CHAPTER THIRTY EIGHT
Olivia yawns as she she leans Jasper's vehicle with a blanket wrapped around her shoulders. She had been watching Emmett get thrown around like a doll by Jasper for almost an hour now, at first it was worrying... Then entertaining... Now it was just plain sad.
"Again." Emmett demands as he lands on his back.
"Jazz." Olivia pouts in annoyance. Jasper sends a smirk in her direction and shakes his head at her morning attitude. If there was one thing he's learned about Olivia Swan, it was that she was far from a morning person. Charlie had once told him that when the girl was in kindergarten she used to get to school and hide in the bathrooms to go back to sleep. The school would call Charlie and Rene in a panic that they had lost the 5 year old, but there she was in a stall peacefully sleeping.
"They're here." Edward announces, everyones vision turns toward the trees where a wolf emerges one by one, with Sam leading.
Jasper and Paul's eyes meet and both hold back a snarl.
"They don't trust us enough to be in their human forms." Edward says with displeasure.
"They came. That's what matters." Carlisle reassures them.
Olivia slowly makes her way over to the pack, disregarding how tense it makes two certain Cullens as Bella does the same.
"Paul." She whispers as she reaches his side. His wolf's was a light grey and she lays her hand on his side gently. "I'm tired."
Paul seems to snarl at the wolf besides him, she assumed it was Embry, and he settles himself down on all fours so that she can lay against him. Olivia hums in delight as she snuggles into his fur. Noticing Sam's scolding eyes she sticks her tongue out at him. "Don't make me tell on you."
He huffs and turns his head back toward the Cullens.
"Will you translate?" Carlisle questions his son who was staring at the seen with amused eyes. Being able to hear their thoughts meant he could hear Embry poking fun at Paul and Sam telling Paul to stop slacking in the presence of vampires but he had ignored him and Sam got scolded by Olivia anyway. Edward nods.
"Jasper has experience with newborns. He'll teach us how to defeat them." Carlisle tells the group.
Sam tilts his head and Edward translates. "They want to know how the 'newborns' is differ from us."
"They're a great deal stronger than us, because their own human blood lingers in their tissues. Our kind is never more physically powerful... than in our first several months of this life."
"That's kind of cool, in a weird way." Olivia whispers to Paul, he only gives her a side eye in response.
Carlisle gestures for Jasper to take over. He looks slightly uncomfortable especially knowing Olivia's stance with the pack but steps forward nonetheless. "Carlisle's right. That's why they are created. A newborn army, doesn't need thousands like a human army. And no human army could stand against them. The two most important things to remember are, first... Never let them get their arms around you. They'll crush you instantly. The second... Never go for the obvious kill. They'll be expecting that. And you will lose. Emmett? Don't hold back."
"Not again." Olivia complains.
"Not in my nature." Emmett smirks toward Olivia. "This ones for you, Liv!"
Emmett lunges at Jasper with speed faster than the human eye but Jasper easily dodges his every attempt. It was humorous to see someone as big as Emmett trying to grab air.
"Never lose focus. One more thing... Never turn your back on your enemy." Jasper tells them all before he speeds behind Emmett and his teeth are inches away from his neck. Olivia can tell all of the wolves aside from Paul are slightly impressed by Jasper's show of skill. She has to stop herself from giggling because she knew he was trying extra hard now compared to before.
Everyone slowly begins taking turns but when it's Carlisle and Edward's turn Olivia stands back up from the ground and shouts. "Kick his ass, Carlisle!"
Everyone looks at her amused aside from Edward who gives her a deadpanned expression. "Really, Olivia?"
She shrugs.
As they begin sparring back and fourth Olivia knows Edward has the advantage because he can read his mind, thus predicting his next move. This is proven when Carlisle ends up being slammed into the ground. Olivia frowns.
"Focus on speed, agility, keep your opponent off guard...Use their momentum against them." Jasper tells everyone.
"We're done for the day." Edward announces.
"I'll see you later." Olivia tells the wolf who nods his head before trotting into the woods with the rest of the pack.
"Can I speak with you?" Edward appears beside her with a frown.
Olivia scans her surroundings realizing that the rest of the Cullens had left and it was just her, Bella, Jasper, and Edward. Her face becomes pleasantly surprised when she notices Jasper and Bella were conversing amongst themselves for the first time. Her eyes flutter back to Edward. "About what?"
"Us."
"Am I in some love square I don't know about?" Olivia grimaces. "Listen Edward..."
"No." His face becomes slightly disgusted. "No, Olivia. You're like a sister to me."
"Oh." She looks slightly relieved. "What do you want?"
"You've forgiven everyone aside from your sister and I. Why?" He questions. He had been meaning to speak to her ever since returning but between the girl's health problems and her obvious avoidance of him he hasn't had the chance to.
"I don't know what you mean." She nervously chews on her bottom lip.
"Don't lie to me, Swan."
"You know when I was hurting, I isolated myself from everyone. I wallowed in my hurt alone. I am not saying it was right because it wasn't. But when my sister was hurting.." Her eyes trail toward her sister. Noticing Jasper showing her his scars. "She pulled me off of a cliff. And even now she continues to try to force me into ending my life by becoming a vampire."
Edward looks toward the ground for a moment. "She doesn't mean to hurt you, Olivia. I think subconsciously she's still used to you two doing everything together. Ever since you guys were kids you did everything she did so that you could protect her, it didn't register in her mind when you suddenly stopped wanting to do everything as one. I am not saying it was an excuse but I don't think she understands that it's possible for you two to want different things."
"Well, until she does I am done." Olivia shrugs. "I have done everything for her since we were children and yet when I needed her, she threw me off a cliff and I almost died."
Edward sighs but doesn't push it. "And me?"
Olivia side eyes him. "You're the first Cullen who forced me to open up. You saw inside my mind, you comforted me, you helped me. And even knowing all of that you still left me like I was trash."
"I did it to-"
"To protect me and Bella I know." She closes her eyes briefly. "Didn't make it hurt any less."
She begins walking away but he calls her name. "Do you think you'll ever forgive me?"
She pauses but doesn't look back. "You have eternity to find out don't you?"
Making her way to Jasper who was still speaking to Bella she had puzzled in her mind that he must have been telling her about his upbringing. She knew it was and will always be hard for him to talk about.
"I thought what Maria and I had was love. But I was her puppet. She pulled the strings. I didn't know there was another way... Until I found Alice. She told me my mate would be coming and I couldn't let her down." She overhears Jasper's words as she comes from behind him and it warms her heart. She wraps her arms around his waist and lays her head on his back. "And you didn't."
"I don't know what I'd have become without knowing she was waiting for me somewhere." Jasper tells Bella.
"You came at the perfect time." Olivia assures him.
Bella smiles at the two and takes her leave to join Edward who was watching the scene from where Olivia had left him.
Jasper turns around so that he is facing her and smiles down at her adoringly.
"Thank goodness Alice was around to keep you in line all this time." She jokingly tells him.
"She's definitely one of a kind." He nods.
Both of them turn their heads when they hear Edward's volvo speed off.
Olivia holds her hand out to the blonde, slightly surprising him that she's making the first move. "Ready to go home?"
Jasper takes her hand but pulls her in the opposite direction as the car. "I have another idea."
Olivia stops walking. "Jazz, I cannot walk anymore."
He chuckles and before she knows it she's on his back. It felt familiar. "Oh, Darling. I know you better than that."
Olivia tightly tucks her head into his neck and prepares for the high speed and winds she feels no less than a second later. When everything is suddenly silent she takes her head out and gasps at the view she had grown to miss. "I missed this." She confessed. "When you were gone I tried going up a tree in the back yard and only got onto one branch before Charlie had to help me down."
Jasper snorts, holding her waist to make sure she doesn't fall. "I don't doubt it."
They're silent for a moment just admiring the nature. "I know you can't say yes. But I feel like I have to ask you at least once.. Is there any way I can convince you not to fight?"
Jasper frowns. "You know I have to. I want to, it's all for you. You know, my family all love Bella but you Olivia Swan created a bond with every single one of them. We all want to do this."
"What's an army with out a major?" Olivia jokes but then pauses. "That wasn't funny was it?"
He chuckles and nuzzles his head into her neck. "Can I.. kiss you?"
Olivia's heart speeds up and she looks up to meet his eyes. Wordlessly she nods and he pulls her into a passionate kiss. After a few seconds he pulls away, his eyes slightly darkened. "You, Olivia Swan, are the most amazing person I have ever had the chance of meeting."
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