A.N: During the drive play the song "All I Need" by Within Temptation or "A Drop in the Ocean" by Ron Pope. After the break in the story play Train's "Marry Me".
Bella was leaning over the arm rest of Jasper's truck in a way that should have been illegal in his opinion. How did she not realize that simply holding her hand sent him into a tizzy? She was so utterly beautiful and yet she was completely unaware of the effect she was having on him. His Bella, in all of his eternity with her he would never tire of calling her that. The love of his life, the meaning of his existence, his only reason to continue to wrestle his desire for human blood, was so mouth watering in her little red dress. She would stand out in a crowd of even the most beautiful vampires. If only he could pull over and...no. He stopped that train of thought in its tracks. He was going to make this the most memorable night of Bella's entire existence; her human and future vampire lives.
Bella couldn't help the small grin that graced her lips. Here she was on a date with Jasper fucking Whitlock-the sexiest vampire she'd ever met-and he was all hers. Every inch of his glorious body and every part of his soul. How had this happened? He was the "God of War" to those who knew him during the Southern Vampire Wars of the previous two centuries and yet now he was so loving and romantic. Who would have guessed? Certainly not her. She had thought for two years that her soul mate was...no. Tonight was about the two of them. Not the people of their past lives.
Jasper felt Bella's twinge of sadness and knew she was thinking of the past few years. Slowly he lifted their entwined fingers to his lips and pressed them on her knuckles. "I love you."
Bella felt a giddy jolt in her heart and knew Jasper could feel it was well. "I love you too."
The rest of the drive to, what seemed to Bella the middle of no where, passed in silence. They were simply content to be together and truly alone for the first time in months. It seemed that there was always a vampire within listening range, okay Emmett seemed to always be within listening distance, and that made their activities a little embarrassing.
As they pulled into the driveway of Jasper's hunting "cabin" Bella couldn't help the gasp that left her lips. She was always surprised by the houses the Cullen's owned. None could be considered small, in fact most were in the mansion category. Jasper in turn couldn't help his quiet chuckle at Bella's reaction. She was always so taken aback by their homes. She would soon be one of them and eventually the houses would be less of a novelty.
"My lady," Jasper murmured as he opened Bella's door. "Allow me to escort you into my humble abode."
"Why thank you kind sir," Bella giggled out, playing along with Jasper. "Escort away."
As they entered the house Bella couldn't help the nervousness she felt. Here she was, with the love her entire existence, and she didn't know what to do next.
After the dinner that Jasper cooked her, they went out onto the back porch, which was beautifully decorated with rose petals and candles. Jasper was trying to hold in the nerves that were threatening to spill out. He was minutes from asking Bella the most important question of their lives.
"This is beautiful," Bella sighed as she leaned against Jasper's side. "How did you get all of this set up?"
"Vampire speed and your need for a human moment," Jasper whispered against her hair. "Now..." He sank pulled back from her.
Bella quirked her eyebrows at the loss but turned to face Jasper. "What are you-" she gasped as he sank to one knee. "Oh."
"Isabella Marie Swan, from the minute you woke up from your coma I knew that I would spend the rest of my existence with you. I've loved you every second of every day since your 18th birthday. Each day you amaze me with your strength to handle any event fate throws our way. You're a survivor. You're the reason I exist. You're the only thing that makes sense in this world to me. I can't imagine a single day without you by my side as my partner. My love, will you marry me?"
Bella felt tears flowing down her face during his whole speech and now they simply poured. She looked at the ring Jasper held in his hand and back to his face. "Yes! Of course I'll marry you!"
Jasper gently slid the ring on her finger then crushed her lips to his. Finally he had everything he could ever imagine having. His mate was safe, they were engaged, nothing could be more perfect.
"I love you," Bella whispered against his lips.
"As I love you," Jasper answered. "From now until forever."
After a weekend alone the two loaded up into the truck for the drive home. This time it seemed to fly by. Before Bella knew it she was in front of the Anchorage house. She looked over at Jasper one last time before jumping out of the vehicle and making as much noise as possible. She crunched her feet on the gravel and coughed once. Jasper laughed at her drawing attention to the two of them in the driveway.
"Oh Rosie dear!" Bella called quietly. "Don't you want to see what I got?"
"Thank god!" Rosalie yelled as she ran at a human pace to Bella's side. "Well? He wouldn't show me what it looked like."
Bella kept her left hand hidden for a few more seconds then slowly pulled it from behind her back. "Ta da!"
Rosalie sighed as any good friend would at the sight of the ring. "It's perfect."
Bella nodded in agreement before the three walked towards the house to show the rest of the family. Esme of course had glassy eyes as she admired the ring and Carlisle tried very hard to keep the emotion out of his voice as he wished the two congratulations. Emmett simply swung Bella up into a hug and held her for a minute before she complained about the need for oxygen. Truly their family was complete now.
AN: Well guys, here's the third chapter. I wrote it on the plane home from Mardi Gras so my hangover was epic. What do you think of it, though? Like it? Hate it? Wanna make sweet sweet love to it? Let me know.
PS: Wow I'm kinda weird. Love you all!