BPOV

Jasper and I had been taking things slow but had been on several dates but I was trying to protect myself. I knew of course that Jasper would never hurt me and whenever I was with him I felt whole like everything that had happened since I was eighteen was just a distant nightmare that would never find me again. Every time we went on a date Alice dressed me in clothes that she said were sexy without being to revealing considering she understood that I was shy about the scars even though Jasper who had save me from my melt down at the mall had seen them.

I had off Wednesday and Thursday because we were going to be closed Saturday and Sunday for full store inventory which Alice decided that Jasper and I should do. "Bella think about it you love books so much you're place of choice for sex is probably a library." She had joked over lunch Monday when she and Rosalie decided we should all go out to some new little café down the street from the bookstore. Rosalie had come over the day after my meltdown at the mall to check on me. Of course I'd been kind of wary of her reason for coming. I was shocked to say the least when she told me she'd come to check on me because she'd been worried.

-Flashback-

We were sitting on my couch after I made a pot of flavored coffee. She sipped her coffee before setting it down on the coffee table.

"Bella I'm really glad that you are doing better I was worried about you but I wanted to give you some time to yourself before I came to check on you." She told me.

I looked down at my cup and nodded. "I'm doing alright."

She reached over and patted my hand. "Look Bella I'm really sorry about how I acted when we first met." She frowned a little then her lips tipped into a soft smile. "It's just the Cullen's are my family and Jasper is one day going to be my brother and I'm very protected of the people I love." She said. "I won't ask what happened to you because it's not really my business and I know I'm probably the last person you'd think of but if you ever need to talk you can call me."

I set my cup down and smiled at her. "Thank you Rosalie."

-End Flashback-

We'd spent an hour talking about nothing in particular. After that Rosalie included me in all her plans with Alice. Friday night we were having dinner with Jasper's family and so far it hadn't gone well when it came to dinner at the Cullen's and I was nervous that his family was really going to dislike me after the other two times I'd ruined dinner. Rosalie helped me shop for some clothes that were in my price range that didn't suck and Alice had not been happy about it but even she couldn't deny that Rose had picked up good stuff. I'd picked out a black pencil skirt that ended just above the knee and a red tank top that had a red lace top over it. I'd been worried that it wouldn't cover because of the lace but the dark color covered all the scars. I wasn't as good at putting on make up as Alice and Rose so I just put on a small amount, a little eye shadow and lip gloss then pinned my hair back from my face. Jasper picked me up an hour before dinner and we spent twenty minutes just inside my door kissing.

"Jasper we're going to be late." I said between kisses.

His lips brushed down my neck. "Let's just skip dinner."

I pushed him back and shook my head. "Jasper come on I've already ruined two dinners and our parents probably dislike me already."

His lips pulled down into a frown as his fingers moved to brush down my cheek. "They don't dislike you. My mother is going to absolutely love you when she gets to know you just like I do."

I blinked as I looked at him trying to figure out if he'd just told me he loved me without actually saying it. He smirked at me and slid his arms around my waist.

"You look like you're thinking hard darlin." He laughed softly.

"Did you just tell me you love me?" I asked.

He kissed my cheek softly. "No."

I frowned as my cheeks turned bright red. His lips brushed over my ear softly.

"Now I'm saying it. I love you." He chuckled and playfully bit my earlobe.

I smacked his shoulder and smiled softly. "That was mean…I love you too."

His fingers slipped through mine before he raised them to his lips and kissed both of my hands. "You really should know that already." He tilted his head as he pressed me against the wall and pinned my hands above my head. "You sure we can't just stay here?"

I rolled my eyes and gave him a soft kiss before shaking my head. "Come on Jasper."

He playfully pouted and nodded. "Fine but I'm going to remember where we left off here."

A half hour later we were sitting in his parent's living room and his mom was telling me about how she was a mostly a home maker but that she did do some decorating on the side. Carlisle worked at the hospital here in Forks in the Emergency room and had a private practice that he somehow managed to juggle. Emmett owned and operated two construction companies the biggest ones in Forks and Seattle, Rose worked for him in his office meeting with potential clients to answer questions before Emmett met with them.

I nearly died when we ate and I looked at the table full of food. Esme had made a roast with mashed potatoes, homemade bread and rolls, carrots, broccoli, and corn.

"Better dig in darlin before Emmett eats everything." Jasper whispered in my ear before kissing my cheek.

I blushed a bit as Esme grinned at us. "

You two are lovely together." She nodded at us before passing a bowl of mashed potatoes to Carlisle.

"So, Bella Alice tells us that you've done wonders arranging the bookstore." Carlisle said.

"Well Sir I don't know about wonders, but I believe things should be a little easier to find." I answered.

He nodded his head. "Call me Carlisle dear."

I nodded in response. Alice mostly dominated the conversation which was alright with me because I wasn't much for talking about myself, unfortunately Carlisle and Esme seemed more interested in finding out more about me and the conversation kept coming back to me.

"So, Bella did you go to College?" Carlisle asked.

I sat back in my chair and rested my folded hands in my lap. "Um, no but I'm hoping to one day."

He nodded his head. "And what do you plan to study?"

"Bella's always wanted to be a teacher." Jasper said.

I smiled and nodded my head. "You remember."
He chuckled and kissed my cheek. "Of course."

Carlisle nodded his head. "Well do you have plans to start school soon?"

I chewed on my bottom lip for a second. "I'm not sure when I'll be going, I need to save up some money."

He nodded his head. "Well it seems that Jasper cares very much for you so if you'd like we'd be more than happy to help out."

I looked over at Jasper for a moment then back at Carlisle. "I appreciate the offer but…" I didn't know what to say to him without sounding ungrateful for his offer.

"Dad that's a nice offer but Bella has already agreed to let me help her with the tuition." Jasper said.

Jasper picked me up at five in the morning to go start on the inventory. Alice would have had a heart attack if she saw that I was wearing a lacy pink tank top with a white knitted sweater, and a pair of fleece pajama pants with frogs on them. Jasper grinned apparently amused by my choice of clothes. He of course looked amazingly hot in a pair of low slung faded jeans and a button down tight black shirt with the sleeves rolled up to the elbow.

"Good morning darlin." He said before pressing a kiss against my forehead. "Do you need time to get dressed?"

"I thought that since we were going to be up to our heads in books I'd do it comfortably." I said.

He chuckled softly and slipped his arms around me. "Well darlin you can wear whatever you want love."

He led me out to his truck and helped me in. Jasper never let me drive my truck if it could be helped. He was afraid it was going to either breakdown or blow up. I could see that he felt terrible that he hadn't been able to protect me after he left and now he was doing whatever he could do to protect me.

"Bella I meant what I said last night about helping you with tuition if you want." He reached over and took my hand in his.

I bit my lip softly. "Jasper can we discuss this later please?"

He nodded his head. "Of course."

I squeezed his hand softly before curling up in the seat. As much as I wanted to go to school I didn't want Jasper to think I only wanted to be with him because he had money. Of course I was pretty sure that I fell in love with him when neither of us had anything.

"Jasper can I ask you something?" I looked over at him.

He nodded his head to me. "Of course darlin what is it?"

"You know that I don't want to be with you just because you have money now right?" I chewed on my lip softly.

He blinked as he looked over at me for a second then back on the road as we head to the store. "Of course darlin."

I nodded my head and leaned over to kiss his cheek softly. I closed my eyes and curled myself against his side after sliding my arms through his. He grinned and kissed the top of my head before looking back at the road.

By noon I was sitting Indian style on the floor with a laptop sitting on my legs typing in numbers as Jasper called them down to me. I thought for sure that there was no way we'd need two days for this inventory but we were barely through the children's section. Every so often we traded spots and Jasper would sit on the floor typing in book names and numbers.

By the 8:30 we'd managed to get the books on the shelves counted.

"Tomorrow we'll do the backroom and we'll be done with this month's inventory." He informed me.

I nodded my head before I went to put his laptop back in his office. He leaned against his office door with his arms crossed watching me for a second before walking behind me and slipping his arms around me. I leaned back against his chest and closed my eyes. His fingers brushed my hair away from my neck before pressing his lips against my neck. I turned in his arms and slid my arms around his neck and kissed his neck softly. I froze against him when his fingers moved to push my sweater off me.

He pulled back and looked down at me. "Do you want me to stop darlin?"

I bit my lip softly and shook my head before helping him with my sweater. "I wish I would have worn a different bra and panties." I said with a slight nervous giggle.

He shook his head as he slid my tank top over my head and tossed it aside. If I had known we were going to end up in his office getting naked I wouldn't have worn a plain white cotton bra and panties. Had I known I would have worn one of the embarrassing bra and panty sets that Alice picked out for me. I blushed slightly as he ran a finger over the cotton bra.

"Very simple but somehow sexy darlin. I can't wait to see what's under those pajama bottoms." He grinned before leaning down to kiss my shoulder softly.

His fingers pushed the strap down over my shoulder and I squeezed my eyes shut as his lips pressed softly over one of the scars. I wiggled my way out of his arms.

"I'm sorry Jasper." I said with a frown.

He pulled me back into his arms and hugged me against him. "Darlin if you don't want to do this it's fine, I'll wait."

"I'm just a little embarrassed about…" I motioned to the scars.

He took both my hands and pulled me over to the couch and pulled me into his lap. His fingers moved to run over the scars. "Darlin these mean absolutely nothing." He leaned forward and kissed one of the scars and then another. "You're as beautiful as you were the first day I met you and when I look at you I don't see anything but the beautiful girl that I fell in love with years ago."

I leaned forward and rested my forehead against his neck. "How do you do it? How do you make everything better?"

He grinned at me when I pulled back to look up at him. "I have no idea darlin but I'm never going to stop doing whatever it is."

My hands moved to cup his cheeks before I pressed my lips against his softly. His grip around my waist tightened as he pulled me against his chest and brushed his tongue along my bottom lip seeking entrance. My lips parted allowing his tongue to brush against mine. My fingers moved to the buttons on his shirt and slowly started to undo them one by one. I shivered as his lips moved down along my jaw and then down my neck. My fingers moved under the opening of his shirt as I pushed it over his shoulders then leaned down and placed soft kisses down his shoulder. His fingers moved to the clasp on my bra, he grinned as he unclasped it. His lips found their way back to mine as he nibbled softly on my bottom lip and his fingers slid my bra off and tossed it down to the floor. I shivered against him as his fingers moved down over my shoulder and softly stroked my breasts. I moaned softly into his mouth as my tongue brushed against his. He moved us so that I was laying back on the couch and he was leaning over me, his lips brushed down my neck and over my left breast. I bit my lip as my head fell back when his lips closed around my nipple. His lips moved across my chest and over my other nipple as he hooked his fingers into the waistband of my pajama bottoms and cotton panties. He kissed down my stomach as he slipped them down over my hips and slid them off me. He sat up and raised my leg up and placed a soft kiss on my ankle then trailed kisses up the inside of my calf and thigh. He placed a soft kiss on my stomach before doing the same with my other leg. My eyes closed as his lips brushed across my stomach then trailed down against my lower lips. My fingers slid into his silky blonde hair as a soft moan escaped my lips. His tongue slid over my clit causing me to squirm and moan loudly.

"Ahem…" Someone cleared their throat from the doorway.

Jasper jumped to cover my body with his as he looked towards the door where Edward and Alice stood. Alice had a huge grin on her face until she glanced at our clothes on the floor.

"Oh my god Bella please tell me those aren't the clothes you were wearing…And you weren't wearing that bra with those panties when you knew you were going to be here with Jasper all alone." She scolded.

My face turned bright red as I tried to hide myself behind Jasper partially because she was scolding me about my clothes choices but mostly because I was naked laying on Jasper's couch in his office and underneath him.

Edward pulled on Alice's arm. "Alice let's wait out in the store while they get dressed."

Jasper growled and laid his head against my chest. "I'm sorry darlin."

I wrapped my arms around him and brushed his blonde hair back from his face. He kissed my stomach softly before grinning and working his way back down. I squirmed under him as his brush brushed between my lips and brushed over my clit.

"JASPER CULLEN YOU BETTER GET DRESSED WE BROUGHT CHINESE." Alice yelled.

He growled again before placing a soft kiss on my lower lips then sat up. "You know if you moved in with me you could save money for school and we wouldn't be interrupted."

I blinked as I sat up forgetting completely that I was naked. "Jasper, are you asking me to live with you?"

He grinned at me and nodded. "It wouldn't be there first time we lived together. Plus it would give me extra motivation to hurry home everyday."

"Jasper I don't think I can sell my parent's house…" I whispered.

He raised my hands to his lips and kissed each one and nodded his head. "It's alright darlin."

He stood and picked up my clothes and set them on the couch as he bent over to get his own shirt. I bit my lip softly as I watched him.

"Jasper, would you consider moving into my house with me?" I asked as I started to get dressed.

He turned to look at me and grinned. "If you want me to."

I nodded and smiled at him. "Yes." I stood up and stumbled into his arms.

He chuckled and kissed my forehead. "We better get out there before Alice has a fit."

The last thing I wanted to do was leave his office to eat when I could be doing other things with him, but it was sweet for Alice and Edward to bring us dinner. My face was bright red as soon as I looked at Alice and Edward. Alice grinned at me as we sat down with them on the floor.

"So did you guys get any work done?" Alice teased.

Jasper nodded his head. "The only thing we have left to do is the backroom."

Alice grinned at him. "Well Edward and I will do the rest of the inventory tomorrow so that you two can have a day alone and maybe finish what you started." She wiggled her eyebrows at him.

He smirked at her. "Well that works out good because Bella and I need to do someone shopping tomorrow."

Alice's eyebrows rose. "What kind of shopping?"

"A bed." He answered.

"What do you need a new bed for?" She asked.

"I'm moving in with Bella." He said.

Alice squealed and launched herself at me and hugged me tight. "Oh my god we have to redecorate. I'll call Esme and Rose…Jasper you and Edward can do the inventory."

Jasper shook his head. "Nope you volunteered and if Bella wants to redecorate she and I will hire Esme. Otherwise we're going to go get a bigger bed."

Alice pouted the rest of the evening but we stood firm on the fact that Jasper and I were going to choose a bed. I was undecided on whether or not I wanted to redecorate after all these were my parent's things and all I had left of them, but maybe Esme could help me decorate and still keep a part of them in the house too.