Pain.
It was a thing people avoided at all costs. They hated thinking, feeling, and looking at it.
Everyone wished they never encountered it.
But Violet Andrews never had that luxury
With a simple touch she felt it, anyones and everyone's. Their...
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Violet as per Alices request was wearing the blue dress, a matching pare of gloves on her hands. She sighed as she closed her Jeeps door with the bump of her hip. In her gloved hands she held a box of chocolates Alice had texted her to pick up. As soon as she walked a little ways the door opened and Alice smiled wide in the doorway looking down.
"You sent me many threatening voicemails, I'm actually early"
"Which means your on time" Violet glared
"Rude" she walked up and Alice took the chocolates out of her hands.
"Bella will be here soon" she said and grabbed the girls hand pulling her in. Just as they entered Alice pulled the girl around, showing off her decorations.
After observing the beautiful decor Alice perked up.
"She's here!"
Violet smiled and stood down in the living room as Alice rushed up to the door.
Alice tugs Bella and Edward to the top of the landing, then skips down the stairs. They look down into the living room. Hundreds of pink candles and rose-filled crystal bowls. Esme, Rosalie, Emmett, Carlisle, Jasper, Violet and Alice look up at her, all of them stunningly beautiful. Bella would love to disappear, but Edward leads her down to the living room where Esme and Carlisle hug Bella warmly.
"Sorry about all this. We tried to rein Alice in."
"Like that's even possible. Happy birthday, Bella." FLASH! Alice has snapped a picture of Bella with them.
"Found it in your bag. Mind?" Emmett moves to Edward's side. Nudges him.
"Dating an older woman. Hot." Bella caught that. Edward elbows him sharply to shut up.
"What?" Rosalie steps up. Shoves a silver package at Bella.
"It's a necklace. Alice picked it out." She walks away, bored. Bella has to smile. She sees Jasper across the room. They wave to each other.
Thats when Violet finally saw him, she had missed him as Alice dragged her around and gossiped in her ear excitedly. She saw him an instantly felt a calm and settling effect on her. Violet walks over smiling, and sits on the table next to him swinging her legs. He smiles and plants a kiss on her cheek instantly. Violets eyes widened and a blush covers her cheeks as she looks away to not see the admiration on his face as he looks at her. He chuckled low and she looked at him biting her lip.
"Dont laugh at me" she muttered jokingly but he nodded, a teasing smirk on his face.
"of course not" Alice aims the camera
"Show me the love!" Edward pulls Bella into an embrace, they look deeply into one another's eyes. FLASH!
"For your scrapbook. Now open your presents!" Alice drags Bella over to a table piled with elaborately wrapped gifts, a huge cake and a tall stack of china plates.
"Alice, I'm the only one who even eats cake. That thing could feed fifty."
"Hope you're hungry." Violet turned appulled, a gasp leaving her.
"Excuse me, sitting right here, hungry as ever" they laughed, Alice turning back to Bella
"Here, this one's from Emmett." The others crowd around... Jasper Violet somewhat away. Bella, no fan of being the center of attention, opens the gift to find an empty car-radio box.
"Um... thanks?"
"Already installed it in your truck. Finally, a decent sound system in that piece of -- "
"No hating on the truck. Thank you, Emmett."
"Open mine. Alice hands her a box. Bella starts to open it, suddenly she flinched.
"Ouch - paper cut." A single drop of deep red blood appears. Violet thinks little of it, only winching slightly knowing the pain of such a thing, but then she hears a disturbing, grisly snarl next to her, her heart suddenly froze a she looks up just as Jasper tried to lunges toward Bella . Violets eyes widened as she saw him in the mirror behind Bella. Teeth bared, eyes beyond reason.
Things where moving so fast Violet couldn't keep up, but her body seemed to. As she jumped forward in shock.
Edward flings Bella behind his own body, causing her to crash into the table, plates shattering as Jasper slams into Edward. Violet flinched as it sounds like boulders colliding. Edward pushes him, hard; Jasper sails backward, hitting the wall and Violet gasped in shock. But he pushes off it and comes back at Bella. Violet hardly recognizing him as she watched him, only instincts moving him. Emmett and Carlisle tackle Jasper from the side, dragging him to the ground, Alice helps hold him down. Violet took a step forward, her hand going out as she wanted to help him, but with the sound of pain he made she instantly stopped. Alice tried to calm him.
"Jaz... shhh -- ..." But she stops, her head suddenly jerking toward Bella. Then everybody's eyes snap toward Bella as they catch the overwhelming scent. Violet only turning when she noticed the rest. More fear came as she saw her friend lying amid the shards of broken china. She looks at her arm, seeing now it's been slashed by plate shards; bright red blood pulses out of her, pooling.
Violet looked at the others. All of them now, including Edward (but not Carlisle) stare down at her, at her blood, with fevered eyes. Six suddenly hungry vampires. Carlisle jumps to Bella's side. Edward, though white as a bone, snaps out of it and stands between her and the others. Violet quickly rushed towards them and Casicle grabs her and pushes her behind him.
"Emmett, get Jasper out of here...." no response "....Emmett." Emmett reins himself in, elbows Rosalie. They drag the snarling Jasper out. Esme holds her nose, politely exits with the others. Alice looks at Bella, apologetic --
"I'm sorry, I... can't..." She slips out the door. Edward's still on guard as Carlisle examines Bella's arm.
"I'll have to stitch this up."
"I'll carry her to the kitchen." He moves to pick her up, but his eyes dart to the blood. Violet was starring at the door frowning, she wanted to follow Jasper, but figured he probably couldn't see her right now...
"I'll take care of her, Edward." She heard Carlisle say, but she still didnt look, her thoughts only on Jasper. Edward doesn't move "Check on Jasper." She hears and her turns, her eyes finding Edward who looks reluctant. Her eyes are pleading "Go." Edward looks from him to Bella to Violet Then steps back, allowing Carlisle to lift Bella and carry her to the kitchen.
