Forever Yours
Chapter Four: Family Bonds
Authoress Note: Sorry that this is a little overdue. Wound up working myself into the flu so I'm taking my day off to write.
I had to go back and change a date in the first and second chapter to even things out for later down the road but it won't affect much so if you've already read it no point in going back to re-read it.
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When Jasper finally released himself from her lips he watched her face carefully; looking for any sign that this wasn't what she wanted. While it was true that a vampire couldn't walk away from their mate it wasn't always the same for a human. While they were still human they could walk away and not feel the full effect of the mating pull and the pain that came with such a separation.
When he felt her lean farther into his grasp he knew then that he wouldn't have to worry about her leaving him. That she would stay by his side through anything and everything.
"I couldn't leave you if I wanted to Jasper. Like you said, the mating pull is stronger in me that it would be in most humans and its hurt too much to be away from you as it is. I'll be by your side as long as you want me." Bella said, leaning into his embrace even more as he wrapped his arms around her tighter than before.
Before she knew it Jasper had swept her into his arms and they were now repositioned on the couch so that she was leaning against his as he sat with his back to the couch.
"What happened after we left? Edward told us it was for the best; that you didn't love him anymore and was more worried about your safety than anything. I'm not so sure I believe that now." Jasper said, closing his eyes as if he was reliving the conversation.
"Darkness; it's the best way I can describe it. I know you can feel the hole that's in my chest; I sank into a deep depression for four solid months. October thru February where a blur to me; I made straight A's and was weeks ahead in my course work but Charlie saw right through it and threatened to send me home to Jacksonville to live with Renee if I couldn't bring myself out of it. I forced on a smile and started making efforts to go out with my friends. I think they understood I was just doing it to keep Charlie off my case because eventually they started offering to say I was studying with them after school when in reality I had been home while Charlie worked late." She said, making it sound as if it was an everyday occurrence.
"I get the feeling you'll make a very powerful vampire Bella. I have never seen or heard of a human who was felt emotions on such the level that you do; a vampire most definitely but not a human." He said, absent-mindedly nuzzling into her hair as if he was trying to memorize her scent; it only seemed to help calm her more as the ache from the mating pull eased even more.
"Was the hole there because of what Edward did to me or was it here because you weren't around anymore?" Bella asked, turning so that she was halfway facing him before returning his previous action of nuzzling his neck, not understanding why because it was something she wouldn't normally do.
"It was probably a little bit of both if I'm honest Bella. When you were around Edward the love you felt for him was pure and good; could that have been feeding off the mating pull towards me? More than likely it was almost definitely affected by me being around but I was so wrapped up into Alice and then trying to fend off everyone else's emotions that I never caught it. I was never around you long enough to figure out you where my mate until the night that Edward tried to attack you. When your blood spilled it scared me but it also sang to me in a way la tua cantante wouldn't. It sang to me to keep you safe." He said, letting out a soft purr as she nuzzled deeper into his neck.
"Bella; stop that." The way his voice dipped when he requested that she stopped told her that Jasper wasn't mad at her but the sting of rejection coming off her still hit him like a wave of torture.
"No. Bella. I would never reject you if you wanted to be with me. Never. So get that thought out of your head. The nuzzling is instinctive as much as the purring is in mates. You know that you could walk away now and we'd both be able to live through it. The mating pull isn't like that of the hombre-lobo" At Bella's look of confusion when he slipped into Spanish had him smiling. "Werewolves; It's a strong desire but it never overrides our common sense. If we waited however I doubt either of us could walk away from it."
Bella looked at him again as another wave of rejection hit him harder than the first.
"Not that again Bella. We need to start working on your self-esteem. I just don't want you to feel like you're being forced into this. If you want to stay and give this a shot then I am more than willing to have you here mi amore." The look on Jasper's face after he said mi amore told her that he hadn't meant for that to slip out like it had.
"We take it slow. Get to know each other and build on that. Just promise me one thing?" she asked, breathing in the scent of his hair as she asked.
"Anything Bella." He said, tightening his grip on her when he felt another wave of anxiousness come over her.
"If…if this turns out like it did with Edward, don't do the whole "clean break" and "it's not safe for you in my world and I don't love you anymore" crap." She asked, the last part of her sentence was said in a soft whisper but she knew Jasper heard her.
"Apparently we got different stories than what truly happened. He said you no longer wanted to be with him. What truly happened Bella?" he asked, sending her a small wave of calm when her anxiety spiked.
"After the "attack" from you; The next day he took me for a walk in the woods by my house. Told me that "We" where leaving. Meaning you and your family and that "he didn't want me to come with him. I asked him if he didn't want me and he said no. Told me to take care of myself and then left me alone in the woods. I was there for I don't know how long before the boys from the Reservation found me and took me home. The rest you know." She said, barley keeping the hurt from her voice as she said this.
Bella saw Jasper look at his wristwatch before he pulled out his phone talking closer to a normal speed so that Bella could understand him.
"Carlisle are you and the rest of the family still in Canada?" he asked, noticing the supirsed look on Bella's face, she had assumed they had gone to Alaska. "Has Edward shown back up?" he asked, the grin spreading across his face told Bella the answer was no. "I'll be there in twenty four hours or so. Haven't decided if I'm driving or running yet; make sure everyone but Edward is there please." He asked before hanging up the phone and turning to look at Bella.
"How do you feel about a road trip? Edward lied to us and it's time the rest of the family knew the truth." Jasper said, tapping her leg to get her to stand before he stood up.
"I'm fine with it as long as Edward isn't there but what about my father?" she asked, knowing this probably wasn't going to fly with him.
"Alice is calling as we speak to ask if you can go shopping with her over the weekend. I'm here as an "escort". Jasper said. "Why don't you take your truck? I'll take the car but we'll come back and drop it off here. We're going to be driving something different on the way there." He said by way of explanation as he began walking towards the door and from there to where Bella's truck and the garage of the Cullen place stood almost side by side.
"I'll let you take the lead and still beat you there Bella." He said, smirking at her when she threw him a glare at the dig at her truck before she climbed inside and started the engine.
On the drive over to the house her mind was going a mile a minute. It felt safe to be around Jasper. It felt right but she didn't want to fall into the same trap that she had with Edward. It would destroy her if he left her like his brother did, she could already tell that she was falling hard for the man that held in his arms not a few minutes before.
It took her fifteen minutes to get to her house and sure enough Jasper's Dodge Ram 1500 was sitting along the street allowing her to pull her car into the driveway behind the police cruiser that was parked there.
When Jasper felt the amusement that was coming off of her he merely quirked his eyebrow in her direction as a smirk graced his face. Following her up the small walkway he automatically placed his hand in the small of her back before opening the front door for her.
"It's a good thing you're all bullet proof. I doubt Charlie will be happy to see a Cullen." She said, seeing his eyebrow raise even higher.
"It's Whitlock now but close enough." He said, allowing a small smile to grace his face before schooling his features as they entered the living room.
"Dad I'm home. I ran into Jasper after school at the gas station." She said by way of introduction as she noticed her father immediately tense upon seeing a Cullen in his house.
"Mr. Swan." Jasper said, shaking the hand that Charlie extend out to him noticing the unease that came off of him at having Edward's 'brother' inside his house.
"Jasper, I take it this means the rest of the Cullen's are back now?" He asked, the tone in his voice telling Jasper exactly what he thought about that idea ever gracing his mind.
"No sir. Just me, I had to get a transcript from the high school mine got lost in the transmission somehow." He said by way of an excuse. "Esme is homeschooling me for now."
Charlie seemed to buy the excuse as he noticeably relaxed more at the mention that the rest of the Cullen's weren't back yet which just confirmed Jasper's suspicion that his so called brother had really done a number on Bella.
"Bella, Alice called said she was wondering if you could fly back with Jasper this weekend so you could have a girl's weekend. I wasn't so sure about it but she said she already bought the ticket for you. I did talk to Esme and Carlisle they said that he wouldn't be there so if you're okay with that I don't see a problem with it. It's about time you got out of the house anyway." At this a pointed look was shot at Jasper to convey exactly why Bella had not been outside of the house lately.
The raw emotion coming off Charlie nearly doubled Jasper over but brushed it off, glad that Charlie had agreed to let Bella come with him for the weekend, even if he had to do a little emotional manipulation to get him to agree.
"Alice said your flight leaves in four hours and it's a three hour drive since your leaving out of Seattle. Get to it kid." Charlie said, smiling at the light that seemed to have shown up out of nowhere on his daughter's face as she hugged him before yelling you're the best down the stairs as she ran to her room to pack.
Bella wasn't too surprised to see a bag already packed for her with clothes that she would have picked out, meaning that they hadn't been a gift from Alice expect for the occasional odd piece that Bella actually liked. Giving it ten minutes to make it seem like she had actually packed her bag she headed down stairs glad to see Jasper waiting for her with his keys in hand.
"That was quick, kid." Charlie said, knowing how long it used to take Renee to pack before they went anywhere.
"I never unpacked from going to see Angelia a few weekends back, washed my stuff there." She said before Jasper finally managed to get her out the door under the pretense of the fact that they could miss their flight if they didn't leave soon.
They didn't talk most of the way to the Cullen's old house just enjoying the comfortable silence that fell between them before they parked the truck back into the garage and Jasper guided her over to a sleek looking motorcycle.
"Ducati 848 right?" she asked, earning her a raised eyebrow from him as a wide grin spread across his face.
"And she knows her motorcycles you and I will get along just fine." He said before handing her a helmet that was black in color watching as she put in on amazed by her ease around the bike, Alice wouldn't come anywhere near it.
As Jasper slipped on a jacket and helmet for appearances sake he turned back to Bella again.
"It usually takes five hours to get to Vancouver. We will probably make it in just under two and a half if we take the back roads." He said before handing her a light-weight leather jacket which she slipped on. She had wiped out on her dirt bike without a jacket and it wasn't the best feeling in the world. "It'd be quicker to run but it's more fun this way." At that the earned a smile from Bella as he climbed onto the motorcycle before helping her climb on behind him before turning around to smile at her before flipping down her visor with a wink and then pulling the incredibly fast, and not to mention expensive, bike out of the garage before heading to the 101.
True to Jasper's word, even with the ferry they had to take it still only took them two and a half hours to get to Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada. The father they got out of the city and the closer to the back roads they got the more nervousness he felt coming off of Bella until he finally pulled into the last gas station before they reached the Cullen's house.
"Bella, they all love you. I just want them to hear your story first hand and not over the telephone. If you want I can calm you down but that is completely up to you; but never doubt that they love you, all of them." He said, running a hand over her arms as she sank into his hold.
"I know. It just hurts is all." She said, trying to keep a brave face but knowing that Jasper would see right through it.
"It's allowed to hurt. What Edward did to you, what the rest of the family did to you, was beyond wrong and they are all immensely sorry. Even Rosalie if you can believe that. Take a minute while I fill up." He said, gesturing to the convenience store that was attached to the gas station they were currently at.
That was something about Jasper that she was beginning to like. He knew when to push and issue and when to back off of an issue but she knew that came with centuries of being an empath.
When Bella walked back up to the motorcycle Jasper was waiting for her much like he had the day before when he was leaned up against her truck outside of Forks High School. With her nerves under better control she slid back onto the sleek motorcycle smiling at Jasper when he handed her the helmet she had been wearing.
"I just thought you ought to know. You'll be staying the room they set up for me; I wound up buying a new bed when we moved out here before I left to wander for a little bit." Jasper said, it was something that hadn't occurred to Bella but it wasn't like he was going to let her out of his sights in a house full of five other vampires long enough to sleep; not after what had happened on her birthday. It was a very polite way of saying his mate wouldn't be sleeping on the same bed he shared with his ex-wife; and knowing that vampires didn't sleep there was only one reason they had a bed, aside for appearances. The train of thought her mind had taken caused her to blush and she knew Jasper could feel her embarrassment but he must have guessed why because she felt a laugh rumble through his chest through the motorcycle.
It wasn't long before they pulled into a long windy driveway that reminded her of the one that lead to the Cullen Mansion in Forks. When Jasper pulled the motorcycle to a stop next to Rosalie's BMW Convertible in the garage that had conveniently been left open for them, Bella started shaking.
When Jasper's arm came around her and gave her a hard, but gentle squeeze she knew it was his silent way of saying everything was going to be ok. Stepping through that door would change her life forever, again, and while she knew it would be for the better this time she couldn't stop the hurt that encompassed her because of the memories.
"Can I?" he asked, the look in his eyes telling her exactly what he meant without having to directly come out and say it. Jasper was very calculating in what he said in and around a house full of vampires.
With a nod of Bella's head a wave of calm came crashing down over her right as they stepped through the door and heard Alice's unnecessary cry of "She's here!" echo through the entire house. Jasper just laughed as he picked Bella up and the next thing Bella knew she was inside the living room, which was decorated almost the same as the house in Forks except for the pictures of her that seemed to liter every surface.
When Jasper set her down she was enveloped in a hug from Alice, who was practically crawling out of her skin with excitement that she was speaking at vampire speed which earned her a chuckle from everyone in the house.
"Slow down Alice and she'll actually be able to hear you." Jasper said, never letting his hand stray from Bella's arm, his silent sign of ownership in a room full of territorial males.
"I've missed you so much! Jasper called and said that what Edward told us wasn't exactly the full truth and I am so mad at him I just want to rip him to shreds and burn him to pieces myself!" Alice said, the determined look in her eyes told Bella that the vampire that she had come to consider a sister was serious about that.
"Good to know. I've missed you Alice." Bella said, returning the exuberant vampire's hug with one as strong as she could give before Esme swept in and pulled her into her arms.
"I've missed you my daughter." Was all she said as venom pooled where her tears should have been able to fall from, if she had not been an immortal. Esme seemed to not want to let her go but Carlisle gently pulled Esme off of Bella before giving her a hug of his own.
"It's good to have you back Bella. It won't happen again." He said, cutting his eyes to Jasper with a look that told him it better not which only earned him a grin from Jasper and a curt nod of the head.
"BELLA BEAR!" echoed from across the room before she was enveloped in another hug that was almost bone crushing.
"Emmett. Too tight." Jasper said, barely able to contain a snarl as Emmett, who had the decency to look sheepish, turned her loose.
"Sorry Bella Bear. I forget you're still fragile. You won't be for much longer now I'm sure." This earned Emmett another glare from Jasper but he just shook it off. Rosalie didn't approach Bella but she did give her a warmer smile than she ever had before speaking to her.
"I'm glad to see that you're doing well." Was all she said as she retreated back to where her mate and husband stood.
Once greetings where exchanged they all took a seat around the living room and Bella was surprised when Jasper pulled her down into his lap in front of the coven of vampires that she had come to view as family.
"Bella, what really happened between you and Edward that day?" Esme asked the pain in her voice obvious. It was clear Jasper had told them some of it and none of them missed how she winced at his name.
"He asked me to take a walk with him after we got out of school. He'd been acting different since my birthday so I knew something was up. He told me…" Bella's voice cracked and she felt Jasper's hand start running up and down her arm and a wave of calm wash over her as his voice picked up her story.
"He told her that he didn't want her anymore and that she didn't have a place in our world. That we wanted nothing to do with her." Jasper said the thinly veiled disgust evident in his voice.
The Cullen house was completely silent for exactly a fraction of a second before everyone started talking at once. Bella heard snippets of 'bastard' and 'kill' several times but that was all she was able to catch of the conversations before Carlisle gained control of the room once again.
"He told us that you said you were disgusted with him and that it wouldn't work out." This came from Rosalie and the venom in her voice was clear as a bell.
Bella just sighed before giving a bitter laugh.
"That sounds like something he would say." The sardonic tone in which she said it with let them see a glimpse of the pain she had been feeling for almost the past year.
"Bella, if it's alright with you I want to show them what I felt when I saw you the other day, the emotions you were feeling. Is that ok?" Jasper asked, he had whispered it in her ear but she knew the entire family had heard even though they pretended they hadn't.
With a mute nod of her head Bella felt the full onslaught of emotions that had been running through her for what seemed like forever.
Disgust. Pain. Worthlessness. Uselessness. Unloved. Betrayed. Destroyed.
When Esme and Alice started looking like they were going to be sick after only three seconds under the onslaught of emotions Jasper reigned in it and gave them time to gather their thoughts.
"Bella, if I had any idea it was the other way around. If I had known you were going through that much pain, I would have been back in a heartbeat." Esme said, going towards Bella as if to give her a hug but the warning growl that came from Jasper had her back by Carlisle's side in no time flat.
The others extended the same sentiment and they saw the relief and happiness cross Bella's face that her family hadn't abandoned her like she thought they had.
"He lied to all of us. There was no way to know and Jasper was berating himself for not protecting you from Edward, that he never caught the lie." Oddly enough this came from Rosalie. Jasper must have felt Bella's confusion because he squeezed her upper arm, letting her know they would talk about it later.
"What matters now is that you're back." Esme said, smiling at her third adopted daughter, "and you're with the right vampire now. Jasper why don't you go show Bella around while I get started on something for her to eat?" she asked, although all of her children knew it wasn't a request and that Bella would be eating weather she wanted to or not. When her stomach let out a growl Bella blushed as Emmett and Jasper both let out a laugh.
"Same old Bella." Emmett said, before taking Rosalie's hand and began walking towards the door. "We'll catch you later Bells. Rosalie and I have some hunting to do we'll be back later tonight." The last part of the sentence was directed at the entire family as they nodded as the two took off at a speed that Bella could not see.
"Come on Bella. Let me show you around." Jasper said, patting her leg to indicate for her to stand which she did, before he took her hand and let her to the second floor.
They started their tour on the second floor of the house, if it could be called that, and Bella was once again amazed at the number of rooms the house held.
"First two on the left are Carlisle and Esme's room and office. On the right is Emmett and Rosalie's room. On the left again is Alice's room, the room next to it she turned into a design study so she could work on clothes. The one further down was reserved for Edward but Esme has been talking about turning it into a crafts room for herself. The second door on the right is my study," Jasper said, pausing at the door to open before escorting Bella inside.
Jasper's study was a beautiful display of craftsmanship and artistry. The antic wooden desk was perfectly carved and in wonderful condition with a scene from a cattle drive burned on the front and from there every inch of the wall was covered in bookcases. Most where about the Civil War but there were several about almost every war that had happened in the history of mankind. Surprisingly enough there were several literature books as well as science books scattered throughout his collection as well.
"Nicely done. I assume Esme helped you or at least kept Alice out of the planning; I'd hate to see what would have happened if Alice had done this." Bella said, shuddering at the thought of Jasper working in a pink office, which was exactly Alice's style.
"Esme kept Alice out of the planning." He said with a chuckle before taking her hand and leading her to a door that was to the right of his desk before opening and guiding her through. The next room as it turns out was Jasper's bedroom, even though he hardly used it.
The bed wasn't overly done and the comforter and sheet set where in neutral browns and greens, something that seemed to scream Jasper while the walls where done in a beige color. Bella was surprised to see a picture of her on his nightstand and a pillow that she had thought she had thrown out sitting on his bed.
"Scent is a major deal for vampires. If I couldn't be close to you then I can at least smell you." He said, his voice dipping at his admission of stealing a pillow from her, even if it had been headed for the trash.
Pressing his hand into the small of her back he guided her to the other door that was to the left of the bed and once again guided her through it. Inside this door was another office done in a light green color that had shelves and shelves of classic books. A desk that was similar to his, and a computer that looked brand new sitting on top of it as well as a printer and copious amounts of school supplies. As Bella stood back and took in the office Jasper heard her breath catch before she turned to him.
"You did this for me?" she asked, already knowing the answer as she felt his arms slip around her and pull her to him.
"You are worth this and so much more. I truly can't stand to be away from you anymore Bella. Whether you want to be in Forks or come visit me here. I'll be where you are." He said, dipping down to give her a light kiss on the lips which deepened when she wrapped her arms around his neck.
Bella let out a startled gasp when he picked her up before placing on her new desk; moving her laptop faster than she could see. When she shot him a look that said behave yourself he laughed, knowing exactly what she was getting at.
"No one's home Bella. They all took off as soon as we started the tour. Minus Esme and she's worse than Rosalie and Emmett so I highly doubt she'll care." Jasper said, laughing softly when he heard Esme laugh followed by a soft 'Not at all. You've been without her to long' echo upstairs to his ears. "Besides, when I do take you we will be alone, it will not be in this house, and I will be making love to you not having sex with you." He said this as if it were a part of an everyday conversation but the trust and the hope he saw shining from Bella's eyes told him he had said exactly the right thing.
"I want to court you properly first; but I promise not to make you wait too long, I'm not a masochist and I am a male after all, a vampire, but a male none the less and there is nothing in this world more enticing than the idea of making love to my mate." He said, pressing a kiss into her hair before helping her down off the desk. "Esme finished making dinner. Why don't you go eat while I go hunt. It will give you time to talk with her alone." The silent, I know you have questions dangling precariously in the air. " I want you to know that you can talk to me about anything but I know there are some things you will be more comfortable talking about with a female."
The way she clung to him told Jasper that she didn't want him to leave but he really had to hunt and when Bella suddenly found herself in his arms and then inside the kitchen sitting at the table with a meal laid out before her she gave Jasper quick peck on the cheek before he took off at a speed beyond that of which she could see.
When Esme snapped her fingers in front of Bella's face the young girl almost fell backwards out of the chair she had been sitting in with a laugh.
"You'll get used to it. He dazzles you in a way no other person can because of the mating bond. Although I am glad that he plans on courting your first, I would have been disappointed if he hadn't. He still sticks to some of his old values that he grew up with when he was human." She said, smiling fondly as if at a memory before pouring Bella's Sprite into a glass and passing it to her.
"Now, I know you have questions so spill. I know it would probably be easier, age wise, to talk to Rosalie or Alice but I don't think your comfortable talking to either as one is his ex-wife and the other one is currently acting like an ice queen." Esme said, sitting down across from Bella at the table as the girl before her started thinking through the one hundred plus questions that had been running through her mind since the day before.
"Why am I feeling the mating pull so strong? I barely even know Jasper on an intellectual or personal level and I'm already trying to jump him." Bella blushed at this but she knew Esme had heard what had happened when they were in their study.
"We think it's the same reason that Aro and Jane's gift don't affect you but we don't have a solid answer for that yet." Esme said, giving Bella as much of an answer as she could. "You're unique to humans and vampires alike."
"What's the difference between being mated and married? They kind of seem like the same thing to me." The young girl asked, hoping she wouldn't offend Esme by her question.
"It's like the concept of soul mates but on a such a deeper level. When you're changed your world will revolve around Jasper for at least the first four years. Your need to be close to him and near him will override every desire except of that to hunt, it's truly hard to describe but he will become your world and you are already his world. You know he put your study together himself, books, desks, supplies and everything, hoping that you may want to finish up high school online here with us so he doesn't have to be that far away from you and the family." Esme said, hoping she wasn't dropping too much of a bomb shell on Bella, she knew Jasper hadn't gotten around to telling her that yet.
"How's Charlie going to take that? It's not like I can up and leave. I'm still only eighteen." Bella said, logically she knew she couldn't be that far from Jasper again it just hurt too much.
"Legally you can do it and you only have a few more months left. It would probably be better to finish out at Forks and then start college online here that way you aren't that far away from Jasper." Esme said. They talked for what felt like hours but in reality only one when Bella felt a pair of arms wrap around her and a kiss being placed into her hair.
"Why don't you go change? I want to take you somewhere." Jasper said, giving her a light shove out of the chair in the direction of the stairs.
"Can I at least get a hint as to where we're going?" she asked, she needed to know what she should wear after all.
"Alice has already laid an outfit out for you." He said, smiling as he watched her disappear up the stair and into what was Jasper's room.
Ten minutes later she arrived in a pair of jeans, hiking boots, and a form fitting long sleeve black t-shirt. Apparently Jasper had missed the memo of Bella being a walking disaster when it came to walking across flat surfaces let alone anything with an incline.
Once dressed, Jasper let her outside back out to his motorcycle before giving it an odd look and turning to her.
"Do you mind if we run? I don't feel like riding right now." He said, the hopefulness projecting off of him and onto her. When she gave her consent she found herself wrapped around his back as he took off at a relatively slow pace for a vampire and an impossible pace for a human as the trees blurred by them before he stopped in front of a waterfall that was secluded in the forest.
Once Bella was settled back into his arms on a blanket on the ground he began talking,
"I found this place shortly after we moved here and figured you would enjoy it. You used to always enjoy the meadow Edward would take you to or when we all played baseball as a family. I figured this could be our little getaway from the family. Every group," Bella heard group for what it was, couple" has their own spot if being in the house gets too much."
Bella looked around the waterfall and turned to smile at Jasper.
"It's prefect." She said, leaning back into his arms as she slowly started to fall asleep. She knew they had so much more to talk about but right now all she wanted to do was to lie inside the crock of his arm and memorize the smell of gunpowder and fresh air and forget the outside world existed.