Ophelia; Jasper Hale

6

He got closer to me.

"I don't want to bring you into my world. I'm sorry."

I put my naked hand on his cheek and he closed his eyes.

"You saved me. Thank you," I whispered.

"I put you in more danger just being near you," he said backing away from me.

"You won't hurt me. I trust you," I got closer to him.

"Stay there. Please."

I stopped.

"I'm sorry."

He chuckled.

"I tell you I'm dangerous and you apologize."

"Yeah, I guess."

He walked over to me. He slowly grabbed my hands and wrapped them around his neck as if he were giving me a piggy back ride.

"Do you trust me?" he asked.

"Yes."

"You shouldn't"

Suddenly we were moving incredibly fast. After a minute or two we stopped. We were in the forest. He let go of my hands and I jumped down.

"I want to know what you think I am."

"I, uhm, don't know. Are you radioactive?"

"No," he chuckled.

"Bitten by a spider?"

He shook his head, "Negative."

"I know, you're part bionic."

"All of these are superhero things."

I nodded.

"What if I told you I'm not the good guy."

"But you are. I can tell you're trying to push me away and act like you're horrible, a monster, but you're not, Jasper. A bad guy would've let him rape me."

He flinched as if I wounded him with those words.

"I couldn't live with myself if he..."

"That's not how bad guys think."

He smiled.

"What are you then? Mr. Bad guy?"

"My family and I are... vampires."

"Vampires?"

I thought about it. His face turned dark.

"Yes, we are vampires."

"But, you're not going to hurt me."

"Every single cell in my body is telling me to. Every single microscopical piece of me is begging to take your blood."

He pinned me against a tree to scare me.

"I'm not scared of you. You're not going to hurt me, I can see it. I don't know why."

I touched his cheek again and he cuddled into it. He grabbed my hand and kissed it.

-

After explaining everything, Jasper walked me back to my car. It was already 5:30.

"Shit, my mom's going to kill me."

I called her quickly.

"Where are you? I was worried sick. I called you like 7 times Ophelia."

"I know, I'm sorry I left my phone in the car and went on a walk with a friend."

"For two hours? What friend? Charlie invited me over while Bella was out with friends, did you go to the beach without asking?"