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Unimaginable Outcomes
A/N: If you have any questions or comments, post them in my reviews and I will answer them in my next Author's Note at the bottom of the chapter! Enjoy! - Bella'Xo
Chapter 12
(Jasper's POV)
I couldn't bear to be apart from my mate after her life had come so close to ending. It just wasn't possible for me and my instincts were screaming at me to take her in my arms and hold her, but until we explained everything to her later on tonight, I couldn't just pop up in her room and act as a true vampire would towards their mate while in our position.
So instead, I kept a close eye on her, following her and her father and sister back to their house and hid outside of her window in the large spruce tree. I ran parallel to the Chief's police cruiser as they whipped past all of the trees, hiding myself from the three human's views. I hid my amusement as they pulled up into their tiny driveway before the Chief revealed to the girls that he had told their mother about the almost accident and that they needed to call and talk to her. I observed in rapid fascination as my darling little mate curled up on her pillow-top bed and write in her diary, making the cutest little expressions, only to be interrupted by her twin sister. And I held my breath in anticipation as Isabella questioned her twin about our family and tried to draw information out of her. I was pleasantly surprised when Natalie curved the truth regarding me having mentioned something to her concerning us vampires. It was from that point on that I knew that no matter her reaction to what we would reveal to her tonight, that she would be trustworthy and keep the secret without mentioning it to any other human.
I had sent a text message earlier to Rosalie, asking her if she could drop my Viper off around the corner from Natalie's house so that I didn't have to leave my mate to pick it up myself. I was grateful for the favor, because I was so high strung right now that I felt as though I would snap if one more thing happened. Not to mention, not being able to act like a true mate right now to my Natalie was only adding to my stress. Rose agreed and said that she would send me a text when the car was in place and that she would leave the keys above the visor on the driver's side.
Aside from all of that, one of the largest things that were bothering me was what that once Natalie learned me and my family's secret that she wouldn't want anything to do with a monster, such as myself.
My cell phone vibrating in my pocket startled me out of my thoughts, letting me know that I had a text message. I knew that it was from Rosalie, letting me know that my car was around the corner, but I reached into my jeans anyway and pulled out my cell, hitting the 'open' button.
The Viper is around the corner on
Atherton. We'll see you at the house when
the two of you get there.
Good Luck!
- Rose
I sighed, hopping down out of the tree and flew at vampire speed through the trees, taking a short cut to where my car was parked on Atherton Drive. I slipped inside on the driver's side and opened the visor, letting the set of keys fall into my lap before reaching down and sticking them in the ignition and taking off around the corner towards Natalie's house.
I pulled up in front of Natalie's house behind the Chief's cruiser at the end of the driveway. I shut off the ignition and made my way up to the front door, a slight skip in my step at the excitement of seeing my mate again.
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We rode in comfortable silence all the way to the house, my arm lying across the center council with my fingers intertwined with her warm, dainty, small hands.
Pulling up to the house, I couldn't help but begin to feel anxious… or… well, far more anxious then I was, anyway.
I looked over towards Natalie, taking in her expression and took a deep breath in before shutting off the Viper's engine. She smiled at me, bringing our hands up to her lips and placing a gentle, chaste kiss on my knuckles. I smiled affectionately at her in return before leaning over and planting a kiss on her mouth.
"Are you ready, darlin'?" I asked her, tucking a loose strand of hair behind her ear.
She nodded somewhat nervously. "Yes."
I gave her an encouraging smile before opening my car door and walking around to her side, just as she opened her own door. I assisted her the rest of the way out and helped her out of the car, smiling softly at her in reassurance and warmth as we made our way around the car, stopping on the other side and allowing her to take in the house.
(Natalie's POV)
I don't know what I expected Jasper's house to be like, but it definitely wasn't this. The house was timeless, graceful, and probably a hundred years old. It was painted a soft, faded white, three stories tall - not including the basement – rectangular and well proportioned. The windows and doors were either part of the original structure or a perfect restoration. The lawn compared more to a small meadow. The trees held their protective shadow right up to the walls of the house that rose among them, making obsolete the deep porch that wrapped around the first story.
"Wow." I gasped.
"You like it?" He smiled.
I nodded as I returned his charismatic smile. "It definitely has a certain charm."
His grin widened as he wrapped his arm around my neck, pulling me closer to him before we approached the front door of the house and made our way up the twelve steps of the large wrap around porch.
Being the gentleman that he is, he opened the front door for me, allowing me to enter the beautiful mansion before him as he followed, shutting the door behind him.
The inside was even more surprising, less predictable than the exterior. It was very bright, even with the sun setting in the horizon, as well as open and very large. This must have originally been several rooms, but the walls had been removed from most of the first floor to create one wide space. The back, south-facing wall had been entirely replaced with glass, and beyond the shade of the cedars, the lawn stretched bare to the wide river. A massive curving staircase dominated the west side of the room. The walls, the high-beamed ceiling, the wooden floors, and the thick carpets were all varying shades of white.
Waiting to greet us, standing just to the left of the door, on a raised portion of the floor by a spectacular grand piano were Jasper's parents. I'd seen Dr. Cullen earlier today. Yet, I couldn't help but be struck again by his youth, his outrageous perfection. At his side was Esmé, I assumed, the only one of Jasper's family I'd never seen before. She had the same pale, beautiful features as the rest of them. Something about her heart-shaped face, her billows of soft, caramel-colored hair, reminded me of the ingenuous of the silent-movie era. She was small, slender, yet less angular, more rounded than the others. They were both dressed casually in light colors that matched the inside of the house. They smiled in welcome, but made no move to approach us.
"Carlisle, Esmé," Jasper's voice broke the short silence, "this is my girlfriend, Natalie."
"It's wonderful to see you again, Natalie." Carlisle greeted me as he raised his hand tentatively, and I stepped forward to shake hands with him.
"It's nice to see you again, Dr. Cullen."
"Please, call me Carlisle."
"Carlisle." I grinned at him, my sudden confidence surprising me as it came out of nowhere. I'd admit that I was a bit nervous about formally meeting Jasper's family, but oddly enough, I felt at ease within the mansion's walls with the rest of the beautiful family.
Esmé smiled and stepped forward as well, reaching for my hand. Her hands were cold and very hard just like the rest of the family, aside from Jasper's, though they were still hard even though they felt warm.
"It's very nice to know you," she said sincerely.
"Thank you. I'm glad to meet you too." And I was. It was like meeting a fairy tale princess – Cinderella or Snow White in the flesh.
"Where is the rest of the family?" Jasper asked, but no one answered. They just seemed to appear at different points of the house around us, slightly startling and amazing me at the same time.
"Hey Jasper! Hey Natalie!" Alice called enthusiastically. She ran down the stairs, a streak of black hair and white skin, coming to a sudden and graceful stop in front of me before throwing her arms around me and crushing me to her in a quick hug. Carlisle and Esmé shot warning glances at her as I looked in between everyone's faces, shocked into silence at the speed at which she had just traveled.
"H-How?" I stuttered out, causing the rest of the family to laugh nervously as Jasper wrapped his arms around my middle and pressing a kiss to my temple.
"Don't worry, sweetheart." Jasper murmured in my ear. "Everything will be explained in due time." He assured me.
I looked back into his golden eyes and slowly nodded, trusting him to tell me everything that I would need to know before I left back through those front doors once again tonight.
Edward made his way into the room from the archway to the left, politely nodding his hello.
"Hello, Edward." I smiled at him.
"Natalie," he grinned. "We're glad that you could make it."
"Hell yeah!" Emmett called as he trampled his way into the room with his arm thrown around Rosalie. "How are you doin' squirt?"
"Squirt?" I quirked a brow at him in amusement.
"Yeah! Because you're so tiny!"
"I'm not that tiny," I objected. "I'm taller than Alice!"
"So? You're still a squirt compared to me!" He pressed.
I shook my head grinning. "Alright, whatever."
The beautiful blonde on his arm stepped forward and smiled politely as Jasper introduced me to her. "Natalie, this is my twin sister, Rosalie."
"You can call me, Rose," she said as she nodded her greeting. "All of my family does."
I had a feeling that she was not very accepting of very many people, so I knew to feel honored that she would so easily accept me into her family.
"I'm Natalie," I smiled at her, and then at the others. "It's nice to meet you all – you have a beautiful home." I added conventionally.
"Thank you, dear," Esmé said. "We're so glad that you came." She spoke with feeling, though I couldn't figure out why she was feeling this way.
Carlisle's expression distracted me from this train of thought; he was gazing meaningfully at Jasper with an intense expression. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Jasper nod once.
I looked away, trying to be polite and not distract them from whatever silent kind of conversation that they were having. My eyes wandered again to the beautiful instrument on the platform by the door. I suddenly remembered a childhood fantasy that, should either Bella or I ever win a lottery, we would buy a grand piano for our mother. She wasn't really good – she only played for herself on our secondhand upright – but we both loved to watch her play. She was happy, absorbed – she seemed like a new, mysterious being to me then someone outside the 'mom' persona that we took for granted. She'd put us both through lessons, of course, though Bella, like most kids, whined until she let her quit. I, however, stayed with it longer until I spotted the guitar and then switched over.
Esmé noticed my preoccupation.
"Do you play?" she asked, inclining her head toward the piano.
I nodded. "Yes. It's so beautiful. Is it yours?"
"No," she laughed. "It is Edward's, though Jasper sometimes uses it when he gets in the musical mood. They both can play many instruments, though Edward favors the piano and Jasper, the guitar."
"Wow, he never told me." I said looked back and glaring accusingly at Jasper.
He only shrugged and wrapped an arm around my front, kissing the top of my head. "You never asked." He grinned.
"Wise guy," I muttered causing everyone around me to briefly laugh.
There was a moment of silence before a long sigh brought all of our attention towards Carlisle. "Alright," he relented. "Shall we take a seat in the living room so that we can get on the way with our discussion?"
I smiled politely and nodded, feeling that nervous knot grow back up in my stomach. I knew that somehow Jasper sensed this, giving me a small squeeze as we all made our way into what appeared to be the living room, taking a seat on different pieces of furniture decorated around the room; Jasper and I on the loveseat, Rosalie, Emmett, Alice and Edward on the couch, and Carlisle on a recliner with Esmé on the arm rest.
My focus immediately made my way over towards Carlisle, for he was the first to speak. Though, what he said was something that I was not expecting in the least. Not even close…
A/N: Cliff Hanger! LOL… so the discussion has started! Anyone have any ideas about how it will go? Will Natalie be accepting like Bella was or will she freak out and want some space from Jasper and the Cullen's? Let me know what you thought of the chapter! Review!
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