Chapter 22

Jasper brought me home late that night. My parents were already in bed. It's so weird how they don't seem to care that I'm with Jasper all the time. I guess they know that I'm not a bad kid.

When we got into the house, Jasper put a hand on my belly. He was looking around the house and smelling the air. Something was wrong.

"What is it?" I asked.

"Someone's been here." He muttered.

"Someone…as in?" I questioned as I looked around.

"A vampire. I don't recognize this scent."

So then it's not Victoria at least. "Do you want me to stay the night at your place again?" I asked and touched his hand.

He turned to gaze at me and furrowed his brows. "It would make me feel better, yes."

"Let me leave a note for my mom and get my laptop. I have a paper to write and it's due soon." I poked his belly. "You're not helping me keep up with school."

I walked up the stairs and Jasper was right behind me. I could tell he was smelling the air for the vampire, like he was putting it in his scents to recognize later.

I went into my room, but was swept back behind Jasper. He let out a low growl and looked around my room.

"Whoever this vampire was…he was in your room the most." He sniffed around the room and went over to my hamper. "He was over here." He picked up some clothes from the hamper. "He must have smelled your clothes." Jasper eyed my room again. "Everything seems to be in place though."

I walked into my room more and went to my laptop. "Jazz, he or she is gone now. They are probably lost."

"I don't smell confusion or loss. I smell determination and a bit of anger." He looked over at me. "From now on, I want you over at my house. We'll still come here, but I want you at my place when I go hunting." He's using his command tone as he walked over to me.

Was this Major or was this just Jasper being bossy? "Okay, Jazz." I said and packed my laptop in its bag. "Should I pack more clothes? I only have two outfits there." I mentioned.

"Yeah." He eyed my dirty clothes pile. "I don't like that you have your clothes out like that." He picked my hamper up with one hand. "I'll have these washed and you can use them instead of packing."

His tone of voice made it clear that he wasn't going to take any no's, ifs, ands, or buts. I grabbed my charger for my laptop and put it in the bag.

Sighing, I looked around my room for anything I would need later. I had the essentials at the other house. I had a toothbrush, shampoo, brush, makeup (thanks to Alice) and other things. I basically moved in.

Esme cooked amazing food for me. She was always worried it would taste bad, since she isn't able to taste it without getting sick. I kept reminding her that she couldn't make any bad dish. Every food she made was so good.

I watched Jasper reach into his pocket and pull out his phone. "Yeah?" I watched his face turn into different moods but ended on anger. "Okay, you still at Bella's? Good. I am with Lori. Okay." He hung up and put his phone in his pocket. "I'll be right back." He said and swiftly left my room, taking my laptop with him.

He came back in two seconds and picked me up. He held my head to his chest, so I wouldn't get whiplash, and carried me to his vehicle. Setting me inside the car, he got on the other side and quickly drove off.

"Jazz, I didn't get a chance to leave a note." I reminded him.

"Just text your mom." He said and sped towards Bella's house.

"What is going on?" I sighed out and frowned when I read his face.

His eyes were dark now, like he hasn't fed in a week. A moment ago they were just a faded gold color. What was wrong?

"There was a vampire in Bella's room. I think it's the same one, but I don't know. I'm meeting up with Edward and Emmet. Edward is taking you to my place and Emmett and I are going to follow the trail." He spoke so quickly that I only understood enough to know what was happening.

"Why is this happening?" I sighed out again. "You're coming back tonight, right?"

"If I lose the trail, yes. If not, Emmett and I are following the trail until we find whoever it is." He answered me. "Please stop asking questions. I need to concentrate on not killing us."

"You're angry…" I muttered. Leaning over, I placed a hand on his lap and rubbed his leg. "Relax, Jasper. I'm here and safe. Don't overthink things, please?"

"You know that when it involves you I think of every possibility." He countered back. His tone was less cold, but still bitter. "I want to keep you safe. I'll do everything in my power to do so."

"You do amazing at it, Jasper. I couldn't ask for better protection." I leaned over more and put my head on his shoulder. "Just keep in mind that I like you in one piece and alive. Okay?"

I felt his shoulders relax and his voice became softer. "Okay."

I was waiting at the house with Carlisle, Rose, Esme, Edward, Alice, and Bella. Jasper and Emmett were out following the scent of whoever it was that came to my house and Bella's house.

They finally came back and Jasper went immediately to my side. He was tense again, like how he was when he was driving to Bella's house.

"Anyone we know?" Carlisle asked.

"No." Emmet answered.

"Whoever it was wasn't the same vampire that went in Lori's room." Jasper added and had a tighter grip on my waist. "They were both males. His scent disappeared about five miles south of Bella's house. We went to Lori's house and the trail ended the same way. Whoever they were…they knew one another."

I looked up at Jasper. I hated it when his eyes were black. That meant he was suffering from anger and hunger.

"Someone's orchestrating this."

"Victoria?"

"I would have seen her decide."

"It has to be the Volturi."

I frowned at the name. No, it can't be them. It doesn't make sense. Why wouldn't it be Victoria? She's been hanging around here for so long and now she's gone. After she left another vampire or two come to our bedrooms?

I remember that Jasper mentioned the vampire in my room was smelling my clothes. He was wanting my scent.

"Esme, where are my clothes I bought over?" I asked.

"They aren't clean yet." She frowned. "Sorry, I'll do them now if you want."

"No, no. I just wanted to see something." I smiled at her.

"They're in the laundry room."

I walked towards the room and saw my hamper. I rummaged through it and noticed that I was missing some clothes. I know they were in the hamper when I left, because I made a note to myself that I was going to wash them as soon as possible.

I felt jasper behind me. I turned and saw he was looking at me with a confused expression.

"I had a light blue shirt, a black hoodie, and my favorite pair of socks in the hamper along with the other clothes you see in it." I pointed at the hamper. "Those things are missing. I'm sure I didn't misplace them." My voice trailed off when I saw rage show on his face. "Okay, maybe my mom decided to clean some of my clothes."

Getting up, I walked over to Jasper and put my arms around his neck. His arms were around mine, but he wasn't looking at me.

"Jasper, I know you're angry. Come on." I planted soft kisses on his neck and chin. "Smile for me?" I planted more kisses on him.

"Esme mentioned to me that she told you about the other side." His voice was low. "The Major or just Major is what we call him."

I poked his nose. "Look at me."

I saw him hesitate before looking down at me. "Aren't you afraid that part will hurt you? Do I need to explain that nothing you do will make him or I hurt you?"

"Okay, first off…you're going to tell me how that happened. I want to know your past, Jasper." I held up two fingers. "Second off, no. I'm not afraid of him or you. I'm sure I've met him already. The other night in bed, I'm sure that wasn't Jasper. Well it was but wasn't?" I frowned. "I'm not good at the whole two…personality understanding thing. I do know I love everything about you." I ran a hand over his cheek. "Everything."

"It's weird." Jasper said finally. "When he's about to come out or he is out, all you have to do is touch me or say something and he goes away. I don't understand it. You…relax him and I."

"Can I ask you a question about him?" I asked sweetly.

"What?"

"Is he the gut feeling you mentioned about my step dad?" I asked.

Jasper paused for a moment before replying. "Yeah. When it comes to people he doesn't trust…then I know to not trust them."

"Does he trust me?"

"If he didn't, I wouldn't be with you." He made a face. "Actually, I might be with you. He does have a slight problem with you though."

I blinked a bit, not understanding. "What did I do?"

"He doesn't like how unlucky you are with vampires and wants you to stop being so…clumsy."

I let out a giggle and got on my tip toes. "I have a question for Major. Now, I do love the making love moments…but I'd love to get more into the kinky sex. Do I…do an okay job at following orders?" I felt the blush hit my cheeks.

"You do, Ma'am." He leaned down and planted a chaste kiss on my lips. "Come. Bella wants to know about my past too. Two birds' one stone, ya know?"

Jasper and I were on the couch. He had his arm around my back and he was looking at Bella.

"How do you know so much about newborns?" Bella asked.

"I didn't have quite the same upbringing as my adopted siblings." Jasper began to say. I felt my hand cutch to his shirt, knowing it wasn't going to be a happy story. Jasper moved a bit so he could show off his bite marks on his arms to Bella.

She leaned closer and gasped when she saw them. "Those bites are like mine." She said and showed off her bite mark.

I wanted to kiss every single mark on Jasper, wishing they would heal from my kiss. I wanted to heal Jasper, so he wasn't so hurt and dark. I love him dearly, but I want him to be happy.

"Battle scars." He corrected with a small smirk. Jasper moved back so he was holding me again. "All the training in the Confederate Army gave me was useless against newborns. Still, I never lost a fight."

"It still amazes me that you're from around the Civil War time." I spoke softly. "I forget about it, but when I remember…I'm still amazed."

Jasper smiled warmly at me. "You would forget that."

"I don't mean to." I pouted.

"So, you were in the Civil War?" Bella questioned.

"I was the youngest major in the Texas cavalry all without having seen any real battle." His face fell when he started to remember. "Until I met a certain immortal…Maria." I saw his eyes fade into his memory, remembering his past. "I was riding back to Galveston after evacuating a colony of women and children when I saw them." Them? "I immediately offered them my aid."

"She was creating an army?" Bella asked.

"They were very common in the south." Jasper continued. "Constant brutal battles for territory. Maria won 'em all. She was smart, careful, and she had me. I was her second in command, since she never let them live beyond the first year. It was my job to dispose of them."

"Jasper…" I whispered quietly.

"I could feel everything they felt." I wished I wouldn't have asked about his past.

"So, were you two together?" Bella asked.

"I thought what Mari I had was love, but I was her puppet. She pulled the strings. I didn't know there was another way, until I found Alice." He looked over to his sister and smiled at her. "She seen me coming of course. I was puzzled at first. This strange little woman hugged me and introduced herself like she already knew me. I felt…hope."

"I mentioned that there will be a woman born in the nineteen eighty's that will be worth all the pain and waiting he would have to do." Alice added and took a spot next to Bella.

I realized she was talking about me. "You've know all this time about me?" I asked.

"I did. He kept asking questions about what you would look like, your personality, and how much you would love him. I told him everything I knew about you. On the year you were born…he was so happy. Of course, he couldn't just go to where you were. He wanted to, but that would have been slightly weird and creepy."

"I don't think I would have minded being held by my future boyfriend." I laughed out.

They laughed as well, but Jasper continued the conversation. "It took all that I had to wait until the day I met you. Knowing you were alive and close made it so hard to control myself."

"I'm surprised you didn't lose control." I said. "Did you ever see me at all?"

"No. The day I met you at school was the first time I laid eyes on you. I couldn't stop looking at you. I couldn't stop being drawn to you. I do admit…I did follow you a lot."

"And still do." I coughed out and gave him an innocent face.

Jasper smiled at me. "And still do."

A/N: This will be the last update until either Thursday or Sunday. I hope I'm doing well with The Major part of him. :P Please let me know if I am or not! Also, I have a question. Should Lori go best friend mode when she sees Jake kissing Bella and punch him in the face and spraining her hand (instead of Bella doing it)? Imagine Jasper though! He'd kill the poor man. Hmm…maybe I won't do it.