A/N: Hope you guys like this chapter because I have no idea where this is going to go…lol.
Gravity- Sparks the Rescue
Previously…
"God, I love you so much darlin'." Jasper murmured, pressing a hard kiss in my hair. "I need you in a way I never thought was possible."
His words brought on a feeling of euphoria that I had never known. I knew Jasper had been with many, many women. And I didn't hold a grudge against him for that. I mean, he didn't even know me then. Hell, I probably wasn't even alive for most of them.
But his profession showed me that these feelings were as new to him as they were to me.
A knock on the door interrupted our precious moment.
My mate and I ignored it, instead choosing to continue what my impromptu confession had interrupted.
"Jasper this is serious!" Emmett called through the door urgently.
Jasper growled threateningly to his brother, refusing to move from his spot above me; which I was completely fine with.
The door burst open and my favorite brother continued speaking, uncharacteristically ignoring the position Jasper and I were in.
"The Volturi are coming."
I stared at Emmett uncomprehendingly.
We already knew this. That's why everyone was gathered here.
Seeing our lack of response he clarified. "The Volturi are coming NOW."
1 hour earlier…
JPOV
"Jasper can I talk to you a second?"
I turned from the back window, faced my dark haired brother, and nodded in consent.
We walked outside to the edge of the forest to have a little more privacy. I could tell from his emotional turmoil that this was a serious conversation.
When Emmett wasn't cracking jokes you knew it was important.
"What is it Emmett?"
"I know that lately everything has been completely chaotic and we haven't gotten to talk much since the house is packed with guests, but I just have a few questions…" He trailed off, a serious look in his eyes.
I have a guess at where this is going…
"I don't want you to take this the wrong way, but how are you and Bella? I know after we learned about Edward and Alice's affair few months ago the both of you were really devastated. And now all of the sudden you guys are together and it's like that never happened."
I had been anticipating questions like this. In fact, I was surprised that it took this long for someone to ask them.
How could I explain Bella and I's relationship in a way that he could understand? I had never been this connected to another person- vampire or human- before. My thoughts were full of her. I think the fact that our relationship didn't start out as a romantic one, but developed into that only made it stronger.
"You have to understand, neither Bella nor I expected a new relationship to emerge out of our broken ones. You know how sheltered Edward kept Bella. I was barely allowed to be in the same room as her. But after both of our relationships ended we were free to develop our own. Believe me; I did not anticipate giving my whole self to a human girl, let alone one who was just divorced from another vampire. It just happened. Before I knew it all I wanted to do was touch her, hold her, talk with her…I was completely fixated." I admitted, pouring all my thoughts and feelings out to the only person I felt comfortable doing so with, besides my girl.
A wide smile broke out across the dark haired vampires face.
"I'm happy for you then man." He said patting me on the back. "But Bella is a sister to me so if you break her heart like Edward did…"
"I know, you definitely don't have to worry about that. Edward got off easy though. I still want to rip his head off at times." I grumbled, earning a chuckle of agreement from Emmett.
Just then we heard his phone ring from inside the house. Emmett shot me an apologetic glance before darting back inside to answer it.
I remained outside for awhile, happy to be out of the crowded house.
Even though I remained civil and calm around everyone, I was still pissed at Edward. He ripped the most amazing girl's heart to shreds and had the audacity to worm his way back into her life just when she was moving on.
Granted, he did apologize; but that just doesn't fucking cut it in my mind. I have to respect Bella's decision to forgive him, but that doesn't mean I have to speak with him.
The only person I'm more worried about than Edward is Alice. She is one deceitful, angry, vengeful vampire. I have a feeling Alice is behind the Volturi's sudden decision to pay a visit.
When I first walked into that bar and saw Alice I thought she was an angel sent to rescue me from that hellhole life I was living. And for awhile we were happy. I held Alice up on this pedestal and believed she was perfect, and could do no wrong. It took Peter's help to make me see how controlling and manipulative she really was. Then, I just stayed with her out of habit. And I think I was always hoping we could go back to the way we were in the first year of our relationship. I was hoping I could fall back in love with her. But that did not happen, and her betrayal with Edward only strengthened the feelings of distrust and disdain I had for her.
Within the first week of Bella and I moving on from our failed marriages I think I knew deep down that she meant more to me than any other person. Ever.
I heard Bella and Jacob's muted voices inside the house and decided to go see my mate.
I walked through the living room and saw almost all the female vampires gathered around some chick-flick on TV. I felt a small smirk overcome my face, who knew vampires fell for those same sappy stories humans did.
I walked up the stairs and found Jacob and Bella lounging lazily in our room.
I was really glad that their friendship had survived her change. He really was good for her, and made her happy.
Bella greeted me with a beatific smile on her face and jokingly shoved Jacob away.
I rolled my eyes at their antics; how had Edward ever thought it was okay to try to prevent these two from seeing each other?
After the door shut I moved toward my mate.
"Do I have some more competition to worry about?" I asked questioned lowly, leaning in close to her.
"No one can compete." She replied instantly, her fierce eyes on mine.
I moved my nose down her neck before pressing a chaste kiss to her collarbone.
"My mate." I rumbled before moving and pressing my mouth to her shoulder.
"My angel."
I moved my face back up to hers. "My Bella."
Suddenly, She roughly grasped the back of my head with one hand and pulled me down into an aggressive kiss.
After I got over my slight surprise, I leaned over her, fighting to take control of the kiss.
We hadn't gotten much alone time these past few weeks, and I was going to take every second I could get.
I held myself above her with one hand and let the other bury itself in her long, soft brown hair. Both her hands trailed up my chest and rested in the hair at the nape of my neck, her legs wrapping around my waist. I pushed into her, in a desperate frenzy to get closer. Just when I thought I had the upper hand, Bella managed to flip us over so that she was on top. I could feel her smile into the kiss, and couldn't stop the deep growl that left my throat.
"I love you."
It took a second for my brain to catch up to her words.
I pulled back from her and opened my eyes to see her staring into mine intensely.
"I love you." She repeated, this time more strongly.
I pushed myself up and pulled her into a tight embrace.
"You must have known." She continued, her voice shaking with emotion. "I don't know how I didn't realize it before now."
"God, I love you so much darlin'."I said, dropping a kiss on her head. "I need you in a way I never thought was possible."
Before we could continue what we had started, an urgent knock sounded on the door.
I distantly heard Emmett calling my name, but ignored it in favor of giving my attention to my mate.
Then, the door busted open and Emmett stood in the doorframe.
I growled threateningly and was about to attack him for being a jackass when he explained his actions.
"The Volturi are coming."
The room was silent as we digested his words.
"The Volturi are coming now!" He re-iterated.
Immediately, I snapped into the major persona and was by my brother in a flash.
"How do you know this?"
"After I got off the phone with Rose, Peter called me. He said that whatever we were preparing for was coming sooner than we expected."
Confused, I slid my phone from my pocket and realized that it had run out of charge. So that explains why he called Emmett.
"Does everyone know?"
"No. I thought I should tell you first because well, you've kind of been our leader through this." My brother explained as we moved downstairs, Bella following behind us.
"When?" I asked finally.
"They should be here sometime tonight."
I looked out the window at the setting sun and cursed.
Hearing the commotion, everyone had gathered in the living room.
"The Volturi are on their way?" Zafrina asked in shock.
Our facial expressions answered her question.
A tense silence filled the room.
"They should be here sometime in the night." I said, knowing we should get everyone informed quickly on how tonight would play out.
The snapping sound of several pairs of fangs descending filled the room.
"The goal of this confrontation is no bloodshed." I continued. "But if they come in determined to spread their twisted sense of justice and wipe us out because they feel threatened, then it is our duty to destroy every last one that does not stand down."
"Do we know how many are coming?" Tanya asked, a worried expression on her face.
I shook my head and glanced at Eleazar, seeing if he had anything to add since he had experience with the Volturi.
I had tried to stay the hell away from them because of my violent past. I know for certain that they know my name and it would not bode well for me to ever encounter them; but I see now that it's inevitable. I'm not going to run away and hide, leaving my mate here to face danger.
"They will probably bring the most strong of their guard and plenty of witnesses. I can't imagine them bringing their whole guard because they wouldn't want it to look like they are scared and need many on their side." Eleazar chimed in, a look of concentration on his face.
"The ones we need to be especially cautious of are Alec and Jane." Carlisle spoke up.
"The witch twins." Vladimir and Stefan intoned together, fiery looks on their pale faces.
Edward was watching them in surprise, probably reading their violent, revenge filled thoughts.
"Jane can cause an illusion of immense pain to paralyze any number of vampires at once. Alec has the power to blind all of a vampire's senses, making them completely vulnerable." The passive vampire continued, earning gasps and hisses from almost every vampire in the room.
Maggie pressed her face into her mothers' shoulder.
"I'm going to go call Jake." Bella murmured to me before pressing a chaste kiss to my cheek and darting into the other room.
I saw Benjamin and Edward's eyes watching her walk away and snarled warningly at both of them before returning my attention to the rest of the group.
Everyone was engaged in quiet conversations and I watched as they gathered together.
If I saw Alice tomorrow she would find no mercy for her here.
The home phone rang and I saw Carlisle answer it, and a look of unconcealed shock overcame his face. Then I watched as he followed after Bella, the phone still in his hand.
A/N: I really hope this chapter flows well. As you can see the story is coming to an end so thanks for reading and sticking with me!
NEXT CHAPTER…
The Volturi arrive.
An offer is made.
Will there be peace? Or a war?
And who called and wants to talk with Bella? Guesses are welcome. Haha.