Possibilities
Jasper P.O.V
I stared at Bella's shaking form and wondered what could have triggered her powers. There was a huge rush of fear, and then she collapsed. I caught her and she smiled, and then fell unconscious. The strange haze leaked out of her mouth, which then formed into Carlisle's shape. It got clearer and clearer, and then he sat up, breathing deeply.
He jumped to the same conclusions as Edward, and looked disappointed in me. Then Bella opened her beautiful eyes, and I explained to a shocked Carlisle about Bella's powers and our problem.
Not that it was a problem. It was just hard for me to get my head round. I'd probably thought about it when I was human, but I'd accepted that it was impossible after years of being a vampire. Now, everything was different.
I felt his pang of longing and pain as he realised Esme wasn't there. I'd have to ask Bella about that later.
"So… Bella can reincarnate people and is pregnant." Carlisle summarised. "You're one of a kind Bella!" he said with a kind smile. "But Jasper, can you explain to me how Edward can't read your mind??" he continued.
"I honestly have no idea." I admitted.
Carlisle's wave of disappointment hit me, and I felt automatically guilty.
"Carlisle, it's not Jasper's fault!!" Bella said sharply.
"Now that's interesting…" Carlisle trailed off.
Carlisle P.O.V
Why was I still surprised by my family's antics?? I had lived in a house with five- well now three and a half hormonal teenage vampires!! Now I was the only adult… gulp!! I'd always known Bella would be special in some way, but this was fascinating. And speaking of fascinating, how could Bella feel my emotions?? That was Jasper's power, wasn't it?? And why couldn't Edward read Jasper's mind?? Then it hit me- they must have gained some of each others powers when they, well…
I'd always thought Edward and Bella were made for each other, so how had Bella ended up pregnant and with Jasper?? Jasper seemed shocked somehow. I guessed it must be the hormones coming from Bella. Speaking of hormones, how far gone was she??
"Bella, when did you first start feeling strange??" I asked.
"Weirdly enough, I don't." Bella replied.
"Jasper??" I ventured.
"She's been feeling tired and extremely hungry for the last few days. It's actually been quite difficult for me to be around her. But when she fell asleep yesterday I panicked, Google-d her symptoms and the first things that came up were human diseases. Then I looked at the bottom of the page and "Pregnancy" jumped out at me. Then I realised it might be possible."
"Okay. Speaking of hungry, do you mind if I go hunting?? I'm starved!!" I asked
"Sure" said Bella and Jasper at the same time. They laughed and looked at each other lovingly.
I smiled at them as I left. I was actually pretty hungry, but mostly giving myself time to make sense of it all. Where was Edward anyway?? And why wasn't Bella feeling anything?? And why was my phone ringing?? And why did I even have my phone?!
"Hello, Carlisle Cullen, how may I help you??" I said politely into the phone.
"Hello Carlisle, you can help me by passing on my regards to your son. I hope he's happy with himself!!" Tanya said coldly.
"Ah Tanya. How's Edward holding up??" I asked hesitantly.
"As well as to be expected when you find your brother standing over your fiancée's corpse!! Then you realise the scum changed her into a vampire!!" she snarled.
"Number one, Jasper didn't change Bella. Number two, please don't insult my family. And number three give Edward my regards, but tell him I'd like to speak to him in future. Also give my regards to Carmen, Elezar, Kate and Irina. Whether you accept mine is entirely your choice. Goodbye" I said pleasantly, then put the phone down.
I walked home, annoyed.
Jasper P.O.V
"Brace yourself, Carlisle's annoyed." I announced to Bella. She giggled.
"I know!! I can feel it!! I just can't imagine that!!" she laughed.
"Get ready" I warned her as Carlisle returned.
"Would either of you like to explain why I've just had an angry call from Tanya??" he enquired.
"Well what I'd like to know is why Bella can feel your emotions." I added.
"I have a theory about that actually." he confessed. "I think that when you and Bella… got together, some of your powers rubbed off on the other person. An S.T.P if you get what I mean."
Bella exploded into laughter beside me. After two solid minutes of laughing, I decided to calm things down.
"A what??" She gasped through giggles.
"A sexually transmitted power." Carlisle continued calmly.
Bella had sobered up a bit by then.
"Could they also be transmitted by, well… bites??" I asked anxiously.
"Possibly. There's a way to find out for certain…" He trailed off at the expression on my face.
"Carlisle, No!!" I almost shouted. "You don't know what it's like. It's possibly even worse than the human one!! Your body tries to fight the venom and it's like… it's like…" I trailed off in a whisper as I relived my memories, trying to find a word to sum up the fiery pain. This was the first time I'd ever talked about it to anyone. Bella put her arms around me and Carlisle felt remorse.
"Jasper, I'm sorry I made you say that. It was a stupid idea anyway. But there is another way to test." He continued.
I looked up hopefully, knowing there were other possibilities.
"You could try Bella's power, and try and bring someone back…" I felt his glimmer of hope at seeing Esme again, and realised I really missed her.
I looked at Bella's face and felt a new determination.
"What do I do??" I asked.
