Bella MacLeod's Twilight Fanfiction

An Imperfect Life

By Midnight Dreamer

Chapter 34: Steps to the future

(PPOV)

I knew something was going to happen today, I just didn’t know it would be running into the Major. He looked so lost and angry. I haven’t seen him that way in years. We sat and talked for hours about everything we have done for the last several years since we last saw each other. Alice wouldn’t let Jasper come see us often, she said we would cause Jasper to slip in his new diet. Bullshit. He has more control around us then he does with them. Our blood lust is nowhere near what theirs is, we don’t deny our natural food source so we don’t really have much lust for it. Where living with 5 other vampires who are all refraining from going ol’ natural, would cause an empath who can feel it all to go slightly wonky. Jasper told us about all the things going on at home. How Edward fell in love with a human girl, and Rosalie with the girls brother. To say I was shocked was an understatement. Rosie the ice bitch in love, who’d a thunk it! Then he told us about how the human, sorry, Bella was different from other humans. He told us of the feelings they all got when she played piano. I was surprised to find out this tidbit of information. He explained the prank she pulled on them in Cape Cod. I actually fell off my chair I was laughing so hard. Then he got to the kidnapping of Bella. I heard the low growl come from his chest as he told the story. To say I was impressed that she survived is neither here nor there. But to find she had charmed a vampire into helping her get back to her family after he kidnapped her was just pure genius. Then on top of that she befriended another vampire while being held captive and he helped her to escape was just incredible. The more Jasper spoke of this girl I could tell he had feelings for her. I have to meet her. We spoke for hours. Then came the big question.

“Jasper” I looked at him

“Yes Peter”

“What are you doing up here?”

“I was wondering how long it would take you to ask that question”

“Well are you going to spill or do I have to guess?”

“Okay I guess I should start at the beginning then.”

“Always a good place to start yes.”

“Shut it Peter” Char chimed in.

“Well four days ago I was over at Bella’s helping her with some stuff. Her and Edward got into a fight before she was kidnapped and I was the only one she really talked to so I was there with her. Well Edward came over and was questioning her about their relationship and I already knew that Bella no longer had feelings for him that way so when she told him this he didn’t take it so well. Then to cover up the stuff we were working on she lied and told him that she was in love with me. He pushed her to prove it like the child he is and she kissed me.”

“Whoa the human kissed you and you didn’t kill her?”

“Will you let me finish. So where was I?”

” She kissed you.” Char sighed.

“Oh right. So she kissed me. I couldn’t believe it and the thing that gets me is that when she did it I couldn’t see, hear, smell, feel or taste anything but her. When we broke apart Edward looked shocked but I could feel his heart break, he took off. Then Bella went in the house to make something to eat and I paced the ground outside trying to figure out what it all meant and what I was going to tell Alice. Well Simon you know Bella’s vampire friend from Russia, he has some cool powers and I guess he spoke with Bella through Telepathy. She told him what happened and he advised her to talk to me. But then I called him and we talked about it and he told me the connection we have is that of soul mates. I of course took it hard and Simon told me to take a few days in Seattle and clear my head and figure out what or who I wanted. So I left. Well 48 hours later I was home. Simon met me on the porch. I should have know something wasn’t right when Alice didn’t come streaking through to welcome me home. So I said my hello’s and then went to find Alice. I got to the third floor where our room was I could smell her in the room with someone else. A human. I knew it wasn’t Emmett or Bella because I know their scents. So I slowly opened the door. Surprised that Alice didn’t hear or feel me coming. When I stepped into the room I couldn’t believe my eyes. There was Alice my wife, wrapped around this human BOY!”

“Jasper honey calm down” char told him.

“Sorry still really raw. Anyway to continue. I growled and Alice jumped away from the boy. She didn’t even feel remorseful that she had cheated on me. By this time I had already made my decision to leave her but the fact still remained that we needed to talk through everything and settle on our divorce. But to walk in on her slathering herself all over this human before we were even broke up was just….it pushed me over the edge. I have not been that pissed off in decades. I actually saw red. If it wasn’t for Simon telling me just to leave I would have done something I may have regretted later. I was supposed to go see Bella after I got through at home but I just couldn’t do it being like this so I ran. And now here I am.”

“So your saying you took off not even telling your soul mate that you were leaving?” I questioned him.

“Shit! Bella is going to be so upset or hell she may even be pissed off at me. She does have a mean temper.”

“You should call her” Char added.

“Yeah but I don’t think she will answer if she is pissed at me. I should call Simon though and he can get through to her for me.”

“If you’re her soul mate then where does this Simon guy come in?” I asked. Confusion written all over my face.

“It’s a long story and not one that is mine to tell. That is between Bella and Simon. I understand because I know everything, but I know to an outsider it would look as if she is cheating. That however is not the case.”

“Okay” I quirked.

” I will go give Simon a call and see if he can get through to Bella. Maybe even get her to talk to me.”

“Okay Major you do that.”

He left to the front porch to call this Simon guy. I think it is weird that he would let his mate around some other male. I know that I let Char around Jasper but that is a different story all together. He is our sire. We share a special bond. If we go by human rules he would be our father. I know creepy right. But I think he would rip my head off if I ever called him dad, father, paw or pops. So we go with brother. So less complicated. Suddenly I heard Jasper yell “What?” from the porch. Well that can’t be good. A few minutes later he came back in almost as pissed as he was when he got here the first time.

“What happened?”

“She left.”

“Oh.”

“Yeah she took off with Simon to Italy. They don’t know when they will be back. Bella  knew about what happened and she hoped I would come to her, but I took off. She was upset that I took off and didn’t just come talk to her. So she had packed a bag and left.”

By the time he got to the end of the phone call recall he was looking like he was going to cry if it was possible.

“What are they doing in Italy?”

“Simon has some business with the Vulturi.”

“Is that a good idea. You know with Bella being human and all?”

“Oh Bella will be more then safe with Simon.”

“Why do I feel like I’m missing a big part of this puzzle?”

“Because you are Peter but like I said before it is not my place to tell you Bella’s story. You will have to ask her yourself when you meet her.”

“I get to meet her?” I said sounding choked up.

“Yes Peter I would love for you to meet Bella. I know you will love her like I do. She is truly amazing.”

“I can’t wait”

(JPOV)

I want Peter to meet Bella. Bella… I can’t believe she would just up and go off to Italy with Simon and not call me. I wonder if she saw the outcome of yesterday. I know she has dream premonitions. She could of at least called me and warned me. Now I was getting angry again. I can’t believe she left me. They don’t know when they will be back. Simon said that Bella was upset. I’m so sorry Bella. I was being an ass, I know I was an ass. I hope she can forgive me. What am I going to do till she returns? Well I have plenty of time to figure shit out now don’t I. I will have to go home and collect my things, file for divorce from the cheating pixie bitch, and come back here to Peter’s. I can’t stay at that house with all of them there. Alice and her new play thing, Emmet and Rose going at it all the time, Carlisle and Esme in their blissful happiness, and Edward the brooding moody teenager that he is. I would loose my mind if I stayed there. I hope it won’t take Bella long to come home.

I talked with Peter and Charlotte about my idea and they were more then happy to have me stay with them. God I loved my family. I took off on my way back home after we finished with our discussion. I knew I was going to have to explain everything to Carlisle so he would understand that I was not leaving the family, I was just sorting through my own emotions away from everyone else’s. I just hope he understands. It didn’t take me long at all to get home. Esme threw her arms open for me the moment I walked in the door. I walked to her and hugged her. She was always a breath of sunshine. I never felt any really bad emotions off of her. She was perpetually happy. Right now however I could feel her sadness. I knew she knew I was leaving again. But I had to reassure her I would return. I sent her waves of love, and calm. She smiled a small smile before stepping away. She told me Carlisle was in his office. Good. It’s the only room in the house that you couldn’t be over heard in. Carlisle had the room soundproofed so we couldn’t be heard. With Edward around it was the only privacy we could get. I raced up the stairs and headed to his office. Before I could even knock he called me to come in.

“Come in Jasper”

“Hello Carlisle. I would like to talk to you about a few things.”

“Yes I suppose you do.”

“I’m leaving again.”

“Oh, why is that?”

“I just need some time away to sort through my thoughts and feelings, away from all the ones swirling around here.”

“I understand that. Are you sure that’s the only reason?”

I could swear that man knew more then we all thought.

“No.”

“What other reason’s do you have son?” he smirked.

That man knows to much for his own good.

“Well for one, I don’t want to be around Alice and her new puppet. Two I can’t deal with Edwards’ negative emotions, and Rose and Emmett just make me want to hurl.” I said honestly.

“So your reasons have nothing to do with the absence of one Miss Bella Swan?”

Damn. How does he do that?

“Well….”

“Jasper. You can be honest with me. I have seen the way you two are around each other. I’m surprised you haven’t felt her feelings toward you.”

“I can only feel her emotions when she let’s me.”

“And how do you feel about her?”

I raised my eyebrow questioning him.

“What do you know old man?” I asked smirking at him.

He just chuckled and replied.

“I see and know many things you don’t know about. I see the way you are at ease with her. Not strung out and stressed like you are with Alice. I see the way Bella lights up when you come anywhere near her. I’m pretty sure she can feel you coming before you even get anywhere close to her.”

“You are very perceptive. Are you sure your not related to Bella and Emmett?”

“Yes I’m positive. However if you want to look at it a different way we are all related through Simon. Bella is just more closely related because of her DNA.”

“Ah…Yeah okay.”

“So where will you be staying?”

“With my brother Peter and his wife in Canada.”

“So you are staying relatively close?”

“Yes”

“Good, when are you planning on coming home?”

“Not sure yet?”

“Waiting for Bella huh?”

“Yeah I guess. We have a lot of things we need to discuss.”

“Yes I’m sure you do. Running off on your soul mate is usually a rare thing to talk about but hey who am I to judge.”

“Wait, you know?”

“Simon warned me you would come speak to me when you returned. I also knew you would be leaving again. Which reminds me, Bella gave me this for you.”

He opened a small box he took from his desk and pulled out an envelope.

“A letter?”

“Yes Bella said that when you came to me I was to give you this and tell you not to worry. She also said to tell you she can’t wait to meet Peter and Charlotte.”

The smile that broke out on my face could have possibly light up the whole western seaboard but I didn’t care. My girl didn’t leave me with out no way of knowing how she felt.

“Thank you.”

” Your welcome son. And I hope you work everything out with you and Bella. I want you both to be extremely happy.”

“Again thank you Carlisle for everything you have done for me.”

I smiled as I stood to leave his office. Just as I reached the door he spoke to me.

“Good luck Jasper”

I packed up all my stuff and Fed Ex’d it to Peter’s house, it will be there the same time I get there. Then I headed back.