A/N: here it is, the moment you've all been waiting for. I hope you enjoy it. And that it is all you've hoped. As well as a yummy lemon! Also I still don't own Twilight unfortunately. Just the product of my imagination
Chapter Nine
Bella
They sit down at the little kitchen table and start swapping ideas. Seems they're all in agreement over using the meadow as the location and, reluctantly, me as the bait. Unfortunately, if Victoria knows that Laurent confronted me there she may balk at following me there too, no matter how desperate. Jasper must have felt my emotions because suddenly, he's addressing me.
"Bella, do you think the meadow might not work?" He ask, causing all eyes to fall on me.
I take a deep breath to steal myself and say, "not really, no. Laurent confronted me there, then the pack chased him and killed him. If she knows this, no matter how desperate she is, she may balk at coming for me there." They take in what I just said and I can see all of them running it through their minds.
"I think you're right Bella. Let's think of somewhere else. If we can't then we'll go back to the meadow as our base." Sam says.
So for about a hour they suggest different places. As I listen, an idea forms and suddenly I blurt out, "what about the clearing you guys played baseball in Jasper? It's where we first ran into them and it would be symbolic to her and she might be more apt to come for me there than anywhere else." Again, all eyes turn to me.
"Wow Bella. You know I think you're right. It's also easily defendable. There are plenty of places for us to hide and attack her from. It's actually perfect. Thanks love." All I can do is blush and give him a quick nod. As they return to strategizing, I tune them out while I place the pies in the oven.
Another hour goes by as they talk strategy and look at a topographical map, of the area in and around the clearing, Jasper pulled up on the iPad Sam handed him earlier. The food is finally all done and it's time for the bonfire to start. So I decide they've discussed this long enough, time for some fun.
"Hey guys." Nothing, no glances up, no pause in the conversation, nothing. I try again a bit louder this time. "Hey! Guys!" Still nothing. You know, for supernatural beings with super sensitive hearing you'd think they would have heard me! Now I'm getting irritated! "HEY! HARD OF HEARING MEN!" That got there attention! I chuckle to myself at the looks of confusion and surprise on their faces.
"Now that I have your attention, it's time for the bonfire. Put away the war strategies and stuff and let's get to gettin'!" They all start to look a bit sheepish as they get up and head to the kitchen to grab the food and drinks to take down to the beach. I hear Emily in the background laughing her ass off. Jasper walks up to me and takes my face between his hands and kisses me softly on the lips.
"Sorry darlin' we just got so into the plan making the time got away from us."
"It's ok, I'm just ready to have some fun. Let's grab some stuff and head down to the beach."
Nodding he walks over to the others and grabs a cooler full of drinks. I hate that he makes that look so easy. Vampire strength has to be so great, you can carry anything effortlessly. Shaking my head I help Emily grab the plates and utensils, all the rest was grabbed by the guys, and we all walk down to the beach. There's a little pathway just behind the cabin that leads all the way down.
This beach is on tribal lands so the kids at school don't use it, which is good as I know Mike planned a bonfire on First Beach for tonight. I can't have them seeing Jasper and, as they probably won't venture to our bonfire, they shouldn't see him. Sam and Jake get the fire started and as it begins to blaze Emily and I grab our food, knowing if we don't we won't get any. Grabbing our drinks and plates we go and sit down on a couple of the logs placed around the fire. The pack used this spot pretty often, or so I've been told.
"So Bella, what are your plans after graduation? Are you going to wait to be changed or try to do it right away?" She asks me. Jasper has come to sit next to me and is watching me intently for my reaction. I'm startled at first, surprised she asked me that so casually.
"Well, Jasper and I haven't really talked at length about it yet. I'm thinking I'll wait a couple of months after graduation, just to be able to put any plans into action and whatnot, but then I'd like him to change me. I know what it'll mean as far as Charlie and my friends go, but I don't want to wait much longer. I want to be with Jasper for eternity. Nothing will change that fact." At those words he drapes his arm over my shoulders and, using his other hand, turns my face to kiss me. A deep claiming kiss.
"Whoo! Go get a room you guys!" Jake says.
"Yeah! We don't want to see that!" Paul shouts.
"Did it get hot all of a sudden? No wait, that's just me!" Jared jokes.
The comments from the guys make me blush and, feeling my embarrassment, Jasper releases my lips. I tuck my face into the crook of his shoulder so I don't have to face the guys. After a moment my face is less heated and I turn and tell them, "you guys are just jealous!" They laugh at this and the tension is broken. I'm going to really have to come up with something to get him back for today.
Jasper
I know I embarrassed her with my fervor but I couldn't help myself after hearing her words. The fact that she wants to be with me as much as she does astounds me. So much so that she's willing to leave everyone she loves behind just to be with me. It's humbling to say the least. It also arouses me to the point of pain. I'm going to have to have her soon. I don't think I can wait. The sun is just above the horizon, dusk settling in. She finishes eating and stands to throw her plate and utensils into the fire. The way the glow of the fire lights her skin and the light shines through her skirt, silhouetting her legs, makes me even harder and that seals it. Standing up I grab her hand and without a word start pulling her up the pathway back towards the house.
"Jasper? What on earth are you doing? Where are we going?" I don't pause, don't acknowledge her at all. She must finally sense my mood because suddenly I'm hit with a strong dose of lust coming from her and can smell her arousal. Nope! The house is too far. I pull her off the path and picking her up, she wraps her legs around my waist. I carry her- due to the shoes she's wearing- deep enough into the forest to be out of sight of the bonfire and hearing of the others.
When I finally stop, I push her up against a tree. The look in her eyes can only be described as carnal, probably matching the look in mine. Before she has time to think, I'm on her. Pinning her body to the tree with mine I grind my hips into hers, letting her feel my erection hitting that most sensitive of places, causing a delicious friction making us both moan in pleasure. Grabbing her hands I move them from around my neck and hold them above her head with one hand.
Taking her lips in a fierce, passionate kiss I let my other hand skim down her body, pausing to cup and squeeze a perfect breast, heavy with her arousal, before I move my hand down to grasp the material of her skirt and start pulling it up. The cool night air on her heated flesh causes goosebumps to rise and she shivers, only her panties and my jeans between us now. Dipping a hand down the front of the tiny lace panties she's wearing, I brush her clit with my forefinger before pushing it inside her dripping pussy. The feeling is exquisite, and I push in another finger, thrusting them in and out of her soaking core causing more moans from her. I need inside her, now! Letting go of her hands- which she wraps around my neck twisting her fingers into my hair- I quickly free myself, push her panties to the side and plunge inside her in one long delicious thrust, my hands cupping her beautifully full ass cheeks. The feel of her tight, wet heat around my cock enough to make me growl low in my throat. Damn, but the feel of her is pure heaven!
She screams out, "Oh God Jasper! yes!" Crushing my lips against hers to help keep her quiet- we mustn't let the pack hear- I begin to move, slow deep thrusts in and out over and over. I quickly begin to build, "hang on darlin', this is going to be quick." I begin to thrust faster, deeper. Driving us both to the edge until, with one final sharp thrust, we both tip over that edge into oblivion. Biting my bottom lip to keep from crying out she comes, hard, clenching around my dick like a vice. Thrusting a couple more times, I empty into her with a force strong enough to almost bring me to my knees.
Foreheads touching, breath mixing we come down from the high, slowly coming back to awareness of our surroundings. Gently I pull out of her. Sliding her panties back over to cover her pussy I set her on her feet, holding her while feeling returns to her jello like legs. I help her fix her skirt and, then, tilt her head up and give her a soft peck on her swollen lips.
"I'm sorry Bella. I don't know what came over me. Are you ok?"
"Yes Jasper, I'm fine. You didn't hurt me, don't worry. I do believe I rather enjoyed myself actually." She gives me a cheeky smile. "Didn't you enjoy it?"
Grinning I say, "Come now Bella you know I did. No need to act so coy. I just don't know what came over me. We were sitting at the bonfire, you were telling Emily about wanting to be with me forever, then you stood up and threw your plate into the fire and the fire against your skin caused this rush of desire to hit me. I just felt the need to have you, right then and there. I really hope I didn't hurt you. I was a bit rough and you are still human. I have to constantly remind myself to control my strength because I could so easily hurt or even kill you if I move too swiftly or touch you too strongly." I look down in shame then. I could have seriously hurt her, I just couldn't wait and lost control a bit. She grabs my face between both hands and forces me to look at her.
"Jasper, I'm fine. I won't deny there may be some bruises tomorrow and quite possibly some scratches on my back where the tree bark rubbed it through my shirt, but otherwise I'm perfectly fine. Nothing bleeding, nothing broken. I promise."
"Ok. Thank you for being truthful Bella. I don't ever want you to hide things like that from me. I need to know if I ever hurt you. I love you too much to ever wish you harm. Even if it comes from making love to you too passionately."
"I understand Jasper. I'll always tell you the truth. Now, lets get back to the bonfire before they send a search party. I don't fancy that at all." She says with a wink.
"You've got that right, darlin'!" I definitely don't want to put her through the embarrassment of being caught.
Grabbing her hand I lead her back to the beach, content in the knowledge that I didn't hurt her. We start to move towards the path when suddenly I freeze. I catch the slightest sound of movement off to the right of us, the wind blowing a scent I had hoped I wouldn't smell again anytime soon, Victoria! Next thing I know she's running through the trees straight for us!
"Bella! Run! Head back to the fire and get the pack! Tell them where I am and that Victoria is here!" She pauses for a brief second, fear on her face and in her emotions. "Damn it Bella! Go!" She starts to run back to the pathway and I turn to face the on coming vampire. She's on me in a second, her snarling and snapping teeth in my ear as I try to wrap my arms around her, but before I can get purchase she jumps away from me, trying to find a way past me to go for Bella.
Bella
Oh my God! I have to hurry! I run as fast as I can in these damn flats towards the path. Crashing out of the trees onto the path I race for the beach and the others screaming for help.
"Sam! Help! It's Victoria! She's here and Jasper is facing her alone!" I yell as Sam and the others come racing up to me.
"Where! Where are they Bella?" Sam says as he grabs my arms to steady me.
"We went up the path about two minutes and then turned right off of it and went into the woods for about five minutes after that. We were on out way back when she came out of the trees to the right of us. He told me to run and get help. Please you have to hurry!" I beg. I don't know what's going on with him right now but he's facing that bitch alone and I'm terrified. Sam turns towards the others.
"Jake, Paul come with me. Jared, Embry stay here and protect Bella and Emily." He turns back to me then. "Don't worry Bella, we'll get her. This ends tonight. I know you're afraid for Jasper but he's more experienced than any of us and he can hold his own. He'll be fine. Alright, lets go!" And just like that the guys run off, phasing as they go. If I wasn't so afraid, I would have paid attention to what they looked like in their wolf forms but I didn't care about that now.
Walking over to Emily, Jared and Embry, they tell us to stand with the fire to our backs and then they phase and stand in front of us facing slightly out to the right and left so all angles are visible between them. Emily and I turn and face the trees, embracin each other in fear for our men. I won't be ok until I see Jasper come out of them unscathed and I'm sure Emily feels the same about Sam. After a moment I notice Jared's ears are swiveling, probably listening to the sounds of the fight I'm sure he can hear. I look at him and Embry in their wolf forms, something to distract me from what I know is happening right now. Jared's a brown colored wolf, not red-brown like Jake, but more a dirt brown with a gray mask around his eyes. Embry is grey with black spots, both are large. Embry is a bit larger actually. I watch the two wolves, waiting for anything to indicate something went wrong. I couldn't live if I lost Jasper. All any of us can do now, is wait, but waiting is the hardest part.
Jasper
After her failed attempt to get by me she stands about ten feet away and tries a different tactic.
"So Major, are you enjoying your brothers left overs? I would have thought you above lowering yourself to be with a human. The great God of War with a fragile little girl. I would have figured you being into someone less...breakable." She says, trying to taunt me into anger, which is a mistake. If she knows who I am, which she must by the title she used, she should know I won't fall for it.
"Obviously you know my reputation by the title you just gave me, so you know fuckin' well your taunts aren't going to work so why don't you just shut up and get on with it already? We both know you're going to lose this fight. No one has ever beaten me, no one."
"Well there's always a first time for everything. By the time I'm done with you and that little bitch that got my mate killed, you're going to wish for death!" She says with a snarl.
"If you're done with your posing? I'm tired of these games. I have a mate to get back to and you're waisting my time." I say with a chuckle. At which her snarl becomes louder. She's losing control and this will work to my advantage. They don't call me the God of War for nothing. I've never lost a battle, never a fight and I'm not about to start now.
We begin circling each other, watching for weaknesses. This is the chance we've been waiting for and I'm not about to let it pass me by. She damn well dies, tonight! I can hear three members of the pack coming through the trees but she's too distracted trying to figure a way past me and by the time she realizes her mistake, it's too late. Sam and Jake burst from the trees behind and on her left side while Paul comes from the right. With me at her front she has nowhere to go. In desperation she launches herself at me, but I'm ready. I dodge her easily and as she passes me, using her momentum, I grab her head and launch myself onto her back. As we fall to the ground, me pretty much standing on her, I start to twist and in seconds her head is off in my hands.
I jump back up and let the others have at her body. The sound of their teeth on marble like flesh is loud and grating, but I more than welcome the sounds as it means our enemy is defeated.
"So Victoria, how does it feel to watch yourself be ripped into pieces? I warned you that this would be how it ends, no one beats me. Many have tried, all have failed. Too bad you won't live to serve as a warning to any others who think to one day best me." I taunt her, fully aware that she can hear every word.
Once her body is ripped apart each wolf grabs a piece carrying it back to the bonfire. I grab the leg they left and with her head in the other hand I follow behind. Jared and Embry are there in wolf form, the girls behind them, facing the trees with the fire to their backs. That was a smart move on the boys parts and I can't help but be impressed. Before we step out of the trees Sam, Paul and Jake phase back to human form, pulling their pants, which they usually have tied to their legs, on. Then they walk to the fire and each launch their piece of the angry red-head into it and watch as the purple smoke from her burning body floats into the night sky. Before I add my pieces I cant help but taunt her one last time.
"You're lucky I just want you dead and gone, otherwise I would bury your head somewhere and let you live on without your body, a fitting torment for you. After all, I'm sure you planned much worse for Bella. Goodbye Victoria, may you enjoy all the fires of hell." And with those final words I launch the bitches leg and her head onto the fire, reveling in the knowledge that my enemy is defeated and my mate is safe. Victoria is gone. It's finally over.
I turn just in time to catch Bella as she launches herself at me. She grabs my face and starts checking me over for any injury. Satisfied she kisses me with desperation, clearly letting her fear take control. Tears are streaming down her face and I grab her to me trying to sooth her fears. I carry her over to one of the logs next to the fire and sit down with her wrapped tightly in my arms.
"Bella love it's ok, I'm ok. She didn't hurt me, I promise. It's over darlin', it's over. She's gone. She'll never threaten you again." At those words her cries start to dwindle, slowing until they're nothing but quiet whimpers. I look up to see Sam holding Emily close, reassuring her in a similar fashion to how I am Bella. The others are highfiving while they tell Jared and Embry everything that happened.
I can't help but think about what might have happened if Victoria had acted while I was having sex with Bella. I was distracted then and it could have cost us both. Thank God she didn't. Now it's over and Bella's safe. I kiss the top of her head and revel in the feel of her taking comfort in my arms.
Bella
Emily's gasp draws my attention and I watch as first Sam, then Jake and Paul- all back in human form- come out of the trees, each carrying a part of what I hope is Victoria. Right behind them is Jasper. When I see him with her head and a leg I breathe a sigh of relief but then the shock kicks in. I watch as he says something to her, which I know she can hear as she isn't fully dead until all of her burns. Then, as he turned to face me after tossing the last pieces of her on the fire, I felt the extreme need to be in his arms. Rushing across the sand I launch myself into his arms and feel the dam burst. He carries me over to one of the logs by the fire and sits down with me on his lap, wrapping me in a tight embrace.
The heart wrenching sobs coming from me, and his soothing words mingle together until I can't cry anymore. The feel of his arms around me help sooth my nerves and banish the fear of losing him and I feel myself drifting off. The next time I'm conscious of my surroundings I'm in my bed with Jasper laying next to me, holding me close, eyes on my face as he gauges my emotions. Looking past him to the window I can see it's still dark outside.
"How long was I asleep?"
Tucking a strand of my hair behind my ear he says, "about two hours. It's only ten. Do you want to get up and talk about what happened, or go back to sleep?"
"There isn't anything to talk about. That crazy bitch is dead and we're safe from her now. Now we can talk about the future. About what will happen after I graduate." I watch the emotions flit across his face before it settles on apprehension.
"I'm sure you want to go to college now that you don't have to worry about Victoria. I'll understand if you want me to go, after all I don't have to watch you anymore to keep you safe. I'll get dressed and head out." What an idiot! I grab his hand before he gets up.
"Where exactly in any of what I said did you get that I didn't want to be with you any longer? You know for a smart man, you can sure be dumb sometimes. I love you. I want to be with you for eternity. None of that has changed and I still want you to change me after graduation. Our future will be together; and don't you dare think about leaving! I know you don't have to watch me anymore but that doesn't mean that I don't want to spend time with you. I still want you to come here when you can. I don't need you to follow me to school and Newton's anymore so you can have that time to yourself but other than that, you better be with me!" The relief on his face is instantaneous.
"I'm glad to hear that Bella. I'll be here, everyday, whenever Charlie isn't in danger of crossing paths with me. Now we just need to talk about what happens after graduation."
"We can do that later, there's plenty of time. For now, I just want to go to sleep. Join me will you?"
"Of course love." He lays back down next to me, takes me into his arms and I easily drift back off to sleep.
a/n: and there we see Jasper's doubts in himself again. I wanted to put this here so you guys can understand that it's not that he doubts that they're mates, he doubts himself sometimes. Especially when he takes on that persona the God of War. That was the darkest time of his life and deep down he fears becoming that man again and that Bella will see him for the monster he once was. No she didn't see that here but it still gets in his head sometimes. She put him straight quite well though didn't she? ;)
