EMPOV

Without knocking, I barged into Jasper's childhood bedroom and smiled at the sight in front of me. Jasper and Alice, fully clothed, laying on his small ass bed. Alice had the picture of their new prized piglets in her hands, fawning over them, while her fiancé was just giving her the stupidest grin known to man kind. I kicked his foot before saying, "I'm here to kidnap your ass."

He glanced up at me, a look of amusement and defiance covering his face. "Oh yeah? And what if I don't want to go?"

I gave him a humorless laugh and then snorted. "Well I could force you but I would hate to make you look like a pansy in front of your future wife."

Alice smiled but rolled her eyes. Still in her dress from the rehearsal dinner, she slid off of Jasper's bed before patting his stomach. "You have to go. I've got plans with the girls and you know you can't see me before the wedding."

"We have four hours before midnight and -"

I interrupted him. "And we've got to go to make it in time for what Eduardo and I planned. So hurry the fuck up."

It took another ten minutes to get him out of the room, and that was only after I made good on my threat to force him. When I wrangled Jasper into a choke hold, he finally agreed to go. Inside the cab of his father's truck, the three of us bounced up and down as we made out way down the dirt road that lead off of his parent's ranch.

At the end of the road, Jasper asked "We aren't going to strip club, are we?"

Edward was still too engrossed in reliving the small kiss that had taken place between him and Isabella Swan before we left, so I answered. "Jasper my friend, tonight will be a night you will never forget."

He gave me an unsure look before I turned onto the highway. I just smiled and turned the radio up, blaring the god awful country music that his father listened to.

xXxXxXx

"Ow!" Jasper yelled. "I can't see a damn thing you know!"

Edward, who was supposed to be guiding Jasper, accidently let him slam into a door frame and then apologized profusely. I just walked behind them, carrying the ice chest full of contraband that was normally not allowed at these places.

Once inside, my brother led him down the aisle and then smiled. "You ready?"

Jasper nodded before I told him he could take his blindfold off. It didn't take point three seconds before he was ripping the bandana off of his face.

"We're…" He smiled. "We're at a movie theater?"

I nodded and opened the ice chest. "We rented the place out. Want a beer?"

Jasper took the bottle I was offering him and continued looking around. "What are we seeing? If you talked them into showing a porno or something…"

I twisted the cap off another bottle and handed it to Edward. "What is it with you thinking I'm all about sex and smut?"

"Uh… you're Emmett Cullen."

Rolling my eyes at Jasper, Edward started to answer his original question. "We wanted to do something that would be memorable-"

"And watching porn with you ain't it." I sat down and smiled. "We're having CA marathon, son! All four movies on the big screen!"

Jasper laughed before looking at Edward and then back at me. "Are you serious?"

I nodded and leaned back in my chair. "It was Edward's idea."

My brother just shrugged. "It's sort of been our thing since we became friends, you know?"

Watching the two of them, I tried not to act like an emotional jackass. It was touching to see Jasper and Edward hugging and shit. When the lights started dimming, I cleared my throat and nodded toward the screen in front of us. "Alright, sit the fuck down."

Jasper smiled before holding his bottle out towards mine. "To us?"

Edward's bottle joined his before I hit mine against both of theirs. "No. Here's to you and Alice, man. Congratulations."

xXxXxXx

Halfway thru the second movie, I was sprawled out in my chair, one leg hanging into the aisle and the other draped over the chair in front of me. I shook my head before pointing at the screen. "Who the fuck would have ever thought that you and Alice Brandon would get married?"

Jasper shook his head. "Not me, that's for sure."

"Remember when you tried to convince Anne that she wanted to go see this again? She kept saying she didn't, but you talked her into it?" Edward laughed. "I can't believe you convinced her and made her think it was her idea to go in the first place."

Jasper took another drink before commenting. "I… really let that relationship go on too long."

I nodded my head. "We didn't want to say anything, but…"

"Didn't want to say anything?" Jasper asked while laughing. "You said something every day."

"Well," I grabbed another beer and tried to ignore the image of Rosalie's bikini clad body on the screen. "That's what friends do, right? They tell you when you're making a mistake?" Jasper nodded, but I looked at my brother before continuing. "Like you, Edward. When are you just going to admit to yourself that moving to California is the best thing for you? You can't really be thinking about turning down this opportunity."

My brother gave Jasper a nervous glance before looking at me. "I didn't-"

"You should go, Edward." I interrupted. We hadn't really discussed any of this, but I knew, and he knew, why he was so hesitant about moving. "You've got a really good opportunity knocking on your door and you'd be an idiot to not take it. Go to LA, marry Bella Swan, make lots of Casio keyboard playing babies, and come visit when you can."

I smiled when my brother choked on his drink. "Emmett!" he sputtered. "I don't even know if Bella feels like that about me! I can't just move and… and…"

Leaning across the seats between us, I looked at him. "Take a chance?"

"Emmett's right," Jasper said quietly. "You'll never know if you never try."

"You really think I should go?"

I nodded and went back to my own chair. "I think you've already made up your mind. You were just waiting on us to reassure you."

Edward smiled and looked back up at the movie screen. "And what about you?"

"What about me? I'm living the dream, can't you tell?"

Jasper laughed before Edward answered, "What about your feelings for Rosalie Hale?"

I felt my jaw tighten before I took another drink. "Shut up and watch the damn movie, Edward."

xXxXxXx

As promised, it was before daylight by the time we got back to the Whitlock house. It seemed like everyone was asleep, until the three of us started climbing the front steps and saw Rosalie smiling at us from the porch swing.

"Hey," Jasper whispered while opening the front door. "Did Alice have fun?"

Rosalie nodded. "She's back at the hotel sleeping soundly, just like I promised."

I started to follow him and Edward inside, having absolutely no intention of dealing with her, when Rosalie stopped swinging and said my name. With my hand on the screen door, I sighed loudly. Jasper turned around and gave me a don't-be-an-asshole look, followed by Edward shutting the storm door in my face. Quietly, I shut the screen door and turned around to see what the hell she wanted. "Yes?"

Rosalie pulled the quilt up higher on her lap. "I just… was wondering if I could… talk to you for a second."

I silently counted to three before walking the few steps it took to get to the porch railing. "Rosalie, I-"

"I'm sorry," she quietly interrupted. "I'm sorry for everything, okay? I… I can't change what happened, Emmett."

"I forgive you, Rosalie, I do. But… I can't forget what happened." I gave her a quick glance and then walked back to the door. Before I went inside, I took a deep breath. "Our best friends are getting married tomorrow and my brother is probably going to end up married to Bella. You and me need to forget what happened and just move on, alright?"

Rosalie stood up and dropped the quilt onto her vacated seat and moved to stand in front of me. "Is it that easy, Emmett? To just pretend like it never happened?"

The answer was no, it wasn't. Every single time I saw her, smelled her, I remembered how fucking amazing it felt to kiss her, to hold her, to be with her. But then I also remembered how much it hurt to have her walk away and reject me.

Her hand carefully closed around my forearm before she looked up at me. "Tell me you don't love me anymore, Emmett. Tell me and I will walk away right now and act like you're just the guy that asked me to sign a picture of your dick."

I couldn't help but smile. "Rosalie –"

Her grip tightened. "Tell me."

Looking down into the blue eyes that were so fucking easy to get lost in, I shook my head. "I can't."

She took a deep breath before leaning up and gently placing a kiss on my chin. "Save me a dance tomorrow night, okay?"

Before I could answer her, or ask her what the fuck she meant, Rosalie Hale was walking to the rental car that was parked in the Whitlock's drive way. I stood there, watching as she backed out, and wondered what the fuck kind of mind games she was going to play with me now. I also hated myself for being so fucking stupid to nearly fall for it again.

EPOV

I'd known Jasper Whitlock for several years; we'd been through a lot together. But never, in all of the time I'd known him, had I ever seen him like this. He looked like he might be on the verge of having an absolute nervous break down. Sweat had beaded on his forehead, his jaw was moving at a rapid speed, gnawing on the gum he kept shoving in his mouth; and both legs were bouncing up and down, making the rest of his body shake in an erratic pattern. He looked a little crazed.

Giving Emmett's arm a nudge, I motioned towards Jasper. "He'll be okay, right? I mean… we don't need to call a doctor or anything?"

Emmett finished fixing his tie and smiled. "Hey, J? You need anything? A drink? A joint?" My brother gently slapped his shoulder. "An enema?"

As if he had suddenly realized we were in the room, Jasper's eyes focused on the two of us and became as wide as saucers. "What time is it? We can't be late! Edward, you have the rings, right? I gave you the rings?" Nearly knocking Emmett over, Jasper started pacing around the room.

"Dude," Emmett grabbed both of his shoulders. "You've still got like forty-five minutes. Calm down!"

My best friend nodded, but kept chewing the huge wad of gum in his mouth. "Okay," he breathed. "I need to relax. I mean… it's just a wedding, right? People get married every day."

"Right," I nodded. "And, Alice loves you."

Jasper sat down and his knees started bouncing again. "Yeah," he agreed and then unexpectedly shook his head. "This whole not seeing each other before the wedding thing is total bullshit, you know? I mean… I just… if I am this nervous, imagine how worked up she is!"

"I dunno," Emmett shrugged. "Alice seemed pretty relaxed this morning."

"You saw her?" Jasper shot up from the chair. "You didn't tell me you saw her! Was she okay? Did she say anything?"

"How many Redbulls have you fucking had?" My brother grabbed both of his shoulders again and slowly pushed him back into the chair. "Jasper, if you're this freaked out just call Alice! Or better yet, send Edward to go get her. You know she can't tell him no."

"Would you?" Jasper begged me. "I just need to see her… and I can't…"

I nodded and gave him a reassuring smile. "I'll be right back, okay?"

Leaving the two of them in the hotel room, I made my way two floors down, to the room that all of the girls were getting ready in. Even from elevator bank, I could hear the loud music and infectious giggling coming from their suite. I gave a quick knock on the open door and smiled at all of them. "Am I interrupting?"

"Oh, no! No, no!" Vicky Tartan pushed me back into the hallway. "No boys allowed, Cullen."

"Piss off, Tartan," Bella appeared behind her and smiled up at me. "Hi, Edward."

Once Vicky had moved, my hand involuntarily reached forward and carefully tucked a stray piece of hair behind her ear. "Hi," I quietly responded. When her cheeks flooded with a pink blush, I let my hand slowly fall; my fingertips traced the shell of her ear, then her jaw, neck, and finally her shoulder. "You look…amazing, Bella."

She reached forward and carefully touched my tie, straightening it, before bashfully looking up and me and smiling. "So do you."

The two of us stood there looking absolutely idiotic, smiling and gapping at each other, until Rosalie leaned against the opened door and smiled. "You two are just adorable, you know? But just out of curiosity, did you need something, Edward?"

"Oh…" I cleared my throat before answering her. "Jasper is kind of freaking out so, I volunteered to come see if Alice would maybe call him or something."

Like magic, Alice appeared behind Rosalie and Bella, producing a crisp white envelope with Jasper's name written on it. "Just give him this, okay? And tell him that… it's nearly time."

I smiled, taking what she offered, and then reluctantly backed away from the door. "I'll um… see you later?"

Rosalie smiled before taking Alice's hand and disappearing back into the room. Bella however, stood there, looking at me.

"Edward?" She quietly asked.

I took two steps forward, putting myself in front of her. "Yeah?"

She smiled, all sweet and sky, before leaning forward and gently kissing my parted lips. Just as quickly, Bella moved away. "I'll see you later."

I nodded, noticing she had shut the door to their room, but five minutes later I was still standing there.

"That's it," I quietly said to myself before turning away and walking towards the elevator. "Tonight, I tell Bella Swan that I love her."

[ Jasper]

My hands were so sweaty and no matter how many times I wiped them on my pants they never seemed to get dry. I instinctually pulled my phone out of my pocket to check the time. It'd been almost 10 minutes since Edward left—what was he doing?

"Bro, you need to just…"

"Swear to the Lord, Emmett, if you say relax I will rip you apart and feed you to the piglets."

"Nuff said."

Just at that moment Edward walked in waving an envelope. "This is for you, from Alice."

I snatched it out of his hands and tried to calm my tremors as my eyes focused on the words she'd written for me.

My future husband,

I know by now you're probably freaking out, walking around the room and wringing your hands; I'm here to tell you that you don't need to do that. There's nothing to be nervous about. I'm anxiously counting down the seconds until I can meet you at the end of the aisle. I know you're going to be the most handsome man out there, with Edward a close second, but you know he can't help it.

The second I laid eyes on you I knew you were the one. Our love is indescribable, but I want you to know that I can't wait to be bound to you in every way physically possible. I love you, and have loved you with every breath I've ever taken—all this time apart before we met has made me realize how lost I truly was. But now that I have you, I'll never have to be alone again.

So please stop shaking, stop snipping at Emmett and Edward, and stopping drinking Red Bull!

See you soon (I'll be the short thing in white),

Alice

I couldn't stop myself from smiling, and I may have shed a tear, but I was allowed to be emotional—today was a huge day for me. I looked up at Emmett and Edward, tucked the letter in my breast pocket, and nodded.

"Alright, fellas, let's do this."

S-S-S-S-S-S

"Just don't stutter when it comes time for the vows and you'll be good," Emmett joked as he elbowed me in the side. I shook my head and laughed at him. He was a great friend, trying to keep me from throwing up all over the altar. I'm sure that would be a memory for the scrapbook.

"He'll be fine, leave him alone," Edward whispered.

I turned to smile at him. "Thanks guys—since this is one of three days we'll ever be allowed to be emotional, I just wanna say…that I really love you two."

Emmett faked a gagging noise before smiling and winking. "Feeling's mutual, man."

Just then the musical signaled and everyone turned to look at the door. My vision started to go blurry, but I know that the girls came down the aisle smiling. My heart started pounding and I gripped my palms together, clenching my thighs.

The guests all stood and the doors opened wide. I thought I was about to faint when Alice stepped into the doorway. She was angelic, she was gorgeous, and the most perfect creature I'd ever laid eyes on.

The rest of the ceremony I felt like I was on auto-pilot, never taking my eyes from Alice for a second. We cried through our vows and my hands shook while trying to put on her ring. But every second was perfect.

When the minister said I could kiss my bride, I all but dipped her back and gave her the kiss of the century. Everyone cheered and we smiled like idiots.

"I love you, Jasper Whitlock," she breathed, her eyes glittering up at me.

"I love you, Alice Brandon-Whitlock."

She shook her head. "It's Alice Whitlock. I want the whole world to know that I'm yours."

And even though I had no way of changing my name in grand gesture, I was hers, too.

S-S-S-S-S-S

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