Jasper's POV
It was 10:30. Late. Alice was out with her new friend, Mike. They had been hanging out ever since Bella left him alone. Alice said she would be out until no later than 8:00. Yeah, so much for that. I sat on the couch, arms crossed, glancing out the window every few seconds. The blinds were pulled back, and it was raining. Carlisle and Esme had gone away for the week, over to Tanya's coven. Rosalie and Emmett were also out. They took a vacation hunting in South America. Emmett especially was excited about all the new flavors-jaguar, cougar, lion, leopard…the endless possibilities. The good news was that Bella and Edward were home. They were upstairs in Edward's room, listening to music. And by the sound of it, they were dancing. I could hear them laughing and their faint steps on the floor above me.
I sighed. Where the heck was Alice?! I could understand 15 minutes of being late, but this was ridiculous! After what had seemed like an eternity-even for a vampire-she walked through the door. She called out to Mike, who drove off when she turned and shut the door behind her. She slipped her cream colored coat off, and walked over to me. She sat down, kissed my cheek, and looked at me. I narrowed my eyes a bit, and she noticed.
"What?" she asked. "What did I do?"
"8:00, huh?" I replied, trying not to sound too frustrated.
She glanced at the clock. It read 10:57. "Oh. I'm sorry. I lost track of time, and Mike and I were having so much fun!" She smiled to herself. "It felt good to get away from it all." I looked away from her. Oh, great. She just wanted to get away from it all. Get away from me. Almost like she read my own thoughts, she replied,
"Jasper, I didn't mean-"and I cut her off.
"Just promise me you won't do it again."
"Promise." She gave me the puppy eyes that I hated (because they always worked) and I kissed her. We never went public with romantic displays. Unlike Rose and Emmett, who flaunted their relationship around everyone as if to say, "Back off, we're taken." Alice and I definitely had the deeper relationship, though. We always knew each other's emotions (even thought I knew everyone's emotions), and could spend a day just gazing at each other.
In the middle of our kiss, Bella came trotting down the steps. She looked at us, and smiled sweetly. Bella and I had gotten pretty close since this whole vampire transformation thing. Since I never wanted to kill her anymore, we learned that each other liked a lot of the same things. We often shared books. Bella was indeed a strong vampire. Fast, too. She was faster than me, but she lacked the strength to beat me in a fight. She challenged me about once every week, when she thought she had "gotten better". And every single time, I took her down in a heartbeat. Too bad none of us here had a heartbeat.
She looked embarrassed to see us doing what we hating being seen doing. I looked up and ended my kiss with Alice. I blushed.
"I had to, uh, get something from the kitchen." She said. Although we knew that wasn't true. As vampires don't eat any real food.
"Bella, it's okay. There is nothing wrong with a little of this!" Alice said, then pushed me to the edge of the couch, and pretended to suck my blood. Bella and I laughed. Alice smiled a devil-ish grin. "Don't worry, he'll be fine!" she joked. Bella sat down on the chair next to me, and us three chatted the rest of the night.