you want to head back so you can get cleaned up?" I asked as I took her hand.
"Yes" she replied sweetly. We got on the horse and we soon ended up back at the stables. We returned the horse and left the place.
The hotel we were staying at was maybe half a mile away. Peter and Charlotte were with us but were staying in the room beside us. As we arrived at the hotel, we quickly went up to our room. Alice unlocked the door and stepped inside and turned on the lights. I shut the door behind us as a light tap on the connector door sounded and Alice went to open it.
"We were wondering why you two were gone for so long, we started to think that you had gotten into some trouble…" Charlotte's voice trailed off as she got a good look at Alice. Peter came to stand beside Charlotte and they both came into our room. "What have you two been up to?" Charlotte asked skeptically.
I walked up to stand behind Alice as she replied. "Nothing really, Jasper has been showing me around and we got to ride a horse," she said as she smiled. I wrapped my arms around her waist and smiled as well. The two continued to look at us confused and then Alice continued. "Oh that, I fell in a creek," she said.
Peter and Charlotte chuckled for a moment and rolled their eyes. "Alright, well we are going hunting," Peter said to us. We both nodded and then they were gone and their door clicked shut to the hallway.
After a moment Alice turned in my arms. "They thought we had done something else" she murmured as a laugh erupted from her. I laughed as I registered what she meant. She kissed me on the cheek and then danced away from my grasp.
I followed her into the bedroom part of the hotel and folded myself on the edge of the bed. She rummaged through her suitcase to pick out a new pair of clothes to wear. She chose something simple probably realizing that we wouldn't be going anywhere for the rest of day. She slid off her shoes and walked into the bathroom in between the two rooms. The door shut and water immediately rushed against the glass frame of the shower.
Out of the corner of my left eye I saw the black sketchbook that Alice had brought along with us; the one that I didn't like at all. I turned my gaze towards it and stood up. "Alice, can I see your notebook?" I asked knowing she would hear what I was seating perfectly fine.
"Sure," was all she answered as she continued to shower in the bathroom. I walked over to the book and grabbed it. Sitting back on the bed again, I started to scan through the book.
The first picture was of a clearing that seemed familiar to me. There weren't a lot of trees but enough to where the sun was somewhat patchy. I knew instantly that this was where I used to be when I was with Maria.
I turned the page and frowned at the next picture. This picture sent chills down my spine. It was a picture of her. It was her face with that same demonic grin on her face that never meant anything good.
I continued to turn through the book and finally settled on a more peaceful picture. Alice was sitting in my lap and my arms were securely around her waist. My lips were at her neck and her neck was tilted slightly upward into the curve in my neck. We both had smiles on our faces and just by looking at her I knew she was very content.
I noticed that the water was off now and I looked up as the door to the small room opened. Alice walked over to me as she tried to dry her hair with a white towel. I smiled up at her and she came to sit next to me. She looked down at the picture before me and smiled even wider.
It was my turn to get off the bed and clean myself up from earlier. I picked out a random set of clothes when Alice was at my side. "No, this one" she murmured as she rummaged through my suitcase and pulled out a dark blue T-shirt. I shrugged and took it from her and went into the bathroom.
It didn't take me long to shower. I quickly dressed in the clothes on the floor and dried my hair. I combed through my hair and then opened up the door. I put the messed up clothes in the second compartment of my bag and walked out the back room where Alice was.
She was lying on the bed with her eyes closed. I then walked up to the bed and sat down next to my still love. She opened one of her eyes and smiled as she popped the other open as well. Alice tugged my hand, wanting me to lie down with her. I did so and she curled her body up against my side. I stroked her cheek lovingly as she took my other hand.
I pulled her up on top of me and enveloped my arms around her small body. Alice sighed as she moved her head up to gaze at me with her striking gold eyes. My eyes dropped down to hers and we shared a silent conversation. I pulled my eyes away from her intense gaze and beamed at her. She kissed my chin delicately and I ran my fingers through her hair. She rested her head on my chest and steadied her breath to the breaths and movement of my own chest. I cuddled her closer to me as she turned around in her arms. Her head slowly leaned into the crook in my shoulder and her face was turned towards mine. I could feel the love and calmness that was radiating off of her. Her hand found its way to my arm and she stroked the bare and ragged skin along my arm. Her hand would stop in its normal spot, right below my elbow, to gradually trace a deep scar. She circled it gently and felt the torn skin on it. Her curiosity would always spike as it did now when touched this scar. This was the scar that she knew the most but at the same time knew the least about.
Her curiosity finally gave in, "Jasper?" she asked me quietly.
"Mmm," I replied as I closed my eyes and enjoyed her presence so close to me.
"Where did you get this?" she asked timidly as she circled the spot once again.
I sighed in frustration, not because of her but because of my past that had caused this. I knew she would be upset about how I got this particular bite. "This bite I had not received in a fight" I paused and held her tighter against me as she cringed at the word. "Maria had given it to me for not doing away with a handful of newborns that she had instructed me to kill. I had let them run away because I didn't want to feel their pain as they were put through hell by me. I knew that she would find out soon enough, and I also knew that she wouldn't care what excuses I had for not killing them because it would always end up the same way," I finished and winced at remembering the pain that had been sent with that bite and the weakness that followed soon after. That was definitely my worst bite out of all of the scars that I had.
Alice hugged me and sat up on me, her legs straddling my core. Her eyes were clouded as I could tell that there was a lingering question that was set in her mind. "Did she…ever try to…kill you?" she asked in a barely audible whisper. She took my hands and I sat up to cross my legs so she could fit perfectly in my lap.
"On one occasion, yes" I murmured as Alice pulled me to her. "Peter and I had spared Charlotte and she knew immediately. It was two against one so she backed down after a while. That was the month that the three of us left," I told her.
A small growl came from her throat and I rubbed her back soothingly. "It's alright, babe," I murmured into her hair. We sat in silence for a handful of minutes.
I kissed her on the lips to wipe away her worry and it worked almost immediately. She kissed me back and tangled her fingers in my hair. Her lips pulled away and she just held her head against mine.
"Jasper," she whispered. I looked at her as she pulled back and took my hand. She rubbed a random scar on my hand and looked into my eyes. "I love you and I will never hurt you," she spoke softly to me, "not like what Maria did to you."
"I know you won't, and neither will I," I said back to her as I touched her nose with my finger. "I love you too," I answered her.
Once again a simple question or conversation had turned into a step up in our relationship that already felt perfect to the both of us. We always seemed to be learning about something new about each other all the time and it intrigued me how much it strengthened our relationship. We both cared for the other equally. It was as if we shared the same mind set and feelings. The only way to explain it was that we were two halves of the same whole.
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