A Christmas Surprise
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Chapter 54 – Have A Purpose Part 3
Sam's POV
"So I guess you're all wondering how my new life as a vampire is like. Well let me tell you about that on the first day of school after New Years." Bryce said. "There we were at school right, and the moment we arrived, Alice had a vision and it sounded funny according to Edward." Well this should be good. I thought as the Cullens continue the story.
"I thought it had something to do with Orion, but I was wrong because it was about me." Bryce said. Huh? "My new look got the whole school's attention. What's crazy is that I'm being well respected by everyone minus The Big Five. Even girls were very interested in me." Okay did Bryce do something to the school? Does he have a gift as well?
"While Bryce was being the big news of the school, I had another encounter with my English teacher." Jalen said. "She first wanted me to call her E.D. Then she asked how my break went. Finally, she said that if I have any troubles, nonacademic troubles, I should come to her."
Okay, so their English teacher is E.D. I wonder why she has an eye for Jalen.
"So it was after second period and Jalen and I met up with Lucas, Krystal and Lucina." Bryce said earning a peck on the lips from Lucina.
"A – OW!" Jalen cried when Tiffany and Krystal punched his arms. "I wasn't even gonna do anything!"
"We just wanna be sure." Tiffany said trying not to crack a smile as Krystal stifles a laugh.
"Anyway, Jalen and I had a small argument until Orion and the others showed up." Bryce said. Oh this can't be good. I thought. "They heard about my new look and Orion once again made an accusation on me. He thinks I'm only getting on the Cullen's good side just so they can make me look as good as them so that Lucina likes me."
"And then Orion claimed to believe that I'm 'in love' with him. Similar to how Jacob thought Bella has feelings for him but creepier." Lucina said. Is that guy delusional? Why is this guy so obsessed with Lucina?
"Anyway, everyone joined in seeing us in trouble with Orion telling them to back off or else. And then Mr. Bitters arrived." Jalen said. Don't tell me. "He side with Orion and his friends when they said we were harassing them."
"We would've got a detention, if it weren't for Bryce." Krystal said.
"What did you do?" Austin asked Bryce.
"All I did was ask Mr. Bitters to get The Big Five to leave me alone. And he did to our surprise." Bryce explained. Wait, seriously? The principal just side with the Cullens, for real? Just like that?
"All he did was using his new improved charm to persuade the principal to do his bidding." Edward said chuckling. Charm?
"Like some of the others, I possess no gift but I am known for my ways of charming people. My charm has been enhanced to even get the most obnoxious person to go easy on me." Bryce said. "I'm surprised that it has no effect on Orion."
"Well I love your charm." Lucina smiled to Bryce and he did the same causing her to blush. I guess that explains why the smile is so irresistible.
"To test it out before Carlisle put his theory, Bryce tries to convince Jalen to expand his visiting hours with Lucina. And it worked!" Emmett said causing us all to laugh.
"That was against my will!" Jalen said in annoyance.
"Anyways, after school, Carlisle believed I brought my charm from my human life and then after that the guys helped me work on my fighting skills. I was paired up with Emmett." Bryce said.
"Let me guess, you kicked his butt?" Dexter said causing the Cullens to laugh minus Emmett and we soon joined in.
"That was because of new improved reflexes which was another thing I brought from my human life." Bryce said smirking.
"I don't get how I'm losing at everything these days." Emmett said.
"Maybe you're not as strong as you used to be." Krystal said giggling.
"So I was getting the hang of my new vampire abilities with the guys' help. Then Alice had a vision of the next day, perfect for us to play baseball." Bryce said. Why do I get the feeling that it's not good?
"Alice had a vision; Orion was nearby." Jalen said causing us to gasp. "He was hiking until he noticed the sound of us playing. You see playing baseball as a vampire is way different than normal. We hit hard, run fast and play awesome! That would be noticeable, if you were playing in a thunderstorm."
"I wanna see you guys play!" Russell said.
"Me too!" The Gold girls said.
"When Alice sees the time, we'll invite you guys to watch us play." Carlisle said chuckling.
"Anyways, when Alice told us about Orion, I picked up his mind and he was coming to us." Jalen said. Oh god. "Thankfully, we were gone before he even showed leaving no trace of us." Well that's good. "Although," Jalen sighed. "First, let me tell you something before I go on."
"It was back to school after the weekend we played baseball. I was out of class just needing some space. You see, there was only five months left until I graduate and even though I'm doing well in my classes, I didn't have a plan on what to do after. I want to have a career to support Tiffany and Lucina instead of relying on my fortune and the Cullens. I didn't know what I can do. My life was so messed up since I lost my parents, since I ran away, since I last saw my foster sister, since I've been put down by others after losing everything."
I saw the guests including me and my parents giving Jalen sad looks. Elena was crying through it all. Man, poor Jalen. It must be hard to go through all of it. You had something and then it was gone the next second. It was almost like how Lucas lost his family because of the Volturi.
"That's when Orion ran into me." Jalen said. "He suspects that he heard us where we were playing baseball." Uh-oh. "Luckily, I lied my way out of his suspicions. Then he asked what is with us; showing up to school like some big deal, making Bryce popular where, once again with the accusation, let Bryce 'steal' Lucina away from him and made Orion look bad which he did that all on his own."
Man, Orion really has issues blaming anyone but himself plus he has a bad and unhealthy obsession with Lucina. Why can't he see that she doesn't like him? Not to mention, why does he like Lucina when it sounds like, he despises the Cullens? That is so hypocritical.
"I then gave Orion one last warning to stay away from Lucina and not to mess with me and my family because we're the kinds of people who should not be underestimated. And he shouldn't have. But we'll get to that later." Jalen said. "Let's fast forward to some of the main events."
"This happened on my sixth birthday even though to some people it was my sixteenth birthday." Lucina said. "I celebrated the day I was born with the people I love and received some amazing gifts like that car mom and dad got."
"Car?!" Mom, dad and I said in shock. She's six though! How could she drive?!
"May we remind you she's smarter than she looks?" Tiffany chuckled. "Plus, remember J. Jenks? He makes the documents. He forged some of Lucina's to make her a legal driver."
"And I taught her how to drive, thank you very much." Jacob said looking proud in a brag kind of way. "Not to mention that I bought her the ride."
"Can we move on to the story?" Nessie said.
"Anyway, after setting the cake, Russell told us that he and the others saw Jemma again, and Raymundo." Lucina said.
"What?!"
"That guy we saw was Raymundo?" Tori asked in shock.
"Yep, and they're back in Forks, together." Edward said.
"But why?" Charlie asked.
"That's what we need to know. We planned on finding them to know what they are up to." Edward said. "Unfortunately, Jalen can't track Jemma down pretty similar how we can't find her from her scent and when Jalen try to track Raymundo, he somehow lost Raymundo's mind." Huh?
"The main thing is to know what Raymundo and Jemma are up to because we believed they are involved with the Volturi's future." Carlisle said.
"Then Tiffany had an idea that someone who Raymundo doesn't know should go undercover." Jalen said and then started chuckling along with the rest of the Cullens minus Bryce.
"Then I unintentionally volunteered to do the job." Bryce said.
"You what?!" Ellie said totally freaking out.
"Would you calm down? I was fine; I got Jemma and Raymundo in an easy conversation while Edward was able to read into both of their minds and we found out something big." Bryce said.
"And what's that?" Elena asked.
"First it's about Raymundo," Edward began. "I caught his scent; the same one Bella and I caught on the night Jemma ran away from us."
"That was him?" Renee asked.
"Wait, I thought you guys caught a scent of a hybrid. Raymundo's a vampire." Dexter said.
"That's because Raymundo is a vampire." Bella said. Huh?!
"How is Raymundo a vampire and then a hybrid?" Russell asked.
"Raymundo has a gift similar to Max; he can split himself into two. Here's how his gift works." Jalen said. "When he splits himself, he splits everything; his mind, his scent, his vampire and human traits, his gifts, his aura and his personality. We first met Raymundo when he was a vampire. That's why I couldn't track him down using his mind; it was only his vampire mind I picked up."
"So then what did you guys do know about Raymundo?" Dad asked.
"He was born in Brazil. He lost his mother after he was born and later his father in an accident." Edward said. "I did found out that Raymundo was giving information about us to someone but I couldn't see their faces. It's a possibility that they have something to do with the Volturi's future." Okay, I don't know if someone taking down the Volturi is good or bad.
"Here's what we know about Jemma," Bella said. "She's a hybrid and Demetri's and Gianna's daughter."
"Who's Gianna?" Renee asked.
"She's an idiotic human working for the Volturi. And yes she does know about what they are and what they do." Alice said rolling her eyes as the others shook their heads in disbeliefs. A human was working for the Volturi?
"Why was she working for the Volturi knowing what they do?" Asher asked.
"Well like Bella, she wanted to become a vampire hoping she would be helpful to them except that girl is completely stupid to believe that." Edward said. So I take that it never happened.
"Okay, so what else do you know about Jemma?" Dexter asked.
"Well, there's a reason why she has no scent and why Demetri never got reunited with his daughter; she has a gift the opposite of Demetri's." Edward said.
"I'm so confused now." Russell said.
"Demetri tracks people like Jalen based on the minds but Jemma can't be tracked, no mind tricks and scents." Edward said. Whoa, so she can't be tracked like the others. That's cool in a weird sort of way.
"So I guess you got that part of the mystery mostly taken care of." Charlie said.
"That was the least of problems." Jalen said.
"What do you mean?" Austin said and that caused Jalen to sigh deeply.
"Again, I asked you all to be open minded. I," Jalen struggled to say something but couldn't.
"Jalen, it's okay." Tiffany said giving Jalen a firm squeeze on his hand.
"I know it's just, I should've known he would go that far." Jalen said.
"Wait, you mean Orion?" I asked.
"Yeah, Orion." Jalen said gritting his teeth and then took some deep breaths to calm down. "Here's what happened around April."
"It was during school when Orion's friends told me that Orion wants to have a word with me." He began. "He knows who I really am; my crime and everything." All of us gasped.
"Unfortunately I still couldn't prove my innocence since I still couldn't find my foster sister. That wasn't all Orion knows; he knows there's something up with the Cullens." No. "Orion had Falkner use his computer skills to hack into our system and found our school records where we graduated high school and college numerous times. He knows there's something different about us especially what we did to Bryce."
"Why is he telling you this exactly?" Ellie asked and I don't like what I'm about to hear.
"He said that he will keep our secret quiet if I break up Bryce and Lucina so that Orion can go to the prom with her." Jalen said causing most of the men in his family to growl. That guy wouldn't.
"Surely you didn't." Mom said.
"Of course I know better to but," Jalen sighed. "Hear me out. First, I didn't tell anyone about this which was what another thing Orion told me not to do, because I was afraid that the Cullens would blame me for the situation. After everything they have done for me, I couldn't repay them like that. So first I got Lucas to give me his aura to block out Edward and Alice from knowing making up a story that I was thinking about what to give Tiffany on our anniversary and then later that night, I went to Orion's house to find the files he has on us and destroy it. Don't ask what his house is like." I don't wanna know.
"To skip the details, Orion knew I was coming." Jalen said. Damn it. Jalen then was shaking out of control. "He got me so… peeved the way he had everything figured out and the way he smirks… I just wanna go to him and smash his face if I could!"
"Jalen, I don't think either of us will handle the story with your emotions like this. We all hate Orion just as much as you do." Jasper said.
"Sorry guys." Jalen said.
"So… did you break up Bryce and Lucina?" Nina asked. Jalen didn't say anything until,
"Yes." I should've known.
"Let me tell you all my side of the story." Lucina said. "There I was having a normal day in school when Bryce texted me saying he wants me to meet up with him. He then told me… it's over between us. My heart really broke."
"I'm sorry I put you through all that."Bryce said looking like he wants to beat himself up. "If I've known Orion was behind all of it, you wouldn't have –"
"Bryce, please don't." Lucina said and Bryce sighed.
"You wanna know why I broke up with Lucina?" Bryce asked us. "I got an anonymous call at school from someone who knows about us as vampires. How he knows? Well, I accidently brought my journal to school so I put it in my locker. He got it apparently. So he threatened me to break up with Lucina or else the whole school hears my journal that has everything I wrote about in my life including the truth about the Cullens. I had no choice so I did. After I broke up with Lucina, I ran from school and cried from breaking not just her heart, but mine as well. I got my journal back but it doesn't cover the fact that I lost the one girl who loves me." Bryce then broke down crying. "I'm sorry sunshine."
"No Bryce, don't apologize." Jalen sighed. "I was the one who got you to do it." He then turned to us. "So it happened during first period. I excused myself from E.D's class to use the bathroom only to use the school phone and call Bryce. I disguised my voice when I called him you all know the rest. Before I left the room though, E.D. caught up to me saying that she's there for me for anything." Okay, so why does Jalen's English teacher telling him that she's there for him? Why does she care for him so much?
"So you know how it went; Bryce broke up with Lucina. That's when after school, I overheard Lucina talking to Orion." Jalen said. Oh no.
"He asked me to go to prom with him, just as friends." Lucina said. "He wanted to show me that he's the one for me, that he's changed. He wants a chance for how he treated my family." That caused the guys to snort. "I can't believe I was so stupid to agree going with him."
"You are not stupid. We should've known this is what Orion would do." Emmett said.
"What?" I asked.
"Let us explain what happened on prom night." Jalen said. "There we all were attending the place for a night to remember. Carlisle, Esme and Tiffany were there as chaperones and Nessie and Jacob came as guests. Everyone else went together as dates except for me and Bryce. Lucina was dancing with him." Oh god, I can't imagine the look that guy's face going to the dance with my niece. Edward nodded his head to me as he agreed.
"So there I was sitting with Bryce on prom night. Bryce was beyond unhappy to see Lucina going to the dance with Orion." Jalen said. "He then states he shouldn't have broken up with her."
"Without even thinking, I asked why and then Bryce told me of what I did unbeknownst to him. Then he said he'd rather die if people found out about us than lose Lucina because he would die a happy man with both of his family, my daughter and me as his best friend. That there made me feel guilty for what I did. I thought I was trying to fix things but instead, I idiotically made things worse." Jalen said and sighed. Damn Jalen. I knew he made mistakes in his past but I'd never imagine something like that.
"That was when we knew something was up." Lucas said. "You see while I was dancing with Krystal, I saw Orion's aura and he was up to something big. Edward, Bella, Alice and Jasper came up to us and noticed it as well. Edward told me that he only saw the part in Orion's mind where he was talking to Jalen with a folder in his hands but the rest were things about Lucina with plans that Jacob would give us permission to kill him." Wait, does he mean…
Edward nodded to me from what I was thinking. Hell no!
"Once I figured out all the pieces, Edward, Alice and I confronted Jalen to get him to confess what he did." Lucas said. "He said that he did something that made him the worst father in history but he's gonna fix it. He told me to take my aura off of him before he went over to Orion and Lucina. That's when Alice had a vision and it was not good according to Edward."
"What was it?" I asked.
"I think I know now." Charlie said. What?
"First, I interrupted Orion's little moment when he was about to kiss Lucina." Jalen said causing Lucina to shudder. "I dragged her away from that guy and brought her and Bryce together. I then confessed what I did and they forgive me for it and I watched as they danced together, happily." Well that's good. "Then Orion confronted me." I should've known.
"He was really mad for what I did and reminded me what happens for going back on my word." Jalen said. "I told them that my daughter and the Cullen's life mean more to me than my own. I thought he was gonna go ahead and tell everyone who I am and what I was framed for but he had a plan much worse than that."
"He had the entire police force coming in and arresting us." Edward said causing us to gasp.
"What!"
"Orion planned on doing it even if I hadn't ruined his moment. He lied right to my face!" Jalen said. I can't believe that guy. I didn't think a guy whose family owns the international would do such a thing.
"Because we were in a crowd full of humans, we couldn't use our vampire strengths to get away easily." Jalen said.
"Some of the men arrested us as an excuse to touch us women in places that shouldn't be touched." Rosalie said causing the guys and Charlie to shake their heads. Perverts!
"We were about to be handcuffed and Jacob was about to be tasered by orders from Orion but before they could, Asher came." Jalen said.
What?!
Last chapter on Have A Purpose and then two more after that with a surprise in the end. Please review.
