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Chapter 2
Jasper's POV
I groaned inwardly. I could feel the emotions in the room, and it was evident that there were humans present. I'd just have to brave it with Bella. Why were humans so loud with what they were feeling? Why was BELLA? Maybe I could persuade Alice to take Bella shopping or something? That would be so much easier. From the corner of my eye, I saw Edward nod his head. I would have to sneak off to Alice when I could. Or maybe get Edward to do it. I didn't look over to his for approval, though, because Bella was closing in on me. I forced myself not to breathe; unfortunately it was still a habit, but I was good at not doing it, anyway.
"Hiya, Edward!" She grinned cheerfully, going up to kiss me. I saw Edward give me a warning look, which was unsurprising, really, and I managed to move my head so that it only ended up being a lips-to-cheek one. She pouted at me for that, but I ignored it. In fact, I was trying to ignore everything. It was easier that way.
"Hi, Bells." I replied, smiling back. I had to act in character - unfortunately. But I wasn't sure what else Edward would do; I had usually left the room by now. Or the house. Actually, I noticed that everyone had left yet again. It was just me, Bella and Edward. Fun, fun, fun.
She was annoyed at being denied a kiss, so still acting unhappy, she looked at me and decided to quiz me. "So, why was Alice picking me up today, then?" She asked, pulling me closer. I couldn't move away, she'd be able to tell. And I don't think Edward moved away that much, either. In character, stay in character.
"Er, well, I think Alice will want to take you shopping..." I said, coming up with the first thing I thought. Alice heard me from upstairs. Was she listening to our conversation? I rolled my eyes. This family was pretty nosy, sometimes.
"I am? Yay!" She replied, gleefully. However, it was too quiet for humans to hear. At least Bella didn't know that Alice hadn't intended to take her. She'd be wondering why I was lying to her.
Bella rolled her eyes and whispered to me, "Thanks a lot. Can't you stop her?"
"I'm afraid not." I replied, chuckling. That was the same response that everyone gave when Alice wanted to shop again. Seriously, that girl was crazy. But that's why I love her. I calmed myself so that I wasn't annoyed at not being able to be with my wife.
I turned back to Bella again. "So, erm, be good, okay? And don't hurt yourself." I said quickly, untangling myself from her arms as Alice came down. Don't hurt yourself. Was that even possible, for her her not to hurt herself in some way?
"Bella! Yay! Shopping! No one has come with me for ages! Brilliant, you need a new wardrobe!" Alice chattered happily as she grabbed Bella by the arm to go.
"One second." Bella said irritably. It looked like she knew that she wouldn't be able to get away. She quickly moved her head towards me, and kissed me. I let her for a second before pulling away. I couldn't offend her, but I couldn't just kiss her, either. Avoiding Edward's eye, I said to Bella, "Have fun." I then quickly walked upstairs, and sat on my bed.
There were more footsteps coming up, but I tried to ignore them. Edward stood in the doorway, expectantly.
Sorry. But what would she-
"It's... okay." Edward replied. I could hear him struggling to say that. "But I don't think we should tell anyone. About any of this."
I nodded to that. I wasn't sure why, but it seemed like a good idea.
"What if they couldn't fix it, and they just had to cope with us two being each other for ages? And then everything would get complicated with everyone. Carlisle wouldn't be happy about something he couldn't fix; he'd just keep trying and trying, and you know that that doesn't help him."
I nodded again. These were good reasons. But let's just hope that we can go back to being ourselves at some point. I couldn't be around Bella forever; human emotions were just annoying. They were so loud and obvious.
"Just... don't be with her too much, okay? But don't let her suspect something... make up some believable excuses. I don't want her to get hurt. In any way." He saw, looking sharply at me.
I nodded in reply. I was having a hard time talking; I was still feeling all weird from the living room, and I wasn't sure why.
Edward's POV
I walked back out of the room into my own room, and I lay down. I was still mentally shaking from seeing Bella's attempts to kiss Jasper. I knew that to everyone else he was still Edward, and that I was seeing me kiss her anyway, but even so, it was unsettling. Although she would probably know that something was up, so what would we say then? We couldn't use the excuse that I – he was hungry, because his eyes were perfectly gold. This was going to be confusing, and probably hard to do, but we'd just have to try and get through it.
I got up and began to walk, trying not to look in Jasper's room as I passed. He didn't seem to be faring too badly, and he did do well with Bella, but anyone could have done that. Bella isn't too hard to figure out most of the time, but not all of the time. I'd have to keep an eye on them two. Again, I did trust Jasper, but I didn't trust his instincts. If he was around her for too long... but I couldn't just make him go; that would break Bella's heart. And everyone would think that something was up.
Why did this have to be so complicated? I already didn't like this enough; I couldn't even be with her, because everyone would think that I was unsafe. This was so annoying! But there was nothing that I could do about it. Well, not yet, anyway. Maybe I'll figure it out at some point. Hopefully it's not too late by then.
I sat down on the sofa for a while, watching cooking shows. I wasn't really paying attention, but what else was there to do? I couldn't just play the piano. It was broke.
That's when I gave myself a mental shake. Jasper doesn't do those things, and you're Jasper now. But what DOES he do? I had never really noticed my brother's habits, apart from always being with Alice, but I couldn't do that. He didn't read that often, and he didn't do sports much, either. Well, he had gambled with Emmett a few times; that was ALMOST a habit. But what could I bet on with him? He'd probably break something trying to win, even if it was nothing concerning him.
I sighed. There wasn't anything Jasper-ish to do that wasn't dangerous (everything concerning Emmett was) so I just settled for an old war-time movie. Jasper liked – and had been involved in – history. So this should do for now.
It was three hours until the girls got back; at least war movies were long. Too long. But that didn't really matter. "Hey." I said to them, as I got up slowly, whilst turning the TV off. I hugged Alice – I was now Jasper – and I smiled at her.
"Ooh, Jasper, wanna do something fun?"
I bit my lip. Fun? What did she mean by fun? I looked into her mind, but there was nothing that I was thinking of, thank god. I couldn't see what she was thinking of, though, but I couldn't be anything too bad. It was only Alice, after all.
"Okay, then." I replied, following her upstairs – but not before she handed 7 of her bags to me. I groaned. Was this involving clothes? Now I knew why Jasper always managed to get out of the house before Alice was back from her shopping trips. With dread I tried to think about what she would do, but I just couldn't. And I wasn't sure if I wanted to, either, to be honest. Sometimes, Alice really scared me.
Jasper's POV
I sat upstairs for a while, listening to the movie that Edward had on. Good choice, plenty of action, but it dragged on too much. I couldn't remember the name of the film, though. I could have gone down there and watched it with him, but I didn't really want to sit near him. He was feeling tense, annoyed, anxious and even a little scared. Why was he suddenly like that?
It took me a while to realise that this was all about Bella. I wasn't surprised really – everything in his life revolved around Bella. And now, he wasn't quite giving her up, but he couldn't be around her without arousing peoples' suspicions. I sighed morosely. There would be some way to fix it, I just knew it. I was already missing Alice, but I had to change my behaviour completely. I was torture being around a human, especially Bella. What would happen if she tripped and scraped herself, drawing blood? Would I be able to stop myself? Even if I was full? I kept these thoughts quiet, just in case if Edward was trying to hear me. If he heard that, who knows what would happen?
I heard a car pull up and I realised that Alice must be back now. I didn't want to be downstairs, but I wanted to see Alice. Even if it was only briefly. I quickly walked down, and said hi to Alice as she came in. Then she took Edward upstairs, and giggled. What was going on? What were they doing?
Edward was shaking his head at me – he must have heard my thoughts. Well, whatever they were doing, I hoped that Edward could get out of it. I felt weird about his spending time with MY wife. I felt... almost jealous. I quickly shook my head and turned.
"Hi, Edward!" Bella said to me, smiling. Crap. We were the only ones in the room, as well.
"Hey." I replied, still standing there. What could I do? I was actually starting to panic at this point.
Bella hugged me, happily. She was shorter than me, so I could only really see the top of her head. As I breathed in, I took in her scent, but it seemed different from usual. It was... irresistible. It was like a heavy perfume, but just made with the things that you like the most. I was immobilised by the delicious scent wafting off her. I hadn't noticed it earlier due to my not breathing idea. My mouth was starting to fill up with venom as I thought about it.
Bella must have noticed my tensing up, because she immediately released me.
"Sorry! I thought you were okay with that, now?" She replied. What was going on? She wasn't even feeling the slightest bit scared at this? She was insane, she truly was.
"I... your scent just caught me off guard, that's all." I replied, turning away. Hopefully she'd get the hint and leave me alone.
"I'm sorry." she replied unhappily, and her emotions were radiating out to me. Humans are such a downer on moods.
"It's... okay. Sorry." I mumbled. Why was I apologising? I wasn't sure what was going on, but I just felt that it would be better to say that, anyway.
Bella came up to me, but not too close, and she put her hand in mine. I was a little surprised at this, and I turned to look at her. She smiled in return, and pulled me over the the sofa. I sat down with her, not wanting to offend her, and she leaned towards me, before putting her head on my chest. Had she forgotten already what had just happened? I was puzzled at the little human girl. How could she possibly be so confusing?
"Love you." she said to me, although her voice was muffled from her face being on me.
"I... love you too." I replied, wincing. I'd have to get quicker at the replies. But she was so... different. And random. And this was really driving me insane. Plus, Edward would probably kill me at some point.
"So, what have you been up to, today, then?" She asked me. She genuinely wanted to know – she wasn't just saying it to make conversation. This made me even more surprised.
"Err... I went hunting with Edw- I mean Jasper. And we ... kinda got into a little fight when he broke my piano."
"What?" Bella squeaked, putting her head up.
"It was nothing, really. Just ended up giving ourselves a little headache, that's all." I replied quickly.
"How did he break your piano?" She asked, lowering her head again once she saw that I wasn't mad.
"He and Emmett were doing something, and of course Emmett began to chase him, ending up with me- uh, Jasper jumping on the piano so that he was out of reach. And then the piano fell in. But it wasn't really his fault, Emmett made him do it." I quickly added. Well, I wouldn't put ALL of the blame on me.
Bella laughed quietly. She was perfectly content sitting right here. Actually, so was I.
Edward's POV
I sighed as I put all of Alice's bags on the bed. I didn't know what was in them, and I really didn't want to, either. She put them all away at breakneck speed, and then rearranged her own wardrobe before turning back to me.
"Right, then, Jasper!" She said, grinning. With that tone of voice, she should have been grinning evilly but instead she was grinning lovingly. Wow. And hearing her thoughts, I gathered that Jasper had done something like this before, too - whatever it was. Alice quickly got a few things out, before returning to me. I grimaced at the sequins. This could be a loooong day.
"What exactly are we doing, Al?" I asked, nervously.
"Well, Rosalie wants me to make a new dress for her. And she's busy with Emmett somewhere - " she pulled a face at this, " - I'll have to use you!"
"WHAT THE FUCK?!" I yelled.
"Calm down!" she laughed. "You're the only on that is anywhere near Rose's size! Well, Edward won't let me use him, but that is besides the point. And you said that you would help me! Please?" She asked putting.
Just let Jazz feel how sad I am, and we can go on... she was thinking.
So this is how she got him to do things for her? Well, it wasn't working on me!
"No way, Alice. I am not a transvestite! This is completely -"
And with that, she burst into tears. "What -?" I began.
"N-never mind. You don't want to help me. Just go, Jasper!" She replied, turning away.
"I'm sorry, Alice!" I replied. When she didn't stop crying, I walked over to her and hugged her. "Please stop crying. I'll help you out with this if it means so much to you." I replied.
"Thanks!" She replied cheerfully, before pecking me on the cheek. I wasn't ready for that at all; at least it was only much cheek, though. "Right, I'll have to take your measurements, and then compare them to Rose's..."
I didn't say anything during this. It was too scary. Alice was absolutely fine, now, so she had been fake crying. I could have gone, but I couldn't bear the thought of my sister crying again; especially not like that. Alice had looked so fragile, and I really don't want that. She was so sneaky! I actually felt quite sorry for Jasper, now.
I sat on her bed as she worked everything out.
"So I'll add on 5 inches to that... that will need a few off... then a couple more on that... and that should do." She said, happily. "Okay we're ready to start!" she said, grinning. "I'll need you to remove your clothes now.
"You what?!"
A/N: Well, here's chapter two already :O this was really fun to write, but I suspect that furure chapters may be even more so. I hope you enjoy! Thank you so much to all of my reviewers, and everyone who put me and the story on alert/fave, it's really appreciated:) I wasn't expecting any for at least a few days yet, so my inbox being flooded by emails really made my day! Thanks! By thre way, if this keeps changing slightly, it's because he A/n bits aren't working properly for me .