Author's Note: STill Not , still dont own Twilight although it is a HUGE part of my life hehe Ana and Jade still all mine even though i am willing to share....SOO this is the last Jade chapter...not for good just that It is going back to Ana. However I have been thinking about having a Jade POV day once a week, let me know what you guys think about that! Anyways hope you all enjoy! As Always, Read, Review and Enjoy Chapter 20!!!! a big thank you for the continully awesome reviews i love you guy!!!!!
Chapter 20: Your Dirty Little Secret
Jade's POV
Today was going to be bad day, correction it was going to be the worst day ever, I decide as I step out of the shower. My twenty-second birthday was turning out to be one big, fat, disappointment. Of course I know why that is, because Ana isn't here. As much as I complain when she makes a big deal out of my birthday, I miss the pomp and circumstance that she makes it. I dress quickly in a pair of sweats and a tank top, leavng my hair to hang wet and messy down my back. I trudge down the stairs a dark cloud hanging over my head. I walk into the kitchen to find Edward and Rosalie eating their breakfast, whispering secretively.
" Oh, happy birthday Jade," Rosalie says beaming at me. I roll my eyes and grumble darkly. " What's the matter? Don't you like your birthday? It's the one day a year you can get whatever you want."
" It's not so much that I don't like my birthday, its just that I am used to having Ana around on my birthday," I say trying not to sound so depressed. 'Besides, its my damn birthday, I can be sad if I want too,' I think to myself sadly. Edward snickers from his seat and he looks at me almost as if he knows exactly what I am thinking.
" So any big plans for the day?" Edward asks, smiling at me just as brightly as Rosalie was a minute ago.
" No," I answer glumly. 'Maybe I will just sleep all day and when I wake up it wont be my birthday anymore.'
" Excellent, be ready to go in an hour," he says, walking out of the kitchen without telling me what he has planned.
I stand looking at my closet not sure what to wear. I sigh heavily when I pull a black shirt from a hanger and a pair of blue jeans. 'Why bother dressing up if he doesn't even have the decency to tell me what the hell he has planned,' I think to myself as I get dressed quickly. A soft knock on my door has me turning quickly just in time to see Edward opening the door slowly.
" You ready to go?" he asks, leaning against the door. I roll my eyes and nod my head. 'Not really wanting to go but lead the way Skippy,' I think, snickering to myself. I follow him down the stairs and outside to his awaiting car. I get in without a word and lay my head back praying that whatever he has planned gets over with very quickly. He backs out of the driveway and starts driving silence falling between us. I start counting the ways that this day could be worse. ' One, it could be raining, two, I could be stuck in a room with Jasper, three, I could be stuck in a room with Jasper without being able to physically harm him,' I laugh out loud involuntarily to that and Edward looks at me out of the corner of his eye, a knowing smile on his face. In the silence of his car I think over the fact that he always seems to know what I am thinking, and I realize just how unnerving that is for me. No one has ever been able to read me so well, no one except for Ana, I swallow hard against that thought and curse to myself. She hasn't even called yet, and I know she didn't forget, she never forgets anything. I stare down at my phone clutched in my hand, and jump when Edward finally speaks.
" She will call you know," he says, reaching over to take my hand. He links his fingers with mine as I stare at him astonished. "What?" he asks, looking at me, confusion washing over his face.
" How do you do that?" I ask, my voice comes out somewhat breathless.
" How do I do what?" he asks, rubbing his thumb across my fingers.
" You always seem to know what I am thinking," I say, rolling my eyes letting my head fall back against the seat realizing just how stupid and illogical that sounded. He grows silent, staring calmly out of the windshield. I drop the subject and let him hold my hand as we continue our drive.
" Edward, seriously, where are we going?" I ask as he walks me forward his hands covering my eyes. He insisted fervently that I close my eyes tightly as soon as we got off of the freeway into some town I didn't know the name of.
" You'll see, just keep walking. I wont let you run into anything, your in good hands," he says into my ear and I shiver slightly as his breath caresses my cheek. ' Yeah buddy, better not let me run into anything, or my foot will run into your ass,' I think to myself.
" That wasn't very nice," he says and I stop walking causing him to run into me.
" What wasn't very nice?" I ask, something in the back of my head telling me that what I have been thinking is true.
" Oh just some guy ran into someone and didn't even stop to say sorry," he says easily, too easily. Finally he stops and takes his hands from my face and I open my eyes squinting slightly at the change of lighting. I look up at the sign and smile despite my dark mood. Indoor skydiving. How in the world did he know that I have wanted to try this particular sport out since the moment I read an article about it a few years ago. The only one who knew was Ana. That's it, maybe Edward talked to Ana at some point.
" Are you serious?" I ask, turning to look at him smiling brightly. He just nods his head opening the door for me, smiling the whole time.
Two hours later we walk out of the facility and I know that I am smiling stupidly, from ear to ear. My dark mood long gone.
" That was easily the greatest and most exhilarating thing that I have ever done," I say spinning in slow circles.
" Well, I am glad that you enjoyed yourself," Edward says unlocking his car. " Hopefully you will be as ecstatic about the second part of the plan."
" Which would be?" I ask, sliding in. I pull my legs up sitting cross legged in the seat bouncing up and down with a new found happiness.
" Food," he says, pulling out of the parking lot.
" Food is always a good thing," I say, drumming my hands against my legs in time to the music. I watch happily as the scenery flies by us before I turn to look at Edward. I stare at him happily until finally he looks over at me.
" What?" he asks, turning the music down.
" Thank you. Seriously I thought that today was going to be horrible without Ana, and you have made it bearable," I say, and I lean over pressing a soft kiss to his cheek.
" Believe me, it's my pleasure," he says, turning into the parking lot of a restaurant. He shuts off the car and we sit there for a minute. Edward turns to me his face suddenly serious, like something is wrong.
" What's the matter?" I ask, running my hand nervously through my hair, feeling like maybe I did something wrong.
" Jade, there is something I should tell you, something that is going to change everything," he says, turning fully in his seat as he reaches over to brush the hair from my face. I can feel my heart start beating heavily in my chest, every beat pulsing off of my ribs.
" Well if it could change everything why tell me?" I ask, fiddling with my ring nervously.
" Because you have the right to know," he says, as he takes a deep breath. It grows silent again and I start drifting off into my thoughts. " Think about something, concentrate on one thing in your head. Something totally and completely absurd," he says, his voice pulling me from my thoughts.
" What are you talking about?" I ask, looking at him like he is crazy.
" You heard me, think about something completely absurd," he says his voice growing slightly annoyed.
" Fine," I say, my voice angry. ' Purple and green polka dotted giraffes swimming in jell-o,' I think to myself and I almost giggle to myself at the thought, and the fact that Ana would have gotten a kick out of that one.
" Purple and green polka dotted giraffes swimming in jell-o," Edward says staring at me intently, gauging my reaction.
" How in the hell did you know what I was thinking?" I ask, looking at him as I press myself against the door. My analytical mind thinks of all the possibilities, maybe I whispered it under my breath, or something. No, of course I didn't.
" This is going to sound completely insane to you Jade, but I can hear peoples thoughts. I know what everyone is thinking, all of the time," he says, looking at me sheepishly. My scientific mind goes to the impossibility of what he just said, but then I flash back slowly to every circumstance since I met him, where I felt like he knew exactly what I was thinking.
" So you can hear what people are thinking?" I ask, and surprisingly enough, I am not too shocked, nor am I thrown off by it. It doesn't change anything, it just answers a lot of questions, but opens the door for a million more.
" Yes," he says, nodding his head slowly,
" Oh wow," I say, running my hand through my hair. " That's not all though Jade, you have to know that I am not the only one, who has, a little extra," he says, staring into my eyes seriously.
" Who else has this ability?" I ask, wracking my brain as to who it could be.
" Well no one else that I know, has the same ability that I have, but Alice and Jasper both have something extra," he says, laying his seat back staring at the ceiling of his car. I follow his lead and lay my seat back looking at him.
" Well what can they do?" I ask, looking at him. He cringes and I can tell that he is fighting an internal war about whether or not to say anything.
" Alice, she uh, she can see the future. And Jasper, he can feel what people are feeling and he can manipulate their feelings," he says and I can feel the gasp that rips from my chest. I sit up quickly rapping my head against the top of the car.
" You mean to tell me that all of this time Jasper has known how Ana feels, and all this time he has truly been using it to his favor?" I ask, glaring at him angrily. He sits up and looks at me.
" Jade, it isn't like that," he says, laying a hand on my shoulder. I shrug it off roughly, anger building severely inside of me.
" That is exactly what it is like. All this time he has known everything that Ana has felt, and instead of doing the right thing, he manipulated her by using what she felt against her," I say, trying not to scream, all the while the fury continues to build.
" Look, I didn't tell you this to make you angry, I told you because, well, one you are incredibly intelligent and you would have figured it out eventually, and two, I don't want to hide anything from you, ever," he says, and I look at him. My heart softens slightly. I cant be mad at him for what Jasper does. He isn't abusing his gift or ability. But you better believe that Jasper will be getting my a piece of my mind.
The ride home is quiet. Nothing is said, but my thoughts are colorful enough that Edward laughs every once in awhile. A part of me feels like I have walked straight into some kind of real life fairy tale, chalk full of people with special abilities, while another part of me doesn't find it too surprising. Because if two people in this world were going to ever stumble upon the unbelievable, it would be Ana and me. 'I wonder what Ana is going to think when she finds out about this?' I think to myself.
" You cant tell her," he says and I look at him annoyed that he was listening to my thoughts. Already I could tell that this special gift of his was going to piss me off more than it was going to leave me in amazement.
" What do you mean I cant tell her? She has more of a right to know than I do," I say, frustration building in my body.
" It's Jasper's job to tell her, not yours," he says, his voice rings with the annoyance I feel.
" Yeah, like he is going to tell her the secret he has been using against her," I say, spite dripping off of every word.
" He will. I know that you don't like him, but Jasper is good at heart, whether you believe it or not," he says, pulling in front of the house. Before I can say anything to the contrary my phone rings and I answer it.
" Happy birthday to you," Ana's voice sings out and I smile broadly, forgetting for the moment what Edward and I were talking about.
" Thank you, I have to say I was worried for a moment that you forgot all about it," I say, and Edward looks at me. His eyes tell me silently to keep my mouth shut and as much as my loyalty to Ana rebels against the idea of keeping this big of a secret from her, I nod my head agreeing silently that I wont say anything, yet.
" How could I forget my best friends birthday?" she asks and I am drawn from Edward's glance into the colorful voice of my best friend. Edward gets out of the car leaving me to talk to Ana in private.
" I know, I know, you couldn't," I say, as I fumble under the seat so that I can push it all the way back and lay down. Twenty minutes into the conversation I tell her all about Edward taking me indoor skydiving.
" Jade that is so awesome, so how are things with you and Edward anyways?" she asks, and I can all but see her laying on her childhood bed, legs crossed at the ankle as she twists her hair around her fingers.
" Honestly I don't know, I am just trying not to think about it, take it one day at a time," I say, sighing heavily.
" Do you think he knows you are in love with him?" she asks, and I feel my face go white. 'I don't know, probably, stupid mind reader,' I think to myself.
" Well if he does, he is doing a good job of hiding it," I say to myself and she laughs loudly, making me smile. " So Ana, seriously, when are you coming back?" There is a long pause on the line and I can feel my heart drop. No, there is no way that I am going to let her throw away this opportunity just because Jasper is using her feelings against her.
" I don't know Jade, I really don't," she says and the light bubbly tone is gone.
" Annalisa, you cannot throw this away because of him, you cant," I say, my voice pleading.
" I know that, logically. But my heart is screaming at me to never see him again for fear of it being ripped out and stomped all over," she says, her voice thick with emotions.
" Okay I understand that, but listen to me. You worked harder than anyone I know to get here, and you cant let some stupid ass of a man ruin all of that hard work, so if you aren't back here in two days, I will personally come back there and drag you back by all of your pretty blonde hair okay?" I ask, lightening the mood and yet I was serious and she knew it. I hear her let out a heavy breath.
" Okay, fine. But I swear one more thing goes wrong for me up there I will burn all of Washington state down to the last evergreen," she says, and I laugh, feeling suddenly light at heart by the idea of her coming home.
" Deal, and if anything does go wrong I will supply the gas cans," I say, smiling into the phone. " Well I better be getting inside, get some rest because you have a long car ride ahead of you."
" I will. Oh by the way, your present is in a box hidden under the folded blankets in our closet, open it last," she says, hanging the phone up before I can inquire as to what she got me.
I get out of the car feeling a million times better than I did before Ana called. I practically skip to the door when I hear the yelling. I open the door and see Edward and Jasper standing toe to toe in the midst of balloons and orange streamers.
" You had no right to tell her Edward, and you know it," Jasper yells, his face red with his anger.
" Yes I did. I will not hide this from her Jasper, and you would be smart to tell Ana, because she has a right to know too," Edward yells back, pushing Jasper back a step.
" Ana doesn't need to know," he says, pushing Edward back harder. I walk fully into the room and the fighting subsides. Emmett throws a handful of confetti into the air and yells a half-hearted surprise.
" Ana has every right to know. I thought that I was disgusted with you before Jasper, but when Edward told me, it made me want to rip your head off of your shoulders. All of this time you have been using what Ana feels against her and it isn't fair. What right do you have to do that to her? And what right do you have to not be honest about it?" I ask, getting into Jasper's face quivering with anger.
" Jade, you know nothing about this. You have no idea what it is like to feel everything that everyone feels, sometimes you lose your own feelings you forget who you are," he says, his voice angry but his face calm.
" I don't care! You have had twenty one years to live with this, you should know better by now not to use what you can do against anyone. Ana is an emotional girl, she cries too easily, laughs freely, and you are using what she feels, what YOU know that she feels for you against her. I have told you so many times that you need to stop this sick game that you are playing with her, it is absolutely ridiculous. Let me tell you something Jasper, Ana is coming home in two days, either you tell her, or I will," I yell. I storm up the stairs slamming my bedroom door behind me. 'Happy freakin birthday to me,' I think to myself, as I throw myself onto my bed.
Two hours have passed as I lay on my bed listening to the silence. Ten minutes after I stormed into my room I heard the front door slamming open and closed. A soft knock sounds on my door.
" Come in," I call out restlessly. Emmett's huge figure casts a shadow into my room and in his arms are wrapped presents and on the very top box is a piece of birthday cake with a candle. I smile even though I am madder than hell.
" Rose and I, well we kind of figured that you wouldn't be much in the celebrating mood so I just thought you could open your presents up here," he says, setting them down at the foot of my bed.
" Thanks," I say, I stand up and wrap my arms around him, and he hugs me back in a tight and warm hug. I smile to myself as I pull away from him.
" Well, I will get out of your hair, Happy Birthday Jade," he says, kissing a soft kiss to my forehead. I close the door behind him softly staring at the presents sitting on my bed. I walk to my bed taking the cake from the top box setting it on my crowded dresser. I slide the first box down and pull the card from it. I open it and read smiling at the surprisingly sweet card that Emmett had chosen. I unwrap the box and find a University of Washington sweatshirt that I have been eyeing since I got here. I slip it on and smile as I continue to unwrap gifts. Rosalie bought me a stunning jade necklace with a note attached saying that she hopes that this brings me luck. I am slightly shocked by the idea that Jasper bought me a gift at all and despite my animosity towards him I cant help but to feel my heart soften a bit. I open the box and see a beautiful picture of Ana and I staring at me in a beautiful silver frame. Tears sting my eyes as I set it aside carefully. Edwards gift is last and I open it slowly. Inside of the small box lays a small heart shaped necklace. I am kind of taken aback by this. I stare at it for a long time, trying to figure out what it means. I am left reeling as I put away my gifts when I remember what Ana had said earlier. I walk into the closet and find the box that she told me would be waiting for me. I sit on the floor of the closet and slide the box towards me and begin opening it. I slide open the top of the box finding the black leather jacket that I have been pining over for months on top. I sigh heavily as tears come to my eyes. I remove it setting it next to me to turn back to the box. The whole box is full of jolly ranchers, every color except for purple. The girl doesn't miss a thing,' I think to myself smiling through tears. Just as I am walking out of the closet my bedroom door slams open and I jump caught completely off guard. I look up at Rosalie laughing slightly as I press a hand to my galloping heart.
" Jesus Rose, you scared me," I say, looking up at her. I stop laughing as I realize that tears are rolling down her face in torrents and she is gasping through her sobs. I grab her shoulders and look at her. " Rose, what's wrong?"
" It's Jasper, he was in an accident. I just got the call from the hospital, they say its bad Jade, its real bad" she says as she collapsed to the floor. I follow her and gather her close letting her cry. I reach onto my bed and grab my phone dialing the familiar number.
" Hello," the sleepy voice of Ana fills my head.
" Ana, you have to come back. There's been an accident, its Jasper, its bad Ana," I say and the sounds of the broken sobs of my best friend cuts straight to my heart as I pray that everything will just be okay.