Everyday Moments Of Perfection
A/N: Well... tis Jasper and Alice thinking about dreams and dreaming. As the title may suggest. Lol. XD
"If you could dream..." started Alice. "What do you think you would dream about?"
"I don't know," said Jasper honestly. They were lying on the Cullen's living-room sofa. It was a school day, but the sun was high and bright in the sky, meaning that all the Cullens were off school for the day - and the way Alice's visions were going, they'd be off all week.
Alice was stroking Jasper's arm lazily with one finger, outlining each faint crescent scar that marked his skin. He was ashamed of them, but Alice thought it only added to his beauty.
"Probably you," Jasper added pensively, kissing Alice's head.
"I should think so too," Alice said playfully.
Jasper smirked. "Sometimes I'm glad I don't dream. They might just become nightmares." His expression became serious and far-away, and Alice knew he was thinking of his time as a non-vegetarian vampire with Maria.
She smiled sympathetically. "Well, I could help keep the nightmares away."
"You already do," said Jasper simply, kissing Alice's cheek once, before going outside into the sun.
Alice watched as Jasper stepped out into the sun, his body becoming a cascade of crystals before her eyes. The sun reflected off every visible scar on his body, highlighting the fact that they were there. Alice could only guess the pain and torment her lover had endured. Her forehead creased into a frown. She didn't want to think about Jasper ever being hurt. It made her heart ache and head pound with sadness. Alice was thinking about how nice it could be to have dreams, but she was scared of them too. What if the only thing she dreamt of was that which she feared? Jasper being hurt, Jasper being killed. She couldn't bear to close her eyes every night only to welcome that into her head.
Alice left Jasper to his thoughts and ran gracefully up the stairs to Edward and Bella's bedroom. She knocked quietly. Bella's voice, like wind-chimes, came from inside.
"Come in!"
Alice opened the door to find Bella sitting on her bed, looking fondly at some photographs of her and Edward from her human days. Alice sat down opposite her, and chose a photograph at random. She just happened to touch upon one of Edward, standing and looking out of his bedroom window, a pensive look on his face.
"Hey, Alice," Bella said, smiling at her sister. "What's up?"
"Just thinking," Alice murmured, then suddenly asked, "Bella... what was dreaming like? I mean, what did you dream about?"
"Mostly Edward," Bella said, smiling wistfully. "Sometimes Phoenix and Renée. That kind of thing."
"But…did you ever dream about things that hadn't happened?"
"All the time," said Bella, a flicker of pain crossing her face. "Why? What's got you thinking about this?"
"Jasper," Alice admitted.
"Oh?" said Bella. Alice told Bella what had happened downstairs.
"Well, you won't have to worry about it. Vampires don't sleep, never mind dream," Bella said, laughing softly.
"I know," Alice said. "I know," she repeated with more conviction. "I'm just being dumb. It's not like Jasper's suddenly going to fall asleep and start dreaming about his old life. Anyway… I'll see you later, Bella."
"'Kay," said Bella, preoccupied with the picture she was holding, one of Renee and Charlie from years and years ago.
Alice went back downstairs to find Jasper still standing in the sun. She crept up behind him and circled her arms around his waist, placing her head on his back.
Jasper turned around in one fluid movement, sweeping Alice into his arms. "I've thought about it. If I ever dreamt, it would most definitely be about you. Everything else is, why would my dreams be any different? Why should they be any different? Anything that ever happened in my old life pales in comparison to this one. These memories, these are the ones that would be in any dreams I had - hypothetically, of course."
"Well…" Alice started, a mischievous smile gracing her lips. "Just in case the ability to dream should ever spring upon us, I suggest we make you some more memories to dream about."
Jasper cocked an eyebrow. "Oh. I see. Well then…" He swept her up.
Alice squealed and laughed, her smile infectious. "Have any suggestions?"
Jasper smirked. "A few."