Forever Yours
Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight, Bella Swan or Jasper Whitlock
Authoress Note: Reviews are love! They also get updates faster This one is short but there has to be something to build off of.
02. Coming Back to Reality
Monday came as a dark and dreary day but that was nothing new in Forks, Washington. Bella had woken up early that morning, glaring at the clock that read 5:45 am and hadn't been able to fall back asleep. What puzzled her was her dream had not been like her usual nightmares she had had. Someone had been there with her, holding her as the pain tore through her. He had been gentle with her as he worked her through the pain that coursed through her entire body, almost paralyzing her.
It had been absolutely relieving to have someone to share her pain with and help her escape her pain. She had woken up before she could figure out who the man in her dreams had been but she figured it was better that her dreams had changed from the nightmares that had plagued her for months.
Her father noticed that she had fewer nightmares than she had previously had that weekend but knew better to mention it to her; he didn't want her to digress any farther than she already had.
When she left for school that morning he noticed she left earlier than usual but she just mumbled an excuse that she had to turn in some library books. He knew that wasn't true but he also knew she had turned into a straight-A student throughout all of this and had dropped close to ten pounds since that boy had left her alone in the woods by their house.
School had hardly started for the day and Bella was ready to call it quits for the day. She was a few weeks ahead of her classmates, her math teacher wanted to move her up to Pre-Calculus and was talking with the principle of the school to see if they could make that possible.
She was sitting in her Honors English Literature class and had already completed the work that was required for them of the day and possibly the next few weeks; her teachers seemed to not mind that she spaced out since she was so far ahead but they did worry about her.
Classes seemed to drag by until it was finally time for lunch. She was glad that Angela didn't ask many questions when she finally joined her at the Cullen table. No one else seemed eager to join her even though they eventually made their way over to the table and did their best to try and cheer her up but they never seemed to get very far in that department.
Her history class was a joke. She had already finished most of the course work for the rest of the year which was a relatively easy process to do. PE however was just pure torture no matter how hard Erick, Mike, Angela and Jessica tried to keep her on her feet and keep the dodge balls away from her.
She thought it was just going to be another day of sitting in her room working ahead on her homework but the sight of Jasper Hale leaning against her truck told her that this afternoon would be anything but her usual routine.
He was a sight for sore eyes as he was the perfect picture of a vampire. Bella thought seeing them again, the Cullen's that was, would help ease the pain in her chest. She thought it would heal everything that had happened to her in the last two months.
The sleepless nights, the inability to eat; the nightmares that plagued her day in and day out that she couldn't escape. The ache in her heart that was ever consuming; all of it hit Jasper Hale as he watched her approach.
Watching him grimace in pain made Bella give him a ghost of a smile as someone other than her finally felt the full extent of the pain that was coursing through her body every second of every day.
"He did a number on you Miss Swan." He said when he thought she was within acceptable hearing range; not realizing she could of heard all the way at the back of the entrance of the school.
"If you're just now figuring that out you aren't much of an empath." Bella said, snorting as she tried to move around him to get into her truck, letting surprise wash over her as he took her book bag from her and opened the passenger side from her; ignoring her shock at the chivalry she was being shown.
As the over-aged truck pulled away from the school Jasper noticed the anxiety that was rolling off of Bella the farther they got away from school.
"I'm not going to hurt you Bella. I just want to talk." He said, throwing her a wave of calming that she instantly recognized from the previous nights that weekend.
"What is there to talk about Jasper?" she said, tensing up as she tried to throw of his empathic powers unsuccessfully.
"Everything. Can we wait until we're at my place? It's neutral territory." Jasper said, not wanting her to get too emotional in the truck; he wasn't sure the truck could handle him crushing the steering wheel and survive any longer.
"It's not the old Cullen place is it?" Bella asked, she never wanted to set foot in that house again as long as she lived if she could manage it.
"No but it's on the same property. It's towards the back of the property."
He was not surprised by the wave of relief that came off of her as he mentioned they wouldn't have to enter the old house. He knew she wouldn't want to enter it just yet, if ever, considering what had happened there.
It was going to be a long few hours, that much Jasper and Bella both knew but it would hopefully allow Bella to heal somewhat, even if it could not heal everything that his bastard adopted brother had done to this young, fragile human that had entered their lives so unexpectedly.
Pulling up to the Cullen Mansion brought on a whole other round of anxiety and panic seep out of the girl that sat next to him in her truck. Having to allow him to run with her on his back brought back memories she didn't want to deal with; things she couldn't deal with at this point and time.
The cabin that Jasper had mentioned was on the back of the property was more the size of a regular one-story house not the size of the cabin. It was rustic looking; it fit Jasper's personality more than the huge Cullen Mansion ever did.
Silence remained between them as they stepped into the cabin, only then did Jasper set her down, glad to see that she wasn't shaking like he thought she might be as her eyes took in the cabin that just screamed 'Jasper'.
"Have you been hiding this from me this past year?" Bella asked, not happy that at least Jasper had a secret hideaway from his crazy family.
"Yes. Sorry, if I had honestly known how he was treating you then you would have known about it because he can't track your scent here because my scent would override yours as I come here more than anyone else." Jasper said, sheading the useless jacket that he had placed on to go pick her up at the school they used to share.
A 'thank you' that made no noise left her lips but she knew Jasper could hear it if no one else could. When he turned to look at her once again they were fully inside the cabin. Jasper slowly walked towards her until she was backed up against the wall, his hands on either side of her face as she finally saw a few flicks of red hidden within his usually golden eyes.
"So Miss Swan, how much have the Cullen's told you about Jasper Whitlock or the Major?" he asked, with an almost predatory grin on his face as he stared into her brown eyes, absorbing them into his memory.