Only At Night

by trampvamp

A lonely introverted Bella works and attends school, but at night, well, she's a different person all together until Jasper rides into her world. He's no white knight in shining armour but he may be just what she needs. AUH. Rated M.

11. Chapter 11 Slowin' Down

Only At Night

Chapter eleven

Slowin' down

Good Lord, I practically pushed her into the car and slammed the door behind her and ran to the driver's side. I had the car started before the door was closed and in gear before my seatbelt was draped across my chest. Bella had to fit the buckle into the clasp because I needed both hands to back out of the space we were pulled into and I wasn't so much caring about the damn buckle. She giggled as she took over the task.

The fact that I neither killed us in a fiery crash of metal and glass nor got pulled over and hauled off to jail for reckless driving could only be a testament that someone up above was watching over us. I only slowed when I saw Bella's giggles turn into shear panic as she gripped the Jesus handle with one hand and braced for impact against the dash with her other hand.

Thank God it wasn't that far from the restaurant to the hotel. The pressure in my jeans would not have kept itself contained much longer. Denim, metal and skin everywhere would not have been a pretty sight in Bella's perfectly maintained car.

The car was in park and I was dragging Bella caveman style through the giant glass double doors and the over the top ornate lobby to the elevators before I could recall whether I had locked the car doors.

The minute the elevator doors opened and we were inside Bella leaped into my arms and swung her legs around my waist. Her lips attacked mine and I started tumbling backwards. I managed to catch the rail at the side wall and backed the rest of the way into the wall, while Bella's tongue explored my mouth.

I was pulling her shirt up and running my hands up her sides when she spoke.

"Keycard." She panted and went back to attacking my lips.

Fuck. I managed to get the card out my pocket and shoved it into the elevator keypad and went back to getting her shirt off of her.

Bella's fingers struggled with the buttons of my shirt for all of twenty seconds before she grunted "fuck it" into my mouth and I heard tearing and felt a sudden pull followed by the sound of something bouncing off the floor.

Her hands freed the shirt off of my shoulders trapping my arms down at my sides while her hands lowered between our bodies tugging at my waist band.

Struggling to get my arm free and out of my shirt I bounced her up on my waist and trapped her hand between our bodies.

She pinched at my hip as I finally freed my hand shrugged out of my shirt and ripped her bra off in one swift movement. The elevator doors opened and I stumbled out into the suite completely neglecting the cast off clothing.

Some how, and I have no idea how or why, I made it to the bedroom just as Bella was pushing my pants down my hips tangling me up so that I fell forward on top of her, luckily enough onto the bed and not the floor.

Her pants and panties came off as one with both of us pushing on opposite sides of her hips and her kicking furiously to get them off her legs. I attacked her mouth as I fell the rest of the way down on top of her kissing her deeply and passionately.

Then it hit me.

We were moving to California together.

We were in love with each other.

I slowed the frantic pace and kissed her softly on her now swollen lips, kissed the tip of her nose, each of her delicious chocolate eyes, and moved to kiss her forehead and each cheek.

Pushing myself up on my elbows I looked down at my angel, realizing that just maybe, she would, someday, be precisely that, MY ANGEL.

Bella's eyes opened and she smiled up at me acknowledging that I had slowed the pace without questioning me.

"Bella…."

"Jasper?" She smiled and in that way only Bella can, she understood me.

"Bella, I love you."

"I love you too Jasper."

BPOV

His kisses were gentle but filled with passion and lust. We took our time and explored one another's bodies with our hands. It was slow and sweet and tender. Jasper's eyes never left mine other than the seconds it took him to retrieve and roll on the condom.

"Bella, I want to make love to you, is that ok darlin'?" Jasper's intense eyes waited patiently for affirmation.

"I want you to make love to me Jasper. I want to make love to you." I kept my eyes on his and smiled demurely up at him.

"Thank you, thank you for loving me, thank you for letting me love you." Jasper slid inside of me and I felt complete, whole.

He lingered for a moment and smiled down at me before continuing on as a tear rolled down his cheek.

Reaching up I wiped the tear and kissed my finger touching it back to his cheek as I felt the same damp trail rolling down my own face. I smiled up at him again and mouthed "I love you" to him.

I don't know how long we kept that slow pace but I never wanted it to end. I had never felt so connected to anyone. I had never cared for anyone the way I cared for Jasper right then. I would spend every day for the rest of my life in his arms and be utterly happy.

Eventually Jasper picked the pace up a bit and I lifted my hips to meet his and we found the rocking motion that carried us both to our release. It was so different than the first time he made love to me. We remained in bed facing each other and talked, really talked, about our selves. We had so much in common in our respective tragedies. We talked a lot about losing our parents so young and what it was like not having that guidance at such crucial points in our lives.

Jasper's brother sounds wonderful. I was so shocked and impressed that he took time off of school to make sure Jasper never entered the foster care system. That had to be the most selfless thing I had ever heard. I wished I could have met his parents; they truly did a remarkable job raising their two sons. I was excited to meet Peter but also a little nervous about it. I mean who calls their sibling when they bring a girl whose name they don't even know home from a bar? I hope to hell he doesn't think too terribly of me.

We talked for hours about school and first jobs and Jasper asked a lot about Phoenix and my life there. Jasper told me about grade school and high school and life in general growing up in a small town. His home town was about the size of Forks but since I didn't actually grow up in Forks it was interesting to get his perspective on small town life. Jasper's family was clearly one of the oldest families in town and although he didn't admit to it, I got the impression the wealthiest too.

We agreed to each try to get some work done for a couple hours and then head out for a late dinner. I didn't expect to be able to concentrate with Jasper sitting just a few feet away in jeans and a tee shirt looking very hot, but surprisingly we both managed to focus and get a lot accomplished. Jasper teased me a few times about my tank top and yoga pants being too much to handle, but once he got going on the internet research he was doing he was lost and oblivious. I managed to get through my reading and outlining for several courses and felt pretty good about my preparations for the next week's classes.

Since it was our first real date I thought I would make an effort to look nice for our dinner out. I was glad I thought to throw my curling iron into my bag along with my cosmetics and a cute, clingy little black dress.

"Jasper, I am about done with my reading, I think I am going to go start showering and get ready to go out." I announced getting up from my place at the table, leaving my books scattered.

"Ok, how long will you be until you are ready?" Jasper flashed me a cocky grin letting me know that he knew exactly what was going through my mind.

"At least an hour, maybe and hour and a half; no more I promise." I batted my eyes at him and winked skipping off to the bedroom.

I could hear him chuckling as he went back to work on his laptop.

I showered, shaved, applied lotion and blew dry my hair straight with the big round brush. I brushed my teeth, tweezed stray eyebrows and exfoliated and buffed. I applied make-up and curled my hair brushing it out in large waves. It was an hour and ten minutes later when I returned to the bedroom to get dressed. I called out to Jasper to let him know I was done in the bathroom and he called back that he had already used the other one. I didn't even realize the other bedroom had a full bath. Yikes. I hurried into one of the lingerie sets Jasper liked and slipped my dress over my head yanking it down. Shoving my sandals on I opened the bedroom door exactly one hour and twenty minutes after I left him at the Dining Room table still working.

Jasper was ready to go dressed in a light blue button down shirt leaving the top two buttons open with the cuffs folded under once and Navy dress pants and he had a suit jacket slung over the chair. He wasn't wearing his boots which shocked me. I had never seen him in shoes other than those damn hot boots.

"Wow, you look so beautiful Bella." Jasper walked towards me with one hand behind his back.

"Thank you." I smiled and took two steps toward him.

Jasper reached out and presented me with a single red rose as he kissed my cheek.

"Would you like a glass of wine before we go?" Taking my hand while I smelled my flower Jasper led me to the Living Room.

"Sure, that would be nice."

Jasper waited until I was seated on the couch and walked over to the bar and poured two glasses of Liebfraumilch and joined me on the couch.

"You were faster than I anticipated; the car will not be ready for another thirty minutes." Jasper smirked.

"The car?" Weren't we driving my car?

"Yes, we are using the hotel's car service tonight. I wasn't sure if you'd want to go out after dinner and I didn't want us to have to worry about driving if we drink. Besides, I wanted to spoil you a little bit tonight." He was shy about the spoiling part.

"Jasper, thank you. That was good thinking about the drinking, but you don't have to feel like you need to spoil me, I don't expect that." I reached for his hand.

"That, my angel, is exactly why I want to, because you should expect it."

"Hmm. Where are we eating?"

"We are going to Canlis. The concierge recommended it, have you been there?" He asked.

"Um, no. That is a little out of my price range Jasper." I said nervously.

"Not anymore, it isn't." He kissed my hand.

"Jasper, I…."

"Please don't. This is our first real date and I want it to be special. There is absolutely nothing that is too good for you though Bella. Please don't begrudge me the opportunity to spend money on you once in a while. I promise I don't do extravagant all the time, but Bella, you need to know if and when we feel like it, we can and we will."

"Thank you Jasper, but then promise me that we will balance it out with chili cheese fries and burgers and pizza some of the time too." I could do balance.

"God I love you." Jasper laughed hysterically.

"So we agree?" I had to tease him since he didn't really answer.

"Yes, the greasiest, cheesiest, chili fries ever, I promise."

We drank our wine and went down to meet the car when the concierge called for us.

Having dinner in a fancy restaurant with Jasper was amazing. The food was to die for and the service was impeccable. People were staring at us and I really had no idea why until Jasper pointed out that we were significantly younger than the other guests. I looked around and realized he was right. What the hell was the concierge thinking? I thought it had more to do with the table we were seated at, table #1 we were told, as we were seated and referred to as Mr. and Mrs. Whitlock. You could see the entire restaurant from the table.

"Bella, I think that guy over there is the fifth old man that has just popped some pill into his mouth since you walked in here. Either they are all popping Viagra after seeing you in that dress and realizing that they will have some making up to do with their wives tonight for ogling you or heaven forbid they are all taking nitroglycerin for their hearts. I think we need to eat and get out of here before you cause a mass cardiac infarction in this place."

"Jasper, please." He was being ridiculous.

"Bella, maybe wow and beautiful didn't quite cover it, you are absolutely breathtaking." Jasper's eyes darkened and I could feel the lust from across the table.

"Can we just get out of here?" I was getting more uncomfortable by the minute. Dirty old men!

"Do you want to finish eating?" He was stifling a laugh.

"No." I pushed off the seat.

"Let's go." Jasper stood and threw some bills on the table without waiting for a check, crossed the table and took me by the elbow and escorted me out to the car.

We climbed into the car and the driver asked where we wanted to go.

"Want to go to the club?" Jasper smiled and rubbed my back.

"Yeah, I need a drink after that." I laughed.

We were laughing like a couple idiots by the time we got out of the car at the club.

Emmett grinned at us shaking his head. "Thought you two weren't coming in tonight."

"Change of plans Emmett." I kissed his cheek.

"Well hells Bells, you look fantastic." Emmett glanced down at my dress and quickly diverted his attention to Jasper.

Jasper gave him a smirk and shook his hand. "Yeah, well Bella just about took out an entire restaurant full of dirty old men by way of heart attack so we had to bail on dinner."

"And you thought it was a good idea to bring her here looking like that? Ok, man, your funeral." Emmett laughed.

Jasper suddenly froze.

"Oh knock it off will you. Emmett you are a pain in the ass." I punched his arm and Jasper managed to compose himself but he still looked a little nervous.

I grabbed Jasper's hand and walked behind Emmett into the bar and headed for our usual seats. It was pretty crowded and there were no seats at the bar but Mike saw us and waved us over.

"Hey guys, thought you were not coming in tonight."

"We missed you Mike."

"Yeah, whatever Bella. Hi Jasper."

"Mike." Jasper shook hands with Mike.

"Shots or are you guys doing a little more upscale thing tonight?" Mike asked looking back and forth at how Jasper and I were dressed.

"Oh, for God's sake, I am never dressing up again. Just bring the damn bottle Mike." I was getting annoyed.

Jasper kissed the top of my head and I already felt the aggravation and embarrassment subside. At least he wasn't getting all territorial and jealous; he was taking it in stride and seemed to think it was kind of humorous.

"I am going to use the ladies room, I'll be right back." I kissed him and walked off looking back over my shoulder at how handsome he was. I'm sure all the old women in that restaurant had a nice vision of eye candy to call upon while they dealt with their horny husbands later tonight too. I smiled at the thought.

James was leaning against the wall across form the ladies room with a beer in his hand when I came out.

"My, my Bella, you certainly look yummy." He stayed against the wall as he spoke letting his eyes linger as he raked them up and down my body.

"James, what the fuck? Knock it off. You resorting to stalking the ladies room these days?" I leaned up against the wall next to him.

"No, I wanted to talk to you. I see your fan club president has made quite an impact, huh?" He looked straight ahead but let his fingers that were mere inches from me run up my hip.

"Yeah, I guess you could say that. Move your hand James." I wasn't really annoyed, James knew the rules he just liked to mock them.

"I'm happy for you Bella. Really, I am. But I thought you should know that Jake guy was in here earlier tonight and he was asking around about you. I think he might be a problem. There is something off about him, I don't like it. He seemed pissed that you were not here and then he took off just before you guys came in. Stay away from him ok Bella?"

"Thanks James, I plan to." I returned to Jasper and he held up a shot and smiled.

"1, 2, 3, I love you Bella." Jasper held out his glass and waited for me to respond.

"I love you too Jasper." We drank the shots down and went to dance.

JPOV

Sunday came much too soon and I needed to get back to Texas and fill Peter in on what had happened. I packed and had the concierge federal express everything except my clothes so that it would all be back in Texas by Tuesday. I was checking out of the penthouse and not coming back. The next time I came to Seattle I would stay with Bella. There was no point in uprooting her for weekends at a time when my only reason to be here anymore was her. It was probably a good idea to see if we could handle being under the same roof while we went back to reality. I was going to miss the hotel, Bella and I made so many memories here. I took one last look around and recalled all the moments she was here with me. The bathroom, the shower, the bedroom, the dining room table and that bar; I seriously couldn't look at that bar without a shit eating grin. How the hell did I ever get so lucky?

I finally found the perfect woman, she was wild and carefree, disciplined and practical, smart and sexy, funny and well read, she hurt and suffered and she fought her way through; she was beautiful and kind and she was just as lonely as I was until I met her. We still had so much to learn about each other but all the basics were already there. The more we talked, the more we found we had in common. I couldn't wait to learn everything about her.

She ordered breakfast for me in the morning and woke me up with coffee and an omelet which she proceeded to feed me. God everything about her was so hot. She could make me crazy with just one look and satisfy me with just one touch. When she asked me what time I had to leave I nearly cancelled my flight.

We talked about it all morning and decided it was time for me to go home and talk to Peter and break the news about California. She needed to talk to her boss and set things in motion on her end before I would formally accept the position. I made sure that I programmed my number into her cell and hers into mine and took her address and email and birth date and she teased me about exchanging social security numbers and I realized I was getting a little crazy.

I hated the thought of being apart. We kissed goodbye at the door to the suite, at the elevator, at the hotel door and again as I tucked her into her car before she left. I called her ten minutes later and she laughed making me promise to call her when I got home; like I could wait that long.

Peter picked me up at the airport even though I told him it wasn't necessary. I think he was just too damn anxious to hear what I had to say. I made him wait until we got to town and claimed I was hungry and we had to stop for pizza.

By the time the waitress brought the pitcher of beer he was demanding answers.

"Well, it was quite a week. Seattle offered me the job." I kept a straight face.

"So it's Seattle then? When do you have to be there?" Peter smiled a sly devious grin.

"I think I'm going to turn it down." I looked down at the table.

"What? Did you blow it with Bella? You dumbass, what did you do? Why didn't you call me?" Peter was getting loud.

"Shh. No, I didn't blow it with Bella, it's just…." I loved keeping him hanging.

"What Jasper? It's just what?" He was giving me the evil eye.

"Well, it turns out that Bella isn't from Seattle." Oh this was good; he's getting more aggravated by the minute.

"What? You didn't figure that out before? You are such a dumb ass." I was getting concerned he was going to hit my upside the head.

"Yeah, turns out that she'd rather move to Palo Alto with me." I smiled.

"You little shit. Are you serious? You two are moving to California? Together?" Peter laughed.

"Bella is finishing her last semester of law school in Seattle and doesn't want to stay in Washington. I asked her where she wanted to live after school and she asked me which job would be my dream job. I said Stanford and she said 'Palo Alto it is' and that was that."

"Whoa, are you for real?" Peter downed his entire beer.

"Yep, God's honest truth." I smiled like an idiot.

"Is she going to be able to get a job?" Peter looked worried all of a sudden.

"Dude, she went to University of Washington's law school on a full ride and is graduating first in her class at the end of the semester. That is if I don't screw up her grades with all the damn distractions I've been causing her with my freakish here again gone again bull. She can get a job anywhere. She has an open offer at the firm she works at now and she is going to talk to them about transferring to the San Francisco office. She'll make at least twice what I make as a full Professor and honestly Peter, the money is not an issue."

"Jasper, the money is always a fucking issue. Does she have any idea?" He didn't look as worried but, he shook his head.

"Honestly Peter, wait until you meet her. When I say the money isn't an issue, I mean it. I'll be surprised if she doesn't insist on a pre-nup just because she is who she is when she does find out."

"A pre-nup huh? Yeah, we'll see about that." Peter shook his head again.

"Peter, I took her out to a nice restaurant for our first real date and she made me promise that if I insisted on spoiling her by taking her someplace like that then I had to balance it out with chili cheese fries." It was my turn to shake my head.

Peter laughed.

"Yeah, but does she know Jasper?" Peter poured another beer.

"No, she thinks she has an idea but she has no clue. I'm a little nervous that it will scare her off actually." I swallowed hard thinking about how intimidating it is going to be to her when she finds out.

"Jasper, you need to tell her." Peter took another long drink and slammed his glass down.

"I know." I hung my head and stayed quiet until the waitress brought the pizza.

"Peter, how do you go about telling someone something like that? I mean, I never really had a reason to tell anyone before. People from home knew and people in school were either in a similar position and didn't give a shit or had no idea. I certainly never had to tell a girl." I hoped Peter wasn't going to laugh at me.

"I don't really know Jasper, I never really had to tell anyone either. Charlotte has always known, but I really am not sure that even she understands the extent of it. You can't start a life together, with her having no idea though. You don't want her to find out accidentally by reading something in a paper or some crap, or God forbid she meets someone who knows who we are." Peter was pinching the bridge of his nose and sat back into the booth.

"I know; I have to tell her, she has a right to know what she is getting into. I just hope she doesn't freak out and run. Seriously, I might just have to give most of it to you if that happens, because I am not going to lose her because of money. How does Charlotte handle it?"

"It's not that big of a deal to her because she has always known about the money. She grew up here, we've been sweethearts forever. Sometimes though, I think she wishes we didn't have it. It would make things easier on us. Shit, she still won't let me put a ring on her finger. I think she's afraid people will think she's only after the money." He looked so sad.

"That is ridiculous, she's been in love with you since before she could count to a dollar; everyone knows that." I shook my head.

"And yet, here we are…." Peter filled both glasses again.

"Well, I think Bella and Charlotte will get along great, anyway." I grabbed for the last piece of pizza before Peter could get it.

"I can't wait until we meet her. I'm sure Charlotte will love her. And don't think I didn't see that you little fuck." Peter furrowed his brow and looked at my slice of pizza.

The minute we got back to the ranch I excused myself to go call Bella.

"Hi baby."

"Hi cowboy, how was your flight?"

"It was good. I made Peter stop for pizza on the way home and told him about our plans."

"How did it go?"

"Good, he's happy for us."

"He doesn't think we are moving too fast?"

"No. I think he understands. Although, it is kind of funny, Peter's been with his girlfriend practically his entire life. They went to school together and were best friends since they were like five. So even if he did say anything I would give him way more shit about moving at a turtle's pace."

"What, five? When did they go from friends to dating?"

"I don't know sometime in high school. I think they were just always inseparable and when kids started dating no one ever came between them. I think they went to the first couple dances just as friends but I really don't know when or how it became 'official' that they were together."

"Why haven't they gotten married?"

"I don't know. So what did you do today?"

"Laundry, grocery shopping, you know, real life."

"So are you going to talk to your boss tomorrow?"

"Yep, first thing."

"Good luck, you don't think he'll give you a hard time do you?"

"I don't know, he can be a tool sometimes. Don't worry. I'm sure if it doesn't work out I can find something else in San Francisco or maybe even in Palo Alto."

"Honey, don't worry about it ok, if it doesn't work out you can take your time, study for the bar and worry about finding a job later."

"Jasper, there's this little thing called bills. I don't expect you to pay my bills."

"Bella, if it comes down to that I really, really don't mind."

"I do."

"Let's talk about it later; it may not even be an issue."

"Your right. Now when are you coming back into town?"

"Well, I don't know, once you talk to your boss and we figure out the plan I have to call Stanford and let them know, and then I need to find out whether they are going to want me to come in to iron out details. Hopefully I can come up this weekend, but let's see what happens. Maybe we should go there together to check things out."

"Alright, well, I'll call you tomorrow night when I get home from work and let you know how it went."

"What? Why can't you call me right away? I'm gonna go crazy sitting here all day as it is."

"Oh, well, ok, I'll call you as soon as I know something."

"I love you, why don't you go get some sleep babe."

"Okay, I love you too, goodnight."

"Good night."

"Good Night."

"Sweet dreams."

"Jasper, are you going to hang up?"

"No."

"Me neither, sing to me?"

"Sure."

I could stay awake just to hear you breathing,
watch you smile while your sleeping,
while your far away and dreaming,
I could spend my life in this sweet surrender,
I could stay lost in this moment forever,
every moment spent with you is a moment I treasure,

I don't want to close my eyes, I don't want to fall asleep
cause I miss you baby, and I don't want to miss a thing,
cause even when I dream of you, the sweetest dream would never do,
I still miss you baby, and I don't want to miss a thing,

lying close to you feeling your heart beating,
and I wondering what your dreaming,
wondering if it's me your seeing,
and then I kiss your eyes and thank god we're together,
I just want to stay with you in this moment forever and forever forever,

I don't want to miss one smile,
I don't want to miss one kiss,
I just want to be with you right here with you,
just like this, I just want to hold you close ,
and feel your heart so close to mine,
and just stay here in this moment,
for all of the rest of time

I don't want to close my eyes, I don't want to fall asleep
cause I miss you baby, and I don't want to miss a thing,
cause even when I dream of you, the sweetest dream would never do,
I still miss you baby, and I don't want to miss a thing

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AN: Thank you for all the reviews and alerts and favorites, you guys floor me. The song lyrics are of course Aerosmith's I Don't Want to Miss a Thing. Sorry I didn't get to reply to all the reviews for last chapter. Between the site difficulties and my Jasper free zone anniversary (It was awesome BTW, my cowboy totally came through for me, thanks for all the well wishes) and then my youngest turned 8 on Sunday so it was a helluva week. I figured you would really prefer getting a chapter this week instead of personal reviews and since it wasn't written I had no preview to send out until today anyway. I'll make up for it this week, I promise. So let me know what you think.