BPOV:

I thought that Emmett might faint then and there. His eyes were practically bulging out of his head. I also knew that he would probably not take the news of Jasper and I too well.

To be honest, it wasn't like I was intending on ever really being with Jasper. However, it was so much easier to focus and realize how much I really did love him and need him in my life without Emmett around.

So, here we are now, we've dropped the bomb on everybody and I can't help but feel a little pang of jealousy over Rosalie.

We all decided to go down to First Beach this weekend. This should be interesting.

~*~

"Jasmine, baby, come give us kisses, we're going to go for awhile." I yelled down the hall at the Hale's house.

She came running at me full speed, her blond curls bouncing as she ran.

"Mommy. I will miss you." She nuzzled her face in my neck. I had to smile.

"I will miss you too, 'Lil Bit." That was my nickname for her.

I passed her over to Jasper. "Now, you are going to be good for mamaw and papaw, aren't you?"

She smiled brightly. Jasper kissed her on the cheek. "Who's my best girl?"

"Me and mommy." She laughed.

We said our good-byes and we headed out the door in our rental.

Jasper broke the silence. "Are you nervous at all?"

"Hmm?" I looked at him. "What should I be nervous about?"

He laughed. "Well, I mean, it's been ten years or so since you were around Emmett. You mean to tell me that you aren't at least curious to talk to him and catch up?"

"No more than the rest of them." I lied.

I had to hand it to Jasper. He never let the whole Emmett thing get the best of us. He was always there and he never faltered. His loyalty is a huge reason for my being with him. Why I love him.

We reached the beach and parked, pulling blankets and coolers out. Edward and Jacob had apparently decided to handle all of the firewood and food.

"Bells, Jasper. You two made it, I see." Edward ran over to give us a hand with the coolers.

"Thank you Edward." I sighed in relief. I'm not sure why we needed an entire cooler full of Bud Light, but I am sure I was going to find out.

Jasper looked around. "Where's my sister and Emmett? I figured they'd be the first down here since it was his idea."

"He's probably got tied up at football practice. But, knowing him, driving from Seattle will take half the time than the normal person." Alice laughed.

I had forgotten that he played. I used to secretly go and watch his games at Buffalo Wild Wings.

Before I could say any more about it, Emmett and Rosalie pulled up in a black Lambo. Must be fucking nice to play with a ball and get paid millions.

"Hells Bells." He laughed as he got out of the car. "Looks like you've got quite alot of beer there. I know you're not going to drink that." He nudged me.

"Shit. I bet I could drink you under the table, son." I lifted my head proudly.

Jasper laughed. "Seriously, she can drink. It's like her second nature." I kissed my man on his sweet lips.

EMPOV:

I realized that the way I was acting with Bella was pretty much Grade A retarded. I tried not to think about her, but everything I did made me think about her. Football practice today made me nuts, because she was always pushing me to play ball. It was her fault, thank god, that I was here to begin with.

"You seriously think you can out drink me? You've got to be shittin' me, Bells." I scoffed. I didn't know that I necessarily cared, either. I just wanted to be numb. This shit can't be healthy.

"I shit you not, McCarty." She cocked an evil smile in my direction.

Jasper laughed again. "Don't do it, man. Don't go to the dark side." I laughed too. But, I quickly found myself wanting to punch him in his face. Not for being annoying, but for stepping in on my Bella.

~*~

We sat around drinking and making s'mores and just reminiscing about all of the good times we used to have.

"Okay, okay. Do you guys remember that one time when we played 'Spin the Bottle' in like the 8th grade? Dude, Cullen got stuck kissing Lauren Mallory and she had braces. It was like the second time he landed on her so he had to use tongue. She fuckin' cut his tongue all up. It was tragic." I laughed at my story. I felt bad for Cullen after that. "I can only imagine if it were something else." All the men shuddered.

Jasper laughed. "Okay. I've got one. Remember the time that Bella got sick with mono, and we went through the entire school kicking guys' asses because we wanted to know who she was making out with to get it? Turned out she got it from drinking after her cousin that had it." We all laughed again.

Cullen stepped up. "Remember when you guys beat the shit out of me for spreading rumors about Bella? I had to call myself a fag." I winced at that.

"Sorry, man. I know that was pretty much not cool." Jasper stated.

"No, you guys were right in doing that. I was a prick, and I didn't realize it." He gave a quick smile.

Rosalie snapped up. "Okay, enough of this emotional trip to the past. Let's talk about what everybody is doing these days. Since we haven't seen Bella and Jazz lately, how about you guys start?"

Bella was the first to say anything. "Well, I teach at OSU, Literature, of course. I love my job. It's the best thing that could have happened to me, moving out to Ohio. Anyway, we got married our sophomore year of college." She looked down. That literally made it a little more than a year after she and I broke up. "We got pregnant with Jasmine four years ago, when we thought we couldn't have any children. The few times we didn't even try, is when we conceived. She's our whole world."

I wanted to be part of that life. I was being selfish with my own thoughts when Jasper interrupted them. Thank God. The need to punch him in the throat was a slight less now.

"Okay, if we're coming to me, I teach music at OSU. I was going to originally go with American History, with my specialization on Southern Territories and the Civil War, but I was enjoying the atmosphere that the music gave me. I have to honestly say the coolest thing at the time, was getting to get front row passes to see 'THE BEST DAMN BAND IN THE LAND' do the Script Ohio. Nothing like it in a million years." He smiled. That was his favorite thing about the games. "So, as Bella said, we got married in the middle of our sophomore year. The way I proposed to her was interesting. We were watching the news and I acted all interested in what ever the hell was going on at the time. They said there was an urgent story and it showed a picture of me. She had a confused look on her face." He laughed, no doubt remembering. "Anyway, the anchorman claims he's got the report and it was me asking her to marry me. She turned around and I was on my knee with the ring."

They turned and looked at each other. I laughed. "The grand gesture." I smiled.

Jasper nodded his head. "Exactly."

Everybody went around telling how they got where they are. Edward talked about how he worked his ass off in school to get as successful as he is now. Alice owned her own vintage beauty shop, that she built from the ground up, and is highly successful. Then, it was my turn.

"So, Emmett, how goes the whole football thing?" Bella quizzed.

I sighed. "It's great. I always knew I'd play somewhere, but being close to home is so much better." I smiled and winked at Rosalie. "I almost gave up on football. I as drinking heavy every night. My grades started slipping and I just gave up on life in general." I lowered my eyes. I could feel the heat vision coming off of Rosalie in giant waves. I spoke up. "But, then this beautiful woman here snapped me out of my extreme depression, which I honestly thought about killing myself over, and pushed me to work my ass off and achieve my goals, with or without y-" I cut myself off.

Bella stood up and glared at me. "What the hell, Emmett?" She stomped off toward the water.

Rosalie urged me to go and talk to her. She knows I don't deserve her, not even a little bit.

"Wait. Bells. Just chill out." I yelled after her. I followed her all the way over past some rocks where she was throwing rocks into the water.

"You're such a jerk, Emmett. Why did you feel the need to bring that up, huh?" She scowled at me.

Being the blunt mother fucker I am, I told her the truth. "Because, we can't deny what is going on here. You hurt and I hurt all because of some fucking mistake that happened 10 years ago. Shit, Bella. I would have given anything to make you happy."

Her face didn't soften. "Is that why you ignored me altogether? You stopped calling and you stopped emailing me. You acted like I had the fucking plague, Emmett."

"I was convinced that you didn't want me anymore. I just knew that if I left you alone, you'd find your own way." My voice was near a whisper.

She huffed. "The thing that hurt the most, the singular most important thing, was that you took your friendship away when you stopped talking to me."

"You're such a hypocrite, Bella. I took MY friendship away? You fucking took yours all the way to Ohio with JASPER of all people." I was shaking now.

Then, I heard her sniffles and knew she was crying. "Do you know that I haven't ever stopped thinking about you ever since I left that day?" She laughed.

"Same here." I admitted.

I gave her a big hug. "So, what do we do now?"