Author's Note: Hey Everyone, I DO NOT own Twilight or its Characters....I do own ICFY and Ana and Jade though and thats pretty spiffy :D SO I am sorry that I didnt get this up sooner, but I have been suffering from some writers block, but hopefully that is over with now. I am sorry ahead of time if this isnt the greatest chapter you read, but it is almost two thirty in themornin and I am half asleep. Anyways, I would like to dedicate this chapter to my Dad, who has been gone for eight years today! He was the ONE person that stood behind me in my dreams of being a writer so I wrote this chapter with him on my mind, and in my heart! Anyways, please READ REVIEW & ENJOY!!!!!
P.S Just to Assure everyone...YES there will be more Jade chapters to come I PROMISE :D
Chapter 22: There's Something In The Water
A week has passed since Jasper came home, and in this week I have been playing nothing but catch up. Missing that week of school was now, very thoroughly biting me in the ass. I slam the book shut and blink my eyes tiredly looking at the clock. Ten o'clock on a Friday night. I should be out doing something fun and ridiculous, but no I am stuck at home studying. 'Stupid school,' I think to myself as I push my books roughly across the table. I lay my head in my hands staring into my lap, trying to figure out how the hell I am going to catch up. I lift my head when I hear someone breathing heavily at the door way. Jasper stands holding onto his side. I get up and walk towards him.
" Jasper what are you doing?" I ask, wrapping my arm around him taking on as much of his weight as I can. We walk slowly towards the table and he sits carefully, breathing deeply and slowly.
" If I stay up in that room for another minute I will go completely crazy," he says, wincing slightly as he shifts in his chair.
" Stop being such a baby, this time tomorrow we will be up in lovely Forks remember?" I ask, getting a glass of water for him. Jasper's accident has created some sort of tentative truce. Even Jade has been seen and heard being nothing but sweet to him, it was all kind of creepy. 'Nothing like a near death experience to bring everyone together,' I think to myself handing him his water.
" Don't remind me," he says, sipping slowly from his glass. " So what has you so frustrated?" I smile at him nodding toward the scattered books and papers on the table.
" My little trip has set me so far back, I don't even know how I am going to come back from it," I say, sighing heavily as I sit down. It grows quiet after that and we stare at each other. I watch his eyes as he looks at me and can see that there is something that he is wanting to say.
" I haven't really gotten the chance to apologize for what you heard," he starts saying, and I just shake my head.
" Jasper, you don't have to apologize. I'm old enough now to understand that not everyone that I develop feelings for are going to return the feeling," I say, plastering an unfaltering smile to my face, all the while my heart aches at my own words. Even though its true, I know that not everyone is going to feel the same for me, doesn't make it hurt any less.
" Ana, it isn't," he starts saying but the sound of the front door closing loudly making him curse under his breath. Emmett bounds into the kitchen shaking the rain from his hair smiling at us both.
" Hey guys," Emmett says, sitting next to Jasper. " Whoa, I don't think I have seen that much homework, like ever."
" Yeah, that's what happens when you fall behind," I say, sitting forward, gathering papers and books.
" Well you will have some time to tackle that during the car ride to Forks," he says, smiling broadly. For the last four days all that Emmett has been talking about is how excited he is to be going home to see his parents, and to have some of his mom's cooking.
" I wish, but you seem to forget we are leaving at like four in the morning, and Jade is not going to want to drive, hell, she isn't even going to be functioning, which means I get to drive," I say, almost grudgingly. Don't get me wrong, I love driving. When its dry and sunny. Not when it is freezing cold and raining, and on top of that the possibility of snow makes the idea of driving that much more unappealing.
" This is true, I forget that Jade isn't a morning person," he says smiling at me. How could he possibly forget. Just yesterday Jade almost stabbed him with a spoon because 'he was being to damn cheery too damn early,' in her own words. I walk to one of the drawers and pulls out a spoon tossing it to Emmett. He catches it looking slightly bewildered before a smile blooms on his face.
" That way you wont forget, Jade up too early equals, Emmett being stabbed by a spoon," I say, chuckling as I walk upstairs to my room, Emmett and Jaspers laughter following me.
" So what do you think I should wear tomorrow?" Jade asks, for the five hundredth time. I roll my eyes at her from my bed.
" I don't know Jade, whatever you want to wear," I say, flipping through a magazine. She glares at me from the closet and slams the clothes that she was holding in her hands back into the closet.
" You are absolutely no help," she says, stomping her feet as she walks to her bed.
" I don't see what the big deal is, we are going for one night to Forks," I say, sitting up to look at her. I have never seen Jade so concerned about what to wear since, well never. She has always been the roll out of bed, dress in a pair of jeans and a t-shirt type of girl.
" The big deal is we are meeting Edward, Emmett, and Alice's parents, that's the big deal," she says, and the tone of her voice has me perking up a bit. I look at her curiously before smirking smugly.
" Your nervous about meeting Edward's parents aren't you?" I ask, laughing.
" What do you think?" she asks, and I laugh even harder.
" Jade I am sure that they aren't going to care what their sons girlfriend is wearing," I say, biting the inside of my mouth so I wont laugh.
" I am not his girlfriend," she hisses storming back to the closet searching furiously through her clothes.
" I know go naked, its how Edward see's you the most," I say, ducking quickly out of the of a flying pair of boots. " What? I was just saying."
I shiver standing outside of the house. How it's possible that I am functional this early in the morning I don't know, but what I do know is that if I don't get into my warm car within the next minute I am going to freeze to death.
" Come on you guys, lets go," I say, my teeth chattering loudly as I force the words out. Finally Jade shuffles through the door grunting as she passes me. I walk to my car and slide in, looking curiously as Jade opens the back door instead of the passenger door.
" What are you doing?" I ask, rubbing my hands gratefully in front of the vent.
" Sitting in the back. Me and Edward are going to crash out," she says, yawning sleepily.
" He cant go to sleep, he is supposed to stay alert so that if I fall behind he can tell me where to go," I say, my voice sounding somewhat desperate.
" I think that's why I am here," Jaspers voice rings out and I look towards the passenger seat door.
" Oh," I say, smiling as he eases himself into the car.
" Hope you don't mind, but Emmett will be blasting music and singing obnoxiously loud, so I decided it would be a better bet if I was in the car with the sleeping people," he says, looking over his shoulder at where Edward and Jade were already passed out.
" Good idea," I say, clicking my seat belt on as soon as I see Emmett and Rosalie climb into their car.
Two hours into the drive I am squirming behind the wheel.
" You all right?" Jasper asks, turning the music down looking at me.
" Yeah, just, I need to stop," I say, glancing over at him nervously.
" You could have said something before now," he says, pulling out his cell phone. " Hey Em, pull over at the Chevron coming up," he say, holding his phone out so that I can hear what he says.
" Are you serious? Ana has to pee, again?" Emmett asks, his voice filled with disbelief.
" Hey it isn't my fault that I had to drink a gallon of coffee just to be able to function so damn early, because some people didn't want to leave at a decent hour," I say in defense.
" Yeah, yeah whatever you say half-pint. Admit it you have the bladder of a seventy year old woman," he says and I reach over snapping Jasper's phone shut for him. Jasper laughs shortly, running a hand over his side. I catch this movement out of the corner of my eye.
" Are you sure you should be traveling so soon after major surgery?" I ask, my voice fills with concern as I glance over at him. He smiles at me and sighs.
" Yeah, the doc gave me a clear bill of health, besides if I stayed cooped up in that house for one more minute I would have gone crazy," he says, as I maneuver the car into the gas station parking lot.
" Okay if you say so. Well do you want anything while I am in there?" I ask, reaching into my purse for my wallet.
" Coffee," he says reaching into his wallet for some cash. I hop out of the car before he can hand me any cash. I hate paying for things separately. So much easier to pay for things in just one transaction, at least to my way of thinking it is.
I stare at the Cullen house. I have never seen anything like it and I grew up in California. The sheer beauty of the house takes my breath away as I step out of the car. Jade and Edward woke up fifteen minutes after we pulled out of the gas station, and the car was lively after that. Full of music and laughing. Jade and I fall behind everyone else, walking slowly towards the front door. I stare at the huge windows and smile. I would love to live in a house like this someday,' I think to myself. The openness of it all. I could just picture sitting watching the rain or the snow drifting outside of the window and finding contentment. Emmett pushes the door open and the smell of something sweet cooking wafts towards me, making my mouth water.
" Mom, we're home," Emmett yells loudly, and I hear a melodic voice call from the back. " In the kitchen," I follow the group taking everything in. Hundreds of family pictures are on the walls, and I stop smiling to look at a few. Jade grabs my arm pulling me towards the kitchen. I walk in and see Emmett hugging and spinning a slim woman around the kitchen, and her laugh fills the kitchen sweetly. He sets her down and she turns to stare at the rest of us. I catch my breath. She is stunning. I can see where they get their dark hair now, and Alice is almost the spitting image of her.
" Mom, this is Ana, and Jade," Emmett says and she walks forward gracefully holding her arms out.
" Hello, I'm Esme, everyone has told me so much about you," she says and I hug her, feeling instantly at ease by the new surroundings.
" Was that Emmett I heard," a deep voice asks and I look over my shoulder, stunned by who I see. It's the doctor. The doctor that saved Jasper.
" Hey dad," Edward says clapping him into a tight hug.
" Hello son," he says, pulling away beaming. Emmett and Edward may get their hair and eyes from their mother, but the smile on their dad's face is the same one that Emmett and Edward have. I smile as he steps forward, gathering me and Jade in a hug at once.
" Sorry, this is Ana and Jade," Edward says, walking to stand next to Jade. I smile at how warm the house is. Not temperature wise, but the emotional feel of it.
" Ahh, yes, I do believe I met Ana for a short time when Jasper woke up. I'm Carlisle," he says, walking to stand next to his wife. In that moment I feel like I am on the outside looking in at the most beautiful family that I have ever seen. The kitchen erupts in laughter and chatter and Jade and I drift towards each other.
" Can you believe how cute their dad is? And he's a doctor, why didn't you tell me you met him?" Jade whispers bumping her hip against mine.
" No I cant believe how cute he is. And I didn't know who he was we didn't really get the chance to exchange names when Jasper woke up," I say, bumping her back.
" Seriously though this is just one amazingly gorgeous family," Jade says smiling at the picture in front of us. They are all just so at ease with each other, and I find myself feeling slightly envious.
" Must be something in the water," I say, laughing as Jade nods in agreement.
" Mmm, they must drink a lot of water," she says, and I roll my eyes as she eyes Edward. I walk back down the hall leaving the noise of the kitchen to stare at the pictures on the wall. I smile as I run my finger around some of the frames and stop to stare at a youthful picture of Edward, Emmett, and Jasper.
" I remember when that was taken," Jaspers voice says from next to me, and I look over my shoulder at him. " We had just gotten done playing a game of touch football, you would never have guessed that just a few minutes before that Edward and I were rolling in the grass fighting." I smile listening to him talk about the memory.
" Your incredibly lucky," I say, as I move down the line coming to a picture of Jasper and Rosalie with their parents, " Some people never get the chance to have something like this." Its quiet for awhile and Jasper comes to stand right next to me. He reaches down and takes my hand. I smile at the feel of it and look over at him.
" Yes, some people are lucky, and some people are even luckier because they get to make their own family," he says, squeezing my hand. I think about that for a second and nod in agreement. He is right they have all become family to me so quickly it was almost breathtaking. He keeps a hold on my hand as he walks me back towards the kitchen and the sound of Emmett and Edwards loud laughter.