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she was there-expecting me naturally. "you've kept me waiting a long time." she said
And I ducked my head like a good southern gentlemen, and said,
"i'm sorry ma am." She held out her hand and I took it without stopping
to think about what I was doing. for the first time, in nearly a century,
i felt hope.
indentIt was a lonely century. One century, that felt like a million. Many days had passed by and nothing happened. A smile never formed on any of the Cullen's faces, no one laughed, no one tried to lift up the mood, it was full of so much depression that there was no longer a way to change the moods. Jasper, oh dear Jasper, how long had it been since he spoke? What day was it? When was the last time he had checked the calender? It didn't matter anymore. It wasn't worth it. Living was nothing but torture. If he had to live, couldn't he do it with Alice? Just the name made him cringe. It was like nails on a chalkboard. That pixie, his little pixie had left him in the dust without taking one look back. She was the only thing that kept him from breaking down, but she left and he was that same Jasper Whitlock he had been back in 1800s when Maria had put him through pain, depression, grief, and worst of all, loneliness. It was all replaying, like a said tale through his head. He didn't stared at Alice's picture anymore before he fell asleep. He never laid in bed because her scent was still on the fabric, no one could fathom going into that room anymore, not even Jasper. So he roamed outside under the stars that were up in outerspace.
Jasper was alone in a cold world of depression, hurt, and sadness. He was angry nor frustrated with his little pixie, he was just the Jazzi he used to be before he met her. Renesmee and Jacob had gotten married, no one dared mention her name around him, and everyone continued to live, is that's what it is called when you're in a family that lived off of one person. She held the family together, she was the glue. When you lose the glue, what happens? You fall apart. Jasper was in the background in the Cullen Family now. He was no longer apart of the family, he just stayed to himself which was his content place to be. He rarely came back to the house to see if anyone was around. The last time had spoken, haunted him. Being in the presence of the Volturi guard was not an easy position. Trying to persuade them was much harder, as well. As I stood there stiff and hard as stone, like most of the time when I was riding to fight, I watched the movements go on throughout the field. Feet shuffled and moving awkwardly around, nerves were building and I could feel them. All the emotions, strained, nervous, upset, angry, violent, it was all alot to take in. The clearing held two very horrible memories, I didn't want for there to be another one.
As Caius made his decision, not surprising at all that he could be as heartless as he was, I heard a few angry grunts, feet moving once more but more angerly. I tried to ignore the annoying whispers that vibrated through the crowd, but it was hard. I turned my head back in the direction of the three brothers, trying to not look to Jane or Alec, since they would think I wanted a challenge. Marcus voted no, also not surprising since he was very careless and always bored with anything that went on around him, this came down to Aro. Carlisle, who stood with Esme, watched with a calm expression, waiting as the man comtimplated about his decision. That's when his little pixie, her hand in his eyes, stiffed and went limb. What had she seen? I couldn't ask anything, it seemed, so I stayed silent and compose my emotions. Fear vibrated over her and then, she suddenly came back. Then she spoke. 8 words; a million times the pain. Jasper nearly lost his step, he felt oddly dizzy and couldn't help my need to burst out like a rapid animal. I wanted to rip anyone apart, even if it would be someone in my family. Alice, she was mine, she didn't belong with those vulgar monsters. She belonged with me, not to be tortured or poked with a stick. She wasn't to be a prized jewel that was used! How. Could. She. Do. This? Her words ran through my head.
As gasps sounded out within the ground, I stood there stiff but limb. But then, not able to control myself, I kneeled down in front of her, taking her arms, jerking her lightly so she would look to me. What was happening? This couldn't be right. . This was a nightmare, but I wasn't asleep, I couldn't sleep. So I kneeled there, staring at my pixie's face. Her features glowing brightly. The hurt on my face showed how much pain I was experiencing. If she was leaving. . where did that leave me? What could I do to change her mind? When Alice spoke to Aro, mu eyes closed and i couldn't help but try and fight the urge to rip Aro apart for saying what he said next. It wasn't something that was bad, but it was something that stabbed me in the chest, and made me purse my lips together. I shook my head so hard it felt like my brain banged against my skull. I looked at her and finally she looked at me, but only to smile which only stabbed me more. She ran her hands through my hair but I couldn't help but grow more angry. My pixie was leaving me. . She would never care to be next to me again after she finished with the Volturi. I wasn't sure if she would even be coming back after a century which made my jaw stiffened.
If they didn't, I wouldn't be scared to come and get her myself. Even if she wasn't the same Alice she would still be my Alice. I didn't care. As my pixie turned towards Bella, not dropping her attention from me, my arm fell and I stared as they spoke. As she said her goodbyes to practically everyone, I sat staring at her as she tried to act like she wasn't hurting herself in this situation as well. I closed my eyes, even know I never wanted to cry before in my years of being a vampire, at that moment, when I realized that I really wouldn't be smelling her scent anymore, looking into her eyes, or even hearing her light steps, I felt the depression build itself up in my chest. My eyes were full of agony and pain, as if Jane were shooting pain into me, but this was wore. I was never, ever, ever, going to be seeing this same Alice ever again. It would be a miracle if, or when, she came back she would be the same as she was at this moment. The depression got heavier inside of me, I didn't want. . but it was there waiting to explode,waiting to capture me into it's sad atmosphere. Suddenly I snapped out of it and looked to Alice as she turned to me, and quickly pulled her into a firm hug. As my head was in her neck, I tried to not think about what was happening, trying to be pretend that she was only heading into Port Angeles and we were for some odd reason hugging goodbye.
"I'll go with you." I whispered, trying to hold the hurt out of my voice. It was of no use, it was easy to hear that my voice was strained. When she responded, I winced kissing her neck lightly. The excitement rolling off of Aro made my jaw tightened. I pulled away a little, but stilll had her in a hug, "I don't have peace without you, Alice." I winced again and felt her pull away to look into my eyes. Her eyes stung mine, I couldn't help but look towards the ground, but when she spoke, it was worse. Like diggars being thrown into me. Cold and hard. A hundred years. A hundred years without my wife. That was like a divorce, minus the divorce part. I felt something drop into my hand and looked, my face written out with pure pain. No worse, the depression had captured me. I looked to her shaking my head, my eyes stinging. At this moment I swore tears were in my eyes, well atleast I imagined it. I didn't kiss her back, I just went somewhat numb and stared after her. No, I wouldn't be alone. Before I found Alice, I was alone. But I found a way to pull myself up, but only to be stopped by Edward and Emmett, I kicked and punched them in the chests angerly. "Alice! Please! Don't go! I need you!" I felt my left arm loosen and took that as an advantage but it was captured again which made me go limb. As she looked back, his pixie. . he fell in defeat to the ground and mouthed 'i love you', then watched her turn around.
It was that day when Jasper had lost his wife and best friend. It hurt too much to fathom it. After Alice had left, Jasper had slipped slowly into his old self. When he haunted he wasn't as slick and smooth as he used to be. He lost all energy and walked and walked and walked for miles. Seth occasionally joined him, but that was only once in awhile. Like Alice said that it would be like only one hour had passed in his life, he would never, and could never, feel that way. Without Alice around he was the lost, empty, forgotten member of the Cullen family. The volturi were not intimidating, they were vicious and wouldn't give anyone mercy. Not even his little pixie. As he walked, Jazzi swayed like he was a cardboard cut out that followed the woods rhythm. What was he to do when Alice had left? Smile? Laugh? Pretend that his life was going on like he wasn't broken. . that wasn't possible. He couldn't smile, laugh, talk, there was no way. . His lips stayed in a hard tight line, or a frown, either way his emotions and look at life changed after that one day in the opening. Jasper didn't know what day it was, what time it was, or where he was, he kept walking until he felt like he was far enough away from the reality he hated.
If he had a chance to redo what happened the day, he would've. He would've gone off to the Volturi himself instead of Alice going to risk her life. Jasper had gone through training to fight, and they could use him, but he wasn't the thing they wanted. . sure he had a power but he didn't have what Edward and Alice did. As the blonde looked up and realized just where he was, he fell to his knee's. Where had he ended up? The place that haunted him at night, the place that made the depression inside of him rise and his anger somewhat sink to the soles of his feet. He felt nowhere that what he had for the past century, he would never be the same. As he sat there, in the opening, on his knee's, he stared around the large empty area with a blank expression. The scents of the Volturi had disappeared along with his families, the wolf pack, and his love. This wasn't the first time he had stepped foot into the opening, he had come many times before, but never realized why. He was trying to pretend that nothing had happened, living in a life of denial, living in a body that belonged to a monster, and being alone to suffer the depression that had sucked him in.
At Renesmee's and Jacob's wedding he had tried hard to smile and seem atleast simi-happy, but he couldn't. It was of no use. Jasper stood up and released a low sad sigh, walking slowly, even slow for a human, through the woods again. He continued, at this speed, to the house, where he walked in through then backdoor and headed upstairs to take a shower. Everyone was obviously up and probably knew that it was him who had arrived, since he went in the direction of Alice's room, not his since he hadn't been in there for a while. He opened the door and the scents flew towards him. His face went to such pain that it seemed like he would probably die from them. He walked into the bathroom, trying not to think of Alice, and stepped into the shower after pulling off his clothes. It was a rather slow shower, as he thought throughout the whole thing, like usual. Jasper pulled a towel off of one of those hooks on the door and wrapped it arounded his body. He threw his clothes into the empty waste basket. Looking to his reflection in the mirror, Jazzi shook his head angerly, banging the counter, watching it crack slightly.
He walked back to his closet and pulled on some clothes, holding his breath so he wouldn't smell the scent. He pulled on a plain why t-shirt with some jeans, he walked down the hallway and smelt two scents. One belonged to Bella, and another belonged to one person that made him stop in his tracks. He closed his eyes and held his breath, even know he didn't need to. Jasper took a step forward, standing behind Bella, staring down at his pixie. Oh how he wanted to break out into smiles, but he didn't have it in him. He just stared at her, taking in the looks on her face. Did her eyes change? His eyes zoomed in and he stiffened, they made her drink human blood. . oh I'll kill them!! He felt like growling, but couldn't. She was there. Alice, a different Alice, but it was still his Alice. The pain, depression, and sadness suddenly thickened, if that were possible and he looked to Bella, gulping down the lump in his throat. He tried to remember how to work his lips, instead of speaking, once he got them working, he mouthed, 'My pixie. .' He slipped past Bella, walking down the stair's still having that heartbreaking expression on his face.
Jasper pulled Alice into his arms, he didn't care what she had turned into, or what she had done, this women in his arms was his wife. Though his arms were limb and his expression was still depressed, his thoughts were jumping around in his head, but not excited thoughts. She had turned into one of them. At the thought Jazzi pulled away, looking at her with soft but hurt eyes, 'What happened. .' He mouthed, gulping down yet another lump that came to his throat. He couldn't look into her eyes, it made the hurt burn inside of him. He looked over her head, and thought to himself, even if Edward was listening, she's changed. .
Over this century, I have lost myself, slipping into a dark cloud
of depression and sadness. My dear, I'm not Jasper
anymore. I can't smile anymore, I've been clouded over for
the last hundred years. I can't look you in the eyes and say I love you,
I've disappeared, my love, and I don't know where I went. .
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