Dinner was uneventful, eventually it was time for bed. Heading to our tent I slip inside.

With out thinking I slipped out of my uniform top to sew a little hole I noticed in the sleeve. I began humming as I sowed, looking up I noticed Jasper facing the tent wall at attention.

"Jasper I have an undershirt on." I smile even though it's annoying it's still cute. Jasper pecked over his shoulder, then cleared his throat and turned around. I continued sowing, glancing up I noticed Jasper shirt had a rip in it too.

With out thinking of a tactful way to ask I demanded "Take your shirt off."

"WHAT!"

I pointed to the hole in it trying not to laugh.

"Right" Jasper slipped out of his top and handed it to me. The next half hour was spent me sowing and Jasper twitching.

"Do you have a twitching problem?"

"No" twitch.

I giggled quietly. Tying off the last stitch I inspect the both shirts one more time for any last minute holes.

Seeing none I handed Jasper's back to him. He reached for it but dropped the shirt due to a twitch. I tried to stifle another giggle and bent down to pick up the shirt.

My hand meet Jasper's just as we grabbed the cloth. Looking up our faces were only inches away. Jasper had stopped twitching nope I lied his eyebrow twitched.

I started laughing, choking is what it sounded like considering I was trying not to. Jasper glared at me then a look entered his eyes.

I stopped laughing real quick, when ever Emmett got that look it meant he was going to do something and it usually involved tackling me. Suddenly I was on my back with Jasper on me.

He held my hands over my head, stretching the shirt over my flatten chest. Bending down he hovered inches over my mouth "You were laughing at an officer. That's against regulation."

"Really?" My breathing was starting to pick up. How could he do this to me?

"In my book it is." Jasper's accent sent shivers down my spine.

"What happens now?"

"You have to pay the price, one kiss."

I didn't even get to respond as he started kissing me. I tried to move but Jasper kept me firmly in place. Slowly he moved down my jaw line and lightly brushed at the hollow of my neck.

Pulling back he just stared at me, I stared back. It was in that moment that I realized with out meaning to I had fallen in love with Jasper Whitlock.

"Alice, I.." he stopped then leaning back down to my ear he whispered "I love you."

My breath hitched but as I exhaled I reveled my realization "I love you too, Jasper Whitlock."

Letting go of my hands, Jasper laid down next to me. I curled up against his side hugging his waist. We were an odd pair of opposites.

He was tall I was short, he from the south I was from the north, he stuck to the code of gentleman I was more…. relaxed. Yet we were still in love, and in unspoken words I know it would last forever.

"Alice, what ever happens know that someday I'll find you. If we ever get separated I'll find you."

"I'll wait for you Jasper Whitlock, no matter if it's a hundred years or forever. I'll wait for you, but mark my words you make we wait forever I'm going to start looking for you."

Jasper laughed "I won't expect any less from you pixie."

Then all hell broke loose.

The drums called everyone to at arms, grabbing my uniform I tugged it on.

Grabbing my gun I ran out of the tent. Jasper was already outside, but we both froze. Our camp was a blaze soldiers were everywhere scrabbling for guns or trying to get away from the union troops.

Suddenly Jasper grabbed my elbow "Take this, remember me and remember I'll find you." He shoved something into my hand, then grabbed a gun and ran off.

"JASPER!" I yelled trying to follow, but his long legs carried him farther and farther away. Stopping I looked at what he gave me, it was a simple cross nothing really fancy about it just a cross.

There was something engraved in it but I couldn't read it in the light. Quickly clasping it around my neck I began heading in the direction Jasper took.

I was stopped every so often by a union soldier but I knocked them out before they could do much. I was in the middle of a battle with one when I heard a roar to my left. I kicked the guy and brought my gun down to knock him out but it was stopped by a different gun.

Looking up I came face to face with my brother. "Emmett?!"

Emmett's POV

This was my atmosphere.

Packs of southern soldiers attempted to bring me down. I had cuts everywhere from their bayonets but none of them could stop me. Looking up from finishing up one of the groups I noticed my best man Lucas being beaten up by a shrimp of a kid.

Though watching the kid fight, he was terrifyingly good and it looked somewhat familiar. No time to think of that now, I roared a laugh and charged at the fight.

The kid kicked Lucas down and raised the butt end of his gun. I was closer now, that gun looked familiar as well. I slide my gun in between Lucas and other one. The kid grunted at being stopped and looked up.

"Emmett?!"

Suddenly I recognized the kid, it was Alice.

"ALICE!" I yelled and drew back.

She looked relieved and hugged me. "I missed you so much. When Edward came home we were so worried about you so I set out to find you. Then my regiment got eliminated, so I had to join the southern army or be killed. I was so afraid I won't find you in time."

I just stood there while Alice babbled on, finally I got enough sense to realized the danger she was in. "Get out of that uniform right now. You can explain yourself later."

She unashamedly took off her top and just stood there in here undershirt. Lucas who was thoroughly confused but could definitely identify what was being bounded down under the shirt turned away in embarrassment.

Grabbing Alice's hand I began pulling her back to our lines. She followed at first then started to resist. "I can't go yet, I have to find Jasper."

"You're going right now." I pulled hard on her hand.

"No!" She screamed.

My only thought was to protect my sister so I scooped her on my shoulder and began running.

"PUT ME DOWN EMMETT!" I swear I could hear tears in her voice, but not Alice.

Then it happened.