AN – RL has finally calmed down and I'm able to update a bit more often. I know I have left you guys on a clifie with this one and I believe it's been long enough. So here is the next chapter and enjoy!

Chapter 6

JPOV

"Bella?" I asked, laying my hand on her cheek trying to get her attention. I drew away some of her pain so that she could respond.

"Jasper?" She whispered, her voice laced with pain.

"Yes, darlin', it's me. Let me check your injuries and then I will get you back to Carlisle. He will get you all fixed up in no time." I leaned forward and started to pull my hand back but her whimper of pain made me pause. "Let me do this and then I will take as much of the pain from you as I can, ok?"

She nodded and clenched her jaw shut against the return of the pain. I regretted having to do that to her, but I needed my full focus on her injuries so that no other mishaps happened. Looking over her leg I saw that the bone was broken, but from the feel of it I didn't sense that the bone had broken through the skin. That seemed to be her most serious injury. I knew she was bleeding from somewhere, but I couldn't pin point it.

Looking at her, I noticed again how she was cradling her right arm to her. Gently, I reached out and took hold of her arm, drawing away some of her pain in the process. I didn't feel any broken bones but I sucked in my breath as I turned her arm palm up. In the center of her hand was a long gash, which was most likely what she had used to leave the trail for us to follow. I also noticed that there was a bite on her inner wrist at the same time her body convulsed.

"Fuck!" I looked up into her face and saw her staring at me. "Darlin', this is your choice. I can let the change happen or I can suck the venom out for you."

"No!" Edward yelled from his spot next to James. "Suck it out Jasper. She's not ready."

I waited for her to respond as this was her decision, not Edwards. "Darlin'?"

She grimaced. "Do as he says, Jasper."

I nodded reading her emotions. All I felt was trust and acceptance. Not taking my eyes from hers, I leaned over her arm and placed my mouth over the bite. I knew my eyes turned black with the first pull. Even with the taint of James' venom I could still taste the ambrosia that was Bella's blood. After a few pulls I sealed the wound as I could no longer taste any venom. I knew that I didn't take enough for my eyes to turn red, but I knew that they would no longer be the golden color. I would have to hunt later as I knew I was already going to have a lot of explaining to do when the family sees my eyes.

"Edward, Emmett, deal with James. I'm going to get Bella back to the house so Carlisle can address the rest of her wounds." I growled as I gave out the orders. A part of me wanted to be the one to destroy James for daring to hurt Bella, but as she was with Edward, it was his place, not mine. Looking back down at her, I saw that she had closed her eyes and it looked like she was concentrating on something.

"Bella?"

"Hmm?" She didn't open her eyes.

"I'm going to get you back to the house ok?" I asked as I pulled out my phone, quickly texting a message to Carlisle letting him know what happened.

"Alright, cowboy."

Again I reeled at her new name for me. I had never been close to her until today and suddenly I was rushing to her rescue and she was giving me a new nickname, well one that only one other has used before. I liked the sound of it falling from her lips, made me feel wanted. Was a first with this family.

"Alright, I will do my best to take as much pain as I can while I run us back, but I can't promise that the pain will go away entirely. Are you ready?"

"Yes." She sighed and tensed in preparation of the pain.

I leaned over her and placed my arm under her shoulders and my other under her knees, picking her up bridal style. "I'm going to lift the back of your shirt so I can have contact with your skin, that is the best way for me to draw some of the pain from you."

She nodded and reached behind her to lift her shirt for me. I placed my palm flat on her side and gritted my teeth as I pulled as much of her pain into me as I could. I still needed to be able to function enough to get us to the house. As I acclimated to the pain, I addressed my brothers again. "Once you are done with James, keep an eye out for Victoria. I know she will be around here somewhere and she will seek out revenge for killing James."

Not waiting for a response, I took off in the direction of our house. Keeping enough of my senses open to sense anyone close by, I focused the rest of my senses on Bella and taking her pain away from her. I was nearing the house when I felt a shift in Bella's emotions right as I heard her gasp in pain. Stopping, I stood still as the pain began to ebb away.

"My leg." She gasped out as another wave of pain hit her.

I kneeled down so that I could rest her in my lap as I looked at her leg. Gently running my hand over her leg I gasped. Pulling up the pant leg I saw the proof of what I had felt, but I didn't know how it was happening. "How?"

"What?"

I looked up at her, not having realized I spoke out loud. "Your leg was broken, but now it's healed."

Worry spiced the air as Bella looked at me and then down at her leg. Then she cut off her emotions again. "Please get me to Carlisle."

"Of course." I was being negligent of her pain in my confusion. Standing back up, I got us back to the house in a few minutes. Carlisle was on the front porch waiting for us.

"Bring her into my study, quickly." He darted up the stairs with me close on his heels.

I followed him into his study and placed her on the couch he had in the corner. "We found her being attacked by James. He broke her leg, he bit her wrist and she has a cut on her palm that she used to leave us a trail to follow her with."

Carlisle had already started examining her as I was telling him what happened. He looked at her legs and then back at me. "Her leg is not broken."

"I know. I promise it was when we left Edward and Emmett to come back to the house."

He sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. "Wait…did you say she was bit?"

"Yes, on her right wrist." I moved to the end of the couch and perched on the arm by her head. "At her request I sucked out the venom."

"You did?" Carlisle looked at me, shock and worry evident in his emotions. "Why didn't Edward do it?"

Trying not to lose my temper at the lack of faith my supposed father figure had in me, I tried to keep my tone calm. "Yes, I did it. Edward and Emmett were dealing with James. I wish you would have a little more faith in me, you know what I did for the first century of this life. I have better control than you all give me credit for."

"Oh, well, I am sorry that you feel that way, son." Carlisle glanced nervously from Bella's still form to my face. "Do we know how long it was between James biting her and you, umm, sucking out the venom?"

I snorted, he apologized and yet he still couldn't accept that I did it without draining the poor girl. "I am not sure exactly. I felt a huge wave of pain from her which drew me closer to her but she also very quickly blocked me from feeling her emotions. I would say no more than two minutes based on the pain I felt."

He shook his head as he looked over her body. "It doesn't make sense. If you got all of the venom out then she should not be healing the way she is. Even with the venom in her system she should not be healing like this."

I was about to respond when Bella spasmed on the couch and I reached down instinctively placing my cold skin on her cheeks trying to fill her with calm. At the touch of my hands she sighed and became still. "What is going on Carlisle? These are signs of the change but I got all of the venom out."

"I don't know Jasper. It might have been in her system long enough to start something. We will have to keep an eye on her to make sure that she will be alright." Carlisle sighed as he pulled out his phone, dialing quickly.

"Hello?"

"Good afternoon Chief Swan, this is Carlisle Cullen."

"Oh, hello Dr. Cullen. Is everything alright? Did my Bella get hurt?" Charlie's voice came across the line with a tinge of panic towards the end.

"No, everything is fine, Chief Swan. Please, call me Carlisle." He paused before continuing. "I am calling at the request of my daughter, Alice. She wanted to know if you would mind if Bella stayed the night. I believe there were plans of make overs and pillow fights."

I rolled my eyes as Carlisle tried to come across as a normal father of a normal teenage daughter. Although the thought of Bella in a pillow fight had me chuckling quietly.

"Please call me Charlie. I can't see my Bells being up for the make overs, but I know she can hold her own in a pillow fight." Charlie chuckled on the other end of the phone. "Tell Bella to behave and I said to have fun. Thank you for calling, Carlisle."

"I will relay the message, Charlie. Thank you for letting her stay, Alice will be overjoyed I'm sure. Have a good evening, chief."

A sigh was heard before he responded. "You too, doctor."

I smirked as Carlisle hung up his phone. "So now what?"

"Let's move her to Edward's room. I imagine she would be more comfortable in there than in my study." Carlisle stood up and left the study, leaving me to bring Bella with me.

I moved to the side of the couch and leaned down, placing my arms under her shoulders and her knees. Lifting her up, I saw a faint grimace grace her face. "I'm just moving you to Edward's room. You are safe and we will take care of you, Bella, I promise."

She sighed and turned her head into my chest as I walked down the hall. A warmth filled me at being needed and trusted. It had been too long since anyone had made me feel that way.

"I have the couch ready for her." Carlisle directed us over to the couch where he had placed a few pillows and grabbed a blanket for her in case she got cold.

Leaning over, I placed her on the couch and covered her with the blanket. Before I could move back, she reached out and grabbed my hand in hers, squeezing it before letting it go.

Carlisle looked over at me and back down at Bella after seeing the exchange. "Can you keep her comfortable until Edward gets back? I need to go do some research to see what we are dealing with."

"Of course, Carlisle. I will come help once Edward returns." I watched as he nodded and walked out of Edward's room and headed back to his study.

I sat on the end of the couch and watched her sleep for the next half hour only moving away to stare out the window when I heard the sound of my family returning to the house. I was lost in my thoughts when Edward came rushing into the room and fell to his knees next to Bella on the couch. I could feel his panic and worry for her.

"She is resting, brother." I said before he could ask without turning around. "Carlisle has cleared it with her father to stay here tonight. Stay with her, I need to go help Carlisle."

I was to the door before Edward called out to me.

"Jasper?"

I turned to look at him over my shoulder. "Yes?"

"Thank you." His eyes held so much emotion and from what I could feel, he meant it. My only problem with the feeling was that I knew he was thanking me for saving her from the change and not for saving her life. I nodded, not trusting my mouth to behave, and left to find Carlisle.

The next few days were spent in a flurry of research and trying to keep Edward from going into his next depressive state. He still had Bella, she still breathed and blushed any time Emmett made one of his sly comments and she was still oblivious to the fact that there was a time limit for their relationship.

I tried to distance myself from them as much as possible, throwing myself into the research to see if we could figure out how Bella had healed so quickly without venom in her system. Carlisle and I were both coming up empty handed and neither of us had shared our worry with Edward, both of us knowing that he would be unpredictable with that information. I think we did it more to save Bella's life than to save Edward's peace of mind.

AN –So what did you guys think? Still some tweaking to the original storylines, but I like how it's turned out so far. You can't help but feel bad for Jasper and how his family regards his control. Well, I will do my best to get this updated more often, but I can only go as fast as the muses allow. Also, as always, please review. I can never get enough feedback. Thanks!

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