A/N Sorry for the lengthy delay but RL has not been kind. Anyway here's some more of our mates, lemon alert because i couldn't wait anymore. SM owns all original characters.

Ch 12

BPOV

Nothing could have prepared me for this. The explanation of mating that was given to the public sounded like a high school lecture. It sounded mechanical and cold, like an arranged marriage between two strangers.

But this, Jasper's lips on mine, his body flush against my own, was anything but mechanical. It was raw and heated and felt more necessary than breathing.

Every sensation in the universe had swirled and condensed and wrapped around our two bodies. I felt everything, from the taut muscles moving under my hands, to the low purr that emanated from his chest. His hands held me so close then would release slightly, only to bring me to him again and again.

Frustration coursed through me and I knew exactly why. His silly clothes were in my way. I lowered my hands from his shoulders, down his sculpted chest, and over his defined stomach until I reached the bottom of his shirt, lifting it to get it out of my damn way.

He finally pulled away slightly and I saw his eyes heavy with lust and love. "Bella stop darling."

I was confused. Confused and very very horny. He said we were mates and his own obvious arousal was trapped between our bodies at this very moment.

"Why would I stop Jasper?"

His hands came up to move the hair away from my face. How had I not seen the look in his eyes before now? He looked as if he now held his entire worlds in his hands.

"Bella, you are my mate, but it is different for humans. You could feel unsure or regret rushing into things and I couldn't stand having you feel that way about me. Plus, I want to give you everything, including our first time being special."

I smirked, because honestly that was adorable. "You want to give me everything?"

"Yes darling, I do."

"Then give me this, give me you. I don't need flowers or an expensive dinner that only I will enjoy. You're telling me that all I've been feeling for you is real and right so forget the traditional human courting shit and make me yours."

He growled a low sound that weakened my knees and increased the tension that was already building in me.

"You are mine Bella and you always will be."

His mouth crashed into me again and I welcomed his passionate embrace. I felt his hands reach around and grab my backside easily lifting me so that I could wrap my legs around him. The generous size of his erection made me nervous and impossibly wetter.

Jasper carried us to my room before lying me down on the bed. With a few quick movements of his hands my clothes were in tatters leaving me only in my bra and panties. His golden eyes turned onyx as he took me in and seemingly in a trance he ripped his own clothes off so that he was clad only in a pair of boxer briefs.

He placed his knees on the end of the bed and crawled towards me slowly, hunting his very willing prey. A shiver ran through me as a hand ran from my ankle and up my thigh before skimming my stomach and moving around to the small of my back. With a sure tug he pulled me down under him.

"You have no idea how much I have wanted you Bella. I thought that your scent was a drug before, but now I know what your arousal smells like and I'm hooked."

I moaned at his words as his lips kissed my hip before he swirled his tongue around the bone. Normally I was all for foreplay and I had always needed it. But these last few weeks had me primed and ready to burst.

"Please Jasper, I need you inside of me."

His head lifted and his eyes met mine before he moved to lay on top of me, my legs wrapping around him pulling his hardness against my aching center.

I moved my hands down and began to remove his boxers desperate for him. When he lifted his hips to make it easier I wrapped my hand around him, squeezing the head of his cock. He threw his golden head back and roared like a lion before quickly dispatching of my panties.

I released him and his head found my entrance. With one torturously slow movement he entered me to the hilt. A moan escaped me and I wrapped myself around him tighter.

"Yes Jasper..so deep.. please."

At my plea he started to move, slowly at first before we found ourselves pushing against each other faster with each stroke.

"Fuck Bella, do you feel that? Do you feel what you do to me?"

His hand reached down and grabbed my breast, pinching my nipple chasing every coherent thought from my mind.

Unhappy that I didn't answer him he reached down to hook my leg under his arm and rocked his hips in a circular motion. I felt him in places I didn't know I had and I was quickly reaching my climax.

"Yes Jasper..just like that..fuck I'm gonna come...Oh God, oh God...Jasper!"

I exploded around him and only saw white bursts of light behind my eyelids. His pace quickened and the aftershocks of my orgasm kept my body clamped around him so tight he fell over the edge just as my second climax hit both of us calling out each other's names.

While I caught my breath he rained kisses all over my face and neck, cradling me in his arms and murmuring my name over and over. I was so happy in that moment that a giggle slipped from me before I realised it.

He rolled away taking me with him, tucking me under his arm so that I could lay on his chest. "Just what is so funny darling?"

I peered at him from under my lashes worried that I had offended him, but then I remembered that he could read emotions.

"I'm just very happy right now. Some empath you are." I smirked at him and he sent me one right back, his looking way sexier than mine.

"Just because I know what you're feeling doesn't mean that I know the reason behind it."

I smiled contentedly. It was nice to know that some things were still a mystery, even to the mighty Major.

"I'll tell you but you can't laugh at me." He nodded his head while his hand ran soothing tracks up and down my spine.

"Things have been really crazy lately. Dealing with my new clients, being brought into the vampire fold, and the whole James situation." Jasper growled threateningly at the mention of James but as I placed my hand over his heart and kissed his chest it morphed into the purr that I already loved.

"But I have to admit that the biggest stress was you. I thought that I was ridiculous to be getting deeper and deeper with my feelings for you and it was humiliating. I tried to stop but I couldn't. Then you having to protect me, being forced to be around you when you didn't want me the same way, it was, well it was torture."

He held me a little tighter and spoke barely above a whisper. "I'm so sorry darling, I should have just told you how I felt. But I convinced myself that you needed to go at a human pace and even then I wasn't sure that I deserved you."

"You deserve me? You're kidding right?"

He shook his head and lifted my hand off of his chest to kiss before placing it on his shoulder. It was rough textured due to the number of scars he had there. My roaming hands had felt them all over him, crisscrossed on his back, scattered across his torso. There were even a couple along his strong jaw.

"I know that Charlotte told you some of my past Bella but not all of it. I'm not the monster that I used to be, but that doesn't mean I'm an angel."

I leaned over to kiss him deeply on his full mouth, desperate to make him smile. I knew it worked when I felt his lips curl up at the edges.

"As sad as I am that you had to go through what you did, I'm glad that you're no angel because I'm not either. It's too hard to be around a saint when you're a sinner." I finished with a wink and was rewarded by his throaty laugh.

"We've got a lot to talk about darling, but there's one thing I need to know first."

"Alright, shoot."

"What happened earlier? I mean you were so happy I thought sunlight was gonna shoot outta your cute little ass then all of a sudden you were drowning in sadness."

I sighed and felt the blush reach my cheeks at the same time tears began to invade my eyes.

"I was happy, it meant so much to me that Rose and Em asked me that. I was so happy that I wanted to run into your arms and hug you and have you hug me back. But it hit me. You weren't there to share in my happiness or for any other reason than to keep me safe from James."

A single tear slid down my cheek at the memory. I felt so alone, nothing more than a chore to the man I loved. Jasper reached around my body and pulled me so that I was laying fully on top of him, his cold skin sending goose bumps breaking out on my extremities.

"I knew from that first day you walked in that you were my mate. The pull I felt to you was so strong darling it took every ounce of self control I had to let you walk out the door. When James attacked you he changed things in two ways."

"Which are?" I asked as I laid my head down on his chest, still amazed that there was no heartbeat to hear.

"First, he set of my protective instincts. I physically couldn't let you go off by yourself. It's just not possible for me to leave you unprotected especially when there's a specific threat against you."

This I understood. Mated vampires were known for being very protective of their mates, it's in their very nature and in everything they do. I felt the same way about him despite me being unable to carry it out too well.

"And the second way?"

He answered in a voice that told me he was smiling. "He gave me an excuse to spend time with the woman I love."

I swallowed thickly. "You love me?" It came out in a whisper.

"Yes darling, you're more precious to me than anything in this world. Mating doesn't guarantee love but falling for you was easy."

I remembered the night he walked me home when I thought that his flattery was just that. There was so much I wanted to say but the worlds failed me, leaving only four. "I love you too."

He lifted my head with a finger and softly stroked my tear stained cheeks. "I know darling, I can feel