Sorry, I have absolutely no excuse for not up-dating in a while. In fact it was so long ago that I had to re-read the whole series. However, finally, hear is the next chapter. Please tell me what you think and if you have anything you would like to add to the story then I would love to hear it, especially if they help me make my chapters longer. So, please review!
"You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough."
― Mae West
Chapter 2
As Bella walked into the Cullen's house she saw that the lights were turned on, chasing away the shadows caused by the grey clouds that rested above the small town of Forks. Nervousness crept into her stomach making it churn. Then she was suddenly surrounded by strong, concret arms.
"Alice!" Bella gasped, "Can't... Breath..."
"Oops, sorry," the black haired pixie grinned as she finally released Bella.
Taking in some much needed breath, Bella felt a flash of annoyance as she saw that in the corner of her eye Edward held a smug expression. Or maybe it was pride, she wasn't sure. However, she did know that Edward had seen something in Alice's mind and he did not look like he was going to share it.
"Don't worry, Bella, it will work," reassured Alice. Then she turned away from the pair and began to skip into the kitchen. As the black haired vampire reached the doorway her head suddenly snapped back to them. "Well... Are you coming?"
This comment caused Bella to grumble quietly under her breath, which cause all of the Cullen's except for Alice to chuckle at her comment.
As Bella and Edward slowly walked towards the kitchen, where, Bella had no doubt, the experiment was about to take place. The hard wood floor caused her foot steps to ring unbearably loud when compared to Edwards silent movements. If she was in any other vampires house, it would be like a delivery man announcing that dinner had arrived.
As they turned the corner, Bella saw Jasper sat on a high steel chair in the center of the kitchen. His legs open as all men tended to sit, his back tense and straight when he smelt her nearby.
"Bella, I'm glad you came," Esme greeted the pale, brown haired human with a smile that make she bronze eyes light up.
"Me too," Bella replied with her own smile.
Then Carlisle moved swiftly around one of the oak wood and black marble counters. In one of his hands he held a syringe containing Sue's blood, which she reluctantly donated to help Jasper as the blood was better fresh. Bella wished that it was her blood that was used, but Amias Bella's shield prevents the Cullen's from smelling it. In Carlisle's other hand, he held a tube of something that made Bella cringe. It was a scentless, acidic poison that Carlisle himself developed for this cause. It was something that would cause a vampire pain if touched, but after the vampire healed it would have been like the pain had never happen.
Bella had learnt about this in a Psychology book. It was called classical conditioning. When Carlisle combines the poison with her blood and Jasper attempts to feed on it, it will cause him pain. Eventually, like Pavlov's dogs, Jasper will associate human blood with pain and therefore be able to resist it easily. However, there are so many things that could go wrong with this plan, there are so many factors. For instance, Jasper maybe be only conditioned to feel pain with Sue's blood. Or he could have been conditioned so extensively that Jasper would associate all blood with pain, not just human.
So, as Bella watched she began to bite her lip nervously, whilst Alice and Edward calmly stood at her sides. She knew that it was for her own safety, in case Jasper snapped at suddenly came after a source of better human blood. Edward had been trying to convince her not to come, but Bella need to see what would happen for herself. Thankfully, the Edward in reality did not coddle her like the Edward in her dream did.
"Everyone ready," Carlisle said seriously. The family nodded.
With vampire speed and grace, Carlisle injected Sue's blood into the poison and handed it to Jasper, who's eyes had already darkened with tell tale signs of hunger.
Gazing fixated at him, Bella still chewed her lower lip, not even noticing how raw it was becoming.
The room was silent as Jasper stared at the tube of blood and poison, it was obvious that it was taking every ounce of his will power to know withstand the blood. Then in a blur of motion Jasper gulped down the blood, and hissing with pain as he lay on the floor.
Tears blurred Bella's eyes as she saw one of the people that she considered a brother in pain. Edward seeing her tears quickly wiped them away, murmuring to her about how it would be okay and that this was only the beginning. She knew that he was right but she didn't like it.
"Okay," Carlisle said firmly. "Now that we know it works, we will give it to Jasper three times a day. However everyone's feeding routine needs to stay the same. As Bella told us, because Jasper is an empath he feels our hunger in addition to our own, so he will need to feel it as much as possible. Hopefully, we will see some chance soon."
It was about half and hour later when Jasper finally managed to get up off the floor, gasping for breath. However, after another ten minutes, he was perfectly health patting a weeping Bella awkwardly on the back as she cried into his chest. Bella really didn't like that fact that he was going to be in pain and it was her idea that caused it.
This was how the next week went, with Jasper participating in the experiment three times a day. However, Jasper has yet to resist the blood, despite that fact that he holds out from drinking it slightly longer every time.
So, on a Saturday night, Bella lay down in her bed with Edward beside her. She realized that she was getting used to the sense of peace that had finally surround her life ever since she was attacked. She had no rogue vampires after her and no werewolves fighting for her humanity. It was nice.
Little did Bella know that as she slipped off into sleep, that she would dream. Her dream will be like the ones she has had a handful of times before. The ones where Amias would visit her...
"Bella," Amais whispered in the brown haired girls mind. "Bella, I must warn you. Teivel, is close. Teivel can sense my presence around you. Do not let your guard down."
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