getting ready |OPEN/CULLEN|

[renea]

ESME ANNE CULLEN

The hotel was not something she always enjoyed, but she was only going to be here for a few days and then she would be back in Forks and in her own home. She had already gone out shopping for the day, taking the time she was in Italy to get some new items for the home and soon her office that she was setting up in Seattle, Port Angeles, and Forks, hoping that she could get her Photography Business, Real Estate Business, and Remodeling Business going from three different locations. She was already interviewing human to work for her while she was there. Inside the hotel room was beautiful pictures to hang around the offices and she had disk after disk of photo she had taken and she was going to fix them up when she arrived back in Forks.

She stood over the desk, motionless compared to a human as she looked down at the Laptop that was open looking at some pictures. She was happy with many of them, but some she wasn't happy about. She had gotten a picture of a couple kissing at a beautiful scene and already had their contact information to get them the picture she had taken. She didn't want to use pictures without the permission of the people within' them.

She wore a robe over her body, as it was still early in the day and she was not going out until the Ball a few days later. She glanced around for a moment and took in a unneeded breath. She could smell each human that was in this hotel and she gulped, happy she had feed recently. Hearing someone come into her and Carlisle's room, she turned towards the door.

WORD COUNT: two hundred and ninty
TAGGED: none
COMMENT: ^_^
STATUS: finished

[jasper hale]

Nerves were not something that usually bothered Jasper to much what did he really have to be nervous about, but he was quite a wreck today, he hated plane journeys because he spent the entire flight feeling everyone's panic around him their fears that any second now they were going to explode and all die, so they just made him feel even worse. Slamming the door to his an Alice's room he head straight to the stair case and up a flight, right now he could not deal with another of Rosalie's rants at him he knew it had been coming he could feel the anger bubbling up inside her, it had been for awhile ever since they left Forks, it had got worse on the plane, but had really reached it's peak a few minutes ago when Emmett had commented that Jasper would look great in Volturi red. It had been a joke Jasper knew that and he was happy to let Emmett joke, but he did not need Alice's power to know Rosalie was going to freak at him and he could not put up with another of her tantrums at him.

Walking down the hallway he came to the door of Esme and Carlisle's room, he needed to talk to them, he just needed someone to tell him that he was doing the right thing because at the moment he was beginning to doubt everything he had decided. The emotions of everyone in the hotel was giving him a headache, he had not meant to extend his ability as much as he had, but it was out of control he knew that there were two humans angry at bemused staff members on the bottom floor, a couple arguing furiously on the third, a child most likely crying on the fifth and just below him Emmett and Rosalie were beginning to argue, that was probably his fault as well.

Jasper could also feel the scent of all the humans in the hotel and it felt like it was choking him, he knew he had to get out of here and hunt like crazy before the ball, but he had not expected the thirst to be so bad at the moment, it was probably due to the hard work he was doing with his ability, it was tiring him quickly. Rubbing his head slowly as he knocked on the door, he waited a few seconds before opening the door knowing it was unlocked, what reason did they have for locking it nobody was going to go in there besides them. Looking around he saw Esme standing around in a robe "I'm not disturbing am I?" The last thing he wanted to do was disturb anymore than he had already, he did not even make any attempt to smile at his adopted mother he was in to much discomfort to think about pleasantries such as smiling "You don't know where Carlisle is do you?" Jasper stopped rubbing his hand and placed it behind his back with his other hand in his usually military like stance, he was focusing on trying to pull his range back in so he did not have to feel everything going on in the hotel, just this room.

[renea]

ESME ANNE CULLEN

Esme had not been one for the plane ride, she knew they could get where they wanted without taking the plane. They could have run across the ocean, but they had decided that plane ride would be much more suitable. They had all gotten ready that morning and headed across the country on plane. They had left Seattle and gone to New York, which allowed Esme to get a few pictures before going to Paris, France. She didn’t have time for picture there, but they head to Italy from there, stopping in Pisa before they all got cars and headed to Volterra to settle into their hotel room. The whole flight, Esme’s own patients had seemed a bit tested, though she had a feeling she knew why, she was as calm as possible. Unlike the humans who were a bit fidgety from fear, Esme was calm on the flight, read a book at very slow speeds, conversed with Carlisle as well as the others in a voice so low that the humans could barely hear it.

Esme was happy to be off the plane and noticed that Jasper seemed a bit tense before and after the plane ride. She knew that if he needed them he would come, but right now, they all wanted to get to the hotel, settle in and some wanted to go hunting. Esme was fine without hunting for another day, she just wanted to relax. He swore she heard a door slam a floor or two below, swore she heard quite a few people arguing and she found herself getting a bit annoyed with how some of the pictures came out. As she moved through the pictures again, she took in a breath, though it was not needed, it was habit to sigh slightly when she was getting annoyed at something. She noted the scent of humans all around them and she looked over at her window, which opened to the patio. It allowed fresh air to come in from the outside. The air was cleaner when they were up high in the sky, which is why they had picked the upper floors. The sound of a knock turned her attention to the door and then it open…

Jasper… She smiled at him as he came into the room. ”I'm not disturbing am I?" She smiled and shook her head. ”No, sweetie… Though I can tell something isn’t quite right…”

[/color] She said, referring to how she was feeling. Unlike most vampires, even when she was annoyed or angry, she had a way of keeping calm and her heart was still big and full of love. Was that… Rosalie and Emmett fighting below? ”You don't know where Carlisle is do you?" She thought about it for a moment. ”He went out earlier, not long after we arrived. What is bothering you Jasper?”[/color] She asked as she shut her computer softly and went to the bed, unzipping the bag and putting the close in the drawers provided by the hotel. She wanted to be living out of the drawers via the bag. She left some clean clothes out for herself so that she could change.
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WORD COUNT: five hundred and twenty seven
TAGGED: Jasper Whitlock Hale
COMMENT: ^_^
STATUS: finished
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[jasper hale]

His adopted mothers kind voice surprised him like it always did, he had to wonder how she remained so calm how could she do that? How could everyone do it but him? Then again if they could feel everything he was right now, he liked to think that they would not be able to keep that calm. Jasper stood watching as she unpacked her bags talking about how Carlisle had gone out, he felt a little sorrow creep into his own emotions, she asked if there was anything she could do and Jasper was not sure what to say, he knew he would feel horrible for dumping all his emotions on his adopted mother, but he need to speak to someone "My ability it's driving me crazy, ever since the plane ride and now here I just feel like I can't control it, I can feel everything and it hurts" As he spoke he rubbed his head again, even though the action did nothing what so ever to subdue the pain.

That was a simple way of putting hit, he did not want to explain about how Rosalie was annoying him again, at the moment he did not have the patience to keep her anger in check and all the anger she had was directed at him so he was getting it full blast. He could feel her anger strongest of all as she was most likely yelling at Emmett about him, Jasper was not sure whether this was because he was so use to feeling for her emotions or whether it was because it was anger and that was always stronger than every other emotion. "Rosalie is annoyed with me again ... it's because of me they are arguing" He ran a hand through his hair as he spoke, this was not the first time Rosalie had got annoyed with him in the past few weeks she had been on his case about everything especially this Volturi thing, Carlisle had tried to get her to back off but it just had not worked, every time he entered a room he could feel her angry gaze directed at him and today more than ever he just could not deal with it.

Jasper wished he could just find a deep dark hole in the middle of nowhere and curl up in it, away from all the humans, the emotions and the pressure, he had never coped well under these sort of pressures and what the Volturi had asked him to do at the ball had worked him up no end. He was second guessing every decision he made, his power over his ability, whether he would actually be able to help at the ball, whether Aro was using him to get to Alice and all these questions did not help him relax, he just felt like he was under too much pressure at the moment and he did not know to handle it. A look of despair unknowingly crept across his face as he continued to try to block the emotions of the rest of the hotel, but his attempts were failing.

[renea]

ESME ANNE CULLEN

Even though she was slightly annoyed with her pictures and the arguing she could hear around the room, she stayed very calm and collective, something that most in her family never understood. She had learned a long time ago that Jasper had to be treated differently than the others. His ability caused him to feel a lot of things when he put his focus on it and Esme knew that being calm around him was the best option. She moved around the room, going from a normal human speed to a normal vampire speed. She always seemed to move at a much calmer pace than anything in the house, as she did not mind moving slow, unlike her adoptive children who enjoyed moving fast. ”My ability it's driving me crazy, ever since the plane ride and now here I just feel like I can't control it, I can feel everything and it hurts." She looked at him and nodded, knowing that it was that reason from the way she felt. She took in a unneeded breathe and walked over to him and touched his cheek with her own hand.

”I had a feeling that was one reason… As well as the impending party…”

[/color] She said as she motioned for him to sit down if he wanted to as she grabbed her cloth and moved as human speed towards the powder room to change out from her robe and into something much more comfortable. It did not take her long, soon she was out and in a pair of blue jeans, blue bloose and a pair of slip on shoes as she pulled her hair back into a pony-tail. ”You have always been special to Carlisle and myself, Jasper… And if it helped, you could focus on me and maybe it will calm you down… You maybe you want to look at some of the pictures I took on the way here… I wanted to put a few up around the house as well as the old Swan home and sell a few. Wouldn’t mind if they were critiqued.”[/color] She said, knowing she wanted to pull Jasper’s mind away from the pain and the emotions of others. Anything to keep his mind off that should work.

"Rosalie is annoyed with me again ... it's because of me they are arguing." Esme looked over at him as she sat down on the bed, placing a few of her favorite books she enjoyed reading and also taking off a necklace she had forgotten to take off in the bathroom. ”We all know that Rosalie has a much different personality then most and her display of care is not always the most common.”[/color] She said as she placed the necklace down carefully on table and stood back up. ”I know it is not easy for you or Edward, but sometimes it best to try and ignore her… She is not easy to live with, especially for you two. I can read her thoughts, nor can I read her emotions, but I know how she is when her anger gets out of control. Emmett will calm her down, he has always been able to. Just don’t worry about Rose.”[/color] Esme said, touching his shoulder before she went to the desk and grabbed her computer, sitting on the bed with it as she went through a few pictures.

Esme noticed the frustration on her son’s face and she smiled. ”Rosalie is not the only thing bothering you… Your worried about the party as well.”[/color] She said to him as she looked towards the dress that was in a bag to make sure it didn’t get ruined.
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WORD COUNT: six hundred and ten
TAGGED: Jasper Whitlock Hale
COMMENT: ^_^
STATUS: finished
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[jasper hale]

At the mention of the party he nodded reluctantly that was another issue weighing down his thoughts, he sat down the bed as Esme went to change feeling a little bad that he had disturbed her, but for some reason she did not seem to mind it. Returning from the bathroom now dressed Jasper looked up at her as she spoke, focus on her calm that was not a bad idea she also spoke about looking at some of the pictures she had taken, "I'd like that if you don't mind, your pictures are always pretty amazing" This was true and Jasper did like looking at her photographs, it always fascinated him how she managed to capture such a beautiful scene in a photograph and make it look almost a million times better than the way he saw it and he was standing next to her. As she moved around talking about Rosalie, he nodded slowly appreciating the comforting hand on his shoulder Rosalie was hot headed that he knew, but sometimes he just wished his adopted twin could see things from his perspective she had spent the past month yelling at him because of his decision to assist the volturi for one night to keep the peace and it just frustrated him sometimes, especially today he just did not have the patience to keep her anger in check.

Jasper observed Esme as she went through a few pictures on her computer they were each amazing, beautiful even, but his focus was on her calm allowing it to fill him up, he latched himself to her calm using it to block out the rest of the noise in the hotel. The pictures really were amazing, Esme had always been amazing with a camera Jasper and he knew they would look amazing hung on the walls in the Swan home once she had finished redesigning it. Looking up at his adopted mother when she mentioned the party he nodded slowly, she was right it was his main worry at the moment, he had to think about what Aro had asked him to do, protect his own family, keep an eye on Alice and deal with the thirst that was going to be everywhere he knew already it was going to be one hell of a night. "I wont lie to you, it is a big worry there is just so much to think about and so much I have to worry about .... I'm just so worried about what could happen, you know what Aro is like there are so many risks we are taking and I can't help but wonder whether the decision I made was the right one"

Everything Alice had said to him over the past few days began to go through his mind, what if Aro was using him to get to her, to draw the entire family to the party, what if something happened to them all and it was his fault. Jasper knew he could not live with himself if something happened and it was his fault, what if he had made the wrong decision and should have stayed behind, that he should not have agreed to help. He could feel the other worries of the room and the world coming back towards him, so he went back to focusing on Esme's calm persona using it to relax himself again trying to keep his fears at bay.