Well, hello. I am so, so, terribly sorry for the amount of time it took for me to post this chapter, but on the Saturday before last, we drove back from Scotland and I wasn't allowed to use the laptop in the car, and then I was unpacking and stuff for ages. The last week and a bit has been me back at school and at work experience, which all I have done is photocopy OSAS about Starbucks. Today, the only time I've had to write has been short. Now I think that you need to know that from now on the updates will come to around once every two days, about, hopefully. I will usually post them at 6 o'clock, UK time, so you might want to check your iPods for the UK time if you don't live here! However, I don't think there will be another chapter before Monday because I want to write many a chapter before posting, because now I am only doing one at a time. I have realised how little pressure there will be on me if I have already written many chapters.
I want to say thank-you sooooo much for the reviews I got. I was expecting around 10-20, but I got like 50 something. Unbelievable, you can keep surprising me like that, because I liked it!
My best reviews this time around were hard to pick as there were so many, but they go to rommettlover (my bestest friend). Because if I don't mention her she might delete the sexy-lexy pictures of Jackson (or should I say MONROE) from my phone and computer so that they shall never see the light of day again. :O and we can't have that, can we?
LiviLovesTwilight, because she also loves Jackson like me. I cannot believe that her friends think that Jasper looks like he has a pole stuck up his ass. If he does though, I wouldn't mind being that pole *wink*. Also a girl at my school said that to me, and I was like 'no way, other people have said that.'
Amber-Cullen17, who by the way I want your email address so that you can help me and my friend (Jennybuff) meet Jackson. I can inform you that I am not a psycho or a paedophile! However, remember I live in England, therefore this Jackson thing might be a tad impossible. But I'd like to know the details! LOL. She also called me her 'fav fanfiction author'! Hehe, that makes me giddy and jelloid. I haven't put you in this chapter, because I forgot, but if you nagg me, then I will put you in the story somewhere. =)
And, of course, there is my ever loyal Oh. Its. Her, she left me another sexy review. And it turns out she has the same issues as I. The fact that whenever our little Mr. Rathbone speaks, we die. Simple as. Lol that reminded me of Mr. Jasper from Breaking Dawn. Ahh, gotta love J. Jenks.
Did anybody know that Nikki Reed is a fan…fanpire (she likes that one, it's catchy)? lol to anyone who's seen that video. If you haven't, just watch it. God I love her.
By the way; in this chapter, I am not totally sure of all the years and stuff so just live with the fact that I might be a bit off.
In this chapter, there is a change in the POV! Ahhh, what a shock, you say? I know, right?
Onwards and Upwards with the story; that's what I always say…well I don't but here:
Alice POV
'Carry on, Alice. I can't wait to here what your best place is!' Said Bella in a dreamy way.
'Okay guys, my best place was…' I began. 'The diner in Philadelphia. For sure. It bought the best memories ever. I mean, if it weren't for that diner, I would never have met Jasper, and most probably have never met you guys. Personally for me and Jasper, the diner is the most significant place in the world; it marks the place where our immortal lives truly began.' Oh my God, how mushy did I sound? But I meant all of it. Jasper took a hold of my hand in his and smiled at me deeply.
'I couldn't agree with you more, Alice.' He told me.
'Ahh, you guys. That's so cute.' Said Bella in an ahhhish voice.
'Psh. That's nothing compared to me and Rosie. We've done it in so many diners, I've lost count.' Said Emmett. Rosalie slapped him on the arm; though not as playfully as the previous time.
'Don't you remember the story, Emmett? We've heard it enough times. This diner means a lot to Alice and Jasper, and I think that you should respect that.' Everyone raised their eyebrows at Rose, but she does anything to protect her 'twin' Jasper. Emmett just said sorry and shut up for a moment.
'Okay, I'm really sorry you guys,' Emmett started looking at me and Jasper. 'Can we just get on with your story, please? I'm bored of you; I want to move on with our game of TRUTH OR DARE, baby!' He started to get very over-excited, so Jasper sent him a wave of calm.
'Okay then guys, here it is.' I said.
FLASHBACK
'Jasper, what are we going to do at the weekend?' I asked as I walked at human pace into our bedroom. He was sitting in our bed, unsurprisingly reading one of his many war books.
'I don't know Alice,' He said as I sat on his lap. 'But I was thinking maybe we go away for a little bit?' Oooh, I liked the idea of that.
'Really Jasper, that sounds great, what do you have in mind exactly?' I asked as I turned my face up to his, he removed a strand of hair from my forehead and said:
'How about Philadelphia? The diner? We haven't been there in so long.' He told me. This was such a great idea, I didn't see it in the future, because I wasn't looking for anything – I was too busy checking up on Edward with Bella.
'Jasper that is such a good idea. I love it!' I said to him, placing a kiss upon his lips. 'I'm so excited. How long has it been since we last visited? 5 years or something. Wow.' I asked him, I was shocked that we hadn't been in so long.
'4 years and 287 days to be exact, Alice. But who's counting?' Jasper said with a chuckle. I smiled at him and looked him in his deep black eyes.
'You need to go and hunt, baby. Your eyes are coals.' He looked at me with loving eyes. 'You know what, I'll come with you now, and when we've done that, we can set of to Philadelphia early; one day off of school won't do us any harm at all. We've had enough days off to know that.'
'That sounds great Alice. But quickly before we go hunting, can I go and play 'War Heroes' with Emmett? He's been bugging me all day?' He asked me.
'Pleeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaasssssssssssseeeeeeeee?' He whined with the most adorable smile I had ever seen when I didn't respond straight away. I nodded and Jasper jumped up. 'Thank you, I really can't wait till.' I leaned in to kiss him 'High-five!' He shouted, before I reached his lips. God, he was ever the romanticist, I was shocked, but complied with his wish as I hit his hand hard in a high-five action.
Jasper POV
'Emmydoodles!' I yelled as I ran into the living room. Emmett was sitting on the sofa watching Rosalie painting her nails and he looked rather bored, well I knew he was bored because I could feel the boredness rolling off of him in waves.
'Yes, Jazzy-poo?' He asked me with a grin as I plonked down on the arm rest next to him, as ungracefully as possible.
'Could you guys possible act your ages for once?' Asked Rosalie as she looked up from the thumb she was painting. Emmett and I looked at each other, we were about to argue the fact that I was actually 180 and Emmett was 70, but she saw it coming, 'your human ages, idiots!' Emmett just stuck out a tongue as I shot her a death glare. Nobody calls me an idiot. I stood up to reach the playstation, when I tripped over the rug. Idiot! I could've sworn that Vampires aren't supposed to fall places and trip over. Alice and I were really making a habit of it recently.
'Emmett, do you fancy a lovely game of,' I paused for dramatic effect and looked side to side in a secret agent style, 'WAR HEROES?' I shouted as I held up the game's box in my hand. 'Because you've been bugging me to play for ages.' I finished off.
'Jasper! Yes! You are officially the best brother EVER!' Emmett yelled as he pranced over the room and planted a kiss on my mouth. Yuckseys!
'EMM-ETT, dude. Not cool.' I told him as he pulled away from me. 'Alice won't kiss me for ages now!' Emmett shrugged his shoulders as Rosalie just laughed. What a strange perverted family I have.
After 3 hours playing the game, I have to admit that I got rather bored and was getting consistently occupied with the thoughts of my week-end with Alice.
'Okay, sorry Emmett, but I'm bored now. Can't you play with Rosalie?' I asked in my most begging tone. He sighed before letting out a groan and nodded solemnly.
'You are so not the best brother ever, now!' He told me. What a jerk. I so was the best brother ever. I just had wife-withdrawal symptoms. Alice bounded down the stairs at that point and I smiled at her.
'Are you quite ready to go hunting, Hale? I have been waiting around for ages.' She asked me with a bit of an edge. She was impatient, I could tell, the waves were overwhelming
'Hey, hey, hey, Cullen. Don't get so touchy please. Your emotions are playing with my mind!' I said in a whining, but joking voice, in a New York accent, I had no idea why. 'Besides, just think about the weekend we have coming up!' I raised my eyebrows to her and tapped my long, pale finger on her nose. God, I loved her so much. If anything ever happened to her, I would be on the first plane to Italy. But it didn't matter; because I would never let anything ever happen to her.
'Are you going hunting?' Emmett asked, emotionless.
'Erm…yes…but we kinda wanted to go alone Emmett.' I told him
'Ahhh, I see. You want to have a little 'fun'. I get it, Rose and I often get a bit 'distracted' whilst out hunting.' He replied. Alice raised an eyebrow and folded her arms across her chest, I loved the way that accentuated her chest. Jasper, you pervert. I don't normally think like that, I told myself.
'Emmett, just be quiet. Jasper, let's go!' She said nicely to me after scolding Emmett. She turned to walk out of the front door.
'Right behind you, baby.' I smiled as I followed her out to the driveway. We really couldn't be bothered to run that far so we took Alice's Porsche to a forest with many a treat for us to enjoy.
After our little hunting trip, Alice and I arrived back at the house. I was greeted outside by Emmett, ever the optimist. 'Jaasssperr, play playstation with me?!' he whined.
'No.' I said. Emmett frowned, but then turned around and went inside, muttering something about 'Edward' and 'Best brother'. I just rolled my eyes and took Alice's hand. She was beautiful.
'Are you ready to go?' I asked her. She raised an eyebrow.
'You've got to be kidding! I have to pack.' she told me, I couldn't believe she hadn't packed yet! It was usually one of the first things she thought about before we went anywhere. 'Don't look at me like that, Jasper, it will take me a half hour tops. Okay?' I sighed.
'Okay.' I agreed as she pecked me on the lips.
45 minutes later, Alice was still packing. Typical. 'Alice,' I called up the stairs. 'This isn't funny. I want to go!' I complained.
'I'm coming. Give a girl a chance, dear.' She told me as she bounded down the stairs, a huge suitcase in tow. Lord.
'Alice, we're going to Philadelphia for four days, not on a three month cruise around the Caribbean.' I said rolling my eyes at her gigantic suitcase.
'You have to be prepared, and expect the unexpected.' She said simply. I blew a raspberry, something that I was unaware that I could do until then. Funny. I did it over and over until Alice got irritated and hit me round the head with the suitcase. Moody bitch.
We both said our tearful (not) goodbyes to the family and got into the Porsche. Even with Alice's maniac driving, as Bella calls it, it still took us many an hour to reach Philadelphia. But when we got there it was midnight because of the darn time difference. I had just wasted like 8 hours of my life. We decided that we would visit the diner the next day because, err well I didn't really know, I just listened to what Alice said. And she said that we weren't going till the next day. We checked into a tacky motel type of thing and paid for a room with a useless bed. I mean, we weren't going to sleep in it. So we occupied the bed in a way other than sleeping, if you know what I mean. We called it 'preparation' for the next day.
As promised, the next day, Alice and I walked about a mile in the pouring rain to the Diner. Like the southern gentleman I was, I held her umbrella above her head for her, me getting soaked. I was such a sweet soul. If I had one; Edward had lead me to believe that I didn't have one. Alice thought differently though. We rounded the last corner before we reached the diner. We were both shocked to our very cores at what we saw. The diner was no longer. It was there, still a building, but it was totally abandoned.
'Oh, well that is just perfect.' Alice said as she raised her arms in the air for exaggeration. 'How did I not see this coming?' She wondered aloud. I was a naughty boy and calmed her using my emotion-o-meter, even though I knew she didn't like me doing it.
'Honey, it's okay,' she tried to interrupt me but I raised my hand to stop her from talking. 'We can still go in there. Look on the bright side, at least there is a lower risk of us being caught at it.' I continued matter-of-factly. She nodded in agreement.
I opened the front door of the diner with my super vampire-y strength and ignored the looks I got from passer bys. As the door opened Alice raced passed me inside. She immediately sat on the seat where she sat all those years ago when we met. It was time to do what we did every time we visited.
I walked over the threshold and walked to her. 'You've kept me waiting a long time.' she said with a smile playing at her lips. I ducked my head in shame.
'I'm sorry ma'am.' I replied, bringing my Texan accent back, I missed my little buddy. We then burst into a fit of giggles before kissing, passionately. She broke the kiss far too soon for my liking and before I had time to argue, she pulled me to a table.
'Something I have never shown you before.' She said as she pointed at the table. I was confused to say the least.
'Alice, you stopped our passionate lip-locking to show me a table?' I asked in disbelief, eyebrows raised. She put her hands on her hips.
'Under the table, you nerd.' I pouted at what she called me. I was not a nerd. I ducked to the floor and looked underneath the table.
'Okay, Alice. Let me rephrase that. You stopped our passionate lip-locking to show me mouldy chewing gum?' I said as I saw the sticky mounds stuck under the table. Alice tutted loudly and came under the table with me. She peeled off some of the chewing gum with sounds of disgust, checking her nails every so often, until it revealed some carved in writing; script I instantly recognised as Alice's. I squinted my eyes as an act of humanism, even though there were none around. The script read:
Alice + Jasper 1929
Alice + Jasper 1931
Alice + Jasper 1932
Alice + Jasper 1937
Alice + Jasper 1945
Alice + Jasper 1948
Alice + Jasper 1952
Alice + Jasper 1960
Alice + Jasper 1965
Alice + Jasper 1969
Alice + Jasper 1973
Alice + Jasper 1976
Alice + Jasper 1981
Alice + Jasper 1987
Alice + Jasper 1991
Alice + Jasper 1993
Alice + Jasper 2000
Alice + Jasper 2004
If I could cry, I'm sure I would have right then. I was so emotional. The empath was at the height of his emotions. It was very…emotional. I looked at Alice, who was smiling her cute little irresistible smile at me. I grinned back at her.
'When did you-' I was cut off by her.
'Did you not get suspicious that every time we come we sit here and I convientently drop something. Even though I never drop anything… Hardly.' I was speechless. I loved her.
'I love you, so much.' I told her.
'Back at cha!' She said with a wink as she began to etch something else into the table under the previous writing:
Alice + Jasper 2009
'Wonderful.' I whispered.
'Just like you.' She replied as she began to kiss me. The rest was just inevitable as I placed her on top of the table.
END FLASHBACK
Alice POV
'You guys, that was adorable!' Rose said as I grasped Jasper's hand in mine. He simply smiled back down at me.
'I know. Wasn't it just?' Jasper replied, not removing his eyes from mine.
'Gawwwwwwwd! Enough with the cuteness already, it's making me feel nauseous!' Emmett sighed.
'Emmett, you're a vampire.' Bella smartly pointed out. She was a brain-box, wasn't she? Emmett just shrugged.
'And?' He looked from Bella, to me. 'Move on Alice please. Who do you chose now we are finally over your truths?' Emmett was bouncing up and down on his knees where he was sitting and had to be restrained by Rose.
'Okay….' I thought for a moment. 'I choose…'
Well there you have it. Once again I am so sorry for the long wait. I just have so much going on with my life. Then there was the added threat of writer's block shadowing over me! I was a state. I hope that you guys liked this chapter because, even though it isn't very funny, it took me a long time to write, as you know very well.
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