A/n: THere's one more update for today after this one. Plan on only getting updates on Tues, Thurs and Fri, for this upcoming week. Sorry, but zero motivation to write today and RL + an active 3 yr old have prevented me from banking the ch's I needed to for the week.

THank you for your patience and reading/reviewing...they honestly do fuel me on.

Enjoy!

A tap on the passenger window pulled me out of my daydream about Bella.

Then Jasper's face appeared inside the door, "Is it safe now?" He asked with a grin.

"Yes, Jazz, it's okay." I say as he takes a seat beside me.

"Well, just to be safe, I'm driving." He announced and held his hand out for the keys.

"Fine. But we're going home anyways." I said, with a bit of disappointment.

He became still and turned to look at me, "What? Why?" His face held nothing but concern.

"Well, I talked to my dad and …." I paused and ran my hand through my hair. "I need to slow down a little. I think that buying a ring this soon might panic Bella just as it did me. I mean, I want to marry her and I'd marry her tomorrow if that's what she wanted. But, I'm not going to push her into anything. She's overwhelmed enough as it is, I'm sure." I took a long, deep breath and opened my door to get out.

Jasper and I switched places and we proceeded to drive back to the apartment.

"Jasper, I do need a plan though." He had planned for months to ask Alice to marry him. It was a very elaborate and ornate proposal, quite the opposite from what I think Bella would like. But still, he put a lot of time and effort into it.

"Okay, E, I'm here to help in any way you need me. You know that." He grinned and pulled into the parking garage.

"That I do my friend, that I do." I said, suddenly very happy to be home and hoping that Bella survived the duo of craziness my mom and sister could be.

"Let's go see what our women are up to, hopefully they fixed lunch cuz I'm starving." Jasper said while I just shook my head. He and I both knew that Alice didn't and couldn't cook.

Then I remembered that my mommy was here. "Let's go, I bet mom fixed us something good." I said with a skip to my step.

He just shook his head at me this time and laughed as he watched me pound on the elevator button repeatedly.

"Hey, mom's here and you better eat good food while you can. You are skinny as it is...what are you going to do when you and Alice get married? Eat take out or pizza every night?" I quirked an eyebrow at him.

"Nope, I got her cooking lessons for Valentine's day." He had a smirk on his face.

I just laughed. She was going to have his balls in a jar on her dresser when he presented her with that gift.

Huh? Valentine's day...wonder what I could get Bella?