BPOV
"Oh it's been too long darling!" said Jasper's mom.
I stared at her for a couple moments before she came over to hug me. I glanced at Jasper who looked just as confused as I probably did.
"Um, I had to sound rude, but do I know you?" I asked.
"Esme Cullen!" she chuckled, "Have a really gotten that old?"
I stared at her for a little bit longer.
"Come on, let me show you something that may refresh you're memory," she laughed.
She let me to the mantel above their fireplace where, sure enough, there was a picture of me, a young blond-haired girl, I remembered as Charlotte, a chubby boy with honey colored hair who looked all too familiar, and another skinny boy with piercing green eyes.
I couldn't believe this.
I had known Jasper since I was a little kid.
"Jasper!" I yelled.
"What's wrong Bells?" he asked.
"Take a look at this picture," I said.
"Is that you?" he asked.
I nodded my head. But it didn't make any sense. If Edward and Jasper were such good friends, how come I never saw Jasper around when I came to see Charlotte. I looked up at Esme. She took the picture from my hands and set it on the mantel.
"Charlotte moved to Texas when you guys were 6. You didn't come here that often after that. But remember how she came back when you were 16? Jasper and Edward had already left for college. Then two years later, you two left for college."
It made sense. But right now I hated that I hadn't gotten to know Jasper when we were younger. A phone interrupted my thoughts. It was Alice.
"Hey Alice. Can you put Edward on?" I asked.
"Well hello to you too. And sure!" she said.
"Hey Bells. You didn't injure yourself did you?" asked Edward.
"No. And I'm not that bad! But anyhow. Did you know that we knew each other when we were younger?" I asked.
"Yeah. Charlotte talked about you a couple times in the emails she sent while Jasper and I were at college," he explained.
"Why didn't you tell me?" I asked.
"Well, for starters, I figured you knew and I never felt the need to bring it up," he said.
"Oh makes sense," I said, "Put the pixie on."
"That's my wife you're talking about," he said.
"Yeah, yeah," I said.
"Bella! We have to go shopping once I get there!" she squealed.
"Alice! Can we save the torture till Black Friday?" I asked.
"Oh come on Bella! Pleeeeasseee?" she pleaded.
"Fine," I huffed, knowing that I wasn't going to win this.
"Alright, see you soon Bella! Bye!" said Alice as she hung up.
"Damn pixie," I muttered.
"She got you to go shopping again," chuckled Jasper.
"No," I huffed.
"Sure, darlin', sure," he laughed.
I stomped off like a little kid and went to grab our bags. Jasper and I lead us off to our rooms and we got settled in.
"Hey Bella? Do you want to go to a bar tonight? I want to meet up with a couple people," he said.
"Sure babe," I yelled.
I heard the door downstairs open and I headed down to see who had just arrived.
"Edward, how are you son?" said a voice I hadn't heard before.
"Great dad," said Edward, "How are you?"
"Pretty good," he said.
"Bella! We're going shopppinggg!" squealed Alice the moment she saw me.
"For what?" I asked.
"For dresses for tonight!" she squealed.
"How'd you know that we're going to the bar tonight?" I asked.
"It's a tradition! We go there every time we come down here!" she said.
"Kill me now," I muttered and went to grab my purse.
I was searching for my purse and turn around to find Jasper dangling it on one finger. He shut the door.
"Looking for this darlin'?" he whispered.
Hot damn.
I grabbed the purse off his finger but Jasper pulled me into him and pressed me against the door and kissed me. He ran his tongue against my bottom lip requesting entrance which I more than obliged. Our tongues battled for dominance. He deepened the kiss pressing me harder against the door. I wrapped my legs around his waist as I moaned into his mouth. I swear I heard him growl. He kissed my collarbone and started kissing lower. I moaned.
"BELLA! HURRY UP! I WANT TO GO SHOPPING!" yelled Alice's voice as she banged on the door.
"Damn pixie," both Jasper and I said at the same time.
We burst out laughing.
"Do you have to go darlin'?" asked Jasper.
"We should appease Alice otherwise we'll never hear the end of it," I replied, "Besides, there's a nice cold shower waiting for you to help you, um take care of your little problem."
I opened the door and walked out.
"Bella! You forgot your purse!" said Jasper as he came up to me. He hugged me a whispered, "My problem is no where near little."
Jasper then turned around and walked away as if nothing had happened. I just stood there staring. Alice tugged on my arm and dragged me to Edward's Volvo where Edward sitting and waiting patiently.
I sat in the back and said, "Let's get this over with."
3 hours later I ended up with a bunch of clothes that I didn't need and a very happy Alice.
"Alice, I don't need half of these things!" I groaned.
"Oh shush! You're working your way to a perfect wardrobe!" said Alice in delight.
"Working?" I asked.
"Well of course! These clothes are only winter clothes, you silly goose!" she giggled.
Fan-fucking-tastic.
We walked back into the Cullen's house where I saw Edward's dad sitting in the kitchen drinking orange juice and reading the paper.
"Dad, it's almost 5:30, why are you drinking orange juice and reading the paper?" asked Edward.
"I'm almost 50, doesn't that give me the right to do whatever I want?" he asked before noticing me.
"I'm sorry, I don't believe we've met, I'm Carlisle Cullen, Edward and Jasper's dad," he said warmly.
"I'm Bella, Jasper's girlfriend. It's nice to meet you Mr. Cullen," I said.
"Call me Carlisle. I've heard a lot about you. Jasper tells me a lot about you. Especially about something to do with price stickers?" he said, sounding confused.
I groaned, "Don't listen to Jasper."
Alice and Edward were laughing from behind me.
"Shut it, you two," I grumbled before heading upstairs.
"Bella! Let's get ready together!" said Alice as she headed up the stairs with twice the energy I had.
I just sighed and followed Alice. Two hours later, which seemed like an eternity, I finally spoke up, "Alice. Is this really necessary? We're only going to a bar! I mean come on do I rea-"
"Done!" said Alice as she spun me around to face the mirror.
I looked amazing, "Woah."
Alice was jumping up and down while clapping her hands. After that it took Alice a good 30 minutes to get ready and we headed downstairs where Edward and Jasper were having a conversation about football.
"I swear to God Edward! The Titans have it going for them this season!" he said.
"No way dude. I me-" said Edward before he looked up. Jasper turned around and looked directly at me before getting up and walking over to me and kissing me.
He pulled me into his arms and whispered in my ear, "Beautiful. You are always beautiful."
This man. I'm keeping him even if I have to fight for him.
A/N: I hope you guys don't mind that I stopped it where I did. This update is a little longer than usual but I wrote it all in one sitting and I kind of want to take finish this update before I went back to writing my paper! Let me know what you guys think!
