The entire night I would wake up to throw up, at some point, I didn't want to get up anymore and placed my trashcan next to my bed. Whenever I would wake up I had the trashcan to throw up in. Being so weak I barely knew what was happening around me. I had this strange dream, Jasper was right there helping me. He picked up my hair so throw up wouldn't get in it. He threw away the throw up and got me a new trashcan. In my sweet dreams, he gently laid me back down on my bed and he allowed me to sleep on his chest. His cold body felt nice next to my hot body. I swear in my dreams he was apologizing for being such a dick and he even told me he loved me. At that moment, I knew it was a dream because he even told me he loved me. What a strange dream.
The next morning I was feeling a little better but was feeling sick. I called Bella and told her I wasn't going to school. It sucked because it's a beautiful sunny day and I would spend it inside. She offered to stay home with me but I told her she had to go to school. I told her that I'll just sleep in the entire time so she would waste a day. She didn't want to leave but in the end, she went to school. She called our dad telling him I was going to stay home. He told her he'll come out early so he can take care of me.
It was midday when I started to throw up again. I went to the bathroom since I couldn't find my trashcan. Once I was done, I went to the kitchen to take my pills. I know it's bad to take pills on an empty stomach but I couldn't bear to eat anything. I know the pills were working because I was hallucinating that Jasper was here with me. Taking care of me. He helped me up to my room, he helped me climb into my bed, he even let me sleep on his chest. And just like in my dreams, he was talking to me, he apologized, he once again told me he loved me. I fell asleep smiling because even though it was only a dream it felt good hearing those words from him.
I didn't know what time it was or even day but when I woke up again my dream Jasper wasn't here. I heard my name being called and I saw my dad coming up to my room. When he saw me trying to get up he helped me.
"Hey, how are you feeling?" he asked. I smiled weakly at him.
"Better now than I felt earlier,"I told him
"What time is it?" I asked him.
"It's around 5 pm. Bellas went with her friends' shopping" he said making me look at him and he laughs.
"Yeah I know but they went prom shopping," he said making me nod.
"Hey listen I got called to go to the station to check out some paperwork. I won't be long," he said.
"Can I go?" I asked. Dad looks at me frowning.
"I don't want to stay here in bed anymore. And plus it'll do me some good if I got up" I said.
After a while, he sighs and nods. He helped in picking out some clothes for me. When I was done, he helped me down the stairs and into his car. When we got to the station he brought me into his office. Hours later one of his officers came and handed him a field. Dad sighs and turns to me.
"Babygirl, mind doing me a favor?" he asked. I looked at him,
"What's up?" said getting up from the couch he had in his office.
"Can you go get Waylon, remember the guy from the coffee shop?" he asked. Nodding my head he continues.
"Can you tell him to come I need him to sign some papers"
"Where is he?" I asked.
"He's around the corner. He should be on the boat docks painting his boat... again" dad says. Nodding I turn to the door but before I left his office I turn to him.
"He won't go crazy on me and try to hurt me, right?" I asked and dad smiles.
"No honey, just tell him that Chief Swans need him and he'll come" Nodding I left dad's office and went to find Waylon. Thinking nothing of it I walked into the boat shack. Looking at all the different boats I didn't notice the small blood trail leading to Waylon's boat. But I did notice that god awful smell.
"Eww what is that smell?" I asked disgustedly. I looked around shrugged. Someone should clean up that rotten smell.
"Waylon?!" I yelled out. No answer I called out to him again,
"Yo, Waylon! Chief Swan needs you" I shouted.
"WAAYYLOOON" I sang/ shouted.
When no one responded back I sighed to myself. I should have asked dad, how does Waylon's boat look like. Looking down I notice something strange. I followed some red dots towards a boat. I notice that the smell was coming from that particular boat. Slowly I walked to the boat and what I witnessed was something I'll never forget in my life. I looked inside the boat and screamed out so loud that I believed the whole town heard.
Unknown POV:
I smelled her before I even laid my eyes on her. I smelled her wonderful, sweet, delicious blood pumping through her veins. I watched her call out someone's name. She was walking around like everything in the world was alright. I heard her sweet voice call out that name, Waylon again. I saw her getting close to the boat that had the dead man.
I began to wonder to myself. Who was she? Did she already have someone? Doesn't matter because I am going to get her one way or another.
When she got in front of the boat she let out one loud gruesome scream. I had to leave her because her scream hurt my sensitive ears. But before leaving I took in her scent, never forget it, and vowed to myself that she was going to be mine.
Charlie's POV:
I was in my office when all of a sudden I heard the most bloodcurdling scream. Running out my office I see one of the guys coming inside. When he spotted me, I didn't like the look on his face,
"Chief your daughter" That's all he had to say for me to run towards the boat shake. I heard the other officer running with me. When I got to the boat shack I notice a god awful smell but I ignored it because my daughter was in troubled.
"ANNIE!" I SHOUTED. I notice Annie in front of Waylon's boat. I ran towards her and turned her around. She was crying her eyes off. I didn't understand anything she was trying to tell me. I was trying to calm her down but nothing was working then she told me something I never expected.
"H-he's d-dead," she said sobbing. I looked at her confused, who's dead?
"Jesus Christ!" a voice shouted. I turn and saw my officers and they all had white faces. I turn to see what they were staring at and dear god... poor Waylon. I quickly took Annie way from the accident and brought her to my office. She wouldn't stop crying. I had someone call Dr. Cullen to see if he would come and check out the body.
Two hours later when Dr. Cullen finished examining Waylon's body I asked if he could talk to Annie. He agreed but told me I had to stay outside. I didn't like it but he knew what he was doing. I watched he close the door but before he sends me a small smile.
Carlisle POV:
Closing the door I turn around and see Annie holding up her legs still crying. Slowly I walked towards her. I pulled out a chair and placed it in front of her. I didn't want to dit net to her without scaring her.
"Annie," I said softly. Slowly she looks up at me with red puffy eyes.
"Annie, tell me what happened,"I asked her.
She just stared at me as she continued to cry. After a while, she spoke to me. And her comment was something I wasn't expecting.
"Y-your kind killed W-Waylon," she said sobbing.
"Annie, what do you mean? My kind?" I asked.
"Vampires" she whispered. I stared at her shocked, she knows about us. For how long? Does anyone else know? Annie continued to cry as I left her in her father's office. I mean I didn't know what to say or what to do. She knows about us and yet she hasn't told anyone. But why hasn't she told anyone? Why hasn't she said anything? Charlie comes up to me.
"She needs time, Charlie. She's gone into shock. Perhaps she should stay home for a few days. I'll come by to your house and check up on her. Just make sure she isn't left alone, we don't know how severe this whole situation has taken on her"I tell him. I could see his heartbreak, he nods and offers me his hand which I went to shake.
"Thank you, friend," he said before leaving for his office. Sighing I went to out to go home and let the others know. Damn it, Jasper isn't going to happy knowing that his mate just saw what a vampire is capable of. I was coming down the steps of the station when Bella and Edward approached me.
"Carlisle, what happened?" Edward asked. I looked at him before turning to Bella.
"Waylon Forge was found in the boat shake. I just examined his body" I said. Edward's face darkens while Bella looks horrified.
"He died? How?" Bella asked.
"Animal attack," I say. I shared a look with Edward and he knew what kind of 'animal' I was talking about.
"The same kind that killed the security guard down in Mason?" Bella asked.
"Most likely," I said turning to Bella.
"It's getting closer to town" Bella comment. Before Edward can say something I interrupted them.
"Bella" I called her. She looks at my serious and grave face.
"Annie-"
"What about her? Did she go see you?" Bella asked
"She was the one who found Waylon's body," I said, Bella and Edward both looked at my eyes wide. I showed Edward my memories of Annie. He looked away and I knew he didn't want to see them anymore. Without a moment to spare Bella quickly ran inside, pretty sure to go find her sister. I turn to look at Edward and he had a dark expression.
"Jasper isn't going to like this," he says. Sighing I nodded.
"She knows,"I say. Edward looks sharply at me.
"What?" he asked.
"C'mon lets go home so I can explain to everyone," I say. Edward follows me and gets in his own car as I get in mine. I called Esme and told her to get everyone in the living room, we're having a family meeting. I wasn't looking forward to Jasper's reaction.
Jasper's POV:
Esme called everyone to the living room, she said we were having a family meeting. She didn't know what it was about but Carlisle sounded worried. We were all waiting for Carlisle and Edward. I didn't have a good feeling about this. When Carlisle came in I wasn't expected Edward to follow after him. This must be important, they were both feeling scared, worried, and guilty.
Carlisle went to sit down on the couch while Edward just stood there. Edward looks at me with a guilty expression. I looked at him confused. I turn to Carlisle and he was giving me the same expression. Something was wrong.
"Jasper-" Carlisle began but I cut him off
"Tell me how it is,"I said. Carlisle and Edward both shared a look and I didn't like it. Suddenly I realized something. Annie wasn't feeling well these past days. She was throwing up, she didn't go to school, she wasn't home when I went back. Carlisle got an urgent phone call from the police station. Edward was with Bella. Edward and Carlisle come together. Standing up I looked at Carlisle.
"Carlisle, what happened to Annie?" I asked. Once again Carlisle and Edward both shared a look.
"Carlisle" I growled out. Alice went to hold me back but I moved her away. I didn't want to hurt my best friend. I saw Emmett got in front of Rose, Esme stepped back and Edward stepped forward just in case I try to hurt Carlisle. They knew I couldn't control my anger especial when it comes to Annie, my true mate.
"She's-" he starts.
"She what?" I yelled.
"She witnesses-"
"Witnessed what?" I turn to Edward
"The phone call that I received about an animal attack. Our kind of animal. A vampire attacked. The body belongs to Waylon Forge. A friend of Charlie's" Carlisle said. I turned to Carlisle, Charlie's friend died because of a vampire. But what does that got to do with Annie?
"She was the one that found Waylon's dead body," Edward said reading my mind, I turned to him shocked, Esme and Alice gasped.
"What?"
"Annie, she found Waylon's body after he was attacked by vampires," Edward explained. I didn't know what to say or do. She saw what we're capable of. She saw a part of me that I never wanted her to know. I wanted to protect her, I wanted her to never know about us, that's why I treated her so bad. I acted like a jerk so she can hate me. If she hates me she'll never know about vampires and she'll be safe-
"She knows about vampires," Edward said. This time pushed him to the wall and growled at him.
"How does she know," I said gritted teeth, Emmett came and pushed me off of Edward.
"Tell me" I screamed at Edward.
"I don't know but she told Carlisle. She told him that our kind, vampires killed Waylon" I turn to Carlisle and he nods. I stumble backward, all this time I tried to keep her safe, I tried to keep her from knowing about us. And yet she knows about us. She knew what I was and she didn't say anything. That why she told me, she thought, she hoped I was different. All her little hints she was giving me and I ignored them completely. I ruined my chance to be with my true mate. And now she probably hates me, after seeing Waylon's body she probably scared of me. What have I done? I just ruined my relationship with my mate, I killed any chance I had with her.
"It's not too late" Edward speaks up. I turned to look at him with sad eyes.
"You're all that she thinks about, Jazz. When she falls asleep you're the last person she thinks about and you're the first person she wakes up thinking. Trust me it's not late, brother" Edward said.
"Yeah, I still see that bright future for you guys," Alice said coming towards me, smiling.
"It's never late, just explain to her why you were acting like an ass and she'll probably forgive her," Emmett said.
"She's a good one, son. Don't let her go just because at the beginning it was a bad start," Carlisle said.
"Jasper talk to her. She's different from everyone else we meet" Rosalie says. She surprised us all, even knowing what it meant if I went after her, she still said it. She actually likes Annie.
"But not right now," Carlisle said making me turn to him confused.
"She needs to calm down from this shocking event," he said making me nod.
"Probably a good time to tell people that you and Alice broke up?" Emmett suggested.
"So on that" Alice said smiling.
"Thank guys," I tell my family.
"No problem that's what family is for. We'll always be with you" Esme said coming to give me a hug.
That night, like the nights before, I secretly went to visit Annie. When I got to her window what I saw was heartbreaking. Annie was curled up in a small ball still crying. Slowly making my way towards her, I picked her up and laid her on my chest. She opened her puffy red eyes and stared at me. I looked at her not knowing what to do then she hugged me and cried some more. Hugging her tighter, I whispered calming things. I told her everything was going to be alright, that I was here to protect her, I apologized for being such an ass, I told her I won't leave her side. And just like the previous two night, she slept on my chest and she let me stroke her hair. I like these moments where she falls asleep on my chest. I feel like nothing bad will ever happen to her. I didn't feel like some monster after human's blood but I felt like a man trying to protecting what he loves. And when I knew she was asleep I told her I loved her even though she hates me. I didn't know if she heard me or if it was her sleepy brain talking but she said something to me I wasn't expecting.
"I could never hate you" she whispered softly. I looked down at her and kissed the top of her head. What did I ever do to deserve you? I hope my family is right, I hope I didn't ruin my chance with her.
