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JPOV
"Bella…Bella don't you die on me!" I put my hand to her wrist and felt her pulse getting slower. If I didn't do something she was going to die. The nearest hospital could be miles away, and her body was so broken I was afraid to move her. That left me with only one option and it was something I was not even remotely prepared to do.
I should never have left you. I thought that by staying away from you, I would be respecting your wishes. The last thing I wanted was for you to be angry with me. When we parted last night, I felt confused and guilty. I needed to hunt, but I didn't need to go so far. I ran all the way to the waterfall and replayed the day's events over and over again. There was no doubt that Alice was my mate and I loved her, but I was being drawn to Bella. If Carlisle was here he could explain what was happening, it was my understanding once a vampire mates it's for life.
I stayed at the waterfall until dawn, if only I had known what was happening. Edward's narcotic behavior towards Bella finally made sense; danger always seemed to find her.
My pocket vibrated and I pulled out my cell phone, Alice.
"Thank God, I've been going crazy. I haven't been able to see you or Bella for hours now."
"Probably because of the werewolves."
"Jacob's there?"
I wish. "No these werewolves are nothing like Jacob, they're wild and fit the horror stories perfectly."
"Are you two okay, where's Bella? We should be at the villa within 2 hours."
My throat felt like it was closing up. I stroked Bella's face which was growing cold. "I am but Bella's not, its bad Alice, really bad."
The line went silent and I could hear Edward yelling in the background.
"Tell me everything."
I shook my head. "There's no time, all I can say is that Bella is dying, a horse fell on top of her and I think it crushed almost everything." I could hear Edward wailing, and wanting to take the phone from Alice.
"Do it Jasper, it's our only option."
I knew what Alice meant and I could hear that Edward did not agree. Me changing Bella didn't feel right, it should be Edward doing it.
"Alice…what if I can't?"
"You can, I know you can, you're stronger then you think."
Edward must have finally gotten his hands on the phone. "Jasper please there has to be another way, she shouldn't be forced into this, "he whined.
"I'm too afraid that if I move her something will puncture her lung, I think one of her lungs has already collapsed."
Even though vampires can't technically cry, Edward was. I could feel his pain through the phone. He was angry, scared and I knew that above all else, I was the last person he wanted to change her. It was my fault Edward left her in the first place and then there was that kiss, if anything Edward wanted to rip my head off. I had wanted to have a along talk with him once we met up, and apologize and explain what happened, and I knew that in time, maybe a hundred years, he would forgive me. Now he was being forced to forget about what I did with Bella and accept that it would be my venom coursing through her body.
"Will you be able to stop?"
Looking at Bella on the verge of death I knew I could. "Yes."
"If you kill her, I will kill you."
"Edward!" Alice screamed so loud that my ear drum almost popped.
"Jasper, don't listen to him, you'll be fine."
Edward was silent. I could only assume he was too angry to speak. Hearing Alice back on the phone mad me feel at ease.
"I'll stay on the phone with you as you do it, okay."
"I'm putting it down for a minute, I need to focus, " and I dropped the cell next to Bella.
I brushed her hair away from her throat, No I can't bite her there...its' too intimate. My emotions were in turmoil. I grabbed her arm and grazed the inside of her elbow. I can do this, I just need to focus. From this angle I would be able to look at her face, hopefully that would make it easier.
My lips touched her skin, but I didn't bite down, I pulled away. I rubbed my forehead, it was now or never. Without thinking I bit down into her arm, and her blood flowed into my mouth. If her scent was intoxicating her blood was pure heroine. I had never tried heroine but I had heard that you're addicted off the first hit, and I was hooked.
Even though I had hunted all night and my body wasn't craving it, I couldn't stop drinking. She was the tastiest human I ever had the pleasure of biting.
"Jasper!"
I could hear Alice screaming for me, and wondered if she saw me killing Bella.
My venom was pumping through Bella now, and the change would start immediately, but first I would have to stop drinking, which I couldn't. I began to panic, but still couldn't pull away, my animalistic desire was more powerful then my will. It had been years since I tasted human blood and now I couldn't stop, the sweet flavor was like liquid ecstasy.
Then she looked at me.
Bella's eyes popped open and she stared into mine. I'm not sure what happened but at that moment seeing her awake, knowing that she was alive changed everything. I could feel her emotions and she was filled with happiness, was she happy that she was finally becoming one of us? Was she happy to be alive? Or was it something else?
Before I could think, my lips moved from her arm to her lips. They pressed against hers in desperation. "You're alive."
I wanted to hug her to death, but I knew that in a matter of moments she would feel pain like she had never felt before.
"Jasper!" Alice.
I grabbed the phone off the ground. "She's alive, it's okay, everything's okay…I did it."
She sighed. "I knew you could do it."
Someone screamed and this time it was Bella. I could begin to feel her change, which caused me to double over.
"Alice it's starting, I'll try and keep her as comfortable as I can but you two need to hurry. Go to the villa and follow her scent, we're about 70 miles northeast from there."
"Right, see you soon."
I clamped the phone shut and shoved it into my pocket. Edward was awfully quiet. I would have thought he had wanted to talk to her or me. Bella's hand locked around mine as she cried out in pain.
"My skin…its' burning, make it stop, "she cried.
I rubbed her forehead. "It's the venom, your body is beginning to change, it's going to be very painful."
She squeezed my hand tighter and rolled to her side. I was relieved to see that she was able to move it meant that things were moving quickly, quicker then I expected.
Why do I feel hot? My skin felt itchy and another shot of pain hit my gut.I had never been around someone when they changed, at least someone I was so connected to, but still I was feeling more then I should have been. Did my venom do something to her?
Minutes went by and I tried my best to keep her flooded with calm and happy thoughts but at times the pain was too overbearing. It would be at least another hour before Alice and Edward would arrive. I was sure by now that they had ditched the car and were running, which means Edward would be here even quicker.
"Only a little while longer, and then we'll get you out of here."
Her eyes were streaked with tears, and she nodded yes before her face twisted in agony.
Howwwllllll
Bella's eyes locked onto mine, her bottom lip quivered and I was overwhelmed by her fear.
It can't be! I knew that the howl was not just your normal wolf, and wolfs never howled during the day, it could only mean one thing.
Another howl sounded from opposite of us, there's more then one?
"Bella…"
She grabbed my other hand and squeezed, the pain was getting worse, it was clouding her thoughts. Her eyes shut closed and she wailed out again.
There was no way I could fight off two werewolves and protect Bella.
"I'm sorry Bella, but this might hurt."
Within seconds I had her cradled in my arms like a baby. Her body felt like fire and she dug her nails into my chest. I prayed that moving her didn't cause her even more pain, but I could tell it did. There was no time to call Alice; I had to hope that she would track us and that they would reach us before the werewolves did. The only thing I could do was run, and not stop until Bella was changed.
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