Chapter 2

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Jasper gives Alice a necklace that has the cullens crest. She starts to fall in love with his battle scars and accepts his own wounds.

*Alice's pov*

Jasper looks at his parents, feels there worry and fear about the newest member of the family. He glances at Edward, soaks in his anxiety, worry. He couldn't take there stress on top of Alice's confusion, pain.

He sent a wave of calm to everyone, especially Alice. He half expected her to attack, when she spun around from the table. Emmett was ready to grab her, if she even tried to hurt there family.

He was the strongest member next to a newborn vampire that they had.

Edward scans Alice mind, he saw no signs of harm. He was pretty fascinated by her ability to be so tame. He found her thoughts to be loud and somewhat annoying. He could also see crystal clear images, visions of the future.

"Carlisle, she's gifted." he stated in aw over her gift. In a hundred and nine years he's never meet anyone who could see the future before it's happened.

Carlisle looks at Alice, tells his son "Gifts can be developed with time."

Alice gets another strong image of jaspers face. It was all she could see. It was the most beautiful face her eyes stumbled upon. She knew that the future would bring them together as a couple. She turned around the room, looked for his face but he wasn't there.

Edward reads her thoughts, 'where is Jasper?'. He was stunned by there connection. He wasn't even sure where his other brother went. He was with them just a minute ago. He must have went off with Emmett and Rosalie.

'Did he leave because of me?.' she asked without having to speak

Her red eyes filled with tears, Carlisle and Esme rushed to Alice side, shook there heads.

"No sweetie you didn't cause him to leave. He feels our emotions at once which tends to bother him when we're all worried." Esme replied to her question that Edward relaided.

It was a blessing to have a mind reader in the family. Esme shows Alice around the house, gives her a bedroom, a change of clothes. She wanted this young woman to feel welcome, accepted into the family like she was her own daughter.

"Welcome to the family, Alice." her melodic voice sounds like bells as it fills the room with music.

Alice felt bad that Jasper left because of her. She needed to find him, apologize for making him uncomfortable. She searched his future which was pretty easy to see, found him sitting outside on a rock.

She left the house, went to the backyard and found him with his face covered in his hands liked he's upset.

*jasper's pov*

Jasper felt a surge of guilt coming from Alice. She was only a few feet away from him. He couldn't even look at her without regret. He knew just how much pain she was in. Rosalie was right, he should have left her to die, problem solved.

There was something inside of him that changed his mind. He couldn't let her die, it wouldn't be right. He didn't give her the choice of being turned into a blood sucking newborn vampire like him. He was selfish for taking that option away from her.

Edward told him that Alice was gifted. Her first thought was him. He was rather surprised, somewhat flattered by this. He was dark, toxic to her. She wasn't afraid of him. She wanted to learn more about his past, thank him for saving her life.

She was even more beautiful as a vampire. He suddenly forgot what he was angry about. She walks closer to him, for the first time in his life he felt hope, peace and love flowing through her entire body.

"Sorry I caused you so much pain and hurt."

"It's okay. I shouldn't have left you."

"Esme told me why you left. You feel everyone's emotions. I can't imagine what that's like."

He's never meet another newborn who has such an intense amount of compassion towards empathy, pain. He only took orders from his military lineage during the he time spent in the confederate army, nothing could have prepared him for this.

"My apologies ma'am."

"you kept me waiting long enough."

He dug into his pocket, pulled out a small box that was perfectly wrapped with a purple bow on top. It was Rosalie idea, he gave her the credit for this lovely gift.

*Alice's pov*

It was a small box that was perfectly wrapped with a purple bow on top. She took her time opening the gift, that must have annoyed him by his never ending glances. She wanted to appreciate his wrapping skills. She opened the box, found a beautiful necklace with the family crest.

Jasper points to the details of the lion. He says "The lion represents strength and ferocity which are the characteristics of a vampire. The hand is faith and sincerity, our family is always loyal to each other. The terfoil at the bottom is perpetuity means that we can never die naturally."

She touches the tiny necklace that was made, she values each of the symbols close to her heart and hopes that she can be just like him someday. Someone who is strong, loyal, faithful and sincere.

"It's beautiful. I'll cherish it forever."

Jasper smiled at her as she radiates with pure happiness, love. He moves behind her, ties the necklace. She touched the lion crest, gets another vision of her future family. This place was her home. She never had a real family that was loyal, strong like this one.

He gazed into her red eyes, touched her amazing soul. She felt connected to him in so many ways it was difficult to explain the bond she shared. She got a closer look at his arms and shoulders, saw bite marks.

He quickly hid his battle scars with one tug on each sleeve. She pushed the sleeve back up, touched each mark with her fragile hands.

"You have incredible hands."

Jasper frowned at her, shook his head. They were battle scars from his past history in Maria's newborn army. He was not proud of them but still he never lost a fight.

"there battle scars." he told her

She wasn't afraid of it, not in the slightest. She traced each one of the lines with her finger. Those markings were beautiful just like him, even the parts he wanted to hide from her.

"There beautiful, don't ever hide them. It's part of who you are."

He loathed Maria for changing him into a bloody demon in the first place. She used him for her own selfish agenda. He fell for her wicked and sinister tricks. He blamed himself for giving into the fight of war that came with his occupation.

"I was in a newborn army, they were very common in the south. Consent brutal wars for territory and Maria won them all. She was smart and careful, she had me. I didn't know that there was another way until I found you."

She smiled at him with her childlike eyes, places a hand on his face. She was inches away from his lips, he might be shocked by her sudden decision to kiss him, if he didn't feel the same way for her.

*Jasper pov*

Jasper could almost taste her cherry lips on his mouth. He felt the sudden mood from her, it was unsettling and highly sexual chemistry she's feeding him. He knew that it was a lack of self control that neither of them could contain.

He's a southern gentleman who knew how to court a pretty lady properly. The long flowy skirt showed a little more skin than he could tolerate each time she crossed her legs together.

He pulled away from Alice, which left her confused and frustrated (sexually) that came from her abusive past. He wouldn't inflict so much pain on her ever again. He wanted her bad, he couldn't even hide his thoughts from Edward.

She was different from Maria in every way humanly possible. Around her his universe centered around the hope, happiness that she felt. He couldn't take that away, steal something that is far more valuable.

"Not tonight." he said

She scowled at him for rejecting her. She got up in a hurry and ran into the house with hot tears staining her eyes. Emmett saw the sadness in Alice's face when she stormed through the door. He didn't attempt to understand the female mind like Edward does.

'Jasper Whitlock hale, what did you do to her!.'

'I saved her soul. Stay out of my head.'

'She's upset and crying.'

She slammed the door to her room, kicked every piece of furniture in the wall, shattered plastic drywall on the floor. He was pretty salty for hurting her like this. If he kissed her, her wouldn't have been able to stop.

Jasper rushed upstairs, kicked her door wide open. He found Esme's exquisite design scattered all over the place. She would end up getting grounded if his mother came in here. He sent a wave of calm to relax her anger.

"I was trying to protect you."

"by rejecting me!"

She pulled out a piece of wood out of the headboard, chucked it at him. He ducked his body before the wood smashed into him. She was pissed at him, rightfully so.

Edward rushed into the room, saw how pissed his sister was at Jasper for his poor behavior. He knew exactly how to calm down a raging newborn.

'Get out before she breaks the house.'

He wasn't afraid to fight, defend his actions toward a girl who was sexually assaulted by a pack of human scum. He respected her, the choices she made, right or wrong.

'Stay out of my head!'

Alice saw the perfect opportunity to attack Jasper and Edward in one move. She slid across the floor rather gracefully, grabbed his neck and dragged him down the stairs.

Rosalie held back her chuckles, she watched her other twin get dragged by a tiny pixie. The blonde girl got out of the way, stood by her husband Emmett who was howling with laughter.

Carlisle came into the living room to see what the fuss was about. She threw Jasper against the wall, pinned him down on the ground, he didn't even fight back.

She calmed down, pulled away from him immediately. She never meant to hurt him, he could have at least explained his reasoning to her. He moved closer to her, touched her soft cheek with his finger.

There she was, his little pixie.

He pulls her into his embrace, kisses her sweet lips. She deepens the kiss, looked into his eyes and saw love.