Got new beta and she worked on all the first seven chapters yeah, thank my girl Rena!!
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Chapter 3 – Real World
The ride towards our house was filled with an uncomfortable silence. I could tell my mother was angry at something or someone.
Once we had entered the house, my patience grew thin and I had to say something.
"Mother, what is the matter with you?" I said exasperatedly.
She whirled around with a wild look in her eyes that scared even the likes of me.
"You are never to see that boy again! DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME?!"
"Wha..Who?" I stuttered unable to understand what she was trying to say.
My subconscious had a sneaking suspicion, I did not like where this was heading.
"That Whitlock boy, you are to stay away from all of them, you are forbidden to make any contact with them!"
I don't know why, but at this revelation my heart clenched and I felt like I could hardly breathe.
"Mother, stop being unreasonable. Listen to yourself, you are acting like a mad woman!" even I was yelling now.
The whole town could probably hear our exchange by now.
"Do not talk back to me Isabella, you will do as I say and not continue a relationship with that boy!" she spat the last words as if they were venom burning her mouth.
"That Boy' has been my only friend. Please mother, I don't want to marry him, he is just a friend. We have conversations like I used to have with father, not idle meaningless blabber like all the other girls in this town! Please don't make me give that up. Why bring this on now? What happened to make you dislike them so much in one afternoon?"
My mind was frantic; I could not form a coherent thought, let alone words. My chest was closing in and tears were threatening to spill from me eyes.
"I should have never let you spend so much time with your father. Listen to you talk about this boy as your FRIEND, women and men cannot be friends Isabella, and it is about time you know that!"
"Now you will go up to your room and I do not want to hear another word of this, is that understood!" she was fuming, and I could not hold myself any longer.
I ran towards my room, not wanting her to see me breaking down. As I collapsed in my bed, my body was taken over with sobs as my heart felt as if it would burst from the pain.
It was difficult for me to come to terms with this, but I would never be able to see Jasper Whitlock ever again.
**Jpov (I know YAY! But I'm a little reluctant; I just want you guys to see the other side of the coin. So to speak.)**
She was remarkably beautiful, both inside and out. Her deep brown eyes held such knowledge and maturity, yet at the same time they gave away innocence and virtue that with many women had been lost. Her beautiful mahogany hair had a unique red shine in the sun as we walked around the grounds surrounding my family's land, that I found myself entranced with it on many occasions. I could still hear her bell like voice recounting her fears and sharin' parts of who she was, pullin' me deeper into a hole that I had no intentions of diggin' myself out off; even if it meant getting' ambushed by the enemy.
Damn, we were so close I could've sworn I could taste her, but her momma was about ready to catch fire from how angry she looked. Looks like she didn't like the afternoon tea. I stood outside until the carriage disappeared in the distance. As soon as I entered the foyer of my family's house my momma assaulted me.
"Jasper, oh thank God and the heavens you're ok!" she exclaimed.
"Momma, what happened?" I was starting to panic she was actin' like I had just crossed the line of fire without lookin' to see if it was ok.
"Oh, just that Renee woman comin' down here, wantin' to marry off that daughter of hers. I swear if she could marry herself off for money she would throw that girl on the side of the next dirt road."
Had I just heard what I thought I heard?
"You mean to say Renee Henderson came here to ask you, that I marry Isabella?" I was baffled and slightly excited at the thought of that beautiful woman being my companion.
I knew she was scared of being tied down, after she confessed why she was apprehensive about livin' here.
"Jasper, don't indulge the woman. She is still, and forever by the grace of God, will be Mrs. Renee Henderson-Swan, no matter that a piece of paper or her actions say otherwise. Yes, and I won't stand for arranged marriages like that. You know I disapprove of forcing two people into a union that neither want to be in."
I contemplated telling her, about my growing feelings toward Bella, she wouldn't oppose if she new how we felt, right?
My mother was the kindest person; she believed that no one should be forced to do anything that they were not compliant to. That included marriage, she was very lucky when she met my father, they were friends from a young age and eventually fell in love.
"You, my boy, are going to one day find that young beauty, who you will fall madly in love with and the Swans will forever be forgotten!" her voice held an authority that left no more room for discussion.
I felt a pang of something in my chest; it was slightly painful and discomforting. It felt that the more my mother made up her mind about my not even courting Isabella, the bigger the hole and the more pain increased.
"I need to be excused mother." I left before she could respond.
The only reason I would ever call her mother was when I was upset, and I was not giving her the opportunity to question why. That night I made decision; it was impossible for me to stay away from Bella. No matter what, I would talk to Isabella Swan again. I needed to.
A/N: Beta'd