A/N First I need to thank my beta twilightaddict71484 for her help, and my pre-readers OoJasper'sAngeloO, and sinfulroad69. Without them this wouldn't be worth reading. Here we get to see just a little more fun, before shit hits the fan again. I'm sure that most of my readers will want to hurt Jasper after this chapter. Hope you enjoy this chapter as much as I enjoyed writing it, even though the last part was hard to write.
I do not own Twilight or any of the characters.
Jasper's POV
The last few days have been both the best and the worst days of my existence. The best because the whole family is getting to see a lighter side of both Bella and I. We have all laughed and just enjoyed getting to know the real Bella.
She has brought out something in me that if the family hadn't seen it with their own eyes they said they would have never believed it. I was acting more carefree than they had ever seen me. I laughed more than I ever have, and it was all because of my wife, my mate.
They have also been the worst because of the need to claim her. I'm doing what I can to try to alleviate some of the pain but its gotten to the point where even that is starting to no longer help. Its not just the physical either.
The need to claim goes deeper than just walking around with a raging hard on. It also causes pain in the body. It's different than the pain in the chest of separation. It's an ache if you will that is not just in one place, the whole body aches.
But being with her helps keep my mind off of that shit. She is funny in her own right. She laughs easily, and also gets pissed off royally. I fucking love it. Emmett, and Peter both love doing things to get under her skin, but I'm afraid that one day, they'll go too far and she'll send them flying.
The day we caught her dancing turned out to be a very good one. We had gotten to watch her for about three minutes before she realized we were there. We all thoroughly enjoyed watching her and she was an awesome dancer. The best part, she was so fucking happy!
So, we decided to have an evening of dancing. She danced with everyone. Even though the other males had to be careful of how they danced with her, she was able to without setting me off. I admit to having to distract myself by dancing with the other girls, but all in all it was a wonderful evening full of joy, and love.
The next day we decided to take her to the indoor swimming pool they have here in Forks. We were able to rent the entire pool for a few hours so it was just us. That is where I learned a few more things about my mate.
She can be a fucking tease when she wants to be. I also found out that she's ticklish. As a matter of fact, she is extremely ticklish, so much so that I didn't even have to touch her to get her to laugh, and giggle. Just move my hand over her foot, and she goes into laughing fits!
When we got to the pool I was still fully dressed. I never went without clothes when I went swimming because of the scars. While the family has seen them, I feel uncomfortable with showing them in public places. While there would only be a couple of people here that are human, I still didn't feel like I could be comfortable enough to just wear trunks.
Apparently, my sisters had informed my mate of this fact and then they made plans. We had to go in two separate cars because there were just too many of us to all fit into one car. The girls went in one, while us men went in the other.
Us guys got there first and so because we are all gentlemen, we waited for the ladies before going into the pool. As soon as they got there was when the teasing began. I knew something was up because I could fucking feel the mischievousness coming off of every single one of the girls especially Bella.
As soon as I saw her it got even worse. When she walked in she was wearing a long sleeved sweatshirt, along with sweatpants. I just looked at her with a what the fuck expression. She just smiled at me and then put her towel and stuff down.
All of us men decided it would be best if we got into the water to wait, and watch the ladies strip down to their swimsuits which we all knew would be bikini's. Yeah, do the math and I'm sure you can figure out why we needed to be in the water!
I had on a black long sleeved shirt so that even when wet it wouldn't show my scars. I watched as all of the ladies stripped down to their barely there swimsuits except for Bella. She just stood there waiting for the others to finish.
Once the girls were ready to get in, I expected Bella to strip as well. She didn't! She headed to the steps that led to inside the pool. She then sat down so that her feet were in the water but she wasn't. The only thing going through my mind was wanting to see her in a barely there swimsuit and being able to touch her soft skin.
I got up closer to her and she just smiled her wicked little smile that lets me know she's up to something. I decided to let her know she wasn't going to be allowed to just sit out without getting wet, "Darlin', why don't you take those sweats off and get into the pool?"
"No!" she replied.
I was confused. She was the one really excited to come here, "Darlin', please get those clothes off and get into the water!"
"No, I'm keeping them on." her voice was steady, and determination was flowing out from her.
"Either you take them off and get in or I'm coming out to get you." I told her.
"No, I'm not going to fucking take them off!"
"Come here!" I sternly told her.
"NO!" she replied loudly.
"Fine then at least tell me why you won't take them off and get in."
"Well, you are wearing clothes and it looks stupid to be wearing all those clothes while in a swimming pool. I'll make you a deal. You remove your shirt and pants, and I'll remove mine!"
"But my scars." I whispered.
"So what, I've seen them and so has the family. They don't bother anyone here. Peter and Char have the same scars and they both are down to their swimsuits. So, either lose the clothes, or I stay dressed as well."
It took me all of one second to be out. I quickly stripped down to my swim trunks and got back in. I smirked at Bella and she then decided it was time to tease. She got up and very slowly, started to remove the outer layers she had on.
She kept her back to me but as soon as I saw the tiny bikini she was wearing I felt my jaw drop. Yeah, I had seen her without clothes, but there is just something so fucking sexy about wearing something very small. I needed to hold her, now!
When she finally turned around I must have had a predatory look on my face because she smiled but instead of walking towards the pool she started to back up. I started heading for the side to go after her if I needed to.
I told her to come get in and she shook her head no. Why that little minx. I started to stalk her even in the pool and she backed away. She giggled, and back up even more. That did it, I was up and out and had her in my arms and back into the pool before she could blink.
It was during the time we were all swimming around that I had poked her in the side trying to make a point with her and she giggled. So, I did what any red blooded guy would do, if I had any blood that is, I started to tickle her.
We stayed in the pool for a couple of hours. When it was time to head back we went as couples and stopped at a fast food place to get Bella something called tacos. Seems swimming for humans makes them hungry, it just makes me horny.
She fell asleep after finishing her food. I was able to get her up to her room without waking her up. I did wake her up long enough for her to take a shower, and get ready for bed. As usual, I stayed with her all night.
I have been staying with her every night since the thing with Demetri happened. It was the only way she could sleep. Even though a couple of those nights I had left to go hunting, she was always restless as long as I was gone.
After a couple of those nights, she seemed to settle down enough so that I didn't really have to stay with her. She asked me to, and even though the pain is bad, I just couldn't say no. Then, came the night we all left to go hunting. She was sleeping peacefully, so I left with the family even though I didn't really want to.
That was the morning we found her dancing in the kitchen. That was three days ago. That was three days before my world was turned upside down, and I almost lost everything that is important to me. That was three days before I made the biggest fucking mistake of my existence. That was the day I almost destroyed my mate.
Bella's POV
I can't believe that I heard him talking to King. Letting everything he's going through out. Even I could hear the pain in his voice. It was then that I realized I was in love with Jasper Whitlock, and decided it was time for him to claim me.
I wasn't going to tell him outright. No, Rose made sure that I had some sexy lingerie to wear for our first night together. I was going to act like nothing has changed and then later I would get ready for bed like I always do and then come out wearing almost nothing.
I would tell him as he held me in his arms. He had promised me that even though claiming is usually rough, he would be gentle with me and make sure that my first time would be pleasant. He promised that for my first time, he would make love to me.
He would also be marking me as his. He of course would suck the venom out. I warned him that my blood would taste bitter, and rotten to him. It wouldn't matter, he didn't need to swallow it, he could spit it out.
When I got back into the house I told Rose what I wanted and she promised to get the family out of the house so that we could be alone. She was so fucking excited, until someone from the Volturi showed up an hour later.
She said that she was there to check the status of me getting pregnant. Carlisle and Esme took her aside and explained that I was still a virgin, but we would be trying soon. I didn't like the way she was looking at Jasper though.
It was like he was her prey. I hated her even though I had never met her before. I have to say that there aren't many vampires that scare me, but for some reason I was feeling ice cold fear running through me. Something was wrong, yeah, something was very wrong.
Jasper felt it of course and asked me what was wrong. I explained my feelings and he suggested that we leave for awhile as the female name Athena would be leaving in a couple of hours to go back and make her report.
We decided to go horseback riding, well, I would be riding, while Jasper ran as usual. He said he needed to go and take a quick shower and then he would be ready. I told him I would get King ready while waiting for him.
I knew it wouldn't take him long so I quickly got King ready. It didn't take long as he always seemed to love going out with us, and he was easy to put the saddle on. Jasper usually did it for me, but I had been taught when I was little how to saddle a horse so I didn't have to wait when I wanted to ride.
After finishing up and taking him outside I continued to wait. While waiting I decided that I couldn't wait to tell Jasper that I loved him. I would go and tell him now, and we could both plan our evening together or maybe have this afternoon to be together.
I just knew that I needed him to know, now. I ran up the stairs and didn't slow down until I got close to the door. It was open. I had noticed that the family had left, or at least I didn't see anyone, anywhere. That was really strange, they normally always told me if they were leaving.
It was then that I heard a noise coming from Jasper's room. I was very quiet and pushed the already slightly open door just enough so I could peek in. What I saw, made my blood run cold, and my heart stop.
There was a very naked Athena, with my very naked husband, kissing him. He had his hands on her arms, and while his back was to me, I was pretty sure he was hard, and was enjoying himself as he took no notice of me at all. Athena on the other hand opened her eyes and looked straight at me.
The pain was so intense I pulled my shield up immediately. I wasn't going to let Jasper know the pain he was causing me. I guess that I made him wait too long and he just couldn't take it and decided to just let someone else take care of his needs. One thing I knew for sure, he didn't want me anymore. So, I ran.
I quickly got King, and rode off as fast as I could get him to run. I didn't know how long it would be before Jasper realized I was gone, but I needed to get as far away as I could. I had no clue where I was going and I didn't really fucking care anymore.
I knew for sure that this was my fault. I had pushed him right into her arms, by not giving him what he needed. So, I pushed King hard, trying to put as much distance as possible between me and the Cullen house. My heart was breaking not only for losing the only man I had ever loved, but I was also losing a family that I had come to love deeply.
I just couldn't take anymore. I wanted to die. Maybe that's why I ended up where I did. My instincts were telling me not to go into this one area, but I refused to listen. I'm guessing by the amount of time that had passed that I was pretty far from the house.
It had started to rain heavily and I was soaked. I didn't fucking care. I was numb now, and didn't care about anything except trying to find a way to stop this pain. I almost did too.
King had started to act up, not wanting to go into the area my instincts were telling me to stay away from. Since he wouldn't go, I got off and decided that if it was something dangerous I wanted to be there. Maybe I would get lucky and be killed.
I stepped into the area and heard snarling, and then a growl. I looked over from where the noise came from and there was a huge mountain lion already crouched and ready to spring. I turned my back to leave and I was suddenly knocked down.
I felt the most intense pain on my shoulder,back, and legs, and I knew the cat was on me. I didn't fight, and suddenly felt the cat's teeth were trying to pierce my skull. I vaguely recall hearing King snort, before feeling pressure and blacking out. . .
A/N I would love to know what you think. For those who either posted reviews as a guest, or that I didn't get to reply to, a huge thank you for taking the time to let me know your thoughts. I have a really busy work week coming up so I will be posting maybe once a week unless I can find time to write. I will do my best to get the next chapter of this story out in a few days as I know you're gonna want to know what happens to Bella. Thanks to all who added this story to their favorites and alerts, love you guys.