"Garrett Hoskeys speaking." He answered.
"Garrett, Peter Whitlock here." Peter said. I had to hold my hand over Bella's mouth so she didn't give it away that he was with us.
"Peter to what do I owe the pleasure of your call?" Garrett asked.
"Sorry it's not such a pleasure to tell you this but a few hours ago Major Jasper Whitlock was killed." Peter said over the phone.
Garrett had a surprised look on his face but I put my finger to my lips indicating that he shouldn't mention that I was with him.
"Jasper Whitlock is dead." Garrett stuttered out. "How?"
"Newborns killed him. His mate had recently passed. She had been in a coma and had been pulled off the machines just earlier today. We were thinking because he wasn't concentrating that they got the upper hand on him and killed him." Peter said.
"Is there anyone that I can call for you Peter or anything that I can do?" Garrett asked him.
"No thank you Garrett. If you could pass the message on to whoever you come across I would really appreciate it." Peter said.
"I will. I'll let you go so you can mourn the loss of your loved ones Peter. May they be at peace." Garrett said hanging up the phone.
I took my hand away from Bella's mouth and she burst out laughing. Her laughter was contagious and soon we were all laughing.
"So Jasper your dead are you? Funny you don't look it." Garrett asked once we had all settled down.
"Everyone will think that I am dead and that's the way we would like to keep it for a while. Would you like to travel with us for a while you can get to know Bella and we will be travelling as nomads for a few weeks at least. The only thing is we will be going to a dangerous spot after we got off the plane overseas." I said as I stopped the car not far from the place that Charlotte had booked for us.
"Yeah of course. I have to stay off the gird for a while anyway. Hey I have a question for you Jasper. How come you changed from the animal diet?" Garrett asked.
"Simple Garrett. When he was on the animal diet he tried and failed to take a bite out of me it's a lot easier when he's on the human diet." Bella answered him but whispered that last part as we walked into the place we were staying the night.
"Oh." Was all Garrett said in reply.
Once we were all booked in we went up to our room. It was something that the old Bella would have approved of but this new Bella started complaining as soon as we were in the door.
"Jasper I hope that you know that when we get to Serbia we are building a house like the one we just left I don't think that I can get used to living above ground at all I'm so use to living underground." She said jumping on the bed and lying down but she didn't go to sleep and she felt like she had just woken up well I can't blame her she was asleep for nearly two months.
"So what is your story Miss Higginbotham?" Garrett asked Bella.
"My name Is Isabella Higginbotham but the name that I was born with was Isabella Swan. I was controlled my whole life by an annoying pixie who didn't want me with her mate who wasn't her mate. I was mated to a mind reader who was killed some time ago in a newborn battle while that's what I call it everyone else calls it a grudge holding war." Bella started.
"Bella, Victoria was trying to kill you because she wanted to hold us responsible for the death of James" I said. " See Garrett Bella moved to Forks when she was seventeen fell in love with Edward Masen my brother.
He now shuns the Cullen name and wants no association with it even in his death. He told us so.
During the school's spring break a vampire by the name of James decided that he wanted to hunt her so Alice, Bella and I took off for her old home in Phoenix unknown to us he followed us there when Rose didn't hold up her end of the deal by tracking Bella's scent in a different direction.
What we didn't know at the time that Bella took off with us was that James had the whole thing planned out before he even left for Forks."
"I heard all this on the vampire grapevine Jasper so you don't need to tell me everything. James got toasted in Phoenix and Victoria got done back in Forks but what became of their friend Laurent nothing has been heard about him since he went missing." Garrett said.
"Laurent got what was coming to him when he decided that I might make a good snack. He was killed by a bunch of shape shifters." Bella said. "But that's a whole different part of the story. Continue on Jasper."
"Where was I? Oh yes James. James lured Bella out of my hands. Double sided bathrooms at the airports why do they have those?" I said. Garrett and Bella started to laugh. "Anyway he had told Bella that he had her mother. He didn't so while Alice and I were waiting for the family to get off their plane Bella was making her way to the ballet studio where so got badly hurt and almost died.
Broken leg, ribs, bruises all over her body, cuts as well and a bite on her arm. Edward sucked the venom out. It was hard for him to stop. She was the love of his life and she was his singer as well. We almost lost her at one stage.
Fast forward to September 13th Bella's 18th birthday party. A night neither one of us will ever forget. I tried and failed to drain Bella after she got a paper cut. Hey not my fault as I said she was Edward's singer so his bloodlust went through the roof when it was just a drop of blood but he flung her back and she cut herself more so more blood and that was a bitch for everyone involved. A fight ensued between Emmett, Rose and I them trying to get me out of the house so I wouldn't have her.
After that night the family wasn't the same. Edward left Bella we later found out the way he left her wasn't very nice. Nobody is happy he is dead when they hear what was said to break up with her. Let's just say all is forgiven.
Nine months later Alice and Bella went to Volterra to save Edward from killing himself because he thought that Bella was dead it was a big misunderstanding between Rose and Alice that lead to that happening and then a phone call that was too short between Edward and one of Bella's shape shifter friends Jacob were Edward had misunderstood that Charlie was planning Bella's funeral when he was planning a friend of his Harry Clearwater's.
So Bella meet the Volturi and got out of there with a promise that she be changed shortly after that.
Fast forward a few months not long after she graduates high school and that is when the newborns descend on Forks. Victoria had made an army of them to take s all out. What she hadn't planned on was us working with the shape shifters.
During the fight Edward was killed by Victoria. The older newborn that was with Victoria was killed by one of the shape shifters Seth and Bella's friend Jacob was killed going after a newborn that was trying to kill Seth's sister Leah.
I killed Victoria once Alice and I had made it up to Edward and Bella's spot that was away from the fight. Alice was the one that killed the shape shifter Seth.
Once I got Bella back down to where the rest of the 'family' was the Volturi were minutes from showing up. After they left with the threat of Bella being changed shortly after she got better. I took off with her and we have been in hiding ever since.
Oh might I add that Bella here has the pleasure of being one of the most powerful people on the planet when she is turned because of who she is related too."
"Well shit that's a lot to happen to a person it isn't any wonder why you faked your death Bella." Garrett said. "But who is she related too?"
"My sire Maria is her Great Aunt." I said.
"Holy shit. So that is why I heard the rumour that was going around last year about you guarding something precious of Maria's. Bella is who you are guarding." Garrett said.
"Yes now shush while I book our plane tickets to Russia. We can go by train after that." Bella said.
Garrett and I caught up with each other via vampire speed in talking so we didn't bother Bella. After booking the tickets for us Bella fell asleep for a little while.
Garrett was part of the Southern Wars not long after he was turned but he left after a battle with Maria left everyone around him dead. He didn't know at the time that it was Maria. He only found that out when I ran into him not long after leaving Peter and Charlotte. He didn't know what to do with himself when he first saw me but when he saw that I wasn't going to harm him we sat talking for a while.
He told me all about himself and I in turn told him everything that I did with Maria and how I wanted something new in my life on one of our many talks we ran into Ryan and the three of us soon found ways to entertain ourselves. It was funny half the things that we did. We were troublemakers back then. Garrett left us not long before Ryan and I found Alice I wonder how that would have turned out if the three of us had some fun with her. Not going to let myself wonder about that now.
Finding and playing with Alice was the worst thing that I ever did in my life Edward would have killed both Ryan and myself if we were human during his killing spree rebellion. We were worse than the people that he killed during that time. I wish that I could bleach my brain because of it. I won't be playing any games with Bella like that I don't want her to end up going crazy like Alice did.
I really should get my mind of that shit so Bella doesn't catch wind of any of it because then she really would run from me. I'm just glad that I hide it so well from Edward and never told anyone about it.
"Jasper we have to get going to the airport or we're going to be late. We have a lot of flights coming up and not much time for breaks in between so you two have to hunt before we leave today. Lots of humans will be around and we don't want to have any snackables hanging around us while we are on the run or the others will be able to follow us." Bella said knocking me out of my thoughts.
"How long do we have till we have to leave?" Garrett asked her.
"Put it this way don't play with your food and we should be fine. If you want to play with your food then you will have to take some clothes with you while you hunt." Bella said as she paced the floor.
"We'll meet you there are you sure you'll be alright by yourself for about half an hour?" I asked her.
"I'll be fine Jasper don't worry about me I figured out how to use my shield so no one can smell me but I'll let you know where I am when I meet you at the airport." She said picking up all our bags and walking out the door but not before she kissed my check.
After we both got over our shock Garrett and I took of out the window and disappeared into the night to feed. Gang members for both of us. We then caught a cab to the airport where we found Bella waiting for us at the domestic terminal. She was right we couldn't smell her and if she didn't alert me to where she was just by sending me a picture of where she was I would have walked right by her and not looked back. I wonder if that is connected to one of her powers?
'Yes it is connected and you are the only two that can see me at this time because I could only get two tickets even if I was able to get three seats next to the other. I have changed your appearance Jasper so it doesn't show up like you if anybody were to check the security tapes. Don't pay me any attention and just keep walking to the desk and get your tickets it's under Garrett's name."
Once everything was checked out and we were settled on the plane did Bella become visible again. I hoped that the person checking tickets didn't come round because than Bella could get kicked off.
"Not going to happen, Jasper. Now sit back relax and just let yourself go. Not fully just so that it looks as if you are asleep." Bella said and it felt like she was lulling me to sleep. "That's exactly what I'm doing Jasper. I can make it look as if you are asleep so we don't have the nosy stewardess coming up asking if you want anything every few minutes."