What will be Chapter 2-if this thing doesn't clear all of it AGAIN!!!!!!
You'd think, just looking at the size of him that Emmet would be the one to be the most afraid of, the obvious strength in all those bulging muscles; the fearless rediness for anything physically challenging that was always just underneathe that cocky grin.
Or maybe Edward; with his sullen empty-eyed stare and just general brooding or the overly well mannered politeness that really only created more distance.... between him and anyone but Bella.
Nobody had given the slim, sandy-haired vampire much thought; he was just a mostly silent, constant shadow to his more falmboyant mate.
Then the trouble with the new-borns had come; that had brought them all together for the first time and changed everything.
It was Jasper, calmly, but with an assurance(born of more hard-won expertise than anyone outside his 'family' would've guessed at) that was a little chilling when you thought about it who proved he was the most dangerous of all of them.
From that first late-night meeting on everyone...though easpecially Sam and Seth paid more attention to the tall quiet vampire's actions and reactions....or the apprent lack of them.
Jasper had soon noticed the young wolf who's concentration, nearly whole-hearted intentions of learning everything Jasper taught them about dealing with the newborns stood out....for some reason, from all the rest.
The way Seth focused on Jaspers every word, his every move would've looked like plain old hero-worship to a casual observer.
Alice Cullen and Young Quil were anything but.
Before Quill decided his new vision had to be shared, he and Alice were the only ones with a clue to what was about to change two very different lives....
Quill knew he was supposed to help Seth as much as he could.
Alice, knowing her 'mate' better than anyone else ever had before, better even than he knew himself, couldn't see any way to help him...or even to 'tell' him .
Watching the two of them; Seth's locked-in awareness of Jasper, almost to the complete exclusion of anyone or anything else, and Jaspers seeming total unawareness of it was almost comical...almost.
Her lips twitched a little as she thought of how surprised her long time lover was going to be, even as her tearless eyes burned at the loss.
Jasper kept telling himself that ther was plenty of time to hund, what with relations with the wolves being easier now that they'd fought together...
How he failed to notice that it was really only o.k. for Seth Clearwater and himself sort of amused Edward and even Alice...a little.
Now that she finally understood what the blank spaces in Jaspers's future ment and was working on accepting and preparing herself for it.
The wolves fascinated Jasper, and having one not only not mind but realy enjoy spending time with him was great!
At first he really believed it was all about strategy and the possibility they might spend more time fighting together.
Nevermind what could pose such a threat!
Seth had first come over to ask Jasper some things about how he'd learned to fight like that.
The clear open quality of Seth's emotions was such a relief compared to Jasper's usually complicated, half-suspicious frame of mind, so much simpler and....peacefull, that the battle-scarred vampire had come to look forward to his visits.
When they practiced with Seth in wolf form, sometines Edward joined them to translate and Jasper was delighted with the way the boy who was quickly becomming a man due to the shifting was soon asking more appropriate, more adult questions.
Questions that revieled an amazingly rare apptitude and grasp of all that Jasper was sharing with him.
To Edward, hearing the actual thoughts, the changes in Seth and his growing...appreciation of Jasper ..as well as Jaspers subtle altereing of his schedule(so as not to miss any opportunities to spend as much time as possible with Seth)was amazing to watch.
Both of them seemed blind to what was happening to them.
When Alice asked how things were going, at first Edward searched her face...then her thoughts.
He was more than a little puzzled at how she was taking all this but then he'd always had trouble seeing how anyone could handle such a 'gift'.
He couldn't imagine knowing the future not making choices even harder and more serious than it already was.
It was incredible to him to still find love for Jasper there in her mind....but it was more about loving the whole man.
She saw his love for Seth as just another very necessary part of the whole person that Jasper was ment to become.
He couldn't imaginedsoing the same if it was someone he ws in love with.
Edward had however learned a lot of discretion from living among people with his own gift,; it was this that kept him from commenting on everything he heard/read in other minds.
The growing desire to touch the young boy, as Seth would in a way always be to Jasper...the effect of that scent .. (like none he'd ever encountered before...so different from the other wolves....or anyone else) on him was something the former officer and Southern Gentleman was struggling to ignore.
Seth, knowing he couldn't hide what he was feeling from the creature who grew more desirable to him it seemed with each meeting, was trying to just enjoy the time they spent together and not think about what he'd rather be doing with Jasper.
Or maybe Edward; with his sullen empty-eyed stare and just general brooding or the overly well mannered politeness that really only created more distance.... between him and anyone but Bella.
Nobody had given the slim, sandy-haired vampire much thought; he was just a mostly silent, constant shadow to his more falmboyant mate.
Then the trouble with the new-borns had come; that had brought them all together for the first time and changed everything.
It was Jasper, calmly, but with an assurance(born of more hard-won expertise than anyone outside his 'family' would've guessed at) that was a little chilling when you thought about it who proved he was the most dangerous of all of them.
From that first late-night meeting on everyone...though easpecially Sam and Seth paid more attention to the tall quiet vampire's actions and reactions....or the apprent lack of them.
Jasper had soon noticed the young wolf who's concentration, nearly whole-hearted intentions of learning everything Jasper taught them about dealing with the newborns stood out....for some reason, from all the rest.
The way Seth focused on Jaspers every word, his every move would've looked like plain old hero-worship to a casual observer.
Alice Cullen and Young Quil were anything but.
Before Quill decided his new vision had to be shared, he and Alice were the only ones with a clue to what was about to change two very different lives....
Quill knew he was supposed to help Seth as much as he could.
Alice, knowing her 'mate' better than anyone else ever had before, better even than he knew himself, couldn't see any way to help him...or even to 'tell' him .
Watching the two of them; Seth's locked-in awareness of Jasper, almost to the complete exclusion of anyone or anything else, and Jaspers seeming total unawareness of it was almost comical...almost.
Her lips twitched a little as she thought of how surprised her long time lover was going to be, even as her tearless eyes burned at the loss.
Jasper kept telling himself that ther was plenty of time to hund, what with relations with the wolves being easier now that they'd fought together...
How he failed to notice that it was really only o.k. for Seth Clearwater and himself sort of amused Edward and even Alice...a little.
Now that she finally understood what the blank spaces in Jaspers's future ment and was working on accepting and preparing herself for it.
The wolves fascinated Jasper, and having one not only not mind but realy enjoy spending time with him was great!
At first he really believed it was all about strategy and the possibility they might spend more time fighting together.
Nevermind what could pose such a threat!
Seth had first come over to ask Jasper some things about how he'd learned to fight like that.
The clear open quality of Seth's emotions was such a relief compared to Jasper's usually complicated, half-suspicious frame of mind, so much simpler and....peacefull, that the battle-scarred vampire had come to look forward to his visits.
When they practiced with Seth in wolf form, sometines Edward joined them to translate and Jasper was delighted with the way the boy who was quickly becomming a man due to the shifting was soon asking more appropriate, more adult questions.
Questions that revieled an amazingly rare apptitude and grasp of all that Jasper was sharing with him.
To Edward, hearing the actual thoughts, the changes in Seth and his growing...appreciation of Jasper ..as well as Jaspers subtle altereing of his schedule(so as not to miss any opportunities to spend as much time as possible with Seth)was amazing to watch.
Both of them seemed blind to what was happening to them.
When Alice asked how things were going, at first Edward searched her face...then her thoughts.
He was more than a little puzzled at how she was taking all this but then he'd always had trouble seeing how anyone could handle such a 'gift'.
He couldn't imagine knowing the future not making choices even harder and more serious than it already was.
It was incredible to him to still find love for Jasper there in her mind....but it was more about loving the whole man.
She saw his love for Seth as just another very necessary part of the whole person that Jasper was ment to become.
He couldn't imaginedsoing the same if it was someone he ws in love with.
Edward had however learned a lot of discretion from living among people with his own gift,; it was this that kept him from commenting on everything he heard/read in other minds.
The growing desire to touch the young boy, as Seth would in a way always be to Jasper...the effect of that scent .. (like none he'd ever encountered before...so different from the other wolves....or anyone else) on him was something the former officer and Southern Gentleman was struggling to ignore.
Seth, knowing he couldn't hide what he was feeling from the creature who grew more desirable to him it seemed with each meeting, was trying to just enjoy the time they spent together and not think about what he'd rather be doing with Jasper.