Originally, this was a cute little one-shot. Now it's gonna be a story. And it's dedicated to renabear.
Summary: Bella and Jasper are left alone...and sparks start to fly, as the saying goes. Edward and the family come back, and things have changed...Bella and Jasper are falling in love...but so are Edward and Alice...what's this about Jake? And the Volturri too? Uh oh.
Thank you to everyone who was patient enough to wait for this update. I'm sorry I took so terribly long. I hope I still have my audience.
Disclaimer I don't own the characters…which means I can kidnap them…he he…don't worry, I will return Jasper and Edward in time for Breaking Dawn…
Chapter Twenty Four: All Together Again
JASPER'S POV
I wanted to scream.
I wanted to kill Joe.
"Must you talk so much?" I asked in a deadly soft voice.
Joe rolled his eyes. "Look, sorry about you're mate. But I'm the kinda guy that likes to fill silences." He said. And I knew that was true.
But it still annoyed me.
"You, Joseph, are the kind of person that could talk to a rock and be satisfied. As long as you could hear your own voice." I said.
He pouted at me. "Well, you don't have to be mean." He said, and then he grinned.
I rubbed the bridge of my nose. It was impossible for a vampire to get a headache, but I could swear I was getting one.
"Joe, please. This is not easy for me. So please, until the plane lands, can you please be quiet?" I asked.
"Yeah, sorry man. I guess I was just trying to lift your spirits." He said. I sighed and shrugged.
"Well, right now, silence would lift my spirits." I said. He nodded, and then closed his eyes.
I closed mine too, and I started to think of Bella.
She was most likely one of us now. Which meant she would look different…
She could never not be beautiful. Not to me. But when her skin was icy and her eyes were…what? Red, gold, black? Well, she would be different…but she would be unbreakable. I wouldn't have to worry about hurting her.
That made so many things do-able.
Suddenly I was being shaken.
"Hey, I know you didn't go to sleep, so stop spacing out." Joe said. I opened my eyes and realized everyone else as standing up and getting of the plane.
Were we really in New York already?
I guessed we were, because the pilot said something about it being almost eighty in New York.
I followed everyone else off. In the airport, Joe flirted with just about every single girl there.
"Hey cutie. What's a hot vamp like you doing in a place like this?" He said softly, off to my right.
I tried to look out of the corner of my eye, but my hood, which I had pulled up, was blocking him and the poor female from my view.
"Come on Joseph. We haven't got time for you to flirt with every woman here." I said irritably.
"Please, just leave me alone." I heard the girl whisper.
I turned to look then, because her voice sounded vaguely familiar.
She had light brown hair, nearly blonde, and reddish/brown eyes. She was obviously wearing colored contacts.
"Jasper?" She asked incredibly.
My heart would have stopped, had it been beating.
"Bella?" I breathed. Now that I was looking, I could notice it was her. Her face was really the same, only paler and more angular.
She was suddenly hugging me and dry sobbing into my chest. I hugged her back.
"God Jasper!" She sobbed.
I just buried my face in her hair. Then I realized two things. The eyes behind the contacts had to be red. And she was only a few days old, tops.
"You need to get out of here, don't you?" I asked softly. She nodded.
"Um. We have another problem." Joe said. I looked to where he was pointing.
Three figures, cloaked in gray, were making there way towards us. Two tall and one short. Jane, more than likely.
I nodded. Bella and I started to run, with Joe behind us.
"If it comes to a fight, I want you to take Bella and run as fast and as far as you can." I said to him.
"No. I want to fight. I'm stronger than you. And I can help." Bella said softly as we ran. We had to run at a little faster than human pace, but then again, so did they.
"Yeah man, I'm here for you too." Joe said. I nodded my head at them.
"Okay fine. But first, we need to get out of here. Speed up, just a touch." I said. And we did.
BELLA'S POV
We were nearly running at an inhuman pace. But so were the Volturri.
Soon they would catch up to us if we didn't hurry. Even though we were hurrying as it was.
I knew it would come to a fight. I also knew that Aro would probably not care if any innocent humans got in the way.
After all, this was New York, not Volterra. So what were a few lives?
Then I realized that they would go as far to break their own precious rules. Why though? Why was I so important that they would go the length of following me across an ocean? Couldn't they just leave me alone?
They came faster. Apparently, no, they couldn't. Soon we were outside the airport, and running faster still. Then we stopped. We were in a large field, and I could see that the airport was still too close.
The vampires following us stopped as well. We faced them, and they faced us. I hoped I was strong enough to pull a barrier around us if it came to it. Then I realized that I didn't know how to make one for anything but me.
The shortest figure through back its hood, revealing Jane. The other two did as well. These two I didn't recognize. They were both males. One was dark skinned, and he didn't look ashen at all. The other was as pale as me, if not more so. Both had glowing red eyes and evil looks.
"Hello Bella. Aro is very mad at you. But he feels that you would make a nice edition to our family…so either come with us or we'll kill you all." Jane said in her little-girl voice. Even though I could probably kill her, it still gave me the chills to hear that voice.
"I will never be a part of you're family, as you call it. I am a Cullen." I said softly, my voice a low hiss. Jane and the two males snarled at me.
"Bella…they're already very angry. It's not wise to make them more so." Jasper said softly in my ear. I nodded, but I discarded the advice.
Jane laughed suddenly, and the sound chilled me. "Bella dearest, would you like to meet my friends?" She asked. She sounded like she was going to introduce me to some great pain…and I was almost sure she was.
"This is Carl." She said, gesturing to the pale male. He glared stonily at me, and his white hair and complexion made it seem as if he was only a pair of glaring red eyes.
"And this is Toro." She said. The dark skinned man grinned and bowed, as if I were some one of importance.
"They have special talents as well. Carl can paralyze and Toro can project your darkest fears. Would you like a demonstration?" She asked, smiling angelically.
Joe suddenly growled and lunged for Jane. He fell to the ground, writhing in pain. He started to scream. Jane was laughing. And then she stopped. Joe started to get up, but then Carl stepped forward and Joe stopped, half-kneeling. Then Joe began to scream again as Toro grinned and started chuckling.
"You're turn Bella. You too, Jasper." I panicked. She turned her gaze on us, and I threw me arms up over my head, to protect me. I waited. But the pain didn't come. Ten I became aware that I could feel the shield around me. I extended it to Jasper. I took a step toward Joe, but then I stopped, unable to move at all. I glared at Carl. I mentally extended my shield, and covered Joe. He jumped up and ran back to us.
"Bella…this is you're power?" Jasper asked softly, touching my shoulder. I nodded. It took a lot out of me to shield all three of us. Especially since I was also blocking the others' powers.
"Bella!" I turned sharply. It sounded like…
It was Alice! And Edward, Rosalie, Emmet, Esme, and Carlisle! Everyone! Jasper and Joe turned to look as well, and they both smiled widely.
"The cavalry has arrived!" Joe crowed. I would have laughed, but I was still blocking powers. I had dropped my shield so my family could get through. I got hugs from everyone, even Edward. And then we turned our attention to the three Volturri.
But they were gone. Then again, had I been in their spot, I would have fled too. Especially with no powers. I stopped blocking then.
"Bella…were you blocking our powers?" Edward asked. Alice and Jasper had a questioning look on their perfect faces as well.
"Yeah. I'll explain when we get home, okay?" I said tiredly. Esme nodded and put an arm around my shoulders. Jasper did the same on the other side of me.
"OF course dear. Now let's go." Esme said. And we started toward a plane. All I could think of was that I was finally going to be going home. At last.
A/N Okay, this came out so late because I was grounded. Yeah, word to the wise…when you're going to sneak around with a (VERY hot) boy, and the excuse you give you're dad is that you're at you're best friend's house; make sure the best friend knows you're 'supposed' to be there. And don't call from the guy's cell phone asking you're dad when you have to come home. Yeah, I learned those two things the hard way.
Well, I'm still grounded, so I have to do the updates whenever I can get on a pc in internet access….so sorry if they take a while.
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