Summary: Jasper discovers the advantages of having a shopping partner with forty-four chromosomes. Some Breaking Dawn Spoilers, so beware.
Jasper swallowed his nerves as he prowled through the house- it wouldn't do to make everyone anxious. He was looking for one person in particular.
He passed Esme in the kitchen, baking some cookies for a church bake sale. Carlisle was with her, reading a book on his day off. Emmett and Rosalie seemed to be having fun upstairs…but he tried to push that out of his mind. Good thing Bella and Edward had their own place- if they still lived here, the lust level would be intolerable. Alice might be a vampire, but even she had her limits-
Alice. She was what this was all about. Making his savoir, the light in his life, happy.
After sweeping the whole house, Jasper was forced to conclude that Jacob was not in the building. He could have told himself that by sensing emotions and scents, but he had refused to go with that. Seeing is believing.
This complicated things.
He ran into the garage and hopped into Bella's Ferrari. She never used it- it seemed a shame to let it become vintage without driving it first. Over a year, and not a single mile on it.
He pulled out, focusing on going to meet a werewolf- err, shape-shifter. He hoped his future blanked out.
The Cullens had moved into a new house, even further out in the middle of nowhere. This way, Bella could still see Charlie, Bella and Edward could still live in their cottage, Jacob could still be with both Renesme and his pack, and they could all still pretend Bella and Edward were at college.
Even though La Push was further away than ever, Jasper kept his foot on the gas and he made it there in record time. He slowed down and drove around, trying to figure which house was the Black Residence.
There. The one that smelled most strongly of Jacob. He had the most familiar scent out of all the wolves, as he spent the most time around the Cullens.
Jasper parked carefully in the driveway and got out. He sent a few calming waves into the house, just incase Paul was there. Being attacked wouldn't do him much good.
He knocked on the door. However, Jasper had forgotten a very vital fact. He had grown used to the new doors the Cullens had put in- sturdy doors made with reinforced steel. Doors meant to withstand vampire knocking to a certain degree.
This door was not vampire proof. Jasper knocked in what he thought was a gentle fashion, and ended up punching a hole right through.
"Sorry!" he called out. Then, he took the door handle and carefully let himself in, making sure not to crush anything else.
Jacob, Leah, Seth, and Embry were all standing up, looking at him and the door.
"Hey Jasper! Couldn't you just knock though?" said Seth.
Jasper shuffled his feet and look at the floor. "That was knocking…"
"So, what brings you to La Push?" asked Embry.
"I just needed to talk to Jacob. Alone would be preferable."
"But it's our movie day…we're watching Dracula." Leah's lips curled up into a smirk as she spoke.
Jacob shook his head. "It was more of a movie night …you guys were snoring anyways. Good thing I took a nap while you watched that chick flick Leah picked."
"You slept though that? And I thought you were just caught up in the story!"
"Yeah, with his eyes closed…"
After a few more grumbles and playful punches, Leah, Seth, and Embry left for their respective houses.
"So, how is Billy enjoying you being home?"
Jacob shrugged. "He says he wishes I stayed home more…but he likes how low his grocery bills have become since Rachel and Pal moved out. Anyways, what brings you out here? I was thinking you'd go to Seattle with Renesme and Alice."
"That's what brings me here. Jacob, I need you-" the blonde vampire started.
"WHAT? Jasper, that's flattering, but I've imprinted. On your niece. And I thought you were with Alice…"
Jasper ground his teeth. "Jacob, I don't mean like that. I need you because you'll hide me from Alice's visions. I need you to go shopping with me."
"…You lost me."
"You probably know that tonight is the 60th anniversary of when Alice and I first met. We agreed to no presents this year- she always sees what I buy her, and Edward usually tells me what she bought. But today, she took Bella out to buy a dress for the party we're having."
"I stayed home, but soon after she left, I realized this might be my chance to really surprise her this year. It was a split minute decision. Pack relationships are better than ever-if I take a wolf with me, she'll have no idea what I'm buying her."
Jacob shook his head. "But...why me? You could have taken Nessie." He said the name like it was sacred.
Jasper shrugged. "Nessie's reading Shakespeare with Edward today. You've already tried to be there, and he refused, so the odds were small that I would get her."
Jacob sighed and narrowed his eyes. "What's in this for me?"
"The warm fuzzy feeling of helping me."
"You could give that to me right now if you wanted."
"True. Instead, I'll help you with getting Edward to let you take Nessie to the beach."
Jacob furrowed his eyebrows, thinking. "Wait, how did you know about that?"
Jasper sighed, the memory painful. "Both of you ended up yelling, and the emotions rolling off weren't very happy. More like you each wanted to rip the other's throat out."
Jacob shrugged. "I don't think that's quite enough…after all, I'll have to follow you around, and your wife will most likely be angry."
"You get to ride shotgun in the Ferrari. Maybe drive it a bit."
"Deal."
This is going to be a short story…most likely three chapters. I just got the idea and it wouldn't leave me alone.
Snippet from the next chapter:
"…Sir, why is there a smashed toaster on our wall?"