Chapter 37
I opened my eyes. Everything around me was blurry, due to my glasses not being on me and I just woke up from a slumber. I had no idea how long I was out for. I could make out shapes eventually. I added everything together. I was the bedroom, at the Cullen's, that I shared with Jasper. I was hooked to an IV. Finally, I saw blonde hair in my blurry sight.
My hearing came back. I was hearing murmurs, but now I can hear normally. Jasper was talking with Carlisle. Alice was with them as well.
"Hey Lori…" I heard a soft voice from beside me speak. It sounded like Esme.
Jasper's head turned quickly, along with Alice and Carlisle. He ran over to me and sat in the seat beside the bed.
I felt a warm tear leak out of my right eye, falling down my cheek. I wasn't sad and I wasn't in pain. I don't know why my eye decided to leak.
"Jasper, give her time to know what's going on." Esme spoke again.
"She's been out for three days." He growled out. His eyes were locked onto mine. "Alice told me what you did and why. You are stupid and selfless. I am so furious with you right now." I winced at his tone, but then he changed. "I'm so grateful you're alive. I'm sorry. I didn't know she was your little sister. I would have…"
"It's okay, Jasper. I don't hate you. Right now…I don't want to think about it." I croaked out. "Water? Please?"
Carlisle picked up the water from the nightstand and tilted my chin again, helping me drink slowly. The water was lukewarm. It felt amazing against my dry throat. I felt so cold too.
"So, what was damaged?" I asked when the cup was pulled away.
Jasper let out a frustrated sigh. "Carlisle, had your body scanned. He saw that your body wasn't damaged as badly as it should have been."
"However…" Carlisle trailed off as he went to add to Jasper's words. "I can't scan your stomach and pelvic area. It's like something is blocking me from seeing anything."
Jasper placed his hand on my belly. "Your skin has changed, like it became hard as a rock. Whatever is happening, it saved you from horrible damage."
"I don't understand." I said confused. "What's going on? I didn't get bit at all."
"We know and we are trying to figure that out." Carlisle said and took my hand, looking at me with a look full of fatherly love and promise. "We will find out."
I moved a bit, feeling a bit sore and sluggish. "So, if it protected me…what's hurting?"
"You did have a few cracked ribs, but they healed quickly." Carlisle moved away to grab a folder. He came back and showed me the weird x-ray. It was normal around the lower breast and up, but then it started to get blurry going down. He was right. It was like something was blocking him from seeing. "Now they are just bruised and your bruises on your skin look like they are a week old. I've never seen a human heal like this."
"I wonder what it could be." I spoke as I grazed my hand over my hardened skin.
It looked like my skin. Everything looked normal, but it was hard. It reminded me of Jasper's skin, but not as hard as it.
"Also…" Alice spoke up after being quiet for a long time. "I can't see you anymore."
"Can't see me anymore? As in?" I asked and then realized what she meant. "You can't see my future anymore. Just like the werewolves."
Alice nodded. "It was weird. One moment I could see you and then this happened. You being hurt triggered whatever it is inside you. Now it prevents me from seeing you. What's even more troubling is when Jasper is touching you, I can't see him either."
I looked over at Jasper and noticed he's still touching me. He was touching my leg now. His eyes were still on me and he was also quiet.
"Should I be celebrating or praying?" I asked as a joke.
Esme and Carlisle smiled a bit, but it didn't reach their eyes.
"While you were out, Bella and Edward got engaged." Esme said.
I turned my head to look at her. I smiled brightly when I heard the news. "Finally, I was wondering when Bella was going to say yes."
"It all shocked us too." Alice added and sat on the bed with me.
"Can I speak with Lori? Alone?" Jasper finally spoke up, silencing whatever was going to be said.
"Sure, Jasper." Carlisle said and grabbed his wife's hand. "Come, let's go tell the others that she's awake."
All three left the room and I bit my lip, nervous of what Jasper was going to say.
"Why are you nervous?" He asked as he stood up and got into out bed with me. He was careful with the tubes what were hooked up to me.
"Because I don't know if you're going to yell at me or kiss me." I said.
"I've told you before that I don't want you harmed. You've done something stupid like this before and I don't know if I can handle it anymore." My heart broke when he said that. What did he mean by that? "Hey…" He said softly and made me look at him. "What I meant was, I don't know if I can handle you being human anymore. You're so fragile and it's worrying."
"I'm not so fragile anymore." I said with a small cheeky grin, patting my belly. "I have some sort of weird skin thing that protects me."
It got him to smile a bit, but he still continued. "Never again will you put yourself in harm's way. Promise me. Next time you do; I will turn you into a vampire myself. I can't take it anymore. You really are going to be the death of me. Either I'll die of a weird non-beating vampire heart attack or you'll bring out the age in me."
"I've never seen you so scared before." I said and placed my hand on his cheek. "You looked so lost."
"I was trying hard to not turn you right then and there. I thought I was losing you and that was an option I wasn't going to get. I'd give up the treaty to save your life."
"But wouldn't it be hard for you?
Jasper shifted in his spot. "What will?"
"Turning me. You'll get a taste of my blood and won't stop."
"I smelled your blood on the battlefield. I held you as you bled. It was on me and my clothes. I only wanted to bite you to turn you. If I turned you, I wouldn't see it being a problem." He placed his hand on my hardened flesh. "So, how are you on things? Any human needs you need to take care of?"
"I would like to take a shower…no wait! I want a bath. I don't feel like standing." I giggled out.
"Okay, bath it is."
I stood there in front of the mirror. My body had bruises on it. They were a light shade of purple and blue with yellow coloring around them. I looked like a leopard.
Jasper came in and looked at me questionably. "Why are you not in the tub?" He asked and closed the door.
"Rawr." I said as I pretended to have claws. "I'm a leopard."
Jasper let out a laugh and face palmed himself. "Why did I think something was wrong when I came in here? I should have known you would be so silly."
"You're the one that wants to marry me." I said as I held up my hands, not taking any blame.
"Yes, I suppose you're right."
A/N: Hmm…I wonder what is wrong with Lori~ :)
