Chapter five
Still Monday 30th September
Soon we pulled up outside the Cullen's home and quickly went inside. I now realized what Carlisle meant, the place was trashed, their furniture was turned over, books were strewn over the floor, lying abandoned beside their shelves. I felt all of the emotions i had bottled up over the weekend and today flood out and i sat down on the one chair that wasn't broken into pieces. Carlisle said he'd be in his office if i needed him and left. But i wasn't alone for long. Bella came down the stairs and looked at me in surprise.
"Lizzie?" She said and then turned around and scurried off swearing violently.
I moved aside as a chest of draws hit the wall at the bottom of the stairs, smashing into pieces, splinters flying everywhere and Jasper walked down shortly after it. He turned and looked at me then at my arm. I looked to where he was looking and swore mentally, there were a small splinter of wood in my arm and a trickle of blood running down my pale skin. I was about to pull out the splinter when i looked up and Jasper was in front of me, eyes black. He grabbed my arm and yanked out the wood. I gasped slightly as he leaned down towards the wound. I could see the others standing in doorways, unsure what to do.
I turned my attention back to Jasper who was opening his mouth slowly around the wound. I could feel his teeth on my skin, tongue licking my arm, cleaning off the blood trailing down it, but i was not afraid, i trusted him never to hurt me. And then he stopped, standing up slowly before pulling me towards him in a hug, his arms around my waist.
"I've been so stupid," He whispered against my hair. His body was tense and i could tell his control was being tested, but i didn't move. I wrapped my arms around his shoulders and smiled.
"I was wrong to say those things..." He whispered to me, pulling me tighter, "I thought you would be afraid... but you're not," I smiled to him and rested a hand on his cheek.
"I told you Vampires don't scare me..."I whispered. We where so close, our face centimetres apart. I heard Bella and Esme go 'Awww' and Jasper shot them a meaningful look and they all left. I laughed slightly and smiled.
"Shall i help you clean up?" By the time i had finished the sentence everything was tidy. I looked at him confused.
"Super fast," He said as though it was an explanation, the next thing i knew there was a slight blur and i was in his arms, bridal style. I looked around to see his room looked different, the civil war stuff was still there but on his cork board where the drawings of me.
He gently put me on the bed with a smile.
"What on earth did i do to deserve a friend like you," He said sitting next to me. I scoffed.
"I hope that was a compliment!" I said pouting childishly. He snickered and lent over to me, face inches away.
"What would you do if it wasn't?" He teased and i suddenly got a brilliant idea about how to cheer him up. Ignoring the laughter emitting from downstairs that i took to be Edward, i pulled huge puppy dog eyes at him.
"You'd never insult me would you Jasper?" I said in a hurt voice, pushing him gently so he was lying down. I tilted my head slightly, my hair cascading down my shoulders as i moved to hover above him, a hand either side of his shoulders, body bent slightly so my both knees where to his right side. I was slightly please i had worn a revealing top today, which just added to my amusement because Jasper just didn't know where to look.
"Of course i would never insult you," He said, his voice slightly too high for normal. I hunched my shoulders forward slightly, my long hair tickling his neck. He put a hand softly on my hip.
"Promise?" I whispered leaning towards him, my battering my eye lids enough to make it not seem like i was doing it on purpose. His mouth was hanging open slightly, about to speak.
Bella really does have the worst timing to burst in.
"Jasper i was wondering i... oh...are we interrupting?" She said as we looked at her, Edward leaning in the door frame grinning. I scowled at him playfully.
"No..." Jasper squeaked because clearing his throat, quickly removing his hand from my waist "No... What do you need?" I swung into a sitting position. Have i cheered him up yet? I thought. Edward grinned to me and gave a short nod. Jasper and Bella saw this and glanced from one of us to the other.
"I was just wondering if Lizzie was going to eat here..." She said slowly, looking at Edward, "Esme wants to cook something and needs a reason too," I smiled to Bella.
"Tell Esme i'm starving as long as Jasper hasn't destroyed the Kitchen," I said giving him a cheeky grin. He mumbled something about not getting that far yet.
They left and Jasper looked to me, taking a lock of my hair between his fingers, letting it fall through his fingers.
"I promise i will never insult you," He said softly, his hand touching my cheek. I could feel the colour rising in my cheeks and he smiled.
"I like it when you blush," He muttered softly, seeming off in his own little world.
"Only you can make me blush," I said sheepishly which made him smirk. Oh lord was his smirk sexy, i thought. I heard sniggering from down stairs. I was going to get Edward back for eaves dropping. I was also going to cheer Jasper up somehow. I quickly imagined Jasper naked in my head, which got rid of Edward, hopefully. And then made myself think really happy thoughts.
"Jasper are you happy?" I whispered leaning back onto his pillows as he leant on his side, leaning over me slightly. He seemed to hesitate, thinking of an answer.
"I don't know," He said after a moment. I reached up and touched his face, his skin was like ice.
"I want to make you happy," I said softly, "Just tell me how...I'd do anything," I looked into his eyes smiling. He raised an eyebrow and placed a hand over my hand which was on his cheek.
"Anything?" He said slowly. I gently rubbed his cheek with my thumb.
"Anything..." I whispered gently. He seemed to be debating something in his mind for a while before his face bore a determined look.
"Close your eyes," He said soothingly as a wave of calm rushed through my body. This was the first time Jasper had ever used his powers on me. I slowly closed my eyes obediently.
"Now don't move," He whispered in my ear. I held still, expecting him to start tickling me or some other joke. What actually happened was shocking.
I felt hard marble lips press against my soft warm ones. I smiled to myself.
"Open your eyes," He whispered to me. I let my eyelids flutter open. I looked up to see him hovering above me, a serene look on his face.
"Wow..." I said softly, "That was unexpected" He smiled and laid down next to me.
"Happy now?" I said with a lightly raised eyebrow. He tapped his chin slowly and then grinned.
"I'm not going to push my luck again today," He said leaning back seeming content. I laughed and rolled onto my front and began gently dragging my fingers slowly through Jaspers hair. He closed his eyes and after a few times through i heard a weird noise coming from his throat almost like a rumbling noise. Was he...purring? I smiled happily and kept running my fingers through his hair. He opened his eyes slowly when i moved to sit up against his head board and he took no time in moving to lean his head against my chest.
"Don't stop..." He mumbled relaxed, "That feels good..." I slowly pulled my fingers through his hair and the noise started again.
"Are you purring?" I said with a slight giggle as i felt his body relax onto mine.
"And what if i am?" He mumbled as i put one arm loosely around his shoulders, "It's a noise all vampires make when they're relaxed," He gently wrapped his fingers round my wrist as i continued to run my fingers through his hair.
"Ok..." I said and softly pressed my lips against my best friend's gorgeous soft blond hair and i ran my nails along his scalp about an inch above his right ear. He 'purred' louder for a second.
"You're like a big Monty," I said as i ran my nails again along the same spot. He tilted his head back to look at me.
"I am not a big cat," He said with raised eyebrows. I giggled and stroked under his chin.
"Good kitty cat," I said as he frowned slightly.
"Not funny... just do that thing with your nails again," He ordered resting his head back, i followed my order.
"Why does that feel good?" I inquired as i played with the collar of his shirt with my free hand.
"I dunno..."He said, a happy smile dancing on his lips, "Your touch is really gentle...it feels really good" That made me smile; i was pleased i could do something to make him feel good.
Soon he gently moved my arm from around me and glanced at his clock.
"I should take you home..." Jasper said before turning to smile at me. I shrugged and we left.
Tuesday 1st October
I was pleased to find Jasper waiting outside the house for me the next morning in a shiny silver Volvo. I climbed in the passenger seat and smiled.
"No Jeep today?" I said laughing. He shifted slightly.
"I may have... um... slightly dented it in my rampage," He said curtly as we drove off. I laughed and turned up the heating a bit.
"No one got hurt i hope?" I said flicking through the radio stations until i found a station playing 'love story' by Taylor Swift. Jasper rolled his eyes at me and chuckled.
"What! It's got emotion in it! And you think she's the hottest," I said leaning back.
"Not true... i said she's the hottest celebrity... not the hottest," Jasper corrected me.
"Oh so Sophie is the hottest is she?" I teased. He looked at me sceptically and the smiled.
"I lied..." He said simply. I looked at him shocked.
"Really? So who do you think is the hottest person in school?" I asked him as we pulled into school. He switched of the engine opened his door and smiled to me.
"You..." He said and stepped out. I blinked a few times, shrugged and stepped out the car.
"Do Vampires have bad eye site?" I asked him as we made our way over to Jasmine. He laughed at me.
"My eye site is a lot better than yours," He said as i shifted my bag on my shoulder.
"You sure? 'Cus i'm pretty sure i'm butt ugly," I said simply. He laughed at me.
"How many times do i have to tell you you're pretty," He said as we stopped in front of Jasmine.
"Awww... the love birds are talking again," She said placing her hands over her heart as though she was watching some sappy love story. I yanked her funny bobble hat down over her eyes.
"Ain't no love birds here missy," I said, suddenly wishing there was, i felt my heart twang with longing. Jasper must have felt my emotions and wrapped his arm around my shoulder and kissed the top of my head, it happened quickly so Jasmine didn't see as she was still struggling to pull up her hat. I turned around and saw him smirking.
"Come on kitty cat," I said grabbing his wrist and dragging him towards our history class.
"Hey wait up!" Jasmine called hurrying after us.
The teacher said we hand to sit with a partner for a new project, this one to do in the lesson, so Jasmine budged over and Jasper swung over the table to sit with me.
"So as we did a battle last time we should do a person this time..." I said flicking through the text book.
"How about Major Jasper Whitlock," He said smugly. I raised an eye brow at him.
"Who?" I said dumbly.
"Born in Texas, joined the confederate army in 1861 at the age of 17, turned into a vampire in 1863," He said quietly with a smirk.
"No wonder you like the civil war," i said once it clicked, "You blinking lived it," He nodded. I laughed and tapped his paper pad.
"Write your biography then... I'd skip the whole vampire thing though," I said with a wink to him.
I loved watching Jasper write; his slopping curling hand writing made mine look like a drunken spider wrote it. But i guess him being born, what? 167 years ago explained his old fashioned hand writing. I sat there watching him write.
"Your not bumping up the rank, are you? I mean three years is a quick time to become a major," I murmured to him. He chuckled.
"Lets just say i was charismatic," He whispered back. Jasmine peered over jasper's shoulder and i saw him tense slightly, i touched his knee under the table to sooth him.
"Who's Jasper Whitlock?" She said.
"One of Jasper's ancestors," I lied quickly, "He got named after him didn't you? He died in battle right?" I said pointedly. Jasper caught on.
"Yeah... he was a real hero," He said with a smirk to me. I rolled my eyes.
"And what is your hand doing under the table Vamp?" Jasmine said with a grin.
"Mini it's none of your business what my hand does and does not do," I said making it reappear on the table.
"It might not be mine but i sure its Jaspers," She said with a smirk before returning to her and Connor's project.
"Thanks," He whispered continuing to write.
"For what?" I said blinking a few times in confusion.
"For snapping me out of it... i was going to snap," He said pushing the pad of paper towards me to read. I read through it in interest.
"All true up till the end of course... i decided to make the end more interesting," He said.
"I never realized you where southern...you hide the accent well," I said smiling.
"Why thank you darling," He said letting it slip back in with a grin. I laughed and handed the paper back.
"'He' had an interesting life," I said, spotting that Jasmine was listening after jasper called me 'darling'. Jasper smiled softly.
"He sure did," He said and the lesson was dismissed. We walked to English and i told Jasper to come over after school to finish the project off.
When i went into Chemistry i was met by a grinning Emmett. I looked at him dubiously as i sat down.
"What?" I said slowly. He snickered and then winked to me.
"So i hear you and jasper have pet names for each other?" Emmett said matter of factly.
"And where did you hear this?" I said getting my stuff out of my bag.
"From a reliable source... your friend Jasmine," Emmett said still grinning like a fool, "So how is kitty cat?" I whacked my head on the table.
"I'm going to kill her," I muttered and he heard.
"IT'S BLOODY TRUE!" He yelled laughing hysterically.
"There's a perfectly reasonable explanation!" I said pointedly.
"Oh yeah and i bet you love his southern accent... hmm darling?" He said snickering. I shut my mouth and gave him a look that said to 'shut the hell up' as the teacher walk in.
By the time i got to lunch i pretty much collapsed in the chair. After two hours of Jasmine and Emmett calling me darling and asking how my kitty cat was i was fed up. I lent my forehead against the table.
"You ok?" Jasper asked as he sat down next to me.
"Yeah darling... i bet your kitty cat is worried about you," Emmett said sitting down. Jasper looked at Emmett annoyed.
"Emmett you have no clue what you're talking about do you," Jasper said laughing.
"They're your pet names for each other! Jasmine told me," Emmett said grinning.
"And you actually listened to her?" Jasper said rolling his eyes, "She calls me Kitty cat as a joke you idiot," Emmett looked confused.
"What?" He said as the others joined us. I sighed and reached other and started running my fingers through his hair above his ear and few times until he started to 'purr' involuntarily.
"See? Like a cat," I said pointedly and stopped stroking his hair. Emmett laughed along with everyone else.
"I now want to know how the hell you ended up in a position to be stroking his head," Emmett said, "Hey darling?" Jasper kicked him under the table and he flinched.
"Leave them alone Em... i think it's cute," Bella said smiling. I turned red, to Jasper's amusement.
"And as for me calling her darling...She was commenting on how i hid the accent well... i reverted to how i used to speak to amuse her you idiot," He explained.
"Oh," Said Emmett the idiot. And that was the end of that joke.
When me and Jasper got back to my house, it was snowing, again. I lead Jasper up to my room.
"It's pretty," He said admiring the cream walls with chocolate brown swirls and my king size bed with matching sheets. My walls where lined with shelves of books and my desk stood in one corner by the window and my wardrobe and mirror in the opposite. I dumped my bag on the floor and climbed onto the bed.
"I chose the colours myself," I said proudly. He laughed and climbed up next to me.
"I like it," He said smiling, "I was thinking of changing the colours in my room at some point, i should get you to choose the colours," I smiled happily as he opened his note pad and added some more details. After half an hour he was done.
"So what now?" He asked as a large grey house cat leaped on to the bed, saw Jasper and then started hissing like a pressure cooker.
"Shhh Monty! He's not going to hurt you, you idiot!" I said shooing him off the bed.
"He looked... nice," Jasper said watching the petrified cat run away.
"Serves him right for scaring poor mice," I said leaning back.