Author's Note: Lemon in this chapter, clearly marked but not terribly graphic.

Bliss Interrupted

***Jasper's point of view***(February)

In the weeks following the incident in the woods, Edward became my brother again and he tried to be a good friend to Bella. Though he often fled the room when his pain became too much. We took precautions to not flaunt our love in front of him and Bella kept our thoughts constantly under her shield. I was thankful she kept me cloaked so he didn't see the many fantasies and memories that often flew through my mind during lazy moments.

I had also noted the quick friendship between Alec and Alice. It was quickly blossoming into something more. I kept it to myself, but secretly I was very pleased she had moved on so quickly. I only wished Edward could do the same.

Alec was hesitant and wary of letting his guard down but he was becoming comfortable with us, mostly thanks to Alice and was attempting to at least lower the walls.

I hoped their newfound feelings were the lasting kind and would survive the war that I felt was brewing. Bella had bought more of the surrounding islands and on one of them was a township for the construction crew and their covens. Even though we only had a few covens living on the island, Bella was creating a huge town. When I questioned her about it, she told me that the Volturi had turned on the vampire race for the loss of Alec, particularly the Dagda. She was planning to shelter all those who fled from the Volturi.

The Denali's were the first to face their wrath. After dealing with their unannounced and unwelcome visitors they called us. After we explained everything to them they set off to gather our allies and Bella instructed them to send all the vampires here, both those wanting to join our fight and those seeking shelter.

Emmett, Rosalie, and Carlisle went to aid the Denali's. Esme, Alice and Bella flew into a frenzy to get everything ready both for our guests and our enemies. While Edward, Alec and I attempted to figure out how to deal with both the Volturi and Victoria, although we didn't know what she had planned. We had already drafted hundreds of plans, plotted battles on multiple locations, different key fighters, and different odds. We had made plans for advances, retreats, places to regroup, and how to adapt any plans with unpredictable changes. Even with all of these plans we feared we had overlooked a key detail that would lead to our downfall.

Bella laughed when I told her my fears. I stared at her in shock; I couldn't believe she would laugh at my feelings. Seeing my crestfallen face, she quickly reassured me with a quick kiss on my lips. She explained that with my military knowledge, Alec's inside knowledge of the Volturi, Alice's ability to see the future, Edward's mindreading and all of Carlisle's allies, not to mention her shield we would be perfectly safe, no matter what happened expected or not. She had absolutely no doubt that everything would turn out okay in the end.

She also reminded me of Carlisle's connection to Aro. It may not even come to a fight; it might be a friendly visit, as long as the Volturi behaved.

Our "guests" continued to arrive and though they have been brought in case of a battle, everyone was very relaxed and it was a friendly, stress free atmosphere. They were mostly in awe of the mansion and were very pleased with the little bungalows that Bella had made for each of them, they were almost exactly like the one she and I often escaped to.

Kate is currently trying to convince Bella to turn an island into a real resort, from the high rollers to family vacations. I think Bella likes the idea of making her own money and having something to work on all the time. I plan to encourage her to pursue it, after the battle.

Our island is out of the other islands sight by several miles. So if she had a resort she wouldn't have to worry about people bothering the main house, which was her biggest concern.

We had finally moved into the big house with the family, but we still often spent our nights at our special place. Our room was lavish, almost decadent, filled with beautiful dark woods that were intricately designed.

We had a lovely sitting room with black leather couches and chairs, a few mahogany end tables and a teak coffee table. It was a comfortable room both for sitting with guests and leisurely pastimes. A door led off to my study filled with all my books on the civil war, I liked that I could enter or leave my study either through the hall or directly into our quarters.

We also had a small private library filled with all the books we had purchased through our travels and several we had ordered for ourselves. Bella's romance novels took up an entire wall. We also had a huge bathroom, our tub was actually a small pool, I couldn't wait to swim some laps in it. We would be enjoying many hours in the pool/tub and Jacuzzi, not to mention the shower.

The bathroom was black tile and all the towels were either a pristine white or sapphire blue. In the dressing room, which was an enormous closet, we had our clothes, along with a few dressers and Bella's vanity.

Bella had placed a few candles and plants throughout our rooms to give it a softer, more female and lived in look.

I finally moved in to the bedroom, the one I was most anxious to see. The back wall was dominated by a huge bed. The west wall was mostly windows, which were currently covered in blinds, sealing out the light, it had a small bench running along the wall. The opposite wall was covered with a huge sound system.

I inspected the bed a little closer. The sheets were midnight black and it had a sapphire blue down comforter with matching pillow cases. It would look beautiful against my mates ivory skin and lustrous, mahogany hair.

I didn't think she had finished out room at first. Alice had always had lots of stuff everywhere and picked out bright, vibrant colors. Bella was fairly Spartan and slightly masculine with just whispers of female influence. I think I liked this approach better, it was a lot more male friendly and the colors didn't hurt my senses with garish vibrancy. I appreciated her incorporating my preference for wood and darker colors and making them to suit her tastes. It was simple, practical and uncluttered.

I had always kept my military discipline. I preferred only what was necessary, what was needed, what had a purpose. Alice had never understood that, and it had always been a problem for us. As much as I had loved her she often put me on edge with her continuous shopping and need for more stuff. It was wasteful.

Bella was watching me from the window seat. I had flashes of all the times we would sit there curled up together, me reading over her shoulder or us enjoying the sun's heat while we watched the waves. She smiled at me, pleased that I liked our rooms.

"I noticed none of our rooms have mirrors." I commented while looking at CD's and glancing at her covertly.

"I left them out. I know you don't like them and I have no need for them." She must have noticed I avoided reflective surfaces. I hated to see my scars. A constant reminder of my violent past and what I truly am, my real self looked back at me whenever I stood before a mirror.

"That is not who you are anymore. It was never really you to begin with. It was all forced on you and you became who you needed to be in order to survive. I know you hate the reminders but the scars show your strength. It not only means that you survived but that you were strong enough to turn away from that life and forge your own path. It was torturous but you made it out and you should be proud of that. Jasper, you won't ever have to go back to that life, you can let it go. Never again will you serve another."

I loved her more every day. She was the only one who never reacted negatively to my many crescent shaped scars. Even Alice would flinch and have to fight the urge to get into a defensive stance. Only Bella had always been accepting. I am not even sure she noticed them most of the time, she never reacted to them, and even my family still had to hide their fear whenever I was without a shirt. I have never regretted being a vampire, only being a soldier in Maria's army.

I banished all thoughts of my maker; they were unwelcome here, especially in the presence of my very own angel.

***Small Lemon***

I felt my lust building and sent a gentle wave of it to my lovely mate. She just grinned like an imp and beckoned me forward.

I leaned towards her and began to feather kisses all over her face and neck. She must have been impatient because she wrapped her fingers into my hair and forced my mouth to hers. Licking and sucking on my bottom lip, I opened my mouth to her searching tongue. We explored each other's mouth and she gently sucked on my tongue causing tingles to spread from my stomach to lower parts of my body.

I picked her up and she wrapped her legs around my hips. I carried her over to our bed before gently placing her upon it. I backed away removing first her shoes and socks, then mine.

She waited until my eyes were once again fixed on hers, before she slowly scooted to the end of the bed. She put her hands on my shoulders and applied pressure so I would kneel before her. She kissed me slowly, letting it become more urgent before trailing kisses across my jaw to my ear, flicking her tongue out quickly sending tremors down my spine before she moved down my neck and to my exposed chest. She paused before unfastening the top button of my shirt.

She watched my face for any signs of hesitation. When I showed none she continued to place light kisses after unfastening each button. When my shirt was completely undone, I slid it down my shoulders and to the floor while she placed a final kiss to the trail of light blonde hair leading from my belly button and disappearing into my jeans.

I quickly copied her movements but when I reached the top of her shirt I simply tugged it over her head before tracing the outline of her bra with my tongue.

I pushed her farther up the bed and crawled after her. When she finally rested against the pillows, I began my assault of her delicate body. I hovered over her, bearing my weight on my arms as I kissed and licked every inch of her delicious flesh. Her small, soft hands traced the patterns of my crescent shaped scars, her nails digging light trails across my shoulder blades and down the back of my biceps all the way to my wrists.

I had moved back to I could place a trail of open mouthed kisses down her stomach to the drawstrings of her pants, which I quickly untied and removed. I was frozen in surprise and consumed with lust when I discovered she wore nothing underneath her yoga pants.

I glanced up to find she had removed her bra while I was distracted and was smiling slightly at my dazed reaction.

"I had sort of counting on you loving the room and wanting to thank me for it, with this kind of reaction." She smiled coyly, my naughty little vixen.

I quickly backed up her body and had my mouth attached to hers once more. Her hands ghosted down to my jeans and quickly peeled them off followed by my boxers. I barely had time to kick them all the way off before she flipped us and straddled me.

I thought I had died when she ducked her head down to my erection and covered me in the slick, wet, goodness that was her mouth. I found it hard to believe she would do this for me and further more that she seemed to enjoy it. It was the first time someone had done this since I had left Maria. I felt instantly cold at the thought of her, but I was suddenly looking into Bella's beautiful and concerned topaz eyes. She moved back up the bed, quickly dipping her hips and I was completely sheathed in my angel and it was paradise.

"I thought I had lost you there for a minute, stay with me." she whispered.

"Always and Forever, for all of time." I replied before increasing the pace of my thrusts until we were both seeing stars.

***End Lemon***

We were blissfully wrapped in each other's embrace afterwards and I was quickly feeling up for a third round when our afterglow was interrupted.

Emmett was pounding on the door and quickly walked in. Bella cuddled closer to me and I shifted in front of her to cover her embarrassment.

"Carlisle needs us down stairs. We are having a family meeting, it is an emergency." I had never seen my brother so solemn.

We dressed at the speed of light and headed for the dining room which seconded as war central. When we arrived not only was out family there but the heads of all the covens that had arrived. We quietly took our seats and waited for the meeting to begin.

Alice looked nervous and Alec attempted to sooth her. Bella and I sent calming waves to all those seated at the table. Carlisle and Alice threw us grateful glances, and then Carlisle stood and began to speak.

"Alice has had a rather disturbing vision." He stated simply.

All eyes turned to Alice, awaiting an explanation.