Jasper's Children (TAKEN BY A NEW AUTHOR)

Jasper's Children!

Jasper's POV

I had wanted to surprise Alice for our anniversary, when I say surprise I meant we would go back to Denali where we first got married eighty five years ago. We would picnic under the stars and it would be perfect! Oh god, I was horribly wrong...On the day we were supposed to leave I was heading out early to make sure everything was as it should be. I stepped outside and at first everything was normal nothing strange at all...then I heard them, there were two toddlers a boy and a girl standing by the edge of the forest. I started toward them just as they noticed me, the little girl seemed to be the oldest although it was clear they were twins. She met me half way between the river and the lawn of my family home, little did I know this encounter would change my life forever...the little girl spoke first. "Just listen for a moment before saying anything ok?" I was astounded at her perfect grammar and articulation, although one glance at them and you could see they weren't human which brought the question to my mind who would be stupid enough to create immortal children? I didn't have much time to ponder these thoughts though as she was beginning to grow impatient so I gave a curt nod and she continued, "My brother and I we came to find Jasper Whitlock".

I froze what did they know of me? Before I could ask she continued "am I to assume you are Jasper?" I nodded again and the little boy ran forward and hugged me although his sister worked to restrain him "Brother we musn't! Not yet any way" I just let it go and hugged him back he seemed as though he wanted to cry. She pulled him away from me and went on with her explainiation, " we have been searching for you for an extremley long time, I am to assume you remember Maria?" I jumped back from the two children at the mere mention of that name but nodded and gave a short answer "Yes, I do indeed remember Maria". Her expression brightened when I said this as if her explaniation was somehow cut in half, she continued to smile as she herself hugged me. I hugged her back and she went on with her story..."there is no need to be worried Jasper, Maria has not sent us we came on our own free will you see our mother left us the minute we were old enough to be on our own" I felt bad for these children they were orphans, but what did this have to do with me? Then I remembered they had mentioned Maria and she had described there mother as being cold heartless and cinical.

If I knew anything I would have sworn they had just descbried Maria herself...but then that makes me there, NO! The little girl went on then "I am sure by now you have made the connection by my story and our looks" It was true if there story hadn't convinced me there apperance would have, looking at this little girl she was just a smaller and kinder version of Maria...it firghtened me, and the small boy he resembled me but with touches of Maria here and there. That also frightened me, I hated the mere idea of Maria and I creating anything as wonderful and precious as these two children. The little girl called my atention again, "yes jasper Maria is our mother and you are our father" At this point it was so real that I couldn't deny it, and to tell myself the truth I didn't want to.These children are mine and I'm going to do whatever it takes to make them happy and to make sure they fit in with my family, Just then I realized I didn't even know there names so I asked "children what are your names?" the little girl answered for both of them "this is Jasper Brandon Whitlock and I am Maria Alice Whitlock" I sucked in a deep breath her middle name is Alice! Maria did this on delibratley she knew about ym Alice and she did this to hurt me.

Which reminds me I hear Alice coming downstairs now, What do I do if she finds out about Jasper and Maria and who there mother is she'll murder me. But I can't hide them it doesn't seem right the whole family needs to know about them! I'm frightened, Alice scares me!

Alice's POV

I had rolled over in bed before realizing that action should have either dumped me onto the floor or I'd be laying onto of Jasper, but I'm still in bed groping around I found Jaspers side of the bed empty I immediatley sprang up out of bed feeling a little upset it's our anniversary her could atleast been here when i opened my eyes! I walked to the window and looking outside I could see Jasper outside kneeling down talking to someone, then i saw a little boy tackle Jasper...whoever they where he didn't want me to know about them. I opened the window a little so I could hear a little better right as the girl said, "Maria is our mother and you our father" My throat felt swollen and my eyes were pricking with the tears I couldn't shead anymore. Jasper had lied to me about this for eighty five years! Then I head her say "this is Jasper brandon Whitlock and I am Maria Alice Whitlock" I jumped back from the window hissing as I heard this and Jasper seemed as surprised as I felt so maybe he didn't know about them all this time. I'm still upset but I will let him explain on his own time and as far as he knows I know nothing, I'm just going to walk downstairs and outside maybe he'll just explain everything and there'll be no reason to be mad at all!

I got outside and looked across the yard to where I could see Jasper now standing in front of the two children but the little girl.... little Maria Alice was leaning around her dads leg waving at me like I was her favorite person in the whole world, she broke free of the hold her dad had on her and sprinted toward me I stopped and waited for her to smack into me. It hurt a hell of a lot more than I thought it would be when we were finally able to stop laughing she hugged me and i hugged her back she said i was her step-mom and I didn't see a problem with that. But then it finally hit me these were Maria's kids not mine I had no link to them besides marrying there dad! And he loves them more than he loves me I know this because all his special "surprises" for today were completley wiped away. Great now I get to spend the day with Jasper and his little brats while he showers them with love and I'm forgotten...well, this is going to be a horrible eighteen years....Can't they just go back to Maria!?!? I don't care where she is and I don't care if I ever see either of them again!