Bella MacLeod's Twilight Fanfiction

The Major And His Demon

By BetterInTexas

Chapter 12:

Lillith And The Major Go On A Date

“What do you mean, you don’t know? How the hell do you not know what I should wear on a date with your husband?”

“You know Bella, when you say it like that it seems kind of weird.” Alice said, smiling.

“What the hell isn’t weird about this situation darlin?”

Alice raised an eyebrow. “Darlin?”

Bella smiled a little. “Sorry. All the Texans with their accents are getting to me. You can only hear so much before it starts to affect you.”

“That’s quite all right. I kind of like it. Jasper used to talk with an accent before I took him with me to the Cullens. I have noticed he is getting it back since we have been in Texas. As far as what you are to wear, I would suggest you keep it simple. Especially if you don’t know where he is taking you. Jasper knows you well enough to avoid fancy places. He knows you don’t like that. So wear jeans and that tight mid drift you have. The red one?”

“Alice I am shocked. You of all people think I should dress down?”

“Yes, I guess I do. You hated it when I tried to change the way you dressed. You put up with it because you didn’t want to hurt my feelings. You shouldn’t have to do things you don’t want to keep me happy. You are beautiful no matter what you have on, or off for that matter. So you may as well be comfortable.”

“Alice is right Bella. Jasper will love whatever you have on.” Sarah said as she, Shelli and Eva walked in.

“But, we are definitely doing your hair. Just because we can.” Eva said with an evil grin.

“And I am doing your nails.” Cindi joined in, followed by the other three girls. Soon Bella found herself seated while Alice and Eva pulled straightened her hair, Cindi painted her nails and Sarah painted her toes. The other girls sat around on the floor reading fashion magazines and gossiping about movie stars and musicians. Bella shook her head. It was hard to believe a vampire and six demon girls could be so normal. But why not? They needed the same things as every normal human. Love, fun, laughter. Abe always says it’s important to hold on to our humanity.

At the moment Bella was very nervous. To say she was shocked that after what had happened between them last night, that he would ask her on a date, would be an understatement. She agreed to go of course, and after returning with a pillow and a blanket, lay next to Jasper and fell asleep.

Now however, Bella was nervous. She had never really been on a real date. Edward was more concerned with keeping her in a shell. Bella still smiled when she thought about Edward. She wondered how cold he was and how many roots he had tripped over by now. She and Angela had hung out and gone to movies and the mall but that was more hanging out that going on dates. They had already been having sex. They spent most of the time at Bella’s house in her bedroom, having “sleepovers” while Charlie worked late.

So this was her first real date. She had no idea where Jasper was taking her. He just told her to pack a change of clothes and be prepared to be gone a day or two. Bella readily agreed. He also told her to grab a swimsuit. Right now, Amber and Selena were preparing her bag. She trusted them to know what she liked. They all knew what each other liked. The guys hadn’t said much, not even Abe. But he had winked at her and wished her good luck. She asked him if now was the time to talk to Jasper and he told her it was not. He hugged her and told her for once, just to have fun and forget about everything else. Bella had tears in her eyes while he held her. She hadn’t just had fun in so long. She wasn’t sure if she remembered how.

Meanwhile Jasper was at the local Motel. Peter was sitting on the bed watching him get ready. Charlotte was helping him pick out clothes. He finally decided on a short sleeve black knit, form fitting Tee that clung to his upper body and dark blue jeans and black boots. Charlotte also pulled out a black felt cowboy hat from a box in the truck.

Jasper looked at her doubtfully.

“I don’t know if this hat is very practical Char. I’m not even sure Bella likes this style.”

“Trust me. She likes it. And you look great. What time are you picking her up?”

“I told her 3. That puts us there about 7 just as it is getting nightfall. Then we can be at the park at 11 as it is closing.”

“I still can’t believe you rented the whole damn thing and you aren’t going to let us go and have fun.”Peter complained.

“Sorry buddy. Maybe next time.”

“We will be fine Jasper. You need to just relax and have fun.”

“Have fun? I’m trying to get Bella to love me and only me. This is a mission.” Jasper said without turning around.

“Then it will never work.”

“What the hell do you mean Char?”

“That girl can see through bullshit. If you aren’t having fun, neither will she. And it wouldn’t kill you to treat her like someone you enjoy being with instead of a fucking mission you have to accomplish.”

“I do enjoy being with her! It’s all I fucking want!”

“Then fucking act like it and have fun with her. Be with her. Not off to the side hoping she likes the toys you bought her.”

Jasper sighed. Dammit Char was right. But he hadn’t just had fun in so long, he wasn’t sure how to anymore. Not even Alice and her perpetually happy personality could keep his dark thoughts away for long. His past always was there nipping at his heels.

He told Abe he would do anything in the world to have Bella love him and only him. He thought he would have to fight a horde of demons. Now it turns out his biggest obstacle is having fun.

“Jasper you love her. Just allow yourself to love her. The rest will come naturally.”

“What if she decides she doesn’t love me after spending time with me?” Jasper said, putting his biggest worry in the open.

Charlotte laughed. “Jasper you are a sweet, considerate, funny, beautiful, violent, possessive asshole. Everything a demon girl could want. You are perfect for her. You always have been.” Char kissed his cheek and swatted his ass.

“Now go have fun.”

Bella was standing in the mirror regarding her sister’s work. She thought she looked pretty good with her hair straightened. She wasn’t sure why she was so nervous. Actually she was sure. She wanted him to love her. Not the whole vampire mating thing. She could give a damn about that, and it would never work anyway. He had to love her, for her. When she was with Edward, she knew she was attracted to Jasper. She liked to laugh and talk with him. But she never really got to know the real him. And she doubted he ever got to know the real her.

If they were going to be together forever, if she would give herself to him and only him, she had to love him and he had to love her. And it had to be real. Not primal. Real, honest to goodness love. She wouldn’t take anything less.

Cindi and Alice walked into the changing room and told her it was time. Her Romeo had just arrived. She took a deep breath and walked over to both of them.

“You two going to behave while I am gone?”

“Nope.” They both responded. Apparently Alice has become addicted to demonic sex. Go figure.

“That’s my girls.” Bella replied with a wink. She walked into the living room and saw Jasper. Holy shit he looked good. He had a cowboy hat on. Damn. And that shirt. And those jeans. She could imagine herself ripping those off of him like the ones she had ripped off of him last night. He was alone. Peter didn’t like being here. Not with the close proximity to the Master. He had refused to stay the night before. Not wanting to leave Jasper he and Charlotte stood outside all night. Bella shook her head. He really shouldn’t have gone in there. That’s what he gets for breaking into people’s homes.

Jasper smiled at her as she walked in. He held his hand out to her.

“You ready to ride?”

Bella nodded her head. Right before she reached Jasper, Michael stepped in front of her staring at Jasper.

“You hurt her and we will turn you to ash. I will do it personally.”

Bella rolled her eyes.

“Michael you know he can’t hurt me.”

“There are more ways to be hurt than physically Lilly.” Michael looked hard at Jasper. “She is the baby sister of our family. You hurt her and we will fuck you up cowboy.”

“I won’t hurt her. Now step away before we have a lively debate on who is going to fuck who up.” Jasper responded, his eyes never leaving Michael’s.

Bella sighed and walked around Mike to grab Jasper’s hand.

“If you boys are done measuring your dicks I have a date to get to.” Bella said, pulling Jasper behind her.

As they walked out, Abe looked at Michael.

“It wouldn’t hurt to start trying to get along with him, you know?”

“Yeah, maybe. If he is good for her we will get along just fine. If he isn’t though, if he isn’t worthy, I won’t have him hanging around her for the rest of time.”

“Just step back and see where this goes, everybody.” Abe responded.

“What are you talking about Michael? Abe?” Alice asked.

“Nothing for you to worry about Alice. So what does everybody want to do tonight? Bars closed so…”

“Movie night!” Everyone in the room cheered except for Alice.

“Movie night?” She said. Truthfully she had been looking forward to another some demon orgy.

“Of course Alice. You don’t think we have sex all the time, do you?” Shelli asked, winking at her.

“Uh, no of course not…” She actually kind of did think that.

“Don’t worry Alice. We will take care of you after movie night.” Eva whispered in her ear.

Alice smiled. Maybe movie night wouldn’t be so bad. “So what are we watching?”

Bella and Jasper drove for 3 hours. Jasper was driving his large truck. The smell of sex between Bella and Alice was still prevalent in the back seat. Jasper wasn’t complaining of the reminder of one of the most memorable road trips ever.

“Okay Whitlock. I have been a good girl. I want to know where we are going now.” They had just pulled into San Antonio, Texas. The sun was falling. Shadows were everywhere. It would be safe for Jasper to go out in public now. Bella sighed. Having a boyfriend with a sensitive skin condition did have its challenges.

“We will be there in ten minutes so I guess I can go ahead and tell you. Have you ever seen a Killer Whale?”

That caught Bella by surprise. “I’m guessing you don’t mean on television?”

“Nope.”

“Then no I haven’t. But sweetie where the hell are you going to find a Killer Whale in San Antonio?”

“Seaworld.”

Bella Swan squealed. The demon girl, Lillith, vengeance personified as Abe liked to say, actually squealed in delight. The sound made Jasper’s heart soar.

“You are really taking me to Seaworld? I have wanted to go for so long! But you know with the whole killing vampires thing…”

Bella stopped talking. Both of them had agreed on the way up here to not speak of anything vampire or demon related. After that agreement they listened to music and told each other childhood tales. Jasper’s were decidedly different from Bella’s. She loved to listen to him talk about life in high Southern society. It seemed like a fairy tale until you remembered slavery and war between neighbors and family killing hundreds of thousands of people. Not the best of times.

Bella told him about her desire for pets growing up. Her horrible attempts at dancing, the seventh grade boyfriend who tried to kiss her once and when they closed their eyes he missed her lips and kissed her nose. The he put her tongue on her nose because he thought he had found her lips. She still shivered when thinking about that experience. Renee had gotten a good laugh at that when Bella told her.

The two walked hand in hand into the park. At night it was beautiful. The exhibits were lit up. The Dolphins jumped in their tanks with lights behind them. She watched Shamu and ducked when the Hawk came swooping out from the top of the Arena during the Sea otter show. She ate corndogs. And she dragged Jasper all over the park. For his part Jasper was having a blast. He hadn’t laughed this much since he was human. Seeing Bella’s enthusiasm was contagious.

After the last show, they walked through the Shark tank. Bella made Jasper buy her a Shamu stuffed animal. She made him buy himself a Seaworld T shirt. They had their pictures taken on the way out and she had to have that as well. Jasper was ready to buy the park for her.

Walking out hand in hand, the way they came in, Bella looked at Jasper and kissed him.

“This was the best first date ever. Thank you Jasper.”

“It’s not over Bella.” He smiled.

“The Park is closing. Are we coming back tomorrow?”

The gleam in her eyes made his heart swell. He should have done this long ago.

“No we are going to a large theme park. It’s called Six Flags Fiesta Texas. Do you like Roller Coasters?”

“Jasper it is damn near midnight. I don’t think we will have time to do much of anything before it closes.” Bella told him. Vampires have no sense of time. It must be because of the no sleeping thing they got going on.

“It is closing at midnight for the public. But I have rented it all night.” Jasper told her smiling.

“What do you mean? How do you rent a huge theme park?”

“You pay them. It’s pretty easy. A brain surgeon was going to rent it tonight for his kids 14th birthday. I simply paid more.” Jasper had worried that Bella may become angry at this. He remembered how mad she had gotten when Edward or Alice would buy her things.

“What the hell are we waiting for? Let’s go.” She smiled, grabbing his hand and pulling him towards the truck.

Italy

“Welcome Carlisle. It is nice of you and your lovely family to come visit us.”

“I was under the impression that it wasn’t a choice Aro.” Carlisle said annoyed. It had only been three days after they returned that Afton had shown up with a demand from Aro that they report to Italy immediately.

“Unfortunately it was not. You see one of my guard was killed. Felix. But you know that, don’t you Carlisle?”

“I may have heard something about it.” Carlisle admitted.

“Take my hand Carlisle.” Aro reached out his hand.

“No.”

“I wasn’t asking Carlisle.”

“Then kill me now. You said you wanted a friendship at our last meeting. Friend’s do not intrude on the memories of friends Aro.”

“Are we friends Carlisle? Because it seems you are hiding something and friends are supposed to be honest. You have not been honest.”

Carlisle was nervous. He knew what he was supposed to do. He was supposed to tell Aro about Bella. But he needed Aro to think she had a weakness. What was it? The past few days his memory had been fuzzy in some spots. This had never happened to him. He wasn’t even sure it was possible.

“I will tell you about Bella Swan. I know her. But we had nothing to do with the attack on your guard.”

“I think it would be better just to show me Carlisle. Now take my hand or I can have Jane persuade you to do so.”

What was it that they didn’t want Aro to know? That Bella had a weakness. Fire. Yes, he could use fire… no… too late. He had thought of it. Aro would see. If he didn’t voluntarily take his hand, Jane would force him too.

Carlisle stepped up and touched Aro’s hand.

“I see. You had nothing to do with the killing of Felix but you did allow a human to know of our existence. A human who is now possessed by some sort of demon. She lives in Texas alone. And she is very powerful but she can be burned. She can be hurt. She is not all powerful. Very interesting.”

Were those the memories he had? They didn’t seem right but they must be. If Bella lived alone… weren’t there other people? But surely Carlisle would remember them. Why did she tell him her weakness? He knew what the end game was. Bella wanted to rule the vampire world, right? But why? He shook his head. His family was in a potentially deadly situation. He had to get out of this somehow.

“Carlisle where are the remaining members of your family? I specifically said all of you were to attend. I would especially like to see Edward Cullen since he was the one who first broke the law.”

“Edward has left. You know this from my thoughts. Why ask me now? You know everything.” Carlisle was beginning to feel bitter.

“And where are Jasper and Alice?”

“You saw that as well, didn’t you? I don’t know. I only know where Bella is.”

Aro shook his head sadly. “Carlisle this is disturbing. I am afraid you will have to stand trial for this, along with your family.”

“Please wait!” Esme spoke up. “What if we got Edward to join the Volturi?”

“You would give up your son, Esme?” Aro asked. He tried to sound surprised but when it came down to it, vampires looked out for themselves.

“If it means the rest of my family is safe then yes.” She responded.

“Very well. I will consider your offer. In the mean time I am sending Jane and Alec to Texas. Bella Swan will be brought here. And she will be burned at the stake like the witch she is. And this will happen in front of all the covens. Your survival depends on the arrival of Edward Cullen. I want Alice as well.”

“Aro that is outrageous!” Carlisle spoke up.

“You would prefer I kill your Mate now Carlisle?”

Carlisle froze. He had a feeling all would be okay but he didn’t know why he was so confident. He wished he could remember. It was like a black hole in his memory where Bella was concerned.

“No. I will make some calls. They will come.”

“Good, but first, Chelsea, please show them to their chambers. You are not to leave Carlisle until this Isabella Cullen issue is cleared up. After she is dead and Jasper, Alice and Edward are with me, you may take the remainder of your family with you.”

The four Cullens followed Chelsea leaving Aro with his brothers.

“I don’t like it Aro. We know nothing for this girl. She could walk in here and destroy us all.” Caius mentioned.

“She is a lone girl. She has strange powers but she is possessed. She can’t have control over these powers. If there was something else going on I would have seen it in his memories. I mean it isn’t like she could wipe out a memory, is it? No, Isabella Swan is a menace to vampires but one that is easily stopped. And she will put up a pretty site burning on a stake in the middle of our thrown room. We will capture her and bring her here for study for a week or so. That will give the Covens time to assemble here. And then we will show her for what she is. And once the other Covens see what power we have, they will fall even farther under our thrall.”

“And what of Carlisle and his family?”

“We will burn them after the Swan girl. Edward and Alice will only have us to turn to. We will make it clear that any coven’s accepting them will be at odds with the Volturi.”

“A great plan Aro.”

“Thank you Marcus.”

“I only see one flaw.”

“And what would that be brother?” Aro asked annoyed.

“Why did she go after Felix? How did she know where he would be? And who was the young man she left with?”

Aro had not thought of this to his own surprise.

“You see Aro? We need to proceed cautiously.” Caius spoke up again.

“We will. When we get her here we can torture her. Tear off a finger or two. I’m sure we can think of all manner of methods to get her to tell us everything she knows. She will tell us all she knows. But we can’t allow her to keep targeting our guard Caius.”

Caius nodded his head. He agreed with Aro’s reasoning. But the idea of bringing that girl here struck fear in his heart for some unknown reason.

Aro was right. She was a possessed little girl. No match for vampires. Not a coven as large as theirs is. What problem could she possibly be?

Jasper carried Bella in his arms out of the park at 5 AM. She was fast asleep. He wished he could sleep with her. The idea of being able to dream about her and wake up with her in his arms was a desire he found he truly wanted.

She mumbled in her sleep. He gently laid her in the seat of the truck and took her to the hotel he had reserved on the Riverwalk.

She slept all day. She awoke around 4 PM, wrapped in his arms. She smiled and kissed him. “Thank you for a beautiful day and night. I have never had that much fun in my life.”

Jasper smiled gazing in her eyes.

“Do we have to go back today?” Bella asked him.

“Nope, we still have things to do. First thing is in about an hour we are driving to New Braunsfel, Texas. I am taking you to a waterpark there. So get some shorts and a bathing suit. We are going water sliding.”

Bella jumped out of bed and headed to the bathroom to get ready. His phone rang and he saw it was Alice.

“What’s up Alice?”

“How is it going?”

“Don’t you know?” Jasper smiled.

“No. Visions of Bella are getting hard to come by. And Jasper… I have been having a hard time seeing your future lately as well.” She sounded worried.

“Don’t worry Alice. Nothing is going to happen to either of us. You are probably having trouble because I am near Bella. Anyway we are having a great time.”

“Did she have fun?”

“Yes.”

“Did you?”

Jasper smiled thinking of the night they shared.

“It was probably one of, if not the best night of my life.”

“Good. So you are going to the waterpark, dinner at the Riverwalk and then home in the morning?”

“Yeah, that’s the plan. Is there a hurry?”

“I received a call from Carlisle. He, Esme, Rose and Emmett are in Italy. They are coming for Bella.”

Jasper sighed. He would be glad when this whole mess was over. But then what? Where do they go from there.

“I will let her know.” Jasper ended the call.

“I already know.”

Jasper jumped a little. The idea that Bella could sneak up on him was still taking some getting used to.

“You do huh? No point in rehashing it. What do you want to do?”

Bella smiled. “We are going water sliding remember?”

Jasper smiled relieved. “Yes we are.”

“Is the sun down enough?”

“It will be by the time we get there.”

“Good, let’s go.”

The night went perfectly. Bella and Jasper shared a tube and rode the water slides the entire time until an hour. He and Bella sat in a heated pool with a bar in the middle of it. Bella was drinking a beer sitting in Jasper’s lap. Jasper had his arms around her bare abdomen and was holding her tightly. She would wiggle her ass every now and again to remind him she was there. Unfortunately judging by the erection in his pants he was going to have an interesting time getting out of the pool.

At midnight they had dried and walked to the truck. By 1 AM they were at the Riverwalk. Bella was surprised to see the Riverwalk was very alive even at this late hour. She ate Mexican food, chicken enchiladas, rice and refried frijoles, while Jasper people watched and pointed out the various drunk fools floating by on the tour boats in the River.

“I will have to bring you back here so you can enjoy the history of the city.”

“I would like that.” she said staring into his beautiful golden eyes.

“I love you Bella.”

“I know Jasper. I love you too. Jasper would you do anything I asked?”

“Yes.”

“Anything it takes to be with me and only me?”

“Yes.” Jasper felt his hopes rise.

“Good.” She said nothing else.

“Good? That’s all you’re going to give me?”

“I just needed to know. You know I have to be taken to Volturi alone right?”

“No, I kind of assumed Alice and I would be accompanying you.”

“No. You will be there. You have things here you have to do first. And I can’t protect Alice and concentrate on what I have to do.”

“What do you have to do? You go there and kick the Volturi’s ass. What is so hard about that? It appears nothing can stop you.” Jasper grinned.

“Yes, but I have to make them think they have control over me. That they have beaten me. At least until the covens are gathered. I can’t have them panicking much before I am ready. Before we are all ready to do what needs to be done.” Jasper did not like the sound of this.

“You know they will torture you.”

“Yes. It’s okay. I will need the pain. I will need it for the power I am going to need to send a message to the vampire world.”

“Bella please don’t let them hurt you. Take me and they can do what they will to me. I know you can absorb others pain and the violence of others. I’ve seen you do it at the bar.”

“Nope. Jasper you have things to do here. Remember you told me you would do anything, right?”

Jasper sighed. “Yes. What is it I am going to be doing?”

“Abe will explain it to you. It is his place, not mine.”

“I don’t like that a damn bit. Why do you trust him so much?”

“Why don’t you? Because he has fucked me in the past? Hell we all fucked each other Jasper. He saved my life. I would be in the ground right now if it wasn’t for all of them. We wouldn’t be having fun together. We wouldn’t be in love. If you really love me you could show them some respect.”

Bella was getting irritated. Jasper did not want her irritated.

“I agree Bella. I am grateful they saved you. It’s just… I’m jealous okay? I’m a jealous person.”

Bella reached over and touched his cheek.” I know baby. But you have to trust me.”

“I do.”

Bella noticed a mariachi band was playing softly nearby.

“Good. Now teach me to dance.” She smiled.