Bringing Her Home

Jasper's POV

As the girl picked up her head to see us standing here, I prepared to catch her if she got up to run.

But she didn't run; she didn't even seem bothered by our presence, where as normal humans would always shy away from us.

I met her gaze and saw into her dark brown eyes as she looked into my golden ones.

Then, she set the long stick down and got up to her feet.

Alice and I looked at her in shock. She had on no shoes or even any socks. The t-shirt only went down to a few inches from her knees and it was even hanging from one of her shoulders.

The human girl looked to Alice with the same calm manner, then to me then to Alice, then back at me.

With small quiet steps she made her way to me as we both watched her. She made her way to my leg and she just kept her eyes straight forward and met the gaze of my knee cap.

Slowly, her small hand lifted itself from her side and she placed it on my knee. Then, she curled up her little fingers on the denim material of the blue jeans I had on.

I looked over to meet Alice's gaze and knew immediately that her thoughts were agreeing with my own.

Gently, I stooped down, placed my hands under the little girl's arms and effortlessly picked her up.

I looked at her face to see if she had even moved an inch of her face from my actions, but they were still as blank as before, only now her hand was gripping my shirt.

Alice looked over to the poor girl in sympathy and took off her jacket to wrap the girl in. She didn't even seem to notice we were placing the jacket around her to keep her warm. Her face still stayed as blank as before and didn't look as if it would change anytime soon.

We needed to get this girl home and see to it that she would get proper treatment from Carlisle and hopefully, we could later find a safe place for her to live.

Now, her head was leaning on my chest as I brought her closer to cover her from the fierce winds that were about to come.

Quickly, we both shot out of site and went racing back to our home in Washington. The whole way there, I didn't feel any emotions coming from the strange child.

Minutes passed, which slowly turned to hours and in those hours we were finally home.

Alice swung the door open and we both came marching in. Obviously, catching the new scent that had just entered the house, everyone came rushing down to the living room.

They all looked at the little girl in confusion and awe. Seeing how Edward was looking at Alice I knew she was telling him everything that had just happened.

In a few seconds he nodded at her and then looked to the girl in my arms. Still not changing the expression on her face she looked back at Edward calmly.

They looked at one another for what seemed like ours and finally she looked away from him and looked around at everyone else.

Starting from Bella, she went to Emmett, then to Rosalie, then to Carlisle, Nessie, and finally Esme.

The hold she had on my shirt loosened and she turned her head to look at Alice once more then to me.

I looked back at her with interest flaring from my eyes, all for her and then she surprised me.

I saw her hand lift slowly like before, but this time she let placed it gently on my cheek and then they slowly descended to my lips.

She, then lifted her other hand and placed it on her own lips.

Then, it came to me. The confusion of the difference in our lips, I could feel it coming from the little girl.

"What is this?!" Emmett asked, both confused and annoyed as I felt her hand lower to my neck, then my chest.

"It's a human girl, Emmett," Bella said as-a-matter-of-factly.

He sighed and looked over to me, "What the hell are you doing with a human kid?"

"We found her," Alice answered, "When we were hunting in Oregon."

"Shouldn't you have taken her to a police department then, or something?"

"They wouldn't have helped her, anyway," Edward said as he kept his eyes on the girl.

I looked back down to her as well and saw that she looked and felt intrigued by the words we were making before her.

"I don't think she can remember anything," I stated and she looked back at me in amazement. I fought a smile.

"Like that matters, how much can a toddler remember anyway?" Emmett said with a hint of sarcasm.

"Jasper, what do you plan on doing with her?" Carlisle asked.

"I'll try to find a home for her," I responded.

"Jas…per?" We all froze and looked at the strange human lying in my arms.

She lifted her hand once more and placed it on my cheek and said in a voice of curiosity and admiration, "Jasper…"

End of Chapter 2