So at the moment my screen is split and I'm typing and watching the première of BD2. *fan girl scream* They all look so fucking gorgeous. I'm in tears. Sigh.
Jasper: She means I look fucking gorgeous. Stephenie, my real owner, was there too :D
Chapter 7.
Jasper put the phone back into its cradle and squeezed the bridge of his nose. Trust his idiot brother to invite Bella to lunch with the family. And here he was trying to avoid the distracting Ms. Swan.
Still, it shouldn't surprise him. This was just Emmett being Emmett. From the time Esmé and Carlisle Cullen had brought him home from the children's home, even at five Emmett was the joker he was today.
He was ever grateful for his mother and father.
Esmé Cullen was a very special woman, with a heart as big as all seven seas and made of gold. So it was no wonder she had adopted little Isabella Swan. Jasper remembered the day Emmett brought her home for Thanksgiving dinner.
She was the quietest person he'd ever met, and he couldn't help but wonder how she had befriended his loud mouthed brother. She and Edward had also formed a quick friendship, but some how it never surpassed the bond that she and Emmett obviously had.
A knock at his door broke Jasper out of his reverie. His assistant, Jane stuck her head in.
"Sir, the car is ready."
"Thanks Jane, and thank you for taking over today," he said closing his briefcase.
Jane smiled, "No problem boss. I can handle it."
Jasper knew she could. Jane was a cut throat, and he liked that. People were often fooled because of her size, but beneath that exterior was the heart of a shark. She could handle her own against anyone who offered opposition.
"Call me if you need anything," he said as she stepped back to let him through the door to head to the elevator.
"I won't have to," she replied with a laugh.
Jasper laughed along with her. "And apologize to Caius if I've thwarted any plans he may have had for you guys today."
Caius was Jane's husband and also one of the company's top lawyers.
"I will. Now go and enjoy the day with your family," she said as the elevator door closed behind him.
As he slid into the car, his phone rang.
"Whitlock," he answered.
It was Edward, "Mom says to get your butt over here. You're holding up lunch."
Jasper laughed, "Give her a kiss for me and tell her I'll be there shortly. We're heading there now."
"It's your funeral buddy," Edward laughed over the phone before he hung up.
Twenty minutes later the car came to a stop in the expansive driveway of his parents' beach house. He got out and said his goodbyes to his driver and headed up the steps. The door was open and he could hear chatter from conversations floating out to him.
"Mom!" he called taking off his jacket and hanging it up.
"We're in the kitchen darling," his mother called back. He headed towards the kitchen and smiled when he saw his mother smiling at him.
"I haven't seen you in weeks," she reprimanded pulling him close for a hug.
"I missed you too mom," he said raining kisses on her cheek and making her giggle girlishly.
"Young man, find your own woman to kiss and let mine go," his father said with a smile, as he came through the door from the patio.
"Hey old man," he said as his father wrapped him in a warm embrace.
"Old man he says?" Carlisle Cullen said winking at his wife. We'll see who's old later."
"Where's everyone else?" Jasper asked sitting on one of the stools around the bar.
"Emmett is outside with Edward, Alice and Alice's friend Rosalie setting up the games for later, Bella's around somewhere," his mother said nibbling on a celery stick.
"Cool beans," he said. "I'm going to change and be back down."
"Do hurry, we've been holding back lunch until your arrival, and if you see Bella tell her we're almost ready," his mother said bussing a kiss on his cheek as she passed him and went through the door with a platter of veggies.
His father grinned at him and followed his wife out. Jasper smiled and moved to head upstairs. He loved hanging out with his family, even if his idiot brother decided to torture him by inviting Bella.
He ducked into his bedroom and quickly shed his suit and donned a beach pants. He grabbed a bottle of sun tan lotion and opened his door. And walked straight into the very person who haunted his every waking thought.
Bella squeaked as she flew back, Jasper reached out and grabbed her before she hit the ground; bringing her flush against him in the process.
Bad move.
Instantly his pants got a little less roomier.
How the hell could someone be so damned tempting and so innocent at the same time?
"You okay?" he asked his voice rough.
She nodded, "I'm okay. Sorry I didn't expect anyone to be coming out..." she trailed off as if she finally noticed their positioning.
Jasper's body tingled in the spots where her skin touched his. And her warm breath made the hair on his chest curl. Her face was beet red and Jasper, foolishly looked down to follow the blush that spread across her body. It was then he noticed what she was wearing.
She was wearing a bikini. A very tiny and revealing bikini. This was not the prim Isabella Swan that wore knee length skirts and buttoned down shirts to work. Jasper bit on his jaw to prevent the groan from escaping.
"Are you sure you're ok sir?" she said softly.
Jasper closed his eyes. "Jasper."
"Pardon me?" she asked, confusion evident in her voice.
Jasper's eyes flew opened and Bella gasped. He was sure his desire was unchecked.
"Call me Jasper, Isabella."
She swallowed hard, eyes blinking rapidly before her mouth opened, "Jasper."
"Say it again," he commanded.
"Jasper," she said more firmly this time.
"Good. We're not at the office now."
She didn't reply, her gaze fixed on his mouth. She bit on her lip and Jasper almost lost it. All he had to do was lean over and cover those lips with his own.
Both their breaths were ragged. None of them moving. And just as he lowered his head, Emmett's voice boomed from somewhere close behind them.
"Bella Bee, you up here?"
They jerked apart a few seconds before Emmett appeared before them.
"Hey Bells...Jazz?" he said looking at both of them curiously. A grin broke out on his face and he wiggled his brows at them.
"What are you two doing up here?"
A/N: Well see I've been good. Yet another chapter for you darlings. I'm off to bed now to dream about one gorgeous Jackson Rathbone...who looked positively yummy on the black carpet tonight.
