Third Person POV
"What are you doing?!" Rosalie growled in attempt to tick Edward off.
Edward simply glowered at Rosalie. "I'm listening to these things inside of Bella, no need to be an overprotective whale."
"Whale?!" Rosalie shrieked in horror.
Emmett opened his mouth. "Hey, back off man, those are our babies in there!" Emmett winked at Rosalie. Once her panic attack was over, she managed and grinned then narrowing her eyes, she willingly went along with his foolish shenanigans.
"Yeah! Edward, get away from… WHAT?!" Jasper's mouth flew open as he approached the clearing, intensity burning in his pallid, golden eyes. He took a quick glance at Emmett, noticing Emmett's derision practically bursting inside-out; all Jasper could think was, 'He's lying through his teeth… again.'
Aro flinched cautiously away from the Cullens and hid protectively behind his guards. "My, my; does anyone care if I'm excused…" Aro's words were cautious and peculiar, but no one said otherwise.
Marcus began twirling in his stance, laughing ludicrously of joy at the sight of others' misery. "My Saints! This can bring even the most controlled of vampires sick to their stomach. And you," he pointed at Bella, who was at the verge of hysterics as Emmett put his arm around her shoulder teasingly, "You spiteful harpy, I salute you!" Another chuckle escaped his cold, hard, papery lips and then he was gone… as were the other members of the Volturi guard.
Everyone directed their undivided attention to Bella who was inhaling and exhaling a little too fast, a little too hard. Her cheeks burned with crimson and her eyes watered as she looked at Emmett with eyes of a victim.
"Emmett, I'd step away from Bells if I were you." Jasper grinned, then slowly directed his eyes to Edward.
"I agree." Alice chirped, walking into the middle of the clearing, the streetlights barely illuminating the surrounding street.
Emmett snorted. "Belly-boo, tell them they're wrong." He grinned, looking at his lovely wife who was glaring at Jasper.
"Jasper, where the hell did you come from… I mean, not that I'm not happy you appeared, but how...? You know something, I don't wanna know." Rosalie rolled her eyes, sarcasm and disbelief making up half of her face, annoyance making up the other.
"You think Bella will have quadruplets? Or septuplets, you never know." Emmett's goofy grin was annoying Edward, but he knew better to keep to himself; Emmett would rip him in half anyhow. "We can name one Emma, Emmett-ster, Emmedaya, Emmetlyn, and heck, name one Rosette. You know, like Rosalie and Emmett together?" He sighed, his eyes clouded up with visions of what watching Bella go through labor would be like. He flinched, looking down sympathetically at Bella.
"Emmett?" Rosalie spat through her teeth, her eyes piercing at her adorable husband.
"Yes, my honey-roasted marshmallow, my crème de crème, my blond mistress of roses?"
"Cumquat… Be quiet…" She pouted her lips slightly, looking away with gloomy eyes. If vampires could cry, she'd have cried and overflowed the Great Salt Lake ten times over.
Emmett immediately realized that it was his time to step off. Jasper approached a whimpering Bella, tenderly wrapping his arms around her and letting her sobs of surprise escape into his shoulders. She was sad? No, she was happy? No… he couldn't quite figure it out.
"Why are you crying, Bella, beautiful eyes shouldn't cry." Jasper whispered into her ear, his soothing silky voice sending shivers up Bella's spine. She immediately gripped her arms around him, as if to never release. At that moment, he could feel them; he could feel the emotions of his unborn offspring… the happiness, the curiosity, the excitement, their little beating hearts told the story of how they felt.
"It's not me!" Bella screamed into his shoulder, her tears spilling onto his shirt but a clear smile written across her face. "The babies are angry at Emmett, and they're taking it out on their mommy." Bella mouthed her last word with such affection and love that it made Jacob flinch from the shadows he was hiding in.
Jasper grinned, turning his attention towards Edward. His hands soothed up and down Bella's arm, then Esme came into Bella's viewing range and almost instantly pulled her into a hug.
Jasper's steady, silent steps were invisible to Bella, but Edward stood there as his brother got closer.
"I believe I owe you something, and you owe me something too." Jasper grimaced, narrowing his eyes as he stared upon his enemy, no, his brother.
Even though pain was all Edward could feel, he nodded in agreement; Jasper's anger flared at that exact moment.
A loud noise rang in the hushed night as Jasper flew the back of his hand against Edward's cheekbone. It didn't hurt Edward in the least bit, but the shame and misery he felt would creep up on him soon enough. He knew he had released Bella, and that was all. He traded her as if she were less important to him that thinking it over was meaningless.
Jasper didn't know it was because Edward had plotted it all from the beginning, but neither did anyone else. He'd rather have her happy with someone who could not hurt her than have her think each and every minute of the rest of their existence about Alice and him, together. If she could love again, however he could not… but she wouldn't know that. He wanted her to love without having to be hurt as well.
Alice crept up behind Edward, approaching them both and entwining her thin, beautiful fingers around Edwards. Her face creased into a mask of pain as she approached Jasper, pulling him into a tight embrace; a farewell to all their happy memories, their best moments and their old life together. Her grimace changed to a merry grin as Jasper wrapped his hands cautiously around his old lover, his new sister.
He should want to tear her limb from limb, but he couldn't and never thought of it. In the silence, they all forgave each other… now only Bella was left.
Before Alice let go of the spur of the moment between her and Jasper, she whispered into his ear. "You were the best thing that happened to me, you will always be." Alice grinned then stepped back, entwining her hand with Edward's again.
When Jasper turned around, Emmett was listening to Bella's belly, talking gibberish as Rosalie yelled, argued and swore at Jacob for making a crude blond joke at her expense. Carlisle and Esme smiled, talking privately to themselves as they looked at their family.
Jasper grinned, shrugging all of his problems away, staring at Bella's blushing face as she stood uncomfortably beside Emmett.
Edward and Alice were gone, back to the Volturi castle, leaving behind a note.
Jasper swiftly snatched it from the lamp-post it stuck to and sliced the giant, yellow envelope open.
Inside the envelope, there were six small personalized ivory envelopes, seeming to be invitations, and letters to Bella, Rosalie, Emmett, Esme, Carlisle and Jacob.
Jasper couldn't resist opening Emmett's; mostly because he wondered what either Edward or Alice would ever need to tell Emmett, so he sliced it open and bit his lower lip in anxiety.
Dear Emmett,
We love you, but you have serious issues. Seriously, for your own good, get Carlisle to help you and stop complaining about his many Doctor's degrees' on MySpace and Live Journal. Don't make me tell Rosalie what you did to her wedding dress… I know where you buried it.
On another note, I want you to get your tux in time for the ceremonies. Don't you dare come bare-assed to MY wedding!
Love, Alice.
Jasper chuckled, tucking the note back inside quickly turning to see an anxious Bella waiting behind him. Everyone had a different reaction as to what happened next.
"Oh Crap! Run Jasper!" Rosalie screamed, curving her lips into a cynical smirk.
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Cliffy? Of course. :D I know… it sucks so bad… :(
Well I'm in writers block for the time being, but I posted this anyway. I've held off my story far too long, High school is no excuse and neither is writers block. (Okay, maybe they're more obstacles than anything… err…) Also, if I made any mistakes or if you have any suggestions that simply have to take place in the story (Because of how good they are), please inform me, ty :)
I hope those of you who've enjoyed the story continue reading it; I mean… it's almost ending. Believe me when I say the ending will be interesting to say the least lmao (By the way, those of you who are saying 'Edward and Alice got off easy' Trust me, not really, not yet. lol)
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