AN: Hello everyone! Yes yes, I finally got around to making an update. You can all stop begging for one now. (just kidding, beg away if you wish) This chapter is a bit longer so hopefully it's worth the wait.

Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight.

"Three days?" Bella's words basically exploded from her, and she looked around with wide frantic eyes. "What are we going to do? Should I leave? Oh my god, I should leave!"

She struggled against Jasper's hold but he held her firmly. Wave after wave of calm and serenity was sent to the panicked human, but eventually Jasper had to accept that his gift's influence wasn't working. He quickly snatched her chin in his hand, effectively shutting her up and turning her attention to him.

"Bella. Bella." His soft words weren't quite getting through and he growled in frustration. "Enough!"

Bella froze, her eyes wide and wild but her breathing calming down and her attention completely focused on her mate.

"Why do ya think ya have to leave?"

Bella took a deep breath and closed her eyes, finally relaxing back into Jasper. He kept his grip on her chin in a move of caution.

"I...don't have the best track record with random vampires dropping in." She opened her eyes and gave Jasper an almost pleading look. "Human remember?"

Peter gave an amused snort, and Bella's eyes swung to him. A flash of indignation flashed through her and Jasper had to repress a smirk as he let her go and allowed his mate to stalk towards his coven member.

"It isn't funny, Peter!" Bella was in front of Peter quicker than they expected a human to move. "I am a human, which means, in case you forgot, that I smell like dinner to all you fucking vampires. And, it seems like most of you like to make me run before you try to take a bite of me!"

Peter's grin was a sign to all involved that he was about to make some type of asshole comment. Jasper let out a quiet sigh, but already knew it was too late to stop his Captain from being a moron. Peter tilted his head towards Charlotte and his grin became a bit more toothy and menacing.

"Take out."

With those two little words Bella let out a cross between a groan and scream, spinning around to plop down on the couch again. Her eyes narrowed as she gave Peter a rather nasty glare.

"When I become a vampire you are going down, Uncle Pete."

Charlotte burst into laughter at Bella's words, nearly falling over as she slapped her knees in mirth.

"Uncle Pete! Holy shit, I am gonna have to use that one, Suga'!"

Jasper rolled his eyes before clapping his hands together once, attracting everyone's attention and putting an end to the mischief.

"Captain. How many?"

Peter paused and his eyes drifted to look at the ceiling like he was thinking. He bit his lip slightly before turning to face Jasper again.

"One….maybe two?" His voice sounded uncertain and Jasper's eyes narrowed, causing Peter to almost flinch.

"Which is it?" Jasper's voice was doing that low commanding thing again that Bella found so enthralling. Peter however let out a deep breath and shrugged.

"It's unclear."

Jasper spun around to look towards his desk.

"No matter. Two ain't no problem."

Peter nodded along with Charlotte; while Bella swore she could feel her mouth fall open in shock.

"So...uhm...that's it?" Her voice was hesitant, but she seriously couldn't seem to get past the shock that the vampires around her were just...accepting rogue vampires arriving at their door in three days time.

Peter turned to her, crossing his arms and giving her a delving look. He almost seemed to be looking at her as if her brown eyes would suddenly give away her entire life story, and all he had to do was watch.

"Sweet Pea, ya remember when we mentioned that we have a...relationship with the Volturi?"

Bella nodded, wondering where Peter could be going with his questioning.

"Well...it's less doing jobs for them…" He paused and gave a quick glance to Jasper. "And more like...well…"

"Spit it out, Uncle Pete!" Bella was getting frustrated by Peter's evasiveness, Jasper could feel it swirling around in the air.

"I currently rule the Americas."

Jasper's words hung in the air, and he fought the urge to sigh. He could only imagine what kind of reaction his little mate would have to this news; there was a reason he had hesitated mentioning his current place in vampire society.

"So, you're like, a...king?" Bella's voice was incredulous, and Jasper was surprised at how well she was taking the new revelation. Then again, she didn't seem too shocked about living with vampires; or being mated to one.

"Well, the kings call him a prince but, yeah, same concept."

Leave it to Peter to make things worse.

"A Prince..?"

"Yeah, a prince."

"I'm mated to a prince?" God his mate was weird. That was all she was getting out of this? Really?

"Technically, yeah."

Bella had taken on a reflective look, and started to nod slowly. She paused and tilted her head at Jasper curiously.

"Which king made you a prince?"

"I'm sorry?" Jasper's words came out in almost a sputter.

She smiled at him indulgently. He was struck by how the light of the lamp behind her lit up the red mahogany tones of her hair.

"Which king made you a prince? There are three of them, right? So, which one?"

Jasper glanced at Peter and Charlotte, who seemed to mirror how surprised he felt. He quickly checked if he was projecting...Nope. Apparently they too were taken back by how observant Bella was. Especially for a human.

"It was Aro. He felt it...properly represented my authority." He paused. "Or some shit. Aro ain't exactly normal."

Peter snorted and Bella looked like she was holding back a laugh. Charlotte was grinning.

"Pretty sure Cauis was in full support of your prince status, Major."

Jasper sighed, he really wished the Volturi hadn't decided to stick the title of prince on him all those years ago. He also really wished that Charlotte wouldn't pick the worst moments to speak up and show exactly how well matched for Peter she was.

"Enough of that now." His steady eyes swung back to Bella. "Ya ain't ever goin' be threatened around here."

He arched an eyebrow at her, as if to ask 'Do you understand? I got you now. Nothing will hurt you.' and she nodded slowly.

"I understand." She gave him a tender smile, one he was almost tempted to return. Bella broke the moment by turning to Charlotte.

"Well then, I'm starving." Her grin widened a bit. "And I think I promised Char we'd watch True Blood together…"

Charlotte grinned and seemed to almost bounce on her feet a bit.

"Hell yeah! I wanna see this Erik Westman you told me about!"

Bella laughed as she got off the couch and started her way downstairs, Charlotte right behind her.

"It's Northman, Char. Honestly, you're a vampire! You should have remembered that!"

Jasper slumped in his office chair, content to know that Charlotte would keep Bella safe. It was a relief to know that Bella was giving him an out for the prince conversation, but he knew that she would bring it back up when she was ready to face it. He leaned back and listened to the sounds of Bella cooking food, and chatting with Charlotte about some tv show.

Honestly, when had she even find the time to mention this 'True Blood' to Char in the first place?

The next couple of days passed in a strange sort of routine.

Bella would wake up once the sun had fallen. Some days she would take a shower, some days not, yet there wasn't another repeat of what she had secretly begun referring to as 'The Shower Incident'. She wasn't sure if she wanted a repeat or not…

She would then spend around thirty minutes to an hour just hanging out with Jasper. Sometimes they would sit in his office, asking meaningless questions about each other; like what their favorite color was (Bella's changed every day, Jasper's was surprisingly green). Other times, Jasper would walk into the room just as Bella emerged from the bathroom. He would casually climb into bed, and Bella would follow; there they would simply spend time next to each other, taking each other in as almost a reminder that the other existed.

Eventually they would tear away from each other, normally by Bella's stomach growling, and she would head down stairs to make food. Sometimes Jasper would follow her down, sometimes not. Peter or Charlotte, or both, would always be down stairs to greet her though. Bella and Charlotte would then binge watch True Blood together, the boys would watch with them occasionally, as Bella had made Charlotte promise that she wouldn't watch any episodes without her. Bella would take breaks to eat, and every so often she would claim she was tired of watching, and then either read a book (curled up next to wherever Jasper wandered off to) or play video games with Peter.

Then, whenever the sun threatened to overtake the sky, Bella and Jasper would head upstairs to his, um...their room. She was still getting used to calling it that. The next couple of hours would pass in a mess of kisses, hesitant touches, and frustration. Despite how much Bella was attracted to Jasper, and him her, she couldn't seem to get past her running embarrassment for all things sexual. She was so inexperienced, and every new touch, or every deep kiss Jasper would give her would leave her breathless and panting. Yet as soon as his hands began to drift under her t-shirt, or too close to the waistband of her pants, she would pull away; her face flushed to an ever familiar crimson.

Jasper seemed to be getting frustrated with her, but he always respected her limits. As soon as she would pull away it was like a door would slam shut and all his previous desire would just...dissipate. He would then simply pull her into his arms, close to his chest, and stroke her hair until her heart slowed down it's rapid beating; and she eventually would drift off to sleep. Bella had no idea how long he would stay after her eyes slid shut and her breaths evened out...but she would always wake up in bed alone. It seemed he respected her wish to have some alone time in the morning, and she wouldn't see him until the thought to seek him out passed her head.

This routine continued, the only hiccups coming from the resident vampires occasional need to feed. Each only went once, and Bella was always left with some form of supernatural body guard to look after her in case something happened.

That changed on the third day, when Jasper shook Bella out of her sleep.

"Wha..?" She wasn't her most eloquent in the morning. Jasper's stern face quickly awoke her from her haze. He passed some clothes to her, what looked like some skinny jeans Charlotte picked out for her, and one of his t-shirts.

"Get dressed. Quickly."

He then spun away and left the room. Bella scrambled to dress, and when she was finished threw on her chucks and headed downstairs where she could hear the buzz she associated with vampire speed talking.

"What's going on?"

Jasper stalked towards her, pulling her into his arms, her back to his chest, and ran his nose down the side of her neck.

"Vampire. 'Bout 5 minutes out." His words were quiet, yet hard; causing Bella to shiver.

Peter's arm was around Charlotte and she saw his grip tighten slightly. Charlotte leaned into him.

"Now Sweet Pea, ain't no need to be nervous. It's probably just one of our scouts that we send out to keep us informed." His eyes flickered up to Jasper's and back to her's again. "But we ain't sure. He ain't close enough for us to catch his scent, and we only knew he was comin' 'cause I had a feelin'."

Bella nodded, having become accustomed to Peter's 'feelings'. They made it damn hard to beat him in video games, and so far Bella had only seen Jasper beat him.

"So, what do we do..?" Her voice was far more hesitant than she wanted it to be, and she felt a soft trickle of confidence ease into her. She rubbed Jasper's arm around her and sent him how grateful she was in return.

"We meet whoever it might be outside." Jasper's voice was steady, and Bella took strength from it as everyone quickly found their way out in front of the house.

Bella was shifted so she was partly behind Jasper, and noticed that Peter had done the same to Charlotte.

Must be a mate thing.

She fiddled with the edge of the t-shirt she was wearing, leaning into Jasper's tense back.

"Jasper, is there a reason I'm wearing your shirt?" She heard Peter snort, accompanied with Charlotte's delicate giggle before Jasper answered her.

"My scent." What? "It's to make sure you smell like me, kitt'n. Marks my claim on ya."

She was about to ask another question when Jasper interrupted her.

"Remember, don't call me Jasper when the other vampire gets here. Ya got that, kitt'n? Major only."

Right. Jasper had a reputation to keep up, she couldn't ruin it by calling him his name instead of his well recognized title. She glanced over to see that Peter seemed to be counting under his breath; Charlotte caught her gaze and gave her a reassuring smile.

Suddenly, the tension in Jasper, as well as the air, seemed to vanish. Bella peeked around Jasper's arm to see a scruffy blonde vampire heading towards them. He stopped about fifteen yards away, giving Jasper a quick bow.

"Major."

The rogue's voice echoed in the desert around her, the hint of an English accent striking her, and Bella wasn't surprised to see Jasper give a sharp nod in recognition.

"Alistair."

Peter took that moment to step forward, Charlotte coming to stand beside Bella. The vampire, Alistair, stepped closer towards them to the point that Bella could clearly make out his features. He was tall, yet not as tall as Jasper, with dirty blonde hair that hung to his shoulders and tattered clothes. He also had a full beard.

Huh, she had never seen a vampire with a beard before. Sure, Peter had stubble, but this was a full on beard. She found herself fascinated with him, curiously taking in how he seemed leery of Peter, even going as far as shooting Jasper an almost pleading glance. Jasper stopped Peter's approach with a lazy raise of his hand. The movement exposed Bella further to Alistair and she stiffened. The vampire in question merely gave her a curious glance before his eyes went straight back to watching Peter.

"Captain. Respect Alistair's space."

Peter gave a disappointed sigh, and Bella nearly laughed at his dropped shoulders. Jasper's attention never wavered from Alistair. Jasper tilted his head.

"I am...surprised to see ya, Alistair. It is not often that ya visit."

Alistair gave a hesitant nod, Bella was surprised to notice that he seemed almost uncomfortable.

"I had come across something I was aware you would wish to know about, Major." Alistair's voice was deep, yet soothing with his accent. Jasper nodded towards him.

"I see." He paused and made a motion with his hand towards the house. "Feel free to accept your pay before ya tell me."

Alistair gave a sharp nod, and his gaze drifted towards Bella again. Bella hesitantly looked away and towards Charlotte, shifting uncomfortably.

"Pay?" She whispered the word, but was well aware that all the vampires around her could hear the question. Charlotte gave her another reassuring smile.

"I'll explain later, Suga'." Charlotte's attention turned towards Alistair. "All the arrangements are there like normal. Even with ya not-"

She was cut off by Peter's phone ringing. Peter quickly answered it, speaking in hushed vampire speed tones. He hung up and slipped his phone back in his pocket, giving Bella a quick smile.

"Char was goin' to say call. We normally get a call if someone's gonna drop in. Like just now."

"Why didn't-" Bella's question was cut off by Jasper.

"Alistair doesn't have a cellphone. Captain, how long?" He answered her question and addressed Peter with an order all in the same breath. Peter tilted his head up to the sky.

"Mmm...'bout 3...2...1…"

Another vampire skidded into existence in front of them, a cloud of dust swirling around his feet.

"Well would you look at this! It seems I decided the perfect moment to arrive!" Bella managed to take in that the vampire was male, with an excited smile and his dark hair tied back away from his face before his attention went to Bella.

"And you even have refreshments!"

His eyes were red.

AN: So there is the new chapter! And I am quite happy to report that none of you correctly guessed the visitors! (it's okay though.) I am super excited to bring in Alistair, as well as the little tidbit that Jasper is a Volturi Prince. I think him being a prince is a nice little way to further ingrain him to the Volturi. And yes, he totally rules the America's, but he doesn't take a very active role. He tends to send out several different scouts across the countries to report back to him so he can kinda just enjoy the quiet life with his coven. He only acts when something major (hah!) happens; which probably only grows his God of War reputation.

Also, I simply couldn't resist the image of Char and Bella curled up on the couch binge watching True Blood together. I know it came out in 2008 and Twilight is more 2003, but whatever. I don't care. I need my girls to bond over a TV vampire series! It's a need, I swear it. Also it gives me a chance to make True Blood references whenever I want, and might help Bella get over her embarrassment towards sex. My madness has reason, people!

Anyway, did I make it obvious enough who the other vamp dude is? Do you guys still want to take guesses, or is it too easy?