Chapter six
Still Tuesday the 1st October
It was one of those moments where we just ended up staring at each other.
"You still want to make me happy?" He whispered softly, his lovely southern accent spilling into his words. He sounded so much more natural like that, hypnotic.
"Yes..." I said, entranced by him. He smelt so sweet, like cinnamon and apple, his face was all i could see.
"Close your eyes," He said and i automatically did, feeling the calm wash over me as he worked his magic. I felt him touch my face softly and waited for him to kiss me.
I shrieked as he started to tickle me. I was wriggling like a wriggly thing, shrieking with laughter.
"J..j...JASPER! STOP!" I said through laughing. He was laughing hysterically also, now sitting astride me to hold me still. After a few minutes he stopped and climbed off me. I panted, feeling my heart pumping hard, knowing he could hear it.
"You're full of surprises..." I panted grinning at him. He smirked.
"You thought i was going to kiss you again?" He said seductively. I shrugged.
"I never assume anything with you," I said, "God knows what yo..." His rock hard lips where against mine, pressing hard against them. I held perfectly still and my eyelids drooped. He pulled his lips away and laid next to me.
"I love it when your heart races," He whispered in my ear, i took a few deep breaths.
"If you kiss me and shock me like that again my heart may race so much it leaps out my chest," I said placing a hand over my heart as if to hold it in. He laughed and grinned.
I smiled to him and chewed my lip slightly.
"That was my second ever kiss... did you know that?" I said to him, rolling to face him, his eyes widened.
"That's means that..."
"Yesterday was my first kiss? Yes...," I said cutting him off. He looked guilty.
"I stole your first kiss... i'm sorry," He said sighing, "I guess you'd rather have had it with someone you love than a friend," I laughed and shook my head.
"I wouldn't have preferred anyone else," I said running my fingers through his hair making him 'purr', "My kitty cat," I knew i loved him by now; i was past the 'he's hot and nice' stage and the 'crush' stage and surprisingly in only two weeks.
He smiled happily at me and then sat up.
"Come one let me make you dinner," He said going over to my wardrobe. I sat up and raised an eyebrow.
"Ok... but what are you doing?" I said springing off the end of the bed and onto his back, which was hard and muscular.
"Being nosey," He said grinning and opened the door. A pile of clean underwear fell onto his feet and he looked to see me blushing.
"I forgot i put those there," I said hopping off his bed and as he lent down and picked up a very revealing thong.
"I didn't figure you as the type of girl to wear these," He said smirking at me before picking up the matching bra. I swear my face was tomato red by now.
"Well...you see... funny story..." I rambled. He snickered and dropped them before, whoosh, we where in the kitchen.
I sat down at the breakfast bar as he opened the fridge.
"You can cook right?" I asked him sweetly. He smirked at me.
"You'll find out once i'm done," He said in a strong southern accent. It was as though he didn't need to pretend to be anything he's not here with me.
"Human food smells gross," He said wrinkling his nose as he pulled out food from the fridge. I laughed at him and smiled.
"So you have a really good sense of smell too? And you don't sleep?" I questioned whilst he ransacked the cupboards for pots and pans.
"Yes... and we're super strong," Jasper said and set about telling me all about vampires, the real thing, not the stuff from my books. He sat opposite me as we waited for whatever he was cooking to cook and he was telling me about Maria and the new born wars. He rolled up his sleeve to show me his arm.
"And that's how i got these," He said tracing one of the many crescent moon shaped scars.
"Oh my lord," I said tracing a finger down his arm, "And you say your covered it them? It must have been horrible," I leaned down and kissed one of the scars gently. He smiled.
"There are few places i wasn't bitten," He said gently. That got me curious.
"Such as?" I said cheekily. He rolled his eyes, thinking how to phrase it.
"Places every man protects dearly," He said getting up to check his master pieces. I sniggered and started to think.
"So you're really twenty?" I said curiously.
"Twenty forever and ever darling," He said with a grin. I laughed.
"Don't let Emmett the gossip hear you call me that kitty cat," I said waggling my finger at him. He laughed as he took the tray out the oven. With his bare hands.
"Does that not hurt?" I said as he put it on the top. He shook his head and smirked.
I was so surprised that his cooking was AMAZING. He did some sort of Indian Spanishy Mexican food and i loved it.
"This is fantastic!" I said shoving more into my mouth. He smiled and laughed.
"Glad you like it," He said and i smirked.
"Try some," I said holding my fork in front of his mouth. He raised an eyebrow at me.
"Human food tastes like shit to vampires," He said plainly. I smirked and pressed the tip of the fork to his lips.
"You made it now taste it," I whispered with a smirk. He stared at me for a moment and then sighed.
"Fine," He muttered and opened his mouth. I carefully fed him, intent on not loosing my dads silver to his teeth. He chewed the food and pulled a face, nose wrinkled.
"Nice?" I said continuing to eat.
"Oh bloody lovely," He said sarcastically once he'd swallowed. I snickered at him with a smile on my face.
Once i was done i hopped up and washed up my plate.
"What now?" I said leaning on the breakfast bar. He shrugged and smiled.
"You know we spend a lot of time together..." I said laughing as i dragged him into the living room. He shrugged leaning his head against my chest when we had sat on the sofa. I ran my fingers through his hair.
"I know and i like it... it annoys Edward a lot," He said with a smirk.
"Why?"
"Because when Bella was human he made such a huge effort to have the least contact with her as possible to stop himself being tempted. You see she was his blood singer," He explained.
"What's a blood singer?" I asked dragging my fingers through his luscious honey blond hair.
"Her blood was more appealing than anyone else, her blood smelt so much better than anyone else's that he had to try so hard not to bite her," He said laughing, "You see i'm not the newest Vampire, apart from Carlisle i'm one of the oldest but i fed off humans for so long, this diet is not what i wanted to begin with and i struggled to keep myself under control," I listened to him intently.
"What made you stick to it?" I said. He smiled to me.
"The family... but what annoys him about it most is he says i make it look effortless, when i'm with you," He relaxed back so i had to slip my arm around his shoulders and cradle him to me. He breathed in deeply through his nose.
"It's not easy you know... being close to you. Your blood sings to me... Edward is so afraid that one day i'm going to go home with your dead body in my arms. When he started going out with Bella i thought it was a matter of time before he ate her, i couldn't see how he could love her... not really, i thought he had fallen for her blood but now i see what he meant when he said he loved HER," He said smiling to me, "Your blood sings to me Lizzie," I pulled a dubious face.
"I'm not going to end up like Bella? I don't want to be a Vampire...well not yet if i ever am going to be... i'm only 17 and perfectly healthy," I said gently stroking his hair. He chuckled.
"The only reason Bella is a vampire is because she had Renesmee and was silly enough to intrigue the Volturi... She only had Renesmee because she married Edward..." He said with a grin.
"Right so why do you find it easy... it's not like you love ME," I said raising an eyebrow.
"But i do love you..." He said with a smile, "You're my best friend, how could i ever hurt you. If i hurt you i'd kill myself," I frowned at him.
"You will never hurt yourself because of me... do you understand? Never!" I said with an angry tone to my voice, "Promise me!" He reached up and touched my face with his ice cold marble hand.
"For you I'd promise anything," He whispered.
At that moment Edward and Bella burst into the living room. My jaw dropped.
"Ok Jasper's bedroom is one thing! But this is my bloody house!" I complained highly, becoming even more embarrassed when the rest of the Cullen's walked in, why did we have to be in such comprising positions when they came in? I looked confused when a small Pixie like girl with spiky black hair walked in after them.
"A...A...Alice?" Jasper whispered, his body shaking in my arms.
"Hello Jasper," She said, her voice was musical. He stood up and walked towards her.
"What are you doing here?" He said, his voice breaking slightly. Edward who is she? I thought as he sat down next to me. But i didn't need an answer; i knew who she was by the way he looked at her. It was Her. The one who left him for someone else.
"I'm just here to say sorry...for upsetting you so much. I didn't see it hurting you so much, i never knew you would feel so much pain," She said, smiling. Always smiling. But her smile was nice, not like mine. She was so...perfect. So beautiful. I was so ordinary, so ugly next to her.
"Shhh...don't," Edward muttered placing his cold hand over mine. Jasper stood there shaking in front of her.
"Urm... i can tell when i'm not wanted... i'll go get his bag," I whispered back. Luckily there where two doors into the living room so i went out through the kitchen and up to my room.
I was slowly putting Jaspers books into his bag, hoping i wouldn't have to be down there more than i had too, when i heard a knock on the door.
"Come in," I said softly, knowing who ever it was will hear.
"Hi... i'm Alice," I heard the musical voice say. I turned slowly on my heel to look at the pixie girl.
"Oh um, hi i'm Lizzie," I said slowly sitting on my bed. She skipped over and sat next to me, way to close for comfort, not that she seemed to notice.
"So you're dating Jasper!" She said smiling. I slowly shook my head at her.
"No...we're friends," I said simply. Putting the last history book into his bag.
"Oh... i thought it would have happened by now..." She said to herself and then shrugged. I was really confused by now but left her to her thoughts.
"So Lizzie..." She said scooting up and resting her head on my shoulder.
"Urm can you back off a bit?" I said leaning away from her. She sat up and looked confused.
"But if you let Jasper lay all over you why can't i? I mean Jasper has the least control, he's the most likely to hurt you, i mean he almost killed Bella..." She said sounding put off, i could tell she wasn't used to being told no and was used to getting her own way. I scowled and stood up.
"Now look here! You barge into my house uninvited and now have the nerve to insult my best friend! Jasper would NEVER hurt me! So don't think you can just come back and have everything your way..." I shouted at her. Her eyes where wide and her mouth slightly open. Before i knew it Jasper was behind me.
"Lizzie what's going on," He said looking from a fuming me to a startled Alice.
"Get out of my house," I growled at her, "Now..." She folded her arms and looked at me through slits for eyes.
"Not until Jasper agrees to join the Volturi," She said sounding childish. Oh crap. I thought looking at her, she's with the Volturi.
"The what?" I said looking confused, "What the hell are you talking about? Get out my house," She blinked at me a few times.
"You mean you don't know?" She said quietly. I looked even more confused.
"Know what? If you don't leave i'm calling the police!" I said pointing at my open bedroom door. She smiled slightly and then left.
Bella, Edward, Rosalie and Emmett left with Alice back to the Cullens.
"I'm very sorry about that Lizzie," Esme said once i came down stairs.
"Don't worry, it's not like you knew she was coming," I said sipping a hot chocolate.
"Jasper are you ok?" Esme said sounding concerned. Jasper had stuck close by me since Alice had left.
"I'm fine..." Jasper said quietly.
"Maybe it's best if you stay here tonight," I said to Jasper worriedly. He looks ghastly, his eyes where glazed over and he looked paler than normal, if that was possible.
"No... i need to talk to her," He said running his fingers through his hair in exasperation. I smiled to him softly.
"If your sure, but i'll give you a key in case you change your mind," I said and pulled my key out of my pocket and handed it to him. He nodded and looked grateful.
"Better be going," Jasper said and got up and left.
"Thank you for not letting on you know what we are," Carlisle said with a small smile.
"As soon as she said Volturi i knew i was in trouble," I said and shrugged, "Not ready to join you yet... that's if i'm ever going to be ready..." Carlisle and Esme smiled.
"Alice was very shocked to hear he was with a girl and a human one at that. You see Alice can see the future but it would seem for some reason she can not see you," Esme said, "I think its best. This way she will never know where you are. It seems as though although they where willing to have her in the Volturi, her vision with Alec has yet to come true and she's come back to Jasper for the time being," Carlisle said. That made me angry, very angry.
"I know you think of her as a daughter and everything but that just isn't fair..." I said with a sigh, "Jasper doesn't need to go through that again because as soon as she leaves he'll just be sad," Esme smiled and nodded.
"I know but she didn't factor you would be here... she didn't know that he wasn't waiting for her anymore. Until we moved here and he met you he was miserable and just wishing she'd come home but now he has you, whether you're his friend or his girlfriend or whatever he is happy and that is something she wasn't expecting," Carlisle said and smiled widely, "Thank you Lizzie," Then they just got up and left.