Alice and Jasper- Chapter 3

Hunt

I let her lead my deeper into the forest. When we stopped, she stood in front of me like a commander.
     “What is your name private?” She asked in a deep voice.
     “My name is Major Jasper Whitlock,” I responded.  
     “What is you mission, Major Jasper Whitlock?” She asked.
     Her question seemed blurred. I stared at her with dazed eyes. I had noticed, but she was beautiful.
     “Jasper?” She asked. It sounded slurred.
     I gently placed my hands on her hips. I took a step closer, and I pulled her to me.
     “Jasper, are you okay?” She asked.
     I nodded and pressed my face to her hair.
     “Let us start the hunt. Close your eyes and tell me what you smell.” She instructed.
     I obeyed and closed my eyes. “I smell grapes and sunflowers,” I admitted.
     “That’s me,” She said sternly. She took a step back and smacked my chest. Of course it didn’t hurt. “Concentrate.”
     I smell fresh blood. It smelled muddy. Oh, animal blood smells different. It didn’t smell as appetizing as human blood, but if I got to keep Alice I could handle a sacrifice. I chanced the scent, and I could feel Alice behind me. I pounced on the deer, and I had it drained in seconds. I caught another within a minute. I finished the pack of four easily and quickly.
     “Over here,” Alice called as she finished one.
     She dropped the dead carcass at her feet and stayed turned away from me. I notice a tiny spot of blood on her cheek. I walked up behind her, grabbed under her arm, held her neck, and lick the alluring blood from her face. I nibbled down her neck. She sucked in a ragged breath and turned to face me. She jump up and wound her legs around my waist. Her mouth was eager. She forced my willing lips open, and she knotted her fingers in my hair. I released her, but I joined her lips again. I ran over to a tree and held her against it. I held her sides tight, and her arms wrapped around and into my hair. I kissed down her neck. Then, I came to my senses. What was I doing? I was pushing her into my feelings too fast. I kissed back up to her ear. “I’m sorry,” I whispered. “I need to tell you something.”
     She giggled, and I looked at her face. “I know what you’re going to say,” She said.
     “Oh, well-
     “Tell me anyway,” She said tracing my lips.
     “I’ve never been so close to another. I feel so…different. I can’t help but to love you. I want you…more like need you. I love you, Alice.”
     Her eyes sparkled. They closed, and I set her to the ground. I stroked her face gently, and her eyes snapped open.
     “We have to leave now,” She said.
     “Where are we going to go?” I asked.
     “In Washington there is a little town called Forks. Two married vampires will be moving there for a permanent residence in two years. They are vegetarians like me-,”
     “Like us,” I corrected.
     She smiled. “They take in vampires looking for a home. They will let us live there with their adopted sons and daughter. We will all be a big family. That is what we want is in it?”
     I nodded. I wanted to settle down with her. I want to be there for her forever. To have a family would be the greatest thing for me. The army tried me like home, but there was always something missing. And now, I found Alice. She was the missing piece. I had been looking for her all this time, and I hadn’t realized it.
     “Why do we have to go now? You said they wouldn’t be moving there for another two year.”
     “Well, since we are in Pennsylvania, I figured we could make a few stops along the way.”
    I had never dreamed of this. Running across the nation with someone I was in love with would be wonderful.
     “I would love to do that with you.” I said truthfully.
     She giggled, kissed me lightly, grabbed my hand, and took off. That day was known to me as the day I met my angel.