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Chapter 8
(Bella's POV)
"Peter? Char?" I called for them as we entered the large ranch house and began to follow their scent in to the living room.
"No need to yell, sweet pea," Peter chuckled from the couch next to Char with his arm wrapped around her shoulders.
"Did you two just get back?" Jasper asked collapsing into the chair behind him before pulling me down on to his lap and wrapping his arms around my waist.
Char nodded, "Yeah, we just made it back about fifteen minutes ago." She confirmed.
"How was your first hunt on the veggie diet?" Peter smirked.
Jasper raised an eyebrow in confusion. "The what?"
"Vegetarian diet," I clarified before continuing on with my explanation. "You see, the Cullens used to call themselves vegetarians because of how they drank the blood from animals rather than humans. Edward used to describe it as being on tofu to humans, hence, why the animal diet is also known as being a vegetarian."
He grinned as he shook his head comically and sent me a burst of amusement. "It was alright, I guess. The taste wasn't anything to boast about, but I have to admit that I thrived on the fact that there were no negative emotions that sent me spiraling into a depression and that made it all the more worth it. I also feel sated for the most part, so I can definitely see myself being content with this diet." He explained in a positive manner.
"I couldn't agree more about the taste," Char added as she scrunched up her nose in distaste. "I tried it once before to see what it was like. I'll admit that the hunt was much more thrilling, but I just couldn't get past the taste."
"That's because you had a herbivore." I concluded. "They were always known to taste a little bitter. The carnivores are much sweeter and closer to the taste of a human. Especially when you get them all riled up."
Jasper turned me a bit in his lap so that I was looking at him in the face. "You've had human blood before?"
I looked down at my hands in remorse, though it was clear in my emotions that I felt self-righteous in my first vigilantism act. "It was an accident, though I have to say that I don't think that anyone lost any sleep over his death."
"What do you mean?" He asked delicately as he tucked a strand of hair behind my ear.
I bit my bottom lip and took in a deep breath, "It was about 3 months after I was changed. Peter, Char and I went out one night to a club on the north side of the city. I stepped outside to get some air, because the smell of human blood and adrenalin was starting to get to me. I was in the alley around back when I heard the sounds of a struggle on the other side of the dumpster. I could hear a girl whimper and the sound of someone slapping her as if he was warning her to keep quiet.
"I flitted behind, startling him before I easily got the upper hand and restrained him. I told the girl to get out of there and not to come back. She hesitated in concern for my safety but eventually did as I asked.
"I didn't realize that he had a bottle in his hand, so when he tried to stab me with it, he only ended up cutting himself up pretty badly. I hadn't hunted in a few days, so try as I might to resist, it didn't help much. I was holding my breath and doing well until he unexpectedly pushed his bloody hand in my face. I couldn't hold back any more after that and killed him." I shrugged.
He nodded, though I was a little nervous to see his expression until he pulled me back against his chest and kissed my temple, reassuring me that he didn't hold me slip up against me.
Thankfully, Peter decided to change the subject. "So, what's this about both of you wanting to go back to high school for your senior year?" He smirked.
"Damn that gift of yours, Peter," Jasper said shaking his head in exasperation.
"How many times to I have to go over this with you, Major? It's not a gift!" Peter huffed.
Jasper rolled his eyes, "Yeah, yeah, I know; you just 'know shit'."
"Precisely," Peter nodded. "But that's not what I was asking about, was it?"
"Peter," I chastised, "You know that I never got to finish high school and you know Jasper's morals, so don't start. Just get us the transcripts so that we can get started."
"I think that it's very noble for you both not to take the easy way," Char praised us with a small smile.
"Thanks," I grinned, though when I turned to look at Jasper for his reaction, I noticed that he was studying Peter skeptically and squinting his eyes suspiciously.
I changed my gaze to Peter and noticed that he was looking somewhat troubled.
"Peter?" Jasper said raising his brow in question. Peter look back up at Jasper in wonder. "What do you know?"
He let out a long sigh as he answered. "It appears that Char and I will be unfortunately joining you both in your senior year as well." He grumbled.
I let out a very unladylike snort. "What?" I just couldn't picture Peter in high school surrounded by human teenagers. Try as I might, it just wasn't happening without picturing him in the principal's office at least once during every period.
He narrowed his eyes at me as Char and Jasper looked at him in surprise.
"What do you mean, babe?" Char asked perplexed.
He finally ripped his gaze from me to look over at his mate. "I don't know why, but I 'know' that it's important that you and I both join Bella and the Major in high school. Trust me, darlin', I don't like it any more than you do; probably even less. The last place in the world that I want to be right now is stuck in a school with a bunch of human teenagers who think that squirtin' milk outta their eye is impressive."
Char made a face and sighed as she ran a hand through her bleach blond hair. "Fine, alright; whatever."
I looked at her sympathetically. From what she told me of her time in school before she was changed at the age of 19, she didn't have a very good experience. She told me that she was nowhere near pretty in her human years and that she was frequently picked on and made fun of by the other kids. From how beautiful she was now, I had a lot of trouble believing that.
"So, how would we do this?" Jasper asked as he played with a strand of my hair.
Char turned her attention towards me as she asked, "Well, how did the Cullen's pull it off?"
"Well, Carlisle and Esme played their parents, though, I think that sometimes they took those roles a little too seriously, I mean, they weren't that much older than the rest of them." I mentioned before continuing, "Rose and Emmett were seniors while Alice and Edward were juniors. They claimed to be adopted because Esme wasn't able to have kids or something. They were already there when I started school, but from what the other students said, they claimed to have moved down from Alaska because of Carlisle's job." I shrugged.
Jasper pursed his lips as we all turned to him, being our coven leader and all, to see what he had to say about what we should do. "What if Peter and I played fraternal twin brothers and Bella and Char played adopted sisters, whose parents had been killed last year in a car accident? We can say that our parents agreed to let them move in with us since they are our girlfriends and longtime friends of the family's. We can pretend that our parents are workaholics and are never home, but it's fine, because we are all 18."
I began to slowly nod, "That could work. That way it wouldn't look weird when we are dating, because we wouldn't be related." I agreed. "That was the thing that everyone found weird about Rosalie and Emmett back in Forks; they were a part of the same adopted family and were dating. It caused a lot of gossip and that's the last thing we needed. We are going to get enough of it when we start as it is, what with us being new and this being a small town and all."
"I like it too," Char agreed before turning her attention to Peter. "What do you think, babe?"
Peter smirked mischievously and rubbed his hands together in anticipation. "It will definitely work, though I can't wait to fuck with the other students, not to mention the teachers."
Char looked over at him and gave him the evil eye, "Yeah, well just a fair warning, every time you get suspended, you're cut off until they let you back into school. So you can imagine what will happen if you get expelled."
Peter jutted his lip out in a pout. "Awe, come on, baby?"
Jasper and I chuckled, shaking our heads at their antics. "Use it as an incentive to behave then, Pete." I suggested.
"Where's the fun in that?" He whined.
We continued to talk about school and how we were going to play this out. We decided to go to the local school that most of the kids in the small town of Beaver Creek go to; Beaver Creek High. We planned to start on Monday to give Peter and Jasper time to get Jenks to get our transcripts together. Apparently, he also took care of Jasper's affairs as well for when he needed documents falsified for whatever reason while he was in Maria's army. His family has known him for decades and knew about discretion and not to ask questions about why none of us ever aged.
It was nice to be able to all sit together as a family and talk and watch movies. I mostly enjoyed the smile that would often light Jasper's face and the extra affectionate squeezes or kisses he would give me. After Edward, I never thought that I would fall in love like that again, let alone find my soul mate.
Even through all of this happiness and love, I still had a sickening feeling that it was only the calm before the storm and that we would be tested in ways that would cause us to fight to keep what we have right now at this very moment.
A/N: This was more of a filler chapter to get us started in the direction that the story is going. Regardless, I hope you liked the small family moment that the four of them had shared.
What do you think will happen when the four of them start school? Why do you think Peter's gift made him aware of the fact that him and Char would have to start school along with Jasper and Bella? What storm do you think is coming their way?
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TwilightAddict71484: Wonderful chapter. can't wait to see how it all plays out. how will the emotions of the students affect Jasper now with him on the animal diet? will it be the same as before or will he be able to handle them better because bella is with him?
I really don't want to give anything for future chapters away, so you will just have to wait and see! However, you should think of it this way; Jasper isn't in the Cullen family who make him feel bad about himself and ashamed when he slips up. So, no, it won't be exactly the same way that he was in Twilight with the Cullen family.
gabby871:Great chapter. I can't wait to see how they do in high school. I bet Maria is freaking out. I wonder what would happen if she found out the major was mated. I hope we have the cullen's and the volturi in this story. Does Edward still love bella or did he really view her as his pet? Did he leave her to protect her like in the original story? Also, I was wondering if Alice would have any reaction to seeing jasper. Would she fall in lust and want him for herself? I bet aro would really want bella and jasper for his guard. I can't wait to see if the volturi a role in this story. Hopefully, we're going to see more of Bella's shield soon. I'm curious how strong her physical shield really is. Oh if she has this physical shield can she also block jasper's gift if she chose too?
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