thanks all for being so wonderful! :) Things have been a bit rough for me lately having a newborn, a dog, writers block, and my husband being deployed. so thank you for sticking with me! I wont abandon this story it means to much to me so just bare with me! Here is chapter 11! Smeyer owns all except for Nevaeh and Zander They are all mine! :)
Previously
"Better now that your here Darlin'. You feelin' better now?"
"As a matter of fact I am. We need to go though jazz. That scentless Vampire came and found me I've been talking to him for the last 5 or 10 minutes and he has some information for us on Maria. He's waiting for us. He's pretty cool and has a weird power but I will explain all that later! Text Peter and Char to let them know we will be bringing a guest with us." I told him jumping down to the ground.
"Before you say it, I know that we can trust him, everything he told me was the truth and he even stopped blocking his thoughts from me. If you're still not sure after we talk to him we will ask him to leave but I have this weird feeling that he will be staying with us." As soon as I finished talking I was hit with a vision of Nevaeh and Zander...THEY ARE MATES! oh this is great! I cant wait until they meet! I'll call her as soon as we are done talking!
I looked over at Jasper with the biggest smile on my face and took off running back to Zander. Nevaeh has been wondering so long about her Mate and now she will finally have him! He was sitting in the place I left him. I walked over to him and waited for Jasper to catch up.
"My Mate will be here in a minute he's calling some friends to let them know you're coming with us." Just then Jasper appeared in front of me and gave me a quick kiss. He finally looked at Zander and both of them froze.
Jasper POV
I was extremely weary of this Vampire Bella was talkin' about, not only because he was unknown but also because when I texted Peter to tell him he said that he already knew and that this was going to be an "interesting reunion" whatever the hell that means. Reunion? That meant I already knew whoever this was but for the life of me...or un-life, I couldn't figure out who it was. I don't ever remember knowing a vampire with no scent and I remember everything. I ran as fast as I could back to Bella because I didn't want to leave her alone for longer than I have to. I gave her a quick kiss and then looked to the vampire standing next to her and froze.
"Major Whitlock? I'm sorry sir I didn't know she was your Mate or I wouldn't have approached her first." He rushed out. I knew him, how could I forget? He has a scent he can just mask it to seem like there isn't one. Zander.
"It's alright Zander. I know you mean no harm...what are you doin' here?" I asked him. Zander has always been one for self preservation so if he's here the he has good reason.
"Um...hate to interrupt but how do you guys know each other? My patients is wearing thin boys..." Damn I forgot she was here for a second.
"Well darlin', Zander and I go pretty far back...I've helped him and he's helped me over the years. We met when I first left Maria and was staying with Peter and Charlotte, but he knew me by reputation before that."
"Ok I guess that's enough information for right now but I expect you to show me the story later Jasper, I don't like surprises." Bella said and started walking away.
"Alright, well why don't we head to the house so you can tell us what ya know? I know you know my Mate by reputation as you know me by mine so lets try not to irritate her for both our sakes." I said taking off after Bella.
I don't know why she was upset with me but I had to fix it soon. I sighed this was going to be a long night...Hell its already been a long night. When we got back to the house Peter and Charlotte were already waiting on the front porch for us.
"Took y'all long enough! We were about to come lookin' for ya." Peter smiled. When I got close enough to him he leaned over and whispered so only I could hear him. "Bells is pretty pissed at ya and I know you don't know why but she hates to be treated like she ain't there. You're gonna have some apologizin' to do Major. Now I know she's overreactin' but she feels that since you're her Mate you should be the one person to never do that to her." He clapped his hand on my shoulder and walked inside.
We all got settled around the living room and looked at Zander giving him our attention so he would start telling us what he knew. He took a deep un-needed breath and began.
"I was traveling through Australia since I hadn't been there in years and caught the scent of some other Vampires, I was curious so I followed their scent but I stayed in the shadows. They were in an ally talking low and fast. One said that he was recruiting vampires with special abilities for his mistress Maria and that he wanted to offer this other vampire, James, a position in her army..." he was cut off by a growl from Bella. I turned and looked to her wondering why.
"James? James? Tall, blond, in need of a bath, JAMES? Oh this should be good." Bella hissed. It didn't take me long to realize this was her maker Zander was talking about. An involuntary hiss escaped my mouth. I killed him once I would do it again! Peter shot us a look obviously wondering what was going on.
"Sorry, please continue." I said ignoring Peter and Char's looks.
"Right. Well James asked why she was creating and recruiting vampires, how she knew of his power, and what the other vampires name was. He said his name was Jonathan and that his power was to locate other powers so that's how Maria knew of him. As to why she was building an army, he said she was going to get revenge on a few people and then take the fight to the Volturi but the first stop would be to get her "god of war" back. I immediately knew he was talking about you, Major. I also realized sometime ago that if it were just down to you and her, you would destroy her before she knew what was happening. She is too confident but she doesn't realize that while you were with her there were others to help keep you subdued. Is that right? " Zander asked.
"Yes. While I was there she had a vampire that could immobilize you just by thinkin' about you. It was extremely useful for her when she wanted to punish me because it didn't cut off your senses it just froze you so to speak, but it only worked on one person at a time." I told him.
"I thought so, anyways, I knew I had to come find you and tell you what I heard and possibly offer my help. I may not care for the Volturi but if this Maria was in control our world it would be bad news. So what's the plan?" He asked.
I watched as Bella got that "vision" look and told every one to be quiet.
"Bella. Darlin'. What are you seeing?" A small smirk on her face while she watched whatever she was seeing.
"I think it would be wonderful if you stayed and helped Zander, plus I have someone I want you to meet! She should be here in about 5 minutes but I have to tell you she knows the bear minimum of what I do so please don't say anything. The less she knows the better for her safety. She doesn't even know that I'm the "Queen of destruction". I do it to keep her safely away from the Volturi and from others in my past." He nodded and I felt his acceptance at what she had said.
"So Zander, why don't you tell the others about yourself and what you've been up to?" I suggested knowing we had some time.
"Right well. As you know Jasper I was turned in 1971 in Australia. I was walking home from a pub with my mates and when we parted ways I was grabbed from behind. I was fuckin' terrified. Whoever it was, was built like a brick shithouse! I couldn't move and I knew that struggling was useless. All of a sudden I felt them bite my neck and the burning started. Well 3 days later i wake up alone, in a cave, and have no idea what i am or who did it to me. The rest as they say is history." He finished shrugging.
"You never figured out who turned you?" Bella asked.
"Nope. Haven't got clue, but whoever it was bloody well watch out if i ever do meet them! I had a fiancé. I'm pretty sure that's why I was out with me mates, you know having a bachelor party...but I can't really remember much anymore." Bella just shook her head obviously seeing his faded memories.
(POV switch) Bella-
It was so sad. His memories were pretty faded but he could still recall her face and the way she smelled. Well he wont be sad about her for much longer! About 2 more minutes!
"Zander I know you probably know this already but please don't hunt around here. We can't have people disappearing while we live here. Myself, Peter, or Charlotte will take you to hunt just let us know when you need to. Since you will be coming with us I will ask that you don't change your diet just yet. It will be imperative that we are all at our strongest or i see things not going well for us. You will understand in about 1 minute why I'm saying this." He merely nodded.
We just sat for that minute in comfortable silence. Finally I heard Nevaeh coming and I was practically buzzing. She walked into the living room and looked at me.
'Sorry do i need to leave? I thought you would be finished talking to Jasper by now but it seems tense in here.' she thought to me.
"Nevaeh, you're not interrupting anything don't worry. Peter and Charlotte got here a little while ago and we were just getting to know our new friend here." I gestured toward Zander and she looked to where he was sitting. They both froze for a second but Zander recovered first and went over to her.
"Hello! The names Zander. Its nice to meet you ma'am." Zander held his hand out to shake it.
"I'm Nevaeh, its nice to meet you too." She took his hand and they seemed to freeze again. I knew they were feeling a electrical like buzzing when their hands touched. I looked at Peter, Char, and Jasper and looked toward the door. They understood and we all left the house to give them some privacy.
"Well we are gonna go explore the town. Y'all have fun." Peter winked at me and then they were gone. I just shook my head and walked over to Jasper.
"Hey cowboy, ya wanna take a walk with me?" I asked batting my eyes at him. My irritation with him had vanished really quickly.
"Sure thing darlin'." He said smirking at me and shot me a wave of lust.
He pulled me to him and gave me a searing kiss. I felt like I could turn into a puddle of goo right there. He pulled back and looked at me.
" I love you darlin', always remember that. There are things in my past that I didn't think was relevant to tell you because they are small things but I'm sorry you were upset earlier about Zander. I'm not goin' to be able to tell you everything I've done and everyone I've met it, would just take too long but i promise anythin' that's important you will know. Forgive me?" He asked giving me puppy dog eyes. It was so damn cute.
"That's not exactly why I was upset Jazz. I know you've been around a lot longer than I have and that it would be hard to tell me everything...its going to sound stupid and childish and I see now, that's exactly what it is." I stopped I really didn't want to say anything now.
"Aw come on sweetness, you can tell me I promise I wont laugh or anythin'."
"Well its just that for the first time I feel like its equal. I've never had that before and when you and Zander pretty much ignored my existence it hurt. It made me think about when I was human and I'm not that person anymore. I'm not insecure, I'm the fucking "Queen of destruction" for fucks sake. I'm shown respect by even the Volturi and...yea told you it was stupid. There's something I need to tell you but if I do it means that you can't be at your house without me around, you'll understand after I tell you."
"It is pretty stupid but I love everything about you so it doesn't matter. I will try to be more mindful ok? Now what do you have to tell me?"
"Hold on I need to make sure we're alone." I scanned the surrounding area for any thoughts and got none. I decided to check the future to make sure we wouldn't be caught off guard and again there was nothing except a short vision of Emmett. It looked like he was hiding under a bed or something and he was singing "Monsters" by Matchbook Romance. Well that was weird. I guess I would find out about that sooner or later! I shook my head.
"Alright so please don't be mad at me and you can't say anything to anyone because its the only way to get the answers I need. That's why I didn't tell you. I remember Alice and Edward..."
(POV change) Jasper
Did she really just say that? She remembered them. I'm so confused right now.
"What do you mean you remember them? You never forgot about them did you?" I was shocked but curious more than anything.
"Never forgot them. I wanted to mess with them a little bit and see into their minds about my reappearance. I wasn't going to keep it up long, just long enough to see their reactions but the things I did hear from their minds made me realize that somehow they changed everything to benefit themselves. I caught Alice's thoughts at school and she was thinking about her and Edward being together, it didn't bother me but from what I could get from her thoughts they have been together a lot longer than anybody knew."
I walked over to a tree and jumped up to sit on a branch. She came up with me and continued I couldn't believe what I was hearin'. I suspected something wasn't right with them but fuck!
" I got the feeling that they were together even when WE were with them so I decided to find out. When I saw all of you Alice kept thinking "she can't be alive! Didn't we do everything right?" that made me even more curious. Edward was as confused as she was. I've been shielding everyone from them when I'm at your house and constantly keep tabs on their minds. Alice followed me home to talk to me after our hunting trip the entire time she was talking she was thinking about how Eddie boy sent her to make sure I really didn't remember them. Can you see why I'm acting like I don't remember them? Plus its fun messing with Edward, his ego has taken quite a blow thinking I have no idea who he is!" She laughed.
"I understand Bella but why didn't you tell me sooner? Um but since we're on the subject... I've loved you since you were human and found out that you were my Mate after you disappeared. Peter told me and he also said that Alice and Edward knew. I ran back to the Cullen's house and confronted them, none of the others knew until I busted in and started yellin'. I would have ripped them to shreds if it weren't for Carlisle and Esme. I didn't think they would appreciate it much. They kicked the two of them out of the house but for some reason they let them come back. Now I find this out and I want to kill them even more now for taking my Mate away from me. From what it sounds like trying to get rid of you!" I was shakin' I was so mad!
"Calm down Major." She put her hand on my chest. "We will find out what's going on don't worry. I want answers and I'm going to get them! Then when we find out I want Eddie boy!" She growled it was the sexiest thing when she was pissed.
"Good but I can't promise you that I will let you take him. If I get my hands on him first you will just have to settle for Alice." I told her smiling viciously.
"Come on cowboy I want to go to your house and see everyone. Maybe I can even get some information out of Eddie and Alice's minds while we're there." She grabbed my hand and started in the direction of my house.
We got to the house in record time and Emmett and Rose were sittin' outside. They were feelin' pretty pissed.
"What's got your panties in a twist?" I asked when we got to them.
"Eddie boy and the pixie are driving us insane asking why Bells is shielding us when she's around." Em said.
"We told them that she must think that we need a break from having them in our heads but they think we are all plotting against them somehow so we decided to sit out here until it was time for school."
SHIT! I completely forgot about school with everything that's been going on. By the look on Bella's face so did she.
'Darlin' you need to send a text to peter and then one to Nevaeh to let them know we have school. I completely forgot about it.'
'I will do that right now. I forgot too, there's just so much going on.' I heard her mentally sigh.
"You guys want to come back to my house with us? You can hang out there until school and plus there's someone you guys should meet since he's gonna be staying." Bella said.
"Sure Bells! We will meet you there! You should probably go say hey to Esme while Jazz man changes his clothes." Em told her. With that they took off towards Em's jeep and we headed inside. Esme was already waitin' for us. I gave her a quick hug and kiss on the cheek and went up to change.
(POV change) Bella
"Hey Esme!" I called as I watched as Jasper run upstairs. The way his ass looks in those jeans of his would have killed me if I were human!
"Bella dear! I didn't think I would be seeing you around here for awhile!" Esme said giving me a hug.
"Why do you say that Esme?"
"Oh because I know you and Jasper have discovered you were Mates and I just figured that you would be enjoying your time together." She said flippantly, while she moved to a table to re-arrange some flowers, but I could tell there was more to it than that.
'Not to mention all the tension that's been in this house ...I just wish they would leave us alone already. I have no idea what possessed them to do this. Oh dear! I must keep my mind on other things...' She started thinking about her and Carlisle's first wedding so I stopped listening to her thoughts. I have no doubt in my mind that Edward and Alice are the reason for her thoughts though.
"Oh well we have been spending time together and getting to know each other better but i missed all of you! I've gone so long without you all in my life that now that I have you back I'm going to do my best to spend some time with everyone! I just wanted to say hi before we had to go to school though! I hear Jazz coming so we will see you later! Um Esme? Where are Eddie and Ali? Rose and Em said they were here but I don't hear or smell them."
"They went for a quick hunt after Rosalie and Emmett left. Have a good day at school dear!"
"Ok Bye Esme!" I called just as Jasper came down the stairs. I took his hand and we headed for my house.
'Jazz I think this whole Edward and Alice thing is bigger than we thought. Esme's thoughts were interesting. She was thinking about how she just wished they would leave them alone. She never said Edward or Alice but she said she had to 'keep her mind on other things' that was all I could get though. We need to be really careful around them I think.'
_End of chapter
You guys have been amazing thank you so much for hanging in there with me! I know not a whole lot happened in this chapter but it will pick up again in the next one hopefully! Again i say I will not abandon this story I'm still trying to get over this stupid writers block!
