Chapter 1

"I'm home."

"In the kitchen, dear." I heard Carlisle call.

I entered the kitchen and immediately my eyes were drawn to the mess of food on the floor which Esme was clearing away. I ignored the lingering scent of burning food and easily moved onto the delicious meal still cooking. "Seems like I missed the party. How is everyone?"

Esme disposed of the useless food "Emmett and Jasper decided on a food fight." She returned to cooking the meal. "Do you have any requests, Sera dear?" Carlisle had joined me, standing at the island counter, happily watching his wife.

I chuckled softly at Carlisle "No, thank you Esme. What you are currently working on is great. How was work, Carlisle?"

"As interesting as always, Sera. I enjoyed my day. Yours?"

"Quiet. I was able to catch up on some paperwork." I replied and then calmly pinched a spiced meatball from Esme. "I'm going to find my husband. I'll see you later." With a wave, I left the kitchen and headed upstairs. In no rush, I took my time going up the upstairs to my room.

My room is at the end of the corridor from the stairs with a light brown wood door. The room is modestly sized, with room for a king's sized bed, a couple of three¬shelf bookcases, a desk and chair and a comfortable lounge chair. The latter being where my husband has a book open on his lap. "Hello love." I called as I placed my handbag onto the desk chair. I walked over to my husband who kindly made room for me on his lap so I could curl against him.

"Hello darlin'." Jasper accentuated his greeting with a kiss to my temple. "How are you?"

I smiled and laid my head on his shoulder where I could rest against his neck. "Better now for being with you." I curled my legs over the arm of the chair and shifted the book into a better position for him to still read. "Will you read to me, please love?"

He chuckled, "Of course. 'After the house had been burnt and the tress had been felled, a lynch mob formed. None were deterred by the ranging fires nor the heavy rainfall as they charged on the village hall." His voice faded off as my mind settled and I entered a pseudo-sleep. Jaspers' voice would have sent me to sleep if my body was still capable of doing so. My imagination took me to a beautiful ranch house where I could see four horses walking in their pasture and a chicken pen closer to the house and several stable hands working the animals. I could see a couple of the dogs running around riling the unsuspecting chickens, I noticed squirrels scurrying up and down the trees growing in the ranch and meet up with the squirrels from the trees on the outskirts of the ranch which were further away.

I would have happily stayed in the dream-world my imagination created if it wasn't for the voice calling my name and Jasper running his hand over my cheek. Fingers under my chin lifted my head so I could look at my husband and I smiled slightly when I noticed he was trying not to laugh at me, "Edward is trying to talk to you, Sera but you were not responding to him."

I looked over my shoulder and noticed Edward sat on the desk chair with a smile on his face. I smiled sheepishly in return, "sorry brother, have you been waiting long?"

He chuckled, "no sister I haven't. I came to ask you if you would like to come with me to pick Bella up?"

"Are you leaving now or within the hour?" I asked whilst slowly uncurling myself from my husband's lap.

"Now, if you'd like to join me?" Edward asked once more as he stood up.

"Of course, let me grab my jacket. I'll meet you at your car." He left Jasper and I alone so I turned to my husband and kissed him, slowly, passionately. I knew he felt the love I had for him everyday but I preferred to show him just how much every chance I got, I knew it made him feel better about himself when he had no doubt of my emotions towards him. We were not a couple for the public displays of affection too often as we were private people and our love life is for us and no one else. We continued to kiss for a few more moments before I pulled myself away. "I'll miss you handsome." I said in departure.

Jasper smiled "I'll miss you too darlin'." I knew he had gone back to reading as I could hear the turning of a page in the book. By then, I was outside heading to the front of the garage where I knew Edward was waiting in his car.