Chapter 8

Alice woke up the next morning, groaning as she hugged Jasper's arm closer to her, loving the feeling of being in his arms. Jasper pulled the girl closer, kissing her head as he nuzzled closer.

"Good Morning, angel." Jasper whispered against the girl's ear.

"Morning, teddy bear." Alice smiled turning and kissing the boy softly. "It must be boring watching me sleep."

"Nope, you are so beautiful, and sometimes you talk in your sleep." Jasper smirked.

"Oh God." Alice groaned. "Anything embarrassing?" She asked.

"One night you sang Keep It Gay, from The Producers. Another night you sang our song. And on my favorite night, that first week I slept over, you kept mumbling my name. I actually asked you what was going on, you just moaned." Alice closed her eyes and rubbed her forehead, remembering the dream she must have been having at that time. "Actually made me feel special to be in your dreams." Jasper laughed, kissing the girl's forehead.

"Wow, I really need to start keeping my dreams to myself." Alice whispered, cheeks flaring pink.

"How about I go make you breakfast, while you go take a bath." Jasper smiled.

"I do love your tub." Alice sighed, slipping out of the bed. She looked at the man, biting her lip.

"I only stole your pajamas. I bought some other clothes that should fit you. The top two drawers are yours." Jasper walked around the bed and kissed the girl's forehead. "Enjoy your bubble bath."

"Love you, Jazzy." Alice smiled before closing herself into Jasper's bathroom. She walked over to the linen closet, looking at the various bottles. She grabbed some pineapple scented bubble bath, along with her favorite shampoo and conditioner.

She plugged the tub and started running hot water. She poured in the bubble bath, letting the running water build the bubbles. She quickly stripped, sighing as she slipped into the water, turning on the jets that she enjoyed so much.

Her mind went blank as she relaxed, letting her worries fade away. She had been worried the entire night. At first about the break in, and then how she reacted to Jasper's advances. She could see the hurt in his eyes, but she knew he understood he always understood. She was just glad he was still willing to hold her while she slept. She needed him.

By the time she got out of the bath her skin was wrinkled. As soon as she stepped out of the tub there was a knock on the door. Alice bit her lip but walked to the door, hiding behind it as she peaked out. No one was there. She looked down at the floor. There sat a small wooden tray, towels sitting atop it. She grabbed the towels, smiling at their warmness.

She dried off quickly, wrapping the towel around her chest. She walked back into Jasper's bedroom, smiling when she saw the door was shut. She looked in her drawers, amazed at what she saw. She picked out her clothes -a navy blue pintuck top and light washed jeans- and got dressed, before storming down the all and into the kitchen.

"What are these?" Alice demanded, pointing to her clothes.

"Clothes, they look cute on you." Jasper smiled, leaning over and kissing the girl's cheek.

"These aren't just clothes, this is a Joie top and these are True Religion jeans. This like five hundred dollars!" Alice stressed.

"Your point?" Jasper asked, making up a plate of pancakes for the girl.

"You don't have to spend money on me." Alice groaned.

"Alice, I say this out of love. But my finances are my business, not yours. I don't buy you what I do because I think it's the only reason you'll stay with me, I know you love me for me. So, just butt out and enjoy it." Jasper said calmly, handing the girl the plate and kissing her forehead.

"You can be a butt head at times." Alice sighed, walking over to the counter and sitting down at a stool.

"I love you too." Jasper smiled brightly at the girl, setting down butter and maple syrup in front of her.

"You're lucky you're cute." Alice smirked.

"So, your dad called, wants you to meet him at the house later." Jasper said, washing some dishes.

"I wish I didn't have to lie to my family, about you, especially my father." Alice sighed, looking down at her plate.

"How about we make a deal?" Jasper said, looking at the girl. "You stop bugging me about things I buy you, we can slowly break it to your family, starting with your dad today."

"Really?" Alice bit her lip. "Isn't that risky?"

"Yeah, but so is lying to my girlfriend's father." Jasper sighed. "And right now, I'd rather trust him, then have him find out and force you not to see me." Jasper smiled.

"Thank you!" Alice jumped up and rushed over to the man, hugging him tightly. "Thank you so much."

"I'd do anything for you." Jasper held the girl tightly, kissing the top of her head.

Alice ate quickly, wanting to see her dad. She helped Jasper clean up before standing by the door, waiting for Jasper like a little kid. Jasper smiled and chuckled as he walked down the stairs. He kissed the girl softly before he led her to his garage, opening the car door for her.

They drove in a comfortable silence, holding hands in a simple communication. As they got closer to Alice's home, Alice grew more nervous. Jasper felt her fear and nerves and just squeezed the girl's hand, bringing it to his mouth to kissed it softly. When they stopped at the house, Jasper pulled Alice into a hug, kissing her gently.

Alice slipped out of the car as soon as she saw her dad drive up, rushing over to give her dad a tight hug.

"Hey, little one." Carlisle whispered into the girl's hair.

"I missed you." Alice whispered, feeling tears press into her eyes.

"Jasper treat you right?" Carlisle smiled down at his daughter, eyeing the boy who walked towards him.

"He always does." Alice smiled, looking back and taking Jasper's hand in hers. "But we need to tell you something." Carlisle's eyes went wide as he looked between Alice and the boy. "It's not what you think, dad." Alice bit her lip looking back at Jasper. "Jasper's not exactly who you think he is."

"And who is he exactly?" Carlisle asked, the worst thoughts running through his head. Criminal. Child molester. Axe murder. Thirty. A father.

"It's more of a what rather than who." Jasper stepped in. Carlisle's thoughts stopped. "I'm not human." Jasper whispered. Carlisle froze staring at the boy before bursting out laughing.

"Dad." Alice said. "He's not joking." The father had always known when his daughters were lying to him, but the look in Alice's eyes told him it was the truth.

"Please tell me I'm going to get more then this." Carlisle said, staring at his daughter.

"Dad, please, just remember that it's been a month in a half and he has hurt me." Alice rushed.

"Not the best way to start off this conversation, dear." Carlisle said, hand running through his hair.

"Sir, I'm a vampire." Jasper took a deep breath. Carlisle grabbed his daughter by her upper arm, pulling her away from Jasper.

"Dad, calm down." Alice pulled away. "He's a vegetarian."

"What!?"

"He doesn't drink human blood." Alice bit her lip. " He chooses to feed off animals."

"Well that's good." Carlisle leaned back against his car, rubbing his forehead. "So, who are you?"

"Technically, Jasper Whitlock, a major from the confederate army." Jasper sighed. "And I chose not to harm human's before I met Alice."

"Ok, so let me get this straight. For the last month and a half, you have been dating a vegetarian vampire." Carlisle stared at his daughter.

"Yeah." Alice nodded.

"And you trust him?"

"With my life." Alice bit her lip.

Carlisle took a deep breath, running his hands over his face before looking between his daughter and Jasper. "So, what else do I need to know?" He sighed.

"I know it's weird, dad, but he really is great to me." Alice bit her lip. "He's super strong, and really fast. I swear he could out run a car." Alice looked back at Jasper. "And he can come out into the sun, but he's just kind of sparkly." Jasper snorted, holding back a laugh.

"Ok, I'm all for the honesty thing, but why now?" Carlisle asked, looking at Alice. Alice went to say something but just turned and stared at Jasper.

"When I first met you, I said I was living with my cousins, but they're not cousins."

"More vampires?" Jasper nodded. "Great." Carlisle muttered.

"Yeah, and they aren't like me. They like hunting humans, get a sick thrill from going after women and children, and I think they were the ones who wrecked your house." Jasper sighed.

"What?" Carlisle looked up at Jasper. "Why?"

"Sir, I've been staying over at night. I don't sleep, so I just watch over Alice. Also I just hated being around the other two. But they never liked me with Alice, they didn't think a human could be trusted. They figured out that I was staying with Alice at night. And it would be completely like them to soak Alice's bed in my food, and wait until I got so hungry one night that I attacked her." Alice frowned at her father.

"Oh God, what am I going to tell the cops?" Carlisle muttered.

"Dad, I'm sorry." Alice whispered.

"Sweetie." Carlisle cupped his daughter's face in his hands. "This isn't your fault. It's not Jasper's fault either. You fell in love, and it comes with consequences. But that's why I'm here, to help." Carlisle pulled the girl into a hug. "But we'll talk about the sleeping arrangements later."

"Can I see my room?" Alice whispered. Carlisle nodded and grabbed his keys from his pocket. Alice took Jasper's hand in hers and followed her father towards the house.

"They took your mattress, said they could dispose of it properly. I was able to clean up any other blood. I tried organizing other things, but I didn't want to throw anything away without you there. I think I got all the glass though." Carlisle said as he opened the door to his house.

"Was it really bad?" Alice whispered, looking around at the once photo covered walls.

"Nothing that can't be fixed or replaced." Carlisle assured the girl.

Alice walked into her room first, her dad and Jasper following her. Her jaw clenched as she looked around. Her once smooth walls were spotted with large holes and indentations. Her bookshelves were bare and each shelf was broken into two or more pieces. Her books had been stacked neatly in front of the book case, the soft covers looking very beat up. Next to her book case her desk sat lop sided, two legs -on the same side- broken off. Paper and school supplies were gathered next to the smashed printer. Her laptop looked hopeless, the screen snapped off, leaving it completely un-salvageable. Her stereo was on the floor, broke and in pieces, two stacks of CDs were next to it, no doubt one stack was trash while the other stack survived. Two piles of clothes sat in front of her empty and destroyed closet. A mound of broken wood sat in front of her ruined dresser. Her bed was gone, the only clue it had ever been there were the four worn marks on the hard wood floor. Cardboard was taped over her window, making the room dark and depressing.

She walked into her bathroom and wanted to cry. Her make up was smeared and scattered on the floor, her mirror and marble counter cracked, as if it had been punched. The pole that once held her shower curtain was ripped down and twisted on the floor, on top of the shower curtain. Her towels were shredded. The doors to the cabinets under her sink were ripped from their hinges, splintering the wood.

"All your extra sheets and the dress you wore to homecoming was on your bed. Also drenched in blood." Carlisle sighed. "I'll call the glass people on Monday, as well as a carpenter. We can take your laptop to the computer shop, see if they can get anything off your hard drive." Carlisle walked over and touched his daughter's shoulder. "We need to go through everything and figure out what is going to need replacing. Depending when that's done we can go to the furniture store, order you a new bed, dresser and desk. When we drop off your laptop we can go get you a new one along with a stereo." Carlisle kept going, the silence too awkward to handle.

"If you show me where the trash bags are I can take down the mirror. It won't cut me." Jasper offered.

"They're under the sink, in the kitchen." Jasper nodded before walking out of the room.

"I can't believe this." Alice whispered, walking over to her bookcase. Her picture frames laid on the top, the glass either cracked or gone, some of the pictures ripped. Any picture that had her with Jasper had been shredded into tiny pieces. "What if I had been here?"

"I'd rather not think of that." Carlisle walked up to his daughter, pulling her into a hug from behind.

The group of three worked for hours. Carlisle helped his daughter sort out what to keep and what to throw, making a rather long list. Jasper just kept to himself, rushing around and picking up anything that needed to be thrown away. He started with the mirror, carefully removing piece after piece. After he was finished with that he grabbed the broken frames, making sure no piece of glass fell. After he was satisfied that all the broken glass was gone from the room he moved onto taking out the broken furniture.

The three finished at the same time, just looking around at the very bare room. Alice hugged herself, feeling like she was somewhere completely different than her once comfortable room. She bit her lip and took a deep breath looking at her father.

"We have time, we could go get dinner before you have to be at the school." Carlisle offered.

"That sounds good." Alice said, forcing a smile.

"I'm going to go call your mother." Carlisle kissed the top of his daughter's forehead before walking out of the room.

"Thank you." Alice whispered as she rushed over and hugged Jasper tightly. "I needed you here today."

"I'll always be here for you." Jasper smiled, nuzzling against the girl's hair, holding her close. "Hey, I need to go get something to eat. It still smells a little like blood in here."

"Oh, ok." Alice looked up at the boy.

"Don't worry, you just have fun hanging out with your dad. I'll pick you up after your show." Alice took a deep breath and nodded. "I love you, Alice."

"I love you too, Jasper." Alice leaned up and kissed the boy gently. Jasper pulled back from the kiss and smile before walking with the girl down to the main floor. He gave her one more quick kiss before leaving.

Carlisle and Alice went to their favorite Chinese place, eating silently until Carlisle couldn't help but ask. "He really sleeps with you?"

"Dad, calm down. We don't sleep together." Alice sighed. "He just holds we while I sleep. Nothing more."

"How long has he been doing this?" Carlisle asked softly.

"Every night since our first date. Even after the attack." Alice poked at her fried rice. "He didn't think he should, but I needed him too, I think he was the only reason I didn't wake up screaming like I did before."

"And you haven't."

"No," Alice interrupted. "We haven't even come close to sex. Have only made out once. It's not really a physical relationship." Alice looked up at her father. "He's very careful with me. Makes sure I know that all he needs to be happy is my smile." Alice blushed. "I know you don't like the idea of him in bed with me, but it really is innocent."

"I believe you. It's just hard for me not to see him as a teenage boy." Carlisle stated.

"If it helps, he is a hundred and sixty-five years old." Alice smirked. "And still a virgin."

"Really now?" Carlisle cocked an eyebrow.

"Yep, yep. Said he was raised better than to sleep around, even if he was damned." Alice smiled. "He is a perfect gentlemen. And I have trouble sleeping without him."

"So, I'm guessing that means you won't want to stay at the hotel with your mother and I." Carlisle sighed.

"Well, Jasper would just follow." Alice shrugged. "And bring the new clothes he bought me."

"He bought you clothes?" Carlisle asked.

"He wanted to make sure he had anything, just in case I needed to stay there or something." Alice rolled her eyes as she took a sip of water. "I think he just wanted an excuse to buy me something."

"How long have you known about him?" Carlisle asked after a lull in conversation.

"Since the first date. He stopped and told me when we were on the way to the museum. It's why we ended up going to the history museum. In their Civil War displays they have a portrait of Jasper at a battle in Texas." Alice bit her lip. "It was actually quite interesting going around the museum with him, he knows a lot."

"I bet." Carlisle laughed.

The time passed quickly and soon Alice was walking into the dressing room, not expecting anything. As soon as she walked up to her station she blushed, seeing the bouquet of wild flowers sitting in front of her make up bag.

The play passed slowly and as soon as she could Alice was running into Jasper's waiting arms, holding him tightly. Jasper smiled as he held the girl tightly, nuzzling against the girl. Alice had gone and changed quickly, not wanting to waste time.

"I've missed you." Alice whispered.

"I've missed you too." Jasper chuckled, kissing the girl's forehead. "Are you staying over tonight?"

"Yep, yep." Alice smiled, taking the boy's hand.

"Perfect." Jasper smiled, wrapping an arm around the girl, leading her from the school. "How was dinner with your dad?"

"It was good. We talked about you. How I can't sleep without you. How my dad has trouble seeing you as something other than a teenage boy."

"I can't say I blame him." Jasper sighed as they walked out into the cold night air.

"Other than that we just talked about you and me, about what we've done and how you treat me." Alice smiled up at the boy. "Thanks for my flowers."

"I thought they finished off your outfit." Jasper kissed the top of the girl's head as he led her towards his car.

"Mr. Bottom asked me out. Said we could make our scene look more believable." Alice rolled her eyes.

"What did you tell him?" Jasper asked, opening the passenger door for the girl.

"That I'd never date an ass." Alice smirked, looking up at Jasper. Jasper chuckled lightly, leaning down and kissing the girl softly. Alice smirked and slipped into her spot. Jasper continued smiling as he slipped into his car, starting it up quickly. He took the girl's hand in his as he sped away.

"You think he'd stay away from a taken girl." Jasper shook his head.

"Actually, I started with that. That I was spoken for." Alice sighed. "He said that you didn't have to know." Alice shrugged. "That's when the not dating an ass thing came up."

"I'm sorry, but I don't know if I can handle sharing you." Jasper sighed, kissing the top of the girl's hand.

"It's ok, you won't have too." Alice smiled, kissing the top of Jasper's hand in return.

The two settled into a comfortable silence until they got to Jasper's house. Alice rushed off to change into something looser. She settled on a pair of Jasper's boxers and one of his button up shirts. Jasper laughed as the girl walked up to him, and just pulled her into a close hug. They kissed softly before Alice nuzzled against his chest, taking a deep breath to inhale the boy's scent.

"Hey, Jazz, can I ask you something?" Alice looked up at the boy, an innocent look playing over her features.

"You just did, sweetie." Jasper leaned down and lightly kissed the girl's forehead. "But, of course, you can ask me anything." Jasper pulled the girl into the living room and onto his lap as he sat down on the couch.

"Would you think I was crazy if I told you I think I could see the future?" Alice whispered, biting her lip and staring at her hands.

"Of course not. But why do you think you can see the future?" Jasper leaned forward and kissed the girl's cheek, rubbing her back.

"Sometimes when I dream, I can see things. Like the night before my first date with James, I saw me hiding in a forest in ripped clothes. The week before you came to school I dreamt of you. The night before our date I saw us at the history museum." Alice looked at the boy.

"You're not crazy." Jasper smiled, running a hand through her hair. "I believe you."

"You do?" Alice's eyes held her insecurities.

"I'm a vampire and you think that you're crazy?" Jasper smiled, laughing lightly. Alice blushed and started to giggle. After a few minutes she stopped and looked over at the boy. "What is it?"

"You think I see these things for a reason? Like they're warnings or something." Alice asked softly.

"But are they all bad? I mean you saw me and you saw our first date. Those were good." Alice nodded in agreement. "But you saw what happened when you went out with James. That of course was bad. But you didn't see what happened to you a month or so ago?"

"Actually." Alice bit her lip. "I saw myself passed out, in torn clothes and bleeding, the night before."

"Why didn't you tell me?" Jasper asked.

"Because I didn't see James or Lutz, and you needed to feed, I didn't want to keep you from that when I didn't know what or when something was going to happen. We had just started dating and I didn't want to seem like a needy freak." Alice rushed, ringing her hands.

"We'll talk about the freak thing in a moment. But is there anything else bad that you're seeing that you're not telling me." Jasper asked softly, caressing the girl's cheek.

"No, I promise." Alice whispered.

"Promise to tell me the next time you have another one of these premonitions?" Jasper asked.

"Yeah, but are they really premonitions?" Alice asked. "That sounds so fake."

"Sweetie, you were given a gift. While it might not be normal it a gift none the less. You should embrace it. Go with them, welcome them." Jasper smiled. "I'm not saying you should shout them to the world, but you might want to pay attention to them. Maybe share them with me." He kissed her cheek, nuzzling against the girl. "And you can never look like a freak compared to me." Alice laughed softly and laid against the boy's chest, snuggling close.

"I love you, Jasper Whitlock." Alice whispered, letting Jasper hold her.

"I love you too, Alice Cullen." Jasper kissed the top of the girl's forehead, nuzzling his cheek against her hair, enjoying having her so close.

Ok, SORRY! I know it's been a little bit, but classes just started and I started a Rosalie fic, because the idea kept bugging me. I haven't uploaded the new story, but once I get a few chapters done I will. And I have a pretty good idea where this one is going, just got to find time to actually write it. So be patient. And remember I'm taking my time so I give you quality chapters, with lots of Alice and Jasper goodness. Oh and After tonight as a second smutty chapter, check it out if you haven't.