Since both Chapter 15 and 16 were short I've decided to combine them to make a bigger single chapter. I did make some changes to this so they would combine seamlessly together. *Writing like this is thoughts*
Chapter Fifteen/Sixteen
Jasper pulled me into his arms harshly yet he held me gingerly, like I was going to fall to pieces on him if he wasn't gentle. For some reason my fingernails worried me and not wanting my nails to smear, I moved my hands out to my sides instead of hugging him back.
He pulled back from his impromptu hug just as quickly as he had started it and I examined my fingernails that were thankfully un-smudged. *What is so important about my nails? I've never cared before?* I wondered curious as I turned my full attention back to Jasper,
"So answers and food. Preferably now, but you'll need to feed me as my fingernails are still wet." I said calmly tilting my head as I stared into his deep blue eyes.
Jasper just stared at me without blinking or moving causing me some concern.
"Jasper? Are you okay?" I asked leaning forward a bit to get a clearer look at his pale handsome face and his beautiful deep blue eyes.
"Am I okay?! You're the one who was kidnapped and abused for the past- ugh! I am so sorry Gemma. I should have been with you. I should've-"
I cut him off,
"Jasper this was NOT your fault. It was my past that came back to bite me; you had nothing to do with it. However, now that we're on the subject why are you here and where's Alice?"
I asked as I realized the pixie was missing. She hadn't let Jasper out of her sight since I had asked about Jasper's blue eyes. Before Jasper could answer me there was suddenly a large warm body behind me and strong arms pulled me away from Jasper's cool body temperature.
Tilting my head back to see who was holding me I was surprised to find it was a taller more chiseled looking Jacob holding me against his warm body while he stared at Jasper.
"Look, I don't mind all the touching and I can wait for answers but if someone doesn't get me a large stuffed crust cheese pizza, a box of brownies with cream cheese icing and an extra-large double chocolate mocha with maple flavoring and French vanilla creamer I will not be held responsible for the terror I will create in this hospital. Do the two of you understand me?"
I asked, placing my hands on my hips in annoyance not caring as much about my fingernails smearing now as my stomach rumbled loudly and I felt my hunger-anger start to rise.
There was a moment of silence between Jasper and Jacob as they stared at each other before they seemed to reach a silent agreement and Jasper left while Jacob walked me back to my hospital room.
I was very curious at their silent communication but I decided to hold off on my ever-growing questions in favor of looking Jacob over while mentally cataloging all of the changes, his now short hair, muscular body and his new height as well as the heat steadily radiating from him.
"So...what's new with you?" I asked after a few seconds of silent walking while Jacob stared straight ahead looking like he was concentrating very hard on something.
Jacob glanced down at me and his eyes locked with mine causing something in my stomach to flip and I could swear I saw his eyes flicker from the warm brown that always reminded me of chocolate to a lighter amber brown color and back to his warm brown again.
There was silence as we stopped walking and just stared at each other. I knew that something between us had just changed and I was trying to figure out what it was as I stared up into his surprised eyes when a worried nurse broke the moment.
"OH MY! You're not supposed to be out of bed yet young lady!" The nurse said, causing me to pull my gaze away from Jacobs as she herded me back to my room. I could swear I heard a faint whimper coming from Jacob but I was whisked back into my hospital room without being able to look back.
Sighing I allowed the nurse to put all of the various needles back into my body as she took my blood pressure and heart-rate before I finally got fed up with all the fuss.
"Okay! Okay! I'm obviously alive and not bleeding out so will you please stop prodding me like I'm a piece of meat and leave me alone?!" I snapped angrily at the poor nurse who froze and stared at me with a deer in the headlights look before she blushed, stammering an apology before running out of my room.
"Great." I muttered as I let my head fall back against the pillow,
"I just had to be a butt to the poor night-shift nurse. Now she's probably off crying somewhere." I sighed annoyed at myself for my sour attitude, normally regardless of how angry I got I didn't vent it on people who didn't deserve it.
"Nah, she's not crying at least not yet she's too busy flirting with the new Doctor." Alice's voice said from the other-side of the room startling me. Immediately I turned to look in the direction her voice had come from,
"Alice? What are you doing here?"
"I knew you would have questions that Jasper wouldn't be willing to answer, especially about himself and since I know him and all of his secrets I decided to come and answer them for you. Like for instance he used to-" Alice began until I coldly cut her off as I sat straight up in the bed ignoring the pain that shot through my body.
"Alice SHUT UP! If Jasper has anything he wants to tell me about himself HE can tell me. I don't need you to tell me his secrets and honestly I'm disgusted that you're trying to. Maybe it's just me but when someone confides in you it's not so you can go and tell other people about it." I stopped here to take a breath which allowed Alice time to speak up anger causing her face to scrunch up making her look surprisingly ugly,
"Listen here HUMAN. If I want to talk, I'll talk so YOU SHUT UP! I'm better than you in every way and if I wanted to I could snap your neck here and now! So believe me when I say if you so much as LAY A FINGER on- '' Alice's rant surprised me but what or should I say who, shut her up surprised me even more.
"You swore you would leave Gemma, Bella and Charlie alone Alice." Edward said as he kept his one hand clamped over Alice's mouth and used his other hand to pull Alice away from my bed-side which she had stomped over to while ranting. Alice managed to get Edwards hand off of her mouth and she turned on him angrily,
"Jasper is MY mate! MINE! And now he want's to abandon me because of some stupid little human girl and that freaking prophecy of the animals?! You of all people should understand Edward! Where's your mate Hannah? Oh that's right she DEAD because she was a stupid human you refused to change and animals ripped her to shreds because of it! Seriously I can't believe how easily you accepted Bella into your life, she's a stupid human ape to and-!" Alice snarled angrily, cutting herself off mid-sentence as she shoved Edwards hand off of her waist and turned back to me.
"I'm warning you Gemma Swan, you your sister and that prophecy are going to get thousands of innocent people killed, including my family!" Alice declared before she vanished from my hospital room.
Edward seemed to be reeling at the mention of his dead human mate and I felt shock and disbelief surge to the forefront of my emotions as I stared at Edward.
"Edward..." I trailed off not knowing what to say, it was obvious that Edward hadn't wanted to talk about his mate, and more then likely he had never wanted me or Bella to know about her in the first place. Edward gave me a pained smile and he vanished from the hospital room as well, leaving me alone with my swirling thoughts.
"Seriously what is going on here? Am I just high on the morphine and dreaming all of this?" I wondered bewildered as I stared at the place that Edward had just vacated. Deciding to just go to sleep and hope that everything was fine when I woke up I laid back down in the hospital bed and closed my eyes.
My brain wouldn't stop swirling with questions and I gave up trying to sleep, instead focusing on just relaxing with the scent of warm pizza caused my eyes to fly open. Not seeing anyone at the hospital doorway I turned to look at the window that had been used as a door already twice tonight just in time to see Jasper and Jacob both come through it.
Jasper was holding the pizza while Jacob was holding what looked like a coffee cup from my favorite place and the unmistakable package of a cream-cheese frosted brownie.
*At least if this is a dream the calories wont count.* I thought as I watched the two of them rapidly approach me, both of them looking agitated as they glanced around the hospital room before giving each other a look that seemed to carry a silent conversation.
I brushed off their strangeness and pushed the button causing the bed to rise into a sitting position as my stomach gave a loud angry growl before I dug into the warm pizza that Jasper had laid onto my lap.
"Gemma, was-..did anyone visit you while we were away?" Jasper asked me as I chewed my mouthful of pizza. Not wanting to take even a second away from eating I just nodded before sighing at the looks they both gave me. Swallowing my mouthful I spoke,
"Yeah Alice and Edward showed up...at least I think they did. Honestly I'm still questioning myself on if this is all real or just a crazy morphine fueled dream." I replied before I took another bite of the pizza.
I saw Jacob and Jasper exchange another look and rolled my eyes at their secretive behavior, regardless of if I was awake or sleeping their behavior would get old very fast. I decided as I finished off the piece of pizza and wiped my fingers and mouth before I opened the brownie container.
