Jumper (novel)

One evening, while being physically abused by his father, David Rice unexpectedly teleports (or "jumps") and finds himself in the local library. The origin of this power is never explained. Vowing never to return to his father's house, David makes his way to New York City. After being mugged and discovering that he can't get a job without a birth certificate and social security number, David robs a local bank by teleporting inside the safe, stealing nearly a million dollars. He then begins a life of reading, attending plays and dining in fancy restaurants. At a play he meets a woman named Millie Harrison, and they spend some time touring New York before she returns to college in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Millie is unsure of starting a relationship with Davy because of their age difference.

Davy attempts to show her how mature he really is. He tags along with Millie as she goes to all of the famous New York tour spots. Davy also buys her dinners along with seeing a few more plays and Broadway shows.

While Millie is grateful for all of this, she is still wary about getting too involved with Davy because of the difference in their ages.

Millie says she will consider a relationship with Davy and leaves for Oklahoma at the end of the week.

For the next few weeks the couple communicates by phone and Millie soon invites Davy as her date to a college party in Oklahoma. He happily accepts. He defends Millie at the party form Mark an ex-boyfriend of hers.

After Davy jumps Mark to an international airport.

[1]Millie lays down ground rules to Davy before they start their relationshipAdded by MarieBellaCullen1921

Finally seeing him in a serious way Millie impressed takes Davy back to her apartment.

As they are drinking tea she asks Davy why he never talks about himself. Anxious of what she will think of his horrible past Davy hesitates in telling Millie about himself.

She lets this go and tells Davy that he has his right to privacy through if he lies to her about anything no matter what it is whatever they have together is over. Davy promises that he won't.

[2]After discussing the status of their relationship Millie and Davy make love.Added by MarieBellaCullen1921Finally comfortable he confesses to Millie that he is still a virgin much to her shock. Davy then opens up about his past through he doesn't tell her about robbing the Chemical Bank of New York or about his ability to jump.

When Davy is done telling Millie about himself the two consummate their relationship, with Davy losing his virginity to Millie.

Afterward the two officially start seeing each other, over time he buys an apartment near Millie's in Stillwater however he doesn't tell her this.

"You lied to me. You betrayed me. I told you what that means." ~ Millie's words to Davy when she breaks up with him in the book

One day when Millie calls Davy's apartment in New York a NYPD detective answers this alarms her.

[3]After Millie discovers Davy has lied to her she promptly ends their relationshipAdded by MarieBellaCullen1921Later when Davy visits her Millie is furious when Davy cannot give explanation as to why the detective called his apartment in New York and immediately breaks up with him.

[4]Hurt and angry over their break up Davy jumps away form his now ex-girlfriend leaving a very shocked Millie in his wake.Added by MarieBellaCullen1921

Davy angry and hurt over their breakup teleports right in front of a stunned Millie.

The couple remain distant for five months.

However when Davy discovers that terrorists have killed his mother he writes a note to Millie to help him deal with the greiving process.

She writes him back and they slowly start to reconcile.

Two weeks since their last correspondence she agrees to meet with Davy.

[5]Davy explains to Millie he can teleport. He then teleports her to the Waverly Inn.Added by MarieBellaCullen1921At their meeting Davy reveals to Millie he can jump.

He then teleports her to the Waverly Inn.

[6]At the Waverly Inn Millie and Davy reconcileAdded by MarieBellaCullen1921

Over dinner at the Inn Davy admits to her that he robbed the Chemical Bank of New York.

"It doesn't change the fact that I still love you. I've missed you terribly. I've missed your phone calls, and I've missed your body in bed next to me. I don't know what to do about this. My love you goes way beyond my disapproval of your theft." ~ Millie expressing her love for Davy despite his lying to her.

Regardless of fact she doesn't approve of his robbing of the bank she says that her love for him out weighs her disapproval.

Millie and Davy then re-start their relationship.

This experience has profound effects on all four of them. David finds himself unable to kill his captives despite their crimes against him, and ultimately releases them. David turns Matar over to the authorities, threatening to come after him again if he isn't found guilty for his crimes. His father is forced to acknowledge his abuse of David and Mary, and enters alcoholic counseling. Cox is forced to see the similarities between his actions and those of the terrorist and the wife-beating alcoholic, and has Millie released and agrees to stop hunting David.

Millie tells David to surprise her.

Afterward, Millie comforts David as he realizes that he cannot escape his pain through teleportation or vigilante action, and he enters counseling as

Once everything is dealt with David jumps Millie and himself away from his mother's house

well. Seconds after agreeing to thearpy David jumps himself and Millie to Hawaii.