Quiet whispering woke me from a dreamless slumber. I must have been more tired than I thought. I slowly opened my eyes while blinking fiercely so as to adjust them to the sharp light.
My eyes fell on the two whispering vampires sitting on the settee across from me: Jasper and Edward. They were point blank ignoring me, because I knew for a fact that they could hear my heartbeat from where they are sitting.
Fine if that is the way they want to play it.
I slowly sat up while looking exasperated at the lavish room I had spent the last twenty four hours in. The cream walls were covered with paintings usually only found in the Louvre. The bed I was currently residing in was covered in red silk and made of solid ebony wood. I rolled my eyes when they were caught by the golden frames surrounding multi-coloured glass windows and then the co-originating door frames. Having fully sated my curiosity, I stared at the two vampires on the settee again.
Maybe they were just too absorbed in their own conversation. On any other occasion I would not care one way or another, but unfortunately my bladder seems to have collected the ocean in under twenty four hours so without giving it a second thought I cleared my throat to draw their attention.
Nothing.
I cleared it again.
Again, nothing. They were definitely ignoring me.
With a huff I whirled out of bed. If they wouldn't help me then I would help myself. I had barley taken two steps before being manhandled into Jasper's arms and being placed under the covers and being tucked in.
"You can't just…" I started to protest.
"Shoo, Isabella," Edward said in a scolding tone before both he and Jasper seated themselves back on the settee; they continued with their conversation as if the last few minutes hadn't just happened.
I was stunned into silence for only a second before I ripped the covers off of again and stormed over to them.
"You do not get to treat me like this!" I screamed while poking Jasper in the chest. My blood was boiling I was so angry.
"Isabella, disobedience will get you nowhere. Follow the rules, Get. Back. In. Bed." Edward enunciated while looking pointedly at me.
"For your information, Bucko, I don't know what the rules are. I have barley been here twenty four hours and most of it was spent being sucked on my four bloodsuckers while the rest was spent sleeping," I screamed at them.
Both Jasper and Edward's eyes shot fire, but I didn't care. Mine probably mimicked theirs.
My voice echoed in the room before it became deathly quiet.
One minute. Two. Three. Then finally Jasper let out a deep, unnecessary breath and pinched the bridge of his nose.
My anger slowly started to dissipate and was replaced by fear as a looked into the merciless eyes of a very upset vampire - Edward.
I took a hesitant step back, but was stopped by a growl that escaped Edward's mouth.
"Edward, brother, calm yourself. She is new and she does not understand. I think it would probably be wise if you left and asked Carlisle to take over for you."
Edward barked something at Jasper, pointed a finger at me and then stomped out of the room.
"Look, this is stupid. You are both obviously over-reacting and I get it. Your overprotective instincts are in hyperdrive and you probably don't realise that you are making a scene about something as ridiculous as me standing up from a bed to go to the bathroom," I reasoned.
Jasper's barley inaudible growling turned into one of a ferocious beast in a second flat.
"Isabella."
"Yes," I said confidently even though fear was shadowing my insides.
"Do you see that corner?" he asks while pointing towards one on the other side of the room.
"Yes," I replied confused.
"You have three seconds to place yourself in that corner facing it before I forcefully put you there myself," Jasper said in a calm voice which contrasted greatly with his outward physic.
I don't know why I complied, but something about the look on his face said that if I didn't I would regret it for a really long time. It wasn't the look of anger that made me comply; it was the look of absolute pain that contorted parts of it.
Silence dominated for the room for probably half an hour. During that time my bladder decided to remind me why I was standing in a stupid corner in the first place.
Jasper," I said after regaining some of my Spartan courage.
"Isabella, are you supposed to be talking when you're in the corner?" Jasper asked in a condescending tone.
"You never said I had to stay quiet," I snapped at him.
"Yes I did."
"When?" I asked exasperated while rolling my eyes.
Before Jasper could answer, Carlisle entered the room. He looked curiously at me standing in the corner before directing all his attention to Jasper.
"I am sorry I'm late. Angela fell out of bed this morning and broke her arm. I had to put a cast on it. Ben was not happy," Carlisle apologised.
Jasper's murderous glare intensified towards a boiling point and was directed right at me.
"So…" Carlisle said hesitantly.
"Isabella decided to get up this morning on her own," Jasper answered Carlisle's implied question.
"I see," Carlisle said with a hard tint to his voice.
"Jasper, you need to show some semblance of control. I can see steam evaporating off of you," Carlisle chuckled, more to relive some of the tension in the room than because he actually thought what he said was funny.
Jasper visibly relaxed. A look of horror immediately painted the canvas of his face.
"Carlisle. I…" Jasper gasped.
"Jasper it is fine. Everything's fine." Carlisle soothed him.
"It's just, Alice…"
"I know, but you need to remember that we are better equipped this time."
"She died so fast. It was my entire fault," Jasper whispered brokenly.
"No, it was not," Carlisle said forcibly.
"If I had been there to catch her when she fell out of bed the baby might not have…" Jasper choked out.
"Jasper, listen to me. Nothing you could have done would have prevented her death. The placenta was weak. If it had not broken off because of the fall, it definitely would have broken off later in the pregnancy,"
"I just wish I had seen the warning signs."
"No one did. When she took her own life we all blamed ourselves. We wondered where it had all gone wrong, but the truth is, Jasper, a mother's life is the only thing that rivals the love mates have for one another. Though she tried to forget, the sadness was eating her up on the inside like and infection. It was bound to consume her in the end," Carlisle consoled him.
"But one thing I can promise is that it will never happen to our Bella. Fate has given us another chance and we would be fools to waste it. We also need to rectify the mistakes we made in the past. We need to listen to her just as much as she needs to listen to us otherwise this will end badly for all parties involved."
"Bella, please come here."
Jasper's command almost sounded like a question. I slowly shuffled towards them.
"O Bella, please don't cry," Jasper said before he enveloped me in his arms.
Only then did I realise the tears streaking down my face.
"Jasper…" I said brokenly.
"Shhh, my Bella."
"It wasn't your fault. I just know it wasn't," I said with surety.
We stayed in our cuddle till the earthquake in my body settled to a slight tremor.
"Bella, why did you get out of bed when we asked you not to?" Carlisle asked me.
"No one told me not to," I said with a slight tremble in my voice.
"We did last night. Your eyes were closed, but you did answer us," Carlisle said.
Suddenly the reality of what happend hit me and I tried to contain the giggles forming in my body. I looked at the confused look on both Jasper and Carlisle face – big mistake. My body started to shake like a tambourine and the musical notes of my roaring laughter seemed to escape simultaneously.
"You…I…" I tried to explain to them.
"I don't see what is so funny, Bella." Carlisle said firmly.
"I… I…" I visibly composed myself when I saw the firmness in his physic.
"I talk in my sleep. My mother says that I have had full blown conversations with her while asleep," I giggled.
Both men start to laugh too when they realise what had me in a fit of laughter.
"I don't understand. I thought you can hear my heartbeat, and my breathing," I said when the laughter finally subsided to a few giggles.
"Yes…Well…You see…" Jasper coughed out.
"What Jasper is trying to say is that when we saw you last night all our emotions were doubled and when we saw you in just your underwear…" Carlisle tried to explain.
"Yes," I said, not fully understanding.
"When we saw you in your underwear last night our lust increased until it was the only thing we could think about," Edward said.
I gasped and looked towards him where he stood sheepishly in the doorway.
"Bella, I am sorry for the way I behaved. It's just that…"
"Edward, she knows about Alice," Jasper told him.
"Did you share a mate?" I asked confused.
"No. Nothing like that. Alice was my sister,"
"O Edward. I am so sorry,"
Edward just smiled crookedly at me.
"I have a horrible temper and I was scared that I might do something I regret. That is why I left. I am so sorry," Edward said apologetically and swaddled me in his arms.
I stayed there all of five minutes before I was - again - reminded of my urgent need for the bathroom.
"So, may I please go to the bathroom?" I asked the overprotective vampires crowding me.
$$-Saving Mankind-$$
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