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WARNING: This story is rated M because it contains mature content (I.E. SLASH, bad language, etc.), that is not appropriate for minor viewers. If this offends you please discontinue your reading of this story.

A/N: Hello my lovely readers! Back again for some time with these wonderful boys! I hope that you all enjoy the next chapter! :)


It had been a little over two months since Jasper and I spent that first night together.

Things have been going amazingly well since then. We immediately became even more inseparable than we had been before that night. He's all but moved into my apartment, he's there so often... and with his lease coming up in a few months, we've been talking about the possibility of him completely moving in.

He makes me so incredibly happy, just a look or the brush of his fingers has my heart fluttering.

Tonight we decided to go out to one of the clubs downtown for a couple hours with a few friends before retiring back for some wine and alone time. We had become a little bit holed up together lately and really needed to just be out with everyone.

"About ready babe?" Jasper asked, walking into the room as he buttoned his left sleeve cuff.

"Yeah. Do I look alright?"

He stepped over to stand behind me facing the dresser mirror. He reached his arms around my shoulders and undid the top two buttons of my shirt, smoothing the collar down. Then, keeping his gaze locked with mine in the glass, he leaned down to kiss my neck lightly.

"Perfect." He whispered.

I blushed. He smiled at me in the mirror and ran his nose along my neck.

"If you don't cut it out, we'll never make it and Alice will have your head." I warned. He sighed, giving my throat one more lingering kiss before pulling away with a pout.

"Why only my head? You'd be late too."

"Because," I replied smoothly, "I'll tell her it's your fault…. And she loves me."

I couldn't help but giggle as his lips pulled down into a frown. I leaned in and gave him a quick kiss.

He smirked and before I could step away, he stuck his hands in the back pockets of my jeans and pulled me back to him.

"You two are nothing but trouble." He said, giving my ass a squeeze. "And besides… How could you sell me out? Alice may love you but…" He ground himself against me slightly and moved his lips to my ear. "She can't love you like I do."

"Jasper…" I moaned as he nibbled my ear. "We have to go!"

"Mmph." Was his only reply as he continued to nibble.

"Jasper!" I whined. "Alice!"

He let out a breath.

"Fine." He mumbled before moving away with a disappointed groan.

He pulled his hands from my pockets and gave my ass a small slap before turning to walk out of the bedroom calling out over his shoulder as he went. "It's not fair to bring up a man's sister when he's making a move on you, you know."

Laughing, I followed him out the door.

*** Jump Forward ***

As I climbed out of the car I heard Jasper tut at me from the drivers side. "Will you EVER remember to let me get your door for you?"

"Oh," I muttered, embarrassed. "Sorry."

Jasper chuckled and quickly moved around the car to stand in front of me. He brushed his fingers lightly across my cheek and rested his hand on the back of my neck. Slowly he leaned in and brushed his lips against mine. "You don't have to be sorry Edward," He whispered against my lips. "I just like to do nice things for you."

He leaned in and captured my mouth in a full, lush kiss. I melted against him, moving closer and nibbling on his bottom lip.

His answering moan was cut off by a squeal.

"EEEIIIII!"

Jasper abruptly pulled away from the kiss and gave an exasperated sigh. "Alice."

"OOFPH!" I coughed out as Alice ran into me, hugging (or rather tackling) me from behind.

"Alice!" Jasper yelled in frustration. "Knock it off! He can't breathe!"

"It's… fine." I gasped. "Hi Alice."

"Ali, Babe!" Emmett's voice boomed from a couple cars away. "Let the man go before you make your brother's head explode!"

Emmett and Alice have been together for years. Emmett was my first roommate in college, and is a really solid guy. We became fast friends and he was completely comfortable with my sexual preferences from the get go, which was something I was completely terrified about. Emmett was a little intimidating at first and I agonized over telling him I was gay. I was totally unprepared for his utter acceptance when I stuttered out my confession before we were supposed to go out and celebrate the end of midterms our first semester.

"Alright." He'd said. "Are we still going out for a bite or what?"

He met Alice shortly after Jasper and I became friends, when she stopped by our place to give Jasper something he'd left in her car. Emmett charmed her into staying and ordering pizza with us. They've been seeing each other ever since. Emmett's been itching to propose and has been torturing Jasper and I with endless hours of ring shopping, agonizing over finding the perfect one to please the fashion queen.

Jasper huffed as Emmett walked up and slung an arm around his shoulder, breaking me from my thoughts and reminding me of my lack of oxygen.

"Seriously baby… Jazz is gonna have kittens here."

"Oh!" Alice squeaked, immediately letting me go. "Sorry Edward! Just so glad you two made it!"

I took a big gulp of air, and gave her a smile. "I couldn't tell!" I wheezed.

She let out a giggle… high and sweet, like wind chimes.

"Alice…" I said leaning down to her ear, but keeping my eyes on Jasper. "I think your brother is feeling neglected."

Before I even finished the words Alice was jumping up on Jasper, almost knocking him over in the process. Good thing Emmett had him by the shoulders.

"Emmett!" Jasper cried in exasperation. "Please control your pixie of a girlfriend!"

Emmett laughed and stepped away from them, hands raised in surrender. "Hey have you met your sister? I am but a lowly shopping bag boy… control I have not!"

I joined Emmett in his laughter as Jasper peeled Alice's arms from around him.

"Yes Alice I love you too… now can you please stop trying to choke everyone to death?" He asked, setting the now pouting pixie on her feet.

"Don't take it too hard Babe." Emmett said as he tucked her into his side. "He's just a little ruffled that he was cock blocked by his sister."

Alice scrunched her nose at the thought and Emmett took the opportunity to steer her towards the entrance and avoid Jasper's playful punch to his arm.

Jasper sighed and shook his head at them. I chuckled, stepping over and slipping my hand into his and giving it a squeeze. "Don't worry," I whispered softly in his ear as we all made our way towards the club. "I'll make it up to you later."

I saw him smirk as I kissed his cheek.

"So Alice," I called. "Where's Bella?"

"Oh she's buried six feet under that book of hers!" She answered, rolling her eyes. "She said she'd meet up with us later if she can pull herself away for a couple hours. Girl needs a break if you ask me! I swear she's edited that thing 20 times over!"

I laughed. "Well getting published is a big deal! You know how self-conscious Bella is… she just wants it to be perfect."

"But it already IS perfect! She's just too nervous to hand it over! Girl needs a drink and a good shopping trip!"

"HA! More like a good lay!" Emmett joked. "OW!" He cried when Alice pinched his side. "I surrender!" He moved his arm from around her shoulder to rub his side.

Jasper chuckled. "No control indeed."

We entered the club and made our way to the bar, ordering our first round of drinks.

Jasper and Emmett started chatting about the hockey game from last night as Alice and I continued our discussion of Bella's book. A few drinks later and Alice and I were dragging Emmett and Jasper to the dance floor. Emmett whined at first but quickly changed his tune when Alice shook her hips at him.

Jasper however followed me to the floor eagerly. Pressing himself against my back he moved his hands to rest at my hips, moving us in time to the music. He buried his face in my neck as we danced, placing soft kisses and sucking on the skin at the crook of my neck. It was a dirty trick… he knew how much it turned me on when he did it, and I felt my cock twitch to life in my jeans. I quickly turned in his arms and kissed his neck in return, discretely grinding myself against his thigh. He moaned as we swayed together on the floor.

After a few songs of dancing, teasing and working one another up, Jasper broke away to grab us a couple drinks. Or more like, give us a couple minutes to cool off before we ravaged one another in the middle of the dance floor.

I was about to look for Alice and Emmett when someone behind me called my name. The sound sent icicles down my spine and rooted me to the spot.

"Well if it isn't Edward."

Against my better judgement, I turned around and found myself face to face with James. I hadn't seen or heard from him since that night that brought Jasper and I together. I was hoping I would be able to keep it that way.

"James." I muttered in acknowledgement.

"Aren't you all prettied up?" He smirked, looking me up and down. "Looking for a dance?"

"No… I–" I stuttered, eyes frantically searching for any sign of Jasper.

"Ah come on Eddie… you aren't still sore on me are you?" He grabbed onto my wrist. "Lets have a dance."

"Let me go James." I said, though my voice sounded weak.

"It's just one little dance Eddie, for old times sake." He tried to tug me closer but I resisted. I didn't like the look in his eyes as he tightened his grip on me until it was painful.

"I said no, I don–"

"What's going on here?" Jasper suddenly appeared at my side, drinks in hand. His voice was hard as he took in the scene, eyes landing on James' hand on my wrist. James let me go and turned to Jasper. I immediately brought my arm against my, rubbing my sore wrist.

"Jasper!" He exclaimed in a false friendly tone. "Long time no see!"

Jasper ignored him and turned to me, catching my gaze with his own. "Everything ok Edward?"

I nodded, shooting a nervous glance at James. Jasper handed me my drink,and brushed his hand lightly down my arm in comfort.

"Ah…" Jasper and I looked to James at the sound. "Enjoying my leftovers Jasper?"

I looked at my feet.

"Fuck off James." Jasper replied through his teeth. He turned back to me, bending down to meet my downcast eyes. "Come on Edward. Lets grab the others and head out of here ok?"

I nodded and let him turn me away from James towards the exit.

"I always thought you'd have better taste Jasper." James called after us.

I felt Jasper tense beside me but he kept moving me, whispering softly in my ear. "Don't listen to a word he says Edward… not one."

"I wouldn't waste your time… honestly." I felt my shoulders slump, eyes beginning to blur with tears, as James continued to taunt. "He's a lousy lay… I only tapped that when nothing better was available."

Suddenly Jasper released my arm. Surprised, I turned and watched through cloudy eyes as he spun around, took two long strides to James and punched him square in the jaw. The punch was so hard, James hit the floor.

"Jasper!" I gasped, taken aback by his actions.

"You keep your fucking mouth shut about my boyfriend or I'll keep it shut for you." Jasper warned, voice soft and deadly. "He's a more of a man than you'll ever hope to be you sad, sorry piece of shit. And if I ever catch you touching him, or better yet, if I catch you anywhere near him again, you'll have more than a sore jaw to worry about." Then he spun on his heel and made his way back to me, leaving James groaning on the floor.

"Come on Baby." He murmured, grabbing my drink and discarding it on a table nearby. He wrapped his arm around my shoulders and pulled me into his side, leading me once again to the door.

"I think we should go." He called to a stunned Alice and an angry looking Emmett a few feet away. Then he turned and gave the bouncer coming towards us a nod. I'm sure he was on his way to remove us from the club after causing a scene, but he backed off as he noticed Jasper was moving swiftly to the exit, Alice and Emmett following close behind.

The chill of the night air on my face made me aware that tears were streaming down my cheeks. I tried to discreetly wipe them away as Emmett began fuming.

"Was that who I think it was? What the fuck did he do? I should go back in there and–"

"Oh no you don't Emmett!" Alice cut him off, her tone surprisingly firm for such a small woman. "I think Jasper got the message across just fine on his own! You leave it be!"

I heard Emmett grumble but he didn't argue.

Jasper stopped us and turned his head to look back at them.

"I'm sorry guys, but I think I should get Edward home." His arm tightened around me, giving me a comforting squeeze. "I'll give you a call tomorrow and we'll make it up to you. You two just go have fun."

I kept my head down as they talked, too embarrassed and upset to face them.

"You're sure?" Emmett asked. "We can go back with–"

I noticed Jasper shake his head in reply, shooting me a glance.

"Come on Emmy." Alice said softly. "You still owe me a dance anyway. See you later you two, we love you both."

"Take care of him Jazz." I heard her whisper before they turned towards their car.

I remained silent as Jasper said goodbye on our behalf and started to lead me the rest of the way to the car. He opened the door for me and guided me into the seat, placing a soft kiss on my forehead before crouching down to look into my face. He gave a small sigh and pulled out a handkerchief that he always carried in his pocket, a small southern habit he couldn't quite break, and wiped the tears from my cheeks.

"Hey there." He murmured. "Don't you think on it darlin'. Don't you listen to a word of it. James is a fucking asshole. Don't you let what he says get to you... that's just what he wants." He leaned over and kissed my cheek softly. "Lets get you home ok?"

I nodded with a sniffle, slowly buckling myself in.

"Ok." He whispered, giving my hand a squeeze before standing up and shutting the door. I watched through the window as he walked around the car and got into the drivers seat. Starting the ignition he pulled out quickly and headed towards the main road.

As we settled into the quick drive home, he reached over and pulled my hand into his lap, entwining our fingers. I glanced over at him for a moment... my mind swirling with James' words from the club. Maybe he was right... maybe Jasper was too good for me. No, there was no maybe about it... Jasper deserved so much better than me and he was wasting his time staying with me.

Miserable with the thought I looked away and out the window into the night.

As I looked I couldn't help but feel like the darkness from beyond the glass was starting to swallow me whole. My vision became blurry once again as tears filled my eyes. I tried to enjoy the feeling of Jasper's warm hand in mine. I clutched it firmly in my own and feared that after tonight, it might be the last time I get to.


A/N: Poor Edward! :'( ! I love these boys to pieces! I hope you all enjoyed this chapter! It's one of my longest ones! SO, tell me what you think? How did you like it? Was it what you expected? How do you feel about Jasper's reaction to James? Edward's? Let me know what you think! More to come! :oD