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End of Chapter 19
I sighed and shook my head as I took her hand, letting her lead me up the stairs. We had just reached the landing when she stopped and smiled at me.
"I picked good colors for you." She said as she opened the door to the bedroom which held a small couch, a dresser and a good sized bed.
She walked over to the closet, shoving her clothes out of the way as she pulled out five hangers. Two of them held suits, and the others held long sleeved, button down shirts and slacks.
"This one is my favorite." She said as she held out a black, button down shirt that had dark colored pants hung beneath them.
She held them out to me, waiting for me to take the hanger from her hand. I took the hanger that held the black shirt and pants, setting it on the bed as I began taking my shirt off to change it with the new one.
I had gotten all of the buttons undone and was slipping my arm out of the sleeve when I heard her gasp behind me. I turned to ask her what she was gasping about when she moved quickly to my side, her fingers tracing the many scars that covered my body.
Chapter 20
I went to slip my arm back into the sleeve, a natural response..I hadn't shown anyone my scars.....ever. I wasn't sure how she would react, would this be the final thing that it took to scare her away? My still heart froze as I watched her face and sensed her feelings...waiting for the fear and disgust to hit me.
"Jasper." She said sadly as she used the tip of her finger to trace a mark on my lower arm.
"Alice, I'm sorry." I said as I tried to pull my shirt back on, her hand stopping me from replacing the shirt.
"Jasper, what happened?" She asked as she looked up at me with big golden eyes.
Her emotions were all over the place, she was sad, hurt, worried, confused and...love? I was so confused by this woman, most people who saw any of my scars were afraid of me...but that was the one emotion that I never felt from her.
"Jasper?" She asked as she raised one hand and held my cheek, the other still tracing the scar on my arm.
I closed my eyes, the feeling of her hand on my scar was like nothing I have ever felt before. Maybe it was just because it was her, but it was soothing and yet the feeling of her touching me made me more alive then I had felt in over one hundred years.
She pulled her finger away from my arm, causing me to open my eyes and watch her.
"I'm sorry." She said as she took a step away from me.
"Please don't stop." I said softly as I reached out and put my arms around her waist, pulling her back to me. "I'm sorry, please don't pull away."
"Jasper." She said as she put her arms around my back. "Who did all of this to you?"
"It was many years ago, remember how I told you about Maria and her army?" I asked as I watched her face. "I was in charge of the newly changed, my job was to train them to fight. Well, the new really like to fight, and a lot of their first instincts were to bite me..to defend themselves." I said as she wassuddonly ful of anger and hate.
"These are all bite marks?" She asked, surprised by my response.
"Yes, these are all the marks that we get from anothers venom entering our body."
"Do you have more?" She asked as her hand traced a mark on my upper arm.
"Yes, I have many more." I admitted.
"Oh Jasper, I'm so sorry. Did it hurt?" She asked sadly.
"It did, but not any longer. Please don't worry about me, it was many years ago." I said as I leaned down and kissed the top of her head.
She looked up at me through her eyelashes as she shook her head. "You are so strong, how did you endure the pain that must have gone with all of these marks?"
"I was the leader, I couldn't let them know it hurt me to have them attack. They would have all attacked me at once, and I don't know if I would have survived that."
"Jasper." She said as she hugged me tightly.
"Alice, please don't worry. I am better now then I ever have been before, thanks to you." I said as I kissed her.
"We better get going, they will be in Washington and we need to be going." She said as she smiled.
"Who?" I asked again.
"The family that is like me, we will be a part of their family..a real family." She said as she pulled away.
"You're really excited, aren't you?"
"I don't remember my family before you." She said as she looked down, embarresed.
"Before me?"
"Yes, you're my family now." She said as she burried her head into my chest.
"You are my world." I said as I hugged her tightly, hoping that she would believe the amount of emotion that I put into it. "I love you." I said against her hair.
"I love you." She said against my chest.
She pulled away, smiling from ear to ear. "Get dressed so we can be leaving, I'll go get my luggage." She said as she skipped to the door.
"Luggage?" I asked.
"You didn't think I was just going to leave all my clothes here did you?" She asked over her shoulder.
"I guess I didn't think about it." I said as I shook my head, laughing as she smiled before walking out the door.
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End of Chapter 19
I sighed and shook my head as I took her hand, letting her lead me up the stairs. We had just reached the landing when she stopped and smiled at me.
"I picked good colors for you." She said as she opened the door to the bedroom which held a small couch, a dresser and a good sized bed.
She walked over to the closet, shoving her clothes out of the way as she pulled out five hangers. Two of them held suits, and the others held long sleeved, button down shirts and slacks.
"This one is my favorite." She said as she held out a black, button down shirt that had dark colored pants hung beneath them.
She held them out to me, waiting for me to take the hanger from her hand. I took the hanger that held the black shirt and pants, setting it on the bed as I began taking my shirt off to change it with the new one.
I had gotten all of the buttons undone and was slipping my arm out of the sleeve when I heard her gasp behind me. I turned to ask her what she was gasping about when she moved quickly to my side, her fingers tracing the many scars that covered my body.
Chapter 20
I went to slip my arm back into the sleeve, a natural response..I hadn't shown anyone my scars.....ever. I wasn't sure how she would react, would this be the final thing that it took to scare her away? My still heart froze as I watched her face and sensed her feelings...waiting for the fear and disgust to hit me.
"Jasper." She said sadly as she used the tip of her finger to trace a mark on my lower arm.
"Alice, I'm sorry." I said as I tried to pull my shirt back on, her hand stopping me from replacing the shirt.
"Jasper, what happened?" She asked as she looked up at me with big golden eyes.
Her emotions were all over the place, she was sad, hurt, worried, confused and...love? I was so confused by this woman, most people who saw any of my scars were afraid of me...but that was the one emotion that I never felt from her.
"Jasper?" She asked as she raised one hand and held my cheek, the other still tracing the scar on my arm.
I closed my eyes, the feeling of her hand on my scar was like nothing I have ever felt before. Maybe it was just because it was her, but it was soothing and yet the feeling of her touching me made me more alive then I had felt in over one hundred years.
She pulled her finger away from my arm, causing me to open my eyes and watch her.
"I'm sorry." She said as she took a step away from me.
"Please don't stop." I said softly as I reached out and put my arms around her waist, pulling her back to me. "I'm sorry, please don't pull away."
"Jasper." She said as she put her arms around my back. "Who did all of this to you?"
"It was many years ago, remember how I told you about Maria and her army?" I asked as I watched her face. "I was in charge of the newly changed, my job was to train them to fight. Well, the new really like to fight, and a lot of their first instincts were to bite me..to defend themselves." I said as she wassuddonly ful of anger and hate.
"These are all bite marks?" She asked, surprised by my response.
"Yes, these are all the marks that we get from anothers venom entering our body."
"Do you have more?" She asked as her hand traced a mark on my upper arm.
"Yes, I have many more." I admitted.
"Oh Jasper, I'm so sorry. Did it hurt?" She asked sadly.
"It did, but not any longer. Please don't worry about me, it was many years ago." I said as I leaned down and kissed the top of her head.
She looked up at me through her eyelashes as she shook her head. "You are so strong, how did you endure the pain that must have gone with all of these marks?"
"I was the leader, I couldn't let them know it hurt me to have them attack. They would have all attacked me at once, and I don't know if I would have survived that."
"Jasper." She said as she hugged me tightly.
"Alice, please don't worry. I am better now then I ever have been before, thanks to you." I said as I kissed her.
"We better get going, they will be in Washington and we need to be going." She said as she smiled.
"Who?" I asked again.
"The family that is like me, we will be a part of their family..a real family." She said as she pulled away.
"You're really excited, aren't you?"
"I don't remember my family before you." She said as she looked down, embarresed.
"Before me?"
"Yes, you're my family now." She said as she burried her head into my chest.
"You are my world." I said as I hugged her tightly, hoping that she would believe the amount of emotion that I put into it. "I love you." I said against her hair.
"I love you." She said against my chest.
She pulled away, smiling from ear to ear. "Get dressed so we can be leaving, I'll go get my luggage." She said as she skipped to the door.
"Luggage?" I asked.
"You didn't think I was just going to leave all my clothes here did you?" She asked over her shoulder.
"I guess I didn't think about it." I said as I shook my head, laughing as she smiled before walking out the door.