SURPRISE!

Chapter 10

Awkward visit

The sound of Charlie's doorbell rang throughout the house interrupting our normal Christmas day noise.

"I'll get it!" Edward called out from the living room. He, Charlie, and Emmett were in the living room sprawled out on the floor playing dolls with Abby and Lizzy while Rose, Esme, and I were in the kitchen cleaning up after the huge meal we had eaten a little bit ago. This was fairly normal after Christmas dinner, Rose, Esme, Edward, and Jasper had been joining Charlie and I for major holidays for as far back as I can remember. This year, however, Jasper was absent for obvious reasons and we had added Emmett and his daughters to the mix. I couldn't help the smile that spread across my face at hearing Edward's voice. He and Charlie had gotten extremely comfortable around each other and Edward actually fit in better than Jasper ever did, now that I really thought about it. After a trip to town for beer, Charlie and Edward had gotten awfully friendly and the tension was no longer there.

I chuckled at the look Rose and Esme gave me. "What?" I asked them shrugging my shoulders in playful ignorance as I dried another plate before sticking it in the cabinet with the others.

"I've never seen him like this before." Esme said as she handed me a bowl to dry. "Or you for that matter. You are both giddy."

"I've never seen him like this before either but I'll take it. Don't take this the wrong way but I always thought he was a man whore with a chip on his shoulder but now I know differently." I admitted quietly which Rose agreed by nodding her head affirmatively.

Esme just raised an eyebrow at me in confusion. "My Edward? A man whore?" She said before a grin cracked her stony façade. "Never. That boy has been in love with you since you were kids. He's too much like his father to interfere in another person's relationship though." She said with a pat on my shoulder. "How are things going between you two?"

I shrugged. "You would think that things would be a bit weird because he is Jasper's brother but they're not. Edward and I just seem to click. We have gotten really close really quickly, though." I told her with a smile. "How are things going with Carlisle?" I asked her changing the subject onto her relationship and off of mine.

She ducked her head but not before I caught a glimpse of a blush creep up into her cheeks. "They're good. He's actually having Christmas dinner in Port Angeles with his daughter and her new fiancée." She said as she finally raised her head up to look at me and Rose. "I've never met her but I'm supposed to in the next few days. She's a little younger than you girls, maybe y'all can be friends or something."

"That's great. Maybe we can all get together for New Years' or something?" I suggested as I heard raised voices coming from the direction of the front door.

"What is going on?" Rose asked as we all quickly dried our hands before heading towards the raised voices.

I stopped dead in my tracks as I saw Jasper standing there with some short woman standing behind him with her head ducked and her hand tugging relentlessly on Jasper's as he stood toe to toe with his brother, my father, and Emmett. I knew that we had been having holiday dinners together since Jazz, Rose, and I were kids but I never dreamed that he would actually show his face this year and especially with the woman he had admitted to cheating on me with.

"STOP!" I screamed to the top of my lungs causing everybody to stop and look at me with shocked eyes because I hardly ever raised my voice and everybody knew it. I was known for being the calm, cool, and collected one out of our bunch.

"Jasper Michael Whitlock, what are you doing here?" Esme said as she stepped in front of him glaring daggers at him. "You have some audacity showing your face around here after the stunt you pulled back in Rhode Island."

He sighed and hung his head. "Ma, I know what I did was wrong but we're all family and it's Christmas. You've always taught us that the holidays are the time to forgive and be with family." He said quietly.

"Okay? I also raised you to be a gentleman and no gentleman cheats on his girlfriend. You should have had the balls to tell her and break up with her BEFORE moving on." She told him firmly as she put her hands on her hips. "You made your bed, now lay in it." She said as she shut the door in his face.

My jaw dropped at what she had done. "What?" She asked everybody when she noticed we were all looking at her with looks of shock on our faces. She just shrugged a shoulder as she headed back for the kitchen without a backwards glance.

I shook my head as I reached for my jacket that was hanging on the peg. "I'm gonna go talk to him. He's right, we are all family here. I completely get why you are all angry but this is between the two of us not the entire family." I told everybody as I reached for the door handle.

"I'm coming with you." Edward said as he quickly grabbed his jacket shrugging it on also.

I nodded as I opened the door. "Jasper!" I called out because he was opening the car door for the tiny woman that had been with him. "Wait!"

Edward grabbed my hand as we walked to where he was parked at the road's edge. "Let's do this together, baby." He whispered as he placed a kiss against the side of my head. "That's Alice, by the way."

"Okay handsome." I told him as we walked hand in hand to where Jasper and the tiny woman stood. "Jazz, want to introduce us?" I asked as Edward and I came to a stop a few feet in front of them.

"Bella-" He acted like he wanted to apologize again and I didn't want any part of that. What was done couldn't be undone and no amount of apologizing was going to change that. Plus, we had both obviously moved on so there was no need for apologies in my opinion.

I shook my head. "I don't want to hear it Jazz. Apologies won't fix or change anything. Introduce us so we can all move forward or get in your car and leave. Those are your options." I told him flatly.

He sighed and grabbed the woman's hand. "Bella this is Alice Cullen. Alice, this is Bella, my oldest and closest friend and you've already met my brother Edward." He said as he motioned between us all. I noticed that he left out that I was also his ex-girlfriend which I was sure she already knew since she is the one that gave him the ultimatum.

"Hi Alice, it's nice to finally put a face to the name." I told her honestly as I politely offered my hand for her to shake. My ill will was towards Jasper, not her. From what I understood when they first started dating she had no idea about me until a few weeks before she gave him the ultimatum.

She cautiously grabbed my hand and shook it as a small smile graced her face. "You are lovely, Bella, and I know you don't want to hear any more apologies but I am sorry for the way things came about but I have to say you look radiant and happy." She said as she shook my hand before reaching for Edward's hand giving it a firm shake. "Nice to see you again, Edward."

"Thanks, Alice, you two look happy also and thanks for the apology. I will take it graciously this time but let's all just move forward with our lives." I told her as I leaned into Edward's side as he unconsciously wrapped his arm around my shoulders.

I saw Jasper's eyes go wide as realization dawned in them. "You finally confessed your feelings didn't you, brother?" He sneered. Before I realized what was happening I reached forward slamming the palm of my hand against the side of cheek shocking us all.

"Don't be such an ass Jasper, at least he waited until I was single. Unlike you." I snapped at him as Edward took my sore hand into his while Jasper just looked at me in shock. "You really don't want to get into this right now. You had no right to make decisions about me. Then or now." I snapped angrily.

"Yes, Jasper I finally told her how I felt even though I should have done it ages ago but I held back because of the way I was raised. When did your happiness become more important than hers?" Edward asked so softly it was almost scary.

Jasper hung his head. "I know and I should have just broken it off when I realized I didn't see a future together but I didn't know how. We had been together for so long, I was scared I was going to lose my best friend." He admitted lowly. "Just so you two are aware I asked Alice to be my wife this morning and she said yes." He whispered softly to the ground.

I snapped my eyes up and narrowed them because after all those years together he had never even hinted at wanting to get engaged or married and they are together for less than six months when he proposes. "Come again?" I asked quietly. I wasn't jealous or anything. It was more like I was pissed off at how quickly they were moving. It made me feel like the entire last six years had been wasted on bullshit.

"We're getting married on New Year's and would like for all of you to be there to witness it. You are all Jasper's family and we both want all of you there despite his recent actions." Alice said quietly causing both mine and Edward's jaws to drop and our eyes to go huge as we looked at each other in amazement.

"You're what?" "This New Year's?" Edward and I both asked at the same time.

Jasper sighed while Alice just nodded. "Yes, we are getting married in 7 days and we would like you all there. I know it's a big surprise but it's just going to be a simple ceremony at the same church I was christened at when I was a baby in Seattle." She explained.

"That's great, Alice. I'm truly happy for you guys." I told her with as much happiness and excitement as I could muster, which wasn't much right now because I was still trying to process that this tiny woman had managed to accomplish in just a few months what I hadn't been able to do in years. It made me feel tiny and insecure and I didn't like it one bit. "I can't promise anything but we will talk it over and let you guys know. Where are you staying at so we can send word?" I told her honestly because I couldn't commit to anything right then and there.

She sighed but nodded anyways. "We're going to be staying at a hotel in Seattle so we can finalize the plans. We came to Port Angeles to have dinner with my dad while his girlfriend is having dinner with some old friends of hers." She told me as she leaned into Jasper's side for comfort. Something about everything that I had found out in the last little bit started to click in my head and two plus two finally became four.

"Is your dad's name Carlisle, perhaps?" I asked her as Edward gasped and looked around at all of us curiously.

"Ma's Carlisle?" Edward breathed out in a shocked voice.

I nodded as did Alice. "Yes, why? Do you know him?" Alice asked curiously.

Edward and I both nodded. "Yeah, I believe he's dating mine and Jasper's mother." Edward said with a hateful look at Jasper.

"He's what?!" Jasper shouted as he looked back and forth between me, Edward, and Alice confused.

Edward and I nodded. "Blonde hair, brown eyes, early 30's? I didn't know he had a daughter old enough to be in college though." Edward said giving a brief description of the Carlisle we had met a few days ago.

Alice nodded and smiled. "Yeah, he and my mom had me when they were only 15 so yeah that sounds like him. We were supposed to meet his girlfriend tomorrow."

"My mom is dating your dad?" Jasper asked turning to face Alice.

She shrugged because she didn't really know for certain. "I'm not certain but it sure seems like it. She seems to make him happy though." She said with a sweet smile.

I nodded. "They seemed really happy the other day at lunch."

Jasper shook his head as he headed for the house again I assumed to talk to Esme but I figured considering her earlier reaction to him it wasn't his brightest idea. "Jazz, wait!" I called out to him as I ran after him. I caught his arm just as his hand reached for the door handle.

"Let me go, Bella. Please." He begged me softly. "I need to talk to her."

I shook my head as I tugged him off the porch and back to the car they were driving. "Not today. It's Christmas, Jasper, don't ruin this anymore than you already have. I understand that you are happy with Alice and I am with Edward now and we are happy but the way you did things was wrong and we all know it. You need to give your mom some space and time. I am sure she will be at lunch or whatever tomorrow. Let her come to you on her own terms don't force it upon her, you know as well as I do that she will react badly." I told him as I pulled him to a stop at the yards edge.

"You're right. You're always right, Bella. I just want everybody to be friends again and for everybody that means something to me to accept and love Alice as much as I do." He told me softly.

I nodded as I pulled him into a hug, wrapping my arms around his back. "Give it time, Jazz. She's truly lovely. I am happy for you but we all just need a little time." I told him as I pulled back kissing him on the cheek. I was mildly surprised that I felt nothing when I hugged him and kissed his cheek. Not anger. Not passion. Nothing.

"Okay. Thanks Bella." He said as he let go of me and took Alice's hand again. "We hope to see you there. The ceremony is New Years' Day at ten o'clock that morning. I will text you guys the details when we get back to Seattle." He said as he shook Edward's hand before reaching for the car door.

"Okay, have a safe drive back. It was nice to meet you, Alice, and congratulations." I told them as she slid into the car.

"It was nice to finally put faces to names I've heard so much about. Merry Christmas!" She chirped with a tiny wave.

I laughed as I wrapped my arm around Edward's waist. "Merry Christmas to you guys too!" Edward and I both called back just before Jasper shut his door.

We stood out there until they disappeared from sight. "Well, that wasn't awkward at all." I said as I tugged Edward down the street for a short walk so I could process everything I had just learned. It was a lot. "Take a walk with me?" I asked softly as I tugged my gloves from my jacket pocket because my fingers were freezing.

He nodded but tugged my gloves from my hand. "I will follow you anywhere, Isabella. I promise you that." He said as he cupped my face in his sealing our lips together passionately. We hadn't been together since our date at the high school a few days ago and it was starting to show in our touches and glances. Rose had told me earlier that you could cut our sexual tension with a knife it was so thick and obvious in whatever room we were cooped up in.

"Is your old house still vacant?" I whispered against his lips as my fingers flexed in his hair as I tried to get control of my body that seemed to go haywire with just a simple touch from him.

He smirked and nodded. "Yes, for six more days. Why, my horny girl? Want to break in my old bedroom after all these years?" He asked as he placed gentle nipping kisses along my neck and behind my ear.

"Yes." I breathed out and before I realized what was happening he had tossed me over his shoulder playfully and began running down the street to his old house.

*~*~*~*J2FT1*~*~*~*

A few hours later, I stared down into the most amazing green eyes I had ever seen and thought I could get lost in them. "You frighten me, you know?" I whispered as my hair made a curtain around our heads as I sat straddled across his waist while he lay in the middle of his old bedroom floor.

"Why?" He asked as he raked his short nails down my back causing me to hiss out and arch into him even further. He was still hard inside me but I was refusing to move to prolong this for us. This was round three for us so it wasn't going to be quick by any means anyways.

"Because I don't know what is going to happen when we get back home and this past week has been absolutely amazing for me but I don't know what it has meant to you." I rambled honestly.

He sighed and stretched an arm out for his pants that lay in a pile beside us. "What are you doing?" I asked curiously as I sat back, causing him to sink all the way into me causing both of us to exhale loudly that sounded more like a hiss.

"Getting this." He said as he laid back flat, tugging me back down over him so that my palms were flat on the ground on either side of his head with our faces just mere inches apart. "This is not how I wanted to do this. I was going to do it tomorrow morning when we first woke up but I guess now is just as perfect as we can't become anymore joined than we are now." He rambled as he fingered a small maroon box.

"Edward…" I trailed off because if that was an engagement ring then I honestly didn't know what I would say to him.

He shook his head. "It's not an engagement ring, Isabella, so stop freaking out." He said with a smirk.

I took a deep breath which caused him to hiss loudly. "Okay."

He pulled the lid off the box and dumped out a small blue velvet box. "It is a ring but it's a Claddagh ring instead of an engagement ring. It symbolizes love, loyalty, and friendship." He explained as he tugged the beautiful ring from the box as he suddenly sat up causing me to slip back down on him fully which caused him to close his eyes and groan as he gripped me tightly to his chest and me throw my head back as his hip bone hit me right where I needed the friction at.

"Oh God." I moaned out as I brought my head forward burying it in his shoulder as I rotated my hips unconsciously.

His hands gripped my hips helping my movements. "Do you want to come for me first, Isabella?" He whispered huskily in my ear which caused me to grip his hips with my legs and shake my head.

"No, but I don't know how to stop it." I moaned out in agony as I felt the coil in my stomach tighten.

He just chuckled. "It's okay, baby, come for me then I will make you mine in more ways than one." He said as he began lifting me up and down on his hard shaft which slid my hardened soaked nub against his hip bone with every movement.

I was powerless to stop the orgasm that gripped onto me and took me for a ride that was unlike anything I had ever been on before. It was amazing as the fireworks exploded within me causing me to slump on his form like a lazy sloth sun bathing in the rare beam of sunshine. "I'm so-"

"Don't you dare apologize for that, Isabella. It had been coming for over twenty minutes and neither one of us could have stopped it even if had we tried." He said as tugged my legs out from behind him so he could lay back down with me sprawled lazily on top of him as he still throbbed hard within my slick pulsating walls. "I'm not gonna be far behind you if you don't stop that soon." He said as he gripped my hips pushing our hips firmly together with not even a millimeter of space between our bodies.

"I can't stop it." I breathed out helplessly. "I want to be yours." I whispered in his ear honestly. "Please make me yours." I begged him hopelessly.

He nodded as he slipped something on my right ring finger. "You are mine, Isabella, from now until forever." He whispered against my ear. "Just like I am yours from now until forever, and this is what symbolizes that." He said as he twisted my ring around my finger and his other hand placed my fingers around a necklace that I had questioned him about earlier but he put me off telling me he would explain later.

"What do they mean?" I asked quietly as I rubbed his necklace between my fingers gently.

He twirled my ring with one hand and wrapped the other around my hand that gripped his necklace. "They both represent love, loyalty, and friendship. The way your ring is turned on your right hand means that you are in a relationship with someone." He explained softly.

I couldn't stop the tears that sprung to my eyes any more than I could control the orgasm that had ripped my body to shreds at the wrong moment. "Oh, Edward. I think I love you." I cried into his shoulder.

He chuckled as he let go of my hand wrapping his arms around my back, hugging me tightly. "Silly girl, I love you so damn much, I don't need to think about it. I'm not going anywhere unless you tell me to. I promise you that."

I nodded as I wrapped my arms around his neck holding on for dear life as my sobs caused me to bounce lightly on him which quickly caused me to go from sobbing to gasping in just a few short moments. "You are amazing, you know that." I whispered as I raised my hips just to slam them back down against his.

He shook his head. "No, you are the amazing one, Isabella." He said as he raised his hips off the floor meeting mine as I brought them back down. "I love you, baby." He whispered as he gripped my hips to hold them still as he pounded into me relentlessly riding his own orgasm out and effectively making me his.

"I love you too, Edward Anthony." I whispered just before I felt my own body clench down again in another amazing orgasm.

It was well after dark before we made it back to Charlie's but nobody said a word as we walked in through the front door hand in hand with smiles on our faces. "It's about time you two decided to show back up. We've been waiting to watch 'Jingle All The Way' until you guys got back. The girls are getting very impatient." Rose said with a smirk on her face from her position in between Emmett's legs as she sat in the floor playing with Abby. Charlie had Lizzy snuggled in his lap with her pink Dora blanket tossed over them as she played with the edges of his mustache.

"Sorry. Time got away from us. We've been over at our old house." Edward explained as he hung our jackets up.

Esme nodded as she got up to put the disc into the player so we could start the movie. "I saw you guys walking in that direction after Jasper left so I figured that's where you were hiding out talking things over." She said with a wink causing me to groan and shake my head.

"Yeah, we had a lot of things to talk about." I said as I pushed Edward to sit on the opposite end of the couch than Emmett before settling into his lap because I wasn't ready to break that connection yet and also so Esme could have a place to sit.

Charlie just huffed as he looked at the couch. "Looks like I'm gonna have to buy some more furniture." He mumbled as he pressed play on the remote to start the movie. This was part of our Christmas tradition though the movie has changed over the years. Maybe one day Carlisle, Jasper, and Alice could join us.

"So….are we all going to this wedding shindig or not?" Rose asked as we sat in our old tree house where no boys were allowed even though I think both of us broke that rule a few times when we were teenagers but it was the spot where we had always been able to be truthful and honest to each other and work through all our problems at.

I shrugged my shoulders as I leaned against the tree that ran up the middle of the structure. "I don't know. I honestly just don't know. I just don't want to have any regrets later on and I don't want Edward to have any regrets in the future because of me." I told her honestly as I picked at the peeling paint of the tree house.

"Why would Edward have regrets because of you?"

"Because he said if I'm not going then he isn't going either."

She laughed. "That's just stupid because you guys have only been together two weeks and that is his brother."

I sighed and nodded in agreement. "I know, Rose, and that is almost verbatim to what I told him when he informed me of his decision."

"It's crazy how much we think alike. I think we should go because we have all been the best of friends for over ten years now and I know that we will get back there some day. All of this stupidity and bullshit will blow over eventually." She said as she nudged me with her shoulder.

I chuckled and nodded. "I know but the hurt part of me wants to tell him to shove his happily ever after straight up his ass while the best friend part of me wants to go celebrate his happiness."

She just laughed. "Why don't we all go and you can still tell him that?"

I laughed and nodded. "Sounds like a plan. Are we going to drive into Seattle tomorrow morning or tonight and just find a room to stay in?" I asked her, hoping she would say tonight because I wanted to go out and have some fun before Edward had to head back to Rhode Island for school.

"Let's go ask the guys and see what they say." She said as she started climbing out of the too small enclosure.

I just laughed as we walked in through the back door. "You know we're going to Seattle tonight, right?" I asked her as we headed for the living room.

She just smiled and nodded.

"I want to go dancing." I pleaded with Edward as he lay sprawled across our hotel room bed in his unbuttoned jeans and nothing else. "It's New Years' Eve!"

We had torn the place apart as soon as the door shut behind us earlier only to order room service a little bit later because our energy had been zapped. Edward had tugged only his jeans on leaving them unbuttoned to answer the door when room service had knocked on it with our burgers and milkshakes. "I am a terrible dancer, Bella." He said without budging. "We can have so much more fun here."

I just giggled as I bounced on the bed. My feet were on either side of his hips and I was wearing nothing but his button up shirt he had had on earlier. "I have seen you dance before and you are not that terrible. Please?" I said as I sat down on his thighs sticking my bottom lip out and batting my eyelashes giving him my best pouty look.

He groaned as he raised up on his elbows. "Isabella…" He said softly.

I just giggled and popped a button loose on the shirt exposing a little more skin. "I will make it worth your while when we get back." I said as I popped yet another button loose exposing my bare breasts and stomach since only four buttons were done up to begin with.

"What about before we leave?" He asked as he slid his hands onto my bare thighs before sliding around to my butt tugging me forward onto his erection that was straining against his zipper.

"If you say yes then I will say yes." I told him as I looped my arms around his neck grinding my hips against his.

"Yes." He whispered as he scooted back on the bed causing his jeans to slip down some and his erection to slip out. Without missing a beat I slid against him causing him to slip inside me.

"Yes." I said as I arched my back when he began pounding into me from underneath.

A little bit later I was wearing the one shirt that I had told Rose that she had lost her mind when she insisted I buy it and also again when she had tucked it into my suitcase. Now Edward was the one saying I wasn't going to wear it and I was saying yes. "NO!" He said as he shook his head sinking his fingers into his hair tugging lightly. Seemed we were ready to have our first argument.

"YES!" I told him which caused his eyes to jerk immediately to mine because that simple word is why we were late meeting up with Rose and Emmett.

He shook his head again. "Isabella, please baby reconsider. I'm not going to be able to form a coherent thought much less remember how to dance all night knowing you aren't wearing a bra under that thing you call a shirt." He said as he stood to pace the length of the room.

I just laughed. "It is a shirt. It's not going to fall off. It's not going to expose me in any way. And I'm yours from now until forever, remember." I whispered the last part as I stood on my tiptoes to place a kiss on his pouting lips.

"From now until forever." He said as he slid his hands onto my bare back and under the edges of my shirt as he pulled me firmly against his chest causing me to groan.

I pushed away from him which caused us both to groan and laugh. "Let's go." I told him as I grabbed my jacket. I had stashed all my important things with him in his wallet earlier since my jeans were so tight I was scared my money and license would fall out and my shirt offered no storage opportunities what so ever.

We were only out for about thirty minutes when I realized that Edward was right; we could have so much more fun in our hotel room. I quickly texted Rose and Emmett telling them about our change of plans only to learn that they too had decided to abandon the night out and instead had bribed their way into the hotel's private sauna room. "Hey, doesn't this hotel have an indoor pool?" I asked as we neared the hotel we were staying at.

He nodded as he held open the door for me. "It does, but I think it closes at ten." He said as we stepped into the expansive lobby.

"Think we could get them to open it for us for a few hours?" I asked as I nipped at his earlobe as I rubbed my hardened nipple against his side. I was extremely turned on and I was wasn't going to deny it because I had never felt this brazen before and I kind of liked it.

He gulped audibly and nodded as he steered us towards the desk where the obviously young and bored hotel clerk sat checking her phone. "Can I help you?" the young girl asked batting her eyelashes at Edward.

I just rolled my eyes as I turned around leaning back against the counter, allowing my jacket to fall open exposing my shirt, hard nipples, and sliver of stomach to Edward's greedy eyes.

Edward glanced over at me before closing his eyes and swallowing visibly. "How much would it take to get us into the indoor pool for say three hours?" Edward asked as he leaned on the counter.

I decided to be daring so I reached over and played with the button and zipper of his now tight jeans while he tried to schmooze the night clerk. I tuned out their conversation as I focused on him completely. Before I knew what was happening he had me thrown over his shoulder as he headed down a hallway away from the elevators. "You got it?" I asked excitedly from my upside down position over his shoulder.

"Of course. We have five hours since it opens to the hotel at 6, we have to be out by four." He explained as he opened one half of a set of metal double doors.

I laughed as he raced forward suddenly and before I knew it, I was flying then sinking. He had ran straight into the pool, clothes, phones, shoes, and all. It was a night that we would both remember for a long time to come. It was a hell of a way to ring in the New Year but it was extremely fun to ring it in joined with Edward heart and body.

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