Westfield High School: R.I.P.

Bella gave the group a quizzical look, "What on earth are you talking about?"

"Heh heh... two vegetarians against a retired guard... it would be an interesting fight to be in, but I'm afraid I must decline."

"Care to explain?" Bella shouted, not quite getting it.

"He meant it in the kinky way. Ya know, doing it all funky in the bed." Kyira said a bit aggravated.

Bella frowned, "Oh."
Zane laughed hysterically, "Poor Bella, so naive."

Adrian laughed a bit. "Relax, it was a joke."

Jason just sat on his branch and listened. he didn't say much. for one thing he was annoyed at continuously being called stinky, for a second, he was more annoyed that they kept looking down on him for being human.

Bella looked up and sighed, "Come on down, now. It's getting late and I, for one, want to go home."

Jason sighed. he pushed the branch so it bent like a catapult and shot into another tree, doing the same trrick to get to a low branch, swinging around it before landing lightly on the ground. without a word he started heading back in the direction of her house.

Bella frowned and ran up next to him, "Did I do something to make you mad?" She walked in front of him, her back to the house, walking backward as effortlessly as she did forward.

Jason shook his head. "no not you it's them" he said motioning with his head to the others. "it gets annoying to be called stinky and stuff. the reason i look the way I do is because i've been trying to get people to shut up about me." he said. his muscular form was due to people mocking how skinny he had been. his tan was due to people calling him ghostface among other things. now that he finally had gotten rid of that now he had people criticizing him again. this time because he wasn't a vampire.

"They just aren't used to the outdoors. City folk, the lot of them. Pay them no mind. We can't help it that our noses could pick up anything within a ten-mile radius." She attempted a smile.

Jason nodded a bit. "yeah but at least you have enough kindness not to bring up how bad i smell. it's not like i have much choice" he said staying a bit closer to her. she was the only one of them he trusted.

"It doesn't matter what choices you are left with, it's how you respond to them." Bella pointed out.

Jason nodded. "i guess you're right" he said. "so how long do you think i've got left?" he asked somberly.

"Thirty years." She chuckled.

Jason smiled a bit. 'if i'm supposed to wait that long i'll just hve you change me sooner. i don't want to be stuck looking like some old fart for all eternity" he said.

"They are slow. I was just warning you that it was going to happen sooner or later. They might come by at some point to warn you. Or rather have us come to them. They don't like to leave Volterra unless they have to."

Jason nodded. "well at least i don't have to make an instant decision." he said. "just do me a favor and make sure no one else bites me until i'm ready" he said smiling a bit at her.

"Swear it on my grave." Bella said with her hand over her heart, "I'll have to take you there sometime. Rural New York is a beautiful place."

Jason smiled at her. "i wouldn't mind seeing it, since you aren't under the soil with it" he said smiling. "otherwise i woul be quite sad to go there."

"If I would have died when I was supposed to, your grandmother would have been an infant. You wouldn't have known me enough to be sad."

Jason shrugged. "actually seeing anyone's grave makes me sad. even if i don't know them, i look at the grave and i get this wierd flash of their lives before my eyes. i've helped police solve a few murders that way." he said. "don't ask me how it works because honestly it scares the living s*** out of me" he said.

Bella smiled, "That is a little strange, but I wouldn't worry over it too much."

Jason nodded. "this will be the first time i've seen a grave with nothing in it. so i may or may not see your life when i look at it" he said shrugging. so he had a sixth sense. more than a few people had some form of it.