CHAPTER 12
All five of us just stood there, staring at each other. The silence stretched on and I contemplated speaking up. Then Peter cracked a smile.
"How ya goin', fucker? It's been a while, hey?" Jasper relaxed and cracked a smile.
"What do you think, Peter?" Jasper said. Peter appeared in front of me at speed only accomplished by vampires.
"You must be Bella. Aren't ya a pretty lil' thing." Peter said, waggling his eye brows at me. Charlotte moved just as fast over to us, and smacked Peter over the head.
"Be nice, Peter! She only jus' met ya!" She scolded.
"Must ya always do that, woman?" Peter said, rubbing his head.
"I was only bein' friendly." Charlotte rolled her eyes.
"Hi hun, I'm Charlotte, this is obviously Peter, and that's Garett over there." She said with a warm smile, pointing behind her. I returned her smile.
"Excuse my beast of a husband, he means ya no harm. He comes on a lil' strong." I had to giggle. I liked Charlotte.
"It's fine, really. I can handle it. It's a nice change from the seriousness of the Cullen's, bar Emmett. But he's always tied up with Rose." I said. Garett chose that moment to make his way over slowly. He seemed to be Calculating every step. But he still walked too fast for a human.
"Bella," he breathed, grabbing my hand gently. "It's nice to meet you." He continued, planting a soft kiss on the back of my hand. Jasper let out a warning growl and Garett dropped my hand, taking a step back and bowing his head slightly. I put my hand on Jasper's chest and pulled his shirt a little, getting his attention.
"Jasper, it's ok." I said.
"It's alright, sugar. You two are newly mated. It's only natural fo' Jasper to feel territorial. It'll stop soon." Charlotte soothed me. Jasper relaxed beside me, muttering a 'sorry' to Garett. The mood automatically lightened when Peter laughed at Jasper, covering his mouth trying in vain to muffle it. Jasper raised an eye brow at him.
"Stop being a fuck tard, Peter." Jasper said.
"'Fuck tard?'" Peter asked.
"Yes." Jasper said simply. All of us burst out laughing. All except Peter, who was just staring at Jasper In mock hurt.
"I'm going to call you that from now on, Peter." I said, still laughing.
"That was a good one, Jasper." Garett said, looking like he would be crying from laughter.
"How could you, Jasper? I thought I meant something to you." Peter said, hand over his heart.
"Come on Peter, even I can tell your faking it." I said, giggling like a school girl. Peter cracked a smile.
"I like this one." He said.
"So, how many did you get on the way over here?" Jasper asked, darting his eyes to all three in turn.
"A few." Garett said.
"It's worse?" Jasper asked, eyeing their blood splattered clothing.
"Some what, more of them than humans." Peter answered.
"speaking of humans, you can't feed here, we have a treaty with the shape shifters, so either you raid the empty hospitals or hunt animals." Jasper said some what sternly.
"Already taken care of." Peter said, rolling his eyes, pointing to two esky's and three bags over by the tree line. I must have missed them when they first arrived.
"Good." Jasper said, pulling me in front of him, wrapping both of his arms around my middle.
"So, are ya up for some more zombie killin'?" Peter asked Jasper.
"Who's going zombie killing without me?" Asked Emmett from behind the truck.
"Emmett! Are ya in?" Peter asked.
"You know it!" He answered enthusiastically. Jasper looked at me as I raised my head to look at him, silently asking for permission.
"Don't," I said, raising my hand to his cheek. "Go have fun with Peter, Emmett and Garett. I'll hang out with Charlotte." I said, looking at Charlotte, who had a wide smile on her face.
"Call me Char, Hun." She said.
"Ok Bella, but," Jasper started.
"I know, I'll call if I need you. Now go." I said, kissing him chastely on the lips. He smiled.
"I'll be back in a few hours." Jasper said, smacking me on the behind. He chuckled at my disapproving look, and disappeared with Peter, Emmett and Garett.
"So, Bella, what would ya like to do?" Char asked me. I turned to her, shrugging my shoulders.
"Not sure, what would you suggest? Your the guest, Char, so that means it's your choice." I said with a sincere smile.
"I hear you, Emmett and Jasper were havin' a zombie movie marathon?" She asked. "Well, we were until I started training." I said.
"How would ya like to watch the real thing?" She asked with a wink and a devilish grin. Oh, I did like Char, very much.
"Yes!" I said with too much enthusiasm. Char let out a small laugh.
"Come on, sug, let's go watch the boys patrol. We'll watch them from a safe distance up a tree." She said, gesturing for me to jump on her back. I jumped on quickly, not being able to contain myself.
"I think we are going to get along just fine." I said, right before she shot through the tree's where the guys had just gone. This was going to be exciting, and definitely our little, cheeky secret. I couldn't wait.
After a few minutes of running, we stopped. Char looked around, looking for the right tree to perch in. She scaled up a large tree until we were about 60 feet off the ground. She pointed straight in front of her. I looked in the direction she was pointing in and gasped. There were hundreds, possibly thousands of zombies. Running straight for us. But it wasn't us they were after. There were a few dead animals ripped open laying on the ground about 100 feet in front of us. Bait, I realised as I saw a glimpse of the guys ambush the heard of zombies. Limbs and heads flew every where. My mere mortal eyes couldn't keep up with Jasper, or any of the others for that matter. Within minutes, the heard of zombies were down to about 100. That's when Jasper, Peter, Garett, and Emmett slowed down. This was a game. And boy did they enjoy it! They were picking them off at human pace now. Swift, precise and beautiful. Jasper had an air about him. Fighting came second nature to him. He was sexy as hell. Soon the swarm of 100 was down to 16. They took a different approach. I could hear them laughing as they toyed with the corpses, removing limbs until they were just bodies with heads. I should have been sickened, but I surprised myself by feeling exhilarated, excited, and feeling the desire pool in my stomach. Jasper really was something else. They finished up with the last few and moved at vampire speed to gather the limbs and missing body parts, piling them for a large fire. All of a sudden, Jasper was gone, but I didn't have time to look for him as Char let out a squel as she was pushed from the tree and replaced with a bloody, grinning Jasper. I turned down to just catch Char landing soundly on her feet.
"I'll get you, Major." She said, pointing up at him. Jasper scoffed and had a chuckle.
"I'd like to see you try." He taunted her. She glared at him, and ran to Peter, helping him with the body parts of sorts. 'Mix and match' I though with a snort.
"Now, let's see if we can do something about the lust and excitement your feeling." Jasper said, grabbing my face roughly and my hip painfully. I wasn't complaining. I loved rough Jasper. I grabbed a fist full of his hair and licked the corner of his mouth.
"Don't keep me waiting." I whispered in his ear. Before I could blink, my legs were wrapped around his waist, arms around his neck, and running through the forest. I was in for it this time, and I couldn't wait.