I'm so sorry for lack of updates! I really am trying to get back on schedule with everything. For those of you who read "Happiness,Tears,Love and Rain" the sequel "Numerous Reasons To Dance In The Rain" is now up and running! Also, for those of you interested in sending in fan art, and cover art for my stories, please send it to SimplyJazzedNeverDazzledGmail (dot) com. Ten reviews for an extra update!

Taking Alice out to dinner with our closest friends and siblings had been good for both of us and our relationship. However, the constant encounters with Maria were doing nothing to strengthen our already stressed and complicated situation.

The fact that I was able to see her haunt me made perfect sense, but Alice had no reason to be exposed to this form of blasphemy. If Maria wanted to torment me, so be it, but she was not going to be within a twenty foot radius of Alice.

We were meeting again today for an appointment, and hopefully I could convince her to let us skip out on it and head back to my place. Of course, I was so excited that I might as well have been an eight year old on Christmas morning.

I slipped on my newest blue jeans, and an old worn down pair of cowboy boots. Deciding on a shirt that matched my boots, I slid it over my head, and shrugged on a light jacket.

I glanced at my watch and sighed. Hell, what was half an hour? I could show up thirty minutes early if I so wanted to.

Next thing I knew, I was on my Ducati, letting the wind rifle through my hair. And then I was listening to the blissful sound of the bells above the door, signaling that I was finally home.

"Alice?" I called out, stepping through the cheap plastic beads suddenly wishing that I'd gotten her a bouquet of flowers or a damned box of chocolates

Girls liked that crap, right?

The room smelled of her. Vanilla, coconut, lavender, orange, crème, cookies, and leather. All reassuring and calm. Not to mention beautiful.

I noticed that there was soft piano music playing, and I could smell the trace of flames from the glittering off-white candles.

"Alice?" I called out a second time

"In the back room." She responded in that usual sing-song, sweet, melodic soprano, causing my heart to melt

"You decent?" I laughed, half hoping that she wasn't

"I am now." She sang, and I could practically hear that smirk in her voice

When I finally reached her I could see that my memory hadn't done her justice at all. Her hair was its usual spiky self, but I could tell that she had flattened it out somewhat, and the only makeup she wore was a light pink lip gloss, and a coat of black mascara, that brought out the color of her exotic eyes.

My own eyes darted down her body taking in the white blouse with the thick red belt and then the black leggings, before spotting dangerously sexy cherry red stilettos.

It took all of my concentration, but I returned my focus to her intriguing eyes and gave her a smile.

"Would it be possible to convince you to skip our session and head back to my place? I'll even cook for you."

"You are going to cook for me?"

"I can attempt cooking, Alice."

"I refuse to be eating some absurd tuna fish sandwich or peanut butter and jelly."

"Even if I were to cut the crust off?"

"Even so, Jasper."

"Fine, no sandwiches. I'll cook for you, and then we'll watch a nice movie. You can order it from the pay per view yourself."

"Oh? But I already have one."

"You walk around with movies?"

"It's the ultimate test to see if you've found the right guy. I have one stocked in my house, in my car, and in this office."

"And what is that?"

"You'll see." She smirked, running over to a filing cabinet in the corner of the room

She slid the dvd in her bag so quickly that I couldn't even make out the color of the cover.

"I'm ready to go now." She giggled

"Are you willing to go on my motorcycle?" I teased

"But wouldn't you rather drive my gorgeous sports car?" she breathed, dangling the keys in front of me

I snatched them from her and kissed her quickly before running out of the little shop and unlocking the car.

"Hey!" she screamed, blowing out the candles and locking the place up before joining me in the car

"Be careful with my baby." She warned me

"Your baby? Have you named it?"

She blushed.

"Oh, so you have." I laughed, "Can I hear it?"

"Maybe later. Come on, I'm hungry."

Twenty minutes later we arrived at my apartment and I began to cook an elaborate meal of macaroni and cheese. Pokemon shaped, of course. I poured her a glass of Sunny D and put it on a tray for her.

"We're not eating at the table?" she asked, raising an eyebrow

"Nope. In my house we're allowed to sit on the couch and watch television while we eat."

"That's a habit you're going to need to break if you're going to have kids one day." She laughed

Kids? How the hell did that come up?

Her laughing stopped almost as soon as it had started, probably since I hadn't given her a response.

"So what are we watching while we eat?" I asked her

"I get to choose? Now that's a habit you should keep. Let the woman be in control of the television."

She grabbed the remote from me and put on a cake decorating show.

After we finished eating, and she thanked me for the best macaroni and cheese she'd ever eaten, she looked at me for a long while before announcing it movie time. She placed it in the dvd player and tossed me the case.

Oh, for the love of god.

"The Notebook?" I snorted

"It's a classic."

"Okay, I'll give you that, but, so why do all girls find this movie so sad?" I laughed, reading the description given on the back

"How could you not find it sad?" she breathed, "It's a classic love story. Like, imagine that I was dating you and when I took you home to my parents they didn't approve of you."

"Okay."

"So then I dumped you, and started dating someone else. Let's call him Bob-

"Bob?" I snorted

"Jasper, I'm trying to get a point across."

"Alright, so now you're dating Bob, and your parents love him?"

"Yes, but I realize that we can't be apart no matter what the consequences. So we spend our lives together, and one day I forget absolutely everything."

"Everything?" I repeated

If she forgot the day that we met, when we kissed in the rain, when we confessed our mutual feelings for each other. If she didn't even know our names.

"Told you so." She giggled, pressing one of her fingers to my cheek to blot away a tear, "And then every day," she whispered, "You'd tell me our story. What brought us together and everything that we went through together."

"I would do that for you, Ali."

"You would?" she sniffled, smiling through the tears now pouring down her own cheeks

"Of course I would Alice. I love you."

"Even though I can see dead people?"

"It's a part of who you are. It's what helps to make you the person who you are."

"I love you Jasper."

"Really? Then you won't mind If I do this?" I breathed, moving a loose strand of hair behind her ear, leaning in towards her, noting that her eyes sparkled with excitement and anticipation

Her lips found mine and they touched for a moment before she wriggled her tongue between my lips causing me to gasp at the sudden coolness of her tongue tracing my teeth and then my lips.

Soon we were gasping for air, but nowhere near done I realized as Alice knotted her fingers in my hair.

"Jazz." She panted

"Yeah, Ali?"

"Yes."

"Yes, what?"

"When you wanted to take me back to your apartment, yes."

"Right now?"

"Yes."

"But we didn't watch the movie." I pointed out

"Who cares about that stupid movie." She breathed, deepening the kiss, cutting me off from saying anymore

She slid the t-shirt over my head, and tangled her hands up in my hair once more.

Slowly, I worked on the buttons of her blouse.

"You sure about this darlin'?"

"More then sure."

"I just have one request." I smiled, picking her up carrying her to my bedroom

"And what is that?"

"Leave those heels on."

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