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Destiny Awaits	By : Lollydolly Category: Twilight Series > Het > Bella/Jasper Views: 19535 -:- Recommendations : 2 -:- Currently Reading : 2
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Chapter three
It was clear that the rest of the family had heard me tell Edward that Alice had gone, but they needed to know why. It was difficult to think clearly with Jaspers emotions raging out of control, thickening the air. With Edwards help, I got him over to the couch.
Jasper sunk down with me, still not letting go, and nuzzled my shoulder. I was beginning to think his mind had shut itself down, up until an hour ago, I was pretty sure that he hated me. I opened my mouth to speak, to explain what had happened, but my words got caught on a sob. I knew it weren’t my own feelings, but Jaspers, that were causing such pain.
I was sad that Alice was gone, and I would miss her, but when she came back she would still be my friend, my sister. For Jasper, things wouldn’t go back to normal. I tried to put myself in his place. How would I feel if it was Edward that had snuck away? The mere thought of it had a lump rising in my throat.
I found Edwards concerned gaze, and held my hand out to him, tugging him down to sit on my other side. Then, with one hand rubbing Jaspers back, and the other holding tightly to Edwards, I told them all why Alice had gone.
“Why couldn’t she tell us? We would have understood.” Esme pleaded, her face stricken.
“She thought you might try to get her to stay, and that Jasper would follow her.” I whispered, knowing that if Jasper chose to, he could hear me. I didn’t tell that how Alice had felt choked by Jasper, or that she helping him overcome his desire for Human blood had become too much for her. That was nobody’s business but theirs.
“Is she going to come back?” Carlisle asked, his words were calm, but his eyes were sad.
“In a few months, when she’s found him. I think she’ll be bringing him back with her.” Suddenly, Jaspers arms tightened as he growled, and I felt a pop in my side, followed by a sharp pain.
By the time I’d gasped Jasper was already on the other side of the room. Edward and Emmet had him pressed against the wall, each gripping one of his arms. Jasper snarled and thrashed, trying to get loose, and I felt a trickle of fear creep over me.
Carlisle took my arm and gently led me to his study. “I’ll need to take a look at that.” He told me, pointing to my left side where pain bloomed. “It sounded like he cracked it, come on, hop up on the desk.”
I’d had cracked ribs before, but I remember it hurting more then. Perhaps it was more difficult to feel physical pain, while I could feel so much of Jaspers mental anguish. I wondered vaguely how far away I would have to get to stop feeling everything he felt.
Carlisle pushed my shirt up a few inches to give him access to my newest injury. “Christ Bella, why didn’t you say something before?”
I propped myself up on my elbows, grunting at the intensified pain, and followed Carlisle’s eyes. Bruises were already darkening across my waist, my pale skin making them look much worse than they felt. He looked horrified.
“He didn’t do it on purpose. He’s broken, he’s not thinking strait. It’s not as bad as it looks, honestly.” I told him watching as he moved his fingers along each rib, and shook his head at an almost perfect handprint, discolouring the skin of my hip.
“That doesn’t make it ok.” He told my firmly as he straightened my shirt. “Nothing broken I don’t think, just be careful for a few days, to be on the safe side. Do you want me to tape them up?”
I shook my head, and then a thought occurred “Do I smell like Alice?” I asked.
He inhaled slowly, and then smiled. “Yes, her scents all over you, I suppose that’s why Jaspers turned to you.”
“Alice made me promise I’d look after him. What can I do? He just seems to be getting worse.”
“Bella, he’s not safe right now. He could snap. Alice shouldn’t have asked you to make a promise you can’t keep.”
“He won’t hurt me. Alice said she’s seen how things will turn out, and that we’ll all be ok.”
Carlisle’s face softened, “He already has hurt you. I don’t think he’s really in control of himself. His mind has shut itself down, so that he can cope. There’s not much any of us can do for him until he becomes rational again.”
We walked back to the living room, the sounds of Jaspers struggles seeming horribly loud in the silence of the room. A soon as I stepped through the door his head snapped towards me, and he began to thrash more violently. He bared his teeth and tried to bite Emmet.
“Take Bella home please” Edward shouted, looking past me to Carlisle.
“I’m not going anywhere.” I fought down my own fear and tried to block out Jaspers desperation. “I’m pretty sure Alice would have told me if he was going to rip me to pieces.”
Edward pursed his lips for half a second, and then released his breath slowly. “Alright.”
I took a hesitant step towards Jasper. I believed what I’d told Edward, Alice wouldn’t have asked me to help him, if there was a chance that he would hurt me. That couldn’t stop the anxiety I felt as I walked over to the crazed vampire.
I took another two steps, breathing slowly, trying to make myself feel calm. I noticed that the closer I got, the less Jasper struggled. I stopped just out of his reach. “Jasper... I need you to calm down; do you think you can do that?”
He stopped, unnaturally still and whimpered. It was the most heartbreaking sound I’d ever heard. Tentatively, I reached my hand up to his face, willing it not to shake. I heard Edward breath in sharply, and said a silent thank you to him, knowing how hard it was for him to stand and watch me do something he deemed dangerous.
The moment my hand touched Jaspers cheek he turned his face into it and rubbed his nose against my palm. His whimpers turned into a quiet purr, and all the pain and loneliness radiating from him grew less strong. I heard Esme let out a sigh of relief from somewhere behind me.
“Ok Jasper, I’m going to sit down, and you can come with me, but you have to be gentle. I’m breakable, do you understand?” I didn’t hold out much hope of getting an answer, but he turned to look me in the eye, which I took as a yes.
Emmet let go of the arm he was holding and Edward slackened his hold a little. I smiled encouragingly at Jasper and took his hand. He followed me back to the couch, and stood next to me looking lost after I sat down. “It’s ok” I told him placing a pillow on my lap. As soon as Edward had completely released him, he lay down on the couch and rested his head on the pillow. I stroked his silky hair, and again he made the little purring noise.
Edward sat on the arm of the sofa and rubbed the back of my neck, I leaned against his cool hand and sighed. “I need to call Charlie.”
Esme smiled nervously. “Alice already did, she called him last night and asked him if you could stay for the weekend, he’s not expecting you back ‘til after school on Monday.”
“So she knew what this would do to him before she left.” I murmured, I loved her but I couldn’t believe she could be so selfish. “What can we do?” I asked them “How do we fix him?”
“I think he just needs time. He’ll be back to normal as soon as his mind can cope with what's going on. The mind of a vampire is very different to the mind of a human, we process things much more quickly. If you were in Jaspers position, Bella, you might be like this for weeks, but for him it could be just a few hours.” Carlisle told them. “The best we can do for him is to try not to push him, and help him when he lets us.”
I looked down at the head resting in my lap. If I didn’t know any better I’d think he was sleeping. His features were slack and he was still, only moving to press his nose into my shirt every so often. What he would do when her scent faded, I didn’t want to think about.
An: Thanks for the reviews guys, especially insatiable_06. I'll get round to putting this on Fanfiction.net soon, thanks for the tip.
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