I woke up, wincing in immense pain. The pain killers had obviously worn off, I looked at the my clock, 3:34am.
I slowly got up from my bed and quietly made my way towards the stairs, the pain killers had obviously knocked me out, as I was still wearing the clothes I wore to school. I rubbed my eyes and quietly went down the stairs. The TV was on, that meant he was still down here, but was he awake. I quietly and quickly went into the kitchen and got a glass from the cupboard and went to the sink.
I quietly got a glass of water and took some more tablets, I placed the glass of water on the side next to the sink and turned around to go back up to bed.
"Jasper!" I stood still, shit he was drunk, I can smell the booze from here. There stood only a few footsteps away from me was my step dad.
He walked over to me slowly.
"What are you doing up?" he asked me as he came closer towards me.
"I just came down to get a drink" I said quietly, I knew what was coming.
"You should know the rules by now boy, you don't come out of your room unless I say so!" he yelled, the whiskey in his breath was strong. It made me feel sick.
"I was just…" I was cut off as his fist pounded into my face, I fell against the side of the counter and tried to steady myself.
"Never answer me back you little shit!" his fist lunged towards me again, but my instinct made me dodge his hit. That was a bad mistake.
He just got angrier, he grabbed my shirt and punched me again and again, I was on the floor before I knew it, I could feel the warmth of my blood drip down my face.
I tried to stand up, but his foot got in my way as he kicked me back down to the tile floor. He then stamped on my rib cage, I felt something crack as I yelled out in pain. He then grabbed me by my throat and picked me up, I struggled to breath. And I forced my knee into his stomach, he dropped me instantly. I landed on my knees and gasped for air, I turned my head to look up at him, and before I knew it my glass of water was smashed into my face.
I closed my eyes and screamed from the pain, I felt the glass sink into my skin and the water seemed to burn for some reason. He grabbed me by the back of my neck and threw me against the wall. I opened my eyes as I heard him leave the room, and got to my feet. I attempted to escape, but I met him in the doorway. I saw he had his old steel baseball bat in his hand, and before I knew it he swung the bat into my shoulder, and again in my ribs. I did my very best to stay on my feet, I knew if I went down I wouldn't get up for a while. My tablets had started to kick in, apart from they weren't taking away the pain, but they were making me feel tired, something I didn't need right now.
I clung to the side of the counter for support. I turned to see my step dad grab his empty whiskey bottle and swung it around my head, the glass shattered around my face, blood was dripping from my eyebrow and somewhere on my forehead. My head was throbbing with pain.
I couldn't keep my eyes open much longer, but that didn't matter, as he swung his baseball bat into my stomach causing me to fall to the floor with a thud, as soon as my head hit the floor everything went black.
I woke up hours later to find myself in and unknown place. The pain that filled my body was immense and unbearable. I gasped for air and whimpered at the pain that filled my chest.
"Easy Jasper, take it steady" a voice said, who's voice I don't know. I opened my eyes slowly to see who was speaking to me. I noticed quiet a few faces staring down at me. The man who spoke was tall and pale, his hair was a bright blond and slicked back slightly.
"How are you feeling?" another voice said, this one I recognized, a girl. I moved my head slightly and saw Rosalie looking down at me with Emmett by her side.
"Pain" I whimpered weakly.
"Jazz?" Alice? I turned my head to the left and saw an angel with watering eyes.
"Alice?" I muttered. "Where am I?" I asked.
"Shh, rest Jasper, everything's going to be alright." the man said again, Alice's dad.
"What Happened?" I asked weakly wincing at the pain that struck my chest.
"We came round to pick you up, and the door was open. There was no sign of your step dad there, but we found you on the kitchen floor unconscious." Alice said to me, pain ran through her voice heavily. I looked at her worried expression, I reached for her hand and took it in my own. It wasn't until I looked at my own hand that I noticed that it was bandaged up.
"Do you remember what happened?" Rosalie asked me, the room fell silent.
"I remember a little, but…" I was cut off by a sharp pain that ran through my head, I whimpered softly at the pain, my head was pounding.
"It's alright Jasper, you don't have to tell us just yet, wait for the pain to die down first." Alice's dad told me.
"We'll let you rest" he said softly, and I watched Rosalie, Emmett and Alice's dad leave the room. Alice didn't move she stayed by the side of the bed I was laid in.
I watched her closely, her eyes were scanning over my body. I looked down to find that my shirt had been taken off and replaced with more bandages. Most of my chest was covered in the soft material, all the skin that was exposed was covered in bruises.
My arms had lots of small cuts up them, I don't know how that happened, but I don't remember a lot at this point in time. My eyes went back to Alice, who was still looking over my battered body. I slowly lifted her hand to my lips and pressed a soft kiss to the back of her hand.
Her eyes soon fell on my face, she smiled warmly at me trying to hide the worry from her eyes, but I still saw it.
We didn't say anything, we just kept eye contact for a long time. I suddenly winced in pain.
"Are you ok?" she asked me softly.
"Yeah, I'm fine, my head just hurts." I muttered trying to hide the pain in my voice, I looked at her worried face.
"So how bad do I look?" I asked her smiling weakly.
"Well, you look in pain, but you still have your good looks" Alice replied smiling at me, and leaned forward and pressed her lips against my forehead.
I still held her hand in mine, I didn't ever want to let go of her. Just holding her hand made me forget the pain I was suffering.
"Alice I…" I started but was soon cut off by a soft knock on the door.
"Hey, is it ok if I come in?" a loving woman's voice asked.
"Jasper, this is my mother, Esme." Alice said introducing me to her.
"It's nice to meet you" I said politely.
"It's nice to finally meet you too Jasper, Alice has told me so much about you. Its just such a shame we had to meet under these circumstances." Esme said softly, giving me a worried look like Alice.
"I know, it is a shame." I agreed.
"I brought you up some pain killers and a glass of water for you. The pain killers are very strong, they might knock you out but they should take most of the pain away and let you have a pleasant sleep." Esme said smiling warmly at me and placing the glass of water on the bedside table along with a packet of tablets.
"Thank you" I thanked her, I then tried to sit up so I could take the tablets. I struggled slightly, but Alice's arms were soon around me supporting my upper body for me.
Her hands were a little colder than my body temperature, but her cold skin felt good against my burning bruises. Once I was sat up enough, Esme past me the glass of water and two pain killers.
I swallowed the tablets, and they hurt my throat. I placed my hand on my throat as it felt swollen, and it seemed to be as my throat stung once my fingers applied a small amount of pressure. Alice took the glass of water from me once I was done and placed it back down on the table. She then helped me lay back down again.
"I'll let you rest Jasper." Esme said as she walked out the room, leaving me and Alice alone again.
I looked up at Alice who was still leaning close to me, I could feel her warm breathe upon my face, it felt nice.
"Are you comfy enough?" Alice asked me, I nodded slowly to her and she smiled softly, but she still looked unhappy.
"What's wrong?" I asked her, I didn't like seeing Alice upset, I was so use to her looking happy and upbeat, it almost broke my heart to see her like this.
"I just hate seeing you in so much pain." she admitted quietly, I placed my hand on the side of her face. I rubbed my thumb across her cheek, and I felt her lean into my hand gently.
"I'll be ok, nothing a little R and R cant fix." I said softly trying to cheer her up, but it didn't work. In fact her eyes watered up, and soft tears gently rolled down her cheeks.
"Alice" I muttered wrapping my arm around her, and pulling her onto the bed beside me.
Alice laid next to me and rested her head on my shoulder as she sobbed quietly. I wrapped my arms around her and pulled her to my side, it hurt a bit but the pain soon eased as I focused on Alice instead of the pain.
"Its alright, shh its alright. I'll be fine." I muttered into her hair before kissing the top of her head softly. Her tears stopped a few minuets later, and she was able to calm down slightly. I felt her wrap her arms around me loosely so that she didn't hurt me, I just pulled her closer not taking any notice of the pain that might have filled my body.
After about 20 minuets of the two of use laying in each others arms, my eyes soon fell shut as I felt the pain killers kick in and I was soon a sleep dreaming of me and Alice staying in each others embrace for ever.