Recap: "I've been 20 for over one hundred years. I'm…a vampire." Jasper said, opening his mouth and showing her his fangs for emphasis.
Dekan promptly passed out.
……
..
Jasper grabbed Dekan before she could hit the floor. He picked her up easily and carried her to the bedroom he shared with Alice and laid her on the bed.
"Alice! Bella! Edward! Carlisle!" Jasper shouted. "Dekan's fainted!"
Edward, Alice, Carlisle, and finally Bella rushed upstairs. Carlisle walked over to the bed, Alice going to stand beside Jasper, taking his hand. Edward and Bella stood back a few feet.
"Did she get hurt?" Carlisle asked, taking her pulse, noting that it was steady and even, if a little fast.
"I told her we were related. And that I was a vampire…hold on, I'll get her family tree." Jasper said, running to his office and grabbing the paper and running back in the blink of an eye. He handed the paper to Carlisle who looked over it, smiling.
"Well at first glance I'd say she's fine, just a bit shocked and surprised. Having a great-great-great-great grandfather looking no older than she was must have been quite a shock to her. Tell me when she wakes up." Carlisle said, patting Jasper on the back and walking out of the room.
"So it's true? She really is your great-great-great-great granddaughter?" Bella asked, peeking over at Dekan.
"Yes. It's…amazing, to say the least. I never thought I'd get to meet anyone I was actually related to." Jasper whispered.
"It's fantastic! Oh I'm so excited! You know what this means? It means I'm her great-great-great-great grandmother! Well, somewhat at least." Alice babbled on, her smile big.
Dekan grumbled, her eyes cracking open. She looked around the room, seeing Edward's arm around Bella, and Alice smiling so brightly at her while Jasper just stared thoughtfully at her. Abruptly she started laughing.
"What's so funny?" Bella asked.
"I had the weirdest dream. Jasper said he was a vampire and a great distant relative of mine!" Dekan said, erupting into more laughter. No one else was laughing. Her laughter started to turn a little hysterical.
"I was dreaming, right?" Dekan asked, sitting up in bed.
"Not really, sweetie." Alice said, sitting beside her on the bed. Dekan started scooting away, freaking out.
"We are vampires. Well, everyone except for you and Bella that is." Edward said, his tone calm. Jasper used his calming gift to calm down Dekan, but it didn't work very well.
"B-but vampires aren't real! Only in books in movies! A-and they drink blood!" Dekan said, her voice a bit hysterical, backing almost off the bed, barely catching herself.
"Vampires are real, Dekan. And yes, we do drink blood. But not human blood!" Jasper said, seeing Dekan's face go a whiter shade of pale. It rivaled his own pale vampire skin. "We're vegetarian vampires so to speak. We drink animal blood, not human blood."
Dekan was shaking her head. 'This cannot be real!' she thought, biting her lip. Edward smiled.
"It is real, Dekan." Edward said, reading her thoughts.
Bella came to sit beside of Dekan on the bed and took her hand. "They are vampires, Dekan. But they're very good guys. Sort of like what Sam and Jake and the rest of them are, only they're werewolves." Bella said.
"Sam's what?!" Dekan screeched. "Holy shit this is too much! I have to go! I have to leave, I have to leave now, I have to go!" Dekan said, scooting off the bed and running out of the room and down the stairs.
"No offense Bella, but you know the exact wrong things to say." Jasper said, sighing.
"Crap…I'm sorry…" Bella said.
Emmett and Rosalie were outside; Rosalie was tuning Emmett's huge Jeep while Emmett held the front of the Jeep up for her. Dekan ran outside and skidded to a stop, seeing this. She felt like she was going to pass out again. 'No normal person can hold up part of a 2 ton vehicle with only one hand!' her mind shouted. Jasper, Alice, Edward, Carlisle, and Esme, followed by a slow Bella all came outside as well. Rosalie moved out from under the Jeep while Emmett let it back down.
"Oh dear God I'm hallucinating. That's it! I've eaten some bad food or got slipped some weird medication…you all are most definitely not v-vampires…" Dekan said her vision swimming.
Jasper walked slowly up to Dekan, thankful when she didn't take off running again. He doubled his efforts of calming on her.
"Dekan, we are vampires, truly. But we're good, I swear it. I was turned in 1863, around the time Hannah bore my son. I couldn't keep contact with them because I was too…new at being a vampire. But I am fine now. Please believe me." Jasper pleaded in a whisper.
Dekan glanced up at Jasper, seeing the sincerity in his eyes. She started calming down somewhat. "So you're my great-great-great-great grandfather? And a vampire?" Dekan asked.
"Yes." Jasper whispered. Dekan studied him a few moments longer.
"Can…can I hug you?" Dekan asked.
"I think that…yes…I'd like that." Jasper said, opening his arms. Dekan closed the small distance between them, wrapping her arms around his waist as Jasper wrapped his arms around her shoulders. From behind them, they could hear Alice and Esme start "Awww"ing. Jasper smiled, his head resting on top of Dekan's head. Dekan breathed in Jasper's sweet scent, calming further. She could trust him, she could feel it.
"So what do I call you now? I think people would get suspicious if I started calling you great-great-great-great grandfather." Dekan said, pulling back a little bit and smiling.
"That would sound a bit odd. Jasper works fine." Jasper replied.
"You can call me grandma!" Alice piped in, jumping up and down excitedly.
Her excitedness and wanting to be called grandma caused to others to start laughing.
……
..
Jerry's plane landed in Seattle eight hours later. He rented a four wheel drive truck and followed the directions to his rented cabin deep in the woods. From there, Jerry would find his way to Forks High School and to where Dekan was staying. His trunk full of guns and knives should arrive some time tomorrow. Pulling up to his cabin half an hour later, he grabbed his one carry-on bag and unlocked the door, walking inside. He flipped on a couple of lights and glanced around. A huge wooden dining table. Perfect. He spread the map he bought at the airport gift shop on the table, marking out the paths in and out of the woods where he was, as well as the way to Forks High School. 'This is going to be too easy.' Jerry thought.
……
..
It was Embry's turn for patrol that night, along with Jake and Leah. Around nine that night, the patrol started. By ten that night, Jake and Leah were ready to transform back into people; Embry's thoughts were making them insane! Leah couldn't figure out why Embry's thoughts were so sad and depressing. Jake knew why. He knew Embry had imprinted on Dekan, but Dekan must have rejected him. Although why any imprintee would reject their imprinter did not make any sense to him. After another hour of Embry's blue thoughts, Leah transformed back into a human, storming off to Sam's.
"Sam, I want a different patrol schedule." Leah said, walking in.
"Why?" Sam asked, looking up.
"Embry is driving me nuts with those thoughts! I swear I'm going to slit my wrists if I have to listen to his thoughts!" Leah said, flinging herself into the only chair.
"Fine." Sam said, picking up the telephone and dialing. "Hey Jared, can you do patrols tonight with Jake and Embry?" Sam asked, balancing the phone on his shoulder. "What do you mean "not with Embry"?" He listened for another moment, closing his eyes. "Fine. Bye Jared."
Sam hung up the telephone. He dialed Quil and Paul, each giving the same answer. No one wanted to patrol with Embry. He kept hearing something about Embry being all down and depressed, but no one knew why. Emily raised an eyebrow, listening to the phone conversations. She had a sneaking suspicion she knew why Embry was down.
"Where's Dekan? Isn't she supposed to be home by now? It's after 11." Sam said, looking at Emily.
"Call over to Bella's and I'll drive and pick her up. You can see about Embry." Emily said, getting up and getting her shoes. Sam nodded, and called Bella's house.
After a few moments, he hung up. "She's at the Cullens." was all Sam said. It was no secret that Sam wasn't exactly fond of the Cullens, but he could tolerate them when necessary. He picked the phone back up and called Dekan's cell phone.
"Hello?" Dekan said, opening her cell phone.
"Why are you at the Cullens'?" Sam asked.
"Doing research. What's wrong?" Dekan replied.
"It's almost midnight, you have school tomorrow. Emily's coming to pick you up." Sam said.
"Jasper said he would drive me to the border at La Push. I'll be there in a few minutes. Love you, bye!" Dekan said, snapping her phone shut.
Sam ground his teeth. He did not want his blood-filled cousin to be anywhere near the weakest vampire of the group. What if he decided he wanted a midnight drink? Jake strode in a minute later, rubbing his head.
"Embry?" Leah asked, looking at Jake. Jake nodded and sat on the couch beside Sam.
"Dekan's with those leeches. Said Jasper is bringing her to the border of La Push." Sam bit out.
"You want me to pick her up man? You look like you're about ready to change…" Jake said, his eyes trained on Sam. Sam nodded, going outside to run off some of his anger. Jake walked to his house, getting his Rabbit and driving to the border of La Push.
……
..
Jake turned his engine off, waiting for Dekan. He saw headlights a few moments later. The vehicle stopped right at the border. 'It must be that leech and Dekan. Finally.' Jake thought, sitting up. He squinted his eyes as the figures in the car moved. It looked like they were hugging! Jake growled. Wasn't that stupid leech already married?! What in the hell was he doing hugging Dekan like that?! And what exactly was Dekan doing holding onto him like that?! Was that why she rejected Embry, for some stupid bloodsucker?! Jake himself was ready to transform when Dekan got out of the car and waved, getting into Jake's Rabbit.
"You. Stink." Jake said, holding his nose.
"You with those compliments again." Dekan replied, smiling.
"What were you doing hugging him?" Jake asked, narrowing his eyes.
"None of your business." Dekan said.
"It is my damn business when you're practically torturing Embry like this!" Jake shouted, causing Dekan to wince and move back until her head hit the window.
"Torturing Embry? Hardly." Dekan said, her voice shaky.
"He's in love with you for some reason and yet you reject him for that…that…" Jake said, his anger growing by the second.
"Embry's not in love with me…" Dekan said, snorting.
"Then you tell me why the hell he's so depressed!" Jake challenged. Dekan didn't have an answer for that.
"Just take me home." Dekan whispered, looking out of the window.
Jake drove back to Sam's, not even looking at Dekan. When he pulled up to the house, Dekan got out of the car, slamming the door. She walked in, seeing Embry sitting on the couch, his head down. When she walked in, his head shot up, looking directly at her. Dekan looked away, biting her lip.
"Why were you so late?" Sam asked, standing up.
"Research." Dekan replied, her cell phone ringing an instant later. She opened it. "Hello? Yeah, I'm home. No, I'm okay. I promise. See you tomorrow. Goodnight." Dekan said, smiling and hanging up the phone.
"Who was that?" Sam asked.
"Jasper." Dekan replied, putting her phone in her pocket.
"I forbid you to go up there again." Sam said.
"You forbid me?" Dekan said, her hands on her hips.
"Yes. I forbid it. You are not to see any of them again." Sam replied.
"Well tough toenails, Tinky." Dekan said, turning around and going to her room, shutting her door.
Embry's head went back down. He wanted to cry. He wanted to go to Dekan's room and hold her until she understood just how he felt about her. Then he wanted to hold her until she felt the same way about him.
"Emily, can you please go talk to her before I lose it?" Sam asked, walking outside. Emily stood up, walking down the hall and knocking on Dekan's door.
"Dekan? It's Emily, can I come in?" Emily said.
"Yeah…" came Dekan's muffled reply.
Emily walked in, shutting and locking the door behind her. She sat down on the bed next to Dekan, who was laying on it face down. Emily ran her fingers through Dekan's hair.
"Tell me what's wrong?" Emily asked.
"Nothing. Everything is just hunky dory." Dekan said.
"Oh sweetie…bullshit." Emily said. Dekan sat up, looking at Emily. She'd never heard Emily curse before! "Now that I've got your attention, tell me what's really wrong. The truth."
Dekan sighed, pulling her cell phone out of her pocket. She opened it, flipping through until she found the text messages Jake sent.
"Remember when Jake and I had switched phones? And then when Embry busted Jake's nose? This is why. I don't know who Jake was messaging but it's obvious what they think of me." Dekan whispered, handing the cell phone to Emily.
Emily read each message, her eyes going wider by the minute. She closed her eyes, handing the phone back to Dekan who dropped it in the floor, laying face down on the bed again.
"Well, I can certainly see why you're upset." Emily whispered, rubbing a small circle on Dekan's back.
"That's not all." Dekan whispered.
"What else?" Emily asked.
"My real name is Sasha Jasmine Whitlock. I'm related to Jasper. As in Cullen…or Hale. Jasper Whitlock." Dekan whispered.
"Oh. Wow. Oh…wow. I can safely assume Sam doesn't know." Emily whispered. Dekan nodded.
"Well, don't you worry. Everything will be okay, I promise. Get some sleep, sweetie." Emily said, walking out of the room and turning the light off.
It was time that she had a little talk with the pack. If they thought Sam was scary when he did the whole Alpha thing, they hadn't seem Emily when she was pissed off.
Emily was going to rip them a new one.
……
..
Author's note: Wow, another big chapter! So, what do you think? Tell me! LEAVE ME REVIEWS! A big thank you to amalin06, Lecia, rockangell777, carconee, Nessa Blade, and fusedtwilight! If I left you out, please let me know! Tell me what you think of my story so far, I love getting messages and pm's and reviews! Mwaaaah!