Wow. 20 reviews. These cliff hangers may be evil, but they sure are working. For those of you who asked there is nothing wrong with the baby. Alice, Jasper, and the baby will ALL be fine. And for the few of you who asked what month it was in the story, I guess it would be about April, making Alice's baby about 3 months old. Depending on how many reviews I get in the next few updates, I'll either speed through the time, or drag it out into more chapters or a sequel. Thank you for the good lucks for starting my Humanities program today. Love you all. So, here we go!
Two days. Two long days that felt like many monotonous years. Two days since I had found my twin brother mangled in a human pretzel on the street outside my boyfriend's house. Two days since my boyfriend and my brother got into a fight over me. Two days that Edward spent trying to get Alice to get some rest. Two days of Bella having anxiety from not being able to comfort Alice. Two days of Emmett stealing worried glances at me. Two days of me switching between crying and throwing up. Two days too long.
"It's going to happen today." Alice whispered
We were all sitting in Jasper's room. Alice sat in a chair beside his bed, with Edward constantly hovering over her from behind. Emmett and I sat on a small couch near the door. Bella sat on the floor, cross-legged, biting her nails.
"What's going to happen?" Edward yawned
"Jasper is going to wake up." She smiled
This made my head snap up. Alice had a great sense of intuition.
"How do you know?" Bella asked, her voice still a monotone
"I just do." She whispered, her smile still bright
"Alice, please don't get your hopes up." Edward begged
"Jazz will wake up. You'll see." She murmured
And for some reason, I believed her.
Edward, on the other hand, did not seem to agree with me.
"Alice, you don't know that for sure." Edward frowned
What was he doing? As an older brother it was his job to comfort her. He was supposed to make her feel better. He was the only one who could at the moment.
I had no sibling to support me, and here Edward was, making his own sister even more miserable than she was to start with.
"yes, I do." She answered, turning to face him with a confident expression
"How?" he demanded, "Are his vitals back up? Is there a change in his heartbeat? Suspicious brain activity? Breathing?"
"I just have a feeling."
"We can't rely on instinct." He snapped
"No, Edward. You can't. Unless it can be traced back to a medical explanation or lesson, you can't rely on it." She yelled, getting up from the chair and going to stand in front of him
"You are a surgeon. A heart surgeon. A job that requires you to be 100% sure of every move you make because someone else's life on the line. A job where one wrong twitch of your fingers can kill your patient. You are book smart. I, however, am a free spirited soul who doesn't need my premonitions and feelings to be backed up with history and fact and evidence. I'll believe what I want to." She hissed
She then went on to plop down in her seat and scowl at the floor, clutching her stomach protectively as though Edward might try and hurt the baby.
Bella crossed the room and wrapped her arms around Edward's shoulders.
"She could be right." Bella whispered
Edward turned to face her, and walked away from Alice's chair. Bella took his hand in hers.
"People in relationships just know these things. There's no rhyme or reason to it." She smiled
"I suppose you're right." He murmured, before kissing her on her forehead
"Well," Carlisle smiled, entering the room with Jasper's file in his hand, "Jasper should be conscious within the next half an hour or so. He's breathing on his own now, but he seems to be recovering very quickly for someone in his condition. Just remember that he might have temporary memory loss, or be in shock, but he will most definitely be fully alert when he is completely awake."
Alice and I each game a solemn nod or two, and I could swear that I heard Emmett let out a sigh of relief.
"You kids should all get something to eat." Carlisle sighed, "Especially you, Alice. You're eating for two, and you haven't had a meal in almost three days. You need to be careful, especially in your condition."
"I'll go bring up some grub from the cafeteria." Emmett offered, "Alice?"
"Salad."
"Bella?"
"Just a yogurt, thanks."
"Edward?"
"I'll have the same as Bella, Emmett."
"Rose?"
"Just a bottled water, Em."
He gave me a blank stare.
"No ginormous sub sandwich?" he grinned
I shook my head no. I couldn't keep anything down, and I was simply craving ice cold water.
"You still don't feel well." Emmett frowned
It was a statement, not a question.
"Just a little nauseous." I admitted
Alice giggled from Jasper's bedside.
"After you have your little "welcome back to planet earth, darling brother" reunion, you're seeing Carlisle."
"Emmett." I complained
"Or you could have Edward check you out."
I took one glance at Edward and made my decision.
"Carlisle."
He laughed. "That's what I thought. Alright, baby, I'll be right back." He kissed me lightly on the crown of my head
"Well, well." Edward chuckled
"Crap." I murmured
"Oh we all knew already." Alice sighed, "It was just the slightest bit obvious, Rosalie. But you're adorable together so we'll forgive you."
"You all knew?" I groaned
"Yeah, pretty much." Bella laughed
"Well then I guess I can say goodbye in a more formal way." Emmett decided, leaning in closer to me, cupping my face
His thumb gently swept across my cheeks, and then he brought his lips closer to mine, at an almost irritatingly slow pace. He lightly laid a peck on them and then retracted, but before I had a chance to complain, his lips were back on mine and this time they parted, and he tickled the tip of my tongue as if he were wetting a stamp, sending a cool, tingly sensation through my body.
He pulled back, and flashed me a killer smile, before winking and leaving the room.
Edward let out a low whistle.
"Shut up." I hissed, but anyone could see that I was too head-over-heels in love to actually sound ticked off or rude
Edward began to whisper things to Bella causing her to giggle, Alice started rubbing circles into Jasper's palms, and I became engulfed in my thoughts.
I was actually alright with everyone knowing about Emmett and I. I no longer would have to sneak out, or have Alice pester me about dating men who weren't good enough for me. Funny, that we'd all pair off and become couples. Alice and Jasper was no surprise at all. I had befriended Alice when we first moved to Forks from Texas, and the second day we were here she came over to help me unpack and she spent the entire time drooling over my brother who was sitting in the hallway against his door, suiting a cowboy hat, and a piece of grass in his mouth, singing and playing his guitar.
"Alice? Did you grab my box of books, by any chance?" I asked, trying to find where I put the box containing my summer reading books
"Alice?"
Maybe she was still outside or was downstairs talking to my mom. I walked outside my room to ask Jasper.
"Jasper have you seen-
"So you place this hand over here, and this one on this string to get this chord." He explained
Well, well, that sure was fast. Alice sat beside Jasper, his arm wrapped around hers directing her with his guitar.
"There you go darlin, that sounded beautiful."
"It was?"
"Most definitely, miss."
The sound of a creaking bed snapped me out of my memories, and I turned to see Jasper struggling to get up. Alice sprang to her feet, and supported his back while he sat up.
"Jasper." We both sighed simultaneously
"Where's Emmett?" he whispered
Here is your update. The next chapter will also be in Rosalie's POV. I wanted to add more, but I also wanted this update up today as promised. REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW and I'll get the update up quickly!!!
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