The Twilight universe and everything in it belongs to Stephenie Meyer.
Alice takes Jasper for a drive and learns how hard it is to share (a missing scene from Eclipse after Alice receives her Porsche for keeping Bella hostage).
-Drive-
The car, my new car was perfect.
Bella hadn't agreed to let me take her for a drive to see how long it would take to get to L.A. but Jasper decided that he should take her place the second they returned from their hunting trip.
I stared out over the hood of my perfect canary yellow Porsche, into the darkness of early morning. The car seemed to know my thoughts, turning and accelerating through the wet curvy streets away from Forks.
Jasper was relaxed in the passenger seat, the smile broad across his face as he took in my emotions. His joy only added to his mood… like me, he had always loved going fast.
And I was flying.
The giggle rose out of my throat before I could stop it.
"What?" His eyes as well as his voice were full of laughter.
"I love this car!" This time I let the laugh take over; I lost myself in my present and in the joy of sharing it with Jasper.
The laughter was still in his voice as his eyes met mine. "Poor Bella, knowing her freedom was traded for a shiny, little car."
I couldn't help but roll my eyes. "She knows how Edward is… and she loves me too much to deny me this perfect… amazing…" I couldn't help but sigh, "car."
Jasper snorted as he rolled his eyes.
He was silent for a moment before the smirk spread across his lips.
"Well… do I get a chance to drive this thing?"
It was an innocent question, but his previous remark and gestures made the words tumble from my lips.
"I'm not sure I want to share."
He was stunned, like a deer caught in headlights… until his eyes narrowed and a mischievous smirk grew on his lips.
The vision of the rest of our night flashed before my eyes and then began to change as Jasper's decisions forced the future into a new direction.
That new direction included him sitting in his study pouring over a new historical book till dawn instead of spending it in our bed with me.
I slammed the breaks and the car came to an abrupt stop. I turned on him viscously, my eyes narrowing as I met his easy grin.
"Jasper. Whitlock. Hale."
His face was innocent. "Yes, dear?"
"What was that?" I poked him in the chest as I spoke.
He grabbed my hand, pulling me closer to him. "We're supposed to share everything, that's a simple fact of marriage and being mates… so if you decide not to share, then I have the same right."
His eyes searched mine as he felt for any indecision in my emotions. He found them and the smile on his face grew ten-fold.
"Fine. You can drive my car." I couldn't help but speak through my teeth.
"Thanks." His lips met mine briefly, before he conveniently picked me up and slid himself into the driver's seat… flopping me ungracefully into the passenger's seat at the same time.
"Remember," He threw me a flashing smile, "Sharing is caring… and it gets me right where you want me, in our bed."
I couldn't help but laugh as he punched the gas.
Lol… so I'll admit, I love this one-shot. There's nothing better than Jasper being clever to get his way.
I need to give a special thanks to his-singer for begging me to write another chapter along the same line as Payback (this one's for you!). Also, thanks to RavenEcho for the inspiration behind Intimidate (I hope it lived up to your expectations!).
As always… a huge thanks for all reviews, alerts and favs. You guys are awesome! And please, if you have a request or any idea you'd like to see turned into a one-shot don't hesitate to send it my way. There is nothing more satisfying than to be able to write a story for someone!
Also on another side note… I'm a little OCD (… okay maybe a lot), and I've planned to switch between Alice and Jasper as narrators since I began. Somewhere in my three week absence I lost my mind and posted two Jasper chapters in a row… SO, this story will probably be moved to suit my OCD (it should become chapter 10 next Monday).
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Fannye