JPOV

"I approve."

The room froze and the only sound was the Royal rooms door slamming close, bringing all the vampires attention to the noise, Alec standing just inside the door looking stunned and apologetic. Bella flew forward throwing her arms around Aro's form, her two uncles joining them and completing their group hug. I awkwardly stood there, glancing around the room to see if this was a normal occurrence. Apparently, according to the lack of shock, it was. I felt a small hand grab my bicep before I was pulled in to join. Aro's throaty laugh filled the room then, before we all separated, Bella remaining in my arms.

The next couple hours passed by shockingly fast, as I was told many stories of Bella's childhood, causing her to blush ever so lightly, and send her heart beat skyrocketing. I smiled every time, pulling her closer as the stories continue. As the sun set and then started to rise, the group of us dispersed, Bella pulling me up to her room. We ran, the walls blurring slightly as we pushed our speed, arriving at the south wing of the castle quickly. As soon as we were in her room she attacked me, kissing me passionately.

"I've wanted to do that all night," she mumbled quickly before attacking me once again.

It was late afternoon when I climbed out of her spacious bed, reluctantly leaving her sleeping form behind as I took advantage of the shower. I quickly washed and changed exiting the en suite as a knock was heard from the main door to her tower, twenty-something floors below. Bella never stirred, so I yelled down that I'd be right there and ran down at vampire speed. I opened the door to be face to face to Alec, his face sporting a scowl.

"Alec, right? What can I do for you?" Alec looked to be in deep concentration, before he huffed out a breath and stared straight into my eyes.

"She allows you in her shield while she is asleep?" His voice held disbelief, and all I could find myself to do was to merely nod. "I don't know what you're doing to her, but stop manipulating her. She isn't a full vampire, and although she's powerful, she doesn't need someone to take advantage of her naive side." Alec stepped closer to me, but I held my ground.

"Alec, I can assure you that I'm not taking advantage of her. I love her, and always will. I don't know what your problem is, but I can ensure you that you don't want to be on my bad side, especially when Bella's involved."

"You think you're tough right now, but that's her shield keeping you from our powers. As soon as she pushes you out, you're fair game." Alec's voice dropped to just a barely audible octave, probably to make sure I was the only one to hear.

"The fact you think that she would forgive you for hurting me proves that you don't know her at all." He growled at that point, my vampire instincts taking over as he dropped into a crouch, my body mirroring his. He jumped up, pushing me through the wall, debris landing on both of us but not slowing us down as I flipped him over and delivered a blow to his ribs, a crack sound travelling around the dark room before he threw me across the room. What happened next was in slow motion. I found myself floating in mid air, and slowly being carried to the ground. When I looked up, Alec was twitching in pain as his body was held high against the wall, slowly being pushed until the wall started cracking behind him.

BPOV

The bed was still cold from where he was laying, and his cool touch lingered on my skin, meaning he hadn't left too long ago. As I stirred, I glanced around for my clothes that was in various stages of being shredded. I laughed to myself, thinking how Emmett would have had the perfect joke to be said. I gave up trying to salvage any of them and grab one of Jaspers shirts, the hem reaching mid thigh. As I'm brushing my hair, a loud crash shakes the tower slightly followed by a loud noise. I race down the stairs, my instincts taking over as I separate the two males, one way more nicely than the other. I run over to Jasper, checking him over and kissing him lightly.

Are you okay? He nodded, sending another glare to Alec's whimpering form. Once I knew he was okay, my anger surfaced and I dragged Alec roughly down the wall until he was mostly my height.

"You better have an amazing excuse for attacking Jasper," I closed the shield bubble that was holding him just the tiniest bit, watching him squirm. "Spoiler alert, there isn't a good enough excuse to have made this okay. Get out!" I pushed him through the hole in the wall before I released him from the shield, hearing him drop roughly into the hallway out side and running quickly out of the south wing. Jaspers arms wrapped around me tightly, his nose rubbing along my neck, instantly calming me. I turned in his embrace and held him close, needing his strength as I felt drained. Sensing this, he spoke softly.

"Let's go hunt, and then we can talk." We walked hand in hand to the forest out back, before gaining speed and only separating to take down our prey. Once satisfied, he walked back over to me, speaking once again. "Was there ever anything between you two?" I nodded softly.

"We never dated or anything, but he was my first. For a lot of things. He was young when he was turned so when I was still growing up, we got along the best. We were super close and he never left my side, basically taking the job of my personal security guard. Felix is like a brother to me, and Jane a sister, but Alec was always just there, and I was comfortable with him. We were mostly friends with benefits, up until I left. I told him that i was leaving and he wanted to come with. I told him no, we fought, and I left the next day. He wasn't too happy when. I showed up two weeks ago, but we forgave one another. And no, I didn't sleep with him when I was here. I would never, nor could I ever, do that to you." Jasper held me close before lifting me into my back, running us back to the castle while I played with his hair. We had a few more hours to ourselves and we used it wisely, showing one another how much we truly meant to one another.

"I love you." His voice was clear, and a small smile was dancing on his features.

"I love you, too."I kissed him once more before pounding up and straddling him. "Will you come to the guard meeting with me? You can meet Jane, and maybe we could spar!"I tilted my head slightly, widening my eyes and biting my lower lip. "I'll let you win..."I trailed off suddenly being flipped onto my back.

"Let me win? Darling, I'll always win." I scoffed before raising an eyebrow.

"Prove it." A second later I had a set of clothes thrown to me, and Jasper stood there fully dressed, waiting impatiently. I laughed and dressed, grabbing his hand and running to the training room. As we entered, the guard flew into two lines on either side of the room, no one defying my authority, although Alec flinched when I stared at him. Standing opposite of myself and Jasper, was Jane and Felix, both wearing smiles that matched my own.

"Hello, vamp-squad." Most of the guard groaned, hating the nickname I donned them when I was quite young. "I hope I'm not imposing. I just heard about this little soirée and had to join."

"Princess, have you gone soft since meeting the cowboy? Who would have thought you just needed to get laid properly for you to become fun." I smiled before I looked at Jane, Felix instantly writhing on the floor. I laughed at this before telling Jane to cut it off.

"Felix, stop being jealous that I never slept with you, I told you that I needed someone to fulfill my needs, let alone fill me..." The guard laugh at this, although Jasper looked a mixed or aroused and uncomfortable. "That's enough joking though, we have a small issue. Jasper, my sweet, sweet naive boyfriend, thinks he can win against me." The room was filled with gasps and a few snickers. I moved into the big circled painted on the floor smiling at Jasper. "I'll go easy baby!' I lowered my shields, daring him to make a move. His eyes calculated the scene, every possible play running through his mind as he stared intently at me. He stuck his tongue out to trace his lower lip and my eyes followed before I realized what he was doing. I shook my head stalling for a second before he was behind me. In a second a ducked between his legs and was up on his shoulder his head in my hands and my mouth against his neck.

"I win," I murmur before kissing his softly, a few catcalls ringing out. I jumped down, Jasper catching me before I addressed the guard. "Practice against different partners tonight. We leave in the morning and I was to fight the champion in the morning."