A/N First of all I need to say Thank you to my wonderful beta KareBear1965, she has had to put up with me. I love ya girl! I have been having problems with the family, and the first draft that I sent her of chapter 26 was really bad. So, I had to decide if I should post something that was really bad, or take my time and write something worth reading. I chose the latter. So, here it is finally, I'm so very sorry that this is so late. I hope that it is worth it. There is a lemon in this one, hope you enjoy it.
I do not own Twilight, or any of the characters, if I did, I don't think that I would share Jasper.
Bella POV
I knew that everyone was waiting for me to start. I needed a minute to compose myself. So much had happened today, and I wanted to make sure that I had thought my plan through.
It was going to take several people, to be able to put this plan into action. Even then, Maria could change her mind, or just not trust what she was hearing. Other than that, I thought my plan was a good one.
It would also require some people, some sacrifice. I could only hope that it wouldn't become dangerous, especially, for those making the sacrifices.
Finally, I took a deep breath and started, "I know that my plan is not perfect, but I'm sure that we can work out the kinks."
Emmett, being Emmett, just had to open his fucking mouth, "whoa, my little sister, getting kinky!"
That earned him a slap upside his head from Rose, and a very scary glare from Jasper! Carlisle, just put his head down, and shook it in disbelief, and Esme looked like. She was about to rip something off of him.
Ethan spoke up then, Emmett, may I remind you that your little sister as you so fondly refer to her as, did somehow, rip a vampire's arm off! It might be in your own best interest, not to antagonize her!
He got this very scared look on his face, and kept his mouth shut after that. I thought that was really funny. It took me a minute to get myself to stop laughing!
"OK, I believe that we are in need of a plan that will cover all of the things that we need it to. I know that Jasper's main concern is keeping me safe, and out of Maria's grasp. While my main concern is keeping Jasper out of her grasp, and wanting to get married, without distractions," I told them.
"That's my concern too, darlin'. I do not want to have to put off our wedding, for anyone, or anything," Jasper said.
"So, we need to have something in place, that will effectively, keep me safe, keep Maria from coming here, plus, give us time to plan and have the wedding, and take care of her on our, timetable, not hers," I said.
I then turned to Jasper, "I know that you are not worried about, Maria being able to get you to come back to her, but I am. It's not that I don't trust your love for me; it's that I don't trust her determination to get you back. Am I making any sense to you?"
He just nodded, that he did understand. So, I continued," Maria sent a spy, to try to take me, because, Maria thinks that she can use me, to get to Jasper. He was, or is, the perfect spy, for vampires. He has no smell, and powers are not effective against him, without me being there."
"Well, what if we use him to number one, keep an eye on Maria, and buy us some time so that we can deal with her, on our terms," I asked?
"How are we supposed to get him to help us, as well as turn against Maria." Carlisle asked?
"I could use my ability on him, put the story that we want him to believe, and tell Maria. I could make him think that he and I are friends, but Maria can't know about me. If I go with him, I could keep an eye on him, as well as what Maria is doing. I think that it could work," Ethan told us.
"What about attending the wedding? Bella and I both want you to be a part of our special day," Jasper said.
"We can work out the details, as we go. Alice can you look and see if this plan will work," Ethan asked her?
She sat and focused on the future," I think that it will. I can't really be sure. I see several different outcomes. I think that it could be because Maria changes her mind, or hasn't made her decision yet. Some of the outcomes are in our favor. A couple are not."
"Peter, didn't you say that it would work out," I asked him.
"Yeah, but we will need to be ready to act quickly, and we can't get comfortable. I know Maria, and she has been known to change her mind at the last minute. I think that we need to come up with somethin', to keep her from makin' a move, until after the honeymoon," Peter said.
"Is there anything that could work? What in the hell would it take, to keep the bitch from coming after Jasper now," Emmett asked?
"Emmett, language," Esme told him.
"Sorry mom, so what would work," he asked?
It was the Major, who spoke next, "we might be able to get her to believe that we are taking a trip, to Italy, and won't be back until, sometime in the summer. She would never follow us, not to Italy anyway. It's too close to the Volturi."
He continued, "we can let it "leak" to her, that one of us, is a friend to Aro. I don't know if she would even think about the fact that Bella is human, we would just have to monitor her carefully, and adjust the story to meet our needs."
"I think we need to find out when the last time Lucian reported to Maria, and when is he due to report in next," Peter told us.
"Peter, you can get the information from the prisoner. After we have that, then, we will make plans to have him contact her and plant the information, we want her to have. Report to me once you have what we need, we'll make further plans at that time," the Major spoke, you could tell he was considering more options.
We were all quiet; I think everyone was thinking about if this plan could work. I knew that there were a lot of things that could go wrong, still it was the best plan we had.
"Jasper, would it be alright if I talked to my granddaughter alone for few minutes," Ethan asked?
"Of course, just make sure you make it quick. I don't like her being away from me. If you want to, you can take her to the cottage. The two of you will be far enough away from the house, no one will be able to hear you," the Major told Ethan.
"Thank you, I promise. I won't keep her too long. I just need a few minutes with her. I haven't really had her all to myself, since we got here," Ethan told him.
Jasper, who had been standing next to me, leaned down and gave me a kiss. He told me that he wanted to stay at the cottage, with me tonight. Then, he told me that Alice would pack an overnight bag, for me, and that he would meet me at the cottage, in an hour.
Then, I went over to Ethan. He moved down so that I could get on his back. After making sure that I was hanging on tight, he took off out the door. It didn't take us but a minute to get to the cottage.
When we got there, he placed me gently on the ground, and led me inside. I had a feeling that it was going to be a serious discussion. After stepping inside, he went into the kitchen area and made me some hot chocolate, since it was cool outside, and the heat was off.
He turned the heat on, and then sat on the couch, "what's up, grandfather? It must be serious," I told him.
"I just wanted to talk to you, find out if you are alright. With everything that has been going on, I don't even know how you reacted, when the Major bit you. I haven't really talked to you, since we got here, and we used to talk about everything," he sounded kind of sad.
"Yeah, I know. I have missed all of the talks we used to have. Are you alright, you seem kind of sad," I asked.
"Yes and no. I have had you all to myself, since you were nine. Now, here you are engaged to be married. I know that you are happy, but, to be honest with you, there's a part of me that does not want, to let you go. I guess you could say, I'm jealous of Jasper," he said quietly.
"Even though I know that you are all grown up, I still consider you my "baby girl". I have watched you and Jasper together. I can see the love that he has for you. There is no one I would rather see you fall in love with, then, Jasper. Anyone watching the two of for any length of time can see that you two are perfect for each other," he smiled.
"I just needed to tell you, that, I'm happy for you. I know that he will take care of you. All I ever wanted for you, was, for you to be happy, safe, loved, and have all of your dreams come true. I know that will happen for you now," he told me.
I was crying at this point, and I didn't really know what to say. I watched him; if I didn't know any better I would say he was tired. I could tell that there was more he had to say, but I needed a hug from him.
I got up and moved over to him, gave him a hug, and kissed him on the cheek, "I love you too grandfather, but, right now before you continue, I need to ask you a question."
"Go ahead, baby girl," he smiled.
"Would you be willing to give me away? I know that you probably already knew that you would be doing that for me, since dad isn't here to do it, but I wanted to ask you anyway," I told him.
"Of course, nothing would make me happier than to give you to the man who has saved my life more times than I can count. Someone, I count as my brother," he said.
."Ewwwww. . .that would make me his niece. Can we not think of him like that, at least, for me," I laughed.
He laughed right along with me, after a minute he got quiet again. He got this funny look on his face, "so, you are going to make me a great-grandfather? I'm not sure how I feel about that!"
I couldn't help it, "now, you know that you have always been a "great" grandfather."
He tried to look insulted, but it didn't work. His smile broke through, "my baby girl, is going to have a baby! Just so you know, Carlisle and I will be working together, to take care of you during the pregnancy, and the birth. There are just some things that I don't think; I could handle, like the pelvic exam."
I blushed. I hadn't even thought of that. I was glad that he was going to let another doctor take care of that. I think it finally hit me; I was going to have a baby. Oh, it would still be awhile yet, but my dreams were going to come true, and it would be with the man, or should I say the vampire of my dreams!
We continued to sit and talk, for about another hour. He was telling about some of the things that happened to him, while he was taking care of my mom, when she was a baby. He loved my mom so much, and I could tell that he missed her.
He was right in the middle of telling me about the first time he tried to change her diaper. She peed on him, right in his face! I was laughing so hard, I was crying. Listening to him talk about, trying to take care of a human baby, alone, made me even more proud of him. He had no one to help him, yet, he was able to raise a daughter.
He gave her love, and taught her to respect all of life. He taught her how to hunt animals instead of humans, and he taught her how to look beyond faults, and find the treasure that was often hidden, behind a mask. It didn't matter if you were human or vampire, she always believed that there was always a treasure, down inside of everyone.
I was so grateful at this moment, that Ethan had taught me the same things. That's why I could so easily, see beyond Jasper's scars. They did not make him who he is, neither, did they take away from the man whom he had become. To me, he was the most beautiful man. I had ever seen.
"Well, I should probably go. Jasper is on his way here, if I know him," Ethan told me.
He had no sooner spoken, then Jasper walked in. I know that I must have lit up, because I know that Jasper did! He came over and kissed me. I was just slightly embarrassed. He kept his arms around me.
I couldn't think of anything, better, then standing here with both of my favorite men in my life. Then again, there was one thing that would make it perfect, for there to be a little one, in Jasper's arms.
I could see him, holding a little boy or a little girl. I had a feeling that if we had a girl, she would have her daddy, wrapped around her little finger! Actually, she would probably have the whole. Cullen's family wrapped around her fingers!
If it was a boy, yeah, I could see him, flirting with all of the females in the family. Making sure he got his way, and having the males all trying to teach him different sports. With Emmett as one of his uncles, well, let's just say that I would need to watch them very closely. No telling what kind of trouble those two would find.
Jasper asked Ethan if we had a nice talk, and explained to him that he couldn't stay away any longer. Ethan decided that it was time to tell Jasper that we had been discussing babies, and how he had to learn the hard way, how to care for a human, and infant.
Ethan then asked Jasper if he had any preferences when it came to the sex of the baby. He quietly told Ethan, that he was still trying to wrap his head around the fact, that he could be a father! He sounded like he was excited.
Finally, Ethan said he was going back to the house. There was a part of me that wanted him to stay a little while longer, I had missed him. Jasper was the one that stopped him, "Ethan, if it's alright with you, I have a couple of questions. I need to ask you."
Ethan told him, "I hope I can give you an answer."
"Has Bella ever done anything like what she did to Lucian? It takes a lot of strength, to rip a vampire's arm off. Did you know that she would be able to do that," he asked?
"No, I think that it was a combination of things. She had, had more blood this time than she had ever had at one time. She also could have had some of your venom still in her system. I think that the most important part is, well. She heard that someone else was claiming to be your mate!"
He continued. "Rage is a very powerful emotion. People have done impossible things because of rage. If you recall, the way she did it, she didn't use so much strength as she did, motion."
"Yeah, she did a move that I myself have used many times. Using motion, to rip, it still takes strength, but the motion is what actually does the tearing," Jasper said while looking at me.
"She has done things on a very small scale, that were more vampire, after having to ingest blood. It usually doesn't last long, and it was nothing like today. Can you imagine what she's going to be like as a vampire? She's going to be one bad ass vampire, perfect for the Major!"
He went on, "I have a feeling that you will have your hands full, even after her newborn stage is over!"
"What are you talking about, she keeps me busy now, and she's not even turned yet." Jasper laughed.
When Jasper looked over at me, I was glaring at him, and Ethan, "well, if you have a problem with me, then, I think that I will go back to the house. At least there, I don't have to listen to you two talk about me, like I'm a "problem" to be handled!"
Before I could even get the last word out, Jasper had me in his arms, growling, "no, you aren't going anywhere, tonight darlin', I going to have you all to myself. Besides, you are not, a problem. You are the woman that I love, the woman I'm going to marry, the future mother of my child, and the only problem that you cause is that I can't get enough of you!"
Ethan got up and said that he needed to go hunt, then he was going to go back to the house and discuss with Peter the plan that we had talked about earlier. He gave me a hug and kissed me on the cheek. Jasper told him that we would be spending the night at the cottage, but that we would be back early to the house.
I blushed. I was pretty sure that Ethan knew what we were going to be doing. At least that was my plan. Jasper had told me earlier that he wanted to wait a day or two, before, making love again. I was bruised up, but it wasn't as bad as it was the first time, the Major, claimed me.
After Ethan left, I turned to Jasper, "so, what are we going to be doing," I asked, seductively.
"You are going to be sleeping, and I am going to be holding you. It's been a long day; I know you have to be tired, as well as sore. You need to rest," he told me.
Yeah, I was tired and sore, but I was also very horny! It's not my fault; Jasper is just too sexy for his own good. One look at him, and my panties became soaked. I have a feeling that I might have to really work, to get him to make love to me. Then again, I am a woman.
He made me go get ready for bed, by myself. So, like a good girl, I went and got ready. I just didn't tell him that I was wearing some very see through, lingerie. I wasn't stupid, though, I put a robe on over it, so he couldn't see it. I was going to wait until I had him right where I wanted him, in bed!
I think he knew that I was up to something, after I came out of the bathroom, he kept watching me. I think he thought that I was going to try to seduce him, again. I had my shield up. I knew that he would feel my lust, if I didn't.
He had changed while I was in the bathroom. He had on a pair of sleep pants, and nothing else. He was standing by the window looking out. I could see the light coming from the moon, shining on his face. With the way, it made his skin sparkle; he looked like he was glowing!
After a minute of standing there staring at him, he finally asked me, "see something you like darlin'?"
I just smiled at him. He came over to me, and took my hand. He pulled me close to his body and kissed me. Then, he pulled me over to the bed, after pulling the covers back; he climbed on the bed and pulled me down, onto the bed.
"Darlin', you need to take the robe off. Unless, you plan on sleeping in it," he said.
I sat up, so that I could take it off. When I had it off, I looked over at him. His eyes were wide at first. Then, I heard a low growl coming from him, and his eyes had darkened, with lust. Of course, I wasn't going to play nice. I sent him all of my lust!
He leaned over and started to kiss me, like he had never kissed me before. The kiss was full of passion, love, need, and desire. It was gentle at first, building to something that I can't really describe. It was beyond passion. It felt as if our very souls were meeting, and becoming one, at this point.
The kiss lasted what seemed like forever. When Jasper finally broke the kiss, we looked at each other, "wow, did you feel that, baby? What just happened," I asked him.
He just smiled looking at me, "yeah. I felt it. I think that the bond was just strengthened. I think that is the bond that is usually only between vampire mates. Maybe, the blood helped you to be able to complete the bond. I didn't think that it could happen, for you, until, you were turned."
"Will that change anything, at all," I asked?
"Probably, make you more of a bad ass! You may feel more physical pain when we are not together," he told me.
"Did you just call me a bad ass? You think that I'm a bad ass, do you," I asked him?
"Well, actually I happen to know that you are a bad ass," he was laughing, at, me!
"Well, since you already think that I'm one, I'm going to show you, what I'm like when I actually am being a bad ass," I told him.
I pushed him back on the bed, then straddled him. I started kissing him, then I went down his neck, to his shoulders. I could feel his erection, and started to grind into him. He had started moaning.
I moved down to his chest and started licking, kissing, and sucking. When I got to his nipples, I made sure to lick, and graze my teeth across them. He had started growling, and was grinding back against me.
I continued to go down his body, when I got to his waist, I pulled his sleep pants down. Then, removed them. I very slowly came back up his body. I was licking, sucking, and using my teeth to graze his legs.
When I got to his very erect cock, I looked up at him. He was watching me, with such desire in his eyes. I looked back down at him, while licking my lips. Then I looked back up at him, and said, very seductively, "Well. I will see you in the morning!"
I then got up and walked towards the door, "what the fuck are you doing," he asked me?
"Hey, you are the one that said. I was a bad ass. I wanted to show you, how bad I can be, since you already think I'm one," I told him.
He was in front of me, before I could blink, "where in the fuck do you think you are going, darlin'? You should know better than to tease me, like that," he growled.
He pulled me into his body, and kissed me. I heard more than felt, my lingerie being ripped off. Then, he picked me up, and carried me back, to the bed. He sat down on the bed, and the kiss was so intense. I forgot everything else. . .
Jasper POV
I was watching her, as she straddled my body. She was so sexy, but I could feel the mischievousness coming from her. Her mouth on my chest was heaven. Then, she started to lick and nip at my nipples. The sensation was unlike anything that I had ever experienced!
I wasn't inexperienced by any means, but she was causing my body to feel things that I had never felt before. There was no way, I was going to be able to deny making love to her, tonight. She might have been a virgin, when I met her, but she sure knew what to do, to my body!
When she removed my sleep pants, I almost, lost it then. She was going slowly, and I was watching her every move. It was a real turn on, to watch her come up my legs. When she stopped and looked up at me, then down to my erection, and licked her lips. Well, let's just say, I would be a goner once her hot little mouth, was on my hard cock.
Then, she fucking tells me that she will see me in the morning. She just fucking got up and headed for the door! I asked her what the fuck she thought she was doing, she fucking told me she was showing how much of a bad ass she could be.
Oh, there, was no, fucking, way, she, was leaving this room, let alone the bed! I was in front her. I was growling. I asked what the fuck she thought that she was doing. I pulled her to me, and kissed her. She was so distracted; I don't think she even knew right away that I had ripped the sheer lingerie she had been wearing, off of her body.
Then I told her, "Since you are being a bad girl, I'm going to have to punish you."
Then, I picked her up and carried her back to the bed. I sat down with her on the bed and kissed her. It was very intense. I could smell her arousal, but she was not going to get off with a quickie. Not tonight, I was going to make slow love to her. Tonight, I was going to worship her like she deserved.
Yeah, I thought about getting her back for what she had done. Thing is, I knew she was joking around, she sure knew how to get me worked up. I would get her back, later, much later!
I could feel the mating bond, in her becoming stronger. I didn't really expect that, at least not until she had been turned. That's why I needed to make love to her tonight. With the bond in her, becoming stronger, it would become even stronger, with our union.
Her skin was so soft, and warm. I loved the feel of her bare skin, on my skin! She said she wasn't bothered, by the temperature of my skin. Of course, I always tried to make sure it was hot in the room.
I kissed her mouth, and then worked my way down. I had one hand on her breast, playing, teasing her nipple. I rolled and lightly pinched them. When I got my mouth to the other breast, I started flicking my tongue over the nipples, before sucking it into my mouth. I lightly nipped it. She was moaning, and arching her back to push her breasts closer to my mouth.
I had one of her legs, pushed in between my legs, and up against my erection. With one of my legs, I was rubbing her hot pussy. She was grinding her leg up and down my cock.
I came back up her body to give her a kiss. I leaned over to her ear and whispered, "I need to taste you, and I'm going to lick, kiss, and suck your hot pussy."
She moaned even louder. I slowly, went down her body. I licked, kissed, and sucked my way down. I had to untangle our legs, and then go down to her legs to start my way back up her body.
When I got closer to her pussy, I spread her legs as wide as I could without hurting her. I took one hand, and spread her lips and licked right up her slit. She was so wet, and tasted so sweet. I then, licked her clit, and she about came unglued!
I then put my tongue up inside of her as far as I could get it to go. She grabbed my hair, and was trying to pull my head closer to her pussy. I pulled my tongue out of her and replaced it with two of my fingers.
I started to pump in and out of her, while using my tongue on her clit. After a minute, I added another finger. She was yelling for me to go faster and harder. I was a gentleman, so I obliged the lady.
I could feel her walls clenching my fingers; I knew she was about to cum. Another three, more pumps and she came, hard! She was screaming my name, as well as saying, "fuck, fuck, fuck!" I pulled my fingers out and started to lap up all of her juices.
After I had lapped up all that she was going to give me, I went back up her body. As I was kissing her, she continued to moan. I lined my cock up with her slit and took the head and ran it up and down her slit a few times before pushing inside of her.
She was so fucking, wet, and so, fucking, hot! "Baby, you are so fucking tight. I hope I can last," I told her.
I started pumping in and out; it only took a minute before she had her next orgasm. I continued to pump into her. A minute later, she came again. After that one, I decided to change positions.
I flipped her on her stomach, then plunged back into her. I had her on her knees, with her chest on the bed. I could feel her walls clenching my cock again. She came again! We tried several other positions, and with each one she would have several orgasms.
I could tell that I was getting close. I had almost cum several times, but was able to hold myself back, so that she could have some more orgasms before I did.
When I finally did, I came with a roar, and she had the biggest one ever! I was surprised at the intensity of hers, as well as mine. We didn't move for a while after, we were done.
She sent me her love, and I sent her some of mine. I pulled out of her, and turned to my side. I pulled her to my chest, with her facing me. She was so beautiful. I kissed her, and she fell into a deep sleep.
I couldn't wait until she was my wife. I needed to talk to her about, what last name we would use. I go by Hale right now, sometimes. I went by Cullen. Whitlock was my real last name. I would give her the choice, of course.
There was a small part of me that wanted her to choose Whitlock. It was the only thing that I had left from my human years. It would really be special, to me, if she would choose to become a Whitlock. As I lie here, I closed my eyes and pretended to sleep. Yeah, I wanted to be a Whitlock once again. I would have to ask her.
If she chooses to take my real last name, I would have to explain to the family. I know that they would understand. At least I hoped that they would. Hell, the only reason I even took the name Hale, was to go to school and try to blend in, with humans.
I had already graduated, again, from high school. I wasn't going back, at least for a long time. I might not ever go back; I was thinking about maybe getting a job, not that we needed the money. Since, I was about to get married, and possibly have a child! Well, going back to school just didn't seem right.
There was something else that I needed to discuss with the family. While I loved the family dearly, I don't think that Bella was ready for the whole family listening, while we made love. I think that we would need to have our own place, close to the family, at least for now.
We were going to have to move soon, anyway. We had already been here, for awhile. The most time we usually spent in any one house, was five years. We would need to move to one of the more isolated houses, since Bella was going to be turned. We needed to make sure that there would be no chance of humans coming around, even accidentally.
I couldn't wait to talk to the family. I knew that there was something else that Bella and I would need to discuss, before talking to them. Since she would probably be turned, right after the birth, if there was one. Someone would have to care for the baby, while she was going through the change. Shit, I don't know why I didn't think of it before; she wouldn't even be able to be around her own child. At least for awhile.
How in the fuck was that going to work? I must be the slowest vampire ever. I wondered if she even thought of it herself. From what I understand, the child would grow at an unbelievable rate. Even if she had to stay away for only a few months, she would still, miss out, a lot.
Then again, if I knew her, as well as I thought I did. She probably already had an idea that she thought would work. Just one more thing that I needed to talk to her about. The one thing that I was absolutely sure of, I would do anything, to help make it easier on her.
I would talk to her about this when she woke up. I wanted to talk to the family, today. We only had two months, till the wedding, and with all of the fucked up shit going on with fucking Maria. We needed to have plans made, and options in case of something Alice didn't see, or Peter didn't understand enough of what he was feeling to stop.
I could sense the change in Bella's breathing and heart rate, she was waking up. She stretched and then opened her beautiful eyes. She smiled and pulled me over to kiss me,"ugh! I need a human moment, be right back. Don't you dare move!"
"I won't. I'll be right here when you get back ma'am," I told her honestly. I loved watching her bare ass in the morning! It's fucking sexy as hell!
Of course, watching her breasts as she walked back wasn't bad either! I already knew I was a goner, yeah. I was already hard, just thinking about her walking back.
I must have been projecting again. When she walked back into the bedroom, she stopped and placed her hands on her hips and smiled at me, "have a "hard" problem, you need help with there, cowboy?"
"Why don't you come over here, and you can find out," I told her, in a seductive voice.
I had her in my arms and on the bed before she knew it. I pushed my very hard cock up against her. She pushed me back down, and climbed on top of me. After, making her cum, she straddled me and then rode me until we both came together.
After we had calmed down some, I had decided to talk to her about the last name, and how we were going to deal with her being a newborn, and a baby. Before I could say anything, I could feel her nervousness, and it was mixed with curiosity.
"Baby, you can ask me anything. The answer is going to be yes, anyway. I can't deny you anything," I told her.
"Well, I know that you love the Cullens and that you had to take Rose's last name to pretend to be her twin. I don't want to hurt the Cullens feelings, but is there anyway, that I can take your real last name? I really want to be your wife, completely, and well it's the only thing you have from your human life. Well, I was just wonde. . ." I cut her off!
I kissed her hard, and then started to pepper her face, and neck with kisses. Finally, I was able to speak, "yes, yes, a thousand times yes! I was going to ask you, if you would be willing to take my real last name. You can never really know, how much this means to me, that you would want to do this."
"Why wouldn't I, I love you. I had thought about it, and it just didn't seem right to take the name of Hale, or Cullen. It's not that I didn't want to be a part of the family. I just wanted your real name; otherwise, it didn't feel like the marriage would be complete. Does that make sense to you," she asked me.
I knew then, that I loved this woman before. Now, I loved her even more than I ever thought it was possible. I looked at her, and then pulled her body as close to mine as I could get it, and hugged her tightly.
"Yes, baby, it makes perfect sense. I was going to ask you if you would have a problem, with taking my real last name. I will let Carlisle know, and I can promise you they will have no problem with it, at all," I told her.
"I have something else to talk to you about. I know that you wanted to be turned, after having the baby. Since you are going to be a newborn, during the first few months of the baby's life, well, how is that going to work," I asked her.
"Ethan doesn't think that the baby will be a problem for me. Remember, he has raised a half vampire, half human baby. He told me that while the baby will have blood and a heartbeat, the blood smells different. The baby won't even smell completely like a human. So, there shouldn't be a problem with blood lust, around him or her," she sounded so excited.
"By the way, what would you like the baby to be, a girl or a boy," I was curious?
"I want a healthy baby. I don't really care. I also was thinking of asking Rose, if she would help me out with the baby. I think that she might be a happier person, if I could let her do this for us. What do you think, should I ask her," she asked me quietly.
"She would be your best friend forever, if you ask her to help take care of the baby, while you are turning and during your first few months. That is all she has ever wanted was to be a mom. Since that option was taken from her. I think that the chance to at least help take care of a baby would be something she thought she would only be able to dream about," I was being honest.
"Well, Ethan keeps telling me that he thinks since I'm already part vampire that I won't have to go through the newborn stage. If that turns out to be true, then she can help, but I probably won't need her to care for him or her, full time. I will still need to let her take care of the baby a lot though. I will probably be very busy, being with my husband," she said with a smirk on her face.
I just couldn't stop myself, "and what will you being doing with your husband?"
"That my dear sir is something that he is just going to have to wait and find out when the time comes," she said as she was trying to get out of bed.
I pulled her back, and we started another round. After we were done, we both got up, showered and got dressed. Then, I leaned down so she could climb on my back.
Once back at the house, Bella headed straight for the kitchen. I knew she was hungry. While she was eating, I had planned on getting a report from Ethan. He had told me that he was going to start planting thoughts, in Lucian's head.
I went down to the basement; to say that I was surprised would have been an understatement. There, next to Lucian, were both Ethan, and Peter. They were sitting there talking like they were best friends.
Sitting across from them were Edward and Emmett. They were laughing at something that Emmett had said. I looked at Ethan. He just nodded slightly and then Peter motioned for me to join them.
I went over to them, and Ethan asked me, "Hey, did you just get back? I want you to meet a friend of ours. Jasper meet Lucian, Lucian say hi to another one of my brothers, Jasper."
Lucian actually stood up, it was then I noticed that he was back together so to speak. He held out his hand for me to shake, which I did, "glad to meet you. I hope that we can be as good of friends as I am with your brothers," he told me.
This was the first time that I had really seen Ethan's gift in action. I was highly impressed. I thought that I would test it, to see how far Ethan had taken it, "nice to meet you too. I'm sure that we will be friends. Have you talked to Maria, since you got here," I asked him.
"Fuck no! Why would I want to talk to the fucking bitch that tried to destroy my best friend? Do you know that she actually had me brainwashed, to believe that Ethan, here was out to kill me. His human friend too," he said sadly.
He continued, "We have been talking about me calling, and letting her know, about the trip that the family is going on. We haven't really decided exactly what I will tell her, but I'm not telling her that her brainwashing has been broken. Everyone is safe. I promise!"
I could tell by his emotions that he was telling the truth, at least what his perception of the truth was. I was stunned; this could really work, in our favor. I think for the first time. I could breathe easier.
I asked him if he knew what Maria's plans were if he didn't call her. He told me that if he didn't call her, then she would bring some of her army here. He went on to tell me that, Maria seemed to believe that I was her mate, and she would stop at nothing to get me back.
He then, told me that he knew that Maria was crazy, that I belonged to Ethan's human friend. Then, he asked if he might be able to meet her, as he was intrigued with the fact that a vampire could have a human mate. He of course, said that he would never say anything to anyone to put her in danger.
I wasn't sure how much he had been told, or if this line of thinking would last with him. I didn't really want him around Bella. I still didn't trust him.
Ethan got up and asked if he could speak to me privately. I told him yes, and we went into the nearby woods to talk.
"Major, I know that you don't trust him. It's hard for someone to trust, when they have never seen my power in action. The problem here is, if we don't let him feel like we trust him, he could get suspicious. We don't need him feeling like. We don't trust him. Remember, we are supposed to be close friends, with him," he told me.
It made sense, it didn't mean that I liked it, or even wanted to go along with it, "I still don't like it. How much has he been told about, the relationship between Bella and I?"
"He believes that the reason we are all together, is that the two of you are getting married. He thinks that he is here, because I wanted him to meet the two of you, and get to know some of my friends. Trust me Major. I would NEVER put Bella in danger, by letting her around this vampire, if I wasn't sure that my power works," he told me.
"Fine, but he is NEVER to be alone with her for any reason. Not even for a second. Do I make myself clear? As a matter of fact, I want him kept away as much as possible, from her! As a matter of fact, he is to never be left alone, at all, for any reason. Now, what about his diet, he's a human drinker," I said.
He grinned evilly at me, "not anymore. He thinks that he was an animal drinker and that Maria brainwashed him into killing humans. We actually took him on his first animal hunt last night. He's a natural! He killed a couple of deer, and a bear. He got no blood on him!"
"I'm impressed. It's like he's a totally different vampire. Of course, I will need to see it, before I believe it completely. He can meet Bella, but, there must be at least two or more other vampires with her, if I'm not there," I told him.
I continued, "I need to tell Bella before we let him meet her. Understand, if she says no, to meeting him, then, that's it. He won't be meeting her."
"Of course I understand. Thank you for listening to me Major," he said.
"Let's get back, I need to tell Bella what is going on," I was not sure how I felt about all of this.
When we got back, I immediately went into the house, and found Bella with Esme, Char, Alice, and Rose. They were in the living room, and they had magazines, with different bridal stuff, along with a lap top that I guess they were using to look at dresses.
She looked up at me and gave me a look that said "help". So, I told the ladies that I needed to speak to Bella. They were trying to argue with me. I finally got them to let me talk to her, by promising to let them have her back, and soon.
Apparently, they had way too much to do for the wedding, if it was to be in two months. I told Bella what was going on, with Lucian. She really did not want to have to be around him, but she understood why she needed to do it.
I let her go back to the ladies, and told them that I knew that had been listening, as we stayed in the house to talk. I let them know that I was going to get the guys in here, and introduce Lucian to everyone. They already knew what he thought the truth was, so they knew they had to pretend to like him.
Before I could leave the room, Rose came over to me and gave me the biggest hug she has ever given me, "Jasper, I just need to say thank you, for letting Bella ask me to help with the baby. I don't think that you could ever understand, just how much this means to me!"
"Actually, yeah, I do understand, empath, remember, "I told her.
I continued, "thank you for helping us, and for your support. I know how hard it is for you, being nice to a human."
She laughed, "With any normal human. I don't think I could do it. We both know that Bella is anything but normal!"
I laughed right along with her. I was so happy to see Rose, laughing. That was something she rarely did. To think, that I was part of the reason for her happiness, made my heart swell with even more love, for Bella.
I went and got the guys, and we came back in. Ethan introduced everyone, when it came time to introduce Bella, Emmett, and I both were next to her. I had told her she didn't have to shake his hand or anything.
She did anyway. She not only shook his hand, but thanked him for coming so early to help with the plans, for the wedding. He told her he wasn't sure what he was supposed to do, but whatever, she needed, he would do his best to help.
I could feel that she was nervous, but, like the girl she is. She put on a brave front. Then, she did something that kind of shocked all of us, she fucking, asked him, if he would feel more comfortable in one of the spare rooms.
He told her that he didn't want to be a bother to anyone. Then, she just had to go and fucking tell him, it was no bother, and that he was more than welcome to stay, where he might be more comfortable.
Most of us were just staring at her, and some of us were beginning to wonder if she was "off". Suddenly, I was hit with, confidence, and determination. She had her arm around me, and I felt her hand pinch my side. I looked down at her, and she smiled up at me winking.
I figured she had a plan that included, our guest staying here with us. I then, realized that if he was here inside the house, we could watch him more closely. We really hadn't thought about where he would stay, and it would make it seem like, the story, he had was true.
He took her up on the offer. Esme asked Ethan if he would mind taking Lucian up to his room. I looked over at Peter, and motioned for him to follow me. Then, I picked up Bella and told the family that we would be right back.
When we were far enough away that no one could hear us, "what the hell was that all about," Peter asked?
"We need him to believe the story, and he needs to be watched. Ethan will be with him. He will think, that they are close friends, and he can continue to strengthen the story," Bella told us.
"Besides, I kind of feel sorry for him. First, Maria uses him, now we are," she continued.
"Yeah, but with us, he has a chance to live. Maria will kill him, eventually," I told her.
I continued, "Bella and I will be staying at the cottage. If I need to leave, there will be someone with Lucian, and at least two with Bella."
"I think that it would be wise to not let Lucian know about the cottage. We can think up something that he will believe as to why you two are not staying at the house at night," Peter said.
"Great, now let's get back to the house, Bella and I need to talk to the family," I told him.
Once we got back to the house, I asked if the family could meet us in the living room. As soon as everyone was in there, we told them about our decision for Bella to take my real last name. I went on to tell them that I wouldn't be going back to school, at least for awhile.
They were agreeable to that. I then shared with them that where ever we moved to, that Bella and I wanted to have our own place. I asked Carlisle if he had any idea where we would be moving to.
"Esme has suggested moving to our place in Montana. It's big enough for everyone here, and it's not in an area where we would have to worry about humans. I agree with her, that it would be perfect for a newborn. There is plenty of wildlife, and there is eighteen hundred acres of land. We could build a house for the two of you," Carlisle told us.
He continued, "You would still be close to the family, yet, still have the privacy that you want. Will that be agreeable to everyone?"
Everyone was in agreement, so, we started to make plans. By the time we were through with discussing how we would do this, I could tell that Bella was excited. It was decided that after the wedding, Bella and I would of course go on our honeymoon, while we were gone, the rest of the family would move to Montana.
Once there, a smaller house would be built for Bella and I. By the time we rejoined the family, hopefully, our house would be finished. I told Bella that she could tell them what she wanted in the house; the only thing that I wanted in the house was a bed and Bella.
Yeah, I know I have a one track mind. I can't help it. I love her, and I need to be with her. I think that she needs to be with me too, and if she isn't pregnant, by the time we get back, well, we'll need to work on that.
After the meeting broke up, I checked on Ethan, who was with Lucian. I was going to fill him in, but he had overheard everything. I asked him what he thought about the plans; he said everything sounded good to him.
When I got back downstairs, Bella was talking to Esme, telling her what she wanted her house to look like. I heard her tell Esme that she wanted four bedrooms. I asked her why four bedrooms. She said that the baby would need one, and of course we had to have a guest room.
She didn't say anything about the fourth bedroom. Finally, I had to ask, "Darlin', why do we need the fourth bedroom?"
"For Ethan, or Peter and Char! They might all want to stay with us, and they will need their own room," she told me.
I just smiled at her, if I was honest; we wouldn't need more than two. Ours and our child's. I really didn't want to have to share Bella with anyone else. I liked our privacy, means I could get her to scream my name as loud as I wanted her to.
We spent the rest of the day with the family, mostly planning. Bella did play with Emmett, on the Wii. She seemed to enjoy, playing. Sometimes, she got really pissed at him. Even then, I could feel the love she had for him. I wasn't going to let him know that. He needed to learn, not to always try to cheat.
Now, we had to have Lucian call, and talk to Maria. I needed to make sure that he had the correct information to feed her. I hoped that she would buy his story, and that would give us time to have the wedding.
Once we had moved, she would have to start over to try to find us. We were going to go in the opposite direction, from our destination, then circle around by car, and go to Montana. That way she would find the scents, going in the opposite direction from where we actually, were headed.
Bella was sitting down at the table eating her dinner. She had asked me to sit next to her; I thought that she just wanted the company. She had other plans. While she was using one hand to eat with, the other hand was on my thigh, and was moving higher up my leg.
I leaned over, "Darlin' if you continue doing what you are doing, well, let's just say that you are playing with fire."
She continued eating, but stopped long enough to answer, "Well. I always knew you were hot! Besides, I think I need to get burned."
After she was finished eating, we said goodnight to everyone and left for the cottage. I had moved most of our stuff in here already. Now, that Lucian had been caught. We could take more time to be alone.
Once we were there, I took her in my arms and kissed her. I hugged her close to me, and told her that I loved her. She told me that she loved me too. I could get used to this. I know one thing is for sure, I would spend the rest of my existence loving her, and making love to her. With that thought in mind, I slowly started to remove her clothes. . .
A/N Please review and tell me if it was any good. Also, I need to let everyone know that after this week, for only a week, I will be working almost every day. I'm going to try to write two extra chapters this week. If I do, then I should be able to post like I normally do. If not then the week of spring break, you will probably only get one chapter. I will only have two days off. Please let me know if this was any good. Thanks to all who have added this story to their favorites and alerts. I love you guys!