Chapter 3: Jasper's Reaction

EPOV

"Has Rose been acting weird lately?" I asked Emmett as we waited for the football game to start on television.

"She seems to be on the phone a lot, and quickly hangs up when I walk into the room." Emmett answered taking a gulp from his soft drink.

"Bella has been very quiet, and I know she's hiding something. She keeps saying it's not her place to tell." I added. I knew something was up, but even though Bella assured me everything was alright it still bothered me. She had been spending a lot of time with the girls, and seemed to be preoccupied.

"Is Jasper coming?" Emmett asked changing the subject.

"No, he was going to spend the day with Alice." I replied.

"I thought the girls were going shopping. Alice never misses the chance to shop, that's her hobby." Emmett said obviously very confused. He was right. Alice loved shopping almost as much as she loved Jasper.

The game started a few minutes later, and the conversation came to an end. We knew something was off, but we obviously couldn't fix it, because we didn't know what was going on.

"Edward, Emmett open up." I heard Jasper call banging on the door about a half hour into the game.

"What's up, Jasper? I thought you were spending the day with Alice." I said opening up and returning to the couch my eyes not leave the television screen.

"This is serious guys." Jasper said sitting on the couch resting his head on his hands.

"Dude, what's wrong? You look petrified." Emmett commented as I finally looked over at Jasper. He looked scared and worried.

"She's pregnant." He mumbled incoherently.

"She's what?" I asked not understanding what she had said.

"Alice is pregnant. I'm going to be a father." He finally explained the shock in his face extremely apparent.

"Congratulations!" I said patting his back. "That's great!"

"Edward, I don't think I'm ready to be a dad. I can barely take care of myself." He protested running his hands through his hair.

"What exactly are you saying, Jasper? What exactly are you doing here?" I asked hoping that he had not walked out on Alice.

"I freaked out. I didn't really say or do anything. I just sat there." He explained.

"You better get your act together, man." Emmett warned. "If you hurt her you're going to have to deal with both of us."

"I don't know what happened to me. One minute were sitting around watching TV when she spits out she's pregnant." He started. "At first it didn't register, I really don't think it has registered, I just sat there and looked at the floor. Then I told her I needed to think, and I came here."

"You what?" I yelled not believing that he just walked out on Alice. "How could you possibly do that to her?"

"I freaked out." He complained taking a deep breath. "I have no experience with kids."

"Do you love Alice?" I inquired seriously.

"Ofcourse, she's the love of my life." He answered

"Then what the hell are you doing here?" I yelled as my phone began to ring.

"Hello" I answered a bit hastily. Hearing Bella's wonderful voice.

"Edward, I'm not going to be home tonight. Alice needs me." She explained as I heard some sobbing in the background.

"I don't think Jasper is thinking clearly." I stated.

"I don't think it's wise for him to be here right now. He really hurt Alice." Bella responded. "I'll see you later, Edward. I love you." She finished before hanging up not giving me the chance to respond.

I turned to start screaming at Jasper when I saw a huge smile on his face. "I'm going to be a dad." He said softly before repeating it louder. "I can't believe it!" He cried his eyes watering slightly.

"You better go talk to Alice, she's in her house crying. She thinks you abandoned her and your child." I told him as he immediately got up.

"I need to get to her." He said before running out of the apartment Emmett and I following him.

I ended up driving since he was in no condition to drive. He was practically jumping up and down the excitement obvious in his face. We arrived at the apartment in record time, and he all but sprinted to their door.

"Alice." He screamed knocking on the door as Emmett and I arrived after him.

"She doesn't want to speak to you right now." Rose said opening the door slightly. "You've really hurt her Jasper."

"Please Rose let me in. I came to apologize, I'm ecstatic." He cried as Rose looked at him suspiciously.

"If you say just one word to hurt her, I swear I will tear you apart." She added before opening the door/

"Where is she?" Jasper asked looking around.

"In her room with Bella." Rose answered coldly as he rushed inside.

"How's she doing?" Emmett asked hugging his girlfriend.

"As good as can be expected." She started as Bella walked out into my arms.

"They're talking." She announced as we settled on the couch to wait.

"You look stressed I commented kissing her hairline as she leaned on my shoulder.

"Just pensive." She replied.

"About?" I inquired curiously/

"What would happen if I became pregnant?" She stated looking up at me.

"I'd be the happiest man alive." I answered honestly. "That would be the greatest gift besides your love that you could give me."

"I love you, Edward." She responded with a smile kissing the corner of my lips.

"I love you too." I answered as the door of Alice's room opened and Jasper came out holding hands with huge grins on their faces.

"We're going to be parents!" Jasper announced placing his hand on Alice's still flat stomach.

Everyone immediately enveloped them in hugs. It was an unexpected surprise, but it was a wonderful surprise. I knew that Jasper and Alice were going to be great parents, they would make mistakes. But all of us were going to be there to help them.

A/N: Before everyone goes crazy as to why Jasper acted the way he did, I have an explanation. Jasper was not expecting Alice to be pregnant, and she sort of just let it slip without warning. It caught him completely off guard. He never considered not being there for Alice and the baby, he needed time to himself to process it.

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