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"I can't believe we're getting married," she says with a smile.
"I can't wait to call you my wife. When do you want to do it?"
"Soon. I don't want to wait." I grinned at her words, I was hoping she was going to say that.
"Good then we are on the same page, but tonight we celebrate," I said, but my phone had other ideas and started ringing.
"It's Alice," Bella says. It would take sometime to get use to her knowing this stuff.
"Should I answer?"
"Might as well. I have a feeling she won't stop until we do."
"Hello, Alice," I said answering the phone.
"Congratulations!" three voices yelled through the phone. My guess Alice had told Emmett and Rosalie the good news.
"Thank you, guys," I said smiling into the receiver and wrapping my arm around Bella.
"So whens the big day?" Alice asked.
"We just got engaged, we haven't planned that far ahead," Bella said.
"Fine, but you better let me help plan it," Alice said.
"Wouldn't dream of leaving you out," Bella replied.
"Alright, guys if you don't mind I would like to spend some time with my fiancee," I said smiling at her, loving the way fiancee sounded.
"Okay, Bella call me tomorrow, and again congratulations!" Alice said before hanging up.
"What do you want to do now?" I asked her.
"Well I remember you saying something about celebrating?" she said with a smirk.
"You read my mind."
I absentmindedly pondered how quickly we could put this wedding together because I couldn't wait to marry this girl.
Jasper's POV
Since our engagement two weeks ago, wedding preparations were the talk of the house. Alice called hourly getting Bella's opinion on anything and everything, and Charlotte was just as bad. Bella has been a good sport dealing with their craziness, and because she is amazing she has let me off easy my only duties are rings and to show up the day of. Simple enough, nothing would stop me from marrying her.
We planned to marry on what would have been Bella's nineteenth birthday, we both agreed that was the day our life together started. The wedding would be incredibly small, just Peter, Charlotte, Em, Rose and Alice, with Peter acting as our minister. Even with the small attendance I wanted Bella to have her dream wedding, and I told Alice to give my girl everything she wanted.
A few days ago Bella approached me with an idea for a theme, she asked me what I thought of doing a southern themed wedding, with me in my old uniform. I already loved the idea, and wanted to do whatever she wanted, but when she told me her reason it brought venom to my eyes. She explained that she knows we are soul-mates and that if I wasn't changed, she believed that a higher power would have brought us together, and because of that reasoning she wanted us to have the wedding we would've back in the 1800's. I could never say no to her, and I thought it was perfect.
My uniform is one of the few things I still have from my human life, I woke up in it and kept it to remind me of my days before immortality. Alice had it now and was fixing any rips and restoring it to perfection. As for Bella's dress, since she was unable to go into town, I called two dress boutiques and had them send over hundreds of dresses, it's amazing what a credit card with no limit can do. Charlotte and Bella, with the help of Alice and Rose over Skype went through the dresses, from the smile on Bella's face when they were done and the squeals I heard, I assumed she had found the dress she wanted.
With all the wedding craziness, all Bella and I wanted was a day without wedding preparations, so I made Alice and Charlotte promise to not bother her for twenty-four hours, we still had a month and I knew that anything they wanted could wait.
Bella and I decided to just relax around the house together, we were currently cuddled on the sofa watching a movie, it was nice to just chill out and spend time with my girl. About half way through our movie, my phone started ringing, I looked at the caller id and was instantly mad when I saw Alice's name, I told her not to bother us today unless it was an emergency, and I explained that emergency only meant death or serious injury, and since we are vampires I doubted either were happening.
"Did I not make myself clear, Alice?" I said into the phone.
"Do not get pissy with me Jasper, this is important," she replied.
"Flower choices and colour arrangements are not important," I said sarcastically.
"Jasper, its not about the wedding. It's about the family."
She had my attention immediately. With all the wedding preparations, we feared the rest of the family would find out, and had been very careful when speaking with the others in Alaska.
"What's going on, Ali?" Bella asks from beside me.
"Well earlier today, a package arrived. The veil you wanted was sold out so I called the designer and had a new one made for you, I specifically asked them to deliver it at a certain time while Carlisle and Esme were out hunting, but it came early."
"Okay, surely you could think of an excuse," I said not understanding the problem.
"It wouldn't have been a problem if it didn't come in your name," she said and I froze.
"Why the hell would you put it in my name?" I asked pissed off.
"I didn't. I gave them my name, but since you told me to use your credit card the morons sent it in your name. Trust me when I'm done with them they will be sorry for crossing Alice Cullen," she ranted.
"Okay, Alice focus. What happened next?" I said wanting to get the entire story.
"Esme was the one to accept the delivery, now unfortunately there was no way to hide what the package was. When I got home, Esme and Carlisle cornered me, I have no idea how they got past my visions but they did."
"Alice, what did you say?"
"I'm sorry, Jasper but I told them you were getting married. Now I didn't tell them to who even though they have been hounding me for the last hour."
"What did you tell them?" Bella asks.
"I simply told them, that Jasper had found his mate, and now he was getting married. I told them you are in Texas, with Peter and Charlotte and I had been helping plan the wedding, but they want to see you. Carlisle pretty much told me to get my ass on the phone and call you to come home, and to bring you future bride."
I looked over at Bella who was biting her lip, in deep concentration. We had briefly discussed contacting the family, but we both decided that it would cause more drama then needed, but now we may not have any choice. I know Carlisle and Esme will hop on a plane to Texas if we didn't come to them.
"Alice, Bella and I need to discuss this. I will call you back when we've made a decision, until then avoid the house and make sure you let Rosalie and Emmett know what's up and tell them to keep their mouths shut. If we do decide to come, I don't want them to know about Bella until we are there to explain it. Edward is Carlisle golden boy, he may not be happy that we are together."
"I understand. Emmett and Rosalie should be back soon from hunting, I'll grab them before they can get to the house, but please hurry up I don't know how long I can dodge them for."
"You'll have an answer within the next hour. Bye Ali." With that I hung up.
"You okay, Darlin'?" I asked turning to look at Bella who looked to be in slight shock and completely confused.
"What are we going to do, Jazz?"
"I don't know. I think we should get Peter and Charlotte's help on this, if we decide to go we will need some moral support," I said and Bella nodded.
I picked up my phone and dialled Peter's cell. Charlotte wanted to go into town, and pick Bella up some new clothes and dragged Peter along so we could have some alone time. He picked up on the second ring, and I spoke before he could say anything.
"Peter, how fast can you two make it back here? We just got a call from Alice, it's important."
"Ask and we shall appear," he said, but his voice not coming from the receiver. I turned around to find them standing in the doorway of the living room.
"How the hell do you do that?" Bella asks, making everyone laugh.
"I'm just that good. Now what did the pixie want?" he asked taking a seat across from us.
"Carlisle and Esme, know about me getting married because of a delivery screw up. They are demanding that I get my ass to Alaska with my future bride."
"Well shit, that's some bad luck. What do you guys want to do?" he asks. I turn to look at Bella, because all that mattered was what she thought.
"Darlin', what are your thoughts?" Her emotions are all over the place, and I assume her thoughts are in a similar state.
"Honestly, the last thing I want is to have to face them, but I don't think we can put it off, because I'm pretty sure they would come here if we refused. What do you think, Jazz?"
"I agree with you one hundred percent. It's not the ideal time to deal with all of this, but maybe it's better we get the past behind us before we get married. I also know for a fact, they'll come here and I'm sure it would turn out badly if we made them come to us."
"Good, then it's settled, we're going to Alaska," Peter said with a smile.
"You're coming?" Bella asks surprised. Honestly I was surprised as well, I thought I would have to do a lot of begging to get him to agree.
"Of course, I've got a feeling you may need some back-up."
"Thank you, Peter. If things go bad we'll need our family," Bella says with complete honesty.
"No need for thanks, Sugar. I've considered you family since the moment I knew Major found his mate," he says winking at her.
"Alright, so what's the plan?" Charlotte asks.
"Well the sooner we do this the better, I want it out of the way before we are married, and I'm not sure how long Alice can avoid their questions."
"Well it will only take about an hour to pack, and get everything ready. We can be on the road by sundown," Peter said.
"What about humans?" Bella asks, her concern apparent. She had been doing great with her blood-lust but a sixty hour car ride and roads full of humans were another thing.
"We will stick to low populated areas when we can. If we encounter humans and it gets bad, Jasper can restrain you and we will get you to a secluded area to feed," Peter said, and Bella nodded, but her concern was still there.
"Don't worry, Darlin'. I have complete faith in you, and I will be right by your side," I said kissing her gently, she replied to my words by sending me her gratitude.
"So what's the plan when we get there?" Charlotte asks.
"We'll go to them and tell them the truth. I'll explain about Alice's vision and what happened from there. I have no idea how they are going to react, but all we can do is tell them everything and let them decide for themselves."
"What about the golden boy?" Peter asks.
"As far as I know he hasn't been with the family since we left Forks last September. He has been letting Alice know where he is through her visions, last she saw he was in Russia."
"So he won't be a problem?" Peter asks.
"I hope not," I say seriously. Esme and Carlisle were enough to deal with, Edward would find out eventually but I hoped it would be a lot later.
"If he does come around, can you handle it little one?" Peter asks Bella.
"Why are you asking her this? What do you know?" I ask before she can answer him.
"Chill, Major. I don't know shit, but I want to make sure she can handle this if he does become a problem."
"To be honest I wish I would never have to see him again, but I know that's not a possibility. If we have to deal with him we will, but right now I want to focus on Carlisle and Esme," she said confidently.
"Then that's what we will do. Peter we need a rental, none of our cars fit more than two people. Charlotte start packing yourself and Peter and take care of any loose ends. I'll call Alice and tell her our plan."
"Got it, Major," they said in unison before taking off and heading to their missions.
"You sure you're okay?" I ask Bella, worried this was too much for her.
"I'm sure. I wasn't expecting to have to do this so soon, but maybe it's better we do this before we get married, we can start our married life in peace."
"You always know what to say," I said smiling at her.
"That's because I'm so awesome," she says jokingly.
"That you are my dear. Now it's time to call Alice."
I picked up my phone and dialled Alice's number, she picked up on the first ring.
"What's the plan, Jasper? I see you arriving, but nothing else. I think Bella's shield is affecting my visions."
We discovered that when Bella was stressed her shield acted up and it started affecting Alice's visions of us.
"We are leaving tonight. Tell them we will be there in a few days, we have to stick to low populated areas for Bella, if they ask why so long tell them my mate is a newborn, it should shut them up. I'm going to need your help, Alice, we are going to have to tell them everything from the moment you had your first vision of Bella and I."
"I know, Jazz. I'm ready to tell them everything," she said.
"Good. Now you need to talk to Rose and Em, if they want us to leave them out of it we will, but I need to know before we get there."
"We're in, Jasper. We knew this would happen eventually, and we are ready to face the consequences. What's the worst that can happen? They gonna ground us?" Rosalie said through the receiver, alerting us to her presence.
"Thank you, Rose. Your support means a lot."
"No problem, twin. Now get your asses here," Rosalie demands making me laugh.
"We'll be there soon. Bye, guys," I said, hanging up after their chorus of 'bye'.
"Ready for a road-trip, Darlin'?" I ask looking at Bella.
"As ready as I'll ever be," she replies.
"Alright, let's get packing."
As we walked up the stairs to our room, all I could think was how I hoped Carlisle and Esme would be understanding when we explained everything.
A/N So what do you think? Esme and Carlisle are coming back and they know something is up. What do you think is going to happen? I want to know your thoughts. I promise next chapter will be BIG! I would love to know what y'all think about the wedding theme, does it make sense? The reason for it is just what Bella said to Jasper, in my opinion mates are meant for each other and B and J are perfect and even if there is a huge gap between when they were born I believe a high power would have brought them together in the 1800's if Jasper survived the war, so I wanted them to have the wedding they would've, plus Jasper in his uniform, yum!
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