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"Isabella!" Jasper gushed as both Edward and me stepped onto the lighted porch of their house.
"Jasper" I sighed as he came up to me and embraced me in a warm embrace. I eagerly hugged back, though I wasn't as nearly as strong as
a vampire, so I settled with as much strength I could muster up to keep him close. My head lightly leened into the cravess of his chest, he
must have hit his growth spert a year or two after he left because I don't remember him being at least a half a foot taller then me. Hmph, no fair.
I never reached my growth spert before my age stopped.
Yet another thing to be jealous about.
"I'm so sorry, Isabella, I wasn't thinking. Are you okay? Do you-" Jasper started to ramble on, he needs to cool down. Now that IS ironic, when we were both human he was always the calm and collected one out of the whole town. Now look at him, all jittery and nervous - and a vampire at that.
"It was my fault, Jasper, I am the one who's sorry" I state stepping back, next to Edward once again, to look at him at a good distance to see if he understands me.
"No, no, Isabella. This isn't your fault. It is mine. I should've gone back home to check on you, ma'w and pa', to make sure you were both okay. Maybe if I had found a doctor at least to send over you wouldn't have suffered-" Jasper started a whole new round of rambling. Only this time I could see that he was effecting his whole family, Edward was nervously racking his body weight from one foot to another in an effort to rub off the tension.
"It wouldn't have made a difference, Jasper, it all happened for a reason" I but in again and step up to embrace him once more. It was the truth, I had already been 'dead', it was better off the way it happened anyway.
"You always do that" Jasper breathed out in releif, all the stress leaving his body with that one uneeded breath. His arms held me tight, not too tight though, to his body, slowly rocking his body back and forth in a soothing motion. Just like he did when I was too weak to walk when I was human, when I cried in defeat, at my uselessness.
"I'm not sick anymore, Jasper" I mumbled stubbornly. Even if no one knows what the heck is replaying, it is embaressing. To make things worse Edward over there can read minds - and Jasper is probably taking him through memory lane! Edwards probably looking at an od useless girl sitting on the family couch, weeping her human eyes out, with a younger Jasper there, cradling her in his chest while rocking her back and forth like a pathetic baby....Yes definently embarressing.
"I'm sorry" Edward murmured in a strained voice, like he's about to break down into his own fit of tearless tears.
Yep, Jasper showed Edward my pathetic, old, human self back in the day. How Ebarassing.
"There is nothing to be sorry about- I was just sick" I grumbled as I took a step back, closer to Edward's slightly slouched form, and crossed my arms across my chest - all the while fumming up at him. "Besides it was along time ago, I'm fine now! Do You know how embaressing showing people how pathetic I was back then? Even if it is just one person who can read minds!" I grumbled again,huffing some hair out of my face.
"Still the same Isabella, hate being pittied on" Jasper chuckled gaining his humor back - only making me huff at him in annoyance. The same Jasper all right, doing anything to put the attention on me.
"It's fine Edward, I'm fine" I sigh as I side step, bringing me closer to him, and nudge his shoulder with mine, making him smile a tad bit. But his shoulders still were slouched forward. "It didn't hurt" I stated more convincingly, smiling up at him.
That seemed to be enough for him, his form straightened up and his body wasn't tensed up.
"Jasper?" A sweet mellow voice called out, and out came the motherly looking vampire. Her crisp honey like hair shines, almost glows, in the proch light. She eyes Jasper with warmth and comfort, then they stray to me. Golden eyes, soft and genorous, stare into mine.
"I'm sorry mom, how rude of me" Jasper said with a grin and came to me side and turned around to face her, while his arm goes around my waist and pulls me to him - away from Edward, and my body emediatly misses the closeness of his body. How strange... "Mother, let me proporly introduce you to my twin sister, Isabella Whitlock, though she kinda shurnk.." I snorted at the 'low blow' comment, and he grinned even wider, " Isabella, this is our mom, Esme Cullen".
I smiled warmly at Esme, as sweetly as I could get, and bowed slightly while saying, "It is all my pleasure, Esme Cullen, to meet you"
Esme laughed in the warmest way a mother could, making my mind swim, then said "As well as you, dear" and then walked up to me and wrapped me in her arms. So much like our biological mother... I miss her.
"Isabella" Jasper pipped up as Esme pulled away, making me look up at him. "I want you to meet my wife, and the rest of my family".
That was when the rest of his family stepped out into the porch. All of them, even the model of a vampire - which I had a vibe that didn't take to me at all...
"Hello, Isabella!" the pixie-like vampire squealed as she ran through the rest of the family memebers and litteraly JUMPED on me. Don't get me wrong, she' s definently not heavy - I caught her easily - but it shocked me. ALOT.
"It's okay, Isabella, calm" Jasper instructed me as he rubbed my back soothingly, once he felt me relax he continude, "this is my wife, Alice Cullen". I looked down at the hyped up pixie -Alice- and felt a smile tug on my lips. Alice looked way to sweet.
"Isabella! I'm so glad to finally be introduced to you! I've been bugging Jasper about it aaallll day now!" Alice giggled and bounced up and down in my grip, making my body sway with all her movement. Jasper quickly gripped my shoulder so I wouldn't fall.
"Y-you too Alice, I'm glad my brother found someone, thank you for taking care of him" I said with a light laugh. Jasper always was one to hang out with the different croud, always the right one, though.
"Oh that's no big deal! Jasper is so sweet, he carries my bags when we go shopping!" Alice laughed out again, and this time I noticed how much it reminded me of chiming bells.
I mentally shudder. I highly dislike shopping. I glance at Jasper, and see he too isn't that fond of shopping either. I mentally shrug - must run in the family.
"This, Isabella, is our sister, Rosalie Hale - who ironically is posing as my twin sister" Jasper Introduced me to the model like figure.
Should I say 'nice to meet you' or just leave it with a simple nod? I don't want to make her have yet another reason to hate me..
I look Rosalie in the eye and study her, beautiful, that means she must have been fantasized after by men in her human life - not that she isn't in this life...
Rape
That one word made my eyes burn with anger, that had to be that, she must have had a bad - no horrible - experience, thus making it necessary to turn into a vampire.
"Isabella?" Jasper asks, when I keep staring at Rosalie - who starts to growl at me.
"I'm sorry" I simply state to her and give her a look that I've seen every victom of rape imitate to others who also had experienced the horrible crime.
Rosalies growling comes to an emediat hault. She was raped. She stares at me, then slowly smiles in a 'thank you'.
Jasper clears his throat, Edward shifts closer to me in wonder. They both look at me in astonishment. Esme smiles as she see's bonding progressing before her eyes. Alice simply smiles her head off, like she knows everything.
"I already know Emmett Mcarty, or Cullen in this case, and Edward." I state trying to move the attention elsewhere. Then the Docter looking vampire steps up and smiles broadly.
"That would leave me then. My name is Carlisle Cullen, the father and a Docter" Carlisle stated extending his hand towards me.
I smiled once again. My face is hurting from smiling so much, I haven't smiled so much in such a short period of time. "It's an honor Carlisle".
Carlisle's faced seemed to brighten, "It sure is an honor, Isabella"....
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