I OWN NOTHING. ALL CHARACTERS BELONG TO THE VERY TALENTED STEPHENIE MEYER.

My Friend

Chapter 14

My home

Jasper stayed at the Cullen's for the rest of the summer not being able to go back to his home without his parents there. A week before school started back up Edward and Esme accompanied him to get some of his personal things.

Jasper walked around the house like it was the first time he had ever been there; it seemed so different now that his parents were gone. He took his clothes and a couple of pictures of him and Rosalie with their parents. His eyes were blurry with tears when he saw the note his mom had left for him on the fridge knowing he would be back before them from his trip to Miami.

To my beautiful baby boy,

Jasper you be good for Mr. and Mrs. Cullen and be a gentleman with Edward.

We'll be back soon and bring back lots of pictures of Chocolate and her new cult.

I hope you and Edward have lots of fun, but not too much. Take care and don't forget

Mamma and daddy love you.

Love,

Mamma

Jasper sat on the floor and read and reread the letter; Edward sat next to him with one arm around his shoulder.

"E, you think your parents would mind if we stayed here the night? I miss them so much."

"I can ask my mom. I'm sure they wouldn't mind."

Esme walked in the kitchen just then and crouched down in front of them placing one hand on Edward's knee and one on Jasper's.

"Are you sure you can handle it, Jasper?" She waited for his response. He looked up at her and nodded.

"I need to… I just miss them so much…" Jasper pulled his knees closer to his chest and buried his face in his folded arms and cried. Edward hated that his boyfriend was in so much pain but couldn't do anything to take it away. He cried out of frustration and feeling helpless, and Esme being so sensitive to their pain cried with them.

It took Jasper a while but with Edward and his family's help, he did recover from his numbness.

Half way through eighth grade Jasper informed Edward that he would be taking J.R.O.T.C. when they got to high school so it would facilitate him going to the military after graduation. Even though Edward was proud of his boyfriend he felt like he was being left behind. Edward had already decided he would go to medical school when he graduated, specializing in pediatric medicine.

High school was hard for Edward, not academically of course, he could teach pretty much any class he was in. He felt out of place because he wasn't as outgoing as Jasper. Jasper played on the football team and on the baseball team, while Edward was president of the science club and head of the yearbook committee. They were complete opposite in their interests, but when they were together nothing mattered, they were one in the same.

When they were fifteen they decided to go camping again to celebrate their birthdays.

"Hey you want to go camping this year?" Edward suggested.

"Hell yeah, we could leave Friday and come back Sunday." Jasper missed his camping trips with his boyfriend.

Edward was excited to spend some alone time with Jasper. Their parents had decided that they were responsible enough to share a room but not a bed. Two twin beds were put in the place of Edward's queen size with a night stand between them. Even though they shared beds sometimes it wasn't the same as being able to share a bed and do the things they wanted to do to each there without worrying about Edward's parents walking in on them.

Jasper and Edward had done plenty of exploring and dry humping with and without clothes, but they had never gone all the way. They both knew they weren't ready for that yet, but they knew that it was something they would only share with each other.

The hike to their spot was pleasant Jasper held Edward's hand stopping occasionally to kiss or just hold each other. They enjoyed the rare sunny weather to the fullest and planned to make the best of their birthday camping trip.

The clearing looked the same as they remembered it, only this year there were more wild flowers than the last time they camped. Both boys worked diligently to get the camp site back to the way they once had it. Edward learned a lot about camping from Jasper and didn't need much instructing. Jasper collected the wood for the fire and Edward put the fire place Jasper had built back together. When they were satisfied with the camp site they took a much needed rest. Edward took Jasper's hand and guided him into the tent. To the boys intercourse was still in their distant future, tasting and touching however, was something they thoroughly enjoyed. The sounds of the wilderness were replaced by the moans and groans coming from the small confines of their tent. For the next couple of years this would again become where they would come to find solace in each other leaving the rest of the world outside their personal paradise.