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Chapter 24

Twice Bitten

It was Thursday night, there was no school tomorrow, and Jasper was out hunting, as were the rest of the Cullen's and I was…well bored as hell. I'd finished my homework, tried to read a book, so far nothing had really solved my boredom so with one last idea I stood up and stretched deciding a jog would be a good way to pass some time. I pulled my hair up and quickly changed into a sports bra and a pair of yoga pants before pulling on my running shoes. I jogged down the stairs and to the front door.

"Where you headed Bells?" My Dad asked from his spot on the couch in front of the tv.

"Just on a jog."

"Don't be too long, sunset isn't far off."

"I won't," I replied before heading out the door. I breathed deeply glancing around. Which way did I want to go? Down the street towards school, the other direction towards the Cullen's house, or turn my jog into a hike through the woods. Well school was out I spent too much time there already, the woods was out too that was a good way to see if I could get myself killed by tripping over a tree root, that only left the Cullen's. I couldn't help the grin that spread across my face, god I was such a dork and so head over heels in love it wasn't even funny. 'Ok Bella come on, you were going on a jog remember?' I thought to myself and slipped my headphones into my ears. I took off down the street deciding I'd take the path that shot off at the end of the street and made its way back through the woods and would take me back about 5 blocks down the street from my house, making a total of about 2 miles. I kept a steady pace my mind focused on nothing but my jogging and the music flowing through my body. I'd forgotten over the months how exhilarating and relaxing this was, however it was a lot more relaxing here than in Arizona, in Arizona it was a good way to sweat to death at almost any time of the year. Arizona, the place I had thought would always be home; then again I had also thought my mother loved me.

"Oh come on Bella, think of something else," I mumbled to myself out of my rhythm with those words, so I emptied my thoughts of Arizona and slowed to a stop. I was finally paying attention to my surroundings and something was…off, it felt like…like someone was watching me. I pulled the headphones from my ears and looked around me, peering deeper through the trees, jumping when I thought I heard something. I'd made it better than half way through my jog and only had about another 1/2 of a mile till I was out of the woods and out in the open.

"Oh come on Bella," I whispered to myself, "it's nothing." I shook it off and started jogging again this time a little more alert to my surroundings. Moments later I stopped again this time knowing I had heard something.

"Well hello sweetheart." I swung around at the voice. In front of me stood a dark skinned man, though in his own way he looked pale the next thing that grabbed my attention was his eyes…his eyes were blood red and my mind began to scream at me. Jasper had told me most vampires, the ones that fed on humans, they had red eyes. "What's wrong baby?" I turned around again, the voice again right behind me. Oh ya, this was definitely a vampire and I was in deep shit now. I slowly started to back up, there was nothing I could do and no way I could out run him. All I could do was pray Jasper or one of the other Cullen's would happen to show up. 'Oh come on Alice, please please have checked on me and saw this already,' I thought to myself nearly begging for it to be true.

"Oh now come on. Don't be scared." The vampire cooed and lunged towards me. I let out a scream and stepped back only managing to trip over my own two feet and hit the ground, scraping my arm in the process. I closed my eyes and cringed waiting for the other vampire to land on me, to suck me dry of blood instead I was flying backwards until I came to a sliding stop just below a tree, so close I could rest my back against it. I opened my eyes to the feel of a cold hand on my arm only to find Alice beside me. I was about to ask what had happened but stopped at the sound of loud snarls. I turned toward the noise and in front of me were Jasper and Edward, both crouched down looking deadly and ready to attack, they were between me and the other vampire.

"Out of my way." The vampire growled.

"Over my dead body," Jasper growled back.

"Get out of here before we have to kill you." Edward added.

"Give me the girl and I will."

"The girl is ours." Carlisle said. He, Emmett, and Rosalie had appeared out of nowhere in line with Edward and Jasper while Esme appeared at my side. Once she was there Alice was at Edward's side, all 6 of them creating a line of defense between me and the other vampire.

"Now there's something you don't see, an entire coven protecting one lowly human girl." The vampire said.

"Don't see is very right." A woman's voice said. A fiery red headed female suddenly appeared at the side of the other vampire. Her eyes were just as red as her hair, if not more so. Dear Lord I couldn't even go on a jog without causing a fiasco.

"We told you, the girl is ours and this land is ours, now get out of here."

"Oh but she smells simply mouthwatering." The female took a step towards me causing the rest of the Cullens attention to direct to her. Before I had even realized what was happening the other vampire was on me and he had sunk his teeth into my forearm. I screamed at the same moment he was ripped from my arm. The brawl in front of me was huge 7 vampires against these two; even Esme had left my side. I was stunned for only moments before it began to feel as if my arm was on fire and it was quickly spreading, my entire body burned, it seemed like my blood had turned to acid as it flood quickly through my veins. All I could do was scream, my vision blurred and I could see the fight continuing, the limbs flying and then Carlisle and Jasper were beside me.

"It hurts!" I screamed through gritted teeth. "Please, Jazz, please!"

*Jasper's POV*

My attention was drawn from the fight when I heard Bella scream the most gut wrenching scream ever and I immediately knew why. Screams like that came for one reason and one reason only. I was by her side in less than a second with Carlisle right beside me.

"It hurts! Please Jazz, please!" She screamed and if I could've cried at this point I probably would have. Listening to my love scream and beg me to stop the pain was causing my heart to break.

"What do I do Carlisle, what do I do?" I begged looking into the eyes of the only father I knew.

"Jasper there are only two choices," he looked over his shoulder, quickly told everyone to take the pieces of the other vampires and burn them before turning back to me.

"What Carlisle? What choices!" I screamed at him. My Bell was still screaming, screaming my name, begging me to make it stop.

"You either let the poison run its course or you try to suck it out, to clean her blood, without killing her." Bell's body was convulsing, if something wasn't done soon there wouldn't be a choice.

"I can't let this happen, she should have the choice of when she wants to be one of us but I can't do this Carlisle. She's my singer, I'll never stop, I'll kill her."

"You can do it Jasper. You're the only one that can, you have the best chance of being able to stop because you love her, singer or not." I looked down at my love, her jaw was locked, teeth clenched, all the while she screamed, the tears rolling down her face, every muscle in her body was almost rigid. I grabbed her arm; I would have to bite in the same place to have the best chance of removing the poison from her blood stream.

"I love you Bell, I love you." I whispered before sinking my teeth into her arm. The blood rushed into my mouth and nothing had ever tasted so heavenly. It was like pure honey, the most expensive aged wine one would ever find. It was hot, pulsing into my mouth and I drank quickly, pulling the blood from her body.

"Jasper stop, you'll kill her if you don't stop now, you have to stop." Carlisle's voice rang through my bliss. "It's Isabella, Jasper; you're going to kill her if you don't stop." His words registered in my head and I pulled my lips from the heavenly nectar. Quickly I ran my tongue over the wound, closing it up.

"Get her home Jasper, now. She's going to need blood; I'll be right behind you." I did as Carlisle instructed, pulled Bell into my arms and ran as fast as I could. It didn't take long before I was home and laying her down on a medical bed in Carlisle's office. Carlisle was pulling blood out of the fridge in the corner and I looked down at Bella. She was pale; her heartbeat was slow and barely even there. Carlisle hung the blood on the IV stand and then pushed the needle into her arm, guiding the catheter in. Within moments he had the IV taped down and then had the blood flowing into veins.

"I found out Bella's blood type and bought all this stuff after you started dating her, I know how accident prone she is." Carlisle explained once he was done. I nodded slowly. The blood flowing into her was very very slowly bringing some color back to her but her heartbeat was still weak.

"I'll be back in a moment." I told Carlisle and left the room. I stepped into the bathroom and looked in the mirror. There was a flush to my cheeks, my eyes were bright red, and I wanted to punch the mirror, the monster I was looking at. I had nearly killed the love of my life.

"But you were trying to save her life. You're not a monster Jasper." Edward's voice came from the doorway.

"I nearly killed her."

"But you didn't."

"I almost drained her of every last ounce of her own blood."

"But you didn't, you stopped, you saved her. She's alive because of you. She still has a heartbeat and isn't in there screaming slowly becoming one of us because of you. She still had a choice of when she wants to be a vampire because of you." I sighed, Edward was right but I didn't feel any better.

"Maybe it would've been better if I would've let the poison take her; it would've been safer than me nearly killing her." I answered. The guilt within me was tremendous and I couldn't help it.

"Jazz…Jazz." If I hadn't been a vampire I never would've heard her voice in the other room, her voice so weak and only above a whisper. I rushed to her, pushing Edward out of my way in the process without thinking twice.

"I'm here Bell, I'm here." I stood next to her and gently took her hand. She looked much better than she had when I left. Her color was coming back and heartbeat was stronger.

"You, you saved me. That vampire could've killed me." She said and my guilt doubled. Did she know I had nearly killed her? "The poison, it was horrible, I thought I was going to die but you…I remember you saving me pulling the poison out."

"I nearly killed you in the process Bell, I'm the reason you're in this bed with blood being pumped into you." I replied. She laid her small, soft hand on my cheek; her skin was warm against my own

"But you didn't kill me Jasper. If it wasn't for you, the poison would still be running through me, I'd still be on my way to being a vampire…" her words dropped off like she suddenly realized what happened. "Why…why did you stop the poison?" I smiled gently at her, her words sounded so innocent compared to the meaning behind them.

"Because Bell, you should have the choice of when you want to become one of us. You should be fully prepared for what comes after the poison has done its job." She gently nodded her head. "Besides no one else's poison is going to change you other than mine." I whispered right next to her ear. She giggled and that sound was enough to erase any guilt or bad feelings. Carlisle came up and unhooked her from the IV again.

"You'll still be a little woozy, light headed, but you'll be fine. Just take it easy for awhile. One good side effect from the venom Jasper used to heal your wound, it's a tiny amount and still running through your veins and it'll make it so you heal a lot faster than you normally would. You'll be back to normal by tomorrow morning. I do suggest staying here tonight though; I'll have Alice call your dad." Carlisle explained and then left to give us some privacy. I hadn't realized there'd be a side effect from the venom, I hadn't realized there'd be any at all still in her blood, and I definitely hadn't thought it would be mine. Somehow knowing this, it brought a sense of smugness to me. I hadn't killed her, there was part of my venom running through her body and there forever would be. It was like when I made love to her and every time I came inside her. The sense of smugness and pride at knowing it was my semen inside her, that in a way I had marked her as mine, that it was my scent on her.

*Bella's POV*

I watched Jasper for a few minutes after Carlisle had left. He had a smug smile on his face and the feeling he was radiating was just as smug. I couldn't help but smile and almost laugh watching him. It was often that arrogance was a feeling radiating off of Jasper, and it was even less often that it was written all over his face.

"So uh, what's with the smug look Jazz?" I asked and slowly sat up.

"No reason." He grinned and reached out to help steady me.

"Liar." I laughed.

"Alright call it the animalistic side of being a vampire. See, that venom will never leave your blood. It's such a miniscule amount that it can't hurt you but your blood is forever tainted. To every vampire you will smell different than you used to. You'll always heal faster and this…" he paused and grabbed my arm, then ran his hand over the almost white scar that was there. "This will never fade and…" he got up and opened the blinds letting in a small amount of sunlight. Again he grabbed my arm and this time, the scar sparkled as magnificent as ever inch of Jasper's skin did. "It will always do that, anytime it's sunny, you'll have to hide it. It will always be cooler to the touch than the rest of your skin." I gently ran my fingertips over the scar. It was indeed much cooler to the touch than the rest of my skin, it was raised slightly and yet smooth as stone. "That scar is not from the other vampire Bell. The bite wasn't that bad. I did that, sealing your wound with my venom did that. The animalistic side of me Bell, that side takes pleasure and pride in the fact that you are tainted, that that scar is from me. The other side of me says that I should feel horrible and guilty, and I do but..." this time it was my turn to stop him.

"It's ok Jasper, I understand." I smiled and then moved to get up and off the bed. I was feeling great, which for most would be crazy because less than an hour ago I was nearly dead.

"God be careful Bell." Jasper said steadying me when I stood up.

"I'm ok Jazz." I took a few steps and suddenly was very glad Jasper had a hold of me when I got dizzy and my vision momentarily went black.

"Ya you're fine, Bell, I can tell." I was in his arms instantly.

"I just got a little dizzy, I am fine." Jasper rolled his eyes at me and groaned.

"Stubborn lil human." He grumbled and I busted up laughing. Jasper simply shook his head and carried me to our room. He laid me on the bed and then crawled in next to me. "Do you know how fucking bad you scared me today?" I glanced at Jasper, my eyes coming to meet his buttery ones.

"I'm sorry Jasper; it wasn't in my plans, not in the slightest. I was bored, I went for a jog…speaking of," I glanced down at myself. My pants and bra were covered in dirt; I had dirt smudged on my stomach and arms. The sweat I had worked up and then being thrown against a tree for the most part hadn't done much to keep me clean. "I stink and need a shower." Jasper began to laugh and I looked at him like he was crazy. "Why are you laughing Jazz?"

"Well you may be covered in dirt but in no way do you stink Bell," he replied. "In fact…" he moved closer burying his nose into my neck. "You smell delectable." It was my turn to laugh at him. I loved moments like these. Moments where we were just sitting, laughing, talking about nothing important at all.

"Come on in." Jasper said in a normal voice after there was a knock on the door. It was fun in the house sometimes; voices never had to be raised for even the simple things. Alice walked in after that.

"So, your Dad said it was fine if you stayed, in fact I even got it so you could stay the entire weekend, yes I know, go me!" Alice laughed and I couldn't help but laugh with her. Her and her future reading was sometimes just nutty. "Anyway, because I already know that for tonight you'll curl up in Jasper's clothes, but I thought you might want some underwear, don't worry they're brand new, even as a vampire that's a little weird. The clothes are for tomorrow and there are a couple new pairs of panties and bras in there. You'll love them and so will you Jazz." She winked at him and I couldn't help but blush and then giggle. Oh god I had giggled, I quickly covered my mouth blushing an even deeper shade of red which caused Alice and Jasper both to laugh at me. "So anyway, enjoy and oh don't be too loud tonight, ya she feels good enough to right now even, and don't be too rough on her Jazz." Alice, with vampire reflexes turned and left shutting the door just before the pillow hit it. I had to be purple with embarrassment by now, sometimes I hated her ability and yet at the same time it was a little funny.

"That little pixie is a pain in my ass sometimes." Jasper somewhat grumbled and I couldn't help but laugh. "So you said you wanted a shower, why don't we go get one?"

"We?" I questioned.

"Oh yes…we," he replied, a wicked grin on his face. "Race ya," he said and took off at vampire speed.

"Hey no fair!" I yelled and ran after him. "Using vampire speed is cheating!" I exclaimed when I walked into the bathroom. I ended up dripping over my own two feet when I walked in and would've landed on my face if not for Jasper. He balanced me on my feet and stepped back, giving me the view that made me trip anyway. The shower was already hot, steaming up the bathroom and Jasper was naked, already hard, his dick standing at attention while he lazily lounged against the counter top. I could feel my pussy already getting wet, oh god. I watched him take a deep breath.

"Turned on already Bell?" I shook my head gently, lying. "You're lying Bell; I can smell you from here." I blushed deeply with his words. "Now strip those clothes, I want to see that beautiful body." I scoffed but began to remove my clothes as he'd ordered.