BELOVED, jasper hale [02]

i. the human's older than you

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❀ 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘯𝘦: 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯'𝘴 𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶

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𝐤𝐚𝐲𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞

     IT'S BEEN A MONTH since Embry Imprinted on Kathleen and Alice, and, honestly, the feeling of dread and knowing what is to come is not the best, and it's still growing steadily. Today it is going to burst — on the blood singer's birthday of all days — and it's going to shatter everything into a million tiny, little pieces. A new school year has started, and that anxiety is an unwanted guest atop the dread.

     Currently in Forks High School, there are hundreds of humans, and an overwhelming scent of blood. Luckily, Jasper isn't as bad as he was last year, and Kathleen has started to adapt to the appetizing smell. However, ever since Kaya started working at the hospital with the Cullen patriarch, she has grown a higher tolerance to the smell of blood, and it's not as alluring as it used to be. She is not entirely sure as to whether she is going to be able to go back to feeding on humans when she returns to the Volturi, and Alice's subjective precognition isn't giving Kaya much of an idea.

     "Bella!" Alice calls, jumping over the railing and pulling Bella into a hug. "Happy Birthday!"

     "Shhh!" the human girl hisses, reluctantly returning the hug. "I thought I said no presents."

     "I've already seen you open it and guess what? You love it! You're gonna wear it tonight, our house."

     Bella gives Alice an exasperated look.

     "Come on, please? It will be fun."

     "Okay. alright."

     "Great! Okay, I'll see you at 7:00."

     Jasper gives Bella a smile, and Kaya feels him further manipulate her feelings into something resembling happiness and her looking forward to the night.

     "Jasper," Bella calls, making him stop and glance at her. "No fair with the mood control thing."

     "Sorry, Bella." He smiles softly "Happy... Never mind."

     "You can't trust vampires," Edward says with a sigh, teasing his blood singer. "Trust me!"

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     "It's time! It's time! It's time! It's time!"

     "Sorry about all this," Carlisle apologises to Bella, a smile on his kind face and his arm around Esme, holding her gently to his side. "We tried to rein Alice in."

     "Like it's even possible," Esme laughs, a soft, motherly smile on her face.

     "Happy big Birthday, Bella!" Emmett cheers, pulling the frail girl into a hug.

     "Thanks," the dull human replies, obviously trying to enjoy herself amidst this family.

     Alice takes a photo, the flash startling Bella. "I found it in your bag. Do you mind?"

     "Dating an older woman?" Emmett teases Edward, making me snicker. "Hot!"

     The bronze haired telepath gives his brother a confused look. "What?"

     Alice nudges her sister. "You first, Rosalie."

     Rosalie's arm jerks up like it's on automatic, and Kaya tries her best not to laugh at the expression on her face, or the words that leave her mouth. "It's a necklace. Alice picked it up."

     "Thanks."

     Edward moves down next to Bella and holds her against him, Alice instantly swooping in to take a photo with the words: "Show me the love!"

     "This is from Emmett," the pixie-like vampire informs, handing Bella the wrapped empty box, which, like everyone would, shakes and gives the burly man a confused look.

     "Already installed it in your truck," Emmett informs with a grin. "Finally, a decent sound system for that piece of—"

     "Hey, don't...don't hate the truck," Bella says with a smile, the first sincere one of the night.

     "Open Esme and Carlisle's," Alice chirps, thrusting another present into Bella's now empty hands.

     "Just a little something to brighten your day," Carlisle says, Esme smiling and adding to his words with: "We think you've looking kind of pale lately."

     As Bella goes to rip the paper encasing the little gift, it slices open her finger. "Ow. Paper cut."

     A drop falls onto the creamy white carpet, and Edward's gaze moves to where Kaya is standing beside Jasper, Kathleen, and Alice. In an instant, Jasper loses control, charging towards Bella with pure hunger on his pale face, and Kathleen struggles in Alice's firm grip. Emmett and Edward dart forward, after the latter pushes Bella back into the wall, the glass on the table against it shattering and slicing open Bella even further.

     At one stage, the piano gets smashed, and Emmett is laying on top of what remains of it, a dazed look in his golden eyes. Gritting her teeth, Kaya speeds around in front of Jasper and slams the heel of her palm against his throat, following through with a kick to his torso, sending him flying back and making him dazed enough for Emmett to jump up and grab the blood-crazed honey blond.

     Alice attempts to calm her best friend whilst Kaya stands protectively in front of the one person in this room she hates more than anything. "Jazz... Jazz! It's okay. It's just a little blood..."

     Carlisle looks up from where he's crouched by Bella's side, raising a bloodstained hand. "Get Jasper out of here."

     Emmett pulls his brother from the room, Rosalie and Esme following moments later. Alice apologises, hand tightening on Kathleen's, and then the pixie-vampire hurries out of the room, dragging Kathleen behind her. Briefly closing her eyes, the pained, hungered faces of Kaya's Mate and daughter flashing across the backs of her eyelids for the brief second, Kaya turns around to face Carlisle and Bella. The creamy white carpet is stained, possibly beyond repair, and there is a decent amount of blood on it, and on both Bella and Carlisle as well.

     "I'll have to stitch this up in my office," Carlisle murmurs, turning his golden gaze to Kaya a moment later. "Check on Jasper. I'm sure he's very upset with himself, and I doubt he'll listen to anyone but you right now."

     "Carlisle, I can't," Kaya murmurs softly, her gaze turning downcast. "I can't see him like this again."

     "I understand." He turns his gaze to his adopted son. "Edward?"

     The bronze-haired vampire hesitates, dark gaze pinned on Bella until Kaya places her hand on his shoulder, shaking him from his little moment. He takes one look at the older vampire before he leaves, and Kaya knows that he just read her mind and found out that she knew something like this was going to happen — and not just from her instincts like he did.