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AN: WOW. I'm amazed at your views on this subject. I felt the need to go ahead and post because my feelings are hurt.
To whomever is "Shcoked", this AN goes out to you. Obviously you didn't read this the first time around. EVERYBODY won't be having sex with EVERYBODY. There are couples/groups that will NOT be getting it on. Also, don't judge a book by it's cover. If you don't like it, THEN DON'T READ IT. And, no, your opinion doesn't matter, because I wrote this YEARS ago. I'm not changing the story because you don't like it. It is what it is. Just because you are reading it for free, doesn't mean I will make it exactly like you want it. I never wrote this hoping to make everyone happy. You are free to feel as you chose, but your review did hurt my feelings. There is nothing vile about sex or love as long as it is consensual. I will make sure that when these things happen, the chapters will have appropriate warnings at the top and you can chose to read them or not. Of course, I understand if you can't bring yourself to read my vile stories again, and that is quite okay, too. I am only putting this up so that others may enjoy it. I gain NOTHING from putting these back up.
For everyone else, there were things, that day in the nursery, that Dominic told Talia that I did NOT disclose with you. On purpose. You know me. I cause mischief everywhere I go. So don't hate. A lot of stuff will be cleared up in this chapter.
NOTE! This chapter was originally written for fiberkitty…because, had she not asked me about it, I wouldn't have continued this and would have jumped ahead in time.
Alice POV
Jasper turned back to Edward and asked, "Just how opposed are you to sharing your wife?"
Great, Jazz…way to throw that out there, I thought as Edward let out a growl and lunged at Jasper. I managed to jump in between them and cried, "STOP IT!" They both stopped and looked at me. I sighed. I hadn't wanted to let this all out into the open now, but I guess I had no choice.
"Edward," I began softly. "Please bring Bella and Nessie back up here. Ness can sleep in her room upstairs. Talia, go nurse Lina and I'll help you put the boys to bed. And then, we need to sit down and have a grown-up discussion."
A few protests started and I commanded, "Enough. There are some things that need to be discussed that aren't for sensitive ears." I strode over and picked Dominic up and carried him up the stairs.
I felt his mind touch mine and I locked eyes with him. You will tell them all of it?
"What I can, Dom. This will be a lot for them to stomach."
But you believe me?
I smiled. "I've seen it before now, I just thought it was fantasies, not reality."
It is not disturbing to me. I am far older than my body's age.
"I realize that," I told him. "But the fact remains I'm about to change your diaper and put you to bed. You are a child in all instances until at least your sixth birthday. You know this."
It doesn't mean I have to like it.
I smiled again. "That sounds a lot like, Emmett."
I feel his personality and that of Xander's brushing upon me. I look forward to not being a…stick in the mud?
I laughed. "If you are, Emmett might demand a paternity test. He would think Talia had been with Edward if that were the case."
His face looked offended and I laughed again. "Edward isn't bad, you know."
He doesn't understand.
I shook my head. "Edward grew up in a time where there were a lot of things that weren't considered proper, including what we are discussing. Some, like Carlisle and Jasper and myself, adjust well to change. Edward, however, does not."
He will.
It wasn't a question. "I know," I agreed. "But the fact remains…this is something I had hoped to put off for a few years, or certainly until after your mother and father had made up."
He let out a little baby sigh. They have a long way to go.
I nodded. "Yes, they do. And we will have to pick up the pieces until they realize it."
Why is he so stupid?
I shook my head. "He is Emmett. He's just…confused."
He must see…
"Easier said than done, Dominic. Just because you see things in black and white, doesn't mean he doesn't see a different version of the same thing. He thinks of his love for Rosalie and what she had given up."
She would have killed us.
"And when he realizes that, and realizes Talia loves him and he loves her, he will come back to her."
Is he always so stubborn?
I smiled grimly. "Unfortunately, yes."
He is making the future more difficult than it has to be. He showed me an array of visions, ones I had seen myself, and also some new ones. I sighed. "I know, Dom, but until they both realize…" I trailed off as I heard Talia on the stairs.
She walked in and sat in the rocker with Lina. I smiled at her as I whispered a 'good night' to Dominic and sat him in the crib. He smiled at me, knowing what I was going to ask. "Talia?"
She looked up at me.
"May I watch? I have no human memories, and I think that must be quite an emotional thing to do."
Talia grinned and unbuttoned her shirt, (I really needed to buy the woman new clothes if she was going to be a true Cullen) before she slid down her bra, revealing the perfect caramel skin of her breast to me. Lina let out a mewling sound and eagerly attached her mouth to Talia's nipple. Talia grimaced, but it turned into a smile.
I smelled Talia's blood and venom in the air, mixed with the unmistakable smell of breast milk. "Fascinating."
Talia rubbed Lina's head as she nursed. "It is, isn't it?"
Esme then walked in with Xander and said, "I remember doing that. It was a truly wonderful experience. Even though my baby was sickly, he still had an appetite."
"Do you ever think of how your life would have been, Esme?" Talia asked her softly.
"No. I hate my child died, but I do not regret Carlisle finding me, changing me. The only bright spot in my life was my son. Everything else was dark."
Talia nodded. "I know, I can see it."
"Has the venom caused your powers to multiply?" I asked Talia.
"I don't really know. I'll need to get with Carlisle and practice them."
I giggled, because the vision of just how Carlisle would like to practice with Talia was quite…inventive.
"That won't be happening," Talia said quietly, obviously reading what was going through my mind. I guess she didn't need a gift to see that. "Not now."
"One day," I stated.
She smiled, but it didn't reach her eyes. "Perhaps."
"You do not think you'll be joining in?"
"I don't know," she said softly. "I want to be given permission first."
"He is nothing to you, yet," I pointed out.
"In here." She placed her free hand over her heart. "In here, he is."
It was then I noticed she had turned her ring; the Claddagh Emmett had given her, around so the heart was facing her hand even though it was still on her right hand. "Talia…" I started sadly.
"I am his," she exclaimed softly. "Until he sees fit to share me, I belong to him."
"He doesn't want you," Esme said, not unkindly.
"Not now, but he will." Talia's voice was full of hope.
I didn't have the heart to tell her just how long that would be, so instead, I said, "Hurry up and finish feeding her. We need to get back downstairs before Jasper and Edward kill one another." Talia giggled at that and switched Lina to her other breast.
"I think I'll step back downstairs and keep an eye on them," Esme said.
I nodded. "Good idea." She stepped out of the room and I looked back over at Talia. She was so beautiful. Her hair was every inch of perfection, curls, more like light waves, bouncing down her back. Her creamy caramel skin looked good enough to eat and her perfect breast, already healed from Lina's nursing, just itched for me to take it into my own mouth.
Talia looked up then and I saw the faintest of blushes grace the apples of her cheeks, making them look all the more appealing, and images of she, Jasper and I sprang into my mind.
"You look like you want to eat me," she told me quietly.
"If you taste half as good as you smell, I would have a very good meal indeed," I replied with a smile.
Talia smiled then. "I don't think Jake would let you make a meal out of me."
I shrugged. "Perhaps the pup would enjoy watching me feast on you."
"You're a dirty little minx, aren't you, Alice?"
I grinned at that. "You don't know the half of it."
"Actually, my hearing is quite good. I heard a lot of things while we were in Ireland."
I was not one bit ashamed of her comment as I moved toward her then. "Would you like for me to make you scream like I did Miya?"
"One day," she promised coyly. "But for now, I believe everyone needs to know what is going on." She moved the now dozing Lina from her breast and stood, leaving her body exposed to me as she changed the baby's diaper and dressed her in a sleeper before laying her next to her sleeping brothers.
She turned to me then and I pulled her to me. "I will wait until you are ready," I stated as my hands ghosted over her breasts. I couldn't help myself and my tongue danced over her nipple, tasting the remnants of her blood, her venom, her milk. She tasted like honey.
She let out a little purr and said, "Until that day…" and stepped away.
I let out a playful growl and she giggled. "Come on." She fastened the buttons on her blouse. "They wait."
We walked back downstairs and you could cut the tension with a knife. "Jasper," I admonished.
He sighed and a wave of calm befell us. "Better?" he asked.
"Much," I replied as I stepped over to him and he pulled me into his lap.
"Why do you smell like Talia and breast milk?" he whispered in my ear, too low for anyone else to hear.
"Because I wanted a taste?" I offered.
He grinned and kissed me, his tongue darting out to taste what was left on my tongue. "You will be punished for that later," he vowed as he licked my ear. I shivered in anticipation.
"So…" Carlisle began, bringing us all to attention. "Who would like to start?"
I looked at Talia, and she nodded. The floor was mine. I ran a variety of things through my head, much to fast for even Edward to keep up with and said, "Well, I think we all need to remain relaxed for a bit, alright?" Jasper upped the calm in the room and I nodded. "Much better."
"I had wanted Emmett here as well, but since, I assume, Carlisle, you couldn't rouse him from his room, we will be one Cullen short."
Carlisle nodded. "He isn't there. I can only suppose he went out hunting."
My mind scanned the future and I saw him returning, sated in his physical hunger, at least. "He will return in a few hours. Perhaps it is better he isn't here."
"What is going on, Alice?" Edward asked.
"Good question. And the answer resides in Bella."
"Me?" she squeaked from where she sat perched next to Edward.
I nodded. "Bella, you were the catalyst. The change was in the air the moment you decided to move to Forks. I didn't make the connection until Talia arrived. Things…changed then. I couldn't see much because she was blocking our futures. Finally, once Dominic arrived, I knew exactly why that was. If you were the catalyst, Talia brought the tools."
"For what?" Edward asked.
"For us to win the war, of course."
"You mention this war again. Aro was understanding of Nessie, he will be of the triplets as well when we tell him…"
"No!" Talia shouted at the same time as I did.
"You can not tell him of this…occurrence, Carlisle," I added quickly.
He was more than a little surprised. "Why?"
A vision of half-vampire/half-wolves danced across my mind, courtesy of Dominic, and Edward winced. "Exactly," I nodded. "You saw how interested he was in the wolves when they came here. If he knew we could breed Halflings of this caliber, he wouldn't hesitate to find every female wolf that had not phased and procreate with them to create a perfect, disposable army."
"But why?" Esme said softly. "What is it he wants?"
I sighed. "You don't see it, do you? None of you. What we have here? It is unusual and it frightens him. He wishes to tear us apart, to break us into pieces to chew up and spit out. What he wants he gets. All of them do. They keep you close, Carlisle, because they know you are a threat to them."
"I have no gifts," Carlisle said with a shake of his head.
I smiled. "You have the greatest gift of us all," I told him. "Humanity. You believe in the human race, you wish to protect it. And that is what will cause the most issues for him."
"I still don't understand."
"If the Volturi were no more, what would happen?" I asked the room.
"Wars, famine, not only for us vampires, but for the humans as well," Jasper said. "It would be a free-for-all worse than the southern uprising."
"And if someone that believed in humanity ruled?" I asked.
Carlisle shook his head. "No…surely not, Alice. You can't say that I…"
I nodded. "You are to be the head vampire, Carlisle. We, as your family, are to be your guard. Each one of us has a gift for a reason. When the children are grown and have children of their own, the war will start."
"Children of their own?" Bella asked.
I smiled. "Would you like to know now what your grandchild will be or would you like to be surprised?"
Bella let out a little 'oh!' of surprise and Jake's face took on a goofy grin. "No way."
I nodded. "Dominic and I have seen it all. Lina, Nessie, Lolita, Alejandra, they will all have children."
"Who are Lolita and Alejandra?" Jake asked.
"Seth and Dominic's soulmates." Talia said suddenly. "They are Nahuel's sisters."
"Nahuel?" Edward asked.
"He is coming and bringing his sisters. The Volturi killed his father and tried to exterminate his sisters. He has them in hiding. He is bringing them to us."
"So all the female Halflings can have children?" Bella asked.
"It looks that way from what I see in the future." I stated.
All eyes went to Talia, who shook her head sadly. "I am sure, since I can phase I'm not included in this." She paused a moment, and added, "Nahuel also brings with him another sister we weren't aware of, Marisol, who is to be my other brother's soulmate."
"So you can see souls you aren't touching now?" Jasper asked her.
"It seems as though I can. Though, Dominic may have helped me. Sometimes he brushes my mind and nudges me where I need to go."
"Also," I threw in, "The third generation will be...matched with some of Jake's friends children."
"Who?" Jake asked.
Talia closed her eyes, searching, I'm certain. "I can't really tell. There is to be a few girls born to others of the wolf race that will imprint upon the next generation of Halfling boys."
"I'm confused." Jake said.
I smiled. "Your kid, Jake. It will be mated with a wolf."
His mouth fell open, and I was pleased to see his wasn't the only one. "Mine and Emmett's grandchildren will as well." Talia stated. All eyes went to her and she blushed, so reminiscent of Bella. "I don't know if there are boys or girls on the horizon though."
"Dominic does," I stated with a grin. But I had urged him not to tell and to keep that information to himself so Edward wouldn't find out.
Edward growled at that thought. "So…let's get back to this sharing Bella thing." Bella looked like she would blush if she still could.
"I'll answer that," I said, bringing the attention back to me. "Our friend, Miya, sees auras. She can't see how closely bonded a person is, but she had a lover once that told her they would always be close. When she asked him what he meant, he told her of how a vampire has a mate, but a deep-rooted connection to another they bed. The connection is strengthened by how much you feel for the person. Call it a...network."
"Like love," Bella said softly. "If you love someone as your brother or your family, if you were with them…like that, then you would be bonded to them to some degree."
I nodded. "Exactly. Which is how we have bonded with Jen and Eric, Peter and Charlotte, and Miya and Jonathan…"
"So what? We're gonna have a fuckfest over here?" Jake asked. I couldn't tell if he was disgusted or excited about the concept.
"Both, Alice," Edward said, answering my inner question.
I laughed. "Not exactly. It's a bit more complicated than that. Like you and I, Jake. No offense, but I feel nothing for you other than perhaps a bit of friendship. If we were together, we would be bonded, but to a lesser degree than, say, if I were with Edward."
Edward's eyes grew. "You…you and I…and…hmm."
I let out a giggle. "It's an odd concept, I realize. But as I was saying, Talia, may I tell them?"
She nodded. "You may reveal your secrets."
I felt the weight of the command to remain silent fall away. "If we are to do this, the bonds grow exponentially if we are together. What I saw earlier, Bella, was you…with Jake."
Edward let out a little growl, Jake had a grin on his face, and Bella once more looked embarrassed.
I held up a hand. "I have also seen Bella with Jasper, Talia with Carlisle, Edward with myself, and Renesmee, when she grows, with Seth and both of Emmett's boys. So there is no need to be angry, any of us."
"Is this certain?" Bella asked faintly.
"Dominic has seen it."
"W-when?" she asked.
"Not for years yet. Things will progress naturally, but the idea of bonding ourselves closer together is very beneficial."
"But I can protect us from Chelsea…" she started.
"And if you were to parish?" Talia asked softly.
Edward's eyes grew wide, as did Bella's. "Have you seen that?" Bella asked me.
I shook my head. "No, I've not seen any of us die, but then, I've not seen much of the war either, only that it will come."
"But we will protect you, Bella." Edward said quickly.
"I am just as capable as you. Edward. I would be even more so if you would let me continue my training with Jasper..."
"I am not letting you go out and fight like some..."
"Stop," Jasper commanded. "Look. I realize none of you are soldiers. Either as humans or as vampires. I am. This makes sense. If what Alice and Dominic say is true, and I have learned never to doubt Alice, then, we will be separated at one point or another if we are gathering troops to fight the good fight. If for some reason one of us died, we need to remain on task even if our mate has gone on before us, right?" he asked me softly.
I nodded. I didn't like to think of it, but it made sense.
"Also," Talia added quietly. "If we have seekers in our midst, even if something happened to me or Lina, they would be able to see you back to your mate once they had returned to a new body. You may have to wait a while, but it can be done. And then, if you and your mate wishes, the seeker could give them back their memories."
"What do you mean?" Esme asked.
Talia smiled. "I have given you all memories on occasion, have I not? Memories of your past lives?"
We all nodded.
"And as such, a seeker can give the gift of the memory back to the soul, should the seeker choose to."
"Are all souls reborn?" Esme asked suddenly.
I knew what she meant, and, apparently, so did Talia. "No. However, the tortured souls always return to earth to be given another shot at life."
"Meaning?" Carlisle demanded, though, not harshly.
Talia sighed softly. "Meaning, I know where Rosalie is."
A collective gasp went around the room. "Can you show us?" Edward asked.
"I could. But I will not." Her tone was defiant.
"Why?" I asked, surprised. I figured she would want everyone to know Rose's whereabouts. Or if she didn't want to share it, the least she could do was let me…I mean, I was the one that…I took an unnecessary breath and I felt not only Jasper's, but Edward's hands on my arms in comfort.
"Rose's soul is getting a new shot at life. She will get a good many years before she is returned to us."
My mouth fell open. Dominic hadn't told me this. "What do you mean, 'returned to us'?"
"Rose's soul was always meant to be immortal. She was supposed to meet Carlisle and Esme and Edward, this much is true. However, Royce's soul was evil and all but killed her. It happened for a reason. She was supposed to become immortal to save Emmett. To find Emmett. To find me," she finished softly.
"But she'll be back?" Edward questioned.
"Yes. But she will not be Rosalie. She will be a new person."
"And she will join our coven once more?" Esme asked hopefully.
Talia sighed. "You are all missing the point! She will NOT be Rosalie. She will be a new person. She will have her own true mate. She will be what she is supposed to be and will be at peace with it." Talia smiled softly. "She will get her child. It will just be a Halfling."
Another gasp went around the room. "So...who will she be paired with?" Bella asked.
Talia smiled. "I am not at liberty to say. I refuse to give her Rosalie's memories."
"Why? Afraid Emmett won't want you?" Edward sneered.
Talia's eyes grew cold as they narrowed. "I owe Rosalie everything. She gave me a life. She gave me my children. She gave me Emmett. And for that, I will always be grateful. I will love her and cherish her for that. I never hated Rosalie. Her soul was tortured. I wanted her happiness. I didn't realize her happiness would only come in a new body. As I said, I would never willingly broken up Rose and Emmett and maybe you believe me, maybe you don't, but I am being honest."
"True." A tiny voice said from the stairs. All our heads whipped in that direction and Xander smiled as he walked over to Talia, who pulled him up into her lap. "Mama speak truth," he said in broken, toddler English. "She only want what best for us."
Talia smiled and I smelled the salt of her tears as she nuzzled into Xander's neck. "You need to go to bed, little man."
"I couldn't let them think you a' lying, mama bear."
She smiled at the nickname. We had all started calling her mama bear since Emmett more than once reminded us of a bear himself. "You need to go back to bed, mister," she chastised. "I can't believe you crawled out of your crib. Wait a minute. I used to do the same. I guess I can." She kissed him. "Do you want me to sing you to sleep?"
He shook his head and yawned. "I gettin' seepy again."
I smiled. His speech patterns mimicked an actual two year old, but when he was getting tired it was more pronounced. I noticed both boys did that. It was cute.
"I'll go put him back down," Talia said, swinging him up onto her hip as she stood. She ran him upstairs at her half-vampire speed and returned quickly enough.
"You say you have seen the next generation?" Carlisle asked me, getting us back to task.
I nodded. "We have quite a few talents here and all the more will be born into the coven. Those will mate with others that Lina and Talia see. Talia is going to bring in another of the seekers as well, correct?"
Talia nodded. "Leslie. She is a vampire in California." She closed her eyes. "Modesto, I believe. She is newly turned herself. She doesn't drink of the humans because she is not paired. She was a karate instructor in the life before her…renovations. She eats from animals, only because she is like me, we see souls, not if they are good or bad."
She paused, her eyes still closed, searching. "There is another as well, Teresa, from Texas. It seems as though she has found her mate in Maria's army, however…"
"Getting him out isn't going to be easy." Jasper stated.
I nodded. I didn't like the visions that rang through my head, but they were true and I said, "We will have to go down and collect him, and Teresa."
"What is the point of bringing another seeker into the family, though?" Esme asked. "I realize what you said earlier, but three seekers should be enough, shouldn't it?"
"While her gift is very good, his is one we want. As well as a protector, he is a very gifted tracker. He, along with Jake, Talia, Dominic and Xander, all who have tracker skills because of their wolf blood, will help us to find the evil vampires along with Edward's and Miya's gifts for finding the good versus the bad."
"Not to mention, if what you say is true and we're going to have more half wolves, we can, once they grow old enough, be teamed up to go out and scout the bad vamps, right?" Jake put in.
Jasper nodded. "If we work diligently now creating a network of gifted vampires, we will be unstoppable once the time comes."
"So…we're doing all of this on the sly in hopes of catching the Volturi unawares?" Bella asked.
I nodded. "Exactly. We all know that their seers are only as gifted as I. We have a secret weapon on our side, Dominic. Plus, if we can find the soulmates of certain vamps we can have them on our side too."
"Not to mention the fact that if they are like you, Alice, they can't see the wolves anyway," Bella stated.
"I don't like it," Edward growled. "I don't want Bella involved in this dangerous game."
"I am just as strong, if not stronger than you are, Edward. My gift is very good to have," her tone was indignant.
I nodded. "And now that we have another shield in our midst, Lina, we will be all but unstoppable."
Everyone seemed somewhat thunderstruck. We all sat looking at one another for a while before I said, "That's all guys. This won't happen for a while yet, but when it does, we will be prepared for the battle."
"When you say this won't happen yet..." Edward started. "What do you mean?"
I smiled. Eager, are we? I teased. He shot me a look. "There are things that have to be done, alliances that have to be made first, lines have to be drawn. We have all the time in the world."
"Lines?" Bella asked.
I nodded. "Even in our family, especially now that we have those that are connected by blood as well as venom, it changes our dynamic. Before, if say, Carlisle and I wanted to play naughty doctor, it wouldn't matter." He smiled slightly at that. "Because I am not his blood relative. It is all a matter of what each individual is comfortable with. This isn't sex for the sake of sex, it is an emotional as well as physical connection."
Talia nodded. "One other thing to mention, and I apologize to Jake for this now, but in imprints, or soulmates, if you give yourself to your true mate first, the bonding is even deeper."
"How do you mean?" Carlisle asked, intrigued.
Talia thought a moment. "I'm sure you've all heard this fable, but I'll tell it again. Once, there was a beautiful creature. Two parts that were connected to make one whole. One day, the creature did something to displease God. So it was split in half and tossed into the world. It spent many a year searching for its other half. When it found it, it felt that deep connection as the pieces were stitched back together with love. That is what a soulmate is."
She took a breath. "Having said that, if you are a virgin when you give yourself to your other half, your bond is practically impenetrable."
"Like Edward and I," Bella stated.
Talia nodded. "Which is why I saved myself for Emmett. True, he was not...innocent when I met him, but the bonding for me is stronger. It doesn't mean those that weren't have missed their opportunity," she tacked on quickly, looking at Jasper, who I knew felt bad for what he and Maria and her sisters had done before he met me. "It is just a side benefit. There is a reason God wanted couples to be wed before the sex."
"But if that's true, isn't this displeasing to any higher power?" Esme asked.
Talia smiled. "Not necessarily. But that is a discussion for another time."
Again, silence hung heavy in the air. "But you don't have to end up with your soulmate," Edward stated. "You said so yourself."
She looked at him crossly. "You were listening that day I told Emmett that!"
"Of course I was! You mentioned Jake and Bella! Damn right I was going to listen to it!" he shouted back at her.
"What are you talking about, Edward?" Bella asked.
"It doesn't matter," Talia all but spat at him. "It still ends up being you! Don't you get it? If you would have stayed gone, they would have gotten together. They would have been happy! But when they died, both their souls would have returned to earth to find their missing pieces! Bella's soul, in a new body, would have found its way to you once more. Jake's would have found his way to Renesmee's and you STILL would be together much like you all are now and this fight would still be happening. This has been woven into an intricate pattern. Everyone here, everyone that is coming, all of them are the chosen ones to fight. This is bigger than you and your petty jealousies. This is bigger than vamps and werewolves, this is about saving the fucking world!"
She blew out a breath. "Do you see it now? This is way bigger than one of us. It is more than just you or I. It is WE. And it's pretty damned important."
I smiled. Finally they seemed to be getting it. "We need to call Jonathan. He said he is descended of the fey, as am I. If that is true, if there is magic in us, we need to harness that as well. Carlisle?"
He looked up from his thoughts.
I smiled. "You know of any witches?"
He smiled and nodded. "As a matter of fact. I have run across a few in my day."
Bella and Jake's mouths dropped open. "You mean witches are REAL?" Bella yelped.
He nodded. "Of course they are. You didn't think Vampire and Werewolves were the only mythical creatures in the world, did you?"
Bella blinked. "Yeah, but...were dragons and unicorns?"
Carlisle laughed. "Bella. I really need to sit you down and tell you a few things I've seen in my many years on earth."
A vision of them in his study danced through my head and I started singing "Best of Both Worlds" as loudly in my head as I could. Edward did NOT need to see his wife being mounted from behind by his father.
"Alice...what...?"
I giggled. "Trust me, Edward. You really don't wanna know." And oddly enough, he didn't push it.
"I think we have enough to ponder on now," Carlisle said, standing. "Esme? Shall we retire for the night?"
She smiled and took his hand. We all went our separate ways then. Talia told Edward and Bella she would keep an ear out for Nessie and she went back upstairs to her room. To do what, I wasn't sure. Would she sleep like the other Halflings? I didn't know.
I stepped out onto the porch to enjoy the fresh air when Jake walked up to me. "Are you telling us the truth?"
"I never tell lies, Jacob Black." I told him curtly. "Not if I can help it."
"I don't…I don't know what to say."
I looked at him and smiled. "You are going to be a very lucky man one day, Jacob."
"I'm already lucky."
I looked at him and smiled. "Yeah, I guess you are. How are you doing with all of this? Are you freaked out?"
He laughed. "A little." He moved a bit closer and I was surprised when he sniffed my neck. "You know, you don't really smell that bad."
"Aww…I'm all warm and gushy inside, Jake."
He laughed again. "I think you're wrong."
"About?" I asked, my body responding to his heat, seemingly unbidden.
"I think you and I would be quite nice together. And I know for a fact I've thought of you as more than just an acquaintance. And furthermore, I think you were lying in there. I take away the buzzing in your head. When you're with me, it's just us. I think you like that. I think you'd like to know how it feels to be fucked with something that was hot for once."
My unnecessary breath hitched as he pushed me flat into the porch railing, our bodies aligning. He sniffed the air and smiled. "Oh yeah, that is your arousal, isn't it?"
"Jake…" I managed to gasp out.
He chuckled. "As you said, in the future. But just know one thing. I would be more than willing to be with you, Alley Cat." He stepped back a bit and I took a breath.
"I thought cats and dogs didn't get along," I panted as my brain managed to clear somewhat.
He smiled. "I know of quite a few cats and dogs that get along. Just you remember that, okay?" He placed a chaste kiss to my forehead and jumped off the porch, whistling as he strolled out into the darkness.
I blew out another breath. Oh my. Who knew he had it in him?
Jasper POV
The lust on the porch piqued my interest and I watched with rapt attention as Jake spoke seductively to my wife. Odd…I had never felt attraction between them before. Just proof that change was on the wind. I watched him leave and stepped out onto the porch. "Alice?"
She turned to me then and all but ran at me as her lust spiraled out of control. I grabbed her up greedily and attacked her mouth with my own. We feasted on each other for a few moments before she moaned, "Fuck me, Jasper. Fuck me now."
I groaned and all but ripped her clothes from her as I made my way to the porch swing. She attacked my pants, breaking the zipper and button in her haste and gripped my erection. I let out a growl and she smirked at me as she eased down onto my cock.
I let out a hiss at the feel of her and she fisted her hands in her hair as she let out a little 'yee-haw' the way I liked for her to.
My hands palmed her breasts as I teased her nipples and I felt her moisture grow. "You like that?" I whispered. "Are you thinking of me? Or are you thinking of the pup now?"
She let out a long moan and I grasped her face, forcing her to open her eyes. "Look at me!" I growled.
She opened her eyes and they pierced my own.
"Who are you thinking of?" I snarled.
Her wetness dripped out of her and down my sack as she said, "You, Jazzy! No one but you!"
I let out another growl and pinched her clit, hard, triggering her release. I wasn't done though. I picked her up and pushed her stomach against the railing, lifting her up so her center was flush with my cock as I rammed it into her.
She screamed and came again, this time taking me with her. I sat her back down and she giggled. "Wow. If I had known flirting with Jake would garner me this good of an orgasm, well, two, I would have done it ages ago."
I licked her ear and whispered, "You know I don't like you flirting with other men unless they are approved by me."
She giggled again. "And you know I like to do it just so you punish me."
"I'll punish you, alright," I promised, now teasing, as I pulled her over my lap. "I owe you one anyway for tasting Talia's goods without me, don't I?"
She let out a moan and I felt her fluids leaking once more, this time onto my knee. "You like it when I'm controlling, don't you?
"Yes!" she moaned. "Punish me, Jazzy!"
I had my hand raised to smack her pretty little ass when Emmett said, "God, guys. Can you not show a little self respect? I just lost my mate."
Alice let out a snarl as she stood, completely oblivious to the fact that her shirt was in tatters and her skirt looked like she had been mauled by a bear. "Fuck you, Emmett! I did what was best for the family! She was going to kill your children! So don't get so high and mighty, you hypocritical son of a bitch!"
He stood and looked at her for a minute before he said sadly, "You're right, Alice. I know that, okay? She is better off gone. I've accepted that now."
"Good. Then you and Talia…"
He shook his head. "No, Ali. Don't you get it? I can't just give up seventy three years with someone like that." He snapped his fingers to prove his point. "I loved her. She wasn't the best person in the world, but she was not evil. She went a little crazy at the end. You above all people should understand that."
It was my turn to growl as Alice held up a hand. "He's right," she agreed softly. "Emmett…I hate it. I really do. But what I did was for the greater good. More so than you can begin to comprehend."
He nodded. "I understand that now. But you can't expect me to just say, 'well, she's dead, let me get over it and have some fun now.' I can't do it. Talia…if she hadn't come here, yeah, I wouldn't have the kids, but at the same time…Rosie wouldn't have gone all crazy and I wouldn't have fallen in love with Tally and drove Rose over the edge."
"So that's it?" Alice asked sadly. "You're going to lay the blame at Talia's feet?"
"I'm not innocent in this," Emmett amended quickly. "But she knew she was my soulmate when she came. She knew I had Rosalie in my life and she still came. So, no, I'm not going to just up and forgive her. She is to blame for most of this. And I don't know what it will take for me to let this go."
"Then you are as stupid as Rosalie made you out to be!" Alice all but shouted. "How can you look love in the face and dismiss it?"
"Because I don't deserve it," he said softly as he entered the house.
Alice let out a little sob and fell back into my arms. I kissed her tenderly. "I'm sorry, sweetheart."
"They just need to see…they need a little push…"
"No," I forced. "I will not do that to them. They both have issues to work out. I will not force them together by using my powers, Alice."
She stuck out her pretty little lip. "But, Jazzy…"
I shook my head. "No, Alice. They need to work this out on their own."
"Fine." The look on her face turned mischievous. "But just because you refuse to manipulate them doesn't mean I won't."
I smiled. "You wouldn't me my wife if you didn't butt in, sweetheart."
She slapped my chest and stood. "I need to change and then Bella and I are going to figure out how to get big brother bear back." She smiled at me once more and bolted through the house and up the stairs.
"Oh boy," I said quietly to myself. I had the feeling we were in for it.
AN2: So now, you have an idea about what the sequel will be. That's right…an epic battle. Will be lose another of our precious Cullen's? Only time will tell. But now, we have to get those crazy kids back together! (Or do we?)
I'm tired now. Ususally, posting makes me really happy. It's a shame I felt the need to post this just to reply to a reviewer. Oh well, at least ya'll got another chapter today.