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Epilogue

Jasper and Bella settled down in a remote part of Alaska. At first they lived in a little rental cabin. Jasper paid for a year up front, utilities included. The little cabin served its purpose. It was a place to live while Jasper built Bella her own little dream house, just like she asked for, up in the mountains where no one would ever find them.

Jasper built the house all by himself. He would get supplies delivered to the rental cabin, and then run them up the mountain. Bella would watch Jasper work on their new house every day. He looked incredibly sexy when he was working. He would take off his shirt so Bella could watch his muscles flex as he did manual labor for her. Inevitably they spent more time making love than working on the house, but eventually Jasper had finished it. It gave Jasper a sense of pride to be able to provide for Bella and care for her with his own hands. He finally felt worthy and important. His self-esteem soared and he became very confident, sometimes even cocky. All his troubles were in the past.

By the time the house was finished, Bella was through the worst of her newborn stage. She had accompanied Jasper into town to help him pick out some furniture, and she was able to control her blood lust.

Jasper and Bella loved their home. It was a unique house. It looked somewhat like a log cabin, but more modern. The roof was made of a reinforced glass, so that they could always see the sky. Jasper had built the roof like that for two reasons. It reminded him of how his old house had looked when he had taken the roof off, and it made the house a light and cheerful place. There was also a large fireplace that they used every day. The location of the house was so remote that there was no electricity or plumbing. They were vampires so they didn't need those things anyway. Jasper would use the fireplace and a giant kettle to melt huge chunks of ice down into hot bath water for Bella. He had installed a very large tub, and they enjoyed taking long hot baths together. They just wanted to be far away from anyone, and to be left alone.

Everything seemed to be perfect for many years, but one day while Jasper was collecting snow to heat up for a bath, he smelled the scent of a male vampire. It was the scent of a stranger, perhaps just a nomad passing through but Jasper was disturbed nonetheless, so he ran as fast as he could back down the mountain to find Bella.

She was safe. Bella immediately knew something was wrong with Jasper. She had felt him projecting his fear all the way down the mountain. "What's wrong?" She asked as she ran to embrace him.

"I smelled the scent of a vampire up on the mountain. It was unfamiliar to me, but I'm sure it was a male. Bella, it might be time we moved. I can't stand the thought of having to go back to Volterra." Jasper's worry was palatable.

"Oh no." Bella shook her head. "Where would we go? This is our home, Jasper."

"You have great control now darlin'. We could travel around the world. We could go anywhere you wanted." Jasper tried to lighten the heaviness that weighed upon them by being optimistic.

"I'm not sure we should just up and leave Jasper." Bella said as she looked around the house Jasper had built for her. "It might have been just a nomad passing through. I think we should wait and see what happens. When we decide to move, I'd rather it be because we choose to, not because we feel forced."

Jasper had agreed to wait and see what happened. Days turned into weeks, and there wasn't any sign of another vampire. Jasper and Bella had stopped worrying about the possible threat, and had gone back to living their lives as usual.

Then one day while they were out in the woods hunting together Jasper felt some strong emotions, and he was certain they weren't coming from Bella; shock, curiosity, and longing? Jasper growled loudly and shouted to Bella to shield herself, and go hide. When he felt her shield go up he projected a massive amount of anguish. It was enough to knock whoever was longing after his woman to the ground. He ran into the forest, towards the sound of someone in pain. As he neared his target, he realized that there were two scents. Then he saw two male vampires writhing around in the snow in anguish.

"Oh my God!" Bella gasped. Bella had followed Jasper without his permission. He had wanted her to stay away for her own safety, but she was worried for him and couldn't stay put.

Jasper snorted like an angry bull when he saw Bella behind the tree. "You were supposed to stay hidden, Darlin'."

"I couldn't stay away, Jasper. I had to see if you were alright."

Jasper couldn't be mad at Bella for following him. She was so damn sweet. "Do you recognize these two?" Jasper asked.

"Yes, it's Edward and Emmett." Bella said.

Jasper figured that the larger one must be Edward. "Ah-ha, so you just couldn't stay away could you asshole?" Jasper asked as he picked up the large male by his throat and squeezed until his flesh cracked and popped.

"Jasper that's Emmett!" Bella yelled.

"What? You mean that scrawny little boy there is Edward?" Jasper laughed as he dropped Emmett and kicked the smaller body with his boot. "You sure? Whatever did you see in him, Honey? He's so puny, and delicate. Look I can pick his head off with one hand." Jasper chuckled darkly as he snapped Edwards head off and threw it into the forest. Jasper smiled in satisfaction when he finally heard the thud of Edward's head as it hit something yards away.

Jasper was a little surprised when he turned and found Bella fussing over Emmett. "What are you doing? They deserve to burn. He could hurt you Bella. Get away from him!"

"No Jasper, don't burn Emmett. You'll like him, I think. He's not going to hurt us. He's like a brother to me. Let's talk to him, and see what's going on before we jump to conclusions." Bella looked so sad as she lowered her shield to care for Emmett. Jasper could only feel familial-type emotions coming from Bella, so he felt sure that she only cared for the vampire as a brother. Jasper was also pleased that Bella felt no love for Edward.

"I'll bring him around and we can talk to him, if you promise to put your shield back up." Jasper said as he removed the influence of his power so that Emmett could speak.

Jasper threatened Emmett as he regained consciousness. "If you try to hurt Bella, I swear I'll burn you slowly."

Emmett groaned and came back to life. "I would never hurt Bella."

"Why are you here?" Jasper growled.

Emmett put his hands up defensively. "We shouldn't be here. I understand that now. Edward talked me into a hunting trip and then when we got up here all he wanted to do was talk about Bella. Then he admitted to me that he found you guys up here a few weeks back, and he actually saw Bella from a distance. He said he couldn't stop thinking about her. I wanted to make sure he didn't cause you both any trouble but I admit I was curious to see Bella, my baby sis, as a vampire, so we decided to come by. I was able to holler out a greeting just before I fell to the ground in anguish. You know the rest."

Bella crossed her arms over her chest and huffed in anger. "You thought it would be alright to spy on us?"

"Bella, it wasn't spying. Well, maybe it was but I was going to let you know we were here. I can guarantee it won't happen again." Emmett looked at Bella with remorseful eyes. Emmett wasn't a gifted vampire but, he did have a way of getting people to forgive him somehow, and it was working.

Bella couldn't stay mad with Emmett, he was so innocent, like a child, or a naughty puppy.

Jasper, however, was not at all impressed with Emmett. He was still raring to burn him and his scrawny brother for trespassing on his land and looking at his woman.

Emmett and Bella could feel the anger rolling off Jasper. "I'm going to go get some matches to burn your brother." Jasper spit. "If you touch Bella, I'll burn you, too." Jasper ran towards the cabin.

Bella turned to Emmett and whispered. "You better go."

Before the words had left her lips Emmett had jumped up and ran off, carrying Edward's body with him. Bella hoped that Emmett had retrieved Edward's head, and that they had learned their lesson.

When Jasper returned he was angry, but also relieved. Sure it would have made him happy to burn those vampires, but he could tell that Bella was against it. He didn't want to hurt her by burning her old friends. Since she had let them get away, Jasper was going to use the situation to his advantage.

"Say, Honey, where did they go? You didn't let them get away did you?" Jasper glared at Bella, his eyes became dark.

"Emmett ran off with Edward, and I let them go." Bella looked down. She felt a little ashamed for some reason.

Jasper approached Bella slowly, and dropped the matches in the snow. He put his hand under her chin and lifted her face to meet his gaze. "I'm going to have to spend the rest of the day claiming you again, aren't I." Jasper smirked.

"I think that might help." Bella said , a small smile quirked across her lips. "Let me show you how much you mean to me, Jasper. How I would do anything for you." Bella reached up and kissed Jasper's mouth softly.

Jasper smiled at Bella and asked, "You know why I let them get away?"

Bella tilted her head and asked, "Why?"

"Because you had no feelings for that boy whatsoever, and that made me so happy." Jasper lifted Bella up and swung her around.

"Of course not. I love you Jasper, no one else." Bella laughed as he swung her a last time and lightly plopped her back on her feet.

"Alright, well since you let them get away, you have to do whatever I say." Jasper said.

"Sure, what do you want? " Bella asked.

"I want to build you a new house." Jasper grinned as he felt her resolve fade. "And if Edward comes looking for you ever again..."

"I'm going to burn him myself." Bella kissed Jasper fiercely leading to hours and days of lovemaking.

They lived happily ever after.

The End :)

AN: Alright my lovely readers and reviewers! I have really enjoyed writing this, and sadly this is the end. I was going to do a "fun" alternate ending using time travel, but a reviewer has told me not to, and now I have been over-thinking it (a dangerous past time). Ya'll are happy for it to end like this, and there isn't a need for me to write anything else. Sometimes I have ideas on top of ideas, and it's hard to draw the line.

I will start a new story soon :) Please put me on your author alert or list so you don't miss it! I'm excited already! I'm going to keep it a secret for now...

Thank you everyone,

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ABOUT ME: I am a stay at home Mom to my wonderful and delightful son, who has autism and epilepsy. Sometimes he won't sleep on a regular schedule, so I frequently stay up with him all night. That's how I found fanfiction. We were having a hard year last year (sleep wise) and I lurked on fanfiction and enjoyed many stories, but hardly ever reviewed. This year has been better, and I decided to pay it forward and start writing my own stories for others to enjoy. I hope you have enjoyed reading. *Hugs*