Revenant j. hale

Chapter 44

"You came." 

"Wow," the sharp intake of breath was heard even from my human ears  as soon as Jared stepped into the living room. I could tell he was nervous, his usual smile and hyper attitude had been replaced with an awkward stance. 

His gaze shifted from my face to the IV that was sat beside the couch and then over to Jasper. "You guys didn't - like Bella and Edward or something right?" 

I snorted, "No Jared. I'm just sick." That made the vampire next to me scoff loudly. After a sharp look from me Jasper put his attention back to the random piece of my hair he had been playing with. "Did he -"

"He's not waiting outside to make a grand entrance if that's what you're wondering. None of them know I'm here yet."

My heart clenched. It wasn't as though I was surprised Paul didn't come. After trying to call him multiple times and receiving no answer we tried Jared, who quickly gave in once Seth agreed that it was urgent. A small part of me still hoped that he had overheard or Jared had been able to convince him to talk to me.

"I missed you by the way. And you know how much of a pain in the ass Mr. Grumpygills is already without being away from you." 

"I missed you too." A pause before the question we both knew I'd ask. "How is he?"

"For the first few days we couldn't get him to shift back to normal. Guess his emotions got the better of him and well, you're the only one that really ever helped with that. After a week or something he changed back but wouldn't talk to any of us. Sam gave him hell for skipping all his patrols." 

Jasper easily felt the sadness radiating off of me, moving closer he pulled my body into his arms and nuzzled soft kisses on my shoulder. Then things started changing. My body started warming up again and it made me groan out in annoyance. "Again?" Jasper nodded, feeling my body start to grow clammy. 

"Carlisle!"

In seconds the room flooded with vampires, making Jared immediately uncomfortable. "What's wrong?"

"You ready little sis?" Emmett asked, concerned eyes. "Up we go." Gently he pulled me into his arms bridle style, his body being the biggest meaning he generated the most cold as they moved me over to the bathroom. 

"Hey, what are you guys doing?" 

"It's okay J, just stay out of the way," I mumbled. Alice was filling the bathtub with ice and Carlisle carefully moved some medical stuff on the bathroom counter in case things got bad. To say that the ice bath was comfortable would be a lie. 

Jasper tried his best to create a calm atmosphere for everyone as I lay in the freezing tub, Carlisle leaning to take my temperature. "I think we got it just in time," he said with a smile. 

"Can someone tell me what the hell is going on, because I knew you guys were weird but this is just wow."

"I told you I'm sick. That's why I wanted to see you and Paul."

He sighed anxiously, looking at his phone. "I've gotta go. I'll come back as soon as I can, I promise."

It wasn't long after he left that Jasper sat next to me, taking my hand and kissing the back of it. With everything going on the past few weeks he's been terrified. Lots of nights spent pacing around the room and filling his days with as much physical contact he could get without me getting sick. 

Without a word he reached into his pocket, pulling out a small silk bag. "Wasn't exactly how I planned on giving you this but every bride needs a ring." He pulled out a beautiful ring, a simple ring and a small diamond in the middle. 

"It's perfect." He slipped it on my finger and kissed my hand again, looking at me with sad eyes. "Hey, don't do that." I rubbed his cheek gently, threading my fingers into his hair making him lean into my hand. 

"Darlin' there's no way I would be able to act like everything's fine. This isn't how I expected everything to go when I met you." 

"Neither did I but this is how it is, and how it's gonna be. There's no use being sad about it now and later. If you're too focused on all the bad right now you're gonna miss the good. Be here, be present, be with me." 

"I love you," he mumbled into my hair. 

"And I love you."

This was short and bad but I felt like everything I was writing wasn't working. Hope y'all are doing okay <3