Tags Teaser
I really meant to update Tags awhile ago, but then I got sick and then I was busy with Christmas stuff, and - well, you know how it goes. Hopefully I'll be able to update soon but until then, here's a (short) teaser for the next chapter:
Carlisle POV
Jasper, Emmett, Edward, Bella, and I made our way into the kitchen. Everyone looked concerned, and I couldn’t blame them. I felt the same way. Jasper, especially, seemed quite shaken. I hadn’t seen him lose control of his emotions in that manner since he went through detox.
Emmett sat on the counter next to the cookie jar and, unsurprisingly, opened it and started munching. Edward and Bella sat next to each other at the kitchen table. Jasper leaned against the refrigerator, purposely not looking at anyone.
I remained standing and tried to figure out how I could explain about Alice. I decided I would begin by answering Jasper’s question. “Jasper,” I said, and his eyes snapped to mine so fast I almost started.
He had been leaning lazily against the fridge and acting like he wasn’t even aware of anyone else in the room. I suppose I should have known by now that Jasper was always conscious of his surroundings. I was looking at Jasper as I spoke but I could feel Emmett’s, Edward’s, and Bella’s eyes on me. “Alice used to have nightmares like this quite frequently. She would always wake up screaming.”
“I remember,” Edward interjected.
Emmett remained silent. “Twelve years ago, when we first adopted Alice, she would wake up almost every night,” I continued. “She never remembered what her dreams were about once she awakened, but we always assumed it had something to do with her past. We thought Alice blocked her memories because they were painful and her conscious mind wasn’t ready to face them, and that after time she would remember. But she didn’t. She never did and as the years went by, she stopped having the nightmares.”
“That’s not exactly true,” Bella said slowly.
word count: 291
Carlisle POV
Jasper, Emmett, Edward, Bella, and I made our way into the kitchen. Everyone looked concerned, and I couldn’t blame them. I felt the same way. Jasper, especially, seemed quite shaken. I hadn’t seen him lose control of his emotions in that manner since he went through detox.
Emmett sat on the counter next to the cookie jar and, unsurprisingly, opened it and started munching. Edward and Bella sat next to each other at the kitchen table. Jasper leaned against the refrigerator, purposely not looking at anyone.
I remained standing and tried to figure out how I could explain about Alice. I decided I would begin by answering Jasper’s question. “Jasper,” I said, and his eyes snapped to mine so fast I almost started.
He had been leaning lazily against the fridge and acting like he wasn’t even aware of anyone else in the room. I suppose I should have known by now that Jasper was always conscious of his surroundings. I was looking at Jasper as I spoke but I could feel Emmett’s, Edward’s, and Bella’s eyes on me. “Alice used to have nightmares like this quite frequently. She would always wake up screaming.”
“I remember,” Edward interjected.
Emmett remained silent. “Twelve years ago, when we first adopted Alice, she would wake up almost every night,” I continued. “She never remembered what her dreams were about once she awakened, but we always assumed it had something to do with her past. We thought Alice blocked her memories because they were painful and her conscious mind wasn’t ready to face them, and that after time she would remember. But she didn’t. She never did and as the years went by, she stopped having the nightmares.”
“That’s not exactly true,” Bella said slowly.
word count: 291