A/N; So I don't own Twilight and never will, I do own this plot though.
Chapter twelve – alone at last
Jasper's POV
If my palms could sweat then I think I'd be dripping in it I was that nervous. I felt human again when I was with Bella and now I was realising that maybe that could be a bad thing as nerves were starting to take over. I'd never been this way before, not even when I actually was alive.
We were stood by the boot at this time as we began to unload the bags.
"How the hell are we meant to get all these bags in the house with just the two of us, these buggers are heavy?" she wondered as I began to pile the bags on to my arms before she could even finish the question. "Or not." She gave me an odd look as I realised what I'd done, I was that nervous that I couldn't help but forget that these bags were meant to be heavy and I was in fact meant to be human.
"I use to do this all the time for Esme, you get used to it I guess, I hardly notice the weight any more," I shrugged; it was partly true at least, feeling that she believed me and that she was awe by the fact, which was a good thing due to the fact that I had no idea what else to say and this definitely wasn't the time to bring it up.
So at human pace we made our way inside, dropping the bags near the front door as we both fell on the couch.
"Is Alice always that excited by shopping?" she wondered turning to face me as I couldn't help but snort.
"You should see her when she's clothes shopping," I shuddered at the memory, remembering never to offer to go shopping with her any more preferring to go through the transition into a vampire again instead of the hell that is shopping obsessed Alice.
"Right," I could feel that she was just as nervous as me, for a reason I didn't know. I knew she felt something for me but I was confused whether she was nervous about being alone with me or if it was for a different reason. "Well I just need to change and then we can get started?" she asked as I nodded and she ran up the stairs, as soon as I heard the door closed I let out a breath I didn't realise I'd been holding.
I knew I needed to keep busy to stop my mind from over thinking everything, Edward use to laugh as I planned out everything, mapped it all out to calculate each outcome. But I couldn't help it; it was how I was brought into this world, a time I didn't want to remember and most definitely didn't want to relive.
So standing from the couch I began to move around the room at vampire speed as I moved the couch out of the way and covered everything that may get damaged just in time to hear Bella's door reopen and for her footsteps to sound across the hallway.
"So we may have to move stuff, oh I see you had the same idea," she laughed nervously as she came walking down the stairs. I really couldn't help but turn and for my mouth to go dry at her new outfit. She was now wearing shorts and a tight black vest top with her hair up, showing of the curves of her body and neck causing venom to pool my mouth. To be fair I wanted the whole dry mouth again.
"Yeah, thought I'd get a start on it," I shrugged as I turned my eyes away as a small pink patch was beginning to show it's self on both sides of her cheeks, telling me I may have been staring for far too long.
"Good." She jumped on the last stair causing her chest to bounce and for my mouth to once again go dry, changed my mind, the dry mouth sucked. "So I was thinking that maybe this room could be red?"
"Of course," I made my way towards the door picking up the tins of paint and taking a few deep breaths to calm myself down. I need to do and not think, act and not over analyse, I'm sure I could do that.
So placing a smile on my face I turned back towards the waiting girl who still took my breath away, holding up a tin and two brushes ready to start.
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One wall done and three to go, I had to say the nerves were going and I was beginning to feel comfortable, it felt right being alone and working alongside Bella, like we'd been doing this for a while now, and it was true we had, we'd now been working for over two hours and I was pretty certain it was time to take a break.
"Hey Bella," I called causing her to turn around and for the brush she was holding to scrape across my face, leaving behind a long wet patch where she'd caught me.
"Oh my god," she laughed, "I am so sorry," I didn't care if I now had that mess across my face, I would let her do it again and again to see her smile and laugh like that, but it also gave me a sort of idea.
"Are you laughing at me?" I asked with a shocked look on my face.
"No, not at all." she shook her head as she tried to hold on to the laugh that just came spilling out.
"Oh really?" while she was leaning over to grab her stomach I made my move, putting my brush back into the tin of paint and brushing it across the back of her neck. Laughing as her own laughter stopped.
"Did you really just do that?" she asked as she stood up straight, the look on her face causing me to laugh louder than before.
"It was an accident," I choked out.
"Oh yeah?" I didn't see it coming which was strange as a blob of paint came flying at me, landing in my hair.
"Why?" I didn't finish as she put on an innocent look.
"It was an accident," she said before running around the couch with her brush in her hand.
"This means war Swan!" I shouted before running around the couch at a human pace, watching as she ran the opposite way with a grin spread across her face.
"Bring it Cullen!" she called back as she took off towards the kitchen just as I flicked my brush at her. "Missed!" She shouted just as I tried again hitting her at the back of the leg as she turned away.
"Didn't then though did I?" I laughed as she threw the whole brush at me causing more paint to hit my clothes and for her to be without a weapon, "wrong move," I smirked as I stalked towards her, I was letting a part of my vampire side out, but not enough to put her in danger, it's like she was my put off when it came to blood that is.
"Oh crap," she cursed as she took a step back, looking side to side for any signs of escape, seeing the way she was going to go I jumped when she moved, knocking her down on to the couch where I swiped the brush across her chest.
"I won," I muttered but didn't take my eyes of her as I felt myself drawn to the chocolate-brown eyes that lay in front of me.
It was like the earth stopped moving as everything faded away, like she and I were the only two people on the earth as my head moved in capturing her lips with mine.
it was the most perfect first kiss I'd ever experienced, everything, all my worries disappeared as I touched my tongue to her bottom lip seeking permission which she accepted, and as my tongue reached hers all sorts of things happened. Well that was up until.
"Hey guys we're, oh are we interrupting?" Emmett's voice boomed across the room as Bella and I jumped apart.
"No, no, hey, did Edward catch the flight on time?" I asked as Bella began to straighten her hair out.
"Yeah, couldn't stop going on about Angie on the way to the airport but hey! What can you do when you like someone," he winked at me, "sorry dude," he muttered low enough for only me to hear.
"It's okay."
"Hey look you got a wall done, and apparently half of you as well," Alice came in her what she calls 'painting clothes.'
"Well you know Bella she is a little clumsy and she got it all over us both," I laughed trying to ease the unease she was feeling, and apparently it worked.
"No I didn't, he's lying, I actually accidentally hit him with paint and he turned it into a war."
"Yeah a war I won," I added loving the confident side of her.
"Whatever," she giggled while that pink I loved stained her cheeks.
"Well whatever happened let's get the downstairs done shall we?" Alice muttered as we all began to work as I focused my attention on Bella's emotions to ensure that she didn't regret anything.
"You should ask her on a date you know," Emmett commented from the side of me.
"What?" I wondered.
"You know what a date is Jasper, I know we interrupted you before and I'm sorry but why don't you ask her out?"
"I don't know Em."
"You were raised to believe that you should never kiss a girl without courting her first, what happened to that? If you want to be with her Jasper then you need to do it and soon. Alice told us Mike was planning on asking her at school on Monday."
"He's going to ask her to go out with him?" anger began to bubble inside me.
"Yeah, apparently he's going to ask her to a movie on Monday night,"
"But we have a week off, school's cancelled, apparently teachers are going on strike," Alice jumped up and down with joy.
"I'll ask her later," I promised not only them but I promised myself.
"Hey Bella could you get me a drink please?" Alice asked.
"Sure," she smiled as she made her way in to the kitchen.
"There you go, now go ask."
I couldn't believe they were doing this, it was awkward enough to have them walk in on us kissing on the couch and now they want me to ask her out in front of them?
I could feel that answer and the answer was yes, yes they did.
So putting down the roller I was now holding I took a deep breath and headed into the kitchen only to stop in my tracks at how good she looked at that moment as the light hit her skin and her eyes looked bright.
"Oh hey Jasper," she called catching me of guard.
"Hey Bella, look, I wanted to talk to you about what happened before."
"Look I get it if it was just in the heat of the moment you don't have to," I was the one to cut her off this time.
"No Bella listen," I took a step towards her, "I don't regret a thing and I know you don't, I actually came in here to ask you out. I know I'm doing this all wrong but will you please go out to dinner with me?" I was so nervous about what she was going to say, I couldn't pay attention to her feelings in case it was something that I was going to regret and something that would.
"I'd love to," or something that was going to set the course of whatever was going to happen.
"Great! Well how about we go to dinner tomorrow night? I hear there's a great place up town," I smiled already knowing Alice's plans for a party would be cancelled.
"Anywhere sounds great," and with that we both began to work on the walls once more, exchanging glances every few minutes, smiling as we were caught.
A/N: Sorry about the delay but I have been so busy. But anyway until next time,
Jess
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