"Its over." Rosalie broke the silence.
On cue Jaspers eyes snapped open. They were a deep red.
"Am I dead?" he looked confused
"Yes!" Emmett said proudly, before any of us could butt in.
"What?" Clearly not the answer Jasper was looking for. "Oh my god I cant believe it-- what happened why are you guys here!! It was me wasn't it! I killed myself and I took you guys with me - oh my god im a murderer, what did I do? Burn the house down? Shoot you all oh my god that's why im in hell, that's why im burning!!"
"Nonono!" I shushed him "Emmett get out"
"but!"
"NOW!" I ordered him, no more jokes from him at this moment would be helpful.
Jasper looked up at me totally confused.
"Now Jasper I want you to listen to me carefully, im going to explain to you what has happened"
I sat down on the bed beside him
"See Emmett was half right, you are technically dead -"
"OH MY GOD! I knew it im a lost soul right? Damned for all eternity to walk the earth, you must be god? Or the devil? Huh so I did kill myself that night when my mother found me cut -"
"Now now let me finish" I chucked though he was clearly not amused.
"You are technically dead because you're heart is not beating - but you are here - you are part of the undead." I explained
"Come again?"
This is going to take a while I thought to myself.
"Now don't freak out, but have you ever heard of vampires?"
"Yeah….wait….come on you're not honestly telling me I got attacked by a vampire are you?"
I laughed again.
"Nope you certainly did not, but we are."
"you are what?"
"Vampires, and now so are you"
"Yeah sure pal."
"Jasper please, just listen. We had an accident on the way to your house remember? And you were very badly hurt. It was the only way to save you" At least that's what I had convinced myself.
"Tell me jasper what was the last thing you remember before all the ….. Burning?"
"Just you. You leant over me and said everything will be OK. Then instantly I was in this bed. And you leant in and whispered something In my ear and then you….."
A look of shock appeared on his face.
"and then I?"
"Bit me."
He suddenly froze.
"Look its okay now its not as bad as it seems."
"YOU BIT ME! YOU ASSHOLE YOU BIT ME!!!"
This reaction took me by surprise.
"YOU BIT ME!! ID RATHER BE DEAD THEN BECOME IMMORTAL LIKE THIS!! I WANTED TO DIE YOU KNEW THAT YOU KNEW I HATED THIS WORLD AND EVERYTHING THAT CAME WITH IT!! I DON'T WANT THIS I WANT MY SISTER!! I WANT ….. My sister."
He fell to the floor in a heap of dry sobs. I stood there frozen knowing he hated me. For the first time ever I was sure I regretted doing this to someone. I then got angry as I realised what he'd said.
"You wanted to die!" I accused him
"DUH!" he pointed to his wrists "WHAT DID YOU THINK!"
"But you said you was going to stay with us that you was going to seek help at my hospital, we was on our way to get your stuff! I offered you a home, was you just going to throw that all back in my face and kill yourself anyway! After I pitied you! After I took you in!!" My voice raised an octave or two. This was not how I imagined this day would go. "I cared about you Jasper"
"WHY! WHATS SO SPECIAL ABOUT ME??"
I didn't know what to say, in all honestly there was nothing actually special about him accept for the fact that I was drawn to this boy.
"Listen" he lowered his own voice. "Im sorry im in shock, I didn't mean to call you an asshole, well actually I did but the point is theres nothing we can about this now…..is there?"
He looked at me with wide eyes, and I shook my head instantly not wanting to waste time filling his head with false hope.
"Well then theres nothing we can do." He slumped back against the wall now with his knees up.
"OH MY GOD!" he shouted after a moment of silence.
"what?" I was suddenly concerned
"Why am I still burning! In my throat - I thought it was over"
"It means you're thirsty you need to hunt."
"Hunt? You mean like drink someones blood?"
Ah I had never got around to explaining.
"Some. But us Cullens, we hunt animals. Its not the same but we survive. We didn't choose this way of life either you know!" Some of the rare anger I felt came back for a slight moment.
"Oh" he said
"But Im no preacher if you want human blood you can leave whenever you feel." That came out wrong, it sounded like a threat; Live like us or you're on your own!
"No I mean…"
"No I get it" Jasper smiled interrupting me rephrasing the situation.
"And if you can forgive me for the way I acted I'd like to stay…or do you not want me?"
"Don't me stupid!" a new voice entered the room. Esme again.
"Of course you can stay you are most welcome anytime!" She threw her arms around him and he looked at me surprised. I nodded and smiled in agreement.
"I think its time you hunted." I told him.
Nearly a day had passed and I was sitting in the living room awaiting the return of my children who had taken Jasper for his first hunting trip. A few more hours passed before I heard the opening of my front door and they all appeared to where I was.
"Oh my god!" Jasper exclaimed
"Good?"
"Good? That was AWESOME! Do you know how fast we can run did you see that!" He darted around the living room three times in a space no longer than 2 seconds.
"Glad you enjoyed - was the hunting okay?"
He looked a bit unsure at first but then said "Yeah, I kind of didn't know what I was doing at first but I dunno something just happened and before I knew what I was doing I had my teeth in a deers neck."
"Yeah well we would have been quicker if it wasn't for Emmett showing off" Rosalie nudged her husband in the side. "He had to show Jasper that he could take down the biggest bear we could find"
"And I DID!!" he added proudly
I sighed and turned my attention back to Jasper he wasn't looking so sure of himself.
"Well actually we would have been a lot quicker if I wasn't such an idiot" He said
"What do you mean?"
"Ask them" he told me
I looked at Edward for answers
"Well on our way down we smelled humans passing us and Jasper went for them, it took all four of us to hold him back!"
"oh" I sighed I was expecting that to happen, I was actually shocked that he hadn't killed someone on his first outing.
"Don't worry about it Jazz" Emmett named him, "It happens to all of us, its just instinct bro!"
"Bro?" Jasper looked more confused
"Err yeah" Emmett looked at him as if he was stupid. I had to cut in.
"What he means is, you're a part of this family now, im sure you've figured out that you cannot go back to your mother now."
"Yeah I know."
"Well then you're a Cullen!"
He looked unsure again.
"I mean you can keep Whitlock, but for show we say that Esme and I are married which we are anyway and that Edward, Emmett, Rose and Alice are our adopted sons and daughters. Even though we could pass as being blood related we look way to young to have teenage children." I chuckled. This took him by surprise.
"Say, just out of curiosity how old are you?" he asked me
"368 I told him honestly
His mouth dropped to the floor.
"No way!" He laughed and slammed this fist down on to the floor where he was sitting and left an un human dent. "NO WAY!" he laughed again. "Sorry im not used to this strength" he told me.
"Haha no worries!" I was glad he was happier
"So how old are the rest of you?"
"3489" Emmett told him
"Emmett get out"
"but"
"NOW!" I told him again. Emmett was loving this.
Jasper just laughed. "Nono its okay stay! so he's the joker of the family I presume?"
"Yeah you called call him that - I call him an idiot" Rosalie joked and nudged Emmett again.
"Hey!" he pretended to be upset
"Sorry baby" she laughed a kissed him full on the lips. Jasper had that shocked look on his face.
I sighed.
"They're married" I assured him
"But their brother and sis- oh yeah right." he remembered
We all laughed again. As much as I disapproved of Emmetts jokes it was kind of funny.
"We don't." Edward said
We all looked at him confused
"Don't what son?"
"Sleep, that's what Jasper was thinking." Oh I see he wanted to show off as well.
"You can read minds? You don't sleep!"
"Yes and no" I answered him in the correct order "See Edward has a special gift he can read minds and so does Alice here she can see the future"
"You don't sleep" he said again as if he ignored what id just said to him
"Nope we don't need it, its physically impossible for us…you did hear what I just said about Edward and Alice though right?"
"Erm yeah" he said somehow as if he didn't quite believe it.
"So Jasper Cullen, I like it." he told us and we all smiled. Esme squealed at hearing this and threw her arms around him again in a way that would probably break the neck of a human.
"Jasper Cullen" She whispered in his ear.
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