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Alice was whistling a happy tune as Jasper carried her on his shoulders. They were ambling through the forest towards the house, both having just fed. Alice's whistling paused before she started giggling. Jasper waited silently for her to fill him in.
"I just saw Edward roll his eyes at Carlisle before going outside to the car Rose just got him. It has a giant ding on it. She's going to be so mad!" Alice began giggling again and Jasper grinned, starting back at his slow walk.
A few minutes later Rose and Esme joined them. Jasper enjoyed the calming emotions everyone was putting off. Gradually he felt other emotions as more vampires were in the range of his gift.
"I think we have a guest." He said as he tried to concentrate more on the four very distinct emotions that were coming from the house. The first and also the strongest was annoyance, then there was a nervous anxiety, a calmness tinged with curiosity, and finally a nirvana like peace that almost made him stumble. He had never felt such an all encompassing peace.
"Are you alright?" Alice asked, sensing the subtle change in her mate.
"Better than okay, actually." He said before quickening his pace, wanting to find the source of such a divine serenity that seemed to smother all the other emotions he was sensing.
Just like in Alice vision Edward was trying to remove the large dent from his new car.
"Carlisle's old friend is here." Edward mumbled, still looking at his car.
"Oh, really? Which one?" Esme asked pleasantly. Edward chuckled humorlessly.
"You'll have to ask him that." Jasper shrugged at Edward, used to his odd behavior. Alice hopped off his shoulders and they all started walking towards the house. He loved how she was always so happy.
Carlisle was pacing in the front room. When Esme entered the room he went over to her and gave her a loving kiss. Her emotions lit up. Rose joined her husband on the sofa, not really caring about whoever the guest was.
"Bella, my friend from before I met the Volturi is upstairs." Carlisle said.
"Well then let's go meet her." Alice said while walking towards the stairs. Carlisle stopped her with a hand on her shoulder.
"She's reading right now, so uhh, it would be a bad idea to interrupt her." Alice looked baffled at Carlisle.
"Don't be silly, Dad. I'm sure she's eager to meet us, just nervous." Alice skipped up the stairs and Carlisle followed her with a sigh, Jasper walking next to him. She flung open the door to Carlisle's study. "Hello! I'm Alice!"
Jasper's eyes immediately went pitch black when he saw the woman sitting in Carlisle's seat. He grabbed Alice by her wrist and pulled her behind him as he started growling. Bella didn't look up from her books, and her emotions were still tranquil.
"Jasper don't growl at her!" Carlisle said while stepping in front of the doorway, blocking his view.
"You don't understand, Carlisle she was there, she was in the South." Jasper's words were muddled with growls. "I only saw her once, but she was a force to be reckoned with." He suddenly remembered the dark figure that loomed behind her. "Shit, where is he, where is her shadow?" He asked while looking around.
"Jasper please calm down. Bella would never hurt someone who's part of my family." Carlisle said, not denying the possibility of Bella participating in the Southern Wars.
"She and her shadow destroyed a quarter of my forces and even more on my enemy's side!"
The soft thump of a book being closed made Jasper tense up.
"Oh you were in those scuffles?" Bella said, not moving from her spot. "I thought I recognized your scent." Her voice was very matter-of-fact. "And as for my 'shadow', well he's not here." Jasper suddenly felt her vicious anger when she said shadow. He pushed Alice back further from the demonic woman.
What do you think of Jasper's reaction?