As always, I own nothing.

My first attempt at a Vamp story.

This does deal with character death as a forewarning before you start reading.

Thank you to my lovely pre-readers Jasper's Woman and Frankielynn, and my wonderful beta, AJasperforMe.

Without them, this would be a pile of crap. ;)

Somewhere Between Chapter 10

BPOV

I was kissing Jasper. Oh God! It felt so good. He tasted amazing! No! This is wrong! He is Alice's husband, and I'm Edward's fiancé. Even if they are gone … even if I am in love with Jasper … this can't happen.

"I love you, Bella."

I needed to get away from Jasper before the tears could start, before the guilt and sorrow could crash over me. "I love you, too."

Despite my love for Jasper, I pushed away from him, running to my room and slamming the door behind me. The tidal wave of emotions crashed into me, sending me to my knees just inside the door. It took only seconds before there was a knock on the door. I could hear Jasper talking but it was muffled, not only by the door, but by my tears. Other voices soon joined his before I heard another lighter knock.

"Bella, dear? Please let me in," Esme called through the door.

After a few seconds, I moved away from the door, sliding just enough to let her and Rosalie in.

Esme was wrapped around me before I knew it, holding me tight, whispering comforts to me. When I was finally calmed enough to speak, Esme pulled me up to the bed. I sat in the middle with Esme and Rosalie on each side, holding my hands.

"Would you like to talk about this? Why were you so upset?" Esme asked, clearly concerned of my reaction.

"I'm in love with Jasper, but I shouldn't be. Jasper is Alice's husband. I shouldn't be in love with him. I am engaged to Jasper's brother."

"You were. I'm sorry to be blunt about this. It breaks my heart every day that we lost Alice and Edward, but we did lose them. They aren't here anymore, and you and Jasper don't belong to them anymore," Rosalie said with a squeeze to my hand.

"But I'm still guilty." I lowered my face, hiding behind a curtain of hair. "I'm afraid they wouldn't approve or they wouldn't be happy and accept us if we were together."

Esme turned my face to hers. "Sweetheart, I know for a fact they would be happy you were moving on. That you could find in each other what you both lost when they died."

"How do you know?" I whispered through the tears.

"Because they loved you both. They wouldn't want you to go through this life alone and unhappy." Esme went quiet for a moment. I could see her lips moving slightly, and I knew she was having a conversation with someone else in the house. She turned back to me before speaking again. "Bella, I need to tell you something. When we got to the house, Alice had left us a letter as well. She knew you and Jasper would be together. She said we had to help you accept you were meant to be together. She knew you two would have a beautiful future together."

Just as that was processing in my head, the door burst open and Jasper walked in.

"Can you two give Bella and I a few minutes?"

He held the door open as they walked out, shutting it quietly behind them. Turning towards me, he walked to the bed, crawling up next to me. We sat there in silence for a few minutes before he held his hand out to me. I put my hand in his, clenching it tightly within mine.

"Did you know about the letter?" I whispered.

"No, I found out about it when Esme told you."

"So, whatever is between us is real? Not something created by a vision?"

"Yes, it's real. And I really do love you."

Sliding closer to Jasper, I looked into his eyes, searching for the truth behind the words. He must've known what I was looking for, as a second later I was overcome with too many emotions to identify, but I could feel his love and desire for me as well as hope for us and our future.

"Jasper?" I gasped.

"This is what I feel for you, Bella."

My breath started coming out in pants and gasps, tears streamed down my face until Jasper pulled back the emotions and I was able to breathe again. He pulled me in to his arms, holding me until I calmed down.

"I love you, Jasper," I whispered.

"I love you, too, Bella."