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Esme: 33 Carlisle: 31 Rosalie: 18 Edward: 17 Emmett: 17 Jasper: 16 Alice: 14
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Alice's POV
I was woken up by Jasper licking my neck. It was the kind of gesture that I would expect from a dog but then again, Jasper has been acting a lot like one. I was glad that he was the one that woke me up though. He had chosen to come back to me so I was very happy about that. Maybe he liked me after all.
Once he realised that I was awake, he jumped off my bed and ran out of my room since the door was wide open. I wasn't sure if it just scared him or it was just his job to wake me up. Well at least I don't need to rely on my alarm clock.
I shut my bedroom door so that I could get changed into my dressing gown and then set out the clothes that I had planned to wear today. I then headed into the bathroom which was the room closest to mine so that I could shower. Once I was clean enough, I put my dressing gown back on and returned to my room but was surprised to see Jasper crouching on my dresser with a loaf of sliced bread to his side.
He took out a slice and ran up to me, handing it out. Is that why he ran off? He was getting me 'breakfast'? Well I guess bread can be classed as breakfast if you toast it. He let out a small pleading growl as if to say 'eat it'.
"Jazz, let me get changed first, okay?" I told him.
He continued to stand there and wait for me to eat it and I knew he didn't understand what I wanted him to do.
"Go find Rosalie" I told him.
He shook his head at me but despite the negativity, I was so happy that he actually responded like he actually understood what I meant.
"Jasper"
Jasper's head whipped around to see my dad in the door way. I grabbed the loaf of bread that Jasper decided to steal from the kitchen and passed it to my dad. Jasper's eyes were on the bread as he followed where it went.
"I think he's hungry" I guessed.
"He's not. You haven't even seen the state of the kitchen yet, Alice. I think he has figured out how to open doors" he replied.
"Not exactly" I mumbled.
"What do you mean?" Dad questioned.
I wasn't sure if I should be honest with him and tell him the truth or to just go along with it. Oh what the hell; he's already suspicious anyway.
"I let him out of his room last night so he would stop howling" I revealed.
Before Carlisle got the chance to respond, he was interrupted by Jasper's loud whimpering as he tried to reach for the bread in Carlisle's hand. He quietened once Carlisle and I looked at him but he still gave us the puppy eyes.
"I'll talk to you about it later" he said before walking Jasper out.
I shut the door so that I could get changed out of my dressing gown and into my normal clothes. Once I had done that, I sat at my dresser and picked up my hair dryer but just as I was about to plug it in, I realised that there was nothing to put into the plug socket. The plug had been detached from the wire! I took a closer look when I realised what had happened. It had obviously been chewed apart. It would only take one guess for me to know who did this.
So let me think this through. Jasper howls like a wolf, curls up and hides like a cat, warily looks around like a deer, growls and whimpers like a dog and now he chews things like a rat. I sighed. I just hope that he hasn't chewed Rosalie's one so that I could burrow hers.
I made my way to Rose's room and knocked on the door. As soon as she called for me to come in, I entered the room. Jasper was leaning against Rose as she brushed his hair; treating each curl with delicacy.
"Can I burrow your hair dryer?" I asked.
"Why can't you use yours?" She asked.
"Because somebody chewed the wire" I said as my eyes narrowed to Jasper.
Jasper moved his head so that I wasn't looking at him but it was clear that he knew he did something wrong.
"Jasper, stop moving your head" she sighed. "At least that explains why Emmett's Xbox won't turn on. Go tell him to check the wire" she told me. "And yes, you can use it"
With a sigh at her 'not caring' tone, I took her hair dryer out before going to Emmett's room to inform him about the bad news.
Carlisle's POV
I opened the door after hearing the doorbell go off which revealed Charlie; or formally known as Chief Swan. He was most likely to be here to take a look at Jasper and see how he is getting on here although it was only yesterday when I last spoke to him.
"Hi Charlie. What can I do for you?" I asked.
"I've got some news on Jasper. Besides, I want to see him for myself just to see how he is" he answered.
"Alright then. Come in but excuse the mess in the kitchen. Jasper got hungry overnight and raided the cupboards" I told him.
I let him into the house and walked him to my study; passing the kitchen where Esme was now sweeping up and writing out a list of things we would need to replace. I opened the study door for him and offered him a seat.
"Wait here while I go get Jasper for you" I said before leaving my study.
I had left him with Rosalie so he was bound to be in her room unless he went back in Alice's. As I walked up the stairs, Emmett burst out of his room and looked at me and boy did he look annoyed.
"Dad, the kid owes me a new damn Xbox" he demanded.
"Emmett, I'll sort this out later but right now, we have company" I replied, ignoring his comment.
I had a bad feeling about what happened to his Xbox; especially because Jasper was involved. I didn't understand why he seemed mad about it though. He's been hinting me to buy him the new Xbox One for his birthday which is two months anyway.
With a shrug, he just walked back into his room. I knocked on Rosalie's door and from the other side of the door I heard what appeared to be crossed between a growl and a whimper. I opened the door; seeing Rosalie's hand on Jasper's chest to keep him from moving forward. He appeared to look rather nervous like the time I saw him back near the tree.
"Easy, Jasper" I calmed as he let out another small growl.
He licked his lips before leaning back against Rosalie but he kept his eyes on me.
"Come here" I commanded.
He growled again but very quietly this time. Rose put a hand through his hair while the other stroked his upper arm to relax him.
"It's alright, Jazz. Go" she whispered to him.
He tore his eyes away from mine to look at his sister carefully; tilting his head in the process.
"Go" he repeated in a whisper.
With that, he jumped off the bed and crouched by my side. It really confused me why he didn't just stand. I was sure that he could. He was four when he went missing so he was definitely able to stand by then. Maybe he just never saw the need to do it. The only time he does stand upright it when he runs.
I shut Rose's door before heading downstairs knowing that Jasper would follow like he usually does. Once we reached the study, he stopped dead in his tracks as he growled loudly at the door. He lowered to the ground as if he were getting ready to pounce.
"Jasper" I warned.
He bared his teeth at me before focusing back onto the door; clearly scenting the stranger. I crouched down to his level, making "shhhing" noises in the process. If I didn't, he was likely to attack me again and now was the very wrong time to do that.
His growls came to a halt as he backed himself into me, whimpering a little.
"It's alright, Jasper" I calm him as I put a hand on his shoulder.
He remained in his leaning position but he stopped whimpering. I grabbed his hand gently and raised myself, encouraging him to stand up, too. His other hand gripped my shoulder as he relied on me to hold his weight but his eyes still never left the door.
I decided to keep a close eye on Jasper as I was about to open the door because there was a chance that he might try to either make a run for it or attack Charlie since he seems to get startled a little too easily. I opened my study door and with the sight of Charlie, Jasper began to growl again. I used Rosalie's method of putting a hand on his chest which quietened him a little.
"Shhh. Shhhh" Jasper whispered.
Once he seemed calm enough, I walked him to the other side of my study so that he was in the sight of Charlie but was in a distance for Jasper to feel safe. I felt brave enough to let him go but instead of running to the nearest piece of furniture to crouch on like I thought he would have done, he remained by my side, his fist clenched on the sleeve of my upper arm.
"Charlie, this is Jasper. Rosalie's missing brother" I introduced.
He looked very surprised and I could tell that he was comparing the similarities of Jasper and Rosalie because they looked so much alike.
"That's her brother alright" he said, stunned.
I nodded in agreement. When I first saw him I, too, noticed the resemblance between them but I didn't actually assume that this was in fact her brother. The chances of that being the case was just so unlikely but all the coincidences somehow added up to us believing in the miracle.
"So what's going to happen to him?" I asked.
"Well, this isn't something that happens every day. In fact; cases like this are very rare and when you research such things, most of them are hoaxes so to think that this boy had managed to actually survive in the wild for...12 years, is it?" He questioned.
At my nod, he continued. "Well it's just so unbelievable. Anyway, I have spent all of last night contacting people to give me more information about this and what would happen to Jasper. I have been told that parents can hold the right to take him back in if they can be responsible enough for his behaviour but unfortunately they aren't around now. Because you have adopted Rosalie that now makes you the parent of her but not Jasper but it's the closest we can get it. What I am saying is that if you think you can give Jasper what he needs, you might be able to keep him here and I am assuming that you would want to because of the recent revelations" he finished.
I had spoken to Charlie on the phone yesterday to tell him what we had just found out and I was amazed to hear that he had spent his whole night making contacts. I knew that because he would be very difficult to look after and it would make things a little harder if I wanted to take him in; for Rosalie's sake especially.
"I need to speak to my wife about it first but I am willing to give Jasper what he needs" I told him.
He would definitely be quite a piece of work because of the situation but going by the way he seemed to be gripping onto me for dear life just made me want to give him the opportunity of a life as a normal human being again. I knew that even after he would improve that there would always be a wild side of him but he still has a chance at life. Besides, I couldn't just tear him apart from Rosalie; especially now that they have only just found each other again.
"Alright. Well contact me as soon as you have made up your mind so that I can see what I can do for you to help you get him or if I can find any special placed homes that can teach him a way at a human life" he explained.
I nodded at him. Esme loved our kids very much; even after all the hard work it puts in to make them happy but with Jasper, things were going to get a lot more difficult but knowing Esme, she wouldn't want to part him from Rose.
"Will he be staying here with us for now?" I asked.
"Only if you feel that his behaviour is capable" he answered.
"I can handle it" I replied shortly.
I had handled it all so far and I don't think it could get any worse. I hope it wouldn't anyway.
Two things...
One, for those waiting for 'to love the unloved' to updating, I will update it tonight so for most of you who are in America, it'll probably be early in the morning.
Two: the evil thing that I had planned to do with Jasper; I have decided that I am actually going to push that back to when they get more attached to him just to make things worse for them too because I'm evil like that. I will still do mini dangerous stuff though as Jasper hasn't got enough knowledge to know whats safe or not. Give me some ideas on the dangerous stuff that he could do that won't put him in hospital.
Anyway...please review
