Chapter 6
The past three months have been full of practicing.
Jasper and I work day in and day out on my power, only stopping to feed.
The past three months have also been very depressing.
Emmett and Rosalie haven't come back and Bella, Edward, and Renesmee haven't come out of the cabin, except to feed, because Renesmee loathes me.
Esme is a complete wreck. Carlisle tries to make her feel better, but everything fails. Jasper tries to make her feel happy, but her depression is too strong.
Alice left two weeks ago saying she wouldn't come back until she found Emmett and Rosalie and they came back with her. Jasper didn't like her leaving, but let her go anyway.
That didn't make Esme feel any better.
Carlisle took temporary leave from the hospital, so that he wouldn't have to leave Esme, just after Alice left.
Benjamin, Amun, Kebi, and the Cullen's, excluding Alice, Emmett, and Rosalie, went hunting, in Alaska, to visit the Denali's, and Jasper and I work on my power.
"Make me do something," Jasper instructs.
I imagine the one thing I'd wanted since I first saw him.
He walks towards me and kisses me. I stop imagining, but he stays.
As a human, I'd gone through my fair share of boyfriends, and had my fair share of kisses. This was, by far, the best.
Our bodies fit perfectly together.
It reminds me of a song I'd liked as a human (All the Right Moves) and of something I'd heard on the TV once (Friends with Benefits).
Jasper steps back and just looks at me.
"That wasn't all me," I say, in defense.
"I know."
"But-"
"I know what you're about to say: We're both with other people. We'll make sure our hunting schedules aren't the same."
This is the worst thing I have ever done, but I'm absolutely happy with it.
That night, Jasper and I lay in the in the room given to Benjamin and me. We just talk and Jasper twists a lock of my hair between his fingers.
"Tell me about your human life," Jasper says. He'd already gone through his life. The Texas Calvary, Maria, and meeting Alice.
"There isn't much to tell. I went to high school and hung out with friends. I was walking home one day, and saw this really cool house, Amun's, and deciding to go exploring. I walked through one of the doorways and Benjamin was standing on the edge of a pool making waves. I started to back away, but he was right there besides pulling me forward. Amun and Kebi came out and just stared. Amun ran to Italy and asked the Volturi about changing me. They told him to destroy me. He came back and saw how Benjamin and I had bonded and couldn't destroy me. Benjamin bit me, the Volturi found out, and here we are."
"You were made against the Volturi's will and they haven't killed you yet. I wonder why?"
"I dunno."
"Then I'll just enjoy you while I have you."
He pushes me onto my back and lies on top of me.
That catches me off my guard and I go rigid.
"Is this new to you?" he asks.
"You wish."
He chuckles and kisses me. He pulls back and looks at my face. I watch his eyes scan my face and I know what he sees. Gold eyes, cheeks that used to be speckled with freckles, and a very happy smile.
He smiles and I look over his face.
His honey curls that hang like a veil on either side of a beautiful, perfect face.
I wrap my arms around his neck and kiss him.
When the sun rises, we reluctantly pull apart. I go into the closet and pull out the first thing I see: a red sundress. I pull it on and look at the room.
There are scraps of our clothes randomly scattered on the floor.
I look at myself on the mirror. There are red bite marks around my mouth and on my neck.
Jasper appears at my side and only has on a pair of jeans. He has bite marks around his mouth and neck, too.
"They'll heal," Jasper says.
"Before everyone gets home?"
"If not, then we'll go hunting."
Jasper looks at me and traces the bite marks on my neck.
I stand on my tip toes and kiss Jasper on the lips.
Next thing I know, we're in a tree.
"Just trust me for a sec," he whispers. He wraps my arms around his neck and pulls my legs up around his waist.
"This isn't the best thing to do in a dress," I murmur.
"Unwrap your arms."
I do and Jasper pulls the dress off over my head and hangs it on a branch. I wrap my arms back around his neck and then we're upside down. I look to see how we're not falling and Jasper has his knees hooked around the branch we were just standing on.
"This is a first," I say.
"Not for me," Jasper laughs.
"The upside down part or the in tree part?"
"Both. It's easy to get bored."
We laugh and the fun begins.
I'm not sure how long we were in the tree, but the limb breaks and we're both too distracted to catch our selves. The thud of our land snaps us to our senses and we start laughing.
Jasper climbs back up the tree and gets my dress. I reluctantly put it back on.
"Dresses look nice on you. You should wear them more often."
"I detest dresses. I hardly ever wore them as a human."
Jasper starts to laugh, but stops abruptly and pulls me closer to him.
"We're not alone," he whispers, barely audible.
"It's not our families?"
"It's only two and they're on foot. Make them say their names."
I imagine two random people saying their name and it works.
"Peter."
"Charlotte."
Jasper beams and lets me go.
"Don't tell them about us."
"Where is everybody?"
I turn around and there's a man and a woman.
"They went hunting in Alaska and to visit the Denali's," Jasper answers.
"Who's she? I don't remember her," the man says.
"This is Nanu. The Egyptians moved in and Nanu's part of their coven."
"I'm Peter and this is Charlotte," Peter introduces.
"We met in Maria's coven," Jasper explains.
"It's nice to meet you," I say with a smile. As I look them over, I notice their eyes are red. "You don't feed on animals?"
Peter scoffs.
"How old are you?" Charlotte asks.
"6 months."
"Have you ever had a human?" Peter asks.
"Once."
"And you chose animals?!" Charlotte gawks.
"Yes, I did."
"Why?" they both ask.
"It's how I was raised."
"So, the one human, tell us about it," Jasper says, an obvious attempt to change the subject- sort of.
"It was a slip up. It was the night after I was changed. I ran out of the house before anyone could stop me and attacked the first person I saw: a homeless drunkard. Benjamin found me and locked me in my room and brought me some animals every week."
Peter and Charlotte stay the rest of the day and gawk over me; especially my power. I use it on them a few times and then they leave.
"Now what?" Jasper asks two hours after sunset.
"Same as earlier?"
"We should probably avoid more scars."
"That might be hard."
Jasper chuckles and we run back to my room.