Chapter 53 - Emmett's POV
Jasper and I took the car outside of the walled city about twenty minutes before we stopped to scout the area, it was late at night and the probability of humans being in the area was low. We headed out into a small wooded area and about ten minutes in Jasper and I had both taken down two roe deer and Jasper was working on his third.
Jasper looked like hell when we had walked into the apartment in the volturi castle I had barely recognised him. It was Jasper but he looked empty. We didn't talk on the drive I knew from his lack of speaking that his thoughts were somewhere else. Jasper has never been a blabbermouth but I at lease expected him to say something about the attack on Bella. He barely made a sound and went on hunting. After the two deer I waited for Jasper to finish I wasn't really thirsty I had hunted with Rose and Esme on our way to Voltera.
I was looking off toward the city when I heard Jasper come up behind me. "We should get back." He said his voice monotone. Trying not to sound too gushy and girly I had to ask "Jas, you okay? I mean with all that's happened" Jasper continued trudging toward the car. "I don't want to talk about it…. Let's get back." then he broke into a sprint. I caught up with him about a hundred yards from the car.
"Jasper you obviously need to talk about this." I clapped my hand down on his shoulder and he basically jumped out of his skin. "Emmett don't!" he hissed. "Jasper, you need to talk about this, you've been attacked and cooped up for a week with a human and you were obviously hungry."
"Emmett I really don't want to talk about this."
Jasper reached for the door of the car and I clicked the button on the key to lock the door. "Emmett what the hell?" I backed away. "Jasper I'm not getting back in that car with you until you talk to me." I stared at Jasper for a minute before he hung his head.
With a deep growl he started "It's been taking every fibre of my self control not to track down Felix and rip him into little pieces is that what you want to hear??"
"Or did you want me to tell you the numerous ways I plan on killing myself if Edward doesn't do me the favour when he gets back."
"Or did you want to hear how sweet Bella's blood smells to me, that every second I spent with her was agony….. and the venom…. " He spun around not looking at me any longer.
"I shouldn't have stayed alone with her. She would have been better off with you, or Carlisle anyone but me….. Alice would….. Ahgh.... What is Alice going to think." Jasper was leaning against the car his head in his hands.
"Jasper, Christ man! did lack of blood make you go freaking Looney toones?? You really have no clue do you."
"If Edward is pissed at anyone it's himself you should know that and on top of that if you hadn't been there none of us would have seen Bella EVER again. She would have been dead in the least and at worst the Volturi would have buried her in some dark corner of the castle to change and we still would never see her again. She's Alive because of YOU!"
"And Alice, she saw what you did, she knows Jasper." Jasper still hadn't moved his face was still shielded by his hands.
"When we came to after the attack on the house we were freaking, our first thought were of Bella because she's so….. human. After that chaos had died down we had hope, because we knew she had you, and Alice, and Edward. I for one knew you had it in her to protect her no matter what."
"Your not the person you were in the war Jasper, your not evil, your not that blood crazed monster….. Your Jasper…. You're my brother, your Bella's freaking brother and if you don't smarten up get your ass in this car…. And back to our little sister with a kick ass attitude. I'll kick your ass and let Alice know where to find you!"
What is it? I seem to be surrounded with vampires with social problems. The guilt the remorse, frig, it felt like we should all be sitting cross legged in a circle singing coom-by-ya and braiding daisies in our hair.
"Stop being a whiney little baby and get in the freaking car!" I turned to unlock the doors when I felt something hit me in the back which crumbled to dust when it hit me. Looking across the hood at Jasper I realised he had launched the rock at me. There was definitely more life in his face.
"Don't call me whiney or a baby. Now get in the car and drive. I want to ask Bella what she wants done with Felix, I'm feeling like kicking some ass."
Jasper yanked open the car door and I did the same…. All I could think was "Lets do this" as we raced back to the city.
