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Jasmine
Jasmine
I could see that just thinking where to start was difficult for Jasmine, guilt immediately flowed through me at the knowledge that it was my fault that she had to revisit her past.
Sitting down next to her I didnât know what I should do, it was clear she was struggling.
Taking her hands in mine she turned to look at me, confused at what I was doing. Smiling gently at her I began to massage small circles into her hands. "Just take your time, Kay?" I said, moving slightly closer to her on the bed.
She nodded and smiled at me.
Closing her eyes for a moment or two she opened them to look me deeply in the eye. "I've never always been this way, you know? I actually used to be nice and kind, like Lizzie and Eliza. I'd do my best with my education, never get out of control with my vampire powers, and I was in love."
"It wasn't really that long ago, only a couple of years in fact. But I don't think she could even remember it now, because of what my sister did." She looked away, her voice had been shaking as she spoke, it was clear she needed just a moment to collect herself.
"I still can't understand why my sister could do such a thing to me. We'd always been in competion with each other; you know sibling rivalry and all that. It wasn't until our parents were killed did we know how much rivalry there would be between us. Only one of us would be able to have control of our heritage, and she believed that it should be her."
Jasmine sighed and removed one of her hands from mine and held it her forehead as if just thinking about her passed was too much.
Touching her cheek I turned her to look back at me and I smiled reassuringly "Don't worry OK? Everything's fine, its all in the past. I'm here so just take your time."
Wrapping her arms tightly around me Jasmine pulled me into a warm hug and I could instantly feel her relax into the hug and me, she was calm.
"I know you are here, and I'm so glad that you are." She whispered.
Leaving the hug she took my hands in hers and took a deep breath. "I never wanted apart of our heritage; in fact I was trying to find a cure to become human so I could stay with my love. It wasn't until I found the cure that I was told that because I am the oldest sibling it was my birth right to withhold the heritage. As soon as I was about to decline and pass it onto my sister she declared war against me."
"First of all I thought she was only joking, it wasn't until she had turned half the vampire existence against me did I know that she was very serious. So many times I tried to find her and tell her what I was going to do, but she would never listen to reason. She told me that I was evil and that I had taken away the only thing that mattered to her because I never wanted her to be happy. That was a lie."
"My sister was one of the most important people to me; ever since my parents passed I had tried my hardest to make sure that she would be happy. She was never happy, she always wanted more. Everything I had done for her was only ever for her, I didn't need anything, I had my love. She was all that I would ever need to be happy."
Jasmine's hands began to shake, and not before too long her whole body shook with emotion. It was only a matter of time until the tears that shone in her eyes fell.
"But my s-sister knew that and she used her against me, a bargaining chip. I never thought that my own flesh and blood could do such a thing." She laughed sarcastically "But here I am now, karma can be a bitch, huh? Of course my sister doesn't know that, she has everything."
That's when the tears began to fall.
"She took her away from me. My sister took away the only girl I could ever love, but the way that she did it was even worse than you would ever have thought."
"I wished and begged for her not to kill her, but now, if I think about it that would have been better in the long run. Because my sister punished me with a punishment worse than the death of a loved one. Because the girl I love so much, even when I see her now...she doesn't even know me..."
Her voice chocked as the tears fell even faster now. For once I was thankful that I had a terrible memory, because I don't think I'd be able to handle something as strong as what Jasmine had to handle.
I pulled her into my chest and slowly soothed her. She cried heavily into me, her breathing jagged and her tears seeping into my clothes. Such heartbreak was something no living being should have to go through.
"I remember everything, and I can't even numb the pain!" She wailed, breaking down further. "How could she take her away from me?"
Not knowing what to do was torture, "I can't see you like this Jasmine, please, let me help you." I begged, tears forming in my own eyes at her pain.
Stifling a sob she nodded against my chest. Moving her head into the nape of my neck she breathed slowly and was able to calm her heart-rate. She made no attempt to move from her spot as she continued her story.
Only a few tears fell from her eyes now as she spoke "Everything that happened was only two or three years ago when, in human years, I would have been 14 and my sister 12 years old. My love was only 13 and even though we were both so young it didn't take us long to fall in love. She was there when my parents passed away and she even helped me look for the cure. We were together for two years until the battle between me and my sister began and we were unbreakable."
"Because of this bond together my sister knew that the best way to break me was to break us up. On a trip with my love we were on our way to bed when she stormed in. She'd taken me by surprise I-I wasn't ready, she took me by surprise! I was barely conscious as I watched her as I watched her..." Jasmine trailed off, her mind elsewhere.
Pulling her back I frantically searched her eyes, but they werenât there. They were too far looking back into the past to even comprehend reality.
"Jasmine? Jasmine, snap out of it!" I cried, shaking her slightly.
She gasped "How could she? Right in front of me? My eyes were closing I-I was so tired but I heard her, I heard what she said, what hypnosis she used..."
"She took her away from me she took the only girl I will ever love away from me. She's never going to remember me, she's not going to remember my face, our past, our love. She can't, because of what my sister did."
"My sister made her forget. She made my love forget me. She can't even remember my face let alone how much I love her or how much she loved me. Instead, she fell in love with my sister because she believes that she's always been there for her."
That's when she turned to me, her lip quivering as new tears trickled down her beautiful face.
"I was the one always there for her. I was the one she really loved. I remember everything about that day and I can't change it. Not one thing about it. And that kills me everyday. Do you know what it's like to see the girl you love walk past you as if you mean nothing? To see her love the one girl who took her away from me? To have her hate me so she can live? No one knows what that is like."
"It hurts so much and all I can do is think back to that day and wonder what if. What if I had sensed her coming? What if I had been able to stop her? What if I had stopped her before it got that far instead of thinking it would go away? I can't stop thinking about it."
"She never leaves my mind; I can't stop thinking about her. You want to know what's worse." She whispered, her eyes searching mine.
"I have to see her everyday. Everyday I'm reminded. Reminded of my guilt, my sister, my heartbreak and everything I can't change. You know what, earlier today I thought she had remembered, but I was right back where I started from just a few words from that person."
Jasmine's tears flowed, her words couldn't escape her mouth. All she could do was sit and watch me let her eyes explain to me the heartbreak.
For so long we sat there just watching each other, just waiting for each other.
Sitting there with Jasmine felt like a whole different time, there weren't any words that needed to be said between us nothing that could show us the emotion that coursed through our veins.
At first I expected from this emotion to have the image of Maria running through my mind. She is the girl I love, the girl who has continuously been by my side for as long as I can remember, its always been her.
But these past couple of weeks so many things have been happening. I was pursued by an obnoxious vampire, I saw the battle, I saw the true side to Jasmine and now I have found out her past.
Everything that has changed about me has all been connected to Jasmine. Before I came to Prestige and met Jasmine I was just a girl who knew nothing and had parents that would never have aloud me to know such things.
Watching her now I took in her beauty. Those golden eyes that shone brightly when she smiled. Her red hair that glistened in the sun as if it were aflame. The way she looked in her glasses, so shy and excited by books. Even the normality in her casual clothing was her beauty.
Anything and everything I could think about her should such deepness that before I could not truly see. It was if, I had been searching for somethingâ¦someone who would make me see as if I had been blind for years.
I couldnât quite understand what this meant, but as her tears ceased and a small smile began to form on her lips I couldn't help but reach out a hand to her cheek.
At first she seemed surprised, but she fell into step with it and soon found her own hand against my cheek. Rubbing small circles against my skin, her cool touch left heat running across each time she touched.
Smiling at her I leant my forehead against her own, exhaling softly at the coolness of its touch. Only then did I sense such heat light up against us.
Her eyes gazed into mine and I gazed into hers. Every emotion rolled into one and I could feel my heart racing over a thousand beats per second, and from the smile that spread across her face I knew she could hear it.
"You mean a lot to me Abi, more than you'd think." She whispered, her eyes sparkling with honesty "I know I could ruin this right now, but I had to tell you."
My heart skipped.
Jasmine was admitting this to me, and she truly meant it. I couldn't believe it.
Slowly and steadily I wrapped my arms around her neck and pulled her closer until our noses were softly touching one another. My heart was beating so fast I thought it was going to burst from chest. Iâd never felt so strongly about someone before, it was as if Jasmine was the only person I could ever truly care about.
As our breath mixed against one another I couldn't help but smile as I felt her lips slowly trace my own. It was electricity, just the small touch of her with me.
"You mean so much to me Jasmine; honestly the truth is every time you touch me I just die in your arms. I just want to know what I can do to just stay with you everyday, like this, it feels so right with you." I breathed, my lips brushing against hers as I spoke.
Her lips pressed against mine in a short and sweet kiss as she whispered "Loving you is so damn easy..."
Then our lips connected...