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The Necklace	By : belladonnacullen Category: Twilight Series > Het > Alice/Jasper Views: 4635 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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I closed my eyes and let my head fall back against the smooth porcelain of the tub. I felt all of the accumulated tension, all the anxiety, and all of my misgivings float away as my body became weightless in the water. It was always easier for me to relax in water. I vaguely remember feeling the same sense of calm when my human mother would pour water from a large kettle into our tin wash bucket and my sister and I would climb in. It was sweet relief, even back then.
When I'm submerged, things are different for me. It's harder for me to pick up on the emotions of others, and it's harder for me to project. My own internal feelings seem to quiet themselves as well. I've spoken of this to Eleazar and he suggested that water might have an effect on the wavelengths given off by emotional energy. Perhaps it slows them, or distorts them. I'm not a physicist, nor do I aspire to be, so the cause doesn't matter as much to me as the effect. It was an effect I was most grateful for.
Alice had drawn this bath for me. When the tub was full, she peeled off my soiled tuxedo pants, kissed me as I stepped into the water, her lips not leaving my skin until I was settled. She rubbed my back and chest with a large hard bristled brush and castile soap. I could hear myself purr in appreciation. Alice waited until she could feel the water calm me before leaving. I hated to see her go; the water was a poor substitute for her love. But I knew how she would worry if she couldn't pack exactly what we would need for the trip, and right now, getting things exact was difficult. For the first time since I'd we'd been together, the future was somewhat unknown.
That piece of information left me unsettled. But try as I might, I couldn't bring myself to feel alarmed about the situation. I knew this was due not only to the soothing effect of the water, but also to my family's presence. Being with Alice again brought me profound peace. And after seeing the manner in which everything had settled into place for my family on my return, I felt certain that we were on the right path. Everything was as it should be.
I breathed a sigh of relief as I let the past thirty-six hours play back on the underside of my eyelids. Weddings were always joyous occasions, but my brother's had been special. His heart gave off enough light to put Alice's decorations to shame. Until yesterday, he hadn't known such joy was possible. Even the humans in attendance were able to feel the intensity of his love. My parent's hearts were overflowing as well. I'm sure there weren't two parents, human or vampire, anywhere on this earth that were happier for their son to finally marry the love of his life. And Alice, to see her delight in Edward and Bella's union, that alone would have made it all worth it. Alice loved Bella from the beginning. Now she had her best friend as a part of her family forever.
I took a minute to thank the lord for all of this, whether he was there or not, whether he would listen to something like myself. (I still whispered silent prayers from time to time. My human mother raised me to be a good Christian boy, to thank the lord for our blessings.) I thanked him for repairing the damage I'd done. A year ago I nearly destroyed my family in one uncontrollable instant. By attacking Bella on her eighteenth birthday I tore my family apart and nearly ended Bella and Edward's lives. Yesterday was the happy ending I thought we would never see. It was worth the month I spent in the desert. I'd do anything to protect my adoptive family.
When Alice first told me about the Cullens, I thought it was crazy to bring someone like myself into a coven of peaceful vampires. It was inexplicable that they would accept a scarred and dangerous individual into their midst as one of their own. But fifty odd years passed in peace. I knew love and contentment like I had never experienced before in my vampire existence. So I did my part over the years and read the emotions of the humans surrounding us, looking for a sign that they might suspect us, putting their minds at ease if they became suspicious. But I waited; knowing deep down that there would be a better way that I might serve my new family. When the newborns from Seattle met us here in Forks last month, it all became plain. I was here for a war. I knew enough about war to know that these little episodes of the past two years could be called skirmishes. The larger battle was looming sometime on the horizon.
I knew that Edward and Bella were simply an excuse for the Volturi to keep an eye on our family. I didn't like to admit that, even now. I spent many years revering the Volturi, and I had a deep appreciation for the stability they brought to my life during my time in the south. But I also knew what greed and power could do to a vampire, so I understood Aro's motivations when it came to my family. He wouldn't leave us alone; of this I was sure.
Alice and I didn't discuss this, but we both knew it. Some things were easier left unsaid. This was one of them. We held it unspoken between us, and were both preparing for it in our own way.
I knew that when the time came, I would fight. I would fight like I'd never fought before. This lifestyle was everything to me. The happiness and peace it afforded me were worth any hardship I might have to endure. And Alice was worth even more than all of that, because without her, none of it would have been possible for me.
Before I met Alice, I was little more than an empty shell waiting to be filled by the revulsion and fear felt by my next victim. I would lie still after feeding counting the minutes tick by, waiting for those emotions to subside. I spaced out my feedings as much as I dared. In the empty time between I embraced the numbing dark void inside of myself. It was better than the hate I had been ruled by in the south, and the terror that I brought to my victims in the north.
I kept to myself. In my years on the earth I hadn't met another vampire that felt the same remorse over his food. Even Peter and Charlotte, the only two vampires I counted as friends, didn't trouble themselves over the kill. Truthfully, even if I met one that felt similarly I would have steered clear of their association. If another of my kind ever got close enough to see my scarred skin they would feel immediate fear and aggression towards me. It was easier to be alone.
Perhaps the souls that I felt the most kinship with in those days were the humans that had returned from the Second World War; the ones that kept to themselves like I did. I could easily identify with the swirling darkness of their emotions and the hyper-vigilence with which they went about the mundane tasks of their daily lives. I believe I might have taken one as a companion if I could have restrained myself. Unfortunately, I knew that was impossible. Blood would always bring out the demon within myself; a mindless creature filled with anger and uncontrollable bloodlust.
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But all of that changed for good the day I met Alice. I had gone without feeding for over two weeks. I'd tried to make it to three weeks, but had driven myself nearly insane with effort. I'd been camping in the woods just south of Philadelphia and my hunger drove me to the city limits in search of prey. It was lunacy to stalk into a city in the light of day, but that had been my mindset.
As I took stock of my situation, I realized that I should wait until nightfall to find my prey. I wandered through the shipyards and factories along the river, keeping my head down and my hands in my pockets. It was a cold and windy day, and the humans on the streets walked quickly to their destinations. I hardly noticed when it began to rain, but others noticed me. I saw a group of workers eying me curiously from inside a large hanger. I was standing in my tattered shirtsleeves, looking up into at the falling rain. It wasn't a human gesture.
I set off quickly and spotted a small ramshackle diner just two blocks off. It was a rickety wooden structure that looked like it had been pieced together over the years. A dirty neon sign glowed in the gray light of day. Heavy work trucks were crammed into the parking lot along side of it. It was lunch hour, and the place would be filled with workers.
I knew I would be uncomfortable coming into such close contact with humans in the state of mind that I was in. But I was inexplicably drawn to the place. I felt a sense of anticipation that I couldn't explain. Against my better judgment I walked calmly up the front steps and into the tiny establishment.
I was immediately overwhelmed when I walked through the door. It was like I'd been hit with a wall of emotions and I stood on guard in the doorway and struggled to make sense of it. I felt joy, excitement, satisfaction, pleasure and... something else that I couldn't identify at first. That last unnamed emotion stirred something deep within me and left me breathless. Dim memories from my childhood floated through my mind's eye. Then I remembered what it was called. Love. Someone here was feeling this for me. I scanned the small room and saw a tiny female peering at me from under the brim of a hat.
When she saw that I was looking at her, the female turned to face me. Her quick motion and her glistening skin gave her away. She was a vampire. Every cell of my body told me to leave immediately. The female's emotions had hit me with a force I had never felt before. In all of those years at war, this was stronger. I was terrified of their power, but I was drawn in as well. No one had felt that way about me, ever. The closest comparison was my human mother. But those memories were dull and foggy, and this was so much stronger.
I put my head down. It was the only protection I could muster. From this vantage point all I could see of her were her shoes. They were dark green leather pumps. I noticed her silk stockings and the way her dark green fitted gabardine skirt rustled as she moved gracefully toward me. I thought I might burst; I was staggered by her... love.
"You've kept me waiting a long time." I could hear the excitement in her singsong voice.
It took me more than a second to respond. "I'm sorry ma'am." My voice was warmer and softer than I had ever heard it before. My entire body trembled. I had trouble breathing. Again the thought crossed my mind that I should leave. I couldn't bring myself to look at the other vampire's face.
Without warning, she took off her gloves and held out a small hand. Her skin was bone-white and her fingernails were trim and red. I didn't think twice. I took her little hand in mine and the emotions that surged through me with that contact were stronger than anything I had ever felt. I was nearly brought to my knees. Something new coursed through my body. I felt hope. I'd never dared to hope. Suddenly, I hoped there was something better for me than the existence I had pieced together. Suddenly it felt right to do this.
I squeezed the vampire's hand. It fit inside my hand like we were made for one another. I wanted her to feel my... gratitude, and I projected that emotion at her. I heard her sigh. I was musical and sweet. I caught the scent of her breath, and it was like wildflowers after the rain. Her presence was healing me as we stood on dirty linoleum among the longshoremen, truck drivers, and mechanics.
The sound of her sigh gave me the strength to raise my eyes slowly from the ground. She wore a plaid woolen coat with creamy white fur around the collar. Her neck was long and slender. I saw pointy chin and her lips, small, full and stained red. Her pale skin was luminous, her cheeks rouged. I lingered on her eyes, startled. They were the most amazing amber that I had ever seen. I didn't understand. They should have been red or black. She sensed my confusion.
"I'll explain everything, Jasper."
I jumped at the sound of my name on her lips and she squeezed my hand reassuringly. I know I had never seen this creature before. How did she know my name? But then she smiled at me and it didn't matter. Her face was brighter than the noonday sun in the Arizona desert. My entire world was suddenly brighter. I was the one to reach out my other hand this time. When I did, I saw the woman's eyes sparkle. She wanted to touch me too. She took the hand I offered, and with both of our hands joined, emotions coursed between us like a circuit had been completed.
She was relieved, happy, and inexplicably in love. And I felt something else behind all of that, rising slowly but surely like the tide. Desire. I would have blushed if I were human. Instead I did the gentlemanly thing and looked away to give her the proper privacy she deserved. It may have been more proper to let go of her, but that was impossible. Her feelings were like a sudden lifeline for me. I never wanted to give them up.
Suddenly I noticed that humans had stopped brushing past us. They had instinctively given us a few feet of room, but were glancing curiously in our direction, before burying their heads back in their mugs of coffee and bowls of chowder.
The woman noticed too. "We should go."
I thrilled at the word 'we'. But I still didn't understand what was going on and I didn't know if I could actually walk. "Ma'am?" I asked. I hoped she didn't mean to leave me as soon as I had found her.
"I'm Alice, silly. No more ma'ams. Let's go back to my room. I'd rather not linger out in the rain. It will ruin my shoes."
My angel's name was Alice. I looked back into her amber eyes and thought 'Alice'. And in that moment the dark and empty vacuum inside of my body had been filled with the warm glow from her eyes. This feeling grew to bursting, and it shook me. Alice felt my hands tremble and looked at me cautiously, with just a hint of anticipation. And then there was no one around us. The diner and the humans all fell away and there was just a man and a woman holding hands. It was as sudden as that. From that moment on I loved Alice with all my heart.
In that instant I became softer, calmer, and more at peace, all the while growing suddenly possessive. This woman was mine now and I would never let her go. Would that be all right with her? "I'll go anywhere with you, Alice."
A smile lit her face again and she clasped my hands and tugged me out into the rain.
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I was startled from my reverie by three quick knocks on the bathroom door. I heard the door click open. "Jasper. We have to go soon."
I looked up to see Alice's bright eyes shining through the crack in the door. My God, is it possible to fall in love all over again? The same inexplicable emotions that overwhelmed me that first day we met surged anew in my heart. The water shimmered around me with the power of the emotions that were exploding from within me. I saw the moment when my feelings hit Alice, her eyes lit up and I could see the gleam of her teeth as she smiled. I saw her hand clasp the door hard enough that the wood began to crack.
"Come here, you," I said with a smile that I couldn't contain. Alice was at the side of the tub, and my smile grew as I surveyed her attire. She was wearing a Western- style shirt-dress with snaps down the front, a thick brown leather belt and cowboy boots. She was fucking adorable. "Alice, I thought I told you no clothes until we leave," I growled playfully.
The light in Alice's amber eyes danced. "But Jasper, we have to go."
Underneath all the meaningless words we were exchanging, loved danced, dipping and surging between us.
"Kiss me, Alice." I could feel her sudden excitement coming on in waves. I couldn't help but grin as she knelt next to the tub, crossed her arms over the rim, and gave me a perfunctory peck on the lips.
"Not good enough, Alice," I teased, shaking my head and sitting up straighter in the tub. With my chest uncovered the connection between my heart and hers was suddenly stronger. I saw Alice's lips tremble for a fraction of a second.
Her next kiss was deeper, but still as sweet. I would my arm around her back and pulled her body against my chest. I felt her perky breasts press against me. She wasn't wearing a bra. Alice. That did it. I quickly leaned over the tub and pulled her into the water with me. Her legs hung over the edge.
"Aahh!" she yelped as she playfully pushed me away and splashed at me. But she was glowing. "I didn't see that coming!"
"Spur of the moment decision," I mumbled as I pulled her body against mine. I could see the outline of her nipples through the soaked cotton, and I needed to have my hands on them.
"I love surprises," she whispered hungrily, as she surveyed my body and noticed my how excited I was to have her here in the tub with me. Suddenly her lips were against mine.
Her kisses were hard and urgent as I slowly unsnapped the buttons of her dress one by one. I pushed her back against the tub and pressed my hands against her, feeling her nipples harden at my touch. My excitement was building slowly thanks to the effect of the water, but I could feel Alice practically buzzing with anticipation. I tugged her arms out of the shirtsleeves and ran my hands over her bare back, delighting in the feel of her naked chest rubbing against mine. The skirt portion of her dress billowed in the water.
And I suddenly didn't want my emotions dulled anymore. I wound my arm around Alice's tiny waist and pulled us both up and out of the tub. My body fell against hers and we tumbled into the vanity. Immediately, the air sizzled with desire. I unsnapped the rest of the dress and pulled it away. She was left wearing the leather belt, a pair of boy shorts decorated with tiny Lone Star Flags, and cowboy boots. I growled in appreciation.
"Are you sure you didn't see this coming?"
"I'm just always prepared," she chuckled, hopping onto the countertop and crossing her legs.
"Uhn uh," I said, shaking my head. I slowly closed the distance between us, savoring the sight of her, then spread her legs and fit my body between them. "This is better."
"Absolutely," she smiled up at me and placed her arms around my shoulders.
Now that we were touching I was completely consumed with emotion. It wouldn't be long before my body was only a vague memory and the two of us were a mix of love and desire coming together as one. But the fear for her safety had come back as well, stronger than before. It was something I needed to get out of the way before I came undone.
I pulled my lips free. "Alice, I can't live without you. Promise me that you'll let me keep you safe on this trip. I can take anything in this existence, anything except losing you."
Alice nodded her head and pressed her lips together. "Only if you let me protect you too."
I chuckled. "I don't think that will be necessary, but certainly. We'll protect each other. Now how much time until we have to leave for the airport?"
"Five minutes."
"Then five more minutes without clothes." With that I hitched the panties over Alice's hips, stepped back and pulled them carefully over the cowboy boots. If we drove fast enough we'd have a full fifteen minutes before we had to leave. I intended to make every minute count.
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