Author's Note: I am not nor have I ever been Stephanie Meyer therfore i do not own Twilight or its beautiful characters....I do however HAPPILY and PROUDLY own Ana and Jade. Thank you to everyone who has been so awesome in reviewing and reading seriously you guys make my day everyday :D Okay so this is a pretty good chapter though it ends on a horrible note and I am sorry for that, but I thought it would be the best way to set up for the things to come :D The big suprise is that the next TWO chapters are going to be full JADE chapters haha! I am getting reviews asking for more Jade so you guys are getting what you have asked for! I love you guys. Read, Review, & Enjoy Chapter 17 :D
Chapter 17: Momma, I'm Coming Home
I wake up realizing that I am not alone. I pop my head up and see that at some point after the party we all managed to fall asleep in the same room. I lay my head back down because its spinning slightly and my stomach feels hollow. I look around and see Rosalie and Emmett sleeping soundly wrapped around each other. Edward's arm is draped over Jade's waist and they too are asleep. I roll over and come face to face with Jasper's sleeping face. I smile to myself as I cuddle into him. He moves his arm pulling me closer to him so that my head is cushioned on his chest.
" Morning," he says, and I smile into his chest. " Morning," I say back pulling the blanket up and over my shoulder. " What time do you think we all fell asleep?" I ask running my nails up and down his back.
" I don't know, shortly after you did your impression of a striptease," he says into my hair and I pull away looking at him.
" What are you talking about?" I ask feeling utterly perplexed.
" You remember, everyone left and we all changed out of our costumes. You and Jade then proceeded to come back down stairs and eat about three or four pounds of candy and that is when all of the fun began," he says, chuckling as he toys with my hair.
" Just how good of an impression did I do?" I ask feeling the heat rush to my face.
" Oh it was Pg-13 heading to an R rating until Jade stopped you," he says laughing. I groan as I bury my head into his chest.
" See this is what happens when I eat too much candy," I say rolling away from his hold to throw my arm over my face in utter embarrassment. He rolls with me so that he is looking down at me smiling.
" Don't be embarrassed Ana, I thought it was kind of, sexy," he says leaning down close to my face. He leans down and kisses me softly. I kiss back unsure of what to do. This catches me off guard, this isn't like Jasper at all. I sink into the kiss until my stomach begins rolling. I pull away quickly and Jasper looks down at me confused.
" What's wrong?" he asks sitting up to look at me. I open my mouth to answer and immediately clamp my hand over my mouth. I get up as fast as I can and run to the closest bathroom where I proceed to throw up. I don't even notice Jasper is in the bathroom with me until I feel him pulling my hair out of my face. I sit back on my heels feeling completely drained.
" You okay?" he asks as he leans over to flush the toilet.
" Yeah, just fine. Ugh, candy hangovers are the worst," I say resting my head back against the wall. He laughs loudly as he sits down across from me.
" Candy hangover?" he asks looking at me an amused look on his face.
" A term Jade and I came up with after finals one year," I say, " We both crammed so hard because our moms told us that if we passed the finals that we could go on this trip to Cancun that we had been begging them for. So we took all of our finals, waited the week to find out if we passed and when we found out that we did we celebrated by having an all weekend candy fest. When we woke up on Sunday morning we both got sick and felt like we had been drinking all weekend instead of indulging in candy. Hence the term Candy Hangover," I say smiling at the memory. We talk for a long time before Jade comes stumbling into the bathroom a sick look on her face.
" You guys will want to move unless you want to get puked on," she says slowly as she holds her stomach. Jasper and I both walk around her and she shuts the door behind us. I talk into the door.
" Candy hangover?" I ask, trying my hardest not to laugh. The noises coming from the bathroom confirm my suspicions and I fall to the floor laughing hysterically with Jasper.
" So let me get this straight, Jasper kisses you and you throw up?" Emmett asks as he shovels another bite of pancake into his mouth.
" Well yes, but it wasn't because he kissed me that I threw up," I say, trying my hardest not to blush.
" Okay sure whatever you say. I always knew his kissing repelled people," Emmett laughs out and I smack his arm.
" Oh shut up Emmett," Rosalie says easily as she gets up from the table to wash her plate.
" Yeah what Rose said, shut up Emmett," Jasper says glaring at him from across the table. I laugh at them and continue to eat my breakfast.
" So does anyone have any pressing and exciting plans this weekend?" Rosalie asks staring at all of us. A month of living with Rosalie has taught me a lot. She is about to, in the easy way that she has perfected, ask all of us to do something.
" No, nothing exciting planned," I say, pushing my plate away from me.
" Oh great so you all can help clean up," she says smiling as we all groan as she breezes out of the room.
" You just had to tell her that we had no plans didn't you?" Jade asks jokingly.
" Well we don't so what was I supposed to do lie?" I ask getting up to take my plate to the sink.
" Yes," four voices yell at me. I roll my eyes and laugh preparing for a long hard day of cleaning.
Surprisingly under the watchful eyes of Rosalie it didn't take us as long as I feared it would. I walk downstairs happily changed into clean clothes to find everyone in the living room about to watch a movie.
" What are you guys going to watch?" I ask leaning against the couch that Jade and Edward are sitting on.
" We are having a horror movie marathon," Emmett says beaming as he pops a DVD into the player. I look at him questioningly and he rolls his eyes dramatically.
" It's a tradition, the day after Halloween we clean up and then we sit around and watch horror movies all day long, we've done this since high school," he says as he sits next to Rosalie draping an arm around her as she cuddles into him. I look around and see that Edward and Jade are sprawled out on the couch, Jade's head in his lap running his fingers through her hair nonchalantly.
" Well are you going to come sit down or stand for the whole thing?" Jasper asks patting the spot on the floor next to him. I blush deeply as I walk slowly to sit next to him. I lay back against the couch and Jasper wraps his arm over my shoulder pulling me into him, and I smile to myself. Things seem to be looking up, perhaps Jasper has had a change of heart,' I think to myself. No probably not, but a girl can wish, and believe me I this girl is wishing.
Half way through the movie I am so caught up in the gore that any movement or sound that someone makes causes me to jump. This gets a few hardy laughs out of Emmett and I blush, embarrassed to admit that when it comes to horror movies, no matter how cheesy, I get terrified. Emmett pauses the movie much to the protests of everyone.
" Bathroom and snack break," he says loudly as he bounds from the room in the direction of the bathroom. I stretch luxuriously and Jasper grabs my hand helping me to my feet.
" I am going to get some popcorn," I say, as I walk into the kitchen. I stand listening to the popping in the microwave and I cant help but feel happy. I don't know what has gotten into Jasper, but I cant say that I am complaining. The sound of the door bell catches my attention as I dump popcorn into a bowl. I walk out of the kitchen eating as I go and look up just in time to see Alice and Mike settling onto the floor by the couch that Rosalie and Emmett are occupying. I feel a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach as I realize that the presence of Alice is going to change everything. ' Why did she have to show up? Does she have like some sort of radar set so that whenever she see's me and Jasper getting close a little alarm goes off in her head and she has to come and rain on my parade, with her perfect little figure and her perfect pixie face?' I ask myself trying my hardest to keep my face blank of all emotions. Instinctively I make Jade scoot over so that I can sit with her and Edward, because I would rather be the first to make the move instead of having Jasper shun me yet again in front of his ex-love. Jasper walks back into the room and I look over my shoulder and see him freeze when he notices the new additions to our little party. He covers quickly though and looks at me a smile on his face.
" What you don't want to sit with me anymore Ana? Am I that bad of a movie buddy?" he asks, taking his seat in front of me. I smile at this thinking that maybe Jasper has in fact changed his mind and decided that pining after Alice just isn't worth it anymore. I shake my head as I slide off of the couch to sit close to him. Emmett starts the movie again and the room grows quiet except for a few smart remarks by the guys about how obviously fake the movie is. I set the popcorn aside when I get full and fiddle nervously with the end of my hair. I hear Jasper chuckle lightly to himself and I look over at him a blush creeping along my cheeks.
" You seem jumpy. You cant honestly be scared by this," he whispers and I blush even deeper.
" A little," I say smiling at him. He reaches up and takes my hand lacing his fingers with mine. I lay my head on his shoulder and I smile when I realize that this feels right. Being like this is so simple, there is no pushing to make it feel okay. It's just, perfect. It isn't until the end of the movie that I realize that Jasper has loosened his hold on my hand. I look up at him and realize that he is staring over at Alice and Mike who have decided that making out with each other is far more entertaining than the blood and guts playing out before us. The look in his eye is unreadable. I cant make out what he is thinking. I let go of his hand completely and sit up stretching dramatically so that he will think I just needed to move a little. I lean back against the couch and Jasper immediately takes my hand into his pulling me to him. I start to feel uncomfortable when Jasper leans over and whispers into my ear.
" Relax," he says, and with that word its as if my body follows his command. From the top of my head to the bottom of my feet every muscle relaxes almost as if I am in no control of my body. He starts kissing my neck sweetly and I cant help but to lean back exposing more of my throat to his mouth. I am so lost in the sensation that I don't even notice Emmett changing the movie until he steps on my outstretched foot by accident.
" Ouch, damn it Emmett," I say pulling my foot back leaning down to rub it.
" Sorry," he says sheepishly as he walks back to his seat. Jasper grabs my waist and pulls me back so that I am laying against him. I feel him pull my hair from my shoulder so that he can go back to his assault on my neck. A little voice calls from the back of my head that he is probably only doing this to see if it gets a rise out of Alice, but I silence it quickly not wanting to believe that is why he is doing this. Jasper catches me off guard when he lifts his hand to my face and turns me to face him. He kisses me deeply and I tense up as he wraps his hand around my neck pulling me into him. Stop, just stop, my mind screams at me in self defense but my body and my heart fight against my better judgment as I wrap my hands into his hair almost possessively. Jasper finally pulls away a smug smile on his lips and I smile back at him. As the day progresses I take a not out of Jade's book stretching out so that my head is in Jasper's lap. I try my hardest to stay awake but I am so over come with the feeling of relaxation. My eyes flutter close and my heart seems to sigh, finally content.
I wake up to the sounds of raised voices. I sit up slowly and notice that everyone is gone except for Edward and Jade who are sleeping peacefully on the couch. I follow the voices to the kitchen and pause outside of the door when I realize that the people caught up in the heated fight are Jasper and Alice.
" Jasper, what you are doing is unfair to her. How could you be so selfish?" Alice asks her voice accusing. There is a short pause and I listen, my heart beating harshly in my chest.
" I am not doing anything Alice but having a little bit of fun, she knows that it doesn't mean anything," Jasper's voice shoots back, and I can feel my world crumbling away from my feet.
" No, she doesn't, and you know that," she says her voice angry.
" Well if she doesn't know that then that isn't my fault is it? Why should I be held accountable for anyone else's feelings, when no one else is? Because I feel more? How is that fair?" he hisses out and he slams a cabinet door making me jump.
" You know why you are held accountable Jasper, and I don't have to spell it out for you. You need to get over this Jasper, I have seen the way that this can turn out if you would just get over yourself. Jazz we tried, and it didn't work, it wasn't your fault nor was it mine, it just wasn't meant to be," Alice says and I am caught off guard by her remarks. What is she a psychic or something? That would explain her eccentricity. " You need to open your eyes and realize that, and you need to stop playing this sick game with her, she doesn't deserve it, she is just a girl who is in love." I blush and fight tears at the same time because not only is Alice, the girl who I have begrudged from the moment I saw her, sticking up for me, but she knows exactly how I feel and I didn't even have to tell her.
" It isn't my fault if she is stupid enough to fall in love with me," he says through his teeth. The feeling that rocks through me is unfamiliar. Its almost as if I am experiencing an out of body experience. Like I am watching myself hear all of these things, hearing the man that I am in love with much to my own dismay, talk so cruelly about me. As if I don't matter, as if I was only a convenience. I walk around the corner and into the kitchen. I clear my throat carefully and Alice and Jasper turn to look at me. Sympathy pulsed off of Alice, I can see it written all over her face and it gleams in her eyes. Jasper just stands looking at me shock rocking his facial expressions.
" Ana, I'm," Jasper starts and I just shake my head cutting him off.
" I have just a few things to say. I'm sorry Alice. I have held such a strong grudge against you, because for a while now I looked at you like you were what was standing between what I wanted to have with Jasper. I can see now that you have been nothing but sincere in your efforts to befriend me," I say my voice shaking slightly before I turn my attention and wrath towards Jasper. " What I am most sorry for though is for falling for you. For not once or twice but three times allowing you to cloud my better judgment. I should have stayed as far away from you as I could the first time you dragged me into this pathetic game. I can assure you though, that I wont be stupid enough, as you put it, to fall for it again. As far as I am concerned if I never see you again a day in my life it wont hurt me much," I say tears falling down my cheeks, even as the torrent of emotions takes over I square my shoulders and hold my head high as I walk out of the kitchen. I walk as calmly as I can to my room not wanting to wake Jade. I get to my room and its as if I am running off of autopilot. I pull out my familiar pink duffle bag and start packing clothes. I zip up my bag before I reach for a notebook and pen. I start writing.
' Jade, I know that you are going to be so mad when you wake up and realize that I am gone, and I am sorry for that. I am going home to California, and I don't know how long I will be gone, or if I will come back at all. Just know that I don't want you to come back here for me. I love you girl, and you have so much going for you with the work at the lab, and Edward. I will miss you every day that I am gone, and I will call you when I am ready to talk. Love always and forever your best friend, Ana." I fold up the note and lay it on her pillow. I walk out of my room and down the stairs quietly. I stop to look at Jade and Edward still sleeping soundly on the couch and through the pain I smile knowing that my best friend is happy. I blow a kiss in their direction as I walk through the door.
I sit at a gas station and pull out my cell phone. Tears cloud my eyes as I dial the familiar phone number. It rings three times before the answering machine a home picks up.
" Momma, I'm coming home," I say my voice constricted with tears. I click my phone off and start my car. Washington was a bad idea, the worst idea I ever had.