Hey, I thought I was done writing this story, but I wanted to write more because I absolutely love Alice and Jasper! 3

Chapter 7

CarlislePOV

I had my doubts, when the two newest members joined my family. I knew that Edward would be able to tell us if they were planning something…well, something, but the uneasiness was still there.

But two weeks after they became Cullens, they were already as part of the family as anyone else. In fact, I couldn't imagine life without at least the bubbly and perky Alice. And her gift was so intriguing! I had never seen anything like it. Jasper, I could see, was having some major difficulties with the vegetarian lifestyle that we maintained, and that scared me.

Honestly, sometimes I wondered why he wanted to live this way, even though I admired him for making the change.

But then, yesterday, I was on my way to the hospital, and saw Alice and Jasper in the luminous garden, staring into each others' eyes. They were standing there, amidst all of the fabulously spectacular flowers, looking at each other as if nothing else in the world mattered.

"I love you, Jasper." Alice whispered so quietly my vampire ears couldn't be sure of what they were hearing. "And I am so sorry it's this hard for you."

"It's worth it." He breathed back. I suddenly felt like an intruder on this romantic moment.

"I know." Alice beamed up at him, leaning into his body. "The feeling of knowing that you don't have to take innocent lives is just…" Jasper looked slightly amused over her head, and I realized that his "It's worth it" had nothing to do with the humans, but everything to do with the tiny woman in his arms.

I watched, frozen in place, as Jasper stroked Alice's hair with so much care, it was like all of the emotions he had absorbed with his gift; he was putting into that one stroke.

It was odd seeing Jasper and Alice so…together….because they usually didn't broadcast their relationship in public, like Rosalie and Emmett did so blatantly. Alice was resting her head against his chest like there was no other place in the world she would rather be.

"We are making Carlisle feel very uncomfortable." Jasper informed Alice, making me feel awful. Of course they had noticed, how could they not have with their gifs?

"Oh, I know." Alice smiled at me. "Really, Carlisle, did you really think I didn't notice?" She gestured to her forehead. I turned around, mumbling some sort of apology, and headed to my Mercedes. I heard laughter behind me, and if I could blush, my face would be beet red.

"Hey, Carlisle!" Jasper was standing in front of me. I met his eyes, slightly higher than mine.

"Sorry, Jasper, I didn't mean to intrude." I apologized hastily. He rolled his eyes.

"Oh, don't be." He waved it off. "I just wanted to thank you, actually."

"Thank me?" I was bewildered.

"Sure." He nodded seriously. "I mean, you could have sent us away without even a passing glance. In fact, it was Alice's worst fear for months before we found you. It scared her not knowing. She has been so much happier. Thank you, this is exactly what Alice wanted."

I was flabbergasted by this gratitude, but I noticed that there was one element missing. "What about what you want?" I asked.

I saw his eyes flicker to Alice, who was jumping into their bedroom on the third floor, and the answer came to me without anyone's help.

Alice was all he wanted.

Okay, so a little sappy, I know, but as if the rest of the story hasn't been! Hope you liked it!

Tia Cullen