Part of me was still unsure if yesterday or even the day before had actually happened. Jasper was a vampire, and not just him, his family. I don't think I'd believe any of this unless he does actually turn up to pick me up for school. I get dressed in black jeans, a red flower printed top and a leather jacket.
When I got downstairs, Charlie was gone again, Bella was sat at the kitchen table eating some cereal
"Morning" I take an apple out of the fruit bowl"
"I'm talking to him today" I frown not sure what she's on about until it clicks "Soph I think they're vampires. That's why I think Edward and Jasper were acting weird the other night"
"Hmmm" I hum in response munching on my apple. Maybe everything was real? before I could say anything else to Bella or vice versa I hear the unmistakable rev of a motor bike. Both Bella and I run outside to see Jasper on his bike holding out a spare helmet for me
"Dads going to kill you"
"Yeah yeah" I run back inside to grab my bag, Bella still staring at the bike "I'll see you at school" I tell her. I take the helmet off Jasper and put it on before getting onto the bike, wrapping my arms around his waist. Jasper backs out of the drive and speeds off down the road towards school.
The wind was cool, I could feel it on my hands. The ride was fairly quiet since I couldn't hear him through the helmet or the wind as we flew through the streets.
Upon arrival I noticed how everyone was staring at us. Of course everyone knew Jaspers motorbike, but seeing someone else on it with him must be a shock. I wouldn't be surprised if there was a lot of whispering 'who's that?' 'Why is there someone else with Jasper?' Jasper rides his bike next to his siblings and jumps off the bike before helping me off. I take my helmet off and can almost hear the gasps
"Hey" Alice hugs me
"Alice why is everyone staring like I have an extra arm?" Alice laughs at my question
"Because you're one of us now... well you know what I mean" I roll my eyes as Jasper puts an arm around my shoulders. I watch as Bella pulls up in the truck, gets out and looks at Edward then walks off
"I'll see you guys later" he says following Bella
"Well I'm guessing she's going to tell him she knows"
"Come on we have English first" Jasper leads me into school.
The novelty hasn't worn off by lunch. During maths Jess asked me a million and one questions 'are you and Jasper a thing?' 'what happened at his yesterday?' 'what's their house like?' I sit down with the Cullens making everyone stare, even Jess and Angela. I poke at my food
"This is very uncomfortable" I breathe out "not you guys, I just..."
"We know" William gives me a smile, Edward and Bella still haven't shown up which slightly worries me, but Jasper assured me they are both fine. I finally take a bite of my lunch
"Don't worry you and Jasper will be old news before you know it" Rose tells me and I really hope she's right. I can feel Jasper use is ability to calm me a bit. I give him an appreciative smile, his puts his arm around my shoulders once again
"Are you coming over tonight?" Alice asks me
"I've got a tone of homework to do"
"Do it at ours, we can help"
"I appreciate that Alice but I really could do with doing homework at home and seeing my dad"
"Fine. Tomorrow?"
"We'll see" I tell her. I can see she's not happy about my answer but it's tough.
After school Jasper drops me off home and I lay on my bed doing homework when I hear the front door open
"Dad?" I call out but hear Bella's voice in return. I hear her coming up the steps. I close my notebook as Bella enters my room "where did you and Edward go today?" I ask watching Bella sit at my desk chair
"Did you know?" I frown at her question then realise what she's on about
"Jasper told me when we were in Port Angeles"
"Why didn't you tell me? we were in the car with them. You could have said when we got home"
"Honestly?" I breathe out "I didn't really believe him. I wanted proof, so when I went over to the Cullens house he showed me proof. Once I did believe him I knew you would or already had figured it out. I'm sorry I didn't say anything. To be honest Bells I woke up this morning thinking it was all a dream, I'm still getting my head wrapped around it all. I'm still not sure how it's going to work out in the long run, a vampire and a human mate"
"A what?"
"Mate. I'm apparently Jaspers mate" I can see Bella's confusion "apparently I'm like his other half that completes him. A life long partner"
"So am I Edward's?" Bella looks way too excited
"Maybe that's a conversation between you and Edward" I tell her "I still don't understand how everything works, I've only known a day longer than you" the front door opens, this time I know it will be dad
"But you know something?"
"Girls, shall we go to the diner?" Dads voice shouts from downstairs
"Sure. Let me finish my homework" I shout down to him "speak to Edward to find out what you are"
"Why won't you tell me?" I sigh then take in a breath
"Because I don't fully understand it and I don't want to give you the wrong information or upset you if I get it wrong. Can we just drop it please?" I ask Bella "I need to finish my homework" Bella huffs and leaves my room.
The following day Bella and I sit together in one of our only classes together, R.E. Jess sits down in front and spins round with an excited expression
"Tell me everything!" she commands "first Soph comes to school on the back of Jaspers Motorbike then you rock up this morning in Edward's car. So are you both dating them? Also what happened after we left the other night. I haven't spoken to either of you"
"They bought us dinner and then drove us home" I shrug
"Yeah nothing more" Bella adds
"I can't believe this. They've never said anything to anyone since being here then you two come along and..." Jess doesn't finish her sentence but shakes her head "so are you going out again?" Jess looks between us
"Erm I'm going to his house tonight for dinner"
"And Edward offered to drive me to Seattle Saturday because he thinks my truck isn't up to it"
"Wow. What did you talk about? On your dinner date" hmmm let's see, they're vampires
"Nothing in particular" I shrug, but Jess gives a look as if to say that my answers won't cute it "fine mostly about school and moving to Forks"
"Boring, Bella?"
"I don't know Jess, lots of stuff. We talked about the English essay a little"
"Bella" Jess groans "give me some details"
"Well.. okay. You should have seen the waitress flirting with Edward! It was over the top"
"Yeah but Edward's eyes were only on you Bella. He didn't pay attention to the waitress at all"
"That's a good sign" she nodded "was she pretty?"
"Very"
"He must like you. What about Jasper?"
"He didn't pay her any attention either" I shrug
"I can hear the wedding bells already" Jess squeals. I roll my eyes at her, she's enjoying this way too much
"It's hard to tell though how much Edward actually likes me"
"Why?" Jess asks
"He's always so cryptic"
"He does seem intimidating. I wouldn't know what to say to him, or Jasper actually. Since you’re kinda going out with him Soph, why does he look like he's in pain? is he ok? then again he seems fine when his around you"
"Yeah he's fine. Just has.... stomach trouble and when it flares up he can be in quite a bit of pain"
"Huh"
Thankfully our teacher called the class to silence, Jess turned around in her seat before grilling Bella and I even more.
When the end of the day finally arrives, I head to the Cullens with Jasper. Esme is in the kitchen with Carlisle
"Smells lovely in here"
"Sophie it’s so good to see you again" Esme puts down a bowl and comes over to hug me "we're making pasta carbonara for you, Jasper mentioned you really like it. We will definitely have enough for you to take home to your sister and dad"
"Thank you"
Dinner doesn't take long to finish cooking, I sit down at the dinning room table with the Cullens. I think anyone else would find it akward that I'm the only one eating, but weirdly, it feels domestic. I can't really explain, maybe it's Jasper using his ability on me, but I don't care because this food is so so good
"So I know you guys don't eat food, but could you?" I ask. I hear Rose scoff
"Out of any question you could ask us, that's it" she smiles shaking her head
"Well we can, but it makes us sick so we just don't" Jasper says
"That sucks" i take a bite of pasta as everyone laughs. I then realise what I said and laugh myself "ok what about garlic, what if the thing you ate had garlic in?"
"Didn't Jasper go over all the myths with you?" William says
"Only about the sun and coffins"
"You've got a lot to learn" Emmett says
"Bella was asking me about mates. She wants to know if she's Edward's" I say finishing up my food
"What did you tell her?" Edward asks frowning
"That I didn't really understand myself and that she would be best to talk to you" I say looking at Edward. He nods his head understanding
"You said you don't understand yourself" Carlisle says looking at me
"I know it's basically a soulmate and Jasper and I are supposed to be together forever, but I'm a human, I'm going to age so that means Jasper will be dating someone old and wrinkly or I become a vampire, but I'm not sure I'd want that or at least not for a while"
"That's completely understandable. If you never want to be a vampire then we will cross that bridge when we get to it"
"If you become a vampire you won't be abele to have children" Rosalie says sadly. I take in a deep breath
"I won't be able to have children anyway. When I started having my period I would be in extreme pain for a week. Wouldn't be able to get out of bed. It would pass afterwards, but when I was 13 I started bleeding heavily even off my period. Mum took me to the doctors and I was referred to the hospital. After probably a hundred tests I found out I had endometriosis. Because of the heavy bleeding and no medication working I had a hysterectomy, I was 16. It was my choice, I knew it would never get better, probably worse. They said I’d struggle to get pregnant when I was older anyway so…”
"I'm sorry. That must have been tough" Alice takes my hand in hers
"It was, still is knowing my body was basically fighting against its natural instincts. I always wanted children, still do, maybe adopt, but maybe it's just not in the cards for me"
"I'm sorry Soph, I know how hard it is to have that choice taken from you" Rose says giving me a sympathetic smile
"Anyway enough of the doom and gloom I have another question. If my blood doesn't bother Jasper does it bother you guys?"
"Nope. You just smell like you have the most amazing perfume on" Alice says.
Rereading/rewatching the Twilight series (cause I can piss off) and I think Eclipse is probably the best visual and story wise, at least for the movie.
Like, I love the plotting going on with everyone: Victoria building an army to mislead the Cullen coven so she has a clear shot at Bella, the Volturi sending their hit squad but giving them vague instructions so Alice can't predict their moves, the Cullens pulling out a wild card and using the Wolves to help fight.
And I find Jasper interesting here, too. The parallel of him being used to help train an army of vampires to fight some elders pointless war and having his love for his maker twisted so becomes a willing mass murderer VS him training his family and their allies to defend human life. His love for Alice, who saved him VS his makers manipulation. Him choosing to fight for Bella, a weak human, VS being used to kill his recruits after a year once they become weaker.
I wish Meyer had had the common sense and writing skill to have him questioned on his confederate background because I think a discussion on him being conscripted into the CSA army and then being forcefully turned for his makers army VS him being asked ro join Carlisle family would have made for an interesting bit
Twilight would be peak if the story was more focused on the vampires lore (like tvd) and if it was actually sapphic. Like the amount of yuri storylines that can be developed for each one of the female characters is insane. You're going to look me dead in the eye and want me to believe that Jasper and Alice are not bi, that the Denali sister never have been with women and that Rosalie and Victoria are not a mean femme lesbians, like please.
