*~I DO NOT OWN TWILIGHT
I OWN 'CONSUMED WITH FIRE AND WATER'~*
*~~Consumed With Fire and Water~~*
*~~Alice~~*
*(The next night)*
"Jazz...Are you ready?"
Calling my boyfriend's name from the bottom of the stairs made me feel like the two of us were actually a couple in our own little house – that sounds strange but my thoughts have never been normal and anyone who looked in them would probably die of amazement but I couldn't be happier with my mind right now...Now, it had finally subsided all of the bad thoughts that existed in the forbidden world had all been washed away – this was my life..A secure, happy life which I had always dreamed of having right at my fingertips....Now, that everything was mine, I was going to take it with both hands.
"Coming, my love" he answered as he descended the stairs.
"I'm sorry...Your sister is going to kill us if we aren't on time and may I just point out that...The sex talk is something I don't want to welcome, tonight"
"No need to apologise for my sister, my Alice...You look beautiful"
"I always look good next to you"
"I'm like the perfect accessory, then?" Jasper teased with a knee-buckling smile as he secured his hand around mine and placed a soft kiss on the tip of my nose.
As I wrapped my coat around my shoulders by the front door..I looked at Jazz again putting on his shoes...He turned to face me questioningly.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" I instantly shied away – wanting to tell him how happy he made me and how much I loved him...But it felt like I was singing the same old song over and over, Jazz knew how happy he made me.
Didn't he?
"Nothing..Let's go" I answered opening the door and stepping out into the beautiful, quiet moonlit air and climbing into Jasper's car and fastening my seatbelt.
"Now don't forget...You are eating for two, now" Jazz said as he climbed in the car, putting on his own seatbelt and turning the key into the ignition.
"I am aware of that" I answered smiling....The two of us were silent – but before heading out onto the main road – Jasper took my hand and rested our entwined hands behind the gearstick.
Dinner at Rose Court was a new experience for me, it was a welcoming and bustling place by day but I was curious to see it at night....Jasper pulled up in the main car park and considering we were nearer the coast...I buttoned up my coat and tied the small belt around myself before getting out the wind hitting my face when I closed the door to Jasper's car.
"Right...Let's go and have this celebration" Jazz was trying to be enthusiastic but we both knew that our best nights were always spent with each other hence why when the two of us actually went out – it always felt like the first time, again.
Rose Court was to my delight, much quieter at night but any place that was in this part of the actual country felt like home to me. My past and where I grew up seemed years and years away my early childhood years actually feeling like non-existent – my family gave up on me so their memory is not worth looking back on twenty years down the line when my own child had grown up.
What was I going to do when my children asked about their Grandparents? Tell them the truth or tell a really sugar-coated lie?
As much as the question burned in my mind...I ignored it determined to have a good night out as a couple of couples having good food made for us and entertaining ourselves with enlightening conversation.
Jasper held the door open for me like a Gentleman when we finally reached the restaurant – cheesily, I gave him a curtsey back and stepped inside the central heating hitting my chilly skin.
"Welcome to Carlucci's...Table for two?" The maître'd asked us as we reached her little podium.
"There is already a party waiting for us...Under the name 'Williams'" Jasper informed her as she lowered her eyes to her book using her finger to trail down the list of bookings. The smell from inside the dining area was making my mouth water already.
"Ah, yes...Let me escort you to your seats" the young woman said politely as she took out two menus and walked ahead through a pair of double doors and into the main dining area. The restaurant was packed and I, intentionally letting Jazz lead in front of me kept my eyes away from glares and hidden whispers from other members of the general public. I was with Jazz, which was all I needed to keep my focus on.
Bella waved at us enthusiastically from one of the booths...Paul had also turned to look and had stood up from his seat when we approached them.
"Thank you for being on time, you guys" Bella said.
"May I take your coats?" The maître'd asked me...I nodded and undid my coat at a quick pace not wanting to keep the young woman waiting...I handed it to her.
"Thank you" I said appreciatively...As I sat down, Paul sat down too at the same time and Jasper followed suit sitting next to me...The two of us opposite the two of them.
"The waiter will be over shortly, here are your menus...Enjoy your meal" I was surprised at how nice and welcome this place made me feel...Restaurants...I have never had a lot of experience of them but this place was just too nice not to notice.
"Thank you" Jazz said as she left us.
"Isn't this place amazing?!" Bella asked shooting me a wink.
"It's beautiful" I answered...Jazz held my hand underneath the table cloth securing me as he always had done.
"So...What are you having to drink?"
"I will take a lemonade..A large one" I answered....Thank god for being pregnant because I had never been a drinking person, anyway.
"What beer you drinking, Paul?" Jazz asked Bella's fiancée.
"Guinness" he answered
"Sweet" Jazz said.
"We haven't ordered yet so feel free to have whatever you want...It's our treat!"
"Oh, no we couldn't possibly-" I started to protest
"Listen you save that common sense for the days up until the wedding, missy because I am going to need it. Right now, we want to make this night special"
"You must excuse my fiancée she has been on the Rosé" Paul added causing me and Jazz to laugh.
"Oh you love me" Bella said pinching Paul's cheek.
"Well...I can't deny that" Paul admitted in defeat.
I used my free hand to open up my menu and glance down at the various dishes they offered..My eyes immediately locked to a Caesar Salad and being the kind of person I am in my heart – going with my instinct was the best option. Besides, I had always had a small fetish for Caesar salad dressing after my mum had made it one year experiencing the cooking of Italian dishes. Mum liked to be different, she had a country every month until she ran out and went back to the good old British dishes of roast dinners and sausages and mash....As I had already decided...I tilted my head to look at Jasper who was deep in his thoughts as he scanned the writing on the menu. He looked so adorable when he was concentrating and it took all my strength not to pull his chin over and wrap my lips around his.
Alice...This is a public place!!
"Have we decided?" Paul asked.
"Yeah...The steak sounds good" Jasper answered.
"I will have the ceasar salad"
"Hello...Can I get you two some drinks?" The young waiter interrupted us...As soon as I turned my head to face him, I instantly regretted it.
"If Edward finds my phone...We are dead – if he finds a broken phone, it won't matter...There is no way he will be able to read the calls I have made and he won't be able to question it.".......
"The police have a tracking system...They can find anyone in the country".....
"Money is not important when lives are at risk"....
"You're sick!"
Nausea surrounded my stomach and my throat instantly clenched up at the back of my mouth.
"Can I have a Guinness, please?" Jasper asked, the waiter smiled as he wrote it down.
"For you, ma'am?" He addressed me, then.
"No!"
"A pint of lemonade" I managed to choke out, as the waiter went the unexpected feeling in my tummy became too much to bear...I released Jasper's hand in one swift movement and ran outside of the restaurant keeping my hand on my mouth so as not to spew on any of the carpets.
As I got outside..I looked around and found a nearest bush crouching my body over and emptying my stomach...Luckily my retches couldn't be heard by anyone because I was alone.
"Alice...Shit, Alice...Are you okay?" Jasper's voiced filled my ears and a hand softly trailed up and down my spine as I continued to vomit in the soil of the bushes feeling extremely embarrassed at my actions.
I took a deep breath in, glad that I was finished and stood back upright and turned leaning my head on Jasper's chest and wrapping my arms around his neck.
"My sparrow...Are you in pain, is it the baby?" Jasper asked me concerned as he kissed the left side of my face.
"I'm sorry" I croaked snuggling my head into his chest a little more breathing in his ever so amazing scent.
"What is it my love...Please tell me?"
The concern in his voice alarmed me...There was nothing wrong with our baby – the old memories had come flying back at a place where I did not need it the most. I took my head away from his chest and looked up into his eyes. "That waiter...He reminded me of-" I broke away feeling the emotion in my voice.
"Who, sweetheart?"
"Jacob" I said simply...Jaspers face fell and he nodded kissing me on the forehead.
"The memories came back...The memories of his last moments alive – it was too much...I couldn't take it. Have I worried anyone?"
"It doesn't matter about anyone else...This is about you...I'm sorry that being here has brought that all back for you"
"Oh no..Don't be – it was bound to happen at some point...The one thing that pains me is that I got out of it...Alive...Barely alive...But alive all the same. He won't ever have a family or someone who loves him and I feel responsible...because it was Edward and he was connected to me. Edward wanted to kill me not Jacob but he was brought into it all" I sniffed the sudden tears falling down my cheeks. Jasper leaned in and kissed them away.
"Alice...We can go back home...If you don't feel up to it-"
"No...I want to celebrate Bella's night"
"Are you sure?"
"Yes..Thank you for looking after me" I whispered shooting him an appreciative smile.
"I will always be here to look after you" Jasper whispered in reply....I kissed both his eyelids keeping my mouth closed intentionally before walking back inside the restaurant.
"Madam...Are you alright?" The young woman asked me as I stepped back inside.
"Yes...Thank you..Must of had some bad food earlier" I said finding the instant lie in my mind and making it come out of my mouth.
Jasper and I walked back into the dining room where Bella was standing up. "Oh Alice..Are you okay?"
"Yes...Sorry, everything's fine...Just a body malfunction" I replied sitting down and taking a sip of my lemonade.
"Thank god...We put both your orders in" Paul informed us and I shot them both a smile before taking Jasper's hand again under the tablecloth.
*~~(An hour later)~~*
The night had gone amazingly, no more unexpected vomits or memories coming back into my head...The food had been amazing and sitting here with the man I love and the two other people that we were going to spending a lot of time with in our lives made me feel like I definitely had a real-loving family...They loved me and I loved them...I had respect for them and a huge amount of gratitude for the way they had welcomed me into their life when they didn't have to in the first place.
After Bella and Paul paid the bill...Paul left us outside of the restaurant taking a tipsy Bella back to their hotel just after our own confessions of love and the fact that we will be seeing each other tomorrow.
Jasper took my hand as we headed towards the car but instead we passed the car altogether and went further down another road...I didn't question where he was taking me instead just going along for the ride.
Anywhere with Jasper was where I wanted to be.
Ten minutes later I was surprised when Jasper was leading me down a footpath before reaching a green space, with a large fountain in the middle...The moonlight shining on the water sprinkling out from different directions and the small lights on the grass beside the footpath illuminating the scene.
"What is this place?" I asked amazed at the beauty of the picture in front of me.
"Rose Court gardens...It's the perfect place to come down to at night and think about things...Or of course share it with the person you love the most in the world"
I smiled uncontrollably as Jasper led me across the grass and stood still twisting me around inches from the fountain – luckily however we were both far enough away from the fountain not to get caught by the spray.
I leant my back against his as I looked up at the stars above us...Sighing the cool breeze surrounding my face...Jasper had put his hands along with mine on my stomach as he leant his head on my shoulder.
"It's just you and me, now...Us and our new family" he whispered his breath tickling my neck...I twisted back around and put my arms around his neck pulling him in to kiss him passionately on the mouth parting his mouth to poke my tongue through to meet with his moaning the moment they both made contact.
"Alice...Let's dance" Jasper said disconnecting our already dancing tongues and mouths.
"There's no music" I answered.
"I'll make music"
Tightening my hold around his neck...Jasper placed one of his hands on the small of my back and one on my stomach between us as he began to rock us both from side to side on the spot...Singing my sparrow song to me once again.
"One night in the darkness of the woods
Lay a beauty so fair and broken
Little did I know that she would end up to be
The love of my life, my darling girl
Bringing her home she put up no struggle
Forever bound in unconsciousness unknowing she was rescued
I kept her safe and warm pleading secretly inside for her to wake
My sparrow changed my life – showed me light
There was a misconception when she finally opened her eyes
With much of a fight...I had proved to her that I would help her
Little did she know I wanted her
Had fallen for her since the day I brought her home, my sparrow
Love me back, show me what you have and be mine, my sparrow
I'm alive striding through life with my love by my side
Facing the world together the two of us is all we need
Every inch of my soul every area of my body belongs to my sparrow
No lies, secrets or exaggeration – I speak nothing but the truth
We have a future – our love can grow higher than any mountain
Beyond any normal couple...We are unique my love
I need you and want you forever and always my sparrow
And I never want to let you go"
"Jasper" I whispered taking away his hand from my stomach and placing it around to join the other one on my back.
"Yes my Alice?"
"I have wanted to say this to you all night"
"What is that, exactly?"
"That....I am so in love with you" I whispered as he smiled.
"I am in love with you, too"
"No...Jazz – right now, here in this beautiful place...You, the baby – my life is complete...There will never be a time when I will forget this night...Forget the defining moment when my love for you was as stronger than ever before. You're my life, my world, my soul, my heart....Everything I am is yours and you need to know that. Tell me that you know that?"
"I do know that...My feelings for you are unchangeable...I also wanted to thank you"
"Thank me...For what?"
"For asking Paul to be Godfather"
"Oh god, I am so sorry...I completely forgot – I was going to tell you"
"I know...Days out with my sister make people forget a lot of things"
"Seeing them both so happy...Makes me want to make them even happier because they deserve it"
"I wanted her
Had fallen for her since the day I brought her home, my sparrow
Love me back, show me what you have and be mine, my sparrow
I'm alive striding through life with my love by my side
Facing the world together the two of us is all we need
Every inch of my soul every area of my body belongs to my sparrow"
"That song...It's too perfect"
"No...You're perfect"
"Why do you always know the right things to say to me...The right things to do to me?"
"I guess loving you for so long has made my expression of love for you second nature"
"Can you believe how far we've come?"
"No...Some days I feel like I am still going to wake up from this dream"
"Well...When you wake up..I'll be there...When you want me...I'll be there – there is nothing in the world that I would deny you, my Jazz"
"This is really it...Our new life?"
"Starting now and never ending"
"Never ending?"
"Even when we die, my soul will still be yours – we can then grace the heavens and live a long and peaceful new life for the rest of eternity. You are the second half of my soul...Always have been and always will be"
"Alice, you are stunning inside and out"
"Shall we go home, my love?"
"Soon...Just stay and finish this dance with me"
"Okay" I replied smiling.
There in the privacy of Rose Court Gardens we danced our second dance to 'My Sparrow'.
The moonlight...The water....The sound of Jasper's singing voice.
I have been so blessed to know him; he was my one and forever only true love.
Until the end of time.
The next chapter will not be put up until next week so I hope this chapter is enough for you!
Next chapter will be the hen night and then the one after that the wedding...These two chapters are just little tasters of what is going to happen in those three weeks in-between !
Thank you for reading...A LOT of LOVE for everyone still following this fic...Your thoughts and comments mean so much as always!!
*~Samantha~*
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