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"You make me really happy Bella, and you've made me even happier by agreeing to go to the dance with me," I say and I feel her smile in to my chest, and I can feel her hope rise.
"You make me really happy to Jasper, and if you ever repeat what I'm about to say I'll deny it but I'm really glad you asked me to the dance."
"Are you sure I can't repeat that? I kind of want to scream it from the rooftops," I say seriously and she blushes and snuggles deeper in to my chest.
"Yes, and no screaming from the rooftops," she says giggling.
"Well damn you ruin all my fun," I say teasingly.
"I would say sorry, but I'm really not," she says finishing with a yawn.
"No more talking, sleep now. Goodnight Darlin'," I say and kiss the top of her head.
"Night Jasper," she says sleepily.
Within seconds she is out like a light, and she sleeps peacefully in my arms all night.
Jasper's POV
I was excited, but nervous. Tonight was the night of the dance, and the night that I would finally tell Bella the truth. Tonight I was going to tell Bella that I'm in love with her and that she is my mate. My nerves have been shot all week. I know for a fact Bella feels more for me than she did a few weeks ago, but I'm not sure how she will react when I tell her I have loved her since the moment I saw her.
I had just dropped Bella off at home, and would be picking her up in an hour. Bella tried to convince me just to stay with her but I want to do this right, like a proper date, and it was time that I officially met her father. I was nervous mostly because of my association with the Cullen family and I know that the Chief was still quite angry with us for our sudden departure that destroyed his daughter.
I went back to my apartment and started to get ready in the suit that Alice had delivered to me at the same time she had a dress sent to Bella. The week before Bella had been stressing about finding a dress, I went with her to a few stores but she couldn't find anything she liked, honestly she was being to hard on herself she looked beautiful in all of them. When we came back from another unsuccessful trip there were two packages at my front door, my clothes came with a note saying simply 'wear it or else' which made me laugh, and Bella's came with a nicer note;
Bella,
I've seen you stressing the last couple of days on what to wear to the dance, and being the responsible fashionista I am I decided to help. I was in a shop a few days ago and when I saw it I instantly had a vision of you wearing it, and I knew it would be perfect. Now, I know it's not something you would pick out for yourself but after that little red number in the club,I figured I could push it.
Have fun.
Love and miss you
Alice
Bella was hesitant about the dress, but I could tell she really did like it, and I can't wait to see her in it.
Once I'm done getting ready, I hop in my truck and make my way over to Bella's. The whole ride over I try to think of how I'm going to tell Bella everything, but the only scenario that replays in my head is me blurting it out at some random moment. When I pull up to Bella's I take a deep unnecessary breath, clutching the flowers I brought for her, before knocking on the door, when it opens I'm met by Chief Swan.
"Hello, Chief Swan. I'm Jasper Hale and I'm here to pick up Bella for the dance," I say extending my hand, which he shakes.
"Good to meet you, Jasper. Come on in Bella will be down in a second."
"Thank you sir," I say and follow him inside and sit with him at the kitchen table.
"So Jasper I'm going to get straight to the point. When Bells told me who was taking her to the dance I almost told her over my dead body, because when your family left you all hurt my little girl. Now I know you weren't here and had no idea what was happening, but I hope you can understand my hesitance in letting her go with you."
"Yes sir, I understand. If I may ask what changed your mind?"
"Well for one as you may know my daughter is quite stubborn, and told me she was going whether I agreed or not, and when she threatened to sick her mother on me, my decision was made-but that's not the only reason. I saw what your family leaving did to her and I'm sure you saw it too. Then I got word that you were back and I saw the difference in her again. I don't know how or what you've done to bring my little girl back, but you did so I figured I would give you a chance."
Charlie's words mean a lot to me, and I can't help but smile when he told me that Bella fought to go to the dance with me.
"Thank you sir, I really care for Bella, she means a lot to me," I say with complete honesty.
"I can tell, but I'm warning you if you hurt her like your brother did, I want you to remember that I'm the Chief of Police, I legally own multiple guns and I know lots of places to hide a body, and no one would ever expect it to be me. Are we clear?"
"Crystal, sir."
"Good, and you can drop the sir and call me Charlie," he says patting me on the back, and I smile in return, this was easier than I thought.
A few seconds later I hear Bella take hesitant steps down the stairs, when I turn to see her enter the kitchen, I forget to keep breathing. Her hair is curled and cascades down her back, her make up simple and elegant, and her dress fits her like a glove, and her heels which surprise me make her legs look long and flat out sexy.
"Hi, Jazz," she says shyly.
"Bella, wow you look...amazing!" I say still stunned.
"Thank you, you look really handsome," she says blushing, and I grin, it's amazing how much she makes me feel like a teenager again.
"These are for you," I say handing her the flowers.
"Wow, Jazz they're beautiful, thank you," she says hugging me and I relish in her warmth.
"Your welcome, but they are not as beautiful as you," I say quietly into her ear and I can feel her blush against my chest, which makes me chuckle.
"Let me just put these in some water and we will go," Bella says turning towards the sink.
"I got it Bells, you guys can get going," Charlie says taking the flowers from her.
"Thanks dad, I'll see you later."
I take her hand and walk with her to the truck, I open the door for her and offer her my hand to help her up, once she is seated I lean over and kiss her cheek, when I pull away I see her smiling, and I smile in return.
"I know I already told you, you look amazing, but I just have to tell you that you look stunning, if I was human you would take my breath away."
"That's the sweetest thing I have ever heard," she says and kisses my cheek which sends an amazing tingling sensation through my body.
"Are you ready to go have some fun?" I ask.
"Definitely," she says smiling.
We drive to the dance, in a comfortable silence. When we get there I help Bella out of the truck and offer her my arm, to which she wraps hers around and holds on tightly. As we walk in I can instantly hear the whispers and I'm sure Bella can hear them too, but I'm proud of her when she holds her head high and smiles at all the jealous girls.
I pull her to the dance floor as a slow song starts. I wrap my arms around her waist as she places hers around my neck, and I pull her close so her head is against my chest, directly over my heart.
"You know I'm really glad you agreed to come with me tonight," I say into her ear.
"I'm really glad you asked me."
"Well of course I asked you, you are the only one I would want to be here with."
"And you're the only one I want to be here with," she says shyly and I smile.
We dance for another few songs and go around speaking to a few people, such as Angela and Ben. After an hour, there wasn't much to do so I suggest we head back to my place for a little bit before I take her home, and I'm hoping we would be able to finally talk. She agrees easily, says goodbye to Angela and we leave.
The dance was being held in Port Angeles, only about ten minutes from my place, so we made it back to my place quickly. When we get upstairs we throw on a movie and relax on the couch together, I wrap my arm around her and she places her head on my chest. Being with her like this is so easy, and makes me feel human once again, but I know we need to talk, I need to get this off my chest.
Before I can say something, Bella gets up saying she is going to get a glass of water, I offered to get it for her but she refuses saying she'll be back shortly. I stare at the TV as I wait, but when I hear a glass break and the smell of blood assaults my senses I panic and run into the kitchen. I see Bella on the ground picking up pieces of glass, and a cut in the palm of her hand, she looks up at me and her chocolate eyes meet my black ones.
I would be a liar if I said the blood wasn't tempting I was a vampire after all, but instead of the heartbeat egging me on to kill my prey, it reminded me of whose blood it was and the monster slowly backed down.
"I'm sorry, Jasper. God, I'm so sorry," she says before running into the bathroom.
I go after her wanting to make sure she is okay, when I get to the bathroom I try the door to find that it is locked. Her emotions are all over the place, and I can't tell if she is afraid of me, which kills me to think about, but I wouldn't blame her if she was. I can hear the water running and her mumbling about being stupid, so I knock on the door.
"Bella, please open up. I just want to make sure you okay, I promise I won't hurt you," I plead through the closed door, and I hear the water shut off and the click of the lock, before she opens the door.
"I know you aren't going to hurt me, Jasper," she says coming out from the bathroom, some toilet paper wrapped around her palm.
"Why did you run then?"
"Cause I didn't want the blood to bother you, and also I was embarrassed. I always seem to screw everything up with my clumsiness."
"God, Bella you are so self less. Now come over here and let me make sure you are okay."
"But Jasper the blood!"
"The blood doesn't bother me, I promise."
It wasn't a lie. Sure I could feel the venom in my throat, but it wasn't overwhelming. I would hunt when I dropped her off at home, just to be on the safe side, but I have no desire to drink from her.
She approaches me slowly and I walk her over to the couch. I unwrap the toilet paper from her hand and see the cut, it's quite big but luckily not deep enough to need stitches. I get up and grab some rubbing alcohol and some band aids from the first aid box that was in my bathroom. I have a feeling Alice put it in here in case of accidents.
After it is cleaned and bandaged, I make a bold move and kiss the covered cut, I look up to find Bella blushing, but with a very curious look in her eye, and I have a feeling this is the moment I've been waiting for, for months.
"Jasper, how can you stand to be near me when I'm bleeding and not loose control?" she asks looking at me, with a look telling me she wants the truth, and for the first time in months I feel like she's ready to know.
"I told you before in the hospital, I can't hurt you, my heart won't let me."
"What does that mean, Jasper?"
"To explain, I guess I have to go back to the first time I saw you. I was sitting in the cafeteria with everyone, and when I saw you something inside me clicked, you were the only thing I could focus on and for the first time in over a 140 years I swear I could feel my heart beat. At first I was so confused and had no idea why you made me feel this way, and then it hit me, the reason you make my heart feel like it is going to beat is because you are my mate," I say looking deep into her eyes and I can see the shock.
"Jasper, are you trying to tell me that this whole time I was suppose to be with you?" she asks.
"Yes, Bella. You are my mate that means that we were made for each other."
"Jasper, why didn't you say something?"
"Before I could say anything to anyone, Edward was in love with you. At first Alice and I thought he would realize that you aren't his mate, but it never happened. Then I felt what you felt for him and I thought it was a lost cause, I thought it wasn't possible for you to care about me the way you cared for him. A part of me was content to wait years for you or him to realize, or until you were changed and felt the mating pull as well."
"Wait! Did you just say Alice knew?"
"Yes, she had a vision of us on your first day here. She has been helping me, that's why we were the ones to take you to Phoenix; that's why she suggested we dance at prom and the reason why I'm here now. She helped me get away from the family so I could come back to you."
"So if I'm your mate, is that why I feel electricity every time I touch you and why you don't feel like a vampire to me?"
"Yes, I believe that you are feeling the human effects of the mating bond."
She's quiet for a few minutes and I can see the gears in her head turning, so I give her time to process everything.
"Jasper?"
"Yes, Bella?"
"Does that mean you...you..." she stutters, but I know what she is asking me, and I decide to go for it.
I taker her face in my hands and look deep into her eyes.
"Yes, Bella. I'm in love with you and I have been in love with you since the moment I laid my eyes on you," I say and her breath hitches.
"Thank God! I love you too, Jasper," she says with tears in her eyes and my heart swells.
"I've been freaking out for weeks, months even. I started falling for you in Phoenix, I was so scared I had no idea what was happening. All of a sudden you became so much to me and I started to realize how much better we could be together, but then I would remember you were Alice's husband and mate and I didn't know what to do," she says and I smile, I've been waiting for a long time to hear those words.
"When Edward told me you were all gone, the only thought in my head was that I couldn't believe you were gone. When you showed up that night at my window, I was so happy to see you, but then I thought that you were just here playing the role of friend, and the more time we spent together the more I fell for you and I was scared that you could never feel the same for me. Why did it take you so long to say something?" she asks me, but I'm still in shock from what she has told me.
God, we wasted so much time.
"I thought you needed time to get over Edward and I wanted to make sure i wasn't going to scare you away when I told you the truth."
"Jasper, I got over Edward awhile ago. I'm not going to lie -him leaving hurt a lot, he was my first love, but the minute you came back all thoughts of Edward disappeared. You could have crawled through that window and told me you loved me and I would've jumped in your arms."
"Well damn, I should have done that," I say half jokingly and half serious.
"So what does this mean, Jasper?" she asks looking at me shyly and unsure.
I pull her onto my lap, her knees straddling my waist and her eyes boring into mine.
"It means that if you'll have me, I'll be by your side for eternity," I say completely serious.
"Of course, I want you. I should be asking if you're sure you want me."
"You beautiful silly girl, I've been waiting over a century to be with you."
"I love you, Jasper."
"I love you too, Bella. So damn much," I say before leaning forward.
"Can I kiss you, Bella?" I ask and she nods her head.
"Just don't apologize afterwards," she says grinning and I laugh, before capturing her lips.
Her lips feel perfect against mine, and I instantly crave more as our lips move in perfect sync. I run my tongue against her bottom lip, desperately begging for entrance, which she quickly grants. Her taste drives me wild and her hands in my hair egg me on while I run my hands up and down her back that is exposed from her dress, the feel of her bare skin against my finger tips makes me want to say screw being a gentleman and take her upstairs.
We break apart, because she needs to breathe, but my lips don't leaver her face or neck.
"Wow, that was some kiss," she say giggling as I kiss up her neck.
"Definitely the best kiss of my existence," I say grinning.
"I can't believe this is happening, it feels like a dream," Bella says.
"Well believe it, because this is definitely not a dream, but if you need more convincing..." I trail off and kiss her again, and she eagerly responds.
I have been waiting to kiss her and hold her like this for months and to be honest if I didn't know for a fact that I can't sleep, I would be wondering if I was dreaming.
We continue to make out for at least another hour, only stopping when she needs to breathe. I have to take her home all to quickly, but I'm comforted by the fact that I would be spending the night with her. I drop her off at the front door, and kiss her gently, when I realize Charlie is awake and upstairs watching us from the bathroom window.
I drive my truck to the old Cullen place, where I usually park after dropping her off, and run back to her place so Charlie won't see me. When I get there her window is open and her lights are off, I climb through the window to find her laying in bed, looking at the window, as if she had been waiting for me. She pats the spot beside her and I quickly remove my shoes and suit jacket before climbing in beside her, and wrapping my arms around her.
"You tired, Darlin'?"
"Not really, I just kind of wanted to lay with you," she says shyly, and I kiss her.
"Mm that's the best idea, I've ever heard."
"There is something I want to do more than laying with you," she says with a shy smile, and I grin when I feel her lust hit me.
"And what would that be?" I ask teasingly.
"This," she says then kisses me.
Best night of my existence.
A/N So there you have it, our love birds are finally together, are you happy? Did you like it? I'm going to tell you that this chapter was going to take longer but last night at 2am, Jasper started talking to me, and wouldn't stop until this chapter was finished, and then my awesome beta go it back to me before I go to work so I figured I would post.
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