A/N: I am on a roll, whew. Alright I know it's kinda shorter then usual but I really didn't know where else to take this without going into what I have planned for the next chapter(which should be longer) I also struggled to find a song that fit this chapter for me, I spent most of my day at work thinking about the best one and this is what I came up with. I wanted to explain to you how I choose my songs. It's generally one verse in link things back to but I try to make sure the whole thing fits, so if you listen to the songs they come from APOV and JPOV depending on if the singer/band is male or female. Ok I'm done blabbing for now enjoy!

And Sometimes you close your eyes

And see the place where you use to live

When you were young

When You Were Young – By The Killers

Jasper POV

Sunday morning I took Alice back to the condo to get her car so she could run into work for a few minutes so I took the opportunity to find a bookstore.

I found a large Barnes & Noble without any problems-thanks to my GPS-and I found myself searching for the parenting section for the first time in my life, I didn't even know where to start, so reluctantly I went to the service desk for help.

"Hi, is there something I can help you find?" When he looked up I was shocked to see it was Tyler Crowley, someone I went to high school with. "Hey Jazz, shit I haven't seen you since that graduation party. What have you been up to man?" He had a large smile on his face as he smacked my shoulder.

"Not too much, I just moved here a week ago." I didn't really know what else to say, I never really talked much to Tyler, though he sat at our lunch table along with a few others like Jessica, Mike, Ben and Angela.

"Are you and Alice still together?" He wondered.

"Yeah, we are, we're having a baby actually and Emmett and Rosalie are getting ready to having triplets,so that's why I'm here, I'm looking for The Expectant Father, we both want a copy." I explained.

"Congrats man, yeah I heard Edward and Bella had a baby not too long ago right?"

"Yeah Renesmee, she looks just like them." She technically wasn't my niece but I loved her just the same, and hopefully the day would come when Alice was my wife and she would be in the legal sense though I was still Uncle Jazz.

"So The Expectant Father you say?" He ran his fingers across the keyboard quickly before speaking again. "Yeah, we've got it in, follow me." He left his computer heading farther into the store and I was hot on his heels. "So do you know what you're having yet?"

"No, Alice wants it to be a surprise." I informed him.

"When is she and your sister due?"

"June 30th, Rose middle of May, but they think she'll have them sooner."

"You and Em are getting these a little late in the game don't you think?" He pried.

"It was just recommended to me, and Emmett's been using Edward's." I wasn't about to tell him everything that was going on in my life.

"Well here you go." He said handing me two copies of my requested material. "Anything else I can help you with?"

"No I think I'm good man thanks. It was great seeing you again Tyler." I smiled looking up from the cover of the book.

"Yeah, same here. Hey, maybe after the baby comes you, me, and Alice should go out for a drink or something." He suggested.

"Cool. I'll have to tell Alice you're here, I'm sure she'll want to come see you." Alice talked to him more then I did and they were better friends but we hadn't seen him since graduation.

"Congratulations again man, and tell Alice, Emmett, and Rosalie that too." He said as he started to walk away.

"I will thanks." I stayed in the section with all the baby books and scanned some of the titles. One in particular caught my eye; The Working Mom: How to Balance A Career and Motherhood. I was so buying it for Alice, and I hoped she wouldn't take it the wrong way. On my way up to the counter I passed the kids area and decided to stop and look around.

It had an area for story time and books for kids of all ages. There was a little corner filled with books for babies and a few of the Winnie-the-Pooh stuffed animals. My mom always read the books to me and Rose when we were kids and I wanted to pass that on to my own. I grabbed a Piglet and Pooh and went off in search for a copy of the book. It wasn't hard to find and I grabbed the complete works all-in-one and-with my hands full now-I went to the counter to pay for my purchases.

When it was my turn the woman behind the counter had a big smile on her face when she looked at the items.

"Oh, someone's having a baby."

"Yes." I said proudly.

"Oh, you and your wife must be so excited. Oh, honey did you realize you grabbed two of these?" She held up the books.

"One's for my brother-in-law, he and my sister are expecting also."

"Oh, how fun, that gives your wife someone to go shopping with."

That was the second time she made mention to a wife, I didn't wear a ring but people always assumed we were married. I liked the sound of it better then girlfriend now and I wondered if Alice liked it too as I thought back to the girl at the front desk who called us 'Mr. and Mrs. Hale' and that Ali never corrected her. Then again I didn't either but I knew why, what I didn't know was her reason.

I paid for my purchases and headed back to the hotel to hide the things I bought from Alice. I needed to call Emmett and see if he would help me move the stuff out of the condo, first though I had to have somewhere to take it.

Looking online I found a storage facility that was reasonably priced and not too far from here and they were open on Sunday's. I went to the address and filled out all the forms and left with a key to a small unit. Now I had to recruit muscle to help me fill it so I pulled out my phone and called Emmett.

"Hey Jazz."

"Hi, Emmett. Hey, I wanted to ask you a favor if that's alright?" I started.

"What kind of favor?" He didn't sound like it mattered anyway.

"When me and Alice got back last night we found out the condo was condemned due to faulty gas lines and it's going to be at least six months until they get it taken care of. So Ali's getting out of her lease and we're going to find a new place, tomorrow we can go back in and I wanted to get the stuff moved into a storage unit until then, are you free to give me a hand tomorrow?"

"Shit, that sucks. Yeah, that's cool, I don't have much going on this week. What time do you want me there?"

"Say around noon? We're staying at Volterra Hotel, do you know where that's at?"

"Yeah, I've passed by it a few times, it's a fancy place."

"Thankfully the building owner is taking care of the bill."

"That's a plus. Alright what room are you guys in?"

"3211." I told him.

"Ok, I'll see you tomorrow then man."

"Cool, oh and I got that book for you today so I'll give it to you when I see you."

"Nice, see you later."

"Bye." I hung up the phone and headed to my next destination which was a packing store for boxes and tape. I wanted to make sure I was all ready to go tomorrow when Emmett got here. Alice was already in the room when I got back, it was obvious she did some shopping too. She was still upset about the condo but I was able to distract her that night with sex.

Monday morning came and after Alice left for work I sat down and watched TV until Emmett called me and said he was 20 minutes away. After that time had roughly passed there was a loud banging on the door that could only be him.

"Open up, Mr. Hale! It's the police!" He said in an cop-like voice.

When I did open the door I had a smile on my face. "You know that might have worked if you didn't call to say you were almost here."

"Really, it would have?" He asked.

"No." I laughed. "Come on in, I have to get my coat and find were Alice put the key. First I'll get that book for you." I headed for the bedroom where I last saw her with them, leaving Emmett in doorway.

"Wow man, this place is amazing, I might have to bring Rose here sometime." He was looking around at everything when I came back out with his book in hand. "Thanks."

"No problem and don't worry about paying me back." I told him as he reached for his wallet. "Somehow I don't think you are going to be able to pry Rosalie away from the babies anytime soon." I returned to the bedroom in search of the key.

"I know, and plus the doctor said we have to wait like six weeks until we can have sex again." He sounded bummed out by it as he now leaned up against one of the doors.

"Why?" I wondered.

"It's like that with all women after they give birth, there's a risk for infection because the cervix or something isn't closed yet, not to mention the bleeding. I'm telling you now so you don't get hit up side the head when you ask the doctor about it like I did when I asked my dad."

"That's really going to suck." I stared off into space for a second thinking about it. I snapped out of it and continued to search for the damn keys. "Well, that just...blows."

"So I take it everything is back to normal with you guys in the sack?" Even though Emmett was Alice's big brother he was still my best friend, and I shared a lot with him it went both ways. Including the problems me and Alice were having in the bedroom back in Port Angeles.

"Yeah, it's better actually, don't take this the wrong way but something about it now, and how beautiful she looks pregnant makes it seem...I don't know more orgasmic?" I tried to find the right words to describe it.

"I know what you are talking about, it's the same way with me and Rose, she doesn't get it of course and it's getting harder now that she's so big. My dad also said that when she goes on bed rest we should also abstain because it could induce labor. So I'm trying to get as many rounds in as she'll let me."

When we all first started having sex it was weird talking about it because we were sleeping with each others sisters, so we agreed to never say anything distasteful or without humor if we thought it would make the other mad, had it been any other guys saying that about my twin I would have broke their nose, and he never dished what he couldn't take.

"Sex is like the only thing on Alice's mind lately, but I have to admit mine hasn't been too far away from hers. She's been nothing but moody though since all this shit started with the condo, and now she just won't slow down and take a breather." I finally found the keys on the back of the toilet, the last place I thought to find them. "Shit, finally, ok let's go, I've got boxes in the Jeep already so if you want to just follow me with your truck." I told him.

"Sure, I'm here for you today man, whatever you need."

"And I appreciate it Emmett, we both do." I looked him sincerely in the eye.

"I know you do, otherwise I wouldn't have come."

Duh.

Since Alice had a lot of things still in boxes-thanks to her lack of spare time-so we only spent four hours packing it all up to Ali's specifications. She had instructed me to label the boxes and only fill them with things that pertained to that label, kitchen, bath, bedroom, baby's room-that took the least amount of time-, her office was her biggest concern she I had to put everything on the top of the desk in one box and every drawer had to have their own too. I wished I had never told Emmett about Alice's worries with her work things because after that he went to find something else to do and said I could do the office. I didn't see him until I had moved the last of 20 boxes out of the room.

Because it was late in the afternoon now more people had come to collect their belongings to get them through their time away, and because me and Alice were on the top floor it took forever to get the doors to finally open. We pissed off a lot of those said people along the way when we would fill it with mostly Alice's shit. By 6:30 we were picking up the last load to take to the storage unit. Alice wanted to hire someone to move the furniture so if something happened to it she would be insured, since it was a $5,000 couch I didn't protest. I invited Emmett out to dinner with me and Alice but he declined saying he wanted to get back to Rose who was at the house with Esme.

I returned exhausted to the hotel to find Alice asleep on the couch with a baby book resting on her stomach. She didn't hear me come in and so I set the four bags I brought with me down and walked over to her, knelt down by her head and watched her like I use to for a few minutes. I brushed a stray strand of hair from her face and gently touched her cheek with my fingertips. Her eyes started to flutter and finally opened to look at me.

"Hi." She said sleep heavy in her voice.

"Hi." I replied quietly.

"What are you doing?" She kept our volume to a whisper.

"Just watching you, I like it. Every line, every curve of you face is perfect, you look like an angel." I smiled cupping her cheek in my hand and she leaned into it and tangled my other hand in her own.

"I was dreaming about you." She informed me.

"Was it a good dream?" I was curious.

"A very good dream. You me and the baby we're all together and it was Christmas time. We lived in a big house and we we're married. Everything was perfect." She closed her eyes and smiled as I was sure she was reliving it in her head.

"That sounds wonderful." I had a large smile on my face for now knowing that marriage was something she still wanted.

"It really was." She smiled back.

I wanted to take the opening I had in front of me to propose to her but I didn't really know what I wanted to say, and I needed to get it right.

"Are you hungry?" I said instead.

"Actually I ate around 5, I couldn't wait any longer, I'm sorry." She turned her smile into a frown.

"Don't be sorry baby, you eat when you need to, don't worry about waiting for me, I'm dead tired anyways." I yawned.

"Me too." She caught my yawn.

"I'm ready to snuggle up to you and get a good nights rest. Oh, and I have clothes for you." I knew that would make her perk up again.

"Thank you, I'm so ready to have something different to wear, I went shopping as you know but I couldn't find anything that didn't feel funny and that store I liked was closed." She was getting herself upset again.

"Then I guess it's a good thing I brought you a wide selection." I stood up and held my hand out for her to take. "Shall we retire my queen?" I played.

"Yes we shall my king." She indulged me. I helped her get up and when she was on her feet I went back to the front door to retrieve the bags.

When I entered the bedroom Alice was sitting on the bed looking like she might fall asleep that way.

"Alice, baby, I really think you need to start taking this pregnancy seriously and slow down, you don't want there to be any complications do you?" I asked her, no longer able to keep my silence as her fast lane lifestyle she conducted for her career began to take a bigger toll and it was only Monday.

"I'm fine Jazz, it's just all this stuff with the condo has me stressed and worn out. Don't worry, I'm paying attention to my body, everything's going to be fine." She tried reassuring me and I decided to let it go for now mainly because I was too tired to get in an argument with her that she would be stubborn about.

"Here's your bags." I set the three out of four that were her's on the bed and put mine on the floor, not currently needing anything out of it. The hotel supplied us with toiletries and I had clean clothes from the loft with me still.

We got in bed and turned the TV on to some old black and white movie on TMC and I held my perfect angel in my arms who had fallen asleep again within minutes of laying down. I was awake for another fifteen before sleep too consumed me.

Wednesday at dinner Alice made her peace with the remainder of the family and we made small talk in the living room as we waited for the meal. Alice had taken Nessie from Bella and sat down on the couch with me and Esme and explained what kind of place we were looking for when all the sudden I found Renesmee being set in my lap.

"Here Jazz, hold Nes for a minute, I have to go pee." Alice told me. I never felt quiet right holding the baby so I generally tried to avoid it and no one but Alice and Rosalie gave me shit for it. But now I had my own on the way and I had to get use to it.

"Um, oh, ok." I didn't know how to hold her and since she was able to support herself some she was just sitting in my lap, when she bent over and I almost lost my hold on her I decided I was chickening out. "Wait I change my mind." I tried to hand her to Esme who just shook her head at me and pushed my arms away.

"Just think about it sweetie, in another four months we'll have one of these in the house everyday, and there's no one to give it back to when it starts crying." She had a smug tone.

I now knew why she had done this and I while I deserved it I still wasn't happy. "You're not funny Alice!" I called to her as she headed for the bathroom looking down at the infant in my hands. I needed help and advice. Bad.

I too had excused myself to go to the bathroom when Alice returned and I handed Renesmee back to her before she realized it. When I came out I found Rose standing in the hall waiting.

"Oh, sorry Rose, it's all yours." I went to leave but she grabbed my shirt.

"Me and Emmett have decided on a name for baby 1." She said quietly which confused me.

"And what's that?" I became curious.

"Xavier Jackson." She said with a small smirk on her face as my eyes grew big. "Don't worry I didn't tell Em why I insisted on it but I'm telling you ahead of time so it's not such a shock. I promise I'll keep the reason to myself." She made a cross over her heart with her finger.

I was completely speechless, a week ago she had been ready to kick me out of her garage and now she wanted to name one of her children after me.

"You're my only brother and I wanted to honor you by doing this." She added.

I remained quiet but reached out and pulled her into a hug.

"I love you Rose." I said into her hair.

"I love you too, and I'm so happy you finally have found your way." I could hear the smile in her voice with our hug still unbroken. "Now, get out of the way, pregnant woman coming through with a full bladder." She said practically shoving me into the wall as she went into the bathroom and slammed the door.

When I went back into the living room I had found everyone moved toward the dinner table so I went over to join them all. I was looking for Alice-who was nowhere to be found-when I heard my name being called loudly.

"Jasper!" Esme screamed.

I went into the kitchen where I found Alice standing at the island across from her mother.

"What's up Esme?" I asked.

"Help your girlfriend carry these dishes out, I have to go to the basement, I'll be right back, don't touch the roast!" She informed us as she opened the door that led to the basement and disappeared.

Alice began gathering things in her hands but I wanted to ask her something. Since Esme had called her my girlfriend it reminded me of what the girl at the desk called us and that Alice didn't correct her, so I grabbed her hand to stop her.

"Not you too, I can carry things." She sounded annoyed.

"No that's not it, I wanted to ask you something." I kept my voice down and made sure no one was spying.

"What's that?" She wondered.

"Remember when we checked into the hotel and that girl called us 'Mr. and Mrs. Hale?" I started.

"Yes." She still hadn't caught on, but I was being vague.

"Well you didn't correct her and I was wondering if there was a reason why?" I finished.

"Oh, um, well...we're having a baby, it's nobodies business if we are married or not unless we want it known." She replied after thinking about it.

"Oh." It wasn't the answer I was really wanted but it explained it.

"Why?" There was a quizzical look on her face.

"Just curious." I tried to let it go but she wouldn't have it.

"I know you better then that, what's going on?" Luckily Esme had returned from the basement and prevented us from continuing the conversation.

"I thought you two were carrying these things out, what's the hold up?" Esme questioned wiping down a serving tray.

"We are Esme, we're going now." I picked up a few things and returned to the dining room with Alice a few seconds behind me.

We all enjoyed the laughter that filled the room during the meal, I held Alice's hand as everyone asked questions about her job and the baby trying their best to fill in the gaps from the last five months.

We regrouped in the living room again and while the girls all chatted, Edward and Carlisle carried on a discussion about the difference between older classical music and today's 'version'. Edward was in the music business and was currently composing a piece for the Port Angeles Symphony's next concert this summer.

I sat on the loveseat in front of the TV next to Emmett with the day's sports highlights on and the volume way down.

"So when we're you gonna come by the house and pack up the rest of your stuff?" Em asked me. I ran my hands through my hair as I thought about it, I had totally forgotten since we were busy trying to move out of the condo. "I mean you can keep it there as long as you want, I don't care, I was just wondering if you were putting it with everything in the storage unit." He clarified.

"Um, shit I don't know, hopefully soon but we've-well now I should say I-have to find a place for us first. Hey, since the girls are going shopping do you want to come into the city and...I don't know, help me or something, have a guys day too?" I sounded like a chick but I wanted to spend more time with Em. I didn't know if it was because I felt bad for how I had acted or the fact that soon our hands would be very full that had me craving guy time, either way, there it was.

"Sounds like a date." He smiled.

As everyone got ready to go and wrapped up their discussions, I decided guy time needed to include Edward too.

"Edward, you going to come into the city with Emmett on Saturday?" I asked as we got our coats on.

He looked over to Bella for approval which I would have laughed at if I knew it wouldn't get me in trouble by at least one person. Of course she didn't care, it wasn't like he was going to do anything he wasn't suppose to. Actually that's a lie, there were a few things Edward did that Bella didn't know about, stuff guys keep between the guys...and Alice. It was nothing big, he would never in a million years cheat on her or anything, but there were things he liked to do that were no longer acceptable since they had Renesmee.

"I'm in." I knew he was jumping up and down like a girl inside and that he would be counting down the days til then.

We said goodbye to everyone and after the others got off the highway in Port Angeles Alice had once again fallen asleep so I continued to sing along with the low radio. I thought about how I might want to propose to her and everything just didn't seem good enough, she was perfect and she deserved a perfect proposal, one she would tell our children about one day and it sounded like a fairy tale or something. I didn't want to take any advice from Emmett-who had severally screwed his up-Rose was still pissed about it and she almost said 'no' because it was so bad. From what I'm told Edward got it right after about a dozen tries so that was better. Carlisle never spoke of how he did for Esme but they seemed really happy, he now was the best answer I had and on top of it I wanted to ask his permission to marry his daughter first. I was raised like a southern gentlemen and I planned on staying that way. I drove the rest of the way home deep in thought as Alice continued to slumber, I wanted to ask her soon, I just didn't know how. I needed help.