This is my Jasper/Bella fanfic. Sorry to have used this much overused plot, but I promise, this chapter will be extra long, and it won't just be them talking about Bella's birthday. Please R&R, I have no idea who to do next! (I'm thinking of another Carlisle/Bella, because I absolutely adore them. PS: *grudgingly admits* Carlisle's in this chapter, too.)

Everyone but Emmett and Jasper had gone hunting this weekend. I didn't mind it so much this time, because I rarely got to spend any time with anyone else besides Alice and Edward. It would be nice to get closer to each of them, especially Jasper. Ever since they came back, he's made an effort to avoid me as much as possible. I felt bad, because Edward told me he thought I hated him, and would never forgive him for causing me so much pain. He still blamed himself, after everyone told him it wasn't his fault. Maybe, if I told him, he would finally stop moping around. I decided to go find him, and finally set things straight.

When I went downstairs, I saw Jasper sitting on the couch, playing his guitar. When he heard me walk in, he stiffened, and started to leave. "Jasper, wait." I asked. He turned around slowly. "Bella," he said, with a slight nod of his head, not meeting my eyes. This was going to be more difficult than I thought. "Please sit down. I want to talk to you."

He sat down tentatively, and looked at me, waiting for me to start. "Jasper, please stop. Please stop avoiding me, ignoring me, or otherwise pretending I don't exist. I do know why you're doing it, but I don't understand."

"I don't want to inflict myself on someone who hates me," he said in a rough whisper. I was shocked. He thought I hated him? "I know you could never forgive me for causing that whole mess, and causing you so much pain." He had his head in his hands. This needed to be fixed, now. I couldn't have him believing such nonsense for any longer. "Jasper!" I very nearly shrieked. "He jerked up in surprise, feeling my incredulity. "No! That's not…no!" I couldn't form coherent sentences in my haste to set things straight. He looked at me expectantly, waiting for me to finish a sentence. I finally composed myself to talk. "Jasper, that's utterly absurd. I could never hate you. What happened then was a chain of events that no one could have stopped. It's not your fault. And as for never forgiving you, there's nothing to forgive." I smiled at him, hoping he would believe me. He smiled back, and then looked up at the stairs. I twisted around to see Carlisle walking toward us.

"Bella, Jasper." he greeted us. "How are you?" I looked back at Jasper. He had a genuine smile on his face. "Great!" he exclaimed. Carlisle stared at him. It was a big difference from his usual moping around. He looked at me, questioning, so I explained.

"Jasper and I were talking about what happened last fall. He was under the impression that I hated him and would never forgive him. I was as shocked as you are, because, in my mind, there's nothing to forgive. And I could never hate Jasper." Carlisle's face smoothed out, finally understanding. "Bella, I always knew you didn't hate me. I could feel your emotions- you always felt rejected and sad when I left a room. I couldn't understand it, and for a while, I thought you figured out a way to lie with your emotions." He gave me a wry smile. "But now that you confronted me," Carlisle chuckled, "I know that what happened is in the past, it's over, it's done with, and most of all, it's forgiven. I hope, now, I can become as close to you as you are with Alice or Emmett." I nodded. "I would love that." To my utter shock, Jasper came over and hugged me. "Love you, sis." I knew Jasper and I would always be best friends after this. "Back at you, bro." He ruffled my hair, and turned to Carlisle. "What's on the agenda for today, Dad?" I giggled when Carlisle made a face. "I don't know. I couldn't come up with anything that we might be able to do. We're kind of limited; the sun's out." He pointed out a window, and sure enough, the sun was glaring in. "Crap." Jasper muttered. I giggled again. "Let's go watch a movie or something," I suggested. It was the only thing that we really could do, under the circumstances. Carlisle and Jasper looked at each other and shrugged.

Jasper flipped through the channels at blinding speed before turning the TV off. "There's nothing to watch!" he yelled. "What do you people usually do for fun?" Carlisle glared at him. "Sorry." Jasper mumbled. It was either him or Emmett, always picking on the human. "We usually go outside when it's sunny," I retorted. Jasper put on a look of faux shock, and then an evil grin appeared. I felt Carlisle tense on the couch. "Whatever you're planning, Jazz, don't do it." What was going on? Jasper flung me over his shoulder and raced upstairs. I saw Carlisle in hot pursuit on the way up. What was Jasper planning? He raced into his and Alice's room, and threw me on the bed. (NO this isn't a lemon; get your heads out of the gutter, people!!!) He went over to the closet and threw a familiar bag at me. An…Alice bag. An Alice-went-shopping-for-Bella-against-Bella's-will bag. My head snapped up when Carlisle broke down the door. Carlisle broke down the door? This was an odd day. I peeked inside the bag, and nearly passed out. It was a bathing suit. Well, at least it was one piece; I tried to convince myself of the good. "Jasper?" I asked. When he didn't answer, I looked up. He and Carlisle were gone. This couldn't be good. I poked my head into the hall, and saw then waiting. In swimwear. Were we going swimming somewhere? (I have a mental image of Carlisle right now, and it is so good!) "Uh, guys? What are we doing?" Jasper rolled his eyes. "It's pretty obvious. We're going swimming! Now get dressed!" Where were we swimming? "Do you guys have a pool or something?" Carlisle nodded. "It's out a little ways, behind the garage." Alrighty then. I changed into the blue abomination, slipped a t-shirt on over it, grabbed a towel, and then walked out into the hall. "Wow, Bella. Nice!" Jasper grinned. Carlisle rolled his eyes and walked outside. He led the way around the garage, to an Olympic-sized pool. Of course. Nothing should surprise me now. There was a water-volleyball net set up across it. Carlisle and Jasper jumped in, and then turned to look at me expectantly. I blushed, and then removed the t-shirt. "You look beautiful, Bella. Now come on!!!" Carlisle splashed some water out of the pool at me. I shrieked, and jumped in after them, surprisingly, with no injuries. "Okay, let's play!" Jasper said excitedly. (A/N I just got a really good idea, but it's going to make this chapter kind of really long.) "Um, guys?" I said, pointing to myself. "There's the little matter of me, being a wimpy human, and you two being, like, supernatural. Aren't whichever team I'm on be unfairly handicapped?" Carlisle threw his head back and laughed. "I'll be on your team, Bella." he said, coming over to give me a reassuring hug. I smiled, and whispered "Thanks." He laughed again, and took his place on one side of then net. I took the other side, and the game began.

Thankfully, most of the game was played between Jasper and Carlisle. On the rare occasion that Jasper thought it was funny to hit the ball to me, I returned it without any embarrassment. It was kind of weird. I even managed to score a point on him. Carlisle cheered, and spun me in a circle, laughing madly. He was really competitive today. I giggled, and watched while Jasper fumed. The ball came toward me more often after that, and I started scoring on him more and more. All of a sudden, we heard an outburst of laughter, and I spun around to see Edward on the ground, convulsing with hysterics. Alice had a video camera in her hand, recording my scores against Jasper. Emmett jumped in the pool, fully clothed, and joined Jasper's side. "Bring it, human," he challenged. I looked at Carlisle at the same time he looked at me. It was an unspoken agreement; they were going down.

The points kept going up on our side, and each point that I scored made Emmett and Jasper angrier and angrier, until Emmett lost control of his temper and hit the ball at a million miles an hour, straight for my head. Edward yelled, and sprung at me, but Carlisle was faster. He pulled me out of the way of the ball, which exploded on impact with the water. Seeing me in safe in Carlisle's arms, Edward switched directions and jumped toward Emmett, and pulled him under the water. We were all laughing at their underwater wrestling match, until Edward came up, with Emmett in a headlock. Emmett cussed, then broke free, and jumped out of the pool, walking toward the house without looking back at us. I turned to look at the rest of the Cullens; with all the water Edward and Emmett had flung all over the place battling, the rest of them were soaked, too. I grinned and waved them in, and, one by one, they jumped into the pool, taking sides to continue our game. Edward wasn't interested, and sat on the side.

After we finished our game, (Carlisle, Esme, and I beat Jasper, Rosalie, and Alice 6-3!) we went inside, so I could eat dinner. Edward was by my side while we walked back to the house. "How was your day?" I asked him. "Pretty good, we found a couple mountain lions." He did his crooked grin, and I forgot my name. "And how was your day? I heard you straightened some things out with Jasper?" I nodded, remembering my happiness from this morning. "Yeah, we're going to be best friends from now on." He smiled again, and said, "That's good. I was a little worried about him, he was never happy since we came back." We got in the door, and I saw Jasper cooking something. He put it on a plate and slid it toward me. "Eat up, sis; tomorrow's going to be a long day. Nice and cloudy, we can go outside!" I looked at the plate and fell over laughing. It was spaghetti and meatballs, and he made a smiley face with the meatballs. "Thanks, Jazz. I can only imagine what you've got planned." Edward snickered. "Don't tell her, Edward!!!" He looked at me. "You'll tell me, right?" He shook his head. I gasped. "Nope, it's a surprise. But I can tell you, it's nothing too horrible." I sighed. If it was Edward-okayed, then it would happen. I dug into the spaghetti, then washed and put away my plate. We all went into the living room again to watch TV. Emmett was flipping through the channels this time. A strange sense of déjà vu spread through me, and Carlisle and I glanced at each other. We both erupted into laughter when Emmett yelled, "There's nothing to watch!" Everyone stared at us like we'd lost our minds; everyone but Jasper, who was snickering a little. After a long day in the water, I started feeling sleepy. "Okay, goodnight guys. See you in the morning." I said. And then, I tried to start a little nighttime ritual, by going around and hugging each one of them. "Great job today," Carlisle told me. I smiled, then went upstairs and got ready for bed.

As soon as I was in bed, Edward came over. "You know, you mean the world to this family. They love you, more than you can imagine." I sighed contently, and said, "I know. I don't understand it, but I know. I love them all too. Even Rosalie." He smiled, and then laughed when we heard Rosalie call to us, "Yeah, yeah, I'm warming up to you, too." Yes! I went to sleep, knowing things between me and all of the Cullens, now, were going to be great.

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