A/N: I DON'T OWN TWILIGHT, I DO OWN A MOUNTAIN OF PRESENTS I NEED TO WRAP. ANYWAY THIS CHAPTER HAS A LOT OF VIOLENCE AND CUSSING. THANK YOU FOR READING.
"You're going to take reponsibiltiy for this aren't you." Bella hissed at me again dragging me into the hallway."She's scared and you standing there acting like a mute isn't helping. Now man up and go take care of her."
"Bells, I didn't. I mean it can't be." I started to stammer out that Alice was lying. Bella interrupted me with a slap.
"How dare you pull that shit. I can't believe you." she stormed off leaving me with a burning cheek. The Cullens followed me home and made me tell my mom. She smiled politely and hugged Alice telling her everything would be okay. They left and mom and papa Jack turned on me.
"Jasper Daniel Whitlock what the hell." My mom screamed she looked like she was going to slap me too.
"It's not mine I swear." I roared looking at papa trying to gain an ally.
"Don't lie to us young man, you got the little girl in trouble you better take care of it." Papa said without looking me in the eye.
"Yes I was drunk, yes we fooled around but I swear to god I didn't sleep with her." I yelled again. Hoping my volume would convince them.
"Son, I'm disappointed in you, just tell us the truth." He said again mom was pacing behind us muttering thing I couldn't understand. "Maddy calm down it's not your fault. I thought I had taught him better."
"Papa, momma, I did not sleep with her." I said again a little quieter looking at the floor now. No one believes me. Mom came up and slapped me.
"Just get upstairs,we'll talk more about this when you decided to tell us the truth." She cried going into the kitchen muttering again.
"Papa" I said holding my cheek, he walked by me and put his hand on my shoulder shaking his head.
The next few days no one would talk to me so I decided to go to the diner. Ben was sitting on a stool waiting for some food.
"Mind if I sit with you?" I asked I hoped at least one person didn't hate me anymore.
"Yeah man. Heard about Alice, sorry man." He said patting my shoulder. "If it means anything Angela and I don't think it's yours. You were messed up the night but not that messed up." I thanked him and ordered some food also. We heard the door chime and some red headed guy came in Ben made a sound under his breath.
"Dude, whats wrong?" I asked as I took a bite of my burger.
"I've been meaning to tell you this but I don't know how to." He was being weird now.
"Tell me what?" I put the food down.
"That guy and a couple of his friends work with me, I don't like them." He whispered to me.
"Are they hassling you man?" I said leaning closer to him so we couldn't be over heard.
"No Riley that's his name, he has his eye on Bella. Every since the formal he's been saying some crude things about Bella. I overheard him telling his friends he was going to teach her a lesson." He whispered keeping an eye of the creep.
"A lesson?" I asked already wanting to throttle the red head.
"Yeah he says she's a tease and he's going to show her how a real man is. He carries a knife around with at all times. I've been worried about her but I don't know if I should be." He finished giving me a concerned look." I saw his application he does have a criminal background but I don't know what for. Please keep her safe. Angela would kill me if something happened to her."
"Don't worry I'll take care of it." I said paying my bill and driving over to Charlie breaking every speed limit and running stop signs. I bang on the door until Sue answers.
"Is Charlie here?" I said hoping she wouldn't grill me about Alice. She nodded and let me in.
"Charlie I need to talk to you." I half yelled hoping Bella wasn't around.
"Alright son, we need to talk anyways." He said signaling Sue to give us some space.
"What do you know about a guy named Riley?" I asked without letting him open his mouth.
"Oh, um. Ben talked to you." he replied sitting back down on the couch.
"Yeah, you know about this?" I roared pacing in front of him.
"Yeah, I can't do anything. Until he threatens Bella personally or he's caught doing something I can't do anything. We're not telling Bella she doesn't need to worry about it." He said looking up at me with tired eyes.
"What do mean she doesn't need to know?" I said stopping my pace to look at him.
"I mean, I've told Rose, Alice and Edward. As long as we keep her protected she shouldn't have to spend her life looking over her shoulder. We just got her to relax after the Alex incident, her life has been rough enough she deserves a little happiness." He stood up and put his hand on my shoulder.
"For the record I don't agree with you. She needs to know." I growled with venom in my voice.
"For the record I don't think a boy with a pregnant girlfriend should worry about another guys girl." He said. I shook my head and pulled my hair.
"Ugh for the last time, there is no way this is my kid." I said stomping out of the house. I watched the house like a hawk making sure no one is watching her. Finally Edward pulled up and I flew down the stair and met him on the porch before he knocked on the door.
"Hey man, what are you doing about the Riely thing." I whispered quietly so that no one could hear me.
"Nothing it's just some punk kid, shouldn't you be more worried about my sister then my girlfriend." He sneered at. That was it I couldn't take his sneers anymore. I used my forearm and forced him against the wall. I was holding him up by his throat and his toes were barley touching the ground.
"Now listen asswipe. You better protect her, if something happens to her I'm coming after your sorry ass." I growled out he looked scared. I heard the front door slam shut.
"Jasper put him down, What are you doing?" Bella screamed at me rushing to Edward side. She ran her hand over his throat and face.
"What the hell, just go." She yelled standing in between me and Edward. I sent him a glare and he looked scared.
Alice was sitting in my living room talking to my mom. I came in and just looked at her.
"I just beat up your brother you might want to go check on him." I said as I sat on the single chair by my mother. Alice looked at with a sad look in her eye then got up to go check on her brother.
"Jasper I don't know what's going on with you son." She said. I let out a sigh and tilted my head back closing my eyes. She stood up and started running her fingers though my curls."Son try to be nice to that poor girl."
"Mama." I just sighed keeping my eyes closed.
"Son, I know. That girl has to be at least eight weeks along. You've only been home for four " She kissed the top of my head. "Obviously she's too scared to tell the truth right now, so just be her friend for now. We'll ask for a paternity test when the baby born."
"Mama I can't have people thinking I'm that kind of man." I whined opening my eyes she moved in front of me.
"I know, she's so scared right now, she needs a friend. Just try for now okay." She pleaded.
"Fine" I growled slinking back into my chair.
I did as mama asked. I texted Alice to come over and have dinner with us. She was quiet and polite while we ate.
"Jasper, I heard everyone talking about a party on the rez for New Years." She said as we went to the porch.
"Yeah, would you like to go?" I asked. She smiled at me and nodded."Alice I don't want to be mean but do you really think the baby is mine?" I hoped she wouldn't lie to me. A look of panic spread across her face.
"Of course" she said without blinking."We were so wasted I can't believe we did that but we did." She seemed to honestly think I slept with her.
"Okay." I sighed, just be her friend that what mama said." Can I ask you another question." She nodded and moved a little closer to me. "When you said Edward trick worked every time, what did you mean?"
"Well I mean he only did it once, and it was with his long time girlfriend Tanya." She whispered." She was really nice."
"What do you mean was?" She seemed really upset.
"She's still alive just not so nice anymore, at least not to me anyways." She mumbled nearly crying.
"Baby girl what happened?" I asked putting my arm around her.
"I was drunk and she was in my car. A squirrel ran across the road and I swerved to miss it and wrapped the car around a telephone pole. She was paralyzed for three months." She was bawling now. "Mom and dad moved us here to get away from the city life and refuse to let me drive a car now."
"That's why you moved here, I'm sorry baby girl." No wonder she was scared after something like that happen I couldn't see her parents being thrilled about this latest development.
"I'm sorry I dragged you into my life." She cried into my shoulder. I let her cry a little longer until it was time for me to bring her home.
"I'll pick you up for New Years okay? Try to get some rest." I said as I walked her to the door. She rose up to her toes to give me a kiss. I kissed her forehead and waited until she went inside.
"Brother of mine, what are you doing with little bit?" Rose asked as she came into my room putting an earring in.
"Mama thinks she needs a friend." I said buttoning my shirt without looking at her.
"She needs to befriend the babys daddy and leave you alone." She said leaning against the door frame.
"Rose, just drop it." I grunted out picking up my leather jacket." I'll see you at the party?"
"Yeah, Emmett and I are going to dinner first." She said walking with me to my truck, she gave me a hug and went over to Bella house. I drove over to Alice house and Carlisle let me in.
"Hello Jasper. " He said curtly as we went into the living room. Alice came down the stairs in a short dress and dangerous heels.
"Oh you look so pretty dear." Esme said as she came in from the kitchen.
"Baby girl, the party is outside and it's really cold, you need to put some jeans on or something." I said looking at the clock on my phone.
"But this is a really nice dress." She whined.
"Baby girl I don't want you getting sick now go change." I commanded her, she pouted at me again then stormed upstairs.
"Wow Jasper I've never seen her listen to anyone." Esme said patting my shoulder. Carlisle continued to glare at me.
"I have a feeling she's going to fight me on a jacket. Where is hers?" I asked Esme. She went to a closet and handed me a small leather jacket. Alice came back down stairs with some tight dark jeans on.
"Let's go." She said kissing Esme cheek and storming towards the door. We got into my truck and drove out to the rez. We got out and I had to hold in a laugh when she slide around the loose ground.
"Oh my god why didn't you tell me it was so cold." She whined getting closer to me.
"I tried to, here you go." I said handing her the jacket. She smiled and put it on.
"Thank you Jazzy." She said with a hopeful look in her eyes.
"It's Jasper. My friends call me Jas." I said as I rubbed her shoulders trying to warm her up.
"Okay, thank you Jas. For everything." She smiled again and gave me a gentle hug.
"No problem baby girl, there's your brother." I pointed out Edward and Bella to her."Why don't you go over there and I'll get you something warm to drink." She smiled again and walked over to them. Bella was wearing a dark blue dress that barely hit her knees. She had a coat over it but I could tell she was freezing.
"You see that little tease tonight. That Eddie boy doesn't know how to treat a fine piece of ass like that." I heard someone slur out. I looked and saw Riley behind a tree with some guys under a cloud of smoke. I glared in his direction and he flipped me off. I went over to a little shed that was selling drinks. I got two hot chocolates and headed back towards Alice.
"Hey Jas." I heard Angela call from a nearby bench. I walked over there and said hi. We chatted for a minute then my phone went off.
Bella is heading to billys ALONE.-rose
I called with dropping the cups on the ground as I ran down the path I knew she'd take.
"What happened" I growled over the band playing.
"She got into a fight with Alice and Edward I guess, she just texted me that she's heading over to Billy house, Emmett and I are almost to his house." She rambled as fast as she could. I was running down the back path that she liked to take. I couldn't hear anything over that damn band on the beach.
"Son of bitch, okay call Charlie have him get out here now. Head down the back path when you get to Billys." I hung up the phone and kept looking around trying hard to hear her.
"Jasper." I heard her scream and headed towards her voice. I found her coat on the ground and started running faster.
"Shut up little bitch." A gruff voice yelled and I heard a muffle scream. I turned the corner and found them. He had cut her dress open down the front, she had some cuts down her front. He had his arm across her mouth and was grinding on her.
"Hey" I yelled as I started to run towards them. He spun her around and put the knife against her throat. Blood started to ooze out. I stopped in my tracks.
"Okay now slow down cowboy." He sneered at me, Bella had tears pouring down her face. I didn't know how to help her. I put my hands up and took a step back.
"Just let her go, please just let her go." I pleaded I noticed Emmett sneaking around the side of them.
"Hey asshole" My sister yelled from behind them. He spun them around and took a step towards me to back away from Rose. He twisted Bella arm a little tighter and dug the knife in her throat a little more.
"Now now everyone calm down, just walk away and I promise I won't kill the little whore." He growled.
"Shut it ass face, just wait till I get my hands on you." Rose snarled as she took a step towards him he took another step towards me he was in arm distance now. As she was talking Emmett step out of the tree line and punched him in the temple. He crumpled and dropped Bella. I caught her before she hit the ground. I held her in one arm while I took off my coat and over shirt. I wrapped the coat around her front and held the shirt to her neck. There was a lot of blood.
"It's okay Bells, I'm here." I said rocking her close to me.
"Charlie is almost here he called an ambulance." Rose said kneeling near us. She reached towards Bella and she started screaming. Rose got up and gave me a sad look.
"Bells darlin it's okay you're safe." I whispered into her ear holding the shirt to her wound trying to stop the blood. I heard the sirens and held her closer to me.
"Jas." She whispered out tightening her fingers in my arm.
"Darlin I'm here just relax." I whispered rubbing her shoulder to keep her warm. Some men in uniforms can to us and took her from arms. She started screaming and thrashing around. They couldn't help her or hold her down she was screaming so hard.
"Jasper son what happened." Charlie said running towards me.
"Can you arrest him now?" I growled pointing to Riley crumbled form on the ground with Emmett sitting on him. "He attack our girl Charlie."
"Okay. I'll take care of it. Rose" He called towards her. I could still hear Bella screaming from the ambulance." Take him home okay, I'll come get statements from you later." She nodded and wrapped an arm around me. Bella screaming got louder and I could hear the men complaining. I broke from Rose's hold and ran to the ambulance.I pushed a couple men out of the way and took her hand.
"Bells, Bells, calm down darlin I'm here, please darlin calm down." I pleaded into her ear. She quit screaming and started whimpering turning her body to me. She opened her brown eyes and looked at me. I kissed the top of her head.
"Okay let's get her give her the sedative before she has another attack." One of them said as they quickly gave her a shot. She squeezed my hand as she closed her eyes. Her grip on my hand tightened as they began working on her.
"Son we need you to get out." They said as they hooked things into her and applied gauze to her wounds. I pried her hand off mine and her eyes flew opened. She had a panic look in her eyes and began screaming again and pulling and hitting everything her hands could find. The medic looked confused and tried to hold her down.
"I thought you gave her a sedative?" One yelled at the other as she thrashed more violent against them.
"I did" He yelled trying to hold her down. I hopped back into the ambulance and took her hand again. She started to calm down slowly and quieted down to a whimper. I kissed her hand and she seem to fall asleep.
"Alright you stay there. We need to get this wound closed" One of them said as they closed the door. I noticed Alice and Edward looking at the ambulance with concern.
"Son we're you injured." One of the medics asked me pointing at my white undershirt. It was coated in her blood. Another medic put a scratchy blanket on my shoulders.
"No it's hers" I whispered bring her hand to my lips. They held the gauze close to her neck and changing it every time it got soaked."She's going to be okay?"
"We don't know son. You saved her life though she's losing blood fast." He said one of the medic started an iv on her."Do you know her blood type, the more information we have the faster we can help her."
"Ab negative, she's allegoric to penicillin." I said without really thinking. They relayed the information to the driver so he could call it in.
We got to the hospital and they took her back. The sedative most have kicked in finally because she didn't start screaming. I was in the waiting room when my mom and Sue came charging in.
"Where's my baby?" Sue yelled at me grabbing me tight to her self.
"They just took her cut her bad."I whispered, Sue started crying so I wrapped my arms around her. My mom helped us to some chairs and we held each other until Rose came in the door with Emmett following her. I got up and ran to her arms. "He hurt her." I whispered. She just nodded and hugged me tightly. Emmett went over to his mom and held her. After a few minutes Emmett came over to me and took me to the bathroom.
"Here man." He said taking his sweater off. "Change and wash up a little." I did what he said and just gripped the counter after I washed my hands and face.
"I couldn't protect her." I whispered "I'm sorry." He put both his hands on my shoulder.
"You found her, you caught her, you saved her brother." He said. "Let's go back to the waiting room" We went back into the waiting room an waited for the doctor. Emmett sweater was swallowing me as I sat in the chair. I couldn't take it so I started pacing in front of the doors. Charlie came in after a while looking exhausted.
"He's been arrested. We found a lot of drugs on him. He's not getting out anytime soon." He said as he patted me on the back. "Thank you all of you." He whispered as her held Rose hand and Emmetts. He went over to Sue and took her from my mom. Rose left and brought me some coffee.
"Jas is she okay." I heard Alice small voice say from behind me.
"We don't know." I said quietly. Edward came around the corner and I charged at him pressing him against wall.
"Jasper put him down, not right now okay." Emmett bellowed prying my arm off of his neck.
"I'm sorry I didn't think any-" He started rubbing his neck.
"That's right you didn't think." I growled lunging toward him again Emmett catching me and throwing me down in the chair.
"My baby sister is back there fighting for her life a second time. If you two can't get along go home. Both of you." He snarled at us. I looked at the floor and apologized. Edward and Alice went to the other side of the waiting room while I sat between Emmett and Rose. Carlisle came from the back. He walked over to Charlie and Sue. We jumped up and joined them.
"She's alright, she lost a lot of blood but we've replaced it. He broke her wrist and she has a few cuts on her chest and stomach. She's fine though about 110 stiches all together, she'll be awake in a few mintues if you want to wait in her room." He said putting his hand on Charlie shoulder. They went to follow the nurse when Carlisle put his hand on my shoulder.
"Son, the medics told me what happened." He whispered quietly. "You did save her, she would have lost more blood if you didn't try to stop the bleeding and if you didn't calm her down so that they could work on her."
"Thank you" I said in a questioning voice.
He walked over to his children, Edward looked relieve and started to cry a little and Alice comforted him. I followed everyone else back to Bella room. We waited about twenty minutes and she still didn't wake up. Some doctors came in and looked at her vitals.
"She should be waking up now sometimes the brain shuts down after a traumatic event. Everything is reading fine and there's no swelling." They reassured us and we all waited another hour. She still hadn't woke up. Emmett leaned forward and gave her forehead a kiss. Her heart rate spiked but she didn't wake up. Rose led him out of the room and they went home with my mom. Sue sang an old lullaby to her and held her hand until Charlie put his hand on her shoulder.
"Come on honey. Let's go home and get some rest." He said kissing the top of Sue head. "They'll call us the minute she wakes up." I put my hand on top of hers.
"I'll stay with her Sue, she won't wake up alone I promise." I said she smiled and gave me a kiss on the cheek.
"Thank you son." She said as they both left. I sat in the chair next to her and held her hand.
"Hey darlin, you need to wake up. You're worrying everyone." I said squeezing her hand. I sat in silence with her for another hour. One of the nurses came in with a blanket and some coffee. I thanked her and put the blanket on my legs.
"Darlin, you really need to wake up." I said bring her hand up to my lips kissing each knuckle." Please love, I need you." I squeezed her hand and laid my head down on her bed." Alice's baby isn't mine really. She wanted to sleep with me but I couldn't. She wasn't you. I did some things I'm not proud of but I didn't sleep with her. " I was rambling to her in her sleep again. "Darlin I wish you'd believe me, you're happy with Edward I know that. I also know he can never love you like I do." I kissed her knuckles again and leaned back in the chair. I noticed a bag with her jewelry in it. I picked it up and looked at it. It had the necklace papa got her, the ring I got her and the ring Edward gave her. I pulled my ring out of the bag. I put it on her left ring finger.
"This is where this ring was supposed to be from the beginning." I whispered kissing the ring. "You put it on the wrong finger and was so excited about it I didn't want to correct you." I laughed a little. "Papa helped me pick it out, it's a wedding set. I've loved you for so long darlin." I kissed her hand again and held it tightly rubbing the ring. Another nurse came in to check on her.
"Her vitals look good, you sure you don't want to get some sleep honey it's nearly four." She whispered at me. She looked at Bella hand and noticed the ring.
"I'm sorry honey but we need to keep her rings off." She smiled at me and left the room.
"They say I have to take this off you, but I don't want to ever see this ring off you again." I whispered into her ear as I took the ring off. I put it back in the bag and held her hand again.
"Please darlin wake up. Get up and yelled at me." I said holding her hand and laying my head on her bed again. I must have fell asleep I woke to someone stroking my hair. I lifted my head and saw Bella laying there with her eyes open looking at me with a small smile.
"Bella." I jumped up and kissed her forehead and held her tightly.
"Jas." She rasped out her voice sounded rough.
"Sorry darlin. Are you okay?" I pushed the nurse call button.
"Because of you." She said grabbing my hand again. "Did you stay here all night?"
"Of course" I whispered touching her face and doctor and the nurses came in.
"Well Miss Swan you gave us all a scare are you feeling?" He said use a light to look in both her eyes.
"Like someone tried to kill me." She said doing all the tests he asked of her.
"I'm going to go call Sue okay." I said she gave me a worried look and her heart rate spiked as I left the room.
"Sue, she's awake." I yelled into the phone from excitement.
"Okay we'll be there soon." She replied hanging up the phone I heard something crash and Bella screaming.I raced into her room. She was curled up into a ball near the head of the bed. The nurses and doctors were on the other side of the room.
"Bells, calm down." I said sitting on the bed next to her. She uncurled herself and wrapped her arms around me. "Please let the people look at you." She smiled at me nervously. She let them come near her but kept a death grip on my hand.