A/N: I still don't anything nor do I make any money from writing this story. Beta by my cuz Wolfchild

BPOV

Over the next couple of weeks, Jasper and I reconnected and I started the veggie diet. I started out with smaller animals that were easy to hunt but I soon became board with them and I started with the bigger animals. I was glad to find out that the thrill from huntin' humans hadn't died when I started to hunt animals. I took after Jasper in likin' moose the best, Em's favorite turned out to be bear; he said he enjoyed fightin' with them. I noticed that Em and Rose; which she liked to be called, were hangin' out a lot together and I was glad because I hoped that Em had finally found the one.

Like Alice had predicted she and I became best friends as did Rose and I. Esme became sorta like a third mom to Em and I. She was always fussin' over us, makin' sure that we did our homework, that we hunted and that we were havin' fun. I fell in love with the Cullens and I know that Em did as well. It wasn't long after we met the Cullen's that Carlisle and Esme asked us to move in with them. We told them that we didn't want to be an inconvenience to them and they assured us that we wouldn't be and that it would be better for Jasper and I to be closer. Em and I talked and we agreed to move in. Em's room wasn't too far from Rose's and Jasper's room was renovated to accommodate me as well. Even though Jasper and I couldn't sleep we still like to lie down wrapped in each others arms and pretend to be asleep. I would wrap my shield around us and Jasper would blanket us in relaxation and calm and when we did stir, we felt well rested almost like we did sleep.

At school we always sat together at the same table, it was Jasper and I, Edward and Alice and Em and Rose. The rest of the students were jealous because the Cullen's talked to us and not them. The girls on the cheer leading squad started to ignore me, but I really didn't care. They were makin' snide comments about all of us thinkin' that I couldn't hear but I could hear all that they were sayin'. I decided one day to bring along Rose and Ali to a practice. I knew that as soon as the rest of the team saw what Rose and Ali could do, they would warm up to them. I had already talked to coach and she said that it was fine to bring them along. It wasn't long till the rest of the team was in awe at how fast Ali and Rose picked up the routine. The coach was also in awe and asked the girls if they wanted to join the squad. Rose and Ali agreed.

Once people started to realize that the Cullens, like Em and I, were cool, they started to hang out with them. Every time we went out into the halls us girls were gettin' hugs from the other girls and the guys were gettin' high fives. It was so bizarre. These students didn't care that we had gold eyes and cold skin. They still wanted to hang out with us.

We met with the shapeshifters and explained to them about Em and I. They weren't keen on havin' two more vampires in the area but they agreed not to harm Em or I as long as we fed off animals. We promised them that we would stick to the animals. I noticed that a lot of the shapeshifters were fairly young. I asked one of them, who was named Jacob, why and he said that the gene usually didn't kick in till they were sixteen. For some odd reason he seemed to warm up to me quickly as did another shapeshifter named Seth. Any questions that I had they answered as long as it didn't reveal too much about their history.

We started to hang out with the shapeshifters. They had a very distinct scent which bothered us for a while but eventually we got used to it. They ate a lot - like every five minutes - which made Esme happy because she enjoyed cookin' for them when they were at our house. Apparently, for a vampire, she was a really great cook, and it made her happy to take care of them because she had more people to mother.

It was a Sunday and I was sittin' in our bedroom, curled up in a chair readin' a book. Ali and Rose were downstairs in the dinnin' room goin' through some fashion magazines and Ali was drawin' what she thought was more fashionable. Esme was out in her garden tendin' to her rose bushes. I was missin' Jasper, who had gone on an all men's huntin' trip with Edward, Em and Carlisle. They'd been gone since Friday night but were due home that afternoon. It was amazin' the way that Em and I settled so easily into life with the Cullens. It was like we'd known them since first becomin' vampires instead of a couple of months. Em and Rose had finally gotten together and they balanced each other perfectly. I was so happy for them after what Rose had gone through before she became a vampire. I was half way through my book when a familiar scent drifted in through the open window. The guys were home. I threw my book to the side and raced downstairs, eager to be in Jasper's arms again. I was standin' in the livin' room when Rose, Ali and Esme came to join me. It wasn't long before the guys came racin' out of the woods laughin'. They stopped suddenly and then we heard Edward say "Told you Em I was the fastest. Now pay up". I had to laugh because that was so like Em, always bettin' on things.

They saw us watchin' them and exchanged glances then winked and took off their shirts. They started to gyrate their hips and shake their asses. It was funny but also a major turn-on. After dancin' for a few minutes with us cheerin' for them, they came inside and each one of them wrapped us women in their arms. I sighed as soon as Jasper's arms wrapped around me. He whispered that he missed me and then he placed a kiss on my lips. We all talked for a bit and then each couple left in a different direction. Carlisle and Esme went to Carlisle's study, Edward and Alice went to the library, Em and Rose went to the den and Jazz and I went up to our room. I knew that Jazz liked to get a shower once he came home from hunting, so after he went into the bathroom to get showered I went back to my book.

About twenty minutes later Jazz came out of the bathroom with the towel slung low on his hips and water drippin' from his hair. I licked my lips at the sight in front of me. Even though we were now in a time where we didn't have to wait for marriage to have sex, Jasper and I had yet to actually go that far. We had managed to come close to crossin' that line many times but we never actually did. I often wondered when we would cross that line because I was more then ready to give myself completely to Jasper. I also wondered if Jasper ever had sex while he was in his dark days with Maria or if he abstained from sex. Jasper smirked at me and said

"See somethin' ya like Darlin'?"

"Oh you know I do Cowboy" I purred

"Well now what are ya gonna do about it?"

"This"

I stalked over to him and kissed him while runnin' my hands all over his body. I traced his well defined V to the top of the towel and then ran my fingers from his right hip to his left, right above the towel. He growled a low sexy growl and grasped my hips and pulled me closer to him. He crashed his lips to mine again and I moaned at the force that he exuded when he went all primal on me. He kept pullin' me closer to him as if he was tryin' to fuse our bodies together. He pulled back from the kiss and started to place open mouth kisses along my shoulder and down my neck comin' to a stop over my mark. He pulled back and looked deep into my eyes and said

"Would you ever consider havin' my mark cover that of Afton's?"

That shocked me because we had never talked about our marks. I stood there for a few minutes thinkin' over his questions and then said

"I would proudly wear your mark Jasper and I'm sure that Afton would understand. After all a mate's mark is stronger then a sire's mark"

"Really Darlin'? You would let me cover his mark?"

"Yes Jasper I would let you do that, if you so wished it"

"Well it won't be anytime soon Darlin' I want it to be done at the perfect time"

"Jasper"

"Yes Darlin'?"

"Do you know where Maria marked you?"

"Yes I do. She made sure to use that against me at times when she was mad at me"

"Would you ever consider havin' my mark cover that of Maria's?"

"Of course Darlin' I would love nothin' more then to have your mark cover hers"

"Really?"

"Yes because when I see that mark I won't have to look at it in disgust anymore, but with love because I'll know that its your mark now not hers anymore"

"Well then we will have to plan on doin' that"

"Yes we do Darlin'"

He smiled at me and then gave me another kiss and went off to the closet to get his clothes out. I sat back down and continued to read.

"Ya know Darlin', I have a book that you might be interested in" Jasper called over to me while pullin' his shirt over his head

"Oh what kind of book?" I said while lickin' my lips at the sight of a half clothed Jasper

"Well Darlin' when I was in the army on nights that I was on guard I would write in a journal that I picked up"

"Really? You still have it Jasper?" I asked with amazement in my voice

"Yeah it turns out that the army sent back all of my belongings once they found it all to my mama. When I went back that time I told ya about, my mama was out of the house and so I went in and looked around. I found some of my things and took them with me"

"That's amazin' Jazz, I would love to read it"

"Well then I'll go and find it for ya. It's somewhere up in the attic"

"I can't wait to read it" I told him honestly

He gave me a smile and then extended his hand to help me up. I took it and after placin' a kiss on his lips we headed downstairs to see what the rest of the family was up to. I couldn't wait to be able to read in Jasper's own words, his time in the war, what he saw and experienced when he was so far away from me. I had a feelin' that there would be more then one mention of me in his writin'.

It was a couple of days later when Jasper came to me and handed me a very tattered and worn brown book.

"Is this it?" I ask with wide eyes

"Yep it is Darlin' I looked for it while ya were out huntin'"

I handled the book as if it was about to fall apart at any minute. I just stared at it for a couple of minutes wonderin' what I would find out.

"Is that all ya gonna do Darlin', stare at it? Jasper chuckled from over my shoulder

"No Jazz" I swatted at his arm "I was just in awe that after all these years you still have it and wonderin' what I fill find in it."

"Well to find out ya have to open it and read it. It won't suddenly get lips and read to you"

I just laughed and said "Awe shucks, you mean to tell me that we don't live in a world where books read to me?"

"Nope sorry Darlin' we don't"

We both laughed and then I opened the book. I read the first page

Major Jasper Whitlock

Texas Calvary

1863

Written mostly while on night watch and missin'

My Darlin' Isabella

I looked up at Jasper and he had a far away look in his eyes. My only guess was that he was rememberin' his time there. He shook his head and then looked down at me with a smile and a nod of his head. I then turned the page and begin to read...

A/N: Sorry for the long wait but I was sick. You know how the Grinch has a heart 3 size to small in the beginnin'? Well my head was 3 sizes to big for the longest time and I had trouble writin'. Hope you liked this chapter *waves* until next time