MC: Well hello there everyone! Again, sorry it's been a while (longer than I wanted) but here we are the next installement

PT: Yep, Miss Alice is having her say.

MC: *Nods* I hope you enjoy, and that it's at least a little worth the wait.

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MC: We haven't forgotten about you, so it's nice to know you're willing to be patient.

DISCLAIMER: So as usual we don't own any of The Twilight Saga, we just use Ms. Meyer's wonderful characters and have a play.

The morning everything changed I was sitting in the hospital cafe, sipping my tea. Rosalie was sat opposite me, warming her hands with her coffee just having got into work and she said she 'needed a caffeine fix before facing the mess war had created for her today. I couldn't blame her, I don't think I have it in me to face so much pain and all the horrific things she saw daily.

After we'd finished our drinks, she left to change and get to work leaving me to my own thoughts. I knew it was too early for Emmett to be up yet, way too early, so I was happy to get a hot chocolate and just let the minutes go by for a little while.

I was sat staring aimlessly out the window, my thoughts floating aimlessly around, going this way and that when Rosalie came rushing into the cafeteria.

"Alice...he's...he needs to calm down." She said, her voice and eyes both pleading. I immediately jumped up forgetting about my still full hot chocolate and quickly followed her down the hall and into his room.

Without hesitation I hurried straight to the side of his bed and put my palm to his cheek, stroking his soft skin.

"Hey soldier. I'm here. No need to panic." I soothed him. "Gonna calm down for me huh?" I looked at the heart monitor to see it hadn't changed all that much. I took a deep breath and then ignoring the others in the room I sat down next to him and set his hand in both of mine now in my lap.

"You need to relax for me because Em is gonna freak out if I go back and tell him you're getting worked up in here. Don't make me get the porter to wheel him down here to beat on your ass." I told him, my voice holding a little sternness but I said it with a laugh at the thought, especially knowing that's exactly what Emmett would do, after he'd try and hop here himself that is.

I was glad to see that the monitor told me his heart rate had slowed as he calmed down some.

The bed dipped a little as further as I edged closer to him and pulled his arm around me, just as I'd found myself doing lately, and still kept a firm hold of his other hand.

"We'll leave you alone for a little; I'm just going to get some tea." Mrs Whitlock said and then shuffled from the room, but not before I felt a blush colouring my cheeks, remembering I wasn't alone with Jasper as I'd been whenever I'd lay like this with him before.

I set the thought aside as Jasper's heart monitor told me he was now completely calm, and my insides did a little flip at the thought that he'd calmed due to me. Now that his mom had left, I laid my head on his chest, taking a deep breath of his glorious smell and revelled in it for a moment as I wished that Jasper would wrap his other arm around me and just hold me.

"Please Jazz, come back to your Momma, she's so sad without you." I murmured. "I know you can hear me, please give me a sign that you're still in there." Despite what I was saying, I didn't really hold all that much hope of it actually happening, at least not right then. It was the kind of thing I'd often asked of him, but it had never happened, before, so who's to say it would this time?

Suddenly I leapt off the bed.

"Jazz, you just moved your finger!" To be honest it was more a twitch, but it was still something. "You really can hear me." I breathed taking a step back towards him, looking down at our joined hands expectantly.

The beeping of the heart monitor went back up again causing my smile to fade.

"Rosalie. Rosalie! Get in here. PLEASE." I panicked and shouted for her, knowing she wouldn't be far

"He moved his finger. I swear he moved his finger." I told them as Rosalie and Jasper's doctor; Aro returned to the room, half of me was very excited and the other a little worried that he'd got worked up, again.

"Jasper? I know you can hear us. Can you do it again for me?" The Doctor asked.

"Jazz, please." I pleaded "Do it for me? Do it for Momma Whitlock?" I kept looking from his face back to his fingers. Nothing. "Give me his hand. Move." I said to the doctor, perhaps a little harshly as I took Jasper's hand back in mine; where it belonged. I grinned and looked happily at the doctor and Rosalie as Jasper moved his finger again, me watching it, too, this time.

"This is all a good sign, he'll be back with you before you know it." Dr. Aro said with a genuine smile. Oh.

"We're not together, Doctor, I'm just a friend of a friend." I told him and couldn't help the sadness that seemed to permeate my words.

"Well, whatever you're doing, keep it up; you seem to be the only one he responds to according to these notes." He returned.

"Of course." I re-assured him as that little fluttery feeling returned at that thought.

"I'll just go get Mrs Whitlock. I'll be back." Rosalie said, heading out of the room after she gave my arm an encouraging squeeze.

"I'm so proud of you Jazz. I just need you to open those eyes." I said to him, my voice soft. "Your ma tells me you have the most beautiful eyes in the world but I want to see for myself."

I felt as if I was almost pleading with him as I squeezed his hand again, still keeping it locked in mine. I just looked at him, gathering all the hope I had inside of me and tried to will his eyes open. I let out a heavy sigh.

"Jazz your awake, OHMIGOD, OH MY GOD!" I practically screamed as he did just that. "ROSALIE HE'S AWAKE, HE'S AWAKE. SOMEONE GET IN HERE!" I then screamed as I watched his eyes flutter open, blinking rapidly, probably because of the bright hospital lights. And though I could hear the flurry of activity as everyone crowded in, there was only one thing I could focus on and that was his face.

I couldn't help the smile from showing so blatantly, but right then, I didn't care how goofy or stupid I looked, because, right then, Jasper was awake.

"Welcome home solider. You've kept me waiting a long time." I smiled and gave a little giggle mixed with a sob as the tears flowed from my eyes.

As I went to step aside to let Dr. Aro see to Jasper once a few moments had passed I giggled again as Jasper feebly held onto my hand as I'd been holding his. Nodding my head in understanding I just made my way around the bed and to his other side so the doctor could get to Jasper and the machines, and took his other hand.

Jasper's beautiful eyes followed me as I moved and I couldn't help but smile at him. As Dr Aro continued to check over him I couldn't take my eyes away, I could hear everyone talking and things going on, but my eyes were solely focused on his gorgeous face and beautiful bright azul eyes that reminded me of the ocean on the most sunny of days.

"Erm, are you comfortable?" I asked him, not exactly sure of what it is I should be saying.

He gave a little nod f his head in answer and then as if he understood my nervousness he gently squeezed my hand and gave a little smile. I smiled back, I felt like I had to. He was finally awake and smiling, I couldn't not smile.

I sat there silently for a little while and had to avert my eyes to my hands in my lap as a little blush came to my cheeks under his gaze.

"You know until now, I was sure if my visits to you been all that... successful or well to be honest were much of anything at all." During my first visit I'd basically said hello, told him my name and then there was a considerable amount of umming and ahhing as I fumbled for something more to say. I'd ended up staring at him, drinking in his beautiful features for a god half an hour, before I'd gone back to my brother with a sigh, my mind filled with thoughts of one Jasper Whitlock.

The next day I found myself wandering down the corridor, not really thinking about where I was going and yet at the same time I knew exactly where I wanted to be. Just as I crossed to the other side of the corridor a nurse walked out of his room and I took a quick detour, in the process knocking into a nurse who was had her arms full of patient notes and folders.

"Oh God, I'm sorry!" I apologized as I immediately knelt down and gathered up the files.

"No problem, deary." She smiled. It was the same nurse that had caught me in Jasper's room before. "Haven't seen you visiting Jasper since last time." She commented, I just her a weak smile. "I know it's hard to see them like that, but you just have to try and be yourself. I bet he loves hearing a familiar voice, it does help, you know."

A familiar voice, I wish. If only I could have met Jasper some time earlier. If he hadn't gone to war like Em had, if he hadn't been injured. If we only met under better circumstances. I wished.

I sat beside him for hours at a time while Emmett slept and carried on wishing. Wishing I'd known him before. Wishing he'd wake up. Wishing that he'd be okay. I wanted to see his eyes. His smile. Hear his voice. Hear his laugh. Hear him say my name, wondering if it would slip off his tongue as easily as Jasper's did mine, like velvet passing over my lips. It felt so natural saying his name, both in my head and eventually out loud as I found myself becoming more and more comfortable in his presence.

Though I'd never want it, it was a calming thing that I was the one doing the conversing. It made me feel as though I could get everything off my chest, and it was as if he was listening. Listening so intently, and that was nice. I imagined he'd be a good listener anyway, I could see him as a patient person, especially with me. And, I often found certain scenarios playing out inn my head, how he'd react to certain situations, as time went on my thoughts evolved and the scenarios became more dense. Though, I tried not to, it seemed as if I'd created my own Jasper in my head, in my own little world he was the perfect guy. And at a certain point, despite me not being able to pinpoint at what exact time that was, my feelings for Jasper changed into something that I knew I couldn't deny any longer.

I wasn't afraid of going to see him anymore. However, I did try and time it around Rosalie and especially Emmett. I just didn't want him thinking he was second best, or that I didn't worry about him anymore just because I knew he was going to be fine. I just felt that my connection with Jasper was something I couldn't quite explain, or rather something I'd end up degrading if I tried to articulate it. It was just something unexplainable that had a warm fuzzy feeling rippling across me whenever I gave it even a second's thought.

I tried to see him as often as possible, so, whenever I saw Em was drifting off, I'd be gone, making sure that Rose didn't see me, and I'd always try and be back before Em woke up, though I often told him I'd just been for a walk, which in itself wasn't entirely untrue. And by now, I knew Rosalie's routine, her work schedule and it seemed Emmett had one of his own, too. Though in his usual self he was always lively and cheerful, I knew that not only his injury but also the stuff he'd had to endure in the last few months had taken their toll, and I was happy he was getting this chance to rest and recuperate. And, it seemed that Rose was spending a lot more time with Em, even when she wasn't working.

The first time she'd come to say goodbye to Em, she almost gave him a heart attack. She said she was going out, but I secretly wondered if her appearance was merely for Emmett's sake, or rather that she'd come to say goodbye after she'd glammed up rather than before as usual.

Her hair was usually pulled back in some shape or form, where as then it was in beautiful loose curls flowing around her face and cascading around her shoulder. She'd applied more make-up than usual, and I had to comment her, she looked even more gorgeous than usual. Instead of her nurses outfit and black pumps she had on black skinny jeans that made her tones legs seem endless and a red violet top that hugged her showing off her figure and showed off the curves that only made her look all the more feminine. Her heels screamed sexiness and only added to the effect, and in all she looked amazing. I was certain Em had stopped breathing the moment she appeared in the doorway, and had both Rosalie and I giggling like little girls as he stumbled over something to say. She blew a kiss biting her lip and left in a hurricane of golden curls and sexiness. Em had surely died. As he regained his breathing he just turned to me and his expression said it all. I might feel something hidden for Jasper, but it was plain obvious that Em as falling for Rose. And fast.

"Morning, Jasper." I said as I skipped into his room, I could never conceal the smile that automatically came when I was with him or even thinking about him, and his name still sounded so right when I said it. "Sorry I'm a bit later today." I told him as I sat n the end of his bed, folding one of my legs underneath me and letting the other hang off the edge. "Rose and I had coffee and a morning catch-up. She's gone straight to see Em, so I came straight to see you, lucky huh?" I giggled.

I let the silence wash over me as I stood up and walked closer to him. I ran my hands through his hair, he was slowly getting gorgeous golden locks, a little unruly, but so hansom, especially on him. I'd always thought curls would look a little...well girlie on a guy, but certainly not on him, nor on Emmett for that matter, but it wasn't as if he let his hair grow that much very often anyway.

I gently placed a kiss on Jasper's forehead, breathing in his tantalizing scent at the same time and then sat in my new permanent spot in the chair beside his bed.

"Guess today's not the day, huh?" I asked, referring to him waking up. I rarely took my eyes off him when I was talking these days, one of the nurses had my hopes up saying that his stats had changed a little and she thought maybe it was because of me. I hoped so. And I now kept my eyes on him the whole time, ensuring I wouldn't miss a single thing.

And though I'd been coming here as often as I could, and thought I felt a little guilty for feeling like this, I was always disheartened when I left. Feeling like a bit of a failure. Every time I left, it was with a sigh and a longing glance back at the man my heart was doing odd little things for. I knew I'd be back to try again, but I was thinking my constant babbling on about some form of crap or another was doing two things, one was probably doing his head in, providing he could hear me of course. And the second was that my heart fell because I so wanted him to wake up, but more than that the selfish part of me wanted to be the one that had Jasper opening his eyes.

"You know, I think I've spent as much time with you as I have with my brother these past few days. Whenever he goes to sleep, which is a hell of a lot-" I said, letting out a little giggle and looked up to see his eyes were smiling back at me. "I come here." I looked down again not sure if he should know just how infatuated I'd found myself with him.

It was a bit emotional seeing Emmett and Jasper together, especially it being the first time they'd seen each other since the war, and not really knowing what had happened to each other. Em of course went a little overboard and had to go and wake up Jazz, but that was just his way, and so I can't say it wasn't expected. After he'd woken up, I left them to it. I knew they both had some demons inside them because of what they'd been through, and no matter how much Emmett wanted to tell me what had happened, but couldn't, I knew it would be good for the two of them to talk, seen as they'd been through it together.

After I'd left them to talk I headed outside, again my head was a little crowded, and so a nice walk in the open air would be good, even if it was drizzling a little today. I basically walked in a wide circle around the hospital, just letting all my thoughts mull round and lessen some of the pressure that was causing my headache. It seemed like hours later that I went back inside only to almost bump into Jasper's mom. She really was such a lovely person and I felt sorry for her, more empathetic really because I knew what she was going through in having the only important person in her life in hospital after being away at war. As we reached Jasper's room she gave me a big warm hug and whispered her thanks for getting her baby boy to wake up, I just smiled and tried to hide the gentle blush that had come across me.

I peeked into the room to see Rosalie helping Emmett to his feet and handing him his crutches. Jasper was still awake, but barely, his eyes were trained on his mom and I but they were flickering with tiredness. I gasped as I realized his ventilator was gone.

"The ventilator, right?" Rose asked understandingly, I nodded.

"Yeah, Whitlock had had enough." Em shrugged.

"Idiot went and pulled it out himself, I mean doesn't he know how much damage he could have done?" Rose sighed a little exasperated.

"Hey, Ali can walk me back, Rose, get home, your shift ended ten minutes ago." Emmett said. Rose pursed her lips but when I agreed she huffed but then nodded.

"Yeah, Mr. Flirt here and Jasper trying to do himself more damage equals one shattered nurse." She said, as she reached and let her hair fall around in loose curls around her shoulder as she pulled her clip out.

"Close your mouth, Em, don't wanna be catching any flies." I joked, and then dodged as he tried to swat me with one of his crutches. Rose rolled her eyes, said goodbye and then walked towards their staff room.

"Come on, hop-along, let's get ya back to your room."

"Can't we go somewhere?" He asked.

"Like?"

"I dunno, I've just had enough of staring at these four walls all day." He whined, reminding me of a little boy.

"Em, we're in a hospital, where the hell do you expect us to go?" He shrugged and I shook my head at him.

"Fine, back to the room it is." He huffed, still pouting.

"Just behave, otherwise I'll tell Rose you were naughty." I reprimanded and saw Emmett sigh.

"Yeah, you'll probably just tell her that so she comes to give me a row, in all her hotness so you can sneak off to see your guy."

"Emmy-Bear, you're my guy, you're my big brother." I told him, suddenly needing one of his hugs. He seemed to sense that as he sat on the edge of his bed and pulled me into his lap, being careful of his injured leg. He tightly wrapped his arms around me and just held me.

"And you're always be my girl, little sis."

"Or at least one of them" I added in my head as Rose walked past with a wave on her way out.

"Or at least one of them." He nodded with a chuckle. "But no matter what, Ali-Cat, you'll always be my girl, even if I have like fifty daughter or whatever." He said and I giggled and his attempt at trying to keep a straight face as he said the last part.

"Fifty, poor Rose." I shook my head and then laughed as he tickled my ribs. Once he thought I'd suffered the wrath of his fingers for long enough he got comfy on the bed, lying down and pulled me to his side. And as we lay there, I found myself smiling at how things seemed to be working out, Em was going to fine and would have Rose, no doubt sooner rather than later the way he was going, and now Jasper was awake too. Definitely things to smile at if you ask me.

MC: Hope you enjoyed that *smiles* I love writing the little bits with Alice and Emmett.

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