I'm soooo sorry. All I can say is I've been dealing w some stuff here. I had a mini-break down when my favorite soldier and #1 source of Jasper related insperation was deployed. Everything is ok now we have chatted and I think I'm back on track.

Even after all this time I don't own JW, AM, EM,or RM. Steph still does.

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Chap 14

Watching the big Texas sky turn a brilliant shade of pink, I sit on the porch swing. Taking a fortifying sip of my coffee I turn and stretch my legs out on the seat of the swing. I hear a grunting noise seconds before something cold and wet nuzzles my neck. I very slowly turn my head and standing behind the swing is the biggest bear I have ever seen I my life.

"I really really hope your name is Big Stan." I say to the giant creature, my heart about to beat out of my chest. The bear seems to smile at me and proceeds to lap at my coffee. When it's all gone he starts making very unhappy noises and starts a low growl. I'm on the verge of panic when I hear a female voice.

"Stop that Stan. Don't be rude. Your scaring the lofe out of Alice." Jasper's youngest sister Anna says jumping up onto the porch "I'm so sorry about that, but he's, well a bear before he has his morning coffee." She pushes the giant bear away. Smiling at me Anna steps into the house. Stan lumbers to the other side of the porch and lays down. Dejectedly he lays his head on his front paws and sighs. It now seems really silly that I was afraid of him, but I my defense he is enormous. Stan's head pops back up when Anna steps back out on the porch. She's carrying a big metal bowl, that she puts down on the floor for Stan, and a cup of coffee for herself. She settles herself in a cedar rocker facing me.

"So, wow! Talk about a wake up call. I really am so very sorry about that. "He smelled the coffee and just took off."" Anna says sipping her own coffee and looking very guilty.

"Trust me I know how he feels. I'm just as grumpy before I have my coffee." I smile at her and glance at Big Stan happily slurping his coffee . "Jasper has started just bringing me a cup in bed before he even talks to me." I blush, realizing I've just told Jasper's baby sister that we spend enough time in bed together that we have a routine.

"Are you blushing? You are too precious." She laughs at me, causing me to blush more."OK, we're both adults here let's not pretend that I don't already know that you and my brother are having sex. Even if you couldn't tell just by the dreamy way you look at each other, Jas and I are really close and we pretty much talk about everything. He told me about how you met."

"Everything?" If at all possible I blush even deeper thinking of Jasper sharing the intimate details of our sex life with his sister or anyone for that matter.

"Well not the intimate details," She says practically reading my mind. "but you know just how all around magical and mind blowing it is. Two adjectives I never thought I'd hear out of my brother's mouth, not to describe sex anyway."

"Magical?" I squeak, taking a sip of coffee.

"And mind blowing." She confirms. "Well what he actually said was fucking mind blowing. Soooo.. what I need from you is..um..tips."

"What!" I gasp choking on my coffee.

"Well I figure you must have some mad skills if you got a guy like my brother going all mushy and using words like magical and fucking mind blowing to describe sex." The hopeful expression on her face almost comical. She grins at me as Big Stan, having finished his coffee, nudges her hand with his snout to get her attention.

I consider demurring and claiming I have to go to the bathroom or something, but something about Anna's open and honest face encourages me to confide in her. I tell her my version of the night Jasper and I met. I tell her how I'd gone there that night to fulfill my fantasy. I tell her all about Rose and how she tried to orchestrate the whole thing by picking out my outfit and going so far as hiring a male prostitute to pick me up. We both laugh hysterically at that part. I give her as many pointers as possible regarding what happened out behind the bar as I can without burning up in a huge fire ball of embarrassment. Trying to distract Anna from wanting more detail I excuse myself and walk inside for a drink of water to cool down my burning skin.

"Calm down girl, you should be proud. You rocked that boys world!" Pixie tells me in a calming voice. "Now get out there and tell her about the really good parts of the next night." I take a deep breath and laugh at myself. I walk back outside and settle myself back on the swing and plunge right in to telling Anna all about the picnic the next day. She isn't too thrilled when I get to the part where Em pummeled Jasper. I didn't realize he had left that part out of his telling of the story, but she forgets to be angry when I tell her about the amazing night we had when we got back to my condo leaving out some of the more intimate details. I may have discovered a more risque me, but we are discussing my sex life with her brother here. Of course that has never stopped Rose before.

The sun continues its climb into the sky and Anna tells me about her last date. Suddenly the wind picks up and shifts in our direction. Carried on the breeze is the most mouth watering scent I have ever smelled.

"What is that?" I interrupt Anna.

"What is what?" She asks me.

"That amazing smell!" I'm all but drooling.

"Oh, That would be Christine's husband Nate starting the brisket for the party." She says laughing at me. "He slow cooks it on the grill for several hours. It's really the only way to cook brisket."

"Oh my God! It smells amazing. I wish Em was here."

"Yeah, me too." Anna laughs hitting her palm with her fist. We both burst out laughing.

"What are we giggling about girls?" Momma Whitlock asks coming around a corner from the front of the house. She gives Big Stan a kiss on top of his head and sits next to me on the swing. She sips her coffer and raises a brow at first me and then Anna, which sends us into another fit of giggles.

"I was telling Alice about my last date with Steve." Anna tells her mom in little gasping hiccups.

"Oh lord, when he told you to dress nice and then he took you to the Monster Truck Jam, it's a good thing that boy is so pretty because he doesn't have the sense that God gave a rock." Momma Whitlock says rolling her eyes.

"He does have a great ass though." She adds winking at me just as I take a sip. I spew my entire mouth full of coffee all over the porch and Big Stan. Anna and momma look stunned and then they both burst out laughing. Big Stan rolls over onto his side and proceeds to alternately clean himself and the wood slats beneath him. For some reason this is really funny, me and momma collapse into each others arms laughing uncontrollably.

Jasper walks outside to find us all hysterical with tears streaming down our faces.

"Mary Alice! I leave you alone for a second and here you are corrupting my sweet momma and innocent sister." He sighs dramatically. "I can only imagine what you girls are giggling about. Out here. And subjecting this young innocent lad to your dirty girly talk. I mean what could you possibly be thinking? " He sits on the floor and Stan rolls over and drops his head into Jasper's lap letting out a deep put upon sigh, which just sends us over the edge again.

I try to defend myself and in form him that it was his sweet momma's comment about some guys ass that had sent us into hysterics to begin with but I'm laughing so hard I nearly wet myself. I have to jump up and run onto the house. I just barely make it.

After I'm done I wash my hands and splash a little water on my face. Jasper's voice drifts in through the open window greeting his other sisters and their family's as they arrive to help get ready for the party. I lean closer to the window and take a moment to listen to the Whitlock family good naturedly rib each other. I love each and everyone of them already, especially momma Whitlock. They are exactly the type of family I used to prey for when I was growing up. Momma Whitlock would never make one of her daughters feel like they were worthless, or that they were not worthy of being loved. Suddenly I felt tears streaming down my face and I realized I was sobbing uncontrollably. I fell to the ground and wrapped my arms around my legs as my body began to shake violently. In the distance I could vaguely hear a door slam and then several sets of feet running up the hall way. The door began to rattle with the force of the fist pounding on it. I could hear Jasper's panicked voice calling my name. I wanted to get up and open the door or at the very least tell him that I was OK, but I couldn't move couldn't speak.

The sound at the door changes and I'm pretty sure Jasper is now kicking it. Suddenly there is a loud splitting noise and the door flies open in two pieces. Jasper and his momma toward me. They both fall to there knees in front of me, extremely worried expressions on their faces. Momma is slightly closer takes me in her arms, she kisses the top of my head and whispers comforting words as she begins to rock me. She is exactly the type of mother I had imagined that she would be. The kind of loving mother I always dreamed of. I looked up into her beautiful face. Her brow creased with worry.

"I... love... you... momma." I choked out in hiccuping sobs.

"Oh, my precious little darling I love you too!" She says wiping the the tears from my eyes. She looks to Jasper. "Baby could you go get our little Aly a glass of water please?"

He tried to protest, but she cut him off. "Jasper Jackson Whitlock, you just go do what your momma says. The rest of y'all get to work."

Jasper cups my cheek with his hand. I look at him and manage a weak smile. He get up and walks out of the room.

"So darlin' you wanna tell me what all this carrying on is about?" She asks reaching up and then handing me a tissue to blow my nose.

I take the tissue and use it for it's intended purpose. I take a deep shaky breath and open my mouth to try and explain my most recent bout of insanity. But I'm not sure where to begin so I stop and take another deep breath, this one not so shaky. Jasper returns with a glass water. He hands the glass to me and sits. I take a long drink of the cool water, trying to figure out where to begin. I set the glass down. I smile at Jasper to let him know I'm OK, but I turn so that I'm facing momma. His legs come around me and his arms encircle me. I lean back into the comfort and security of Jasper's body.

"How much has Jasper told you about my relationship with my mother?" I ask.

"Not much. Just that you were not close." She looks from Jasper to me. I look up at Jasper.

"It's your story to share with who you want." Jasper says kissing my cheek.

"Thank you." I give him another smile and turn back to momma. "Saying we were not close is a major understatement. My mother hated my for not saving her marriage." I couldn't help it, tears started tumbling out of my eyes again. Jasper held me tighter.

"Oh angel, I'm sure she didn't hate you and she couldn't possibly expect you to save her marriage. " Momma says patting my knee, trying to sooth me.

"No, she very definitely hated me. She's told me so my entire life. One of my earliest memories was of my mom telling me that it was my fault that my dad died. If I had been a prettier better behaved baby my dad never would have left and if he had never left then he would not have been killed in action a later. See, now we know that mother has bipolar disorder, but I grew up believing that the things she said were true. My brother tried to shield me as much as possible, but he couldn't be around all the time. It was weird because the older Em got the more he reminded her of dad, the more she loved him. But the more he reminded her of dad the angrier she was at me for not making daddy love me so much that he was willing to give up the SEALs. With the benefit of hindsight I know that daddy left because mother drove him away by trying to manipulate and control him and he died because he had one of the most dangerous jobs in the world. " I pause to take another sip of water.

"Darlin' I'm so sorry a momma should take care of her babies and make them feel loved and cherished." She scooted closer to us and hugged both of us. I was trapped between them, but I had never felt safer in my entire life.

"I love your family so much. All my life I've dreamed of having a different type of family, I've dreamed of this family and here you all are. I just got totally overwhelmed. I'm so sorry I caused everyone to worry." I rested my head on momma's shoulder.

"Oh angel I love you too. All the girls love you. I promise you that no matter what happens between you two, you will always be a part of this family." Momma give me a huge grin, so like Jasper's. "We'll give him up before we let you go.

"Momma!" Jasper yells.

"Just saying." She winks at me."Just don't screw this up and we'll all be OK."

She stands and gives me a hand up. She pulls me into a tight hug and kisses my forehead. She then leaves the room and leaves me and Jasper alone.

"Darlin' are you alright?" He asks. Holding me by the shoulders and looking directly into my eyes.

"I will be. Thanks to you and your insanely amazing family. I just wish Em was here." I give Jasper the brightest smile I can muster and stand on my tip toes and give him a big smacking kiss. "You know it's funny when your momma calls me darlin' it seems sweet and motherly but when you call me darlin' it's all sexy and makes me all tingly. Is that weird?"

"Well darlin' I think that whatever my little darlin' thinks is right." He smiles my favorite grin and backs me up against the wall. "So my darlin' shall we leave the bathroom or does my sweet darlin' prefer just staying cuddled up in this here tiny room with her darlin' man that makes her all tingly?"

"As wonderful as cuddling with you in this her tiny bathroom sounds, your momma needs help getting ready for the party." I laugh as his bottom lip juts out in a huge pout." Sucks I know."

"Speaking of sucking." Jasper waggles his eyebrows at me and places his hands on the walls on either side of my head.

"Jasper Jackson Whitlock!" I gasp playfully, smacking him on the chest.

"What? I was just gonna tell you about this vampire movie I saw this one time."

I roll my eyes at him and duck under his arm and head out to the kitchen to help, Jasper trailing close behind. I get put on desert duty and my poor Jasper gets sent out into the hot humid day to help the men set up tents.

Two hours and 400 french silk tarts later we decide to take a break. I had run upstairs earlier and changed into a sundress, but it was still extremely hot outside. We settled ourselves on the porch with a ice cold pitcher of sweet tea to enjoy the view. And what a view it was! The men had been working very hard getting the various tents set up and most if them had removed their shirts. My Jasper of course was the hottest thing out there, but there were a few other that were coming in a close second.

"Girls why don't y'all bring the boys some nice cold sweet tea and introduce Alice to the rest of the family." Momma suggested with a big smile on her face. "And that way she won't have to strain her eyes ogling my baby boy." They all laugh.

" Momma I'm not ogling your baby boy." I say defending myself. I pick up two pitchers of tea and head down the stairs. I look back at her with a grin and add. "I'm merely admiring your fine craftsmanship."

Anna and Laurey laugh and then get up and grab a couple stacks of cups and follow me down the stairs. We head out to where the men are working. As we get close I stop to watch Jasper. He's using a large sledgehammer to drive stakes into the ground. The strenuous work causing the muscles in his arms to strain. Anna bumps me with her elbow as she walks by knocking me out of my trance. She announces that we have ice cold tea and the boys come running. As we pour them glass of tea the girls introduce me to each guy. Husbands,sons,cousins and neighbors. Wow, the Whitlock women have excellent taste in men. I suppose it's no wonder considering how beautiful they are and oh my god their sons are gorgeous. I knew immediately who each boys mother was and Anna pointed out who their various fathers were. There are seven male grandchildren in all. Three are Eliza's, two Sally's, and two Christine's. Kate I'm told has two girls, that I'll meet later. They are at the neighbors helping put together the flowers. Laurey and Anna have no children yet. I know it will take me forever to remember all their names.

Jasper looks up at me and smiles. My knees get a bit week of course, but I think I cover pretty well. Or so I thought. Laurey and Anna both burst out laughing and roll their eyes at each other. Jasper pounds in one last stake and saunters over for a glass of tea.

"Thank you darlin'." He guzzles down the whole glass and hands his glass back to Anna. "Hey Jace we pretty much done here?"

Jace is Eliza's husband an extremely good looking redhead with a bit of an Irish accent and amazing sky blue eyes.

"Sure J. Just got that last little one to put up and the lads can put it up." He nods toward the group teenage boys consisting mostly of his own offspring. "Come now back to work."

The boys groan a bit but do what their told. Jasper,pulling on his shirt, takes my hand and leads me away from the group towards a thick clump of trees. I hesitate for a moment and he turns and looks at me. I arch my brow at him questioningly. He just smiles his sexy little half grin at me and turns and leads me into the trees. I'd follow that smile anywhere.

We walk quietly hand and hand through the trees for several minutes. It was much cooler in the shade of the woods, but it was still quite humid. I could hear running water and before I could ask Jasper points out a small creek cutting through the trees heading down hill. We walk along it's path following it to the bottom of the small hill. At the bottom Jasper helps me as we cross over a very large felled tree to the opposite side. We push through a line of trees and there glistening in the tree dappled sun is a beautiful crystal blue pond.

"Oh, Jasper it's beautiful! Thank you for bringing me here." I throw my arms around Jasper and give him a quick kiss.

"So beautiful how about a swim?"Jasper asks with a devilish grin.

"I don't have a suite."

"Neither do I darlin'." He says pulling his shirt off.

I watch him as he walks toward the pond toeing his boots off and unbuckling his belt. He slips his jeans off ,revealing his rock hard ass to me, and sets them on a large rock. His body in the filtered sunlight is beautiful. My fingers long to touch him, but I'm glued to the spot. He looks over his shoulder at me and the scorching look in his eyes sends a flash of heat straight through my body. Causing me to ache for his touch.

" You gonna stand there gawking or you gonna come join me?" He teases me.

"Actually, I thought I'd gawk a bit longer." I answer sticking my tongue out at him. He turns and walks back toward me.

"Actually, I've always preferred a more hands on approach angel." He grabs the hem of my sundress

and pulls it over my head. He folds it and lays in on top of his jeans. He turns back to me and puts his hand out. I slide out of my bra and panties and take his hand. He leads me into the water.

The cool water washes over my heated body as Jasper falls backwards into the water pulling me down on top of him. Our lips meet on a sensuous kiss and his hard body tangles with mine. I wrap my legs around him and can feel his hard length pressed between us. I reach my hand between us and stroke him. A low growl escapes his chest and he lifts he higher and pushes into me.

Jasper swims us backwards until we are resting in the shallows, the water lapping at our bodies. I dig my knees into the soft sand and resting my hands on his hard chest I shift my weight forward and increase the rhythm of our thrusts. As I slide myself up and down Jasper's hard cock, his fingers dig into my thighs and he raises his hips to meet mine with each of my downward thrust. Jasper's deep blue eyes meet mine, a slow smile spreads across his beautiful face. His hands stroke a lazy path from my thighs, across my stomach, and move up to cup my breasts. His strong hands caress, while his thumbs softly stroke my nipples. He rises up and his mouth captures one rigid peak. Electric current zings through my body causing me to arch my back, giving Jasper easier access to my breasts. His lips slowly move from one to the other, his tongue softly caressing each in turn. His sharp teeth gently nipping at the hard tips cause me to dig my fingers into his hair. I tug his mouth to mine and his tongue pushes roughly into my mouth and I tangle my own around his. He drinks in the soft moans escaping my mouth. Grasping my hips again he hooks his leg over mine and tumbles us over, pinning me beneath him. I love feeling his big hard body above me, his hardness thrusting inside of me. I can hear the blood pounding in my ears, signaling that my release is near. I dig my heels into his back and pulling him down, urging him deeper. I wrap my hands around his bulging biceps. The muscles in his thick arms are straining, signaling that his release is very close as well. He begins pounding harder. The gasps escaping my mouth getting louder with each thrust until suddenly everything around me explodes and I hear my own voice echoing through the trees. Jasper thrusts one last time and then his deep voice joins mine flying through the trees.

After ,we swim for a bit and them lay on the soft grass drying our naked bodies in the sun. To soon it's tome to get up and head back to get ready for the party. We walk hand in hand back to the house. I worry briefly that everyone will know exactly what we were doing, but as we walk up the porch steps to head inside to shower and change no one says anything so I figure we are safe. We pass momma and a few others shucking corn on the porch. Jasper opens the screen door for me.

"Well I'll tell y'all one thing. I'm never swimming in that pond again." Momma deadpans, sending every one around into hysterics.

Hope everyone enjoyed. Just an FYI, The answers to the question I asked last chapter are:

Eliza-My Fair Lady, Sally-Cabaret, Kate-Taming of the Shrew, Christine-Phantom of the Opera,Laurey-Oklahoma, and last Anna-The King and I. The winner was my friend and fav author CharliDenae with three correct answers. Momma's party will be next and I sure hope Char can make it. :-)