Hi everyone. Welcome to Chapter 11 of Soulless Monsters. This is something I started a fair while ago and came back to recently, it's now no longer 8 chapters long but 12 complete chapters that are all finished. This is the second to last chapter, things are almost all wrapped up.

Summary: AU Twilight. Bella was the first human Carlisle changed into a vampire in 1736, due to how she 'died' as a human she sees being a vampire as the best thing that happened to her. Alice is human and Edward has fallen in love with her. Carlisle uses spanking as discipline for his five vampire children. Edward firmly believes they are soulless monsters; Bella does not. What happens when they both lose their temper?

Warning: This story contains the spanking of teenaged vampires. Do not read if this offends.

Thank you to Jules Ann for beta reading this one for me and helping inspire me to write this to completion.

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Alice decided to let the subject drop for now and focused on collection of books in front of her. "So um any idea for what kind of food you would like to cook?" she asked.

Bella chewed on her lip. "Well, I've always heard southern food was pretty good and Jasper was born and raised in Texas," she explained softly.

Alice nodded thoughtfully and looked up at Jasper. "What was your favourite meal?" she asked curiously.

Jasper smiled. "I don't remember too much, but my human Ma would do a wonderful meat pie, layers of mash potato and meat with catsup, salt, butter and gravy, with biscuits," he remembered fondly.

Alice looked at Bella to see she was already by the bookcase, checking out the titles and selecting a couple recipe books, one that looked hand written.

"Who owned that one?" Alice asked curiously.

"That was my Nana's, Bella found it at an auction a few years ago," Jasper explained.

Bella carefully opened the recipe book and flicked through. "Is this the recipe Jasper?" she asked. Getting the nod in confirmation she showed the recipe and ingredients list to Alice. "Can we get what we need from the shop here or do we need to go to Portland?" she asked.

Alice checked the recipe. "No, we can get what we need from here, how about we get minced beef and pork for the meat though, that will be easier to cook," she suggested.

Bella nodded in agreement. "You're the expert Alice," she conceded.

Alice laughed. "Well I wouldn't call me an expert, but I probably know a little more about modern cooking than a… how old are you anyway?" she asked.

Bella giggled softly. "Two hundred and ninety five, soon to be two hundred and ninety six… or sixteen for eternity depending on how you look at it," she quipped.

"I'd go with sixteen Bella, you'd have trouble convincing anyone you were over eighteen, a bratty teenager is far more believable," Edward teased.

Jasper just about managed to resist the urge to growl at Edward, he had upset his mate enough and Jasper was not yet in a forgiving mood. "Yes, because your one whole extra human year makes you so much less of a bratty teenager doesn't it Eddie boy," he returned.

Bella felt the tension building and could see the concern on Alice's face, to ease the tension and stop Alice from worrying she let out a high trilling peel of laughter. "You have to hand it to Mom and Dad, being parents to eternal bratty teenagers can't be easy," she joked.

Edward smiled glad his sister had managed to remove some of the tension he felt like he was being forced to walk on eggshells the way Jasper was acting. "Why do you think Dad waited so long to create a second child after you Bella?" he retorted.

Bella spoke before Jasper could this time. "Oh, he realised he'd created perfection and didn't think there was any need to try again. You'll notice after you he made three other vampires in very quick succession," she shot back. 'Edward, please, I know the teasing is just all in fun but Jasper is not feeling very charitable towards you right now. I would probably be able to shield you before he could get to you but I definitely wouldn't be able to calm him down on my own. Plus it would probably really scare Alice if the Major came out to play and you know no one disobeys the Major,' she pushed out towards her brother.

Edward shot a glance at Jasper and then at Alice before giving a slight nod in Bella's direction. Jasper was pretty good at keeping the Major locked up tight, but there were times he came out regardless and at that point you got out fast or hit the ground hard, hands up behind your head. Bella, Carlisle, and Esme were the only exceptions to that, though Carlisle would get Esme to go if he could. Bella was Jasper's mate, which meant she was also the Major's mate, Carlisle was the head of their family, their Coven Leader, he did not submit to the Major and the Major was able to recognise Carlisle as his leader.

Alice smiled at the playful banter between Edward and Bella, she checked the time and frowned. "If we're going to cook all this for Charlie we should probably head to the store, it could take a while to cook," she pointed out.

Bella smiled happily at Alice. "That's not a problem, though I take it taking Jasper's bike is still not a good idea?" She asked lightly.

Alice shook her head firmly. "No, definitely not, Charlie would have a conniption fit and if he saw the two of you riding that, you'd get the lecture to end all lectures. Charlie likes to call motorbikes metal death traps and you'd never hear the end of it, he might even try and lecture Carlisle about the irresponsibility of allowing you two to ride it," she explained.

Bella giggled and lifted her second layer of shield off herself to send Jasper her amusement. "We don't need anyone even implying that we might be doing something slightly reckless. Something you'll learn Alice, is that Dad is very much against any action that he deems even slightly reckless. Luckily we are vampires and not much mundane can hurt us, but you'd be surprised at how much Dad considers reckless."

Jasper nodded in agreement. "Pa has four big rules, and not being reckless is one of them, along with no violence, no lying, and no bringing unnecessary attention to the family. If any of us had run off to meet a vampire hell bent on killing us you can bet we wouldn't be sitting comfortably," he told Alice pointedly.

Alice blushed and squirmed a little guiltily. "Um yeah… Carlisle already told me," she admitted.

Edward glared at Bella not wanting her to say anymore. He might not have said anything earlier, but Dad would not be spanking his mate. Dad had already spanked Bella and Rosalie when their mates came along, so Jasper and Emmett couldn't really give a good argument. Alice however was, one still human – and he planned to keep her that way for as long as he could – and two, his mate and that was how she would be joining the family.

Bella ignored the glare and shared a glance with Jasper. "Alice, Dad really doesn't like any kind of reckless behaviour, he's understanding and patient, but recklessness is a sure fire way to end up unable to sit comfortably. Now that you are going to become one of us you need to be aware that Dad might discipline you if you break his rules," she stated. "I don't know for sure, but um just try to look after yourself and not put your self directly in front of the vampire hell bent on kill you next time, okay?"

Alice wasn't sure what to make of the thought that Carlisle might discipline her, but she nodded anyway. "Okay I'll try," she agreed. "However do you really think there'll be another vampire coming after me?"

Bella rolled her eyes. "No, another vampire is not overly likely, but remember the redhead, Victoria? Well Edward thinks she is nothing to worry about, however Jasper and I have asked friends of ours to keep an eye on her, we're not sure if they were mates or not, but it's best to be safe. Which is kind of my whole point, next time run from the danger, not directly into its path."

Alice blinked but finally nodded in agreement. "Right, away from the danger, not towards it, that's where I've been going wrong all these years," she joked.

Bella laughed lightly. "Excellent, now let's go shopping, Jasper and I will drive in the Mustang and Edward can ride with you, we'll take him home with us when we leave," she decided. Charlie was still not all that happy with Edward so he couldn't just stay as late as he wanted anymore like she could. If he were going home with them though, Charlie wouldn't kick him out, something Bella knew Alice would never admit to being happy about.

Alice smiled in thanks at Bella and the four of them headed out of Bella and Jasper's room and down to the garage. "We're going over to Charlie's to cook dinner for him Mom, we won't be home late," Bella called.

"Okay Bella, have fun," Esme answered.

Bella and Jasper climbed into the Mustang, Bella let Jasper drive as she fiddled with the radio finding a good country station. She beamed when their song 'My Kind of Crazy' came on. "You sing it way better," she commented happily.

Jasper glanced over at his little mate and shook his head indulgently. He started singing softly for her, letting his Southern twang shine through. He might have been the Major of the Southern Wars, but his wife could turn him into a complete sap sometimes.

It didn't take long in the shop to get all the ingredients they needed, including ingredients for a peach cobbler Alice said Charlie would like. Bella insisted upon getting the weekly groceries and wouldn't let Alice pay. They returned to Alice's house, Alice letting them all in.

"That you Ally?" Charlie called.

"Yeah Dad, Edward, Bella, and Jasper are here as well," Alice responded.

Charlie came into the hallway from the living room then. "Hey kids, good to see you again Bella, and you Jasper," he greeted warmly. "How are you doing Edward," he greeted a lot less warmly.

"Great to see you too Charlie, but if I was here anymore I'd practically live here," Bella answered happily.

"Thank you Sir," Jasper responded respectfully.

"I am very well thank you Charlie," Edward replied.

"I told you call me Charlie, Jasper," Charlie corrected. He looked at the shopping bags the boys had and raised his eyebrow at Alice.

Alice smiled at her Dad. "Bella wants to cook for you Charlie," she gave as an explanation.

"Are you sure Bella honey? You already do so much for Alice," Charlie questioned.

Bella beamed happily. "Absolutely Charlie, Mom doesn't like letting anyone help with the cooking at home," she assured.

Charlie looked at Bella as if he was trying to make sure she was telling him the truth then nodded. "Okay, but don't you feel like you have to. I can always order pizza," he conceded. He then turned to Edward and Jasper. "You boys want to watch the game with me?" He offered.

Bella looked at Edward firmly and gave a tiny nod. "Do it, it'll help you get into Charlie's good graces," she told him at vampire speed.

"We'd love to Sir," Jasper answered for both of them.

Bella made quick work of putting all the groceries away and getting the ingredients out, looking at Alice expectantly. "Put me to work," she requested happily.

They prepared the meat pie happily, Bella keeping the conversation light and easy talking about the summer plans.

When dinner was ready Bella, Jasper, and Edward all choked down the food and politely declined dessert. Charlie however was full of praise for the food. "This is fantastic girls, meat pie with biscuits you called it?" he asked.

Bella nodded happily. "Yes, I'm glad you like it," she enthused happily.

"It is wonderful, you're welcome to help Alice cook anytime," Charlie declared.

Alice smiled. "It's a family recipe Dad, a recipe book that has been in Jasper's family for generations, he let us borrow it, we might be able to cook more from it," she supplied.

Charlie smiled at Jasper. "Much appreciated Jasper," he acknowledged.

Dessert resulted in even more raving from Charlie and Edward had to hide his amusement at the thoughts passing through Charlie's head.

Bella managed to delicately excuse herself to use the bathroom to get rid of the un-digestible human food. Jasper and Edward discretely followed after allowing enough time to pass to stop it being at all suspicious.

They finally said goodnight at nine o'clock after Bella had helped Alice with her shower, promising to visit again soon they said goodbye to Charlie.

"You're welcome here anytime kids, don't forget that. Alice is lucky to have you as a friend Bella," Charlie praised. "You make sure you drive safely Jasper, that turning of yours is pretty hard to find and these roads can get pretty slick when they are wet."

Bella smiled. "Thank you Charlie, I'm very lucky to have Alice as a friend too, she is my best friend."

Jasper nodded. "Yes Sir, I'm always safe on the road, all it takes is one mistake," he confirmed, repeating something he knew Charlie frequently said to Alice. He opened Bella's door for her, to let her into the passenger seat while Edward climbed in behind the drivers seat before getting in himself and driving them home.

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Well there you go, that was chapter 11. Thank you to everyone who reviewed last time and as always please let me know what you thought. This chapter fought me every step of the way and I'm still not 100% satisfied but if I spent anymore time on it I'd end up filling another five chapters will ramblings.