I'm so sorry it's taken forever to get this chapter written, I just didn't have any inspiration for it, and then I left it typed up on my boyfriend's laptop and he forgot to bring his laptop to mine so we had to wait for him to go home to send it to me. It was annoying.

But, the bright side is that it's up now and you can see what happens.

Without further ado, read and enjoy!

DISCLAIMER: I don't own Twilight.

Chapter .15.

The next few weeks passed without incidence. Except Paul, Jared and Embry joined my school and Paul just happened to have all the same classes as me. It was a bit of a nightmare. Every chance he got he made stupid innuendos and tried to hit on me. I knew it was all a joke, to keep the mood light but I got a lot of crap off Jessica because she had a huge crush on Paul.

After school I spent basically all my time with Jasper, apart from when he needed to hunt and then I was under wolf patrol. But most of the time my after school specials with Jasper were perfect. He was always lovely, even when he was training me and he became someone else, he still did everything he could to stop me from getting hurt or feeling bad, although that didn't stop him from pushing me to the limits and being very, very strict about it.

"Come on Bella, you have to push your body to its absolute limit, you have to make yourself tap into that extra part of you that can do more. Come on!" He was shouting and I'm not very good at having people shout at me.

We were stood in a clearing. There was a fifty foot stretch of grass from tree to tree, one end to the other. And he was making me run from one tree to the other, over and over again without stopping. I had already been at this for twenty minutes, I had already fallen twice and I was almost at the point of passing out.

"Isabella, you're getting slow, hurry up!" He was following my pace and pushing me. It was making me angry. "Hurry!"

I kept up my pace as much as I could but I was getting slower and I could feel it. It wasn't the only thing I could feel though.

There was something inside, a deep, warm sensation filling my veins and pushing itself up, trying to get to my heart. I pushed it down because really, what was it going to do to help right now.

"Jasper, I can't…" I panted out the words because I couldn't breathe properly.

"Yes you can. Come on!" He kept jogging and pulling me along with him.

"No." My one word was a whisper. I could barely catch a breath and my muscles felt like they were about to die.

"Yes, Isabella, now RUN!" I was getting really angry with Jasper, he knew he was pushing me to the limit and he knew I was hurting, but he didn't do anything to help me.

The warm feeling was coming back and this time I didn't push it down. I embraced it and it made me feel better. I could breathe again and my muscles were suddenly stronger. I felt better and more alive.

I spun around and grabbed Jasper. I pushed him up against a tree and…Snarled?

"I said, NO!" He was looking at me in complete shock with his mouth gaping open. "What?" I snarled the word and couldn't help but laugh at the strange face he was pulling.

"Bella, your eyes." I rolled the eyes he was talking about and let him go. But I didn't let go of the warm feeling that had nestled itself comfortably into my flesh and bones.

"What about them, bully?" He laughed and moved away from the tree.

"Is that my new nickname?"

"Well you are a bully while we're training. What's wrong with my eyes?" He moved over to a big duffle he brought and took out a bottle of water and a cereal bar.

"They've turned red. I think it's because you've turned on your vampire abilities. I'll need to take some blood from you while you're tuned in." He passed me the water and the cereal bar and then went back into his bag and pulled out a syringe.

"How lovely." I put the water and cereal bar down and walked over to him. I put my arm out in front of him. "Take what you need." He tied a rope around the top of my arm.

"You'll feel a small prick."

"That's what she said." He chuckled but didn't let my comment stop him. He placed the needle against my skin and pushed it in. He was wrong. I didn't feel anything. I watched as the blood – my blood – oozed out of my vein and into the little vial that Jasper held. The first vial was filled and it bubbled as Jasper shook it. He put it in a tub and then replaced it with an empty vial.

Altogether he filled four vials with my changing blood and I felt absolutely normal. I watched as he took the needle out my skin and it healed instantly. It freaked me out a little, watching my skin pull over and the small dot of blood fade. But I just pulled the fading warm feeling closer to me and smiled. The feeling may have been fading but I could still feel some of it, a lingering heat that sat in my muscles, waiting to be awakened I think.

"Right, now that I've got that I want you to keep running, see what this change in you has done to your speed and duration. Now, RUN!" The drill sergeant was back but it didn't bother me as the warm feeling came back full force when I ran and I've never felt freer in my life.

We kept running for hours, I was surprised to see Jasper running fast to keep up with me. I laughed a lot as I ran and Jasper grinned. It was sunset when Jasper stopped us for the day. He thought we should be back before my dad as he worries and I agreed. So we packed up our things and then ran back to Jasper's car.

My dad was interested in our day, he usually inquires about the time I spend with Jasper, especially considering Jasper's been around pretty much all the time recently. We told him we'd gone hiking (not entirely a lie) and then he'd helped me with some school work (complete lie). Charlie's never completely happy with some of the descriptions of our days, but he likes Jasper and seems to like me hanging out with him.

And although Charlie doesn't know how intimate my relationship with Jasper is, he suspects and he definitely makes it obvious that he suspects but he never makes it seem like a bad thing. He definitely prefers Jasper over his brother, which I'm happy with. Jasper gets along with Charlie; they can discuss sports, work, fishing and strangely me, the four things my dad's life revolves around.

Jasper recently got a job working on the force with my dad and it made Charlie instantly trust him, especially with me because he knows that Jasper can protect me, not that I will need protecting after Jasper trains me up, apparently.

I was surprised to say that my life was going perfect, a few weeks of perfection that I wouldn't swap for anything. I was happy, I had great friends, my parents were happy, and I had an almost boyfriend who cared for me more than I wanted to comprehend. Everything was great.

"Dad, Jazz, I have some homework to do upstairs, could you two do the dishes and then maybe watch a game together or something." I smiled at them as I got up from my seat at the table and my heart warmed as they both grinned back at me. The two most important men in my life, getting on and loving life, I was so happy.

"Course we will Bells, your school work is important. And actually Jasper there's this great fishing show on in a minute, if we get these done quick we won't miss any. What d'ya say?"

"That sounds great Charlie, I need to catch up on some of my fishing anyway." I know, Jasper liking fishing is strange, he's too much like my dad. I just grinned as they started talking fishing, kissed the top of both their heads and made my way up to my bedroom. I opened up my laptop. The homework was History, about the civil war. Our teacher wanted us to find out what kind of thing the women and men who stayed at home had to do in the south. He wanted us to collect a lot of information about the South's side of the war.

So I started typing. He'd given us things to think about. Like how they made soldiers uniforms, how they would have had to open their houses for injured soldiers, the lack of supplies and food. Anything that could have been associated to the war and that could have affected the conditions of living to the civilians.

Anything really, which was a very wide search.

I got doing what I could and I saved anything I thought could be important to the paper we'd have to write on the subject. I was sat in my room typing and searching, reading and remembering anything I found important.

I think Jasper and Charlie started watching a game after their fishing programme as I heard them shouting a few times.

I was looking through some online articles about the living and working conditions in Galveston during the war. I was intrigued and fascinated as I read but I felt the cold whip of wind as the vampire entered my room. I spun round faster than I would ever have before and, acting on instinct, I ran, grabbed the vampire before he could leave the room and pushed him hard against the wall.

I had my hands around his throat before he could speak.

"Who are you?" I asked. I kept my voice low, so Jasper couldn't hear.

The vampire let out a half cough and then two things hit me.

Number 1, he couldn't speak because I had cut off his oxygen supply.

Number 2, his eyes were golden.

I released my grip by a tiny fraction, just so he could squeak out a sound.

"I mean no harm, I was just delivering a note, I did not realise this territory was taken. Forgive me." I felt the growl that erupted in my throat and I didn't know how to stop it.

"Who are you?" I asked again. I wanted an answer.

"Please-"

"Eleazar? What are you doing here?" Jaspers voice came from the other side of the room. I didn't let him go, even if Jasper knows him, he still may be a threat.

"I was just delivering a note, I mean her no harm Jasper please, I did not know you were here. Please, get her to let me go." The plead in his voice was what made me release him, not Jasper. I gave him a little room but not enough that he could escape.

"Delivering what note? And for who?" Jasper asked, coming over to my side and putting his arm around my waist. His touch calmed me down but I didn't let my warm feeling go and with it stayed my power.

"It's on the bed. And I was doing it for Irina's mate, his name is Laurent, he asked for a favour and because he was Irina's mate I didn't want to say no, it's too impolite of me." At Laurent's name a small growl erupted from Jaspers chest. I placed my hand over his heart and the growl subsided. We always reacted to each other's touch, it was strange but nice.

"I thought it was them." Jasper ran his hand through his hair and sighed.

"Jasper, I never meant any harm, I'm sorry and I'm sure Irina doesn't know a thing."

"I know Eleazar, don't worry, it's just we've had a run in with Laurent before as well as the woman he is helping, Victoria. We believe they are after Bella and I won't allow anything to happen to her." There was threat in Jasper's voice and Eleazar nodded.

"I understand Jasper, and If I knew this included you and your…Friend then I would never have agreed to help, please forgive me." Eleazar gave me and Jasper a strange look and I got the feeling that they were hiding something.

"Of course Eleazar, you nothing to ask forgiveness for." I moved away from Jasper as he spoke to Eleazar and picked up the note. It had my name on the front and I was scared as I opened it, the first note wasn't dangerous but it was chilling and I didn't want them taunting me, I wanted to keep the peace and happiness I'd felt earlier.

I unfolded the note and almost puked in horror.

I wonder who made the lovely sacrifice to feed me and help me write this letter.
I only learnt his name when I heard your mother scream it as I left.
I hope you cared for this Phil.

The note was written in blood and I hoped to God she was lying about it being my mother's husbands blood.

Jasper turned to me and pried the paper from my fingers. I grabbed my phone and dialled my mother's number. She answered instantly.

"Oh, Bella, I was just about to call." She was crying, her voice was shaking and she sounded tired.

"Mum are you alright? Is it Phil?" She whimpered before answering.

"I'm fine Bella, but Phil, well he's in the hospital in a coma, the doctors think an animal got into the house and attacked him, his throat is severely damaged and he lost a lot of blood. Bella they say he might not survive the night."

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KV =D