Author's Note:
Hey all!! I know I'm a horrible person and it's been too long. I blame school. But this week is Spring Break and I've had Jasper and Alice and this story in my head forever! I'm hoping to do another chapter this week and update my other story Director's Daughter. But I do more if I get reviews. ;) Hope you like it!
What the fuck? My heart beat out of my chest as I nearly jumped out of bed. I saw flash of lightning before I heard the reason I had been jolted awake, another loud blast of thunder. "Shit." I cursed placing my hand on my actively beating heart. My hand was cold against my bare skin. Bare skin. I placed my hand back on the bed spread. Cotton. Not silk. Not my bed. Oh, shit. The memories of the night quickly came back with alarming clarity. This is why drinking is useful. It may not get rid of all the memories, but at least it dulls the shock of them. These memories are too fucking crystal clear. I moved my legs, stretching them carefully test them. "Fuck!" I moaned as I felt the awful ache in my lower half. Even walking was going to be a chore today. I looked at Jasper's alarm clock to see it was only two in the morning. At least I can rest a little longer. I stretched again, now in a complete sitting position. I leaned forward with and rested my arms on my knees and watched the lightning roll in. I groaned again when I moved my body the wrong way. Not to self: Angry sex while satisfying doesn't feel so hot the next day.
"I'm sorry." I heard Jasper whisper against my shoulder blade before kissing it softly. I couldn't stop the smile. I'm sure my anger was somewhere deep down but right now I was happy, that overshadowed it. Hell, it damn near decimated it. This was the Jasper I wanted to spend the rest of the week with.
"I'm not." I replied as I turned to look at him. He had leaned back down into the dark blue pillow and smiled slightly. He had that drowsy satisfied look on his face although it was easy to see he was hesitant. His blond curls were a mess but the dark shadows under his eyes were a little lighter. I guess I wasn't the only one who had spent the previous night tossing and turning. He smiled and I could feel my heart speed up again. God, I love him. And I always will.
I leaned down towards him a pressed my lips to his gently. I felt him kiss back quickly before I lifted my head.
"Are you still mad?" Jasper asked once I rested my head back on his chest. His fingers began moving through my hair slowly.
"Furious." I whispered turning my head to give him another kiss, this time on his chest where my cheek had been resting.
"I'm serious. We are going to have to talk about this sooner or later." I could hear the tentativeness in his voice. He was trying to tippy toe his way through a mine field. I was half tempted to see how far he could get before he blew up.
I sighed. Goodbye happy bubble I was living in. I will miss you. "Look, we have one week before you leave. Do you really want to spend the next week apart?"
"Well, no." He murmured as I turned to look at him.
"Then can we just not?" I asked.
"Of course." Jasper sighed looking down at me.
"We have one week before you leave. How about we just pretend that nothing is wrong? Go back to how things were. It's not like going public now will solve anything. We can talk everything out the night before you leave. Get everything out on the table and be done with it. How about that?" I asked. It really was a good idea. Putting off all of our problems and pretending nothing is happening, great idea, nothing could go wrong. Yup, I'm a genius.
"Are you sure Ali?" Jasper asked moving us both into the sitting position.
"I need to be with you this week, Jasper. Please just let me." I pleaded. I hated that I was begging but the possibility of not seeing Jasper for over a year was too much to deal with. And being mad at him before he left was unbearable.
"Okay. I would like that a lot." Jasper whispered as he leaned down to kiss me.
I immediately responded. It wasn't like earlier in the night. He was slow, patient, and gentle. Much more Jasper like. I could feel my breathing speed up as he moved his hands down my body to my naked waist. I sucked in a deep breath as his hand touched a sensitive spot on my hip. I watched as he pulled back with wide eyes.
"I may or may not have some sensitive spots." I mumbled while looking everywhere but at him. Most of the time gentlemanly Jasper was wonderful. And sometimes it was a pain in the ass. I closed my eyes as he moved the sheet aside.
"Fuck." He cursed in a growl.
"What?" I rolled my eyes. I probably had a scratch and he was making into a war wound.
"Look." He growled again. Geez, what is the deal? Did he suddenly turn into a caveman?
To humor him I looked down. "Oh." I said as I pressed the dark bruise on my side. It wasn't that big, only three inches; honestly Bella had had worse on her most graceful day. But it was eerily similar to a couple of Jasper's fingers.
"I did that." Jasper said, his voice pained.
"And I did that." I said motioning to a very tiny handprint on his very big arm.
"It's not the same." He said sourly.
"Bull shit. You are not going to get all Edward on me. He is the over protective jackass you are not. Okay? We had a little bit of rough sex yesterday. And you know what? It was the best sex I have ever had so if you start to be stupid or say you regret it we will have another fight that will have to be put off till next week. And let me tell you, if you make me put off that fight for a week it will fester and be one hell of a fight." I could see Jasper hesitantly giving in. Thank God. If that boy got it into his head that he hurt me I had no chance of getting laid the rest of the week.
"Next time we'll be more careful." Jasper whisper kissing me again.
Kissing him back I moved so that I was straddling his lap, finding the very evidence of what our kissing was doing. "Anyway, it's not like you can keep away from me. You don't have that good of self control."
"Oh, really?" Jasper said moving down to my collar bone.
"Really. Plus, you don't seem to mind the bruises you leave on my neck." I murmured as I turned my neck so that I could give him better access.
"Those don't count." He murmured pressing light kisses over the parts of my neck that I was sure were a lovely purple shade.
"Well, they might take some creativity to cover up. I generally don't walk around my apartment in turtle necks, especially in February." I whispered, my breathing coming out a little quicker than I would have like it to.
"Hmm…you're smart…you'll figure something out. " Jasper murmured as he moved his lips torturously down my sensitive neck.
He spun us slightly so he was on top of me again moving his mouth down my body slowly. "Now this is the way to spend the rest of the week." I giggled as he hit a ticklish spot.
"Hey Rose!" I greeted as I hopped into her house less than four hours later.
"You are way too chipper for this early in the morning." Rosalie bemoaned as she walked towards her side of the house. It always amazed me that she had never went into modeling. It would have been easy money. Only Rosalie could make wearing old battered jeans and a loose t-shirt look glamorous. She looked ten feet tall and she was rocking a pair of old sneakers. I frowned and pushed up on my tip toes as looked at my outfit. I looked like a five year old in my jeans and fitted t-shirt. Some girls get all the luck.
I started to follow her but she waved me off. "You are in charge of waking up my possessed brother. All that boy does anymore is sleep. And he does not appreciate it when you try to wake him up."
"So you are going to send little ole' me in there?" I asked in fake shock.
"Please, you are the only person he won't punch for trying to wake him up. Well, you and Bella, but you got here first, lucky you." She called over her shoulder as she made her way to her area.
I smirked and walked through Jasper's living room towards his door. I turned the knob to find it locked, probably since I was there last night. Idiot. I pulled a hair pin out of my hair which I had to work to put up in a pony tail. I wiggled the bobby pin in the way Jasper had taught me after I had locked myself out of my apartment for the 10th time. Grinning ear to ear when I heard the delightful pop I pushed open the door.
I tip toed in. Waking Jasper up was pretty much as bad as Rosalie said it was, unless you had a plan, which of course I did. I smiled when I saw him sprawled out on the bed just as I had left him early this morning. He was lying on his stomach, his head pushed into the pillow trying to shade his eyes from the sun coming through his windows. Big Baby.
I walked quietly over to where he was laying and crawled into bed next to him. He moved restlessly but refused to wake up. "Jasper," I whispered placing a kiss next to his ear. Slowly I worked my way down from his ear to his jaw then to his neck. "Jasper," I whispered again, "It's time to get up."
"Mmm" I heard him moan slightly.
"I know you are awake, Jazz." I murmured while still moving my kisses, this time back up towards his face. "Wake up so you can kiss me." In a split second I went from being in charge to being pinned underneath Jasper's naked body. Oh Rosalie is not going to be happy. This might take a while.
His lips smashed onto mine before I could say anything. I could feel him getting hard already. Normally I was up for a quickie but honestly I was still a little sore to handle that this early in the morning.
"Jasper, stop." I bit back a moan when he moved from my mouth to my sensitive neck, which thank god didn't have any hickies. Apparently, he wanted to rectify that.
"You told me to wake up and kiss you." Jasper breathed between kisses.
"I meant after you brushed your teeth."
His slack jawed look made me dissolve into giggles. "Common we can do this tonight. Rosalie sent me in to wake you up and get you ready, which means if you aren't ready in ten minutes both of us will be in trouble. And as much I enjoy this I don't think Rosalie would be amused."
He seemed to be contemplating what he could get away with before his sister barged in. "Tonight?" He questioned like a petulant child.
"Tonight." I promised giving him a quick kiss before allowing him to pull me off the bed. "Now go shower and brush your teeth."
"Yes, ma'am." Jasper answered in a southern drawl as he walked towards his bathroom not at all ashamed of the view he was giving me. "Although, you sure you don't want to shower with me?"
"Ten minutes, Jasper!" I reminded him as I clenched the mattress to keep me where I was. Only that man could make me turn into spineless jello.
In less than ten minutes Jasper walked back into his bedroom his wet hair in his eyes and a towel around his hips. God damn it! "I so should have taken you up on the shower." I moaned as I lay back on the bed and threw my arm over my eyes.
"Yes, you should have." Jasper answered back. In a couple of minutes I heard him sliding on jeans and figured it was safe to look at him again. I looked up in time to see him pulling on an old t-shirt. "This is the stupidest idea." He muttered.
"Shut up party pooper. We all wanted to spend quality time with you while we can, which means multiple different things we want to do. I think it is a good idea. We all get to pick what we want to do and do it with everyone."
"It's like a bad blind date. Everyone gets to pick an activity that none of the others will like."
"You are way too glum!" I frowned as I bounced off the bed and over to where he was standing. I pulled on his shirt making him lean down so I could kiss him. "This is going to be fun! Although I don't know why we have to wear these clothes," I said in disgust.
"Alice, Emmett said to where old jeans and t-shirts and sneakers."
"And I did just that! I mean look at these jeans they use to be at least five shades darker and this shirt, it's COTTON!" My tone clearly stating my feelings on the required uniform.
"Emmett planned this Alice; the chances of us getting dirty are very high." Jasper commented as he wound his arms around my waist.
"Dirty?" I snorted. "This is the stupidest thing I've ever heard, I mean it's like a bad blind date."
Jasper just shook his head before kissing me again. "Let's go before Rosalie gets her panties in a bunch."
"Good idea." I laughed before following him into the living room only to see Rosalie walking into it.
"I was just about to come get you two! God, take long enough?" She spit out annoyed.
"You know it takes time to wake Jazz up. He's like the sleeping dead." I lied easily as I moved past her to the car port where I could see Emmett pacing.
"So, what do you have in store for us Emmett?" I questioned as I moved next to him.
"Oh no, you won't get it out of me pixie. This is going to be a surprise!" He exclaimed in obvious excitement. He was practically bouncing on his heels.
I stuck out my lower lip in a small pout and let me eyes fill with tears. "Please, Emmie? Just tell me. Just little ole' me."
"Not fair Alice!" He yelled trying to look anywhere but me. "That is not playing fair Alice Cullen!"
"Come on, Ali, leave Emmett alone." Jasper laughed pulling me towards Emmett's massive jeep. I waved at Bella and Edward as Jasper opened the door for me to slide onto the lifted seat. He laughed at my multiple attempts to jump into the truck before lifting me up and dropping me in it. He made his way to the other side as Rosalie and Emmett got into the front seats. Edward and Bella were going to follow us behind us to whatever God forsaken place Emmett had in mind. I let out an annoyed sigh as I put my head back onto the headrest and waited for whatever he had in mind to reveal itself.
"I am going to murder you!" I shouted at the same time Rosalie did. While the freaky Friday moment had us saying the same thing, our tones were a world apart. I looked at the paintball, laser tag, and go kart course in complete shock. There was no way they could expect me to fire a paintball gun, let alone to be shot by one. Rosalie however, viewed it as a great opportunity to physically assault her boyfriend. Great, someone was going to end up in the hospital.
"I'll just wait in the jeep!" I pouted.
"No way pixie! The deal was we all got to pick something and everyone had to do it. I pick this! Plus I'm sure your brother will protect you."
I looked over at Edward doubtfully. "I think I'll be busy protecting Bella." He stated to no one's real surprise.
"Guess you'll have to count on Jasper then pixie."
I looked at Jasper's grin in annoyance. "Hell no!" I yelled back up at him. "I don't need protection. I can kick all of your asses."
"I'd like to see you try. You can't even reach them shortie." Emmett laughed before looking over at Bella's petrified place. "Don't worry, Bella, we aren't going to do paintball. Just laser tag and go karts. I figured you guys didn't want head to toe bruises."
"You are so thoughtful, Emmett." I commented my voice dripping with distain. I looked at the go kart tracks regretfully. I liked going fast as much as the next person but Jasper was right, we were going to get dirty and more than a little sweaty. "So, why'd you pick this? To torture me?"
Emmett rolled his eyes. "Actually, I figured Jasper would be doing two things in Iraq. Shooting and driving tanks."
"And that equated to laser tag and go karts?" Jasper quipped in amusement.
"Well, I did try to get tanks but apparently you can't rent them. Something about national security, major bummer. I downgraded, shoot me."
"Oh, I plan to." Rosalie smiled. "You are going down monkey man. Boys vs Girls."
"I don't know how to play!" Bella commented self-consciously.
"It's easy. You get a vest that reacts when someone shoots it with a laser gun. And it takes place in a dark obstacle course to make it more challenging." Edward explained wrapping his arms around her.
"A dark obstacle course. Perfect." Bella deadpanned.
"Maybe this girls vs. boys thing isn't a good idea." Rosalie commented looking at Bella and me doubtfully.
"I'll protect you." Edward promised while dropping a kiss on top of Bella's head.
"No way! You are on our team. No helping the enemy!" Emmett yelled.
"Don't worry, roomie." I said as I pulled her away from Edward and looped my arm through hers. "I have a plan." I continued smiled deviously as all the guys groaned. "Hey it's not my fault I can think things through and you Neanderthals don't have the common sense God gave a goat."
"Whatever! We are going to kick your girl's asses! We are men. We are natural hunters. We are genetically programmed to be good at this." Emmett grumbled as he walked towards the laser tag building.
I raised my eye brow in question as Emmett stormed off.
"He found the discovery channel," Rosalie muttered annoyed. "Next week is shark week. I'll be lucky if get laid at all."
I laughed as I followed her into the dark, cool building. I saw Jasper at the equipment counter and bounded over to it pushing into him slightly as I reached him. I smiled up at him when he looked down before turning my attention to the big busted blonde behind the counter. "Hi! Can I have a vest and gun please?" I asked cheerfully.
"Hmmm. Looks like we'll need a small, or even a child's size, maybe." She said looking straight at my chest.
I couldn't help it when my jaw dropped in shock before I looked down at my size B chest. I mean I knew I wasn't Pamela Anderson but for being my size a B cup was pretty substantial. I watched her grab a vest that was obviously too small and place it on the counter without looking at me before turning back to Jasper. "And what can I get you?" She said in her best sultry voice.
I did a double take, looking between Jasper and the blonde. Seriously? Didn't we get over this bullshit in the ninth grade? Are girls programmed to be rude when their 'prey' is threatened? I watched Jasper's eyes widen in shock. He was too gentlemanly polite to say anything to the girl, I knew that, but I sure as hell wasn't.
"Nikki?" I asked looking at her prominently displayed nametag. She rolled her eyes as she focused on me. "Let me tell you a few things. First that designer dress you are wearing? Yeah, it's a knock off. A bad one at that. Second, you know how I know that? I designed the original. The seaming is obviously substandard and the pockets have the wrong dimensions. Third, you can look down at my normally sized breasts all you want but yours are obviously as fake as your dress and personality. And fourth," I paused looking around to make sure our friends weren't close before leaning forward to whisper to her, "And fourth, I have done things to this man that you couldn't even dream of. So get off your high horse and get me a small vest and him a large one. Thanks."
"Nicely done," Jasper whispered as he watched the flustered girl turn to get the vests. He leaned closer to me, close enough to intimate but not enough to be noticed by our friends. "But you know you didn't need to do that. You are the only person I am interested in."
I smiled at the comment. "I know. You don't think my boobs are too small do you?" I asked looking down at my boobs again. God, first Rose and now this bitch. I am seriously taking a hit on my self esteem today.
"I know for a fact that they are perfect." Jasper promised as he nudged my shoulder playfully. "Here." Nikki muttered placing the vests on the counter.
"Thank you so very much." I smiled. "And if you go into the Lotus boutique in town, tell them Alice Cullen sent you and they will give you twenty percent off whatever you want. I recommend the royal blue jersey dress. The color would look wonderful on you." I smiled again before turning and walking away with Jasper.
"What was that?" Jasper asked in shock.
"Karma. I figure if I do something bad like telling her off I should counter with something nice. I mean I don't want my karma to come and bite me in the ass like hers will." I watched Jasper continue to shake his head in shock as we walked to join our group that was standing by the opening to the laser tag room.
"Okay you guys will have a minute to go in and spread out before the guns start to work. That way you can hide and be far enough away from each other. Every five times you are shot you are unable to shoot for thirty seconds. The computer will keep up with the shot count and show who won. How are you guys doing the teams?" The laser tag guy asked.
"Girls vs. Boys." Emmett crowed excitedly.
The guy rolled his eyes. "Of course. You guys sure about that?" He asked us like it was obviously unmatched.
"We can handle them." I defended in annoyance.
"I don't doubt it." He muttered. "Okay girls will be red, boys blue. Shooting your own teammates will count against you. Everyone ready?"
We all agreed but I saw Bella fidgeting nervously. "Don't worry Bella, I got this!" She just nodded and placed her hand into mine.
"And go!" The guy yelled as we all made our way into the dark black lit course. We had already decided on a divide and conquer plot. Rosalie would obviously take Emmett, otherwise I'd have to ride home with a pissed off Rosalie. Bella was Edward's weakness he would never shoot her even in laser tag. The big pussy. So we would pair them up. And I was left with the most experienced, Jasper. My only hope was I was smaller and harder to hit. As much as I hated to admit it Emmett had picked a good activity. We were all too competitive for our own good.
I clenched Bella's hand in mine and ran to the back of the course where I knew from my evaluation on the map outside, there was an elevated alcove. "Bella, this will be easy. We'll put you up in this area and all you have to do is sit and shoot down at the boys. You won't have to run or move. Just look down and shoot. You'll be able to see everybody with having them see you. Just watch out for over there." I told her pointing to another elevated alcove straight across from her. "They can get up that side and shoot at you."
"Thank you, Alice." Bella sighed with relief as she settled into her post.
"Good luck, roomie!" I crowed before running down the alcove for a dark corner I had seen earlier. Jasper was going to pull the tactical shit and I might not be in the army but I had heard all his stories about drill and training. I was going to fight fire with fire. I heard the loud siren signaling five seconds until the guns came on. Let the games begin.
At first everyone stayed where they were, quiet, waiting. But before long we were moving, tracking each other. I could hear Rosalie laughing when she found someone and quickly shooting them. The girl was Texas raised, it wouldn't surprise me if she won the whole thing. I heard a rustling behind me and dropped to the floor behind a tall, inflatable boundary. I could hear the person getting closer and curled into a ball to better hide. I saw Jasper walk two feet past me before I launched up and shot him twice before running the opposite way. It didn't take long before he caught up to me but I was dodging his shots as I ran back towards Bella. I drew Jasper right into the trap and before long Bella had shot him three times effectively killing him. "Son of a bitch!" He muttered before taking off to the opposite end.
"Poor Major Whitlock!" I laughed following him.
Thirty minutes later the siren sounded again advising us we have a few seconds left. I was panting and out of breath. My morning runs had not prepared me for this type of exertion. I leaned against the wall just in time to see Jasper in front of me, raising his gun towards my chest sensor. My eye widened. I had been doing such a good job. I had opened myself to an easy shot.
"Jasper," I purred, "you don't want to do this."
"Really?" He questioned back his grin huge as he took another step towards me. "I think I do. Especially after that stunt with Bella."
I forgot my current predicament and smiled. Bella had been the best part about this game. Every time the boys ran away from us they ran into Bella.
"What do I have to do to change your mind?" I purred again trying to dissuade him.
"What do you have in mind?" He asked again as I saw the seconds ticking off on the clock behind his head. 10 second to go.
"Anything," I promised. "Anything you want. Whatever you want." 8 seconds.
"Anything, huh?" He took a step forward so the tips of his sneakers were touching mine. "How do I know what you provide I'll want? Maybe I need a demonstration."
I pushed into him pulling his face down to me as I put everything I had into the kiss. I opened my eyes to see 1 second on the clock. At the same time I heard my chest signal go off. Jasper had shot me.
"What the hell?!" I sputtered pushing him away from me.
"Some of us have a little more common sense then what God gave a goat." Jasper commented as he rocked back on his heels. "Two can play at that game Alice."
I was still pouting when I handed my vest to the now wonderfully friendly Nikki. Jasper told an edited story to everyone and I was quickly becoming the punch line of the day. But in a group of six someone was always the punch line. It would have been Bella if I hadn't managed to stash her in that alcove.
"Okay, okay!" I sighed exasperated as they laughed at me in earnest. "Let's check the scores!" I said excitedly.
"We so beat you guys!" Emmett bragged as he strutted to the computer station where are scores were being tabulated.
"Okay! First we'll do the rankings based on individuals." The station managed stated as we gathered around. "In sixth place we have Edward with 68 hits and he was shot 101 times." I laughed as Edward shrugged nonchalantly. None of us had expected him to do much of anything. He never was a fighter. Although I think everyone was surprised Bella wasn't last.
"In fifth place we have Emmett with 72 hits and was shot 80 times." I giggled when I watched Emmett's mouth drop in shock. "That can't be right, man. Are you sure you didn't get them mixed up? Like Emmett and Bella?"
"Hey!" Bella yelled in annoyance.
"No sir, they were right. You came in fifth."
"That's because you gave me a crap gun. It wouldn't shoot. Damn faulty equipment," Emmett muttered crossing his arms in annoyance.
"Well, onto fourth. We have Rosalie with 85 hits and was shot 65 times. Looks like your girlfriend beat you man." The manager laughed as Rosalie smiled.
"I let her win." Emmett muttered again in annoyance before Rosalie popped him in the back of the head.
"And third we have Alice with 90 hits and was shot 50 times. Good job." He commented as I jumped up in down. Being small so has its advantages.
"Wow Bells, it's between you and Jasper for the lead. Not bad!" I exclaimed excitedly.
"And in second we have Jasper with 91 hits and was shot 50 times." The guy said but before he could finish I interrupted him.
"By one point. He beat me by one point!" I shouted as I looked over at the grinning Jasper.
"What can I say? I knew that last shot was going to be worth it." He joked as he looked at me knowingly.
"Worth it? I'm glad you think it was a fair trade!" I shouted back as I shot him a promising look. He traded a point for the promise of anything and now he was going to get nothing. Two can play at that game.
"Wait, that means I won!!" Bella yelled interrupting Jasper and my staring match.
"Yup. Bella came in first with 120 hits and was only shot 20 times. Nicely played!"
"I won! I won!" Bella kept chanting jumping up and down. "I never win! I totally just won at something sports related! Thank you Alice!" She exclaimed as she launched herself at me.
"And the girls won over all, mostly due to Bella's scores." The guy explained before he moved onto the next team.
"I won! We won! I won!" Bella kept chanting as she jumped up and down.
I laughed with her as she jumped around. I laughed even harder when she tripped over her own feet and Edward had to catch her. "You won because of my genius plan!" I pointed out as Edward steadied her.
"That is true. Alice was the evil mastermind." Rosalie admitted as I beamed.
"Fine. But this is just the first part of the day. We have a whole day of go-kart tracks to race on! Since I'm not going to be stuck with Jasper and Edward's sorry asses I can really kick some butt." Emmett yelled as he pushed his way out into the bright sun.
"Oh, it is so on." Jasper laughed as he held open the door for me.
