"Jasper?" I was startled to see him standing in front of me. "Is that really you?"

"Never moved out of Charlie's then," He said smiling. "Do I get a decent hello?"

I got up and tried to run to greet him, but since I had just woken up it added to my clumsiness and I tripped over my own two feet landing with my arms locked around his neck.

I straightened up as we went to sit on the couch.

"I'm so glad you came," I know I sounded anxious but I didn't care.

"I can tell you're very excited!" Jasper said teasingly.

"Oh, how is everyone?' I asked. "I miss them all so much! How are you and Alice, and Rosalie and Emmett, and Carlisle and Esme?"

"Oh well Alice and I are visiting Portland. I decided to drive up and see you… Alice should be here shortly. Rose and Emmett are on another honeymoon in Spain and Carlisle and Esme are still getting us settled into a really cute old house up on the coast of northern Maine in this small town a little northeast of Van Buren."

"What about… Edward?"

"Oh he's been traveling nomad style. He visits and calls every once and a while. Esme worries too much if he doesn't. You know?"

"Yah," I said. "I really do miss everyone."

"We all really missed you," said Jasper. "So where's the mutt?"

How did he know about the wolves? But I had to tell him. If I didn't Alice would figure it out tomorrow when she visited.

"Oh Jacob, well… he had an accident. He's been in the hospital for a while now. He'll be fine though."

Jasper looked at the ring on my finger.

"You married him?" Jasper almost growled. I could sense the acid when he spoke.

"Yes," I admitted. "He's nice to me and he hasn't phased in a long time. We- I mean -I'm safe. He won't hurt me."

I had corrected myself to late.

"We who," he questioned. I knew he wasn't going to give this up easily.

"Me and Charlie," I said. "Who else would there be?"

"Yah. So what else have you been up to?"

"Well…" I started my sentence but I couldn't finish it when Stephanie started crying.

Jasper disappeared for a moment then came back holding Stephanie in his arms. Had he not seen Anthony?

Oh no… Anthony… he was going to find out… so was Alice… so was… Edward.

"Who's this," Jasper asked tickling her chin.

Stephanie cooed.

"That's Stephanie… she's only a month old. Please be careful with her."

Jasper stopped rocking her back and forth and looked at me with a gigantic smile on his face.

"Bella, how could I not be careful?" Jasper muttered something to himself and then said, "She doesn't have much mutt in her. Probably won't even phase."

Jasper looked up smiling, "How come even after all these years this place still smells like Edward?"

"I don't know," I said. "People say that all the time… well at least the pack does."

"There's a whole pack! I didn't know it was like that. We figured there could be werewolves again. We didn't think we stayed that long though."

"Yah well you should probably go before Charlie comes home."

Jasper handed Stephanie to me and began to walk out towards the door, but instead he stopped dead in his tracks near the coat rack.

He turned his head to face the coats and took Anthony's off the hook.

Then he sniffed it.

"Whose is this? I swear it smells just like-"

Before he could say anything more Anthony stepped to the bottom of the stairs and said," Mommy I used too much toilet paper again…"

I looked at the expression on Jasper's face turn to pure shock…

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