At last, this is the chapter you all have been waiting for. From now you will find a changed Jane, so get ready for part one of Mission Change Jane. Hehehehe, it sounds like a plan.
Also, my first Jane's POV!
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"Hearing Damage" – Thom Yorke
"Once In Every Lifetime" – Jem
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POV: Bella, JaneJane's Heidi
BPOV
I woke up with my head throbbing in pain. The light in the room was too bright for my liking. I groaned as I opened my eyes. I tried to lift my good hand to cover them up, but it did not budge, like someone was holding it.
"Bella?" Asked the familiar voice of my mother. "Oh my! How are you feeling, sweetie?"
"Mom?" I asked in a raspy voice. I tilted my head towards her and slightly opened my eyes to see her. Her face was swollen and tear streaked with bloodshot eyes. At seeing this my eyes widened. I tried to get up to comfort her but she pushed me back down.
"No honey, don't get up." She hushed me in a hoarse voice.
"Bella?" A velvet voice called from the door. I turned my head so quickly that it started to hurt.
"Ow" I groaned. In an instant Edward was at my side.
"What hurts?" he asked. I simply shook my head.
"Edward, will you look after her until I get everyone else?" Mom asked from besides me as she started to get up.
"Sure," was all he said as he looked in my eyes. I did not even notice mom leave the room. Edward got up from where he was standing earlier and took my moms seat, never breaking the eye contact with me.
"What happened?" I asked after a moment of silence.
"Bella, don't you remember anything?" I shook my head at the vague memory of what I remembered. As he started explaining the memories of the night it all came flooding back. "You and Jane where chased by some low – lifers, and you tried to protect her. When you reached your truck Jane fainted and you pulled her in you truck but when you got out one of them caught you. When I reached you that bastard…" his eyes darkened at the mention of the name of my attacker and his face turned so dangerous that I flinched, but he did not seemed to notice it as he was trying to get a reign over himself as he pinched the bridge of his nose.
"What happened?" I asked again, but this time in a softer tone. He seemed to snap out of his earlier mood as his eyes gained some of his original color.
"I threw him off you and you fell to the ground. Oh Bella! How are you felling now?" he asked as his hand reached up to my cheek. I waited for the blush but strangely it did not come. Even Edward seemed to notice this cauz his hand froze "Bella, are you alright?" I started feeling a bit lightheaded.
"Oh" I whimpered as my head rolled on the pillow and I zoned out, again.
I woke up after some minute's cauz Edward was still sitting there but everyone else was there along with him. I tried to speak but my throat was so dry that I let out a small cough instead. Suddenly there was a glass of water in front of me, I tried to reach out for it but someone restrained it.
"Here, let me help you" Edward said as he bought it to my lips. I quickly drained it and smiled a small smile to show him my gratitude he gave me a weak smile in return.
"So, how are you feeling Bella?" Carlisle cleared his throat to get my attention.
I turned to him and answered "Sore" as that was all I could rasp.
"That is bound to happen." He said in a matter – of – fact voice.
"Who bad?" I rasped again. He grimaced but answered.
"Well, you have a badly bruised hand, bruises on your cheek and stomach also cuts on your shoulder." Well I knew this was bound to happen, my face, stomach, shoulder… Wait! My shoulder?
"Shoulder?" I asked in a surprised voice.
"Yes Bella, he cut your shirt with his knife so you have cuts there." He replied in a confused tone.
"Oh" Was my brilliant reply.
"Sweetie, how are you? The condition we found you both in….." I cut her off as I realized that I was not the one alone in this whole problem.
"Where's Jane? Is she alright?" I asked in an alert tone. They all meekly laughed. "What?" I asked as I looked around.
"Oh Bella! You are the only one who would think for the well being of others before yourself." Mom explained, laughing a bit. Even though they are all laughing at my expense, I am glad that it lightened their mood a bit. I moved so that I could sit up but my stomach hurt badly.
"Ow!" I exclaimed, clutching my stomach where it had been punched.
"Bella, can you tell me what happened to your stomach?" Carlisle asked as he switched to his doctor mode.
"Uh, well…" I trailed off, not wanting to tell them as I am quite aware of their reaction.
"Bella, that wound is really bad so for treating it I need to be quite sure of how the injury was being caused." Carlisle explained in a calm tone.
"I sorta got punched." I said quietly, but I know that they heard.
"WHAT?" Dad and Edward exclaimed at the same time.
"Oh Bella!" Someone voiced. We all turned to see the owner of the voice and found Jane standing at the door with tears in her eyes.
"Hey, how are you feeling?" I asked, concerned by the way she fainted earlier.
"No Bella, I should be the one asking that to you. You protected me, how am I ever going to thank you?" she asked as tears started flowing from her eyes.
"You don't need to thank me for anything, and like I said before sisters are always there for sisters. I am just doing my duty." I said with a weak smile. The next thing shocked me. Jane came to my side and hugged me, carefully, so she might not hurt me. I lifted my hand to respond and that's when I noticed that there was a drip attached to it. I looked around and noticed for the first time that I was not in a hospital but in a small room with all the equipments or nothing else but more modern once. "Where am I?" I voiced my thought even before I could register, Jane slowly released me with a soft laugh, I really liked the sound of it.
"You are at my house. This is the spare room Carlisle turned into a small examination room. When we shifted here we bought the equipments with us but since the local hospital here cannot keep them so we decided to turn this room into a small clinic." Edward explained.
"How did I get here?" I wondered looking at everyone.
"When Edward found there you where already unconscious, so he carried you to his car and bought you here." Carlisle explained. I turned to Edward with a grateful smile.
"Thank you Edward." I said sincerely.
"No Bella, Thank you." He replied with a smile. I smiled in response.
"Uh Bella, can I talk to you alone?" Jane asked.
"Sure." I simply replied. Mom, dad, Carlisle and Esme got up and started to leave the room.
"Bye Bella, I'll see you in the morning." Mom said kissing my forehead.
"Ok and mom?" I called and she turned. "Sleep well." I said with a smile, she smiled and nodded and left with dad along with her.
"I will check you in the morning Bella, rest." Carlisle said with a smile.
"Yes and sleep well. Also if you need anything please don't hesitate to call us.' Esme came and kissed my forehead.
"I won't and Thank you for letting me stay here."
"Oh Bella! You say Thank you way too much." Edward chuckled from my side, Esme too smiled and left. He was still sitting in his initial position.
"Um bro, I think I asked if I could talk to Bella alone?" Jane turned to an unmoved Edward.
"But…" He started to be whinny I giggled a bit at this. Edward turned to me and smiled.
"Edward. Out. Now" Jane said in a voice full of authority. Edward opened his mouth to protest but was silenced by Jane's glare.
"Fine" He grumbled. "I'll be just outside" he added before leaving. Jane practically kicked him out as he started hovering at the door and closed it firmly. I was smiling until I caught the expression on Jane's face.
"Jane, are you alright?" I asked all worried, she nodded. "What is it?" I asked, not totally convinced.
"Bella I want to tell you something." She started speaking, unsurely.
"Go ahead." I encouraged.
JanePOV
At first when I saw her I thought it was my late sister, but she was not. Since the accident I have never smiled or mingled with anyone. It left a big scar on my life, a scar that took more than the required time to heal. On my first meeting with Bella, I thought life was playing a sick joke with me. She was just like Heidi, her looks, style, the way she talks to others, that warm smile and companionate personality it was she was her double. I hated her from that very moment, how dare she copy my sister.
But now things have changed. It is not life playing a sick joke with me, but helping me to heal by returning me my lost sister. Today what Bella did for me, no one would have done it for someone who is practically a stranger to you. But not Bella, she saved and protected me just like Heidi. When she told me that sisters always protect sisters and that she is just like my sister I fainted from the whole emotional overload cauz that was the exact same thing Heidi had said to me. I remember it all from word to word, how could I not. Now I told Bella everything about my past. Edward being loyal to my promise did not tell her the truth that I was present at the accident but instead made a story which was half the truth. I had made Edward promise that for the reason that I did not want anyone's pity on me. I am fine the way I am and there is no need for anyone to look at me with pity in their eyes. But when I told Bella the truth she did not have pity, instead she only had sadness. Sadness and determination. I don't know what the determination was for but I am happy that she forgave me or I would have never lived with losing my other sister, my second chance.
BPOV
"Bella, do you know Carlisle and Esme are not my real parents?" Jane asked.
"Yes, Edward once told me." I replied all confused to as where this all was leading. Jane simply nodded and started to think.
"Did he tell you that he had another sister?" I was shocked. Edward always mentioned Jane being his sister but he never told me he had another sister too. I was too surprised to say anything so I simply shook my head. She nodded in understanding and continued. "Her name was Heidi." She visibly winced at her name. I smiled in encouragement. "Heidi was our middle sibling. She was more mature and caring than Edward. Edward always used to care for me but never quite expressed it since he did not want to spoil his image." She smiled remembering the days. "Heidi always stood up for me no matter what. She was my everything. I used to confide in her so easily. Everything about me, my secrets, my crushes, my problems, everything was known to her. Even the unspoken things where acknowledged by her." She smiled but it slowly started disappearing, I got a hint of where she was going. "Do you know my parents died in a car accident?" I nodded. "Did Edward tell you I was there too?"
"No, Edward told me you and he received the news of the accident." I recalled, trying to think if there is any glitch in my memory.
"Yeah, he must have told you that but that's not how it happened." She took a deep breath and came forward and sat on the chair besides my bed. "When the accident took place Heidi and I were in the back seat. We were going home from a party. Edward did not go since he had some party at his friend's house." She looked down at her hands the spoke the rest. "We where about half way when a truck came uncontrollably towards us. Everyone froze, but Heidi recovered at the last moment. When the truck was just about to hit us she opened my door and pushed me out, but just as she was about to jump the truck collided and a crash sound was heard." Tears where pouring down her cheek by this time, I took her hand in mine and squeezed it. She looked up. "Dad died right then because of the impact. When the ambulance was about to arrive I went to mom and saw her taking her last breadths. She just looked at me and whispered love you. I clutched her hand but it was too late, she had already died. I was crying when I heard a cough and realized it was Heidi's. I did not see her since she was under the frame but when I heard her coughing I knew I had to help her before it was too late. Soon the ambulance arrived, they cut the frame and took her to the hospital. Edward arrived shortly after being informed. His eyes were red rimmed and tears where freely flowing down his cheeks. I had never seen my brother so broken, so vulnerable in my life. When I told him about mom and dad at first he did not believe but eventually came to his senses. I knew he was just as numb as I was. Soon I broke down he hugged me and we cried until the doctor came out. He told me Heidi was in critical condition and that she wanted to see us. We wiped our tears and went in. She was lying on the white bed, hooked in all sorts of machines. It was like she was lying in her death bed. She smiled when she saw us. My tear where flowing and so was Edward's. Suddenly she spoke take care and the monitor went blank. I clutched her lifeless hand, desperately trying to bring her back." When she completed I was crying too. Jane looked at me and spoke in a shaky voice. "You know Bella, at the party Heidi and I had the conversation of what would happen if she died. She told me that if she ever left me I will get another sister to take care of me. Ironically enough it all went true. It was almost after six months Carlisle and Esme took custody of us since most of the parents were unwilling to take both of us and we refused to be separated. I never really thought them as my parents but over time I started respecting them. I always thought they are my step parents and only considered Edward as my own. But today, all that you did for me Bella, it is the thing that Heidi would have done. You know the first time I saw you I was reminded of her. You look just like her, except the eyes. But today, I saw my lost sister in you Bella. I am sorry for how I treated you in the past, but I hope that we could have a fresh start. I have already lost one sister, I don't want to lose another." She said with a small smile but it was pained. Instead of speaking I eloped her in a tight hug. Now I understood why Jane was like that, or why Edward wanted to tell me all about his past.
"I'll be there for you, no matter what." I said in a determined voice. When I pulled back I smiled at her and she smiled at me. It was the first time I had seen her smile and I really liked it and no matter what I will try my best to keep it in place. Suddenly there was banging on the door and Edward's whine of protest was heard. I chuckled and saw Jane smiling and shaking her head. The door was banged again with much more force than before. "Open, before he breaks it." Jane laughed but went and opened the door. Outside I heard Edward mutter something about girls and their talk, I chuckled again. Edward looked at me with a confused expression, that made me laugh even more. Jane too laughed heartily. At hearing this his head snapped in her direction and he looked shocked but slowly smiled. I could see his eyes glistering a bit. I gave him a soft smile which he returned.
"Now come on big bro, let Bella sleep." Jane said, sensing the atmosphere. I smiled in her direction. "Good night Bella. " She said as she came up and kissed my cheek and went to wards the door. Edward just stood there with his mouth hanging open. "Eddie" Jane called and Edward cringed. So 'Eddie' is not so fond of his nickname. I made a mental note of it. In the mean time Edward managed to snap out of his trance and was now smiling at me.
"Good morning Bella." He said with a smile as both of them went out of the door and closed it behind. I lied there for a few minutes thinking about how much Jane has suffered in her life in her short life. My grandmother always used to say that once in every lifetime everyone has to suffer, but there is always something to pull them out of it. Jane had had enough pain to last her lifetime, now I am going to be the one to pull her out of it. I will be the one Heidi mentioned.
I will be Jane's Heidi.
I am back! Sorry for the time I have taken but school has started and my time is limited. I'll try my best to update soon. Also, because of this story I have pretty much put my other stories on hold. So as I have decided that as soon as I reach a landmark section in this one I will resume the others so now the wait is almost over.
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Much Love,
Bella
