After Time [Twilight Fan Fiction]

21. Gifts

21. Gifts

Amarillo, TX

December 2010

(Christmas Day)

Peter

"You didn't do that, did you?" I asked Jasper as I gently sat up. He quickly reached out to move Robyn, who had passed out after her last orgasm.

"Nope," Jasper said as he shook his head.

"It's got to be the triad. We're all together now. I'm going to be honest here, we never felt this kind of lust between just us. While there were times I wanted her, it wasn't like that. It wasn't that big of a need to be with her without you. At least once we found out you were alive," I tried to explain.

"Maybe it is. Do you think she's gifted?" Jasper asked as we laid next to her on the bed. Glancing at the clock, I realized it was well past one in the morning. We had gotten here at around eleven, we must have been busy for longer than we thought.

"I'm not sure. She's never possessed anything that would give me that indication."

I turned over to rake my fingers through her brown hair. She was turned toward Jasper and as my fingers combed through her hair, she sighed in her sleep. We watched in shock as she moved closer to Jasper with both her hand and her head resting on his chest directly over where his heart should beat.

"That was more than I ever expected, honestly," Jasper said.

We were talking in whispers and vampire speed as to not wake Robyn. Though, I had a sneaking suspicion she probably couldn't hear us anyway.

"What do you mean?" I asked as I look up at him.

"I didn't expect us to be that way with her. I mean, I know she cares about us both, loves us to a degree we'd probably never truly understand, but to see her with us. It wasn't until that moment, that I knew we were meant to be, all three of us, together. The way she molded into you, met my eyes, enjoyed us both, wanting us both at the same time. I didn't really believe you when you told me what she wanted. Now, I think I do. I felt it, a flicker of something from her. That's why I asked. For what I felt, it was larger, higher, more magnificent than anything I could make us feel. It was as if everything we all felt separately, was-"

"Magnified," I finished for him.

He nodded, "Exactly. It's hard to explain, but it was much more than what I could have done on my own.

I looked down at her, suddenly afraid. Not of her or of us, but the possibility of her possessing a gift. I hadn't thought about it, she seemed ordinary by human standards, but I should have known from the beginning.

"That's why Triads are dangerous," Jasper suddenly said aloud. I looked up at him hoping he'd continue. "Think about it," he said, "if all three of a mated pair were gifted. Imagine if a vampire wasn't even gifted until they were with their triad. There's a chance that Robyn's gift didn't manifest until we were all together. It would explain why the Volturi hate triads. The gifts could compliment each other. I think I've heard of the gift but I can't contact Eleazar to find out if my suspicion might be right."

"What's that? Your suspicion?"

He looked up at me and for moment, I saw true fear, not for our mate, but those that might take her from us.

"An amplifier. Basically a vampire than magnifies gifts. With my gift you notice I can only affect a certain amount of people or vampires, imagine if I could control thousands. An amplifier would do that, it magnifies sound on a surround sound. Your knower, which you say isn't a gift, could be magnified as well. You might get visions or you may just know more than you do. You've told me, it's all basic instinct just a little worst, but you would know from the beginning what's about to happen."