Disclaimer: Don't own any characters, but if I did it I would be in a Jasper and Emmett sandwich right now.

A/N: I know it's a little later than normal. Sorry, sorry, sorry.

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Jasper

"Jasper am I still a virgin?"

Shit, do I tell her the truth or do I lie. Realizing it would not be in my best interest to lie I turned to her slowly and answered, "No."

She let out a breath and I wondered if I had made the right decision.

"Are you alright?"

"Yeah. Just taking it all in." She said.

I didn't want to leave after just having told her, but I knew that she would probably need time to think about it. "I'm going to go. We'll talk it about it tomorrow if you want."

"Maybe."

Okay that was something.

"Goodnight Bella."

"Goodnight Jasper."

When I got to Jacob's house a little later he was sitting on the front porch. He handed me a beer when I sat down beside him.

"Thanks."

He nodded his head. "How did it go?"

"Good. I told her about the aquarium fight and the first couple of days there. It's just so weird her not remembering all of it."

"Yeah, but at least she's giving it a chance. You know as well as I do how stubborn she can be and she's at least trying."

"That's true. I don't know what made her change her mind. That first couple of days after she woke up she wanted nothing to do with me."

"Yeah, but she's doing it for you." He said causing my mouth to fall open.

"Why?"

"Because Rose let her have it New Year's Eve. Told her you were hurting and even though Bella couldn't remember, it wasn't just about her. You were part of the picture too and she needed to see that."

"How do you know this?"

"Leah. She told me that night. Said Bella was going to watch you and if she saw what we all saw then she'd try. Whatever Bella saw when she looked at you worked."

"I'll have to thank Rose."

We fell into silence then sipping our beers. I thought about what I would tell her if she wanted to talk about us being together. Hearing me sigh Jacob asked, "What else happened tonight?"

"She asked if she was still a virgin."

"Oh. What did you tell her?"

"The truth."

"How did she take it?"

"She didn't throw anything, but I don't think she really processed it either before I left. I'm worried about what she'll say tomorrow after she's slept on it a little."

"With Bella there's no telling, but maybe it won't be so bad."

"Maybe. I just don't know what to say if she wants any details."

"You let her ask the questions and all you have to do is answer. Things aren't going to be easy for awhile. She's going to get mad, but it more than likely will be frustration with the fact that she can't remember. You just have to be patient."

"I will be. She's worth too much to me to just give up when things get hard."

He nodded and downed the rest of his beer. "So what's the plan for tomorrow or today?" He asked after looking at his watch.

"Field trip to Port Angeles."

"Why?"

"I can't take her to Atlanta and I needed a park." I answered with a shrug.

"Cool, I'm headed to bed." He said standing and stretching. I stood also and followed behind him into the house. After getting situated on the couch I ran over in my head the plans for tomorrow before falling asleep.

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The next morning I got up and took a quick shower. I put a few things in my trunk that I would need before heading out to go to Bella's. I stopped off at the florist first, picking up the sunflowers I was getting her for the day. I was starting to run out of flower options, so I was going to ask Bella today if she had a favorite flower and just get those from now on.

When I left the florist it wasn't quite eleven yet, but I figured it would be okay to go ahead and go to her house. Leah was leaving as I got there.

"She's in her room." She called as she got in her car.

"Thanks."

I made my way inside and up the stairs. Stopping in the doorway of her bedroom I took in the sight before me. Bella was sitting on her bed in a pair of yoga pants and a tank top. Her hair was in waves down her back and she was smiling.

"Hey," I said drawing her attention to me.

"Hey."

"You look happy today."

"I am."

"So you had a good night after I left?"

"I did. I had a good dream." She said smiling. I walked over and handed her the flowers. "Thank you."

"Your welcome. What was your dream about?"

"I called Alice after we got to the hotel from the aquarium. I was so pissed off that she and the others had forced me to hang out with you. I yelled at her a lot. Told her that she wasn't as good a friend as I thought. That if she and Rose were then they wouldn't have done that to me. I told her that as soon as I got home I was moving out. She tried to tell me she was sorry and I wouldn't listen. I just kept saying the same things over and over again. I think I called you an asshole quite a few times that night too. I told her to stay the fuck out of my business. I knew she was crying when I hung up on her, but it didn't matter. I was still so mad."

She stopped talking and I just stared at her in confusion. "Was that your dream?"

"Parts of it, but when I woke up I remembered the rest. I remembered the way I felt and what I said." She said and a big smile spread out on both of our faces.

I couldn't stop myself from reaching over and giving her a hug. She stiffened slightly and I drew back. "Sorry."

"It's fine. I just…sorry."

"What is it?"

"Nothing." She said waving me off. "You ready to go?"

I wanted to press the issue, but figured I wouldn't get anywhere if I asked so I said, "Yeah."

Standing up I grabbed the bag Leah must have helped her put together before picking her up and carrying her down and out to the car. After getting her settled I got in and we set out for Port Angeles.

On the drive I said, "Do you remember anything else from that day?"

"No." She said turning to stare out the window.

"It will be okay bab…Bella."

She glanced over at my slip, but didn't say anything.

After driving in silence for a few minutes she asked, "So where are we going?"

"Port Angeles."

"Oh. Why?"

"The first day we decided to try not to fight we went to a park and played 20 questions. I can't take you back to Atlanta, so I found a park in Port Angeles. I figured we could play again, but you could be the only one to ask the questions this time. If that's okay?"

"I guess."

We drove the rest of the way not speaking. When we got into town I stopped off at a deli and grabbed us lunch before driving over to the park.

When we arrived I got out and carried Bella and our lunch over to a bench. After setting her down I returned to the car and pulled a blanket from the trunk along with the CD player I'd put in earlier. The other thing in there would wait until we got back to Bella's house.

Walking back over to Bella I spread the blanket out and helped her down on it. "I'll be glad when I can get this damn cast off." She muttered.

"Yeah, but you still have a few weeks."

"I know and then Carlisle said I'd have to wear an air boot for a couple of weeks too. At least then I'll be able to walk on it though."

"Why don't you have crutches?"

"I tried, but they hurt my ribs bending over in the beginning and I just haven't tried again."

I nodded and started pulling our lunch out of the bag. I gotten each of us a sandwich and some chips along with a drink. Once I'd handed Bella hers I hit play on the CD player. We ate while listening to Theory of a Deadman.

When we were finished I ran our trash to the garbage. Coming back to sit down I turned the radio volume down to make it just background noise.

"Okay are you ready to ask questions?"

"I don't know. What am I supposed to ask?"

"Whatever you want too?"

"Okay let me think a minute." I watched her pull her lip in between her teeth as she contemplated what to ask first. Her first question when she had it broke my heart. "Why did this happen?"

Closing my eyes I answered, "Because it did. We can place blame on a million different things, but it won't change the fact that that's how it is. All we can do now is go forward and hope that one day soon you'll remember."

"It's just so hard. People say things and I have no clue what they are talking about even though I should."

"Bella I can't begin to imagine what you feel like, but you need to know that everyone is here. Your dad, Jacob, Alice and all those guys, and me. I'm here to help you remember."

"As weird I still find our whole relationship I know that." She said smiling at me.

I gave her a smile and said, "Next question."

"What did we ask that first day?"

"A lot of different stuff. About each others family, favorite things, and some personal stuff."

"What kind of favorite things?"

"We covered color, song, movie, book, quote, and childhood toy." I said ticking them off my fingers as I went.

"So you know all of mine?"

"Yes, Red, 37 Stitches or it was at that time, The Notebook, To Kill a Mocking Bird…"

"Find out who you are and live it to the fullest." She said as I did. "Kind of ironic right now isn't it?" She asked with a sad smile.

I once again didn't stop to think as I pulled her into my arms. She didn't stiffen up this time. If I wouldn't have come off as an idiot I would have started singing, but I just settled for humming with content inside my head. I don't know how long we sat there, but I wasn't complaining any.

She pulled back eventually and I immediately missed her warmth, but we had to do this her way.

The rest of the afternoon we had almost the same conversation as that day in Atlanta. I don't think she ever really made it to 20 in questions, but I think she found out all she wanted to know. One question we'd had that day didn't come up, and although she didn't know it she'd just found out last night that the answer she gave then wouldn't apply now so I was kind of glad it didn't. I still didn't know how she felt about the whole not being a virgin anymore and I wasn't going to push asking her about it. She'd get around to discussing it with me when she wanted too.

We finally decided to head back to Forks around 5. We called Charlie on the way and said we'd stop for pizza when we got back.

We'd been on the road about 10 minutes when out of the corner of my eye I noticed that Bella was wringing her hands in her lap and staring out of the window. In the reflection I could see her biting her lip.

"Bella are you okay?" I asked after a few more minutes of her doing the exact same thing.

"What?" She asked looking over at me.

"Are you okay? You just seem kind of like your worried about something."

"No…well yeah."

"Do you want to tell me?" I asked when she didn't say anything.

"Ummm…well…I guess…"

"You don't have to Bella."

"No it's okay. It's just…it's embarrassing."

"Oh. Whenever you get ready then."

"Okay." She continued to bite on her lip for a few minutes. I heard her take a deep breath and with her head down she asked, "Was I okay when you and I, you know?"

Flipping my blinker on I pulled off the side of the road. When I got stopped I turned sideways. Placing a finger on her chin I lifted her head to look at me.

When her eyes met mine I said, "You were perfect." Tears well up in her eyes and as a few spilled over I felt horrible. "Please don't cry." I whispered. "I'm so…"

"No," she said shaking her head to cut me off. "It's just I was worried that it wasn't good enough and you'd tell me it was just so you didn't hurt my feelings, but I saw in your eyes that you were telling the truth."

I gave her a small smile. Reaching my other hand up I cupped both of her cheeks brushing the tears away with my thumbs. "Bella Swan you are without a doubt the best I ever had."She laughed a little and then her eyes got huge. She sucked in a quick intake of breath while pulling back from my hands.

"What is it?" I asked surprised by her movement.

"We've been here before, but I was the one holding your face in my hands. Where were we…?" She said her voice cracking. Clearing it she continued. "Where were we going?"

"To see Charlie. I was meeting him for the first time."

"To pick out the paint color for your car."

I nodded. "Keep going. What else do you remember?"

She closed her eyes and bit her lip. "I told you to relax that dad would like you. I made lasagna for dinner that night."

"You did baby. " I said nodding not even caring about saying the term this time. "What else?"

"I don't know." She said shaking her head, "I can't think of anything else." Tears once again spilled over.

"It's okay, you remembered some things and that's what matters." I said pulling her into a hug. She quickly hugged me back and then pulled away.

"Can we go tell dad now?"

"Sure." I said turning back toward the windshield and checking my mirrors.

We drove in silence the rest of the way to Forks. We arrived at her house a little bit later after stopping off for the pizza. Charlie came out to take Bella inside while I grabbed the pizza and the object from the trunk.

As I walked in the front door I could hear Bella telling him about what she remember on the car ride home. Setting down everything in my hands, but the pizza I made my way into the kitchen. They were both beaming.

I smiled along with them and set the box on the table. Charlie grabbed us each a beer out of the fridge before sitting down also. Dinner conversation was mostly filled with telling Charlie what else we'd done today.

Once we'd eaten and we'd cleaned up I said, "Bella we both have a surprise for you."

"Not me son. I found it, but this was all you." Charlie said patting my back as he walked out of the room.

"I guess I have a surprise for you then." I said.

"What?"

"Well, you know we talked about favorite things in our first round of twenty questions and one of those things was our childhood toy."

"Yeah, you told me that today."

"Okay, hold on just a second." I said and backed out to the hallway. Coming back into the kitchen I was carrying the rocking horse she'd told me about.

The smile that lit up her face was one I had never seen before. Taking it over to her I set it down and then helped her sit beside it on the ground.

Her hands swept over the main and down across the saddle part. "How did…?" She asked looking up at me.

"Your dad found it in the attic after you woke up when I came up with the idea to show you things from the time you'd forgotten. We knew you'd remember this, but I wanted to give it to you anyway because we talked about it while we were in Atlanta."

"Thank you. I can't believe my dad still had this. I thought he'd thrown it away when I got to big."

"He did too until he went up there."

She reached up, taking a hold of my hand and pulled me down to the floor with her.

"Did I tell you the story?"

"Yeah. I thought it was cute."

"I was such a goofy kid."

"Aren't we all? To be fair you laughed at me when I told you mine."

"Will you tell me again?" She asked glancing over.

I nodded and retold her about my tricycle. Just like last time she cracked up laughing. Charlie found us a few minutes later still laughing quietly.

Clearing his throat to let us know he was there he said, "I'm going to bed."

"Okay dad, I think I will too." Bella said. "Jasper will you help me?"

I nodded and rose up in a crouch. Sliding my arms under her knees and around her back I lifted her up and started for the stairs. Charlie grabbed the rocking horse and followed behind.

I sat Bella on her bed while Charlie placed the horse over in the corner. He kissed her on the forehead before going to his room. I grabbed her pajamas from the bathroom and placed them beside her.

"Do you need anything else?"

"No I'm good. Thanks. For today too."

I gave her a smile. "I'll see you tomorrow."

She nodded and smiled in return.

As I made my way to the door I turned back quickly, "What is your favorite flower?" I asked.

"Oh, forget-me-nots. Again ironic."

I chuckled softly and shook my head. "See you tomorrow."

"Bye Jasper."

I made my way downstairs and out to the car. On the drive to Jacob's I thought about the day and how she'd remembered two things already. It was a promising start and I couldn't stop the swell of hope and happiness that surrounded me.

When I pulled up in front of his house he was once again sitting on the front steps. Just like last night I told him about the day while we drank a beer. This ritual would become a nightly thing.

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