JakePOV
Seth and Leah nearly beat down the door. "Hi, hi, hi!" Seth
chittered. "Mom said, we should give you some alone time -"
Leah started. "But we couldn't wait any longer." Seth
finished. "Where are they?"
"They're in the kitchen
with Nessie." I informed them. They ran into the kitchen, I
heard gasps and laughter, and squeals.
NessPOV
EJ and little Alice were in Leah and Seth's arms before I could do
anything. "Sorry," Leah apologized, "I've just been
waiting so long to hold him."
"You've been waiting 2
days." I reminded her.
"'Lo Leah!" EJ greeted her,
as she spun him in a circle. "Hello, EJ!"
Seth held
little Alice far above his head, and whisked her through the air to
his stomach, he continued playing with her for at least 15
minutes.
RosePOV
I sat with Bella
and Alice in the living room, "Do you guys remember Mike Newton
from school?" I asked. Alice rolled her eyes and Bella nodded
skeptically and asked, "Why?"
"Okay, so, when we
found the bimbo, the guy who was playing tongue hockey with her was
Mike!"
"No way!" Bella gasped.
I nodded.
"For
serious?" Alice asked.
I nodded again.
"Mike fuckin'
Newton, bagged the bitch." I squealed.
"Wow!" Bella
giggled.
"Crazy STD ridden fool," I proclaimed.
Alice
giggled maniacally and clapped her small white hands
together.
"What?" Nessie asked, walking in with Jake and
Emmett.
"Oh the guy last night that was making out with the
slut was Mike, a guy that we went to school with."
"Wow."
Nessie giggled.
JasPOV
"Jazz?"
Nessie called to me.
"In my room!" I responded.
She
walked up the stairs.
"Hey, I need you to run to the
supermarket for me."
"I haven't eaten in a couple of
centuries, so I'm probably not the best grocery shopper
around."
"Please?"
"Fine."
She
handed me the
list,
'Strawberries
Watermelon
Shampoo
Carrots
Peas'
Really
descriptive, Renesmèe.
I walked down to Nessie, "What do you
mean 'shampoo?'" I asked.
"You know, hair washing
shampoo."
"What kind of hair washing shampoo?"
"The
kind that I use, Jake knows."
"Then send him."
"Me?"
Jake's head bobbed up from the sofa.
"He'll come with you."
Alice decided.
"Where will 'he' go?" Jake
whined.
"Shopping with Jasper."
"Yeah, not so
much, with the partaking of shopping with Jasper."
"Please,
baby?"
"No, Ness. I hate
shopping."
"Please!"
"Fine."
"Yay!
I love you."
"I know."
Jake and I walked out the
door, "You're pushing the cart." Jake growled.
"Fine,
but I'm driving!"
"Fine."
"Fine."
I
slid behind the wheel of the Escalade.
"Do you have keys?"
Jake asked in a degrading voice.
"Will you just give me the
goddamned key?"
"Fine."
I
grabbed a cart and wheeled it through the automatic doors. "Check
that girl out!" Jake gasped.
"May I remind you that I am
not Emmett."
"Dude, even some lame spice leech like you
can appreciate this chick."
I looked up at whatever girl had
caught Jake's attention this time, she was pretty enough, blonde
hair, blue eyes.
"She's pretty, but she ain't my Alice."
Then
the door opened, a gust of wind exploded through the door, blowing
the girl's scent to me. "No, no, no, no, no." Her scent
blew towards me, it was the most divine, intriguing blood that I had
ever smelled. My throat ripped into flames, I attempted to stop
breathing, but I couldn't... and I didn't want to. Not without my
Alice there to stop me. "Dude, I hate shopping too, just quit
griping and read the damn list." Jake groaned. "Not...
that... simple." I whispered my eyes locked on the average human
girl, it was her blood that was driving me insane, Jacob liked her
body, but I lusted for her blood. I smelled the heat, the soothing
power that it would have on the fire in my throat and chest. Venom
pooled in my mouth, I tried to swallow, my hands tightened around the
cart. If I drank from her, what would make me stop? Who else would I
kill? I had to have the blood, her blood, I was past reasoning, I was
past caring about the repercussions, I needed her. Now. "You
finish this, I'll be back in a -" I stopped, and inhaled, "In
a later."
"In a later? That doesn't even make sense!"
I
walked off down aisle 4, the paper goods aisle. She was in the aisle
next to me. I pushed between a stack of toilet paper and looked at
her through the holes of the metal shelf. Her phone rang, she
rummaged through her oversized taupe purse until she found the purple
blackberry that she'd been searching for.
"Hello?" She
answered, now, while she's distracted, I ran to the aisle that she
was in, tapped her shoulder and soothed her, she turned around and
gasped. I motioned for her to follow me, "Lacey, I'll call you
later." She said into the phone, set the phone in her purse,
grabbed the purse and followed me. Lust and confusion were pouring
from her, I doused the confusion in more lust. We walked out of the
front of the store together, "So did you need a jump or
something?" She asked.
"Sure, my car is around
back."
"Oh do you work here?"
"No."
"Just
one of those special guys that they give private parking spaces
to?"
"Sure."
We reached the back of the
building. There was an alcove beside a delivery zone that I lead us
into. She was getting nervous so I threw some more lust at her. I
pushed us into the corner, leaned in as though I was going to kiss
her, then I leaned to her neck, covered her mouth, and bit her
jugular vein.
It was over all too soon, her empty body lay before
me. "I'm sorry." I whispered and fled. Jake was in the
checkout aisle. "What the Hell?" he asked as I strode up
next to him. "She was my singer, her scent was stronger to me
than anyone else's, ever. Bella was Edward's singer, that's why it
was so hard for him to control himself around her." I explained.
Jake nodded, "Right, so you killed her?"
"Yes."
I opened my eyes and looked at Jake. He winced, "You're eyes are
all like, grr."
"I know." I said and grabbed a pair
of sunglasses off the display next to me.
I
drove home with my sunglasses on, and braced myself to see Alice. She
would know that I failed, that I failed her. I hated myself. Jake
carried the bags of groceries. Alice greeted me at the door, "I
missed you."
"I missed you too, baby." She wrapped
her legs around my waist, and locked her arms around my neck. She
kissed me, "Take these off, they make kissing you awkward."
She said and discarded my sunglasses, she looked into my eyes,
loosened her grip around my neck and slid down my body, until she was
gripping my knees. "Why, Jazz? Why?"
"She was my
singer."
"I'm so sorry."
"Why are you
sorry? I'm the one that messed everything up."
"If I was
there -"
"I'm glad you weren't there -"
"What?"
"If
I would have hurt you, I couldn't live with myself."
"I'm
still sorry."
"Don't be."
"I should have
come." She sobbed tearlessly, her breath was ragged.
"It'll
be okay, my Alice, we'll figure it out."
"But what if we
don't."
"Honey, it's okay, we will figure this
out."
"But -"
"Shh." I crouched down,
pried my wife off of my legs, pulled her up into my arms, and carried
her to our room, I laid her out on the bed, and wrapped myself around
her, "I don't want to be sad." Alice whimpered into my
chest, I held her tighter and tried to relax her. Her sobs
intensified, "I can't breathe." She began gasping. "Alice,
my love, you don't need to breathe,"
"But... I... want
to!"
I rubbed her back and kissed her cheeks and nose as she
gasped and writhed. "It's okay, baby, your all right."
"Ah,
da, I, bu, bi, nya, eh -" Alice sputtered unintelligibly.
"Don't
talk, calm down and then tell what you were trying to
say."
"Calming... me... down... is... your job!"
She sobbed.
"I'm trying, but it's not working."
"It...
usually... works!"
"I know, honey, but you need to help
yourself calm down this time."
She gasped, and nodded. Her
breathing slowed, nearly back to normal.
"What were you
trying to say?" I asked, cupping her cheek.
"I don't
remember. But I love you."
"I love you too, Ali."
"You
aren't mad at me, are you?"
"No, no, no! Why would I be
mad at you?"
"Because I flipped out!"
"So?
I love you no matter what. Even when you flip out."
I walked out of our room and started down the hall, where Edward and
Emmett were talking. "Hello person eater." Emmett said,
with a wave. I scowled, "Shut up."
"What? I had my
fair share of singers."
"Yeah, and you killed them. What
kind of consolation is that?"
"Well, you know how Bella
was for me," Edward started.
"Now she's your wife. You
restrained yourself."
"Okay, so I'm not helping."
"Not
really!"
I pushed past them, Jake walked out the bathroom,
right in front of me and shrunk back when he saw me.
"I won't
hurt you." I sighed.
"No, I know man, I know. Sorry.
Just werewolf reflexes. I'm sorry." He cringed.
I walked into
the den, not bothering to turn on the light, I walked to the window
and sat down on the floor, looking up at the nearly full moon. I
wrapped my arms around my chest, leaned over onto my somewhat bent
knees and sobbed. Dry, heaving sobs. A warm arm gently snaked around
my shoulders, "Aren't you afraid of me too?" I asked.
"You
slipped, I couldn't be afraid of you. This is the closest to scared
of you that I've ever been, and I'm not even scared of you, I'm
scared for you. I've never seen you like this." Renesmèe's
melodic voice radiated through me, it was as warm as her touch. "I
failed all of you. I have brought dishonor to ya'll,"
"Now
you're mixing the south with Mulan, that's what freaks me out the
most." She laughed softly, I chuckled briefly. "We'll move
on, and get through this."
"But I killed that poor,
innocent girl."
"You didn't mean it."
"Yeah,
but she never did anything wrong. She didn't deserve what I did to
her." I said, she pulled my upper body towards her, my head
rested on her collarbone, "Jasper, you couldn't have
known."
"But I could have restrained myself, like your
dad did with Bella. Ha, if only I could be like my little brother,
the vampire prodigy."
"Don't say that. He has his
faults, you have yours, that's what makes you both unique and
special."
"So, I'm special because I have no self
restraint, and I kill people?"
"No, just try to do
better in the future."
"I don't even deserve a future. I
stole that girl's future away."
"Even if you don't
deserve a future Alice does, so piece yourself together, if not for
yourself, for her... And me."
"So that, what I can have
the opportunity to kill someone else?"
"Please. You have
gone so long without killing someone, you slipped."
"But
what if I slip again,"
"If that ever happens, me and
Alice will put you back together."
"Maybe Edward was
right. Maybe vampires are wholly soulless."
"Think of
Alice."
"Okay."
"If you were thinking of
her, you wouldn't be so monotonous. Think of her."
"I
am."
"Think of her dammit! See her, touch her, hold her,
kiss her!"
I envisioned my wife as Nessie demanded.
"I
know you feel that, the love you have for her, how can you love that
strongly and be soulless at the same time?"
"I don't
know, but obviously it is possible."
"Listen to
yourself, Jasper! You are being outrageous."
"Am
I?"
"Yes."
"I just feel so worthless. I try
so hard, and then... this happens. I tried, but her scent..."
"It's
going to work out. Go to Alice, I'm sure that she's worried by your
absence."
AlicePOV
When Jasper
returned I felt a bit happier. I had been laying exactly where he
left me for a good portion of a half hour.
"Hi, baby."
He said, walking to the bed, and slithering under the blankets with
me, I wasn't cold, but the covers made me feel secure. Jasper wrapped
his arms around my waist, I looked into his bright red eyes, "Hi.
You okay?" I asked.
"I will be. How about you?"
"I'm
still a little freaked out."
"Yeah, me too," he
closed his eyes and kissed my hair, "Better?"
"Every
little bit helps."
"So would this help?" He asked,
and tilted my chin up and kissed me passionately.
Breathlessly, I
gasped, "Yes."
"Good, I feel better too," he
sighed, and kissed me again.
"Now... I'm... much better."
I gasped.
"Agreed."
"I know something that would
make us both feel better."
"Yeah, I think that that
would probably help us both."
EPOV
I held my cellphone to my ear, 'pick up' I thought to the phone,
"Hello you've reached Dr. Carlisle Cullen's phone, I am unable
to take your call at this time, please leave me a message, and I will
call you back as soon I am able." Carlisle's recorded voice
said, then the phone beeped, "Carlisle, it's Edward, you really
need to come home now." I hung up. A few minutes later, my phone
rang. "Hello?"
"Edward, this is Carlisle, I just
got your message, what is wrong?"
"Jasper... he killed a
human."
"What?"
"He was at the grocery
store, and encountered his singer. He couldn't control himself."
"Why
didn't you stop him?"
"I wasn't with him."
"Was
he alone?"
"No, Jacob was with him."
"Oh,
he wouldn't have known."
"No. Listen, Carlisle, Jasper
needs you, he needs your fatherliness, he is very shaken."
"How
is Alice?"
"I would almost say that she's worse off than
Jasper. Though he has been comforting her."
"We're on
our way."
"Alright, I'll see you in the morning."
"Bye."
