Chapter 8

History Class

Edward and Emmett moved slowly toward us, their teeth bore as they eyes Jasper and I. Jasper grabbed me by my bicep and pulled me further behind him and dropped to a defensive stance. Silly! If they'd attack I'd see it! He was making introductions a difficulty with his constant worries. Jasper growled lightly when he saw me move toward the two.

"Edward, Emmett, everything is okay," Carlisle said hastily once he saw the reactions. They seemed to relax slightly, probably Jasper's doing. They approached more quickly now, eyes locked on Jasper. Once they were close enough to see his scars they hissed loudly. Emmett hunched forward his hands dangerously close to Jasper's neck… I felt worry seep through me suddenly. What if I didn't see their decision to attack soon enough? What if one of them did hurt Jasper? I glanced at Carlisle and my worry quickly dissipated. With Carlisle, there was no need to worry; he would not allow any harm to befall Jasper and me. We were part of his family now.

"What are your true intents?" Edward asked sneering at Jasper, "You hide them well." Jasper's only response was a small growl from deep within his throat. I felt close to what he was feeling I knew. They couldn't know that we were hiding nothing, but their assumptions were clearly frustrating Jasper…

"Hi Edward," I said, peeking over Jasper's broad shoulder. I grinned widely, imagining us all living in the home as one big family. Edward's eyes focused over to me and his auburn brows clumped together in a confused expression. "They're moving in," he asked flashing a glare at Carlisle. I frowned. I hadn't meant to spring it on Edward like that. I'd really wanted it to be gentler.

Jasper tense in front of me. Silly Jasper, I thought. He was getting so worked up over nothing. "Distrustful of us? You're the outsiders here," Edward growled. Jasper's eyes met Edward's in a long cold stare. A small dash of fear slashed through me as Jasper's lips curled into a nasty grin and hundreds of decisions passed through his mind, most of them ending in a fight. I breathed an unnecessary sigh of relief when Carlisle intervened.

"Edward, let's all go inside now. Emmett, Edward, this is Alice and Jasper."

I grinned brightly, attempting to excuse Jasper's raunchy behavior. Jasper's hand curled around my fingers, preparing to drag me behind him if we needed to escape. I desperately wanted to comfort him, let him know everything would be alright. Trying to get him to pick up my emotions, I tried remembering the feeling of our first kiss, the emotions that played through my body that night.

"Let's give them a chance, Edward," Carlisle offered. Edward's eyes jumped between me and Jasper carefully. "Rosalie," Carlisle said, turning to face the blonde haired beauty, "Emmett should hear the unbiased version, I think." Her eyes flared with anger and she quickly turned from Emmett's ear to face Carlisle then me with a menacing stare that made me flinch a little.

"Alright Alice, Jasper, this is Edward and Emmett, please excuse their manners. We were not expecting company. Do you mind explaining that?" I spotted the piece of pink fabric that Edward clutched in his long pale fingers. Oopsie. "Oh I guess I forgot that in the forest," I said sheepishly. Jasper sighed and I grinning, knowing exactly what he was remembering.

"Are you a mind reader?" I looked up at Jasper, shocked that he had finally spoken. Jasper's voice resonated through the trees and bounced back into my ears, like my own song. I wallowed in the sheer magnificence of his voice until Edward spoke, "Maybe."

"No way!" I smiled in excitement as I imagine the possibilities. "You can tell what I'm thinking now? Right now?" I thought about my new commitment to my new family as a test and awaited Edward's assessment. "Oh really?" he asked. One of his brows cocked up in a sarcastic condescending manner. "The why are your eyes red?" I'd never had the wind knocked about of me, but this was what I'd assume it felt like. A lump formed, thick and concentrated in my throat.

I small hiss escaped Jasper's teeth. "Oh…" Edward mumbled, reading his father's…our father's mind. I swallowed the lump painfully and tried to keep my cheerful cover. "Oh!! So that's why you were such a know-it-all, you made conversations very hard to understand."

Edward turned back to me, a slightly apologetic expression on his face. "A psychic? You saw that before it happened?"

"I see lots of things before they happen," I smiled. I could feel Jasper's fingers loosen a bit and my grin widened. I showed him what I'd seen, many scenes of Jasper and I interacting with the rest of the Cullen's.

"So now we can start the history lesson," Carlisle said smiling, obviously glad that his children were beginning to, however slightly, understand each other. Jasper and I listened adamantly to his story of his human life in medieval England, beginning with his horrific change and his innovative way of living. He shared how he had decided to save, first Edward then his wife Esme. The way he spoke, even without Jasper's wonderful gift, I could feel the happiness that Carlisle secreted while speaking.

When Carlisle's story ended Jasper and I shared our stories. No, not 'stories', 'story'. Our lives were so deeply interweaved now, they had come together to form one fantastic tale. My own prince in vintage suits, I mused playfully as I looked Jasper up and down.

I smiled widely up at him, and he returned my gaze with a slight twitch of his lips into what would have been a smile had we been alone. It was hard to believe I was look up into the eyes of my future. This was our family now, and I knew Jasper would give every ounce of dedication to this, as would I. This would work. I knew it. I could see it. And there wasn't anything about Jasper and I that I couldn't see.

I'm so happy to be back! Everything is so much better!!! Me and my boyfriend celebrated our one year anniversary yesterday and my new school is hard but i have some friends now. I'm so happy to be writing this fanfic again, I'm having so much fun! Thanks you guys for worrying about me, i love you all!!! *hugs*