Hey guys. I'm super duper sorry I haven't updated in a while. Luckily, school is over in about a week and then I'll be yours all summer. =]
JPOV
Bella and I hung around the phone all night, just in case Jasmine's nightmares came back. We weren't surprised when my phone rang at around 3:30 in the morning.
"Hello?"
"Hey Jazz." Edward's voice came in a sigh.
"Another nightmare?" I didn't even have to guess.
"Yeah."
"How is she?"
"Alice is calming her down." Listening closely, I could hear Jasmine's faint whimpers.
"Can I talk to her?"
"Of course." I heard Edward talking calmly to Jasmine and heard her sniffles through the phone.
"Daddy?" her voice was so small.
"Hey baby girl. You have another bad dream?" I noticed Bella, who'd been listening intently, gaining that far off look which indicated she was having a vision.
"Yeah. But it was different this time."
"How so?"
"Well this time you and momma saved me from the car, but then some mean man came and took me away. He was really strong, like you and momma, but he had scary red eyes. Then he bit my neck, and that's when I woke up."
"It's okay baby. Everything is okay."
"I'm sorry I wasn't a good soldier daddy." Her little voice broke my dead heart.
"Don't be darlin'. As far as I'm concerned, you're the bravest little soldier in the world."
"I love you daddy."
"I love you too baby girl. Can I talk to Uncle Eddie again?"
"Yes." As she went to give the phone back to Edward, Bella gasped, coming out of her vision.
"What did you see?" I asked as she sat next to me on the couch.
"Other vampires. Red eyes, black cloaks, and one had white hair." I immediately knew she was talking about the Volturi. "They're coming here."
"When?" I asked urgently.
"I don't know. Do you know who they are?" I was about to answer when Edward's voice came through the phone.
"Jasper? What's up?"
"The Volturi are coming." Bella gasped at the name. "Bella saw them."
"When?"
"She couldn't tell, can Alice see anything?" I heard his and Alice's mumbles and then silence for a minute.
"She just sees them, nothing that indicates when they'll be here." I sighed; scared of what might happen when they got here, especially since we had Jasmine.
"What are we gonna do?" he asked.
"We have to talk to Carlisle. Bring Jasmine home as soon as possible. Vampires were in her nightmare, we're going to have to tell her soon. But be calm around her, I don't want her to know we're worried about anything, she's already going through enough."
"Of course. We'll be home soon." We hung up and I turned to Bella.
"What's going on?" she asked, I could feel her fear.
"The Volturi are coming and we don't know when. We don't know how they'll react to Jasmine. And we're gonna have to tell her about us because vampires are making a little cameo appearance in her regular nightmare. It's us and some red eyed vampire that comes to take her away." Bella's eyes were wide and full of fear for our little girl. She grabbed my phone, dialing rapidly.
"Carlisle. We need you guys home. Now please, it's important." Her voice was quiet and tiny. She hung up and rested her head on my shoulder. I wrapped my arm around her waist and kissed the top of her head.
"It's gonna be okay." I whispered.
"If they hurt her-"
"I know. But no one is going to touch her. I won't let them." I said with a protective edge in my voice. Carlisle, Esme, Emmett, and Rose came running through the door.
"What's going on?" Carlisle asked, keeping his voice calm.
"Jasmine has started having dreams about vampires, including Jasper and I. We're going to have to tell her soon." Bella answered.
"Well it's about time." Emmett said, plopping down in an armchair, reaching for the remote.
"I think there's more, son." Carlisle said, taking in our serious expressions as Emmett was about to turn on the TV. They all turned to us.
"The Volturi are coming." There was a collective gasp. "We don't know when, but they are. Both Alice and Bella have seen it. Alice and Edward are on their way home with Jasmine now. We don't know how the Volturi will react to her, but we figure the less she knows the better. We're not telling her anything until after they leave." They all sat and I could feel their anxious worry.
"I think Bella should pass on her shield as well. We all know what Aro can do and we can't risk him hearing anything we don't want him to." Esme suggested and we all nodded.
We sat in silence for a while until Emmett turned on a basketball game. I kept my arm around Bella, rubbing her back soothingly and trying to keep her worry level low. She kept her head on my shoulder, breathing deeply until we heard a car heading our way. Bella and I sprang up and ran outside just as Edward was turning into the driveway. Bella had Jasmine out of the car and in her arms before Edward had even fully stopped it. I could feel her relief at holding Jasmine again.
"Hi momma! I missed you." Jasmine wrapped her arms around Bella's neck, giving her a big kiss.
"I missed you too baby. Did you have fun?" Jasmine nodded fiercely and Bella smiled. She put Jasmine down and I knelt down so she could jump into my waiting arms. I lifted her as I stood and couldn't help but smile at her childish innocence.
"How's the bravest little girl in the universe?" I asked, tickling her lightly.
"Good." She managed to say through her giggles. Once her laughter died down, she let out a huge yawn and I smiled.
"I think we should get you back to bed sweetie." Bella said, and I followed her up to Jasmine's room, which had been Emmett and Rosalie's before they moved down to the basement. Jasmine was out before she even hit the sheets and Bella sat on her bed, lightly stroking her hair while I could feel her raging swirl of emotions from worried to protective to anxious to even a little anger. I took her hand and kissed Jasmine's forehead before leading Bella out of the room.
"Come on darlin'. We have to hunt." She nodded and we told the others we were leaving and dashed out into the woods. After a few deer and a wolf on Bella's part, we headed back to the house. It was around noon and Jasmine was still asleep and the rest of us were just hanging around. Alice and Rose were reading magazines while Esme entertained herself with the newspaper and Carlisle with a medical journal. I could hear Edward on the piano while Emmett challenged me to a game of guitar hero and Bella just watched with a smile on her face. Everyone went perfectly still when we heard the doorbell ring.
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