A/N: I should probably have thrown out there that at this point, Renesme is about 2 1/2 (17 physically). She's going to be spending most of her time with Jacob, so you won't see a whole lot of her. Also, thanks for the great reviews, guys! I really appreciate them!

Chapter 2: Surprise

Jasper.

Watching Emmett finally beat Bella in arm wrestling seemed to put the world back in order. As we all laughed, I slid my arm around Alice's waist. All of Emmett's innuendos earlier had seemed to put her in one of her "listen to your brother" moods. But tonight was one of those where I wanted to do something special for her. I glanced at Edward as I watched his change in expression: horror and disgust to relief. Apparently he didn't want any more reminders until Bella came back from her race.

"So who's going to win?" I whispered to Alice knowing full well that she looked. With a furrow of her eyebrows, she just muttered, "Just be ready for a foul mood out of Emmett."

I rolled my eyes knowing where this was going. Maybe I should stick around the house that night and keep everyone from killing Emmett. But I wanted time with just me and Alice. Lately we'd spent so much time keeping an eye out on Nessie for Bella and Edward that we'd hardly any time for ourselves. And I loved my niece, but still…It was Alice!

"Not. You. Too." Edward hissed.

I laughed a bit and shrugged. "No babysitting tonight, Edward. Sorry."

I heard Edward swear under his breath and I fought a laugh. Alice glimpsed at me and gave me a sly grin. It wasn't until that look, however, that I looked back to Edward. "Speaking of Nessie, where is she?"

Nessie's time around the house had been a touchy subject of late. Granted, she was almost done with high school, almost an adult, and should choose her own life. But Edward didn't like how much time she was spending with Jacob and he liked even less the late nights she was keeping with him on the weekends. According to her, she had spent last night with some friends of hers from town. But of course Alice couldn't check on her and Edward hadn't been able to read if she was lying.

I tried to keep Edward calm as he muttered, "I'm not sure…I think she's still in town." His expression lightened against his will, but he still added, "But I'll bet anything she's on the reservation."

"Edward, give her some credit." Alice, Edward, and I were now crossing the yard back into the house. "She's almost 18, she's madly in love with Jake, he's even more in love with her…You can't keep them apart."

"Watch me."

I rolled my eyes and squeezed Alice's hand. "Edward, you're almost more protective of Nessie than you were of Bella. It's insane." I glanced at Alice and back at the woods. "How much longer?"

Edward listened intently, curious as to when he could go rip Jacob's head off. He didn't dare attack when Bella wasn't around. After all, if he was accused of anything…Well…Anyway. Alice's eyes opened back up and she shrugged. "They're just about to the border. I'd give them about another forty five minutes. They'll probably harass each other to no end once they get there." Edward nodded in agreement and I laughed.

Thinking for a moment, I asked, "Do you just want to go now, then? I don't think I want to see this one."

Alice looked up at me eagerly and nodded. She didn't know what was going on yet, but she wanted to know. "Please?" I smiled and took her hand instead of her waist. Looking back at Edward, I shot him a warning glance.

"Cool it, Edward. I'm not gonna be around tonight to keep you from destroying Jake. And you already know that Rose is mad and Emmett's going to be sour as well."

"Then just stay here and go out tomorrow night!"

"No way." I kissed Alice's hand and shook my head. "I'm not spending my night cooling homicidal tendencies when I haven't had a night alone with my wife in almost a month. You guys'll be fine."

"I already checked, Edward," Alice piped up. "No one's doing any murdering tonight. Just wait for Nessie to come home and then you can yell at her. If she was with Jacob, she lied not him." She pulled on my hand and led me to the car. "Bye, Edward!"

He scowled as he stomped back into the house. So far it seemed only Alice and I were going to have a good night. Rosalie was still mad at Emmett, Edward was mad at Nessie, Emmett was going to be annoyed with Bella…I stopped Alice for a moment and shot some calm into the house. It seemed to be working little, so I just gave up and headed for the Porsche.

Alice handed me the keys to her 911 Turbo. Of course she wanted to take her car – it was faster and flashier than mine. I helped her into the passenger seat and went back to the driver's side. Sticking the key in the ignition, I looked over at Alice and kissed her cheek. "I think you'll like this."

Shooting out of the garage, I whizzed down our long drive and headed toward the highway. I could be in Seattle in less than an hour. The best part of all of this wasn't the alone time with Alice. It was going to be the look on her face when she saw where we were going. She had heard about a tour of Into the Woods coming and she had spoken of nothing since.

Of course I couldn't have bought the tickets that night – Alice would have known. So I begged Edward and he bought the tickets instead. Alice had been so jealous…until she saw him give them away. Fortunately we had taken every precaution to make sure Alice didn't know who he had given them to. They had been held by Nessie until this morning when she gave them to me. Alice couldn't see Nessie so she still didn't know that I had the tickets. So as we sped towards the city, Alice was in for the only surprise she had ever gotten from me.

"Where are we going, Jasper?" Alice asked me. She was so frustrated that she didn't know. I laughed and shook my head.

"You'll see." I checked my watch. We still had an hour. As we came into the city, I slowed enough that we wouldn't be pulled over. Parking would be the hard part. I drove around the cultural district looking for an empty parking garage. Rounding another corner, Alice muttered, "Try this one…Someone's leaving." I watched as a car pulled out of the exit and I shot the Porsche into the garage. Searching for the empty spot, I felt Alice growing anxious. She wanted to know where I was taking her and it was killing her that she couldn't know. Laughing to myself, I pulled into an empty spot. "Here we go!"

"Jasper, come on. Where are we going?"

"I just love that you can't see." I laughed as I shut the car off and helped her from her side. "You know, you've been able to look for about the last 45 minutes."

Her face would've reddened if it could – I could feel her embarrassment. "I…well…you…" She stammered for a minute before settling on, "Well you went through all the trouble of hiding…" Trailing off, her eyes lit up as realization crossed her face. "Jasper! The show!"

I laughed as I led her up the street. "About time!" We found the theater and I pulled the tickets from my wallet. "I'm never surprising you again. It's too much work. Thank God our niece is a half-breed or you would've seen her giving the tickets back to me."

"That's what you did?!" Alice laughed at her stupidity. "I should have known…"

I kissed the top of her head and led her to her seat after handing over the tickets. "No. It's more fun this way."

Settling in, we waited for the curtain to rise. It was then that Alice's brow furrowed. "What is it?"

She shook her head in annoyance. "I don't want to go home…Rose is letting Emmett have it and…oh no…No! I told him NOT to!" Alice narrowly avoiding breaking the arm rest next to her in anger.

"Alice, who did what?" I was worried now and tried to calm her down. It seemed to work until she hissed in a low voice, "Edward found Nessie."