Full Circle

18

I think maybe we should have a talk" Jazz said looking to Bella "The 3 of us"

"Okay" Bella nodded

"We'll go up to Alice's room seeing as you're familiar with that" Jazz replied

We made our way up to my room where I shut the door behind us for good measure.

They could all hear us but I at least wanted to try and give off the illusion of privacy

"Did Alice tell you how I was changed?" Jazz asked

"She told me the basics" Bella said as she sat on my bed

"Well if it's okay with you, I'd like to tell you my story" Jazz said patiently "You really mean a lot to Alice and you mean a lot to this family as a whole but I think you should know what each of us has faced before you judge our reactions"

"I'm not judging any of you" Bella replied quickly

"My wording was incorrect there, I apologize. What I meant to say was you should hear our stories before you beat yourself up about certain people's reactions. We all see how much joy you have brought to Alice and we can't be mad at you for that. In fact I owe you so much for bringing this love that I feel radiating from Alice to you. There are just different reasons why people don't want you to be like this. It isn't that we don't like you, we do. Some of us have different opinions but all of us just want what is best for you" Jazz explained patiently

"What's best for me is being with Alice" Bella said looking towards me

I wasn't sure whether it was possible for me to continue to fall deeper in love with that girl but she was proving it could be true every day.

I sent her a small smile back before her eyes moved back to my sister

"Rosalie and Edward just can't understand why you would want this when they were so fond of their human lives" Jazz said and she frowned "And my husband doesn't believe we have souls"

"Why do you think you do have souls?" Bella asked

"Your soul can't be stripped from you Bella. As long as you are on this earth, you have a soul and I know that Edward doesn't believe me but this is what I have to believe" Jazz shrugged "Because if I don't than what hope do I have for anything else?"

"I think you have souls" Bella said confidently "You are the good guys, how can you not have souls?"
"Thank you" Jazz said with a warm smile "I knew I liked you for other reasons than my sister"

"Hey" I responded as I walked to my desk

"We know the difference of wrong from right and we have a conscience so therefore I believe we still have a soul" Jazz said triumphantly

"Did you believe this as soon as you were changed?" Bella asked

"I didn't know what to believe as soon as I was changed" My sister replied as she moved to sit next to Bella on my bed. I looked down to my desk while I heard her continue "I was training to be a nurse during the civil war. I was pretty lucky to have the opportunity to do that because not many women received opportunities then, as you would imagine. I was riding with a few soldiers when we were stopped by 2 handsome males. They didn't have weapons, nor did they have any signs of being a part of any army so we stopped to see if they needed help. They were mesmerizing and they spoke so politely. I was wondering what they were doing out in the middle of nowhere as they were dressed so nicely. They approached me and asked me my name and what I did. I told them everything they wanted to know and before I knew what was happening one of the men had bitten me on the neck"