Author's Note: Thank you guys so much for the reviews! Ya'll are too funny :) Keep in mind Charlotte isn't the bad guy, she was changed at an early age and being around Bella brings out the teenager in her. Also don't hate on The Major too much after this. Remember he does what he does because he cares. Enjoy :)
Story Recomendation: "Diamond in the Rough" by TM Twilight Girl. It's E/B and takes place in a male dominated society. Includes spankings/punishments. A damn good read so check it out if that seems like your thing ;)
*SM owns all*
JPOV
Walking down the dreary corridor all that could be heard were the quiet footsteps of myself and my six guards. To human ears, all would be silent. I had to admit we looked pretty intimidating to outsiders. Coming to Volterra had been the last thing I wanted to do and dammit I would make sure Aro was well aware of that. After passing multiple statues of armor and torches we finally came to do the door that would lead us to the "rulers".
Peter raised his fist to knock but I held up my arm to stop him. Not this time. We may be on their turf, but we were going to play by MY rules. I opened up the door while my guard fell back for me to enter first. Upon entering the room the first thing I see is Aro, Marcus and Cauis sitting on their thrones in the center of the floor. Thrones? Seriously? I stop right before them and my guards fall to either side of me.
"Jasper, Old friend!" Says Aro, "Welcome back!" You would have thought that this was just a friendly visit and that he didn't bribe me to come back. "Aro." I reply curtly. This was not a friendly visit and I did not want to waste any time. I wanted to train the newborns then get the hell out. I needed to be with Isabella right now. There is still so much for her to learn.
"Oh always so short and angry. I guess that's what makes you so frightening to others though." He said as if he wasn't one of those 'others' he was referring to. Ha, I knew he was scared of me, I could feel his fear, granted it was underneath a lot of pride, but it was there.
"Where are the newborns Aro?" I asked, "I told you that we will only be here for two weeks whether they are fully trained or not. I have responsibilities at home."
"And do pray tell, what responsibilities could be more important than the training of fresh vampires? You love everything about training newborns." Replied Aro, sitting back in his chair with a regarding look towards me. Wow, he's not wasting any time trying to figure out what I'm hiding from him.
"It does not concern you Aro," I said through gritted teeth, "I am assuming that the newborns are on the battle field?"
Aro had his own freaking battlefield, as I liked to call it, to train the vampires on. It was handy though I had to admit. "Yes old friend, they are there. When should I expect a progress report?" He asked.
"Every two days. Let me get a feel for them first and I will give you one tomorrow night then every two days after that." I said over my shoulder as I walked out of the room.
As soon as we were all assembled near the battlefield I stopped and turned to my Guard. "Under NO circumstances are any of you to tell Aro or anyone here of what goes on in my home. We are here to train this new batch then get the hell out. I want all of you to work harder than you ever have before, I want to be out of here in two weeks or less and you all know that is going to be a challenge. If anyone of you so much as touches Aro so that he can read your thoughts, what I will do to you will make what we do to the newborns look like a warm up." I threatened.
I wasn't about to put it past Aro to use Isabella against me. I know he'll find out sooner or later, but I wanted her to be changed before he did. And I also knew that he would be trying to interrogate my Guard to get the inside scoop, even if that meant he had to "accidentally" brush up against them to read their thoughts.
"Major, your projecting like mad and the newborns are violent enough without your help." Said Peter from across the battlefield. He was struggling to hold down a vampire that was fighting back with everything he had in him. Fuck. He was right, I was just giving the newborns more strength with my projection of emotions. But dammit I can't remember a time where I have ever been this mad. For one, Isabella was not answering her phone and two, Carlisle had no idea where she was. How the hell was I supposed to take that?!
Flashback
I must have called Isabella's phone 20 times by now and each time the call went straight to her Voice mail. The last call was my pushing point and I finally left her a message.
"You are in deep shit Isabella. I will be calling you back in twelve hours before you leave for your school. Because of your blatant disobedience towards me I have arranged a special task for you at your school early Saturday Morning. I suggest that once you get this you return my call." I said before snapping the phone shut.
I then called Carlisle to let him know what I had arranged for Isabella for tomorrow, plus I needed to know if he knew where she was.
"Cullen." He answered on the first ring.
"Carlisle," I said quickly, "Where is Isabella?"
"Hello Jasper, Bella is still out with Charlotte, but it's getting late so I'm expecting them back any time now. Bella never stays out late." He replied easily.
"Well she has not answered any of my calls and neither has Charlotte, I have arranged a special detention for them at school tomorrow morning starting at seven AM for this. They are also now under house arrest, no more going out. Just school and that's it, I will have Joesph pick them up and drop them off until I return." I told him tensely. This was ridiculous. I haven't been gone for two days and Isabella is already in trouble.
"If that's what you wish Jasper." He said in a tone that clearly stated he was not pleased. I knew that he disagreed with me, but I'll be damned if I let Isabella think that she can get away with shit just because I'm not around. This seemed like it was her just pushing her boundaries.
"Also call me the minute they get home. I don't need to talk to her tonight but I do want to know when she arrives." I demanded. I knew I was being cold towards Carlisle, but I was pissed.
"I will Major." He replied.
End Flashback
I've never known Charlotte to be irresponsible and I knew she loved Isabella like a sister and wouldn't let anything happen to her, so I was just going to have to trust that she was keeping My Isabella in line right now. But Isabella is definitely a force to be reckoned with and I knew Charlotte had her work cut out for her.
After a few hours I was getting restless. I finally called for a break and sent Cole to deliver the progress report to Aro about his newborns. The good thing about being back in the castle is that we don't have to hunt for our next meal. They have them delivered. It was like fast food for vampires. I chuckled to myself at that thought. While I was heading inside with Peter to get ready my phone rang, glancing down I saw Carlisle's name flash across the screen. It's about damn time.
"Carlisle, are they back, is Isabella okay?" I asked without saying 'hello'.
There was a brief pause and short breaths coming from the other end. What the fuck was going on?
"H-Hi Major." A sweet voice said softly into the phone. My Isabella. Why was she calling from Carlisle's phone?
"Isabella! Are you ok?" I asked first and foremost while sighing in relief at hearing her voice.
"Yes Sir, I'm fine. I'm here with Carlisle." She replied. She sounded scared, but that was probably because of that last voice mail I sent her.
"You are in deep shit, Isabella. You will be lucky if I ever let you leave my house again." I growled into the phone. "Why did you not answer my calls? You should have called me straight back before you even checked your voice mail." I told her.
"I-I haven't checked my Voice Mail yet, Major. My phone has been dead and I haven't had a chance to charge it yet-" I cut off her useless ramblings. If she hasn't checked her Voice Mail then why is she calling now? And why was she stuttering?
"I don't want to hear any excuses. What the hell is going on Isabella?" I was losing my patience and I was losing it fast. I looked up to see Peter waiting for me listening intently on the conversation.
"Well Carlisle had me call you to explain why I haven't been answering your calls..." She trailed off as if she didn't know how to continue on.
"Well I specifically told Carlisle that I didn't need to talk to you tonight, and the fact that he had you call me anyways tells me that you did something more than I realize, and if that's the case you have a whole lot of hurt coming your way, darlin." I told her coldly. I wasn't so sure that I wanted to hear the shit she got into today. I may just fly back to Forks to spank her ass raw then come back and finish up the training.
"Well Charlotte and I decided to go see a movie in Port Angeles and then we went out for ice cream and then she wanted to go through a car wash-" This was leading us nowhere, she was stalling for time.
"Isabella, cut to the chase, what the fuck happened?" I practically yelled into the phone.
"Well I got pulled over for speeding-I swear Jasper I had no idea I was even going that fast!" Speeding? My Girl was definitly made for me. I could feel my body relax, so she got a ticket, I hardly see why that requires a call back though. I'll pay for the ticket and give Isabella a small 'reminder spanking' to not do those kind of things until she becomes more durable. No big deal.
"Okay darlin," I said gently, "That just means your meant to be a vampire. I'll pay for the ticket when I return." There was a moment of silence and then words just started spewing from her mouth. If I wasn't a vampire I swear I would not have understood a damn thing she just said.
"Jasper, I'm so sorry but once I got pulled over, I couldn't find my licence and then Charlotte didn't have any I.D. on her either, so they assumed that we stole Carlisle's car, so he brought us into the station and put us in a holding cell, then Carlisle had to come and bail us out and his car out, and we left our phones in the car so I had no way to call you..." She said in one big breath.
I looked at Peter and I'm sure my expression mirrored his. He looked incredulous. Jesus, she just described like a weeks worth of events that happened in just one night! What, no alcohol? No drugs? No pimps? She's lucky she's nowhere near me right now, I would take her over my knee and beat her ass until she bled.
"First, Isabella, where is your license?" I asked her, trying to control my voice.
"I don't know, I took it out the other day and I put it....Oh! It's in the pocket of my jeans....that Esme probably has in the washer." She said in a small voice. Okay, one problem solved.
"Next, just how fast were you going?" My control was slowly slipping.
"Ninty." She whispered.
Oddly enough that really wasn't that fast. For a vampire. For Isabella? Too fucking fast.
I could hear doors opening so I'm assuming they were back at Carlisle's house. "Okay Isabella, listen closely. You are to go straight to bed, you have to be up at seven in the morning. Joesph will pick you up and bring you to school. Next, you are on house arrest until I get back. No going out. You are to go to school and straight back to Carlisle's. Joesph will be driving you from now on. Lastly, I will be calling you every night and you will be answering your phone from here on out. Do I make myself clear?"
'Y-Yes Sir, but Major- I don't have school tomorrow because it's Saturday." She said meekly.
I took a deep breath before replying, "I'm well aware of the days of the week Isabella. When you wouldn't answer my phone calls I went ahead and arranged for you and Charlotte to have a Saturday detention. You are scheduled to be there at eight and will be released at noon."
"Yes Sir." She whispered.
"I love you Isabella, and I will talk to you again tomorrow. Now please put Carlisle back on the phone." At least my voice was back under control though I knew that she could tell I was beyond pissed.
"I love you Jasper. Good night."
I heard a little shuffling as she passed the phone back to Carlisle.
"They also suspended her license." I heard Carlisle say to me.
"Good," I replied, "One less thing for me to take from her." I heard Carlisle quietly chuckle before starting again, "Jasper, I'm also uncomfortable with punishing Isabella. In the seventeen years she lived with me, I never spanked her and I do not plan on starting now."
I sighed while rubbing my temples with my fingers, "I don't want you to Carlisle, I'll take care of it when I get back."
"Okay Jasper, have a nice night." He replied.
As if. "You too and thank you." I told him before shutting the phone.
I closed my eyes and took an un needed breath before facing Peter. "You know Major- I think your Mate is a bad influence on mine." He said with a chuckle. I couldn't help but laugh, it wasn't true of course but Isabella did have her own special way of getting into trouble. And when she did she made sure to go the whole mile.
"I don't know what to do with her Peter," I said, "She's just a magnet for trouble. And she doesn't go looking for it, it just somehow finds her." I said shaking my head. I was still pissed, but when you looked at the big picture, it was pretty funny. She couldn't have just gotten a speeding ticket. No, that would have been too easy. She had to get locked up for grand theft auto too.
"Jasper, I forsee a lot of spankings in our future." Said Peter still laughing. "Are you going to punish her when we get back?"
"Of course," I replied "She needs to know she can't do that shit while she's still human, she also needs a reminder to keep her phone charged." I said as we stepped into the hallway leading us to the feeding room. We still had a couple of hours until we were due back onto the battle field. Time to eat.
