Rain: And I am back with a brand new chapter for you guys so let's just get into it before Life is Strange continues to trap my mind.

Chloe: It's hella true. He loves the hell out of us. He even made a fanfiction about us. Why don't you guys check it out! It's called Life is Strange: Reach for the Truth so give it a check before I wreck ya!

Max: Wowsers Chloe. You just had to make it a pitch?

Chloe: Just doing what the paper here says Mad Max.

Max: Mario, just sign us off to the chapter please.

Mario: Mama Mia! Here we go!

The Crimson Eyed Drifter: Distance between Hearts
Chapter Nineteen

Rundown Hotel - Idaho
Jasper Hale Whitlock

"I can't believe it," Jessamine said to me as red wisps of mist flowed from her body, causing Peter, Charlotte and I to feel her anger. "So they hunted me down and killed my family because of you three leaving Maria's service so many decades ago?"

I nodded in response.

Once we got Jessamine to calm down, Peter and I relayed all of what we knew towards her. If we were all going to be a team, I want her to know that we would always be honest with her.

"You see the scars on our bodies and no doubt, you hear the truth of our words," I heard Peter tell her as he looked Jessamine right in the eyes. "I hate that your family had to bear the full force of Maria's anger and pettiness but if we had stayed, we all would have died."

"I know," Jessamine replied softly, the red mist changing to a blue one. "I just...I...I don't have the words. Should I blame you guys for wanting to be free of someone so ruthless? No but I do feel angry that because of you guys being free, me and countless others had to pay the price. The best I can do for all that were slain is to kill the one who ordered the hit..."

"I understand..." I responded. "I lost my sisters, my grand nieces and nephews. Hell, I lost my own life under her. You will not be alone in avenging them."

"You got the right, we'll be with you until then end," Charlotte added on with a smile on her face.

Peter merely nodded but he had a smile on his face as well.

Jessamine looked to Charlotte and Peter before he and gave a small smile, the blue mist wisps slowly fading into a light yellow as the feeling of appreciation fill the room.

"Good...And in order to get you started, we will need to start your training," I announced as I pushed myself off the wall to stand upright.

It was then she gave a small smirk.

"If its fighting you mean, then I don't need it," Jessamine said as she stood up on her feet and added "You're looking at a black belt MCMAP."

"You were a marine?" Peter asked in surprise.

"Yes. If you guys went through her wallet, you would have saw her Military ID," Charlotte noted with a smile in Peter's direction.

I was surprised at the fact she was in the Marines. Hell, that she was a soldier in general. It seems serving this country is in our blood. "Interesting...I'm glad to see another soldier in this room," I noted with a smile on my face.

"You were in the army?" Jessamine asked, stunned at my admission. I could even see a pink mist flowing from her body.

"I was in the Civil War. The youngest general on the field," I replied with a smile on my face.

"Whoa...The Civil War has always been my favorite subject in the world!" Jessamine stated with excitement in her eyes, bright puple wisps of mist flowing from her body. "You have to tell me more."

I could only smile at her enthusiam but without warning, her image flashed and instead of Jessamine, I saw Bella smiling face looking at me before it changed back to Jessamine.

I couldn't stop my body in time from flinching at the sudden sight of the woman who I left behind in Forks.

Why?

Why can't I erase her from my head?

I've been trying so hard to keep her from causing havoc to me but it has done nothing but wreck me up.

I feel like I'm going insane.

What will it take to get her out of my head?

To satisfy my own cravings of blood, I nearly took away my fam-former family's light...I left Forks to protect her and yet, she stays on my mind.

She shouldn't be there. I don't have the right to think of her so much and yet...Despite wanting her gone from my conscious, the sudden pain in my chest told me otherwise.

"You Major, you ok?" Peter's voice asked, which made me raise my gaze to him.

Did I looked pained?

"I'm fine Peter," I responded with a small smile on my face but in my undead heart, I wasn't ok.

As much as I tried to fight it...As much as I tried to push her away from my head, she continued to invade and each time, I feel myself missing her more.

It made no sense. I barely knew the human teenager and yet my heart keeps calling out to her...

Bella, why do I miss you so much?

Forks, Washington
Downtown Forks - Priestess Cafe
Bella Swan

"Bella, why do I miss you so much?"

My eyes widened in surprise as Jasper's voice ripped through my head like Kung Lao's hat through someone's neck.

What the hell just happened?

"Bella, are you ok?" Alice asked from beside me, her eyes locked onto mine in concern. Across from our table sat Leah, who gazed at me with mild interest.

I wanted to say that I was fine and leave it at that but I wasn't okay. I heard his voice loud and clear within my head but why did I hear his voice so clearly like that?

It was as if he was by my side...But he wasn't...

Damn it Jasper!

Why did you have to leave me like this? Did you not know I was your mate?! Why cause me this much misery?!

I could feel the tears prickling in my eyes due to both the anger and sadness that flowed throughout my body but I held them back.

No.

No more tears.

I won't allow myself to cry any longer.

Jasper may not be here and as much as that thought hurts my heart, I can't allow it to break me. Besides, from the sound of his voice, despite him wondering why he missed me, I know that he he does.

I can feel it somehow.

It's funny...He left because he was afraid of hurting me...Because I was a weak, pathetic human, his kind's natural prey and felt that if he stuck around, I would have been killed by him.

But I feel like he is killing me by being so far away. I want Jasper by my side but he won't come back as long as he views me as weak.

I have to be stronger...not only for him to return, but I need to be stronger for me. I'm tired of crying and and yelling when shit doesn't go my way. It's high time that I start facing things head on in my life and forcing things to bend to my will.

Besides, I did promise that I would show that he was worth anything and I have a feeling that he will need me to be strong when he was not.

Heh, if that could ever happen.

I grabbed at the necklace he had given me on my birthday and let a smile appear on my face as I looked to Alice and said "I'm feeling good. In fact, I feel perfect."

Leah quirked a brow in my direction and said "You look determined. I wonder what's going on in that head of yours."

"My heart is filled with it," I responded happily while Alice and Leah glanced at each other then back at me in confusion.

I didn't need them to understand why I was happy but I was because I know what must be done so hold on Jasper...I'm going to get strong and I'm going to bring you home with me!

Rundown Motel - Idaho
Jasper Hale Whitlock

"So hold on Jasper...I'm going to get strong and I'm going to bring you home with me!"

I paused mid-sentence as I heard Bella's voice shout within my head and couldn't help but smile.

Peter noticed the smile on my face and quirked a brow but I merely shook my head and leaned against the wall, unable to stop my smile from growing. I don't know what is going on or why I could hear her but it brought me peace in hearing her voice.

"You ok Jasper?" Jessamine asked in concern, pink wisps of mist flowing from her. I gave her a nod in reply before I crossed my arms and looked out the window.

And It was true this time around.

Bella...I don't know whether you will hear this or not but I'll keep you to your word...You'll have to grow strong to force me back to Forks...But until then, stay safe. I do not want to live in this world without you.

I chuckled before I glanced to my little group and said "Well, there is a lot we need to do. We need to start getting Jessamine accustomed to her new life while making our way to Canada and we don't have enough to time do it. Let's move."

Rain: And that is where I will end it. This may be a mini-chapter but I decided to go with it to show that the bond between Jasper and Bella slowly grows. The next arc I have planned will build on that bond along with a few other things. So Jasper is slowly, but surely getting there.

Chloe: Yeah, Yeah, Yeah. you guys better read the next chapter

Rain: Chloe...

Max: Cereal Chlo?

Chloe: Damn right. Until the next time guys!

Mario: See you next time