AN; Thank you very much for your review, everyone who has reviewed; Keeper of the Covenant – thank you very much for your many reviews, I'm glad you are enjoying the story! :D But... remember Jasper is human, he will make mistakes (I know because I'm gonna write them in ) and he's about to get a massive shock!
JPOV
"Rosalie. You gotta come to the hospital. I don't know what to do I..." I trailed off uncertainly.
"Jasper? Shit what is it? Are you ok? Are you hurt?" Rosalie sounded panicked.
"No, no I'm fine. It's not me. It's Lily. Rose, she's hurt. She's hurt real bad. Please come to the hospital. I need you. I...I can't be here on my own. I don't know what to do."
There was a sharp intake of breath on the other end of the phone. I heard a muted "Emmett, get up. We're going to the hospital. NOW. Jasper, we'll be there as soon as we can. I love you baby brother. Every things going to be okay, I promise you." With that she hung up.
Thank god someone else would be here.
RPOV
I yanked Emmett out of the bed, I didn't care if he'd only just got in from work, dammit! "EMMETT, hurry UP!" Not caring what I looked like, I grabbed the nearest clothes I could find and ran to the car, not checking if Emmett was following.
"Baby, what's wrong? Is it Jas? What's going on?" Emmett looked at me. I looked into his eyes and replied;
"Jas is at the hospital, he's fine, but his girlfriend Lily is hurt. I don't know what happened. Christ, we were supposed to meet her this weekend. Remember?" I could feel my eyes filling with tears as Emmett quickly started the car and drove to the hospital, somehow comforting me as I panicked.
I ran into the hospital, spotting Jasper sat with his head in his hands. God he looked so broken. His hair was in disarray, his fingers pulling the roots as he quietly cried to himself. I ran over to him, hugging him fiercely to me.
"Jas, she'll be ok. I promise you. She'll be fine. She'll be alright." I murmured into his hair, as I heard Emmett approach.
"Jas, what happened?" He asked while gathering us both into his arms.
Jaspers' reply was muffled, "I don't know, I just found her like that. She wasn't picking up her phone, she wasn't at work. She was gone. So I... I checked at her house. She...she was hurt so bad Rose. There was blood and she wasn't moving. God..."
I stepped back, Emmett's arm still around my shoulder. Before I could speak a doctor appeared at Jasper's elbow. "Are you here for Lily Morgan?" We all quickly nodded. "Well, she's awake. She may not be particularly lucid. I've called the police they should be on their way, I've also contacted her father. Are any of you family?"
Jasper's head snapped up to meet the doctors eyes; "No. But I'm her boyfriend. Can I see her?"
The Doctor looked reluctant for a moment. "Ok. You can see her for a very short time. She is exhausted."
Jas went to go through the doors before I laid a hand on his arm. "Jas, before you see her , you mght want to change."
Jas looked puzzled; "Why? She won't care what I look like."
Emmett clapped a hand on his shoulder; "Jas, you've got blood all over you."
JPOV
I looked at my shirt, splotches of red covered my front as I tried to get it off, I noticed my hands. My hands were covered in blood. And not just any blood. Lily's blood. Shit.
I nodded mutely, turning towards the toilets. I looked at myself over the basin, red ran through my hair where I had been tugging at it, my eyes looked hollow and dull. I scrubbed my hands over and over, trying to get the blood off and i just threw away my shirt, hoping my wife beater top would be okay.
When I looked the best I could I walked into Lily's cubicle.
God she looks so small. She had livid purple bruises on her face and arms. One eye had closed up; she had a gash across her cheek and a split lip. I carefully navigated around all the wires to cradle her hand in mine. I looked at the nurse; "Is she going to be okay?"
The nurse smiled and nodded, replying; "She should be fine, have a little faith and she'll pull through."
My attention was immediately back to Lily's face. One of her eyes was open slightly, looking at me drowsily. Her voice came out as a quiet croak; "Jasper." She tried to smile. "You're here."
I tentatively smiled back, "Of course darlin'. I'll always be here. I promise." I paused for a beat. "Baby, what happened? Do you remember? Who did this to you?"
She blinked heavily. "It's my fault. I forgot. It's always my fault. He's always sorry afterwards. "
I stilled; "This has happened before? Sweetheart, who was it?"
Before she could answer, the doctor walked in accompanied by a tall man. "As you can see Mr Morgan, she was seriously beaten. But with some observation she should be fine and so should the baby."
I swear my whole body froze, I stopped breathing as I took in all the equipment around her. Why didn't I notice she had two heart monitors? Why didn't I notice that she had moved one of her hands to rest on her stomach?
I did the only thing I could; "What baby?"
