Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight. I do, however, own my OCs, this storyline, and one too many pets.

A/N: Thanks as always to my wonderful beta, readingtime. This is for all my LFBs -- I love you guys H&R.

Jasper's POV

"And does it bother you to think after you left, that she probably moved on, married someone else, had his children?" I pictured the mystery girl from my past with someone else, someone I felt I should know as well. They had a small boy between them holding both their hands as they walked down a tree covered lane. A faint feeling of envy ran through me. "See, you don't even have to answer me. I can see it in your face! And that jealousy right there was for a woman from 230 years ago whose name you can't even remember!" She had a point. Bella looked so cute, her hands on her hips, her face scrunched up in determination. I heard Edward laugh from outside, then heard Alice and Adrian convincing him to leave and asking to stay the night at his house. I growled. How dare he eavesdrop on our conversation?!

"Why are you growling at me, Jasper?" Bella looked at me through narrowed eyes as she paced back and forth, filled with anger and frustration.

"I wasn't growling at you, I was growling at Edward. He was outside just now with Alice and Adrian, and apparently found our argument rather humorous." Bella went to the window, flung open the curtains and scanned outside. "They're already gone. We've scared off our roommates, it seems. They're staying at Edward's tonight."

Bella closed the curtains again and leaned her forehead against the glass, sighing. "Great."

I knew what I was doing to her. I was pushing her away, making her choose between Edward's friendship and my love. I was doing the very thing Alice warned me not to do. Yet I couldn't seem to help myself. I stole Bella from Edward. There, I said it. I admit it. He did his fair share to push her away, it wasn't all me, but I can't deny that I did everything in my power to make that easier for him. I was waiting with open arms, ready and willing to give her what he could not, and it was the happiest moment of my life when she ran right into them. So how could I not be jealous of her continued affection for Edward? How could I not be worried that he was doing the exact same thing I did; waiting in the wings with open arms, waiting for me to screw up enough to push Bella away so he could steal her back? He even admitted that if she gave him another chance he would take it. Of course he would; he'd be a fool not to.

Bella loves me. She loves Me. There was no denying that her feelings for me were real. I felt her love oozing from her every pore whenever we were together, especially when we made love. And I wanted more than anything to make love to her right then, show her how much I love and want and need her. Make her forget about Edward and remember how good we are together. Remind her of one of the ways I differed from him. With that in mind, I pushed a powerful wave of lust at Bella with all my might. Bella's back arched, her knees bent and her head fell back, a soft moan escaping as her hands flew to her throat and slid up into her hair.

"You're not playing fair, Whitlock," Bella purred. Whitlock. It seemed to be her new nickname for me whenever she was teasing me. Whitlock. I liked it. It differentiated me in one more way from him. I decided that when Bella is changed and we get married, I'm going to have Jenks change my name back to Whitlock.

"Come on, darlin', let's not fight," I dropped my voice down a little lower. I stalked slowly, seductively up to her, keeping a continuing flow of lust in her direction. I slid my hand around her waist to the small of her back and pulled her body flush against mine and breathed into her ear. "We've got a bonus night alone, let's not waste it."

Bella shook her head a little, a touch of confusion mixed in with her desire. "We're not done talking yet," she said rather unconvincingly. I turned the lust up another notch.

"Yes we are. You were right. I was wrong." I kissed her, the feeling of her petal soft lips powering my arousal. I let my ability pulsate my feelings to her as I backed her slowly into the wall. "End of discussion."

Bella said not a word, but wrapped my hair around her fingers and kissed me back urgently as she gave in. Her hot tongue caressed mine and I moaned into her mouth as I tilted my head and returned her kiss, my tongue winning the battle for dominance as I released the full force of my power upon her. Bella pulled back, gasping for air, and I shifted my assault to her jawbone, tracing it up to her ear. I loved the feeling of Bella's soft, tiny earlobe between my lips as I sucked it gently, tracing its edges with my tongue. I moved down to the spot just behind her ear that always caused her to make the most beautiful sounds and once again it did not disappoint. I knew every spot like that on her body and I intended to visit them all.

I slowly licked my way down her collarbone, nuzzling my nose against the hollow of her throat before tracing my way back up the other side. I rubbed my thumb in soft circles over the ball of her shoulder while I kissed every inch of sweet flesh I could find. Bella's leg hitched up over my hip and I grabbed it, lifting her up and supporting her so she could do the same with her other leg. Once she was secure, I carried her to our bed and laid her in the middle of it. Her camisole had lifted up, revealing several inches of exposed skin just waiting to be kissed, and I rushed to do so. Bella closed her eyes and gave in to the sensations as I licked a trail along the waistline of her jeans.

"More…" she whispered. I unbuttoned her jeans, taking my time with the zipper before sliding them off her legs, kissing my way up her supple thighs before pausing to suck on the soft spot near her hipbone, once again marking her as mine. Bella lifted her head and chuckled at me for a moment, but said nothing and laid back down. I removed her panties swiftly and rubbed the tip of my nose against her folds. Bella jerked involuntarily and spread her legs a little further in anticipation.

"More…" she whispered again. I separated her lower lips with my finger and traced a circle along her entrance before lowering my tongue to her, caressing her clit and enthusiastically drinking in her arousal, swirling my tongue in random circles.

"More…" she begged. I plunged two fingers inside her warm depths and she lifted her legs, putting her feet on my shoulders, her knees as far spread as she could manage. She lifted her hips, forcing herself into my mouth as I continued worshipping her. I felt her impending orgasm and backed my mouth away.

"More…" she growled, frustrated at being denied when she was so close to climaxing. I raised my body level with hers, her feet still on my shoulders, causing her legs to lift in the air perpendicular to the bed as I wasted no time thrusting into her. Bella screamed in ecstasy and I felt her clamping around me with my very first stroke. I watched her face as she came – she was never more lovely than at those moments.

Her nipples pushed against the pink satin of her camisole, which was now clinging to her body, damp with sweat. I stared at them moving with my thrusts, as I felt my own release explode within me. I gently removed myself from her and rolled onto my back. Bella automatically curled into me and was asleep in seconds. I laid there, wondering how everything had gotten so complicated. Was it just a week ago that I was anxiously anticipating leaving Forks behind to start a new life here? Then the only things bothering me were hiding from Charlie and Bella's rules. Now it seemed I was on pins and needles every moment of the day. Bella's trust in me had been seriously damaged, and my jealousy was reaching a fevered pitch. At the same time, Edward and Bella's friendship seemed to have deepened since our arrival a little too much for my liking. The worst part was, I had absolutely no idea how to fix it.

"No…not again…please…" Bella begged in her dreams. This, too, was a new development this week that I wasn't particularly pleased with. It started the day after she spent the night at Edward's, and has continued every night since. Always the same thing, 'no, not again.' I'd asked her about it, but she didn't remember what the nightmare was about. "No! Edward, please…" Stunned was one word to describe my reaction. Livid was another. I considered waking her up but knew it would serve no purpose, so I stayed, listening, part of me hoping she would continue talking so I could decipher her dream, part of me praying for it to be over before I heard something I didn't want to hear. "Jasper…please don't…" Bella sounded so heartbroken, as though she were in utter agony, but she wasn't saying anything that would help me to interpret the source of her pain. She muttered 'please' and 'not again' a few more times before she drifted back into peaceful sleep.

The next morning Bella woke up grumpy. I thought that it was lack of sleep and attempted to kid her about it when she snapped at me.

"Well, if you don't like that I'm grumpy, why don't you just change my emotions? You're good at that, after all," Bella sneered at me. Oh shit. She actually sneered. I don't think I'd ever seen a human look scary until that moment.

"Oh, Bella, I'm sorry. It's just that things have been so messed up this week, I just wanted us to forget about all the drama for a while and just be 'Jasper and Bella' again."

Bella was unrelenting. "I'd like to think that there's more to 'Jasper and Bella' than just sex. We have some real issues to work through, and the only way that's going to happen is to talk through them. Tricking me into sleeping with you is not the way to solve anything."

I felt dirty. Tainted. "Tricked you?" The words caught in my throat. "Don't say it like that. You make it sound like I got you drunk and took advantage of you. You've always enjoyed sharing our emotions when we make love."

"Yes, I do, when we're already being intimate and I know it's coming. Last night was completely different. You used your power as a diversion tactic. I was so instantly aroused I'm surprised I didn't masturbate in front of you right then and there." The image of Bella, naked and touching herself, would not be denied. Bella must have sensed it, because her eyes trailed down to my arousal and she smirked. "Such a typical guy reaction. Can you just focus for two minutes? I am really upset about this."

"I'm sorry, Bella. I shouldn't have done that. It won't happen again." I hung my head in remorse. It pained me for Bella to think I tricked her into having sex with me. It made me feel like a pervert, a sexual deviant.

Blessedly, Alice and Adrian walked in the door, cutting off our conversation. The four of us sat around playing monopoly for a couple of hours. Bella was still really upset at first, but as the game continued she started to relax. It was nice, just the four of us. The conversation flowed and we just had fun for a while. At least, until we started talking about our schedules for the week.

Adrian spoke first. "Guys, if it's alright with you, we'd like to have Alice hunt on Thursday instead of Friday. I would just rather sleep at home the night before my game, you know?"

"That's fine by me," Bella said and I nodded my agreement. I liked Fridays because we both had off the next day and Bella could stay up late and not worry about sleeping in the next day, but I could understand where that wouldn't be ideal for Adrian.

"Jasper, I assume you're still hunting on Monday since Tuesday's your short day?" Alice asked.

"No, not this week. I'm not really all that thirsty, I think I'm going to skip it." All eyes were suddenly upon me. If I went to hunt, that meant Bella was staying at Hotel Edward. Not. Going. To. Happen.

"What do you mean, you're not thirsty? Your eyes sure look like you're thirsty," Alice asked, her voice laced with suspicion.

"I don't need to hunt. It's not that bad. I've gone a lot longer than a week before." I tried to make my voice as authoritative as possible. I wanted this conversation over.

"Yes, you have, but not when you're attending classes at a crowded university, and certainly not since you've had a delicious smelling human lying next to you in bed every night." Alice was starting to get angry. I didn't see what the big deal was.

"Dude, you've had two nights alone with Bella already, and you're going to have a third on Thursday. I've only had one night alone with Ally, and now you're telling me that because you're not thirsty, we don't get our night alone this week? How is that fair?" Adrian was pissed.

"Fine. You want a night alone, then Bella and I will get a hotel one night this week, how's that?" I crossed my arms, quite pleased with my solution. Bella and I would have two nights alone, she wouldn't be at Edward's, and Alice and Adrian would still get their alone time. Perfect.

"NO," Bella stated, a quiet command. She said it with such conviction that I was momentarily stunned.

"What do you mean, no?" I asked after I recovered.

"I mean, No. I'm not going to a hotel with you this week. No. You are not avoiding hunting just so I won't go to Edward's. No. I'm staying at Edward's tomorrow as planned. Hunt or don't hunt, it's up to you, just don't sit around here and ruin their night together." Bella stood and walked away, having seen right through me. I listened as she went into our room and called Edward to make sure he was okay with Adrian changing his night to Thursday and confirming that she would be there tomorrow in time for dinner. The conversation was completely innocent and yet it made my skin crawl.

"Hello? Earth to Jasper!" Alice waved her hand in front of my face, snapping me back to attention.

"What's going on with you? We're both worried about you." Adrian nodded his head in agreement.

"I don't know, honestly. It's just that ever since we moved here, I've been feeling more and more insecure about my relationship with Bella. I'm scared to death that it's all just going to disappear, and I don't know how to stop it. I wasn't trying to be unfair to you, I just don't want her spending any more time alone with Edward than absolutely necessary."

"It's no different…" Alice started.

"You've already used that one on me once, Alice. It IS different than you and I being alone. Adrian knows he has nothing to fear from me. I can't say the same about Edward."

Alice exhaled a large puff of air, conceding defeat on that point.

Once again, Adrian the Sage and Wise came up with words of wisdom out of the blue. "Forget about Edward. Focus on yourself. Your relationship with Bella was built on trust. Her trust with you was shaken with that whole 'I plotted to kill you' thing. You don't want to do anything to make it worse." I thought back to our argument this morning, where she was angry at me for using my powers to turn her on. She had always trusted me to not use my ability without her permission, and I broke that trust. I hung my head in shame. "Shit, man. I know that look. What happened? What did you do?"

"Last night we were fighting about, well, you know. You heard. Anyway, I just wanted it to be over. I needed to hold her and kiss her and tell her I love her. So I…well, I…used my powers to distract her."

"You did WHAT?!" Alice leaped from her chair at the same time Adrian did. I jumped back in shock as Alice stepped between us, restraining Adrian.

"Tell me that you did not use your ability like a fucking roofie to date rape my best friend, you sick motherfucker!"

I was floored. "I didn't, I mean it wasn't like that. I mean, she was angry this morning, but…" That's not what happened! Was it?

"Of course she was angry! What is wrong with you??? You know better than that!" Alice was growling at me and Adrian was still trying to push his way past her with all his might.

"Stop." Bella came back into the room, looking sad and solemn. She had her leather riding jacket over her arm. "Please. Just stop. I can't take any more fighting." Adrian quit jumping around behind Alice but was still glaring at me angrily, as was Alice.

I turned to her full of remorse and shame. "Bella, I…"

"No, Jasper. Not now. I'm going out for a while." Bella turned on her heel and walked out the door without another sound. I collapsed on the floor when I heard Bella's motorcycle speed away.

A/N: All my J/B fans -- don't kill me! Adrian is actually much more pissed off than Bella. He's not as used to dealing with vamps and their powers the way Bella is. Bella is upset, but she's not looking at it quite the same way. The Cullendales are now in Sunny Cincinnati, Ohio! You never know where they may end up next! Oh, and don't forget to vote for the Eddie/Bellie awards -- the link is on my profile!