Finally Amber and Jasper are back together, and we can return to our normal programming now. haha.
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Jasper followed his mate's scent to a tree in the backyard. She was sitting up on a branch, swinging her legs. She looked deep in thought. He could feel a flurry of emotions coming from her. He jumped up beside her, sitting down next to her. He made sure to leave enough room so she wouldn't feel too nervous around him. He could feel how being around all of his family made her nervous still. "Want to talk about it, darlin'?"
Amber turned to him and sighed softly. "I didn't attack him because of my Aunt's training, did I?" She looked up at the cloudy sky, frowning softly. "Sometimes when one of you move really fast or you do something I recognize as vampire behavior.. My brain tries to switch to battle mode. I'm starting to really realize none of you are monsters.. but.." She looked over at him, "Am I the monster here?"
Jasper gently reached out, holding one of her hands. "Darlin', no, you're not a monster. Your Aunts brainwashed you! It's not your fault. Those vampires you killed probably did kill a lot of humans.."
Amber squeezed his hand tightly. "What if they were just as nice as you all are? What if I killed someone's mate..?"
Jasper gently pulled her into his side, wrapping one arm around her. "How about I tell you about my past?"
Amber looked up at him, interested. "Really?"
Jasper nodded, gently rubbing her arm. "It will probably help.." He looked out at the forest line as he began retelling his past to her. After he finished his tale he looked over at her. He could feel her surprise, awe, sadness, and remorse. "I'll tell you something you once told me when I got into one of my 'moods' as you called it." He gently picked up her wrist and kissed the bite mark James left. "Our past doesn't define us. It's our choices that matter. I was tricked into doing some horrible things, you were as well, darlin'. We're both moving on and living our lives our way now."
Amber smiled softly and leaned over, kissing his cheek. "I seem pretty great, huh?"
Jasper smiled, gently caressing her cheek. "You are, Amber. With or without your previous memories. You'll always be the most amazing, beautiful woman to me."
Amber laid her head on his shoulder, sighing softly. "When you do things like that it feels like my soul is slowly starting to repair itself finally..."
Jasper kissed the top of her head, humming softly. "Mine too, darlin'. Mine too."
{X}
Amber frowned darkly at Haven. She wasn't saying anything but was glaring at her, not moving. Haven sighed as she parked the vehicle next to Emmett's Jeep. "Come on, Amber. You need to get your memories back. Being around your family will help."
Amber sneered up at the beautiful house. "Unless I end up killing Edward." She huffed and leaned back in the seat. "I get a migraine every time I'm here."
Haven rubbed her shoulder. "It's because you're trying to remember. They really fucked your brain up. It's taking time to unravel all of their mess."
Amber saw Jasper open the door, leaning against the wall to wait on her. She relaxed a little and smiled softly.
Haven smirked and pushed her out the side of her Jeep, "Go on. I miss mine too." She jumped out of the Jeep, Alice appearing in front of her. "There you are!"
Alice smiled over at Amber before skipping away with Haven. "I saw she needed some convincing! Come on! You're gonna love what I got you!"
Amber rolled her eyes and slowly walked up to the porch, smiling up at Jasper. "Hey.."
Jasper smiled softly, holding her hand. "Hello darlin'."
Amber sighed at the nickname, "So.. What do you want to do?"
Jasper walked around to the back with her, knowing she didn't feel up to being around the others just yet. "Whatever you want to do."
Amber groaned, rubbing her face. "I don't know. I feel like I'm stuck in a limbo here. Before I didn't want to remember and was fine living life that way. Now I want to remember but can't. And both of those don't mix well."
Jasper gently hugged her, rubbing her back. "You'll remember, Amber. It may be in a few hours, tomorrow or weeks from now. But you will remember. And in the mean time we'll just try and get to know each other again." He smiled down at her, tilting her head up. "You don't know much about me and I don't know what's happened to you since you dissapeared."
Amber smiled up at him, placing her hand over his own. "You're right." She climbed up a tree and sat on one of the branches, swinging her legs. "I could show you some of the powers I've mastered."
Jasper looked up at her, his lips turned up at the ends. "Sure, darlin'. I've been waiting to see what you've learned."
Amber grinned and twirled her hand. Vines sprouted from the ground before wrapping around Jasper's legs. After they constricted a little they lifted him up, hanging him upside down. Amber waved her hand and the vines lifted him until they were face to face. Amber winked at him. "I've mastered my earth powers completely now."
Jasper looked down at the vines before back at her, chuckling softly. "I can see that."
Amber grinned, leaning closer so their lips were almost touching. "That's not all of it, dear." She leaned back and made the vines drop Jasper. Jasper of course landed gracefully on his feet. She waited a split second before she made the earth rise up around Jasper. It formed a box around him, entrapping him with walls of dirt.
Jasper punched the walls down, wiping his hands clean on his jeans. "That's amazing, Amber. You could only grow flowers before!"
Amber smiled and flicked her hand again. Jasper was flung up into the air and dropped onto the branch beside her. "I can levitate things but it's harder than my elemental magic." She leaned back and hummed softly as she thought. "I've done all kinds of spells now.. Some harder than others. But I usually managed to get it the second try." She smiled up at the amazed look on his face. "What?"
Jasper kneeled down, brushing some hair behind her ear. "You're just so amazing, Amber.. You never cease to amaze me, darlin'."
Amber blushed softly, placing her hand over his. "Now. Your turn."
Jasper sat down, chuckling softly. "Well I'm sure you know about generic vampire powers."
Amber nodded softly, "Speed, strength, smell, sight, yes."
Jasper nodded, "Well I'm sure you know some of us have special gifts."
Amber leaned back against the trunk of the tree, her legs in Jasper's lap. "Yeah. My aunts told me about it, I never met one before this."
Jasper nodded softly. "Edward is a mind reader,. Alice has visions which I'm sure you know. I'm an empath."
Amber tilted her head. "You can influence emotions?"
"Yes. I can feel every emotion anyone has around me and can influence them." He held out his hand. "Right now you're calm and content." He grinned. "And I can feel some more emotions trying to come out when I'm around you."
Amber blushed and looked away from him. "Well that makes sense.. You're absolutely gorgeous. And my soul seems to reach out to you. I always feel happy when you're near me.. And I'm sure my heart remembers you even if my brain doesn't."
Jasper smiled and reached out, holding her hand. "This is how I feel about you, darlin'." He then changed her emotions to feel what he felt. All the love, happiness, pure joy and other emotions she caused in him.
Amber squeezed his hand as she felt everything. After a few seconds she could tell he stopped because all she felt was calm. She groaned suddenly and held her head. It suddenly began hurting so bad her eyes watered. "Jasper?"
Jasper pulled her into his lap, his hands rubbing her head for her, hoping his cold hands would help with the pain. "Do you want me to get Carlisle?" Amber held onto him tightly, feeling panicked at the idea. Jasper held her closer, rubbing her head. "Alright. We'll stay here." He kissed her forehead softly. "Can I do anything?"
"Just keep doing this.."
Amber's head was burning it felt like. She kept seeing flashes of what seemed like memories. She couldn't get anything but a glimpse and then it was gone, the next one replacing it for a second. "Get Haven.."
Jasper jumped down with Amber securely held in his arms. Just as he was about to run into the house, the couple he needed ran outside. Alice stopped beside Jasper, holding a box for Haven. "She'll be fine, Jasper. It's Haven's spell working."
Haven placed her hand over Jasper's ignoring the way he grew uneasy about it. She began mumbling in Latin, watching Amber's face. A few seconds later Amber relaxed in his arms, laying her head on his chest. "There we go.." She motioned to a lounge chair on the back porch. "Lay her on that."
Jasper gently laid her down, brushing her hair back. "Amber?"
Amber looked up at him, reaching out for his hand. "Sorry for worrying you."
Jasper sat beside her, rubbing her hand gently. "You don't need to apologize, darlin'."
Alice gently hugged her mate, looking down at Jasper. "Her memories tried to come back. She'll remember them -"
Jasper looked up and shook his head. "If she knows it might change it somehow.."
Alice hummed before handing Amber a cold bottle of water. "You'll feel better in a few minutes!" She held Haven's hand and walked back inside.
Amber sipped at the water as she looked up at Jasper. "I hope it's soon... I want to remember everything about us.. Like what out first date was. Who kissed who first. Who said I love you first. Why I love you so much.."
Jasper moved so she was sitting in his lap, leaning back in the chair. He gently stroked her hair, making sure she was comfortable. "Well. Our first date was the summer after our freshman year together. We walked some dogs at the animal shelter, where you bought Dani from."
Amber smiled softly, leaning back into Jasper. "She went crazy when I showed up at home that night.. She's so cute.."
Jasper smiled down at her. "You loved her as soon as you saw her.. After that we got coffee, I learned how much you love it."
Amber laughed softly and gently laid her head on his shoulder, tracing her hands over some scars that were visible around his neck. "That's sweet considering you don't eat or drink human food."
Jasper wrapped an arm around her to keep her secure as he moved so she could see more of his neck. "You didn't know our secret at this time. I led you to a picnic in the woods. It was going great until it rained on us. We laughed about it. I kissed you on your porch when I brought you home."
Amber laughed softly as she leaned into him. "I expected that from you."
Jasper chuckled softly, "And why is that, ma'am?"
Amber stuck out her tongue. "Because you're a southern gentleman." She smiled and leaned back into him. "I really love your accent by the way, it's nice."
Jasper smiled softly down at her, "Thank you.. I really love the sound of your voice.. Did we ever tell you why my entire family already knew sign language?"
Amber looked up at him, tilting her head. "You never told me... You all knew it?"
Jasper nodded, not reacting to how she remembered something like that. "I assume right at the age Charlie adopted you Alice got visions of you.. Of us."
Amber frowned slightly, "Really?"
Jasper gently rubbed her arms as he explained. "Well at that moment you were going to stay in Forks, meaning we would meet. If Charlie didn't adopt you we may have never met. I'm glad we did, I just wish your parents weren't killed in that accident."
Amber nodded, looking away. "I miss them.. but I got Charlie. Bella, before she met Edward, and all of you." She frowned. "When I remember you again.." She looked back up at him and smirked. "You never finished the story."
Jasper chuckled softly again before continuing. "Alice saw you and Charlie learning sign language together so she knew you couldn't speak. So she came home the next day with books for everyone. She made us learn it so we could talk with you when we met." Jasper smiled as he leaned back, watching her. "I was so scared of meeting you. I was a little rude at first because of that. I didn't want to hurt you. I was still having trouble controlling myself. So I tried to keep you at arms length. Of course that didn't work. I began falling for you the second I set my eyes on you.."
Amber blushed and looked away from him.. "You all.. you really did all that before you even met me?" She looked up at him. "You were so mad when I broke my wrist.. You were so sweet about it too... You got me ice one time.."
Jasper grinned down at her, gently caressing her cheeks. "I didn't tell you about that. No one did."
Amber stared up at her before smiling brightly. "I remembered that on my own.."
"Amber, dear, I made lunch for you and Haven. Would you like some?"
Amber looked up at Esme and smiled softly. "Sure.." She squeezed Jasper's hand before following Esme into the kitchen.
Jasper whispered softly so only Esme could hear. "She remembered something about us.."
Esme grinned happily, hugging Jasper tightly. "That's great."
Jasper nodded, grinning as he watched Amber sit beside Haven at the table. Alice whizzed by, placing the drink Amber wanted by her. Emmett placed the steak on their plates. Carlisle was cleaning the dishes. Rosalie was watching them as she sat at the table. Jasper looked at Esme and tried not to cry. "Everything's okay again.."
Esme rubbed his shoulder, nodding. "She'll get the rest of her memories back soon, dear."
Jasper saw Amber looked back at him, feeling a little confused and sad. "I don't mind waiting." He walked over and sat beside her, kissing her cheek. "We should have made burgers instead."
Amber grinned. "They're my favorite."
Emmett chuckled as he leaned on the counter, "We know, Bear. We know."
{X}
Amber followed Jasper into the living room, crossing her arms. "She what?"
Jasper gently rubbed her hand. "She wants to have a meeting about her becoming a vampire.."
Amber leaned against his side when he stopped, frowning. "A meeting."
Haven nodded as Alice left to collect the couple. "A vote really."
Amber narrowed her eyes as she looked away from everyone. "A vote on becoming a vampire or not." Amber tensed up, imagining her dear sister with dark red eyes.
Jasper slipped her hand into his, kissing it as he looked down at her. "Everything will be okay, Amber.."
Amber gently squeezed his hand when she saw the others arrive in the room. "Hopefully.."
Bella looked everyone over before speaking up, "You all know what Edward wants and you know what I want. But I won't force myself on you." Bella was standing by herself, Edward sitting off to the side. "I think the only fair way to handle this is by vote."
Edward frowned at her, "You can't be serious."
Bella frowned at him, "This is my meeting, Edward."
She snapped at him, good. Though Amber wished she wasn't discussing what this was turning to.
"However this turns out, I'm not letting the Volturi hurt you. I'll go back to Italy alone."
Emmett smirked over at her, "The hell you will. I'm not missing another fight. Jasper told me how badass Amber was!"
Amber blushed slightly and smiled up at Jasper. "Badass?"
Jasper smirked and kissed her forehead, hugging her from behind so he could wrap her arms around her and still watch everyone else. "Yes, ma'am."
Bella rolled her eyes before turning to Emmett, "That's not up for a vote. I don't want you involved."
Amber snorted and shook her head. "You got everyone involved the day you went after Edward, sis. This family loves you, I love you. You're stupid if you think we're going to let anything happen to you."
Esme smiled, "We've always been involved, honey. We're not going to stop, like Amber said."
Bella looked at everyone, "Okay.. I want you to seriously think about this. If I join you, you'll be stuck with me for a long time. Forever. It's a huge decision. And I want, need, your honesty here." When everyone nodded she continued, "Then let's take a vote.. Alice?"
Alice jumps up and hugged Bella, "You're already my sister, of course yes!" She grinned and then went back to her mate, learning against Haven.
Bella smiled before she turned to Jasper.
Jasper sighed softly as he rubbed Amber's arms. She was very tense underneath him. "I should say no for many reasons.. but you and Edward are mates and I know how awful it is to be away from them.. So yes, reluctantly."
Amber looked down at the floor but wasn't mad. Jasper was free to have any opinion he wanted, she just wished he had agreed with her.
Bella nodded slowly, not expecting a yes from him. It made her smile. "Thank you.." She turned to Rosalie, tilting her head.
Rosalie looked over at Edward's stone face. "I'm sorry for what I did.. I really am. I know you're not ready to forgive me.." She turned to Bella now. "But this isn't the life I'd have chosen for myself. I wish there'd been someone to vote no for me." She looked over at Carlisle before back at Bella. "So.. No."
Bella nodded slightly until Emmett bounded over to her, lifting her into a hug. "I vote hell yeah. We can pick a fight with these Volturi another way." He smiled as he went back to Rosalie's side.
Esme smiled over at Bella. "I already think of you as part of the family. Yes."
Bella smiled and nodded, "Thank you, Esme."
Carlisle moved over to Edward, "Edward..."
Edward looked up at him, "You can't go along with this. Carlisle, you know what it means."
Carlisle shook his head, "You've chosen not to live without her, which leaves me no choice. I won't lose my son." He turned to Bella. "But Alice has never turned anyone. It'd be safer if I did it."
Edward was gone in an instant, the front door slamming as he left. Bella frowned before turning back to the family. She then turned to her sister. "Amber.."
Amber looked up at her again and her expression was harder than Edward's. Everyone else frowned, getting worried for the sisters. "You're giving me a choice here? What about our father? You've broken his heart so many times for selfish reasons Bella. What? You have a little bit of time left with him? Then you 'die.'" Amber felt a tear fall down her cheek. "He lost one daughter before, he might not live through losing you too. This is stupid, Bella. I love you but you're so stupid!" She felt more tears coming and would have fallen if Jasper hadn't help her up. "Of course you get forever with Edward but you're doing it as his expense again!"
Jasper held her close, trying to calm her down. "Amber.. darlin'?"
Amber held her head, groaning. "My head..." She fell down to her knees, whimpering from the pain. "It hurts.."
Jasper kneeled down in front of her, rubbing her head gently. He looked up when he saw Bella go to touch Amber. When she did, Bella was sent flying back. Emmett gently caught Bella, setting her down. Jasper turned back to his mate, feeling the energy in the air around them. "Amber?"
Amber held onto his wrists, her grip tight for a human. "Get back.." She looked up, glaring at the others in the room. "Now."
Haven backed up, holding up her hand. "Amber, your memories are coming back. Just try and stay calm, I know it hurts." She looked over at Jasper. "Try and keep her calm, the more angry she is the worse this will get."
Amber groaned as she tried to push Jasper away, "You too."
Jasper pulled her into his chest, holding her tightly. "No. I'm always here for you, including right now." He gently kissed her head, closing his eyes. "I got you, darlin'."
Amber cried out in pain, holding onto his shirt. "Jasper.. make it stop."
Jasper frowned as he rubbed her back, gently nuzzling her. "I'm so sorry, darlin'.." He could feel his heart breaking know how much pain she was in.
Just as Amber cried out again, the air around them seemed to ripple. The furniture began to levitate, the paintings on the wall began to shake. The lights were flickering, the glass was shaking in the frames. Then a giant painting on the wall caught on fire, another one catching a second later. The plants outside began to grow and wrap around the porch like crazy.
Haven held out her hand, sending water from the vases in the room to soak the paintings and extinguishing the flames. "Amber's powers are expressing themselves because she's in so much pain. Her memories, emotions and powers are all connected!"
Amber slumped in Jasper's arms a few seconds later, everything stopping at that moment. It was eerily quiet as everyone waited. Amber slowly looked up, caressing Jasper's cheek. "Jasper.."
Jasper leaned into her touch, frowning softly. "Are you alright now, darlin'?"
Amber leaned forward and kissed him, wrapping her arms around his neck. She laughed softly as she saw his expression. He could feel her love no doubt, her excitement and pure joy. "I'm perfect now."
Jasper grinned and pulled her close, kissing her. "You remember. "
Amber laughed again as she was picked up, being bear hugged by Emmett. "I missed you."
Emmett grinned and hugged her before setting her down. "I missed you too, bear!"
Alice ran over and pulled her into a hug, "I'm so glad." Esme and Carlisle hugged her next, each saying how much they missed her. Rosalie hugged her next before Jasper took her back.
Jasper pulled her into his chest, hugging her tightly. "I think I deserve to be selfish."
Amber looked back at him and smiled softly, "I love you."
Jasper smiled and rested his head on hers, rubbing her arms. "I love you too."
Emmett chuckled, "Go get a room you two."
Amber smirked and twist her hand, sending Emmett to the ground. "Oh shush."
Jasper picked her up, winking down at Emmett's shocked expression. "Only because I want to be alone with my mate." He ran out into the forest, jumping up into a tree to be alone with Amber. He sat back against the trunk, letting her sit in his lap.
Amber leaned back into his chest, holding his hands in hers. "I can't imagine how horrible you felt before Volterra.. You thought you found my ashes, killed by other vampires after having been kidnapped." She looked up at him, frowning. "I don't know if I would have made it either."
Jasper gently kissed her forehead. "But we'll never be apart again, darlin'. I'll make sure of that." He rest his hand over his still heart. "I promise."
Amber reached forward and gently unclasped Jasper's bracelet, putting it back on his wrist. "I promise too. No one or nothing will ever separate us again."
Jasper ignored how his eyes watered, instead he pulled her close, kissing her deeply. "I love you so much, darlin'."
Amber kissed him back, moving closer. "I love you too, Jasper. With a love that is more than love."