Hey, I realised how bad Hermione seemed in the last couple of chapters so I tried to give her a bit of redemption in this chapter. Don't know if it work or not haha.
Thanks for all your reviews so far anyway, I love reading them.
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I had been with the Volturi for two weeks and had heard nothing from the Cullens.
I know I had no right to expect anything from them after how I had treated them. I had been a horrible person; I had thrown their hospitality back in their faces. Worse of all I had treated Jasper like he meant nothing to me and deep down I knew he did. In fact he meant a lot.
All this time I had blamed Edward and it was me. I was the horrible, selfish ungrateful person.
There was a knock at the door and Jane walked in and sat next to me.
"What's troubling you, Hermione?" She asked.
I just shook my head.
"I just ruined everything." I said.
"But how? You looked so happy at the Cullen's." She asked.
I knew she was probing me for answers.
"I was happy there." I said bluntly.
Jane looked at me.
"It won't hurt to tell us you know." She smiled.
I just shook my head.
"I'm not ready." I whispered.
I tried to put my fingers in my ears to drown out the sounds of peoples screams but it wasn't helping at all.
The sound was the most horrifying sound I had ever heard and even though they had tried to convince me to eat human blood, I still continued to eat animals.
I sat with Aro, Marcus, Caius, Jane and Felix and didn't really listen to their conversation until I heard Jane say my name.
"Pardon?" I asked.
"It seems as though you have visitors." She said.
I could see Aro smiling as the door opened.
Demitri came in followed by Edward and Jasper.
I stood and walked towards them, not really believing my eyes.
"How nice to see you two again." Aro said, getting up as well and standing behind me.
Edward and Jasper both stared at me and I looked back at them.
"Hermione seems to have fitted in really well." Aro said, putting his hands on my shoulders.
Jasper flinched.
"She needs to come home." He said.
I looked down at the floor.
"Forgive me Cullens but we are unaware of the events leading to Hermione coming to stay with us." Jane said from behind me.
"It's a personal matter." Jasper answered.
But I could feel that Aro was thinking and remember that he could read every thought Edward had ever had.
I saw Edward look at him and finally Aro let go of me and walked over to Edward and Jasper.
Oh dear me was all he said.
"You two shouldn't be here." I finally said.
"Hermione, we want you to come home." Jasper said.
"Why?" I asked.
"Because it's where you belong."
I shook my head and just looked at the floor.
"You should hate me Jasper." I said.
I looked at him and he was just staring at me.
"Well I can't." He said.
I wanted to cry. I felt as though the tears would release all the emotion I was keeping inside of me.
I looked at Edward who was looking at the floor which made me angry.
"I'm staying here." I finally said.
"Please Hermione..." Jasper started.
"No. My mind is made up." I said.
Jasper gave me a pleading look.
"I can't be the one to break the family up Jasper. You welcomed me into your family and all I did was rip it apart." I said.
"Everything you said about me was true. All of it." Jasper said, taking a step closer to me.
I shook my head and smiled.
"I'm the coward. And I knew that all along. I just tried to blame somebody other than myself to make me feel better. I don't deserve to go back to the Cullens." I said.
Jasper had walked even closer to me and he took my hand.
"Let's be cowards together." He smiled.
I felt my heart crack in two as he said those words and I couldn't help but look over his shoulder at Edward, who was still looking at the floor.
"I don't deserve you most of all. All you ever did was try to help me and I threw it all back in your face. How can you forgive me?" I asked him.
"Because I love you." Was all he said.
I could sense the fact every single member of the Volturi was staring at me and Jasper right now and I began to feel self conscious.
Nobody said anything for a couple of minutes but it felt like hours.
"Please say something Hermione." Jasper finally broke the silence.
I stared into his golden eyes and realised they were just as beautiful as Edward's.
"I can't Jasper." I let go of his hand and walked back towards the Volturi.
Jasper looked at me.
"Alice said you'll come home. Just remember that." Jasper told me, before walking past Edward and leaving.
I looked at Edward who had finally stopped looking at the floor.
I didn't know what I wanted him to say but his silence was killing me.
"This isn't your home Hermione. So just please come home." Was all he said as he turned to leave.
"Nice to see you Edward." Aro shouted after him.
Edward turned and smiled slightly and left.
I felt numb as it was just me and the Volturi left in the room.
"That was intense." Jane said.
I smiled. She was right that was intense.
I turned to Marcus remembering his power.
"Marcus, can I ask you a question?"
Sitting in the airport, I had never been so resistant to human blood.
I don't know whether it had been because of the horror of seeing it actually happen in front of my own eyes at the Volturi or whether it was because I had other things on my mind.
I managed to last the long flight as well and I was feeling quite proud of myself.
But as I reached the Cullens front door, I came crashing back down to earth.
It didn't feel like home anymore.