Surviving the Teenage Dream

Mortal Coil

They survived falling in love and having four (count 'em, FOUR) children. Now, Geekward and Nerdella are parents of teenagers. Say a prayer for them for they are in for a bumpy ride. Kyra is being a brat, displaying actions akin to her uncle who is nearing the end of his life on death row. Owen is a geek, like his dad. Then there is Mia and Masen, the twins. They're still cute and adorable. Well, as cute and adorable as twelve year olds can be.

Let's not forget Alice, Jasper, Adam, and Gianna (the Whitlock's), Justin, Alex and Demetri (the Volturis), Esme andMarcus (the Volturis), Tim, Rose, Ava and Lucas (the Napletons) and our antagonist, Jacob Black. Emmett will also make a brief appearance in this story, too. But he's not causing drama. His final goodbye, as it were.

Up next will be back to Edward. Some closure will be happening in regards to Emmett. Should Edward accept Emmett's apology? See him one last time? Leave your thoughts. Also, leave your thoughts regarding the Alice and Jasper situation...what do you think is going on there? (Affair? Need to rekindle the romance? Drifting apart?) I'm curious...See you on the flipside!

Chapter Eleven: Mortal Coil

EPOV

Alice is driving me up the god damned wall. I love my sister, but fuck me...she needed to go home. It had been four days since they returned from Vegas. Alice had been staying with Bella and me. She refused to speak to Jasper. He blew her off and forgot to pick up Alice and Gianna. My sister was pissed. Fuck, so was I. When I helped all of my girls, Alice and Gianna included, get settled at home, I drove myself to Jasper's house to rip him a new asshole.

He wasn't home.

He didn't show up to work the following day, either.

When he finally showed up to work three days later, well today, I pulled him into my office and punched him in the face, breaking his nose. It felt good. I was always considered a 'pussy' by my family but to do that made me feel powerful. Until I found out why Jasper wasn't at work or at home or why he neglected to pick up his wife and daughter from the airport.

His mom was sick and had died.

They weren't particularly close but she was still his mother. Jasper had flown down to Texas the day after the girls left for Vegasafter he got a phone call from the local hospital, notifying him as next of kin. Everything happened so fast. Jasper's mom, Delores, was placed in hospice and was on her deathbed, essentially. He had known for a few months that she was terminally ill with lung cancer. She had taken a turn for the worse over the holidays. The cancer had metastasized to her bones, liver and ultimately, her brain.

However, she was never a loving mother and practically ignored Jasper. He was never wanted as a child, really. He was an 'oops' baby. By the time Delores realized she was pregnant, it was too late to get an abortion and Delores' family and her husband, Franklin, refused for her to give the baby up for adoption. It wasn't right. So, Jasper was raised by nannies and servants while his mother and father gallivanted at their parties, not caring about their son. Supposedly. Jasper's father died when he was in high school. He drank himself to death, trying to get away from his wife. They hated each other and were promised to one another or something. It was an arranged marriage, or close to that. From what I heard about Delores, it would drive me to drink, too. But, at least Franklin Whitlock left Jasper money to go to college that couldn't be touched by his wife. That's what allowed him to go to MIT. It's what also made Jasper be my best friend. He knew what it was like to not to be wanted by a parent.

However, it was his mother that didn't want him, not his father like me. Franklin loved Jasper, in his own convoluted way. Franklin was the one who arranged for the nannies while Jasper grew up, where Delores wanted to tie Jasper out in the yard like a dog. Franklin paid for college and left him a hefty inheritance upon his death. Delores despised her son, begging formoney on a yearly basis because she was so destitute. That never changed.