.:Twilight Series - Nightshade's Hale:.

Hay people, if your reading this then thank you, and I know its be a few months since I uploaded something for this story, and again I'm sorry, but here's another chapter and its longer this time, so I hope you enjoy it.

There is a surprise in this chapter, which you will find out when you read it. If you have been to my main page you will know what I'm on about, it has something to do with poll I put up. And thank you to the 2 people who voted on it.

As always (yes I know it gets boring, but Jasper keeps reminding me to do it, or I won't get any cookies), but I own nothing, only my own OC'S, but other wise The Twilight Sage and all its characters belong to Stephanie Meyer. SO PLEASE DO NOT SUE.


.:Chapter Twenty-One – Silver Tears:.

I take a breath as I finish drying off the last plates and then pill it with the others. I dry my hands, and then take the dishes and proceed to make my way towards the cupboards, only to halt suddenly when I find that Jasper is stood behind me, and in the process drop the stack of dishes that were piled in my hands.

I look down at Jasper's hands in amazement when I notice that he'd caught everyone of the dishes that I'd dropped. I sigh in frustration when Jasper turns and puts the plates away.

"Jasper, as wonderful as you are, your gonna have to let me do something sooner or later" I tell him as he walks towards.

"You know very well that Carlisle told you too rest" he tells me as he comes to a stop in front of me.

I sigh as I walk past him. "Yes, over a week and a half ago. And both you and Sirius still won't let be doing anything, that's if you don't count dressing, washing and feeding myself, and going to school".

I jump back slightly when Jasper appears in front of me, a sorry look playing on his face.

"I'm sorry, I've been very overprotective" he tells me, a small smile tracing his lips.

"Overprotective? That's a big understatement, I need to do something, anything, other wise I'm gonna go insane" I say with a heavy sigh.

Jasper nods in understanding, he then holds his hand out as he says "Ok. There was something I wanted to show you anyway".

I smile as I take his hand, and he leads me out towards the back of the house. I looked up at him in confusion when he steps in front of me, and bends slightly.

"What are you doing?".

Jasper looks back at me with a smirk. "I'm gonna show you how I get around".

"I don't do piggy backs!" I tell him.

"Trust me. You'll like this one" he says as he motions for me to climb onto his back.

I groan as I step forward and lift myself up onto his back. "Hold your breath".

I take a quick breath just as Jasper causes us to blur, moving at a speed I didn't even knew existed. I watch in awe as the trees, boulders and rocky earth all blend into one, making it look like a massive painting, what with all the different shades of browns and greens mixing in together.

I close my eyes tightly as I see a tree getting closer to us, only to feel the earth move side ways, the feeling continues as Jasper moves faster through the woods, but my eyes stay closed, as I was starting to feel slightly sick.

I slowly open my left eye when I don't feel the wind ripping through my hair. I look up in awe when I see a house nearly a big a Sirius', with very large open windows, and doors.

"Wow,.. this is,.. wow..". Jasper chuckles slightly from beside me.

After a few moments, Jasper takes hold of my hand, and begins to lead me towards the large doors that decorated the front of the house. I nod in thanks as Jasper holds the door open for me, this was something I felt I'd never get used too.

"So, this is were you live?" I ask as I look back at Jasper.

Jasper nods with a smile, and then interlaces our hands and leads me towards some stairs. I take a deep breath as I squeeze his hand slightly, and follow him up the stairs.

Jasper looks back at me when we reach the top landing. I could tell he was looking for reassurance that it was ok to continue. I nod as I squeeze his hand again and lean up to place a soft kiss against his ever cold lips.

Jasper then turns and leads me towards the door that lead off to the left side of the landing. I look on in awe when he leads me through into the kitchen of the house. I look round quickly when I feel a strong breeze pass through the room.

I smile slightly when I see Emmett and Rosalie. My smile fades slightly when Rosalie glares at me.

"What's going on guys?" Jasper asks as he looks the two over.

"Alice saw that a thunder storm is gonna be here in an hour and a half" Emmett says with a gleeful tone.

I can't help but smile at the bounce that he was doing as he stood there. I look round at Jasper with a questioning look.

"What's all the joy for a thunder storm?" I ask.

"It's the only time we can play baseball" Jasper tells me. "But, I'm not really in the mood for baseball".

I look up at him with shock. "Why? It better not be because of me. Cos if it is, you better start changing your mood. We can always hang out later if you want to go hang with your family".

"Why don't you come with us?" Emmett suddenly asks.

"No! I don't think so!".

I stare up at Jasper with hurt, but instead of frowning I turn to face Emmett with a bright smile as I say "I'm in!".

Jasper looks down at me sharply, but I quickly speak again to stop him from telling me off.

"I'll just have to head home, and change into something more sporty".

I then quickly peck Jasper's cheek, and then make a turn to head back out of the room I'd been lead into, but I stopped almost instantly when a nervous and annoyed sounding Rosalie speaks up.

"Hang on". I stop and turn to face her.

I watch as Emmett tries to nudge her without letting me see. Rosalie takes a breath as she looks at me and smiles slightly.

"I'm sure I have something you can borrow" she tells me.

I smile in thanks as I say "No, its ok, you don't have too. I'll just head back to Sirius' and change. But thank you any way".

Emmett gently nudges Rosalie forward slightly at this. Rosalie continues to smile as she forces herself to walk towards me.

"Please, I insist!" she says as she walks past me.

I look round towards Jasper, only to find he's looking down at the floor, and his fists are clenched. Emmett walks towards me with a smile.

"She won't bite" he tells me with a laugh.

"Thanks" I tell him with a smile.

"No problem Sunshine" he tells me and then quickly leaves the room with a mischievous gleam in his eyes.

I take a quick look back at Jasper, only to find he's left the room. I sigh as I turn and quickly follow after Rosalie. I follow behind slowly, not wanting to seem scared or clingy. I stop short when Rosalie walks into a room at the far end of the second floor.

Rosalie stop as she turns to face me. "Come in" she says with a roll of her eyes.

I do as she says, but cautiously. I stop when I'm standing just past the bedroom door, and look around the room. I was in awe straight away, there was a perfectly unique blend of 1920's style and modern day style furniture and decorating.

"Wow!". "What?". I look round quickly when I hear Rosalie's voice.

"Your room, its like, really amazing" I tell her with a smile.

"Umm, thanks, I guess" she says and then returns to looking through her draws.

I shift uncomfortable as I ask "Can I ask you something?".

Rosalie turns to face me, a small pile of clothes bundled in her arms. "I guess.. so".

I smile with a small nod as she walks towards me, and begins holding things from the pile up towards my frame.

"What year were you turned?" I ask slowly.

Rosalie stops and looks at me with a very confused look on her delicate features. "Why do you wanna know? And why haven't you asked Jasper that?".

I gulp slightly but force myself to answer. "Well, I told Jasper that if I ever got curious about his family, I'd ask you all myself. And, you have a nice combination of 1920's décor in here, so I was just wondering if you were born in the 20's or were already turned then".

Rosalie sighs as she says "Your more different than I thought".

"What do you mean?" I ask as I watch her, my eyebrow raised slightly in confusion.

Rosalie laughs slightly as she turns and sits down on the edge of the bed. "You act older than you are".

"I grew up too fast, it happens when you have abuse thrown at you... You should know that" I tell her with a small shrug.

Rosalie looks round quickly at this, a look of anger on her face. "I thought you didn't know anything about me?".

"I don't! But the distrust is always there. Like I can tell that you've been hurt...".

"... I can tell you've been hurt!" she finishes as she looks up at me.

I nod at this as I say "The pain is always there! It doesn't matter if you find true happiness, the pain, the hate, it never truly leaves you".

Rosalie nods as she stands again and tells me "It gets easier".

I smile as I gently pat her upper arm, only to stare in shock when I see a small trail of silver falls from Rosalie's right eye. Rosalie slowly reaches up and whips at the trail, and then look down at her hand.

"Your crying!" I say as I watch yet another silver tear fall.

Rosalie looks at me as she says "This isn't possible. I haven't cried in over 72 years". Rosalie quickly moves past me as she shouts "CARLISLE!".

I look round suddenly when Carlisle appears in the room, only to be followed quickly by the others, except Edward. Sirius and Jasper both make their way towards me. Sirius quickly placed an hand on my shoulder as a look of worry covers his face.

"What happened Rosalie?" Carlisle asks as he steps towards his oldest daughter.

Rosalie looks up at him as she tells him "I have tears!".

"So she didn't hurt you?" Sirius asks me as he looks between us.

"What? No!" I tell him as I look up at him. "We were just talking, and then Rosalie was suddenly had tears falling down her face" I say as they all look at me.

Carlisle takes a unneeded breath as he takes Rosalie's face in his hands and looks close to her eyes. After a few moments he pulls away and then walks towards me.

Carlisle stops in front of me as he says "Can I?".

I nod, and then allow him to reach up and cup my face. I gasp slightly as the coldness of his hands. Carlisle gives me a sorry look, as he continues to looks me over. He gently tilts me head back and then pulls my bottom eye lid down to examine my eye.

"Carlisle... Your crying!" I tell him as I look up at the oldest vampire in the room.

Carlisle quickly pulls away and touches his own face, a look of shock appearing on his face when he whips the tears off his face. I look round suddenly when I hear Jasper take a deep breath. I quickly cover my mouth in shock when I see tears leaving his beautiful golden orbs.

"How is this possible Carlisle?" Emmett asks, tears rolling down his baby face.

I took a quick look round the room, only to find all of them had tears trailing their pale face.

"I'll make a call to Eleazar. Maybe he'll know something" Carlisle tells his family.

Carlisle then turns and leaves the room. I follow quickly behind him, silently thanking him for walking at human speed, and not vampire speed. I stand stock still outside a office like room that Carlisle had entered moments before me.

Carlisle picks up a phone, and dials a number. I watch as he waits for it to be answered by his friend. Carlisle looks up at me, a small smile glacéing his pale red lips, and gives a small nod for me to enter.

I nod in thanks as I walk towards his desk. I look round when the others pass by the door, ushered on by Esme. I smile in thanks to her, and she smiles in return.

"Ahh Eleazar, it's Carlisle" he say after a few moments.

I turn to face him. "Yes, I'm fine... Yes, everyone else is doing well too... Yes,..".

I quickly walk round and take the phone from Carlisle, I didn't want to be rude but this was far more important than small talk. I throw Carlisle as sorry look as I place the phone to me ear.

"Hello, Mr. Eleazar is it? My names Lace Nightshade, and I have something I need to ask you" I tell the man on the phone.

"I'm sorry, I thought I was speaking to Carlisle?" the man asks, he sound American but I could detect a slight accent underneath his voice.

"Yes you were, but Carlisle is too kind a man to rush things along, one of his very respectful traits" I tell Eleazar as I throw Carlisle a smile. "But this is very important, other wise I wouldn't be so rude right now" I finish.

"Very well. What is it you wish to ask?" he says.

"I know its impossible for vampires to cry! But is there any way it could ever happen to one?".

"Why would you ask that?" he asks, the concern only slightly evident in his voice.

"Because their crying... And we don't know what to do!" I tell him.

A gasp echoes down the phone, and then the sound of something like books been dropped to the floor. I look towards Carlisle as I bite my lip. I blush when I hear what sounds like swearing coming from Eleazar's end, and then the sound of relief follows.

"I have something that might help, can you please hand me back to Carlisle?" he says.

"Of course" I tell him and then hold the phone out to Carlisle.

Carlisle nods in thanks as he takes the phone back and begins to converse with Eleazar. I watch with anticipation, and prayed it wasn't something bad. I'd never be able to forgive myself if it was something that could cause any of them harm.

After what seems like forever, but was in actual fact only five minutes tops, Carlisle bids Eleazar goodbye, and then hangs the phone up.

Carlisle then looks at me with a smile. "Well, what did he say?".

Carlisle walks round the table and stops in front of me, he smiles as he rubs my shoulders. "Its nothing bad. Now lets go find the others, and then I can tell you all".

I nod as I take a rather deep breath, and then follow Carlisle out of the room. I take a breath as Carlisle leads me through into what I guessed was the main sitting room of the house. Jasper walks towards me as I stand off to the side of the room.

"Please Carlisle, what did he tell you?" I ask, all the while fidgeting with my hands.

"I assure you Lace, it was nothing bad" he tells me with a bright smile.

"Then how are you able to cry? I thought it was impossible?" I ask, panic was beginning to take me over.

Jasper gently beings to rubs circles in the small of my back, helping me calm down, but the panic didn't fully leave. Carlisle continues to smile, obviously trying to reassure me everything was gonna be fine.

"Eleazar told me of one incident he had read about, a basic folk lore in our origins. He told me that a young vampire with the empathic gift, and their human mate who shared the same gift lived together, and that because they both shared the same power, the vampire was able to cry, to feel more human than they were, as was any other vampire around them that they shared a bond of friendship with" he tells me.

I let it all sink in as I look down at my feet. "So, we're like the same ends of a magnet, and our gifts are, pushing against each other, causing those close to us to be effected by power that's coming off us?".

"Yes, I guess you could say that" Carlisle reply's, a smile pulling at his lips.

Sirius smiles as he stands and walks towards me, he pulls me into a deep hug as he says "That's the Lace I know, always giving".

I laugh slightly at this as I hug him back. After a few seconds I pull back and look round at the others, my eyes finally noticing the distant look in Rosalie's eyes.

"So, every one will be ok?" I ask as I look up at Carlisle.

Carlisle nods with a strong smile and says "Yes, it seems we will be".

"Can we go play baseball now?" Emmett asks as he jumps up from his seat. "I mean, now we know everything's gonna be ok and all".

I can't help but laugh at this, and neither could the others. "What about Edward? He's not here, he won't know about whats happened yet".

"It's ok, myself and Carlisle will talk with him" Esme tells me with a bright smile.

Rosalie walks towards, a look of uncertainty on her beautiful pale features, when she reaches me she cautiously lifts her arms and begins to wrap them around my shoulders. I fumble slightly as I awkwardly pat her back. I look round the room at ever one else, in hope that they'd give me some clue as what to do, but they all seemed just as shocked as I felt. Rosalie slowly pulls back from the hug, a very small smile pulling at her plump red lips.

"Thank you" she tells me.

"For what?" I ask her, a look of confusion playing on my face.

"It's be over 70 years since I was able to feel so human. So thank you for helping me be more human" she tells me, tears once again building in her butterscotch orbs.

I smile at her as I reach up and gently use the pad of my thumb to brush her falling tears away. "You don't need me to make you human Rosalie. Your already human enough, every day that you fight to be one, it makes you more human than I am".

Rosalie looks shocked at this, she goes to say something but is cut of by Emmett. "Come on babe, we'll head out now, get everything down at the pitch for the others".

Rosalie nods as Emmett walks towards her, she smiles sadly at me and then walks out of the room. Emmett stop momentarily next to me, a smile on his broad boyish features.

He leans towards me slightly and whispers "Thanks Sunshine". He then softly kisses my cheek before following after his wife.

"Come on Sirius, we'll go help them" Alice says as she curls her hand in his with a bright smile.

Sirius' looks down at her with an equally bright smile as he says "Ok, lets go".

Sirius' pats my shoulder lightly as they pass us by. Jasper looks down at me as he takes my hand and motions from me to follow him. I nod in thanks to Carlisle and Esme, and then allow Jasper to lead me out of the room.

After leading me up the stairs, Jasper leads my down the an hallway on the right on the second floor, a small smile on his lips. I bit my lip as my nerves get the best of me when we stop outside a closed door.

Jasper looks down at me with an encouraging smile as he says "Don't worry, I just want to show you something before me head out".

I nod in response, and then follow him into the room. I look round in awe at the light open space as the door clicks back into the wood. I couldn't help the look of wonder on my face as I noticed that the large back wall was all one big book shelf, and was filled from corner to corner. A large arm chair sat off to the side of the wall, placed close to a cosy looking old-fashioned fireplace, next to the arm chair was an antique style lounger. A large king sized bed was pushed up against the opposite wall, filled with large fluffy looking red and white cushions and a equally fluffy looking red and black duvet.

"Feel free to look around while I look for something" he tells me as he takes my hand and places a chaste kiss against it.

Jasper then turns and walks towards a set of white wood panel doors, upon opening them I realise they lead into a walk in closet. I take a deep breath as I slowly walk towards the book shelves, I tentatively reach out and trace my index finger across the spines.

"Do you need any help?" I call back to Jasper.

"No, I'm fine. But thank you for the offer" he calls back.

I slowly make my way towards the fireplace all the while taking in the many different books that were lined up next to each other. I stop as I reach the large black arm chair, and look down at the book that had been left sitting their by its owner.

I slowly pick the book up as I read the title 'The Once Future King by T. H. White'. I smile slightly as I flick through the pages.

"Have you ever read it?".

I look round suddenly when I hear Jasper's voice, and then quickly put the book back. Jasper frowns slightly at this.

"Lace it's ok, I said you could look around. This is my room, and your welcome any time to see what it holds within its walls" he tells me as he cups the side of my face.

I smile as I lean into the touch, and cup his hand in mine. "I'm sorry, I'm just noticed used to been allowed to look around another person stuff. That's one of the many perks when your raised the way I was".

Another frown draws across Jasper's features as he looks down at me. "Sweetie, you never have to be sorry for things like that. No one deserves that kind of torture, especially not you".

I smile softly at his words, but choose to quickly move things in another direction when I see the pain in his golden orbs, and I couldn't bare to see him in pain, especially not because of me.

"So what did you want to show me?" I ask as I kiss the palm of his hand.

I shiver slightly when Jasper's eyes flash to were his hand and my lips met, and he licks his lips. There was a small flash in his eyes as he stares at his palm, and then directly at my lips.

"Jazz, come on, we have to get going soon or we'll miss the baseball fun" I tell him softly.

Jasper snaps out of it quickly as I speak to him, he then looks me in the eyes as he lifts his other hand slowly, revealing a slightly thick faded gold hoop chain, on the end is a slightly over sized locket, seemingly hand decorated with flourishes and flowers.

I smile softly as I look up at him and say "It's beautiful, is it one of the girls birthdays, maybe I should get them a present too".

Jasper's face brightens at this, causing me to become very confused. "No, its not. It belonged to my mum, she gave it to me as a keep save when she found out I'd joined the army" he tells me.

"She's lucky to have a son who cares enough to keep hold of it after all these years" I tell him.

Jasper smiles brighter at this, he then says "I think, if she was still here, she'd want me to give you it. She always wanted me to give it to the first woman I cared most about".

I falter slightly at this, was he trying to say what I think he was. I felt my legs shake slightly, and the there were what felt like hundreds of butterflies in my stomach all of which were doing back flips.

"Why did you never give it to Alice? I mean, you did love her for a time" I say as I allow him to lead me towards a wall mirror that stood next to the doors of his closet.

Jasper smiles at me in his reflection as he says "Honestly, I did plan on, but the time never felt right. And then after we found Carlisle and the others, we began to drift apart, we were never really a true couple, like I told you before our relationship has always be platonic".

Jasper then lifts the necklace so its not in front of me, and unclasps the hook on the chain. I slowly reach back and pull my hair aside as he brings the cold chain around and then hooks it back up.

I close my eyes when Jasper slowly brushes his finger along my collar bone, sending a small spark rushing through my body. When I open then I look directly at Jasper through the reflection. Jasper continues to keep eye contact with me as he slowly leans down and places a tentative kiss against my collar bone, followed by another and then another.

"Jasper...". It came out as a breathy moan as I try my best to keep my head from rolling back.

"I love you Lace. I'll do anything to keep you safe. I'll do anything just to keep you around me" he tells me softly as he continues to pepper gently kisses across my neck.

I turn quickly and capture his lips in mine, I knew it was dangerous but I needed him to know how much saying those words to me meant. His hand was on the small of my back in a flash pulling me closer, and his other was gently cradling my neck. His hair was soft as I buried my hands deep into the curls that dangled freely, a soft mass of honey golden curls. And his lips were so soft as I pushed our kiss deeper, but just as I start to get into it I find I have to pull back and take a deep breath.

Jasper scrunches his eyes shut as we press our foreheads together. "I love you too".

Jasper's eyes snap open at this, a smile pulling at his deliciously pale lips. I smile as he kisses me this time, but this time it was much slower as Jasper was leading it this time. After a few heavenly moments we both pull back.

"Come on, the others will be getting worried" he tells me softly as he stands up straight.

"Rosalie was gonna borrow me another top, do you think we have enough time to go get one from Sirius'?" I ask as I look up at him.

I take a breath as Jasper suddenly rushes past me with his vampire speed, only to returns moments later, now in a new set of clothes, baseball clothes to be exact. He smiles as he holds a small pile of clothes.

"You can borrow these. You can change in there, I promise I won't peek. If you just leave the clothes your wearing in there, you can pick them up later" he tells me.

I nod in response and take the small pile, I then head into the closest and begin to change. After changing and folding up my own clothes, except my jeans, I turn and look in the mirror that hung in the closest.

I was a loose fitting maroon t-shirt that belonged to Jasper, along with a think cream coloured cardigan and an old brown leather bomber jacket. I take a deep breath of the fabric of the cloths realising instantly they still smelled of Jasper.

I then turn and exit the closet as I begin to pull my hair up into a messy bun, allowing small sections of my hair to fall loose and frame my hair. Jasper smiles as I approach him, a clear look of happiness in his beautiful orbs.

"Come on, we can get there in no time if I take us" he says as he turns and motions for me climb onto his back.

I nod as I grips his shoulders and lift myself up. Jasper smiles back at me as he locks his arms under my body and lifts me slightly higher, he then tells me to chold my breath, which I do, and then suddenly everything becomes a blurred panting again.


A/N - I hope you all enjoyed this chapter, and I hope you'll let me know what you think.

I had a really hard time writing this chapter when it came to explain why they could suddenly cry, and ever time I wrote something it just didn't seem write, as you can see I eventually stuck with what's in this chapter, but I might try and explain it better in a future chapter.

So what did you all think to me putting Eleazar into this chapter, or the make out scene. Let me know what you think, as it will be greatly aprshiated.

Thanks for reading, and there will hopefully be another chapter up soon. So please until then review, review, review. Thanks ... MarsPlanetsGirl, aka Emma xx.