Author Notes: A Big, big thanks to SG51169 with help with this chapter. This chapter deals with issues of the feminine type!
Chapter Eight
Jasper's Point of View
The mood swings were horrible and she was almost as bad as an irritable grizzly bear coming out of hibernation at the end of winter. She snapped at her family quite often and would usually feel guilty afterwards and burst into tears, sobbing. The sound was muffled as she buried her face in a pillow, sniffling.
What the hell is wrong with this girl? I thought as I burst into dry-sobs, my lower lip quivering, crying for no reason. I glared at him, snapping "You don't understand! None of you do! I can't handle this rollercoaster of emotions, men don't feel guilty or cry when they snap at people… it's driving me crazy!" Alice danced over and hugged me, I buried my face in her hair and cried.
"The Cullen girls have it so lucky." The neighbor girl said, still whimpering. "They don't have to worry about bleeding once a month. I wanna be a sparkly vampire!!" she wailed and we looked at the wall as if she were nuts.
All of it was so strong, especially what I was feeling from her. I huddled in a corner going over battles from the Civil War trying to take my mind off of the scent of blood, her mood, pain, and cravings. I was just going over the Battle of Gettysburg, which I didn't fight in but knew the specifics of it when I was hit with an odd craving and found myself ordering broccoli beef over pan fried noodles!
That's disgusting… wait, I wonder… I asked for raw beef and hold the broccoli, noodles and gravy. Who ever was on the other line hung up. I burst into another set of sobs, my craving denied, but another strong craving came on and I tore the house apart for chocolate. Chocolate I knew we did not have.
Worse of all, I hate chocolate. I hated it when I was a human. I was more of a strawberry type of guy, much like how General Stonewall Jackson was a Lemon type of guy. Yes, I wanted strawberries. Disgusting, red, plump strawberries…
Oh, God, what was wrong with me! I'm a vampire for crying out loud! I DON'T eat human food! I eat animal blood!
The neighbor girl finally spoke again, "Oh God, the pain…" She whimpered as a particularly strong cramp came on. I let out a whimper and then noticed Emmett was watching me as I experienced what the neighbor girl was experiencing.
"Hey Jasper? Can I get you anything for the pain?" Emmett said with a humorous look on his face. My face scrunched up as I dry-sobbed again. "Oh man, buddy, I didn't mean to make you cry. Jeez! You're so sensitive around this time of month!"
"Can't…make it out of bed. Stuck… forever… bleed to death…" she was being over dramatic. She knew that and I knew that but she didn't know that I knew that. She was all for a bit of dramatics sometimes and it was funny.
"I feel your pain girl…" I whimpered. Soo horrible… need… to put girl out of misery… my thoughts had me inching towards the door.
In a moment of my insanity, and my sudden mood swings, an idea came to mind. The pain was too much for either of us. I wonder how girls could stand this every month for one week. I inched towards the front door, wanting so bad to end the girl's suffering and in doing so, ending mine.
I was almost there.
Almost.
There.
When Alice pounced on me.
I moaned. Next month, I'm going hunting. I'm not sticking around here with a bunch of PMSing females. It's worse then being at school!
"I will be very put out with you if you kill the neighbor girl. I like her." Alice said and I sighed. I can't make my Alice upset, but I pouted anyways.
"No killing the neighbor girls." Emmett said, waggling his finger at me. I snarled at him and pounced on him, crashing into the couch.
"Jasper! Emmett!" Carlisle walked in the door just thing.
"Ah! The pain!" I doubled over. Life simply wasn't fair. Carlisle hurried over to me, his fatherly instincts kicking in.
Emmett grinned, "Don't worry, Pops. He's just PMSing." Emmett howled with laughter along with Edward.
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End Notes: I had fun writing this chapter. No fangirl reading fanfics in this one! It was just a fun chapter to write! :D hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. It must suck for Jasper to be a empathic being living next to a very sensitive girl! Oh by the way, the lemon thing about General Jackson is accurate. :)
