Ch 11
It took me and Char a while to get Jasper up off the floor and onto the couch. Hell it took him a few hours to stop growling at us everytime we approached him. The vampire in me understood and had the greatest sympathy for him. The part of me that was his younger brother wanted to kick him int the nuts to get him going again. Finally Char snapped.
"Major Jasper fucking Whitlock, you get your pussy whipped ass up right now so we can figure out how for you to get your mate and my daughter back home."
Have I told you my wife is awesome?
He looked around like a kid lost in the mall. "Bella?"
I huffed. "Yeah fucker, Bella. My daughter, your mate remember? Little thing with brown hair and a helluva temper. Now get the Hell up."
He sat on the couch and even if he wasn't projecting I could feel the anguish pissing out of him. Part of me had been worried that Edward might have been her mate, but that worry had sailed away and sunk. This man in front of me, my maker, my brother, had found his other half in my baby girl. If we were human this would be some Jerry Springer shit right here. Maybe throw in a transvestite midget and a wading pool full of jello to keep it interesting.
It was a good thing I know him so damn well since the Major ain't the type of man one would normally want their daughter with. He could be downright scary and sadisitic and had one clusterfuck of a past. But I did know him. I knew that when it came to his family there wasn't anything he wouldn't do to provide for us and protect us and I knew that it would only be multiplied when it came to his mate. Bella would always be cherished by him and fiercely protected.
His eyes searched around frantically and his hands started fisting his hair in frustration. "What do I do Peter? I feel like I can't function, like a fucking invalid. I need her here."
I nodded my head in understanding. Char went and carefully sat next to him and slung an arm around his shoulders. "It's gonna be alright sug. She's with Rose and Em and you know those two will keep her safe. She has had a lot to take it, being just born as a vampire, then having you two fighting over her."
"She's MINE." He hissed.
"Back the fuck off my mate Major." Shit I love him and he's my brother but no one hisses at my woman like that.
Then in a sickeningly broken voice he whispers, "She thinks I'm a monster. She thinks we all are. Edward was right, how can I even think of polluting her with me."
I couldn't help but smile a bit. "Yeah we are monsters. You me and Char have killed a shitload of people, sometimes we've enjoyed it. The Cullens go on and on about how they fight their nature to do the right thing and fair enough they do, but so do we. It ain't in my nature to leave my mate around another man, especially one as strong as you, but I do. Guess why fucker? Because we are a family and there's no one I'd trust her safety to more then you."
His eyes were getting hollower by the second. My words meant fuck all to him because his woman was out there in the world without him and didn't think too highly of him. If I were him I'd be going nuttier then a box of cracker jacks.
"What do I do?" he begged for answers that I wished to Heaven I had because I wanted her home too.
This was the tricky part. Bella was a newborn and temperamental. More so then a normal woman. Hey I'm no chauvanist but women are moody unstable creatures. That's what makes them so damn scary. Luckily Char stepped in with the lady advice.
"I think she just needs some time sug. Bella needs to get to feeling better in her own new skin and she's gonna be able to do that better without so many people around. Not to mention Em and Rose are perfect for that. Rose will do her best to build her confidence and Em will do any and everything to make her laugh. It kills me to have her gone, I love her too Jazz. But if she had to be anywhere but here I'm glad it's with those two. They don't have any agenda so you gotta trust them to do what's best for Bella."
So that's what we did, for the three longest days of my fucking existence. Char messaged Rose and asked that we be given updates, just about Bella's safety. We understood that she needed some space but Rose knew that we loved her and wanted to know she was safe. Every time the phone buzzed with a message Jasper's head popped up like a mad little meerkat.
"She's safe Jazz." That's what Char would say everytime. It's all we were given. Rose was being Bella's protector, keeping her emotional state out of it. Told ya she was a fiercely loyal friend. Kinda wished now she wasn't so much cause I missed my baby girl. Not like I'd tell anyone that though. Got my rep as a badass to consider.
Three long ass days and longer nights. Char and I decided not to do the no pants dance thinking it'd send Jasper over the edge he was barely holding on to. The only times we've ever gone this long is when I was being punished for whatever dumb shit I had done. Once it was because I used one of Char's bras as a slingshot. How the fuck was I supposed to know that it was her 'favorite'. It's a bra for fucks sake.
Jasper sat, staring out at nothing almost curled in on himself. He wouldn't hunt, wouldn't talk much. His jaw was tensed holding in his screams but we felt them. Boy did we feel them. At one point I considered ripping my own damn eyeballs out just to distract myself from it. The emotions were so strong he couldn't hold them all in without killing himself.
On the morning of the fourth day we were all in the house which more resembled a tomb and Char's phone rang. I looked over and saw Rose's name on the caller Id.
"Rose what's up?"
"Char I think you guys need to get out here." She sounded pretty fucking upset and angry.
Jasper was up for the first time and next to the phone quicker then you can say bingo. "Rose where's Bella? What's going on? Is she ok?" His panic leaked out of his voice and took over the room so strongly I thought I was having a heart attack.
"Bella's ok physically but she's been so sad and now..."
"Goddamnit Rose now what?" Jasper screamed.
"And now Edward's just showed up." she added in a hesitant voice.
Well now he's gone and done it. I saw The Major emerge from Jasper's eyes, the hatred taking over his face. The vicious roar that erupted from his chest shook the walls and honestly shook me a bit too. Edward you stupid fuck you got no idea what you invited out to play.
Wasn't but an instant later the three of us were running through the trees, well me and Char were just trying to keep up with the crazed mad man in front of us who was running trees over if he had to. Rose and Em were at their place in northern California so it didn't take us long to get there. About three miles from their house we ran into the same trail Edward must have taken cause we crossed his pansy ass scent.
What kind of man smells like incense and cake? This spurred Jazz on even harder.
I giggled because this shit was gonna get messy.