A/N: To address a couple of questions…The whole mating between Jasper and Bella (back in Forks) was essentially nonexistent, but not completely. As stated in chapter two sometimes you can meet your mate but not know it to be so. Right person, wrong time basically. I think Jasper (back in Forks) needed the extremes that happened to happen for him to recognize the mating bond even if it had been after the fact. Jasper never would have been able to actually kill Bella- at least not completely. Change? Yes. Kill to actually be buried six feet under? Definitely not. As for Bella feeling the mating bond, she will begin to develop it over a period of time. Since she is a human it will not be felt as nearly as strong and intense as what Peter and Jasper feel it.

Now lets get back to hating Jacob… shall we?

JPOV

I feed Peter Bella's emotions as we mark our spots on her wrist consisting of shock, confusion, and a spark of lust from deep within. The rest of the movie goes quickly and soon we are walking back to the truck just as the sun sets over the horizon. We both take joy in her reaction; this is a good thing she is questioning what she feels from possibly not the most simple act. Walking back towards the truck Peter is bursting with excitement at what it means for the three of us as a whole. Peter tosses me the keys to his truck as we reach near it, so I go around to the drivers side and get in, letting my mates have a moment.

I can't help but watching from my peripheral as Peter turns Bella towards himself leaning down slowly so she knows exactly what he is doing. I watch as Peter kisses her with only a two second hesitation on Bella's part before working with him, almost melting into him as a second skin. Looking away I give them their time and try not to watch as I so desperately want to do. Excitement and joy roll off of Peter in waves, but it comes to an end as something he does or tries to do forces our mate to pull away from him. Nervousness and uncertainty come towards me from Bella's direction, but it gets replaced by a murmured reassurance on Peters end.

The door opens as I start up the truck and once Bella and Peter are sitting in the back- buckled up on Bella's part, I begin driving home. Contentment fills the truck nobody having to speak to fill any silence and soon I am driving up our driveway. Getting out of the truck, I let out a low growl signaling Peter to quickly get Bella inside the house except she doesn't move from her spot.

"It's not safe out here, Bella," Peter tries to tell her but by the emotions flowing from her she has eyes on our threat already, freezing her in place.

"I suggest you get back to your land mutt," I warn the bastard and his seemingly cocky demeaner.

"She doesn't belong to you bloodsuckers," the mutt growls. "She's mine and I will get her back one way or another."

Bella seems to snap out of whatever was going through her head as she allows Peter to get her out of the truck quickly and rush her inside without a second thought. As the door slams shut, I make a beeline towards the mutt only for him to shift and take off towards town. I don't bother chasing the fucker just incase he has backup hiding somewhere in the wooded area. As I walk into the house, I can hear Peter and Bella talking softly to one another as they begin to prep dinner. I let their emotions flow freely upon myself, nothing but pure contentment from both of my mates making me smile to myself.

"Did you enjoy the movie, darlin'?" I ask as I step into the kitchen and begin to work on washing and cutting up the vegetables.

"Very much," she replies as she takes some broccoli from my hand and sits down in the barstool to begin eating it. "Thank you for taking me."

"Anytime," Peter and I reply at the same time which only amuses Bella as she eats.

"Do you guys read each other's minds to be so in sync?" She jokes.

"I think I would die if I had to read his mind," Peter tells her with a smirk, "it would just be full of sex and blood and what position to do next."

Bella's face gets red and I simply just shake my head laughing as I make my way around the counter where I lean in close. "He's just joking," I tell her before kissing her cheek and adding "about the blood and positions at least."

Something stirs inside of her that she questions and shakes off, pushing it to the side quickly before she has time to think about it. Peter laughs as he grabs out the wok heating it up before walking in our direction, leaning against the count on the other side of Bella.

"See, what did I tell you? Nothing but sex, and maybe not positions but I know he plans where to do it next," Peter smirks.

The blush in her cheeks makes its way down her neck as she registers just how close we are to her and she quickly hops down. "I'm going to go eat my broccoli in the living room now," she says as she walks out of the kitchen leaving me and Peter thoroughly amused.

"She's coming around quicker than I thought she would," Peter says softly as we work together on Bella's chicken stir fry.

"Me too," I agree before continuing, "what made her pull away earlier with you?"

Peter stays silent for a few minutes seemingly trying to repeat the moment until he figures it out himself frowning. "I thought what I was doing wasn't bad," Peter begins. "She seemed fine until I moved my thumb across her hip on her skin and tried to further the kiss," he says, regret filling his voice and I am sure if he could, he'd have some tears down his cheeks. "I could feel her scars… what if I messed up? What if – "

Quickly I cover his mouth with my own, sending him some calming waves in a small dose until he melts against me and only then do I pull away. "Bella is fine, Peter, she got scared is all. We just have to take it slow with her. This is all new to her. Our bond is growing stronger, I can feel it but since she is still human us being her mates isn't quite enough for her to get over everything that she has been through. Trust me, Pete," I kiss his lips once more. "We'll get there soon and even you know that."

BPOV

The night went on for a while after dinner, all three of us watching some comedy movie on the television with Peter and Jasper on either side of me on the couch. Jasper and Peter have each of my hands in their own in my lap, wanting constant physical touch- not that I mind… I quite like it if I am being honest. It's definitely different from anything that I am used to. At the same time this is all too much and not enough at the same time however, I don't want a moment to go by where they figure out that I am possibly too damaged for them and they decide I'm not worth it. God, my mind seems to be so jumbled up and confused.

I must have started dozing off because when my eyes open, I am being carried upstairs to the guest room by Jasper. Noticing that I am awake fully, he smiles as he sets me down in front of the door and doesn't release his hold on me until I am secure on my feet. He is so close its almost intoxicating. A small twitch on the side of his mouth let's me know he knows full well what he is doing to me but doesn't dare comment on such things.

"Bella?" Jasper says lowly, his eyes darkening as I pull my lip between my teeth nervously now.

"Hm?" I respond, not trusting my voice fully.

"Can I kiss you goodnight?"

Only a couple seconds pass by before I nod my head in agreeance. Jasper wastes no time as he gently tugs my lip from between my teeth, tracing it with his thumb before leaning in slowly, giving me enough time to pull away if I wanted to. I tilt my head up to let him know I am not going to and just like that, his mouth covers my own. Jasper is soft and gentle at first until I react accordingly in which his hand reaches up to cup my cheek and applying more pressure. My heart is beating like crazy in my chest and it feels good to feel this way but all too soon Jasper swipes his tongue over my bottom much like Peter did earlier making me nervous.

A small dose of reassurance helps me open up and before I know it our tongues are dancing against one another. He tastes sweet. Like cinnamon sugar. Taking a step closer towards me, I am now up against the door, a hand now at the back of my neck, deepening the kiss somehow even further which is… fine I suppose, different, until his other hand rests on my hip, dipping his thumb right over my scars. Just like that… just like with Peter, I freeze, just like earlier, I panic.

Jasper noticing quickly pulls away. "I'm sorry," he apologizes, "I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable."

I shake my head kicking myself in the ass for him thinking it was something he did wrong. "I think I'm going to go to sleep now," I say softly angry at myself.

A kiss to my temple and Jasper is gone from his spot in front of me so I quickly get changed and ready for bed before collapsing under the sheets. By the time my head hits the pillow I am fairly sure I am dead to the world.

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I'm not sure what I was dreaming about, but I remember being shaken awake by two nervous vampires in the middle of the night. My heart beating erratically, I can feel the sweat on my forehead, and I am drug into a sitting position. I'm safe. I'm safe. I'm safe. Peter and Jasper speak, I'm not sure whether or not they're speaking to me or not as I am still half asleep and half panicking.

"We're going to take you to our room, sugar," I hear Peter say lowly.

I'm safe… I'm safe… I know I'm safe… so why do I feel so scared? I'm being laid down in a new bed, it smells exactly like the perfect mixture of Jasper and Peter, it relaxes me. Before I slip back into unconsciousness, I can feel my back being rubbed gently as I feel another hand stroking my hair.

The next time I wake up it is still dark out with the moon shining bright into the room… where am I?

"How do you feel, sugar?" Peters voice breaks through the silence.

"You scared us," Jasper continues.

"I'm sorry," I apologize. "It was just a bad dream I didn't mean to ruin your alone time. I can go back to the other room," I say sitting up.

"You didn't ruin our night," both boys reply at the same time. "And you aren't going back to the other room tonight either," Peter continues as he gently shoves me back down onto the mattress.

A/N: Soon Jacob… very soon…