A/N I just want everyone to know that I have the best Beta ever! Her name is Karen E. Teague, because of her, this story is being written. Just so you know, I posted this early. Enjoy!

Again, I don't own Twilight or any of the characters.

Jasper POV

I had been outside with Ethan, Peter, and Char talking about what needed to be done before, they left to go find the vampire that wanted to kill Bella, when Alice came running up to me, "Jasper, Bella is up. You need to go in and talk to her."

Alice was even more excited than she usually is. "OK, I'll bite, what's up?"

"Did I say something was up? No, I said that you need to go inside and talk to Bella."

I looked at her for a second, before answering, "You had a vision didn't you? What did you see? Wait; let me guess, you won't tell me, I just need to do it? Right?"

"Yes, yes, and yes. How many times have I steered you wrong, Jasper?"

I had to be honest. She had never steered me wrong. "Never. Alright, I'm going, now to talk to her."

"Oh, and Jasper, just so you know, everyone is leaving right now. You will have the place to yourselves for a couple of hours."

"Where is everyone going?"

"We are all going to Ethan's house to try to find some answers. In the meantime, go talk to her."

I thought about what she said for a moment, the biggest grin spread on my face as I looked into the eyes of Alice. She smiled back at me. "She's figured it out, or she's about to hasn't she?"

"Just go talk to her, I'll see you later."

I looked at Ethan, he just nodded, then said, "Make the most of the time you will have alone with her. We'll be back in a couple of hours."

I turned and ran back to the house. She was in the kitchen eating some toast when I came in. Char came up to me and mouthed "she's all yours", then slipped out the door. Esme was already gone. I don't even think that Bella knew that everyone had left.

She seemed to be deep in thought. Her emotions let me know that, for the most part, right now she was feeling confused. Other emotions were there, and as usual, they kept changing.

I walked into the kitchen, and asked her how she was feeling. I knew she had to be feeling hung-over; I think that's what they called it.

She told me that it could have been worse, that she could have done something really embarrassing. Then, she thanked me for the rose and the note. Told me, that it was sweet of me to do that. She had remembered the dance but not the rest.

I told her then, that if I had my way, she would have flowers everyday. She deserved that and much more. I knew it was true, and I had every intention of giving her everything, and much more than she could ever dream of.

I realized as I was thinking about what I wanted to do for her, that her emotions suddenly started going haywire. There was excitement, disbelief, love, more disbelief, excitement, mixed with love, then the determination. I think she's figured it out!

She suddenly jumped off of the stool she had been sitting on. Unfortunately, her body kept on going, and she was falling. I was able to catch her, as I straightened her up; she put her hands on my chest.

I could feel the tingling going from her hands, into my body, then back to her body. I sent her my love, looked into her eyes. She knew!

"You know, don't you?" I asked.

Her answer was so soft. I almost missed it, "yes". She replied.

I had to, no. I NEEDED to kiss her. But, I am a gentleman, so I asked her if I could kiss her. She just nodded.

I reminded myself that she is human and took it slow and gentle. Her lips were hot, and soft. I knew that I needed to have more, so I deepened the kiss. I licked her lips letting her know that I wanted to taste her.

She let me explore her mouth. Her taste was sweet, better than any blood. I made sure that I didn't hold her too tight. I did have to break the kiss, while I didn't need air, I knew she did.

When I pulled back, she just looked at me and said, "WOW".

"Yeah, I agree with you there darlin', "WOW."

She wrapped her arms around my waist and buried her face in my chest. I think we could both feel the tingling sensation going through our bodies. I knew then I was where I belonged.

Neither of us spoke, we just continued to hold each other. Suddenly, I felt a strong wave of love, peace, and contentment coming from her. So I sent her some of my love right back at her.

It was several minutes before either of us broke the spell that we seemed to be under. Finally, she spoke, "How long have you known? Why didn't you tell me?"

"Not long, it actually took talking to Carlisle to realize what was going on with me. As for the reason for not telling you. I wanted to but I was told by several people not to. Ethan said that you wouldn't believe it, unless you figured it out yourself. That you might run, because you had lost hope."

"Yeah, that is true. I wouldn't have believed it, not because of, who it was that was telling me. I lost my hope when I had to run, too many times. I was sure that I would never be lucky enough to find my soul mate."

"Does anyone else know? No, wait, don't answer that question. They all know don't they? Oh, is that what Emmett was trying to say when you cut him off? It was, wasn't it? I bet that everyone got a good laugh at me, being so stupid as to not being able to figure it out sooner."

"No, while everyone knew, they were not laughing at you. They really wanted you to hurry and figure it out. Would you believe that they knew even before I did? They did watch us when we first got here, that's how they figured it out before either of us did."

"How could they just by watching us?"

"Well, apparently, I couldn't handle being away from you and vice versa. They accused me of being more interested in the "stairs" than in the conversation."

"Stairs, I don't understand."

"When you were still upstairs, I was glued on the direction that you were in. Therefore, I was staring at the stairs. Everyone thought that I was really funny. But, I promise you, not one person ever laughed at you."

"Speaking of which, where is everybody? I thought for sure that Emmett would be rushing in here to say something."

"Everyone is gone. They all went back to your house to see if they could find any clues to who was there."

"Alice came and told me I needed to come talk to you, and that we would have the house to ourselves for a couple of hours. I think she had a vision of you realizing that we're soul mates, and wanted us to have some time to talk privately."

"Just so you know, I already talked to Ethan. I plan on courting you. I understand that you are human. I can't just claim you and mark you as mine. Even though that is all I can think about sometimes."

"It's going to be hard for you isn't it? Not being able to at least claim me. I understand that a vampire male has a NEED to claim his mate once he's found her. At least that's what Ethan told me."

"Well, he's right. I have to be honest with you; there have already been a few times that I felt the need to claim you. I may be a vampire, but I won't do that to you. You are too special, when the time comes, I will be gentle, and it will be when the time is right."

"What if something happens and you find it too hard to not take me?"

"If that happens then, I will leave long enough to calm myself down. I refuse to just "take" you. You deserve to be treated special, not like some animal. So, please try to remember, if I suddenly leave, I won't go far, and I will be back."

"You do understand that I know everything about soul mates. What if I want you to "take" me? Did you ever stop to think that since I know what is expected of me that I just might be willing? Oh, that makes me sound horrible, doesn't it?"

"What am I talking about? I'm standing here talking to you about sex. This is so embarrassing."

"Please don't be embarrassed. It's a natural thing between soul mates. To need to "be" with each other. I still want our first time to be special, especially for you. That doesn't mean we can't "play" around!" I smirked as I said this.

Yep, gets to her every time. She was blushing, and she turned her head so that I couldn't see her face.

"Darlin', you have nothing to be embarrassed about. You are a beautiful young woman. You're my soul mate, we should be able to talk honestly about what we both want, expect, and hope for in every aspect of our relationship."

I took her chin in my fingers and slowly moved her face so that I could capture her lips with mine. I kept it slow and tender, as I broke away, I told her, "you can talk to me about anything. I know you have questions, concerns, and fears. I promise you that your first time will be what you need it to be."

"I'm sorry that I can't b. . ." I cut her off.

"Please do not say you're sorry for not being able to be what YOU think I need! I need you to be just like you are, I will be me, and we will get along just fine."

"Like I said, doesn't mean we can't "play" around."

She looked into my eyes, "well cowboy, are you up for a little "playtime" now? I mean we are alone. We can get to know each other a little better.?"

I felt her lust spike and could smell her arousal. It was intoxicating. OK, she was not going to make this easy for me."Darlin', while I would love nothing more than to make you mine, I want to court you a little before we take this to the next level. So, will you do me the honor of letting me escort you to dinner tonight?"

I felt her disappointment. She sighed, "OK, but you need to know that sometimes I act more like a vampire than a human. At least that's what Ethan says. So don't be surprised if I don't want to wait too long. UGH, I'm starting to sound like some horny teenage girl."

"You didn't answer my question, about going to dinner."

"Yes, I would love to go to dinner with you. But, why would you want to take me somewhere that you couldn't join in so to speak?"

"While it's true, I wouldn't be able to eat. We would be able to talk, and just enjoy each other's company. Get to know one another."

"In the meantime I think I have a pretty good idea of what we can do." I whispered softly in her ear. I smirked at her.

I knew then I had her. I felt her lust once again spike, "Wh. . .what?"

I just looked at her. I knew that I could probably have my way with her. But, I would never do that to her. I put both hands on either side of her face, and started kissing her. I don't think that I would ever get tired of kissing her.

I finally had to pull away so she could breathe. I put my forehead on hers and told her, "I don't think that I will ever get tired of doing that."

"Well then, don't stop."

I leaned down to kiss her, just as our lips met, Emmett comes barreling into the room."Hey Bro, I heard she knows!"

"Emmett, what the fuck are you doing here? Why aren't you with the rest of the family?"

"Hey, I heard Alice talking to Char about Bella finally figuring it out. I just had to come find out if it was true."

"Didn't Alice also explain that we needed some time to talk about stuff that we need to talk about, alone?"

"Yeah, well, I thought that you two might need some help. You know, help with sex and stuff."

"Emmett! What the fuck are you talking about? Why in the hell would we need help from you? Especially, about sex. You're embarrassing Bella."

"Well the way I see it, you, Jasper hasn't been laid in like forever. Then there's Bella," A growl came out before I could stop it. Emmett put his hands up in surrender.

"Emmett, just what makes you think that you could help us anyway?" Bella asked. She just had to. Then again, she doesn't know Emmett like I do.

"Well, that should be obvious little sis. Everyone knows that I'm the expert when it comes to sex! I mean, seriously, look at me. I have this fuck awesome body, I guess you could call me the sex god!"

I was going to fucking rip his ass apart. Just as I was about to grab him, Bella busted out laughing. She was laughing so hard that tears started to fall down her face.

When she finally, started to calm down, she said, "Emmett, you have been around Peter too long. You are starting to sound just like him. He thinks that every female, wants him."

"Well, it's true! I have got the best body, and every female wants it!" Peter replied.

"Where did you come from, asshole?" I asked.

"Well when Emmett took off, I knew I needed to catch up to him. I couldn't let him brag about his sex appeal or should I say lack thereof, you know, without my input. We all know who is better lookin' and has the sexier body, right? That would be me! So if you two need any advice, well, just feel free to ask!"

Bella was just standing there shaking her head, with a look of exasperation. She was amused, with some embarrassment mixed in.

"Seriously, Bella, and Jasper, I'm glad you finally both got on the same page. I think everyone was going a little crazy wishing you two would figure the whole soul mate thing out. You two sure took your own sweet time, about it."

"Sorry if we didn't do it on your timetable, Peter." Bella told him.

"Well, I guess the only thing that matters now is that you both know. Like I was saying if you need any advice at all on sex."

"Don't listen to him Bella!" Char yelled from the doorway.

"Don't worry Char, I learned a long time ago, the more they brag, the least they have to brag about. If you want a "hot" guy go for the one who doesn't brag! It's always the quiet ones who are the wild ones in bed. At least that's what Char told me."

I will have to remember, NOT to brag, at all. I took Bella's hand in my own and pulled her over to the couch and sat down. "So, is everyone coming back now?"

"Yeah, Emmett, did you find anything on your way back?" Peter asked.

"Not a thing. That has to be the weirdest shit ever.!"

"Were you guys able to find any clues at all." I asked

Ethan and Edward walked in at that point, "We didn't actually find anything that would tell us who was there. We could tell that someone was in the house after you, and Bella left. We couldn't smell them though." Ethan said.

"Then how do you know someone was in the house after we left?" I just had to know.

Ethan sighed, "Baby girl, maybe you should go upstairs, let me talk to the Major privately."

"NO, you have never kept anything from me, why now?" she said.

"Because this is something different. I'm afraid of what your reaction might be."

"I think I can handle it, after everything I have seen and been through. There's not much that I know would bother me."

"Alright, but I'm going to ask Jasper to be ready to help you, just in case. Peter is the only other one that was there that knows what I found and where. It's proof that someone was in the house after you left."

I could feel Ethan was terrified, shocked, and in some emotional pain. Bella stood up and went over to where her grandfather was standing. I could tell he did not want her to see whatever it was, that he had found. I got up with her and was standing next to her, thinking I was ready.

"Before I show you, I need to tell you where I found it. Baby girl, it was laying on your bed, on your pillow."

Ethan pulled out a chain made of white gold. It had three silver hearts that were entwined together, and encrusted with diamonds. There was dried blood all over it.

Bella looked at it, screamed. Then passed out.

Bella POV

I could hear voices. They sounded far away. They were calling my name. Was I supposed to answer them? I wanted to but something was wrong. Why couldn't I answer them? Then I remembered, the pain. The horror hit me yet again.

Before I even opened my eyes, I could feel it like it was yesterday. The screams, the blood, the laughter coming from Maria as she slowly ripped my mom apart. She laughed even harder, as she tore my father's legs off. I can still hear his last words echo in my head, "keep your head up, don't let it down. We love you Isabella."

The part about keeping my head up was not meant to be literal. He was telling me to keep my shield up. I could feel the pain, the horror of it all over again.

Suddenly, I felt waves of calm, and peace flow over me. I opened my eyes, and looked into Jasper's very worried, almost terrified expression. "Are you alright now darlin', you gave us quite a scare."

I remembered the necklace that Ethan showed me. "What happened?"

"You passed out after screaming, when Ethan showed you the necklace."

"Where is he now?"

"As soon as you passed out, he ran out, after asking me to take care of you. He said he would be back later. Sweetheart, can you tell us what it was about the necklace that caused that kind of reaction from you?"

"That was my mom's necklace. My father gave that to her the day I was born. The three hearts symbolize my mom, dad, and me. My dad put it around her neck the day he gave it to her. Told her that as long as she wore it our hearts would always be intertwined."

"My mom cried, when he put it on her. She never took it off, ever. She was wearing it the day they were killed."

It was very quiet for a few minutes. Jasper was continuing to send me calm. "I'm sorry if I scared everyone. The last time I saw that necklace my mom was wearing it."

"Please don't apologize for anything. You did nothing wrong. No wonder Ethan ran out of here." Esme spoke quietly

"Ethan left?"

"Yes, he said he would be back."

"I guess seeing the pain that the necklace caused me was too much for grandfather. Please, can someone go find him? Let him know I'm alright."

Before I could finish speaking, Ethan came back into the room. "I'm sorry, baby girl. Seeing your reaction, brought the pain back all over again. Do you see why I didn't want to show you?"

"Yes, I do now. I wish I could have been stronger, for you."

"Baby girl, you are the strongest person I've ever known. Please, don't feel bad for me; I wasn't the one that had to watch your parents being murdered. What would you like for me to do with it?"

"I can have it cleaned, and give it to you. Or, would you prefer for me to give it away?"

"Can I think about it for a while? I don't really want to get rid of it, but I don't want a reminder of what happened, while mom was wearing it. I'll let you know."

"Sure thing, baby girl."

Jasper had been holding me spoke up, "Darlin', maybe it would be a good idea if you went and took a short nap before getting ready for dinner. You have been through a lot, today."

"Yeah, I think maybe I should. Will you take me to my room, I don't really want to be alone right now."

"Anything for you darlin'."

When we got to my room, I felt kind of silly, so I turned to Jasper, "You don't really have to stay with me, I'm sure you have better things to do than sit here and watch me sleep."

"Sorry, you are not getting rid of me that easily. I will stay here with you. There is nowhere else I'd rather be than right here."

"Will you hold my hand, please?"

"You need to realize. You don't need to ask me. Just grab my hand; it's yours for the taking."

"Thank you Jasper, for your help downstairs. I would probably be a wreck if wasn't for you."

"I just wish that I could take care of the bitch that has caused you this kind of pain."

"Promise, you won't ever leave me alone. Please, I need you to stay here with me."

"Well, now I will have to go hunting, but other than that I will never leave you alone. I promise."

I gently put my hand on his cheek, and just sent him what I was feeling, love. It was in this position that I drifted off to sleep.

?POV

"Mistress, I have done as you have asked."

"Yes, but are you sure that it was the Major you saw? I need you to be sure that it is him. I need to know that everything was done to my specifications. The whole plan depends on the accuracy of your information. Tell me, how is it you are sure that it is my Major?"

"I have listened well; when they have not known I was there. They call him Jasper. He was referred to at least twice as "Major."

"His hair?"

"Shoulder length, honey blonde, curly."

"Si, that is him. Is there more information, for me?"

"Yes, Mistress, he is with many others of our kind. Some of the information I have, well, I fear that giving it to you may cause my death, in light of your anger."

"You have nothing to fear, if the information will help in attaining what I want. I grow weary of waiting; now tell me what you know. How many are with him?"

"There are nine vampires with him, including the one I have been watching along with the human girl."

"You have already missed the opportunity to get the girl once; I still cannot believe that you almost had her earlier."

"Yes, but as I explained earlier, the others showed up. If I had not fled, I would have been caught. This way, they actually brought the Major to us. You should be pleased at this. When the time is right, I can take her."

"Just make sure that you do it only when everything is in place, there can be no mistakes. She has the ability to put up a barrier to keep others away. Only doing it my way will the plan succeed. You are keeping your distance, si? If they find you, all the plans will be for nothing."

"Yes, I am keeping my distance, for now."

"You said there was something that you were afraid to tell me? Tell me, does it have something to do with my Major?"

"Yes, Mistress, the human girl, well. . ."

"Speak it now. The human girl, what about her?"

"It seems that she is the Major's mate."

"NO, he is mine; he has no other mate but me."

"They act like they are mates. He loves her. I can see that when he looks at her. They went into a human bar; he was very protective of her. I was able to get close enough; I could have taken her then."

"You will stick to the plan. None of the vampires saw you, or knew you were there?"

"No, I kept out of sight. I just wanted to see if I could get close to her without their knowledge. I did, and they were none the wiser."

"Good, good. Is there anything more?"

"One more thing, I think you will find this bit of news more to your liking. The one we have been following trying to find the Major, he and two of the others will be leaving together. They will be coming to look for you, I think."

"Ah. . .that is excellent. That is perfect. As soon as they leave, let me know. When the time is right, you will take the girl. But, I warn you. No harm can come to her. She must be kept unharmed. Once the Major is back with me, you can do as you please with her."

"I have a question for you, if I may. What if the Major doesn't want to come back to you? Or what if he doesn't want to stay?"

"Once he comes back to save the girl, he will remember what we had together and will want to stay with me. He will remember the human blood; I will use my skills to make him want it once again. He hasn't had it for a long time; he will drink it once again, with me. He's my mate after all."

"As you wish, Mistress."

"You placed the necklace where they could find it?"

"Yes, they found it and the girl reacted as you said she would."

"Good, they will know that I will not fail. Stupid fools, think they can outsmart me. I'm glad to see that all is going according to plan. I will see you soon."

With that I hung up. I turned back, looked into the girl's window once more, before turning around and leaving; for now. . .

A/N Please review and let me know what you thought. I was still sick while writing this, coughing my head off. Hope you liked it.