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Chapter 8 Hanging On For Dear Life

Alice POV

I woke up in Jaspers arms and as I looked over at him, I saw that he was still asleep. I did not want to wake him up but today was Lily's birthday, and I had a lot of things to get done before the party. I try to move his arms off me carefully so I wouldn't wake him up. I was almost there when I herd Lily start to fuss, and so did he.

"What's wrong?" He asked as he shot straight up out of the bed.

"Nothing is wrong, Jasper." I told him as I headed for the door. "Lily is just telling me it is time to be fed and changed."

I walked into the nursery and picked Lily up out of the crib. I could hear Jasper behind us. I turned around and gave him a big smile. "Do you want to help?" The look on his face was priceless. "You don't have to change the diaper, but can you go into the kitchen and get the cereal ready. I will be there in a minute." I took Lily over to the changing table and got her ready for breakfast.

"Jasper, do you think you can take care of her while I go get ready?" He came over to us and grabbed Lily from my arms.

"Yes, you go get ready take all the time that you need. We will be fine out you here." He told me as he place Lily into her chair.

Jasper POV

I had place Lily into her chair. I was about to get started when there was a knock on the door. I went over to open the door to see who it was. It was Kim.

"Hi Kim," I said as I let her into the apartment.

"Is Alice up yet?" She asked standing there awkwardly looking around.

"Yeah, she in getting ready right now. Why don't you come in and wait for her." I said to her and pointed to the couch.

I went back over to Lily and fed her. Kim and I talked a little, not a lot. We did not know what to say to each other so most of the time it was silent. It was not long before Alice had joined us.

"Alice, why don't I take Lily back in my place while you get ready for the party?" I told her as I pick up Lily from her chair.

"Jasper, you don't have to do that. I can handle her and set up the party.'' I walked over to her and place a kiss on her fore head.

"I know, but this way you can catch up with Kim. The boys and I can handle her for a while. We will be back at 5 for the party, ok." She looks up at me with the smile I loved so much. I couldn't help my self I place a soft kiss on her lips. We have not really shown much affection in front of people before, but I did not care.

"Okay, I will see you at 5. Don't be late." She said to me and when we reached to door, she gave us both a huge before she closed the door.

(Hours later)

Alice POV

It was time for the party. Jasper and Lily came back at five so that I could get her ready. Kim and I had the best time together catching up. It was just what I needed. I had asked her what happen when James showed up at their wedding and I was glade to hear that he did not make a scene. I would have really been upset if he had done anything like to my friends. I told her how happy I was with Jasper, and that he is the complete opposite of James. She was happy for me too.

Once all the guests arrived, we sat in the living room so Lily could get her presents. I had got out my camera so that I could get pictures of everyone.

"Okay, who wants their gift opened up first?" I asked looking around at everyone. I looked at everyone and saw Emmett raise his hand.

"Emmett, you don't have to raise you hand. You are not in school you know." I could not help but pick on him. He was such a big kid. I could just see him know with his child. Everyone was laughing so hard at this he started to pout. I went over, gave him a hug, and grabbed the gift.

"She can open yours first." I told him as I place the gift in front of Lily. The gift was ten times her size; it completely blocked her from all of us.

"What do you two buy?" I looked over to where they were sitting.

"Let her open it and you will see." Rose told me as she came over to hug me.

"Jasper, will you put her on the floor and help her open it please?" I wanted to make sure that I was able to get a picture of this.

Jasper pulled the corner of the paper up and helped her tear it off. It took about five minutes for her to get it open. Every time she had a piece of paper in her hand, she would try to put it in her mouth. Jasper was just not fast enough to get the paper out of her hand before she did it again. When the gift was unwrapped, I was not too happy with what I saw. It was one of the new bouncing duck toys, the one that moves along the floor when you are on them. She was only one and there was no way she was getting on that thing.

"I am sorry Alice," Rose told me as she went over to get a picture of Lily and the duck. Emmett was all too happy with himself. I just went and grabbed the next gift that need to be opened.

Lily had a lot of new toys. A pig, a chicken, a cow, a horse, and a goat. Which all where from Jacob. Did he want her to have a farm when she grew up? What is it about the animals theme here?

Bella and Edward had got her a collection of books that you can touch and when you push on the button, it made the sound of the animal. The books range from farm animals to wild life in Africa. Well, at least not all the animals had to do with the farm.

Jared and Kim had gotten her a blanket that had a picture of a black wolf.

I knew that they embraced their background and I was happy they were sharing it with Lily but the blanket was for an adult.

Mom and dad got her a music box that had her name in gold lettering on the top. When I picked the music box up to look inside there was a twirling ballerina along with a necklace. It read to Lily from grandpa.

The final gift came from Jasper. I already know what he had bought her and none of it had to do with any animals. I was happy to see that Jasper was smiling ear to ear as he helped her open the rest of the present that were from him and me. I think I took over a hundred pictures of everyone that was here.

"I hope that you guy are hungry. I got a lot of food in the kitchen." I said pointing toward the kitchen.

I didn't even have to ask. Jasper followed me to the kitchen to help bring out the trays of food that Kim and I made up earlier today. All the food was out on the dinning room table so everyone could help themselves. I went over to pick up Lily; she was playing with a box that one of her gifts had come in. The next thing I knew she was up on her feet walking over towards Jasper. He did not see her at all and I just watched.

Once she made it over to him, she threw her arms around his leg. He looked down toward his legs to see what was going on. This was the first time that she really walked on her own. She always wants to be carried no matter what or she always held onto to us as she walked. I picked my camera up again and took a picture of this special moment.

"Lily what do you think that you are doing?" He asked knowing that he would not get a response.

She held her arm up to him and he picked her up. It only took a second and Jasper had her in his arms. I took another picture and he sighed at me.

"Alice, don't you have enough pictures already? You need to eat something." He said to me.

He was right. I had been so nervous about the fact that I had seen James that I really didn't eat since lunch yesterday. The thought of him made me sick.

After we all were done with dinner, it was time for cake. I bought Lily her own little cake just for her, and a big cake for the adults. I lit the candle on Lily's cake and started singing happy birthday.

"Lily, blow out the candle" I told her. I know silly right but it was a party. I place my face next to her and blew that candle for her while dad took a picture for me. Jasper was on the other side watching Lily and me the whole time.

I walked over to the dinning table to cut the other cake, and start to past out a piece to everyone. When everyone had a piece of cake, I went a sat next to Jasper at the table. Lily was playing with her cake more then eating. She already had cake all over her face. I kept watching as she got a fistful in her hand and watched as she threw it.

"Oh," I squeaked and held my hand over my mouth and I could feel Jasper laughing next to me.

Edward sat there with his mouth open and cake on his face, if I didn't know better you would think that she was aiming for him.

"I told you she does not like me." Edward said, as Bella was so kind as to clean him up with a napkin.

"She does to like you, Edward. She just wanted to share her food with you. She just could not ask because she can not talk yet so she throws it at you instead." I told him and he started to laugh as everyone else joined in.

"Well thanks for the cake, Lily. It was tasty," he told her as he picks her up and for the first time she laughs with him.

I grabbed the camera and took a picture of the them, still with cake on there faces. I wanted make sure I got this so he knows, and had proof that she loved her uncle.

"Are you sure that you don't want me to help you clean up?" Kim asked me.

"I already told you no, Kim. I know that you three have to leave soon," I said and brought her into a hug.

"I'll call you when we get home," she said pulling away and I nodded. "Bye."

Once I got everyone out of the apartment, I was able to start cleaning up. There wasn't such a mess but I needed to gather all the garbage up. I walked into my bedroom got some boxes that I needed to throw away when I heard the door shut.

"Jasper, can you take this out for me," I said and went back into the living room but what I saw made me stop dead in my tracks.

"Alice," James said as he held Lily. "Did you miss me honey?"

"Give me my daughter," I demanded. "Jasper will be here any second and he won't let you hurt us."

"There is nothing that he can do. You are my family not his and don't think that I will ever sign those silly divorce papers." He said and rubbed Lily's head. "It's time to come home."

"We are not going anywhere with you," I shouted and scared Lily.

She started to cry and James had a disgusted look on his face.

"That's just too bad isn't?" He said and turned around.

He walked out of my apartment with my daughter in his arms. Crying and running after him I grabbed his arm making him stop. He turned to look at me with annoyance.

"You won't get away with this," I said and he sighed and continued to walk.

I followed him down the stairs and he stopped when he saw that Edward was talking to Jared and Jacob outside in front of the entrance of the building.

"Good thing there's another door," he told me and grabbed a hold my arm dragging me with him.

As we passed by Jaspers door, I kicked the door with my foot as many times as I could. James brought me right up against him. I was scared and I didn't know what he was going to do.

"Alice," Jasper said from behind us.

"Da," Lily said pointing to Jasper.

"What the hell did she just say?" James said jerking me. "I am her father."

Jasper POV

I froze for a moment when I heard what Lily had said but I knew that I had to act quickly. With James attention on Alice, I quickly took a hold of Lily and snatched her out of James arm.

I must have caught him off guard because he let go of Alice and she took Lily from me the moment she was free. I pushed her out of the way and yelled at her to run.

"You made a big mistake," James said to me and threw me against the wall. "Alice is mine. She belongs to me."

"Not anymore," I said back and managed to hit him in the face. I felt a bone crunch in my hand but I managed to hit him again. The pain was awful and as I looked at my head I saw his blood on me.

Before I knew it, James was being thrown off me by Jacob and was being held by Jared.

"Kim called the police," Edward said but I wasn't sure to whom he was speaking to.

"I'm not going anywhere," James laughed at all of us.

I watched as Jacob turned and looked at him directly in the eye. He pulled his arm back and punched him square in the jaw.

"I always wanted to do that," he said and looked around at us shrugged his shoulders.

Jared pulled James with him as he walked outside. I looked around searching for Alice, hoping that she didn't see what went on here. I didn't want her to see me punch him.

"She's was in the other hallway with Kim," Edward said.

I didn't even say anything to him. I just walked away to find Alice holding Lily to her chest and she rocked back and fourth. I knelt down beside her and touched her shoulder. Her head snapped my direction and she broke down in tears.

"It's all over now," I whispered and held her to me.

"Da," Lily said and touched the side of my face. I took a hold her hand and kissed it.

"That's right Lily," Alice said and looked up at me.

"Lets go back to my apartment and wait for the police," I said.

She nodded and I helped her off the floor. As I walked back to my apartment, I realized that there was no way I was ever going to let go them. They were my family now and they have been for a while.

I knew that once James is completely out of the way there is nothing that is going to stop from making things official with Alice. I wanted her to be my wife and I wanted Lily to be my daughter. My grandmother always told me that you have to love the people around you while you have them and I wanted to have them forever.


There is only an epilogue left. Then we are going to start typing our Jared and Kim (not related to this) story. Also, after that I have another Jasper Alice story planned out.