Wow, everyone loves Peter. No one asked for Eleazar at all . Well, I guess it'll have to be…
Jasper POV
"Peter, you're finally here."
"Where is he?" Peter's voice was strange, upset. "Where's Jasper?"
"He's upstairs in his room-"
I heard Peter's footsteps coming up the stairs, and Charlotte apologizing to Carlisle for her mate's rudeness.
The door opened. "Jas?"
I winced at the light coming from the hall. Alice scowled at Peter.
"Get in here and shut the door," she said. "The light is hurting his eyes."
"Sorry." He closed the door, moving to stand at the foot of the bed. "What happened to you?"
"We don't know." Alice's tone was unusually sharp and impatient. "Why would we have asked you to come here if we knew? Carlisle hoped you would know something."
Peter traced the bedpost lightly with his fingers, eyes thoughtful. Finally, he looked at me. "Jas, do you remember when you got hurt in that battle? You almost died, remember?"
"I almost died in several battles," I said, ignoring the pain in my throat talking brought. "Can't you be more specific?"
"But that one was different. You got your leg torn off, and that gifted newborn you were fighting tried to rip your throat out. And after you got bitten, you were in so much pain that Maria actually made you stay in bed for a week, rather than force you to go out and train the newborns like she usually did. You were delirious for three days."
I actually did remember that. "Yes."
"Is it possible that the wound could've-?"
"No, it's impossible," I said.
"You don't know that."
"I'm sure it's not that, Pete, it can't be." Why did he have to be so stubborn? I didn't feel like arguing, I felt like curling up on my side with my knees to my chest, and shutting out the whole world.
"Let me see the wound," Alice suddenly said. "I'm with Peter on this, Jazz, I think it could be a possibility."
Because I knew she would get her way in the end anyway, I let Peter show her where the bites were and felt their cool fingers touching my throat and side. That newborn had been quite stubborn, I recalled. When I dragged him from my throat, he had lunged and buried his teeth in my side.
-Memory-
"Jasper!" Peter darted to my side, eyes panicked. I gazed up at him dazedly, unsure of if I was alive or not. The pain was still there, so I supposed I was.
"I'm going to get you out of here, brother," he promised. "I'm sorry for the pain, Jas."
I moaned in pain as he lifted me carefully and started running.
-Memory-
"Jasper?" Alice's worried face hovered over me, her hand on my forehead.
"Sorry," I murmured. "I was thinking."
"Well…" she said hesitantly. "Jasper, the wounds on your side and throat are strange. They look fresh and the one on your side was bleeding a little."
"Alice, I don't bleed," I protested feebly.
"Well, it was bleeding. Carlisle is coming to look at it."
The door opened.
(A/N I'm skipping the part where Carlisle looks at the wound, because I am not writing what I had written in my journal for some reason, and it would distract me from the rest of the chapter.)
After he looked at it, he said that it was likely to be a reason for my illness. But Peter decided that the bite couldn't be the only thing, or I would have gotten sick before now.
He just couldn't be satisfied with one reason. I doubted that there was another reason, but of course they all agreed with Peter, which annoyed me.
I turned over, curling up under my blankets and trying not to listen to them. Esme suggested that the Volturi might know something. But Emmett's protective side came out and he flatly refused.
"Hell, no. My brother is not going near them when he's this sick. I won't let you." He stood in front of the bed and crossed his arms.
"It was just a suggestion," Carlisle assured him. "But I don't know what else we could do… is there another way, Eleazar?"
My eyes flew open. How could I not have noticed Eleazar come in? He couldn't be here, I would have heard him.
But the dark-haired man was standing at the foot of the bed with Carlisle, Peter, Esme, and Alice. But Alice had been next to me…
I felt dizzy. The realization that I hadn't heard Eleazar come in or noticed Alice get up both shocked and terrified me. Was I really that ill? I felt like crying.
"Jasper," a soft voice said. Charlotte was next to my bed, a white cup held out. "Edward says you are thirsty. Do you want bear blood?"
Nodding, I sat up and reached out to take the cup. But my fingers shook when I took it and then I dropped it, the red liquid spilling over my blanket.
Shocked, I stared at the spreading stain. My mouth opened, but I don't know if it was to cry or apologize. Before I could do anything, the blanket was gone and Esme was carrying it down the stairs, and Alice was putting a new comforter over me.
"I'm sorry," I whispered. "I didn't mean to spill it."
Charlotte was back with a new white cup. "Here, darling, I'll hold it for you," she soothed me when she saw my anxious look.
Carefully, she held the cup for me and I drank half-heartedly, barely drinking half of it.
"Jasper?" she questioned when I pushed her hands away.
"I don't want anymore."
Rather than argue like the others would have, she put the cup on the dresser and didn't ask me if I needed anything. Instead, she turned around and listened to the others.
"…let you know if I think of anything better than going to the Volturi for answers," Eleazar was saying. "Would you like Carmen and I to stay for a few days?"
Add Carmen to the list of people I hadn't noticed, I thought miserably.
Before long, I was tired and my eyes had closed. I wanted to sleep, but was afraid Peter was going to leave. I needed him to stay. He just couldn't leave me now when I was so sick.
Edward leaned over me and spoke in my ear. "Peter isn't leaving you, Jasper. He'll still be right here when you wake up."
"I won't leave, brother," I heard Peter say from far away.
Reassured, I drifted into sleep, hoping I could trust him to still be there.
So love it? Hate it? BTW, if you want me to, I'll send you:
1) an outtake of Alice and Jasper realizing he's sick (your choice who's POV
2) a teaser of the next chapter
3) Peter finding out Jasper is sick
Ok, so if you want to, you can have me send any of these to you. Not sure when I'll get the next chapter up. Review and let me know what you think! :)