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Chapter 4

Bella

"So, Bella," Alice said. "Jasper said you two met in high school? Isn't it against the rules for a teacher to date a student, let alone marry one?"

I blinked at her, at the jealousy shining in her eyes. "Yes. But nothing happened between us until after I graduated. Jasper may have admitted that he loved me but there were only a few weeks of school left. Jasper quit after I graduated and then we got married before Abby was born."

"How is Jasper's bloodlust?" Carlisle asked. "He doesn't seem to be affected by yours or even your children's."

"That's because he's not." I snapped. "Jasper's bloodlust is fine. He hunts regularly and he has spent many years surrounded by humans."

Carlisle raised his hands in surrender.

"You're very protective of him."Alice said.

"That's because I love him." I stared straight at her. This… girl was getting under my skin. If she wasn't a vampire, I would have smacked her where it hurts. "Jasper has been hurt before. I don't want to see the broken man he was before."

Alice had the decency to look ashamed. "I never meant to hurt him." She whispered.

I laughed. "Yes, because fucking your husband's brother wouldn't hurt him. And then lying to him about it,"

"We never lied to him." Esme said.

"But you never told him the truth, either." I cried. "You let him believe that everything was fine. You let this affair go on and no one bothered to tell him. Is it really such a surprise that Jasper never called or visited? You kick him out because he reacted to news you all knew about. I'm not surprised Jasper didn't tell you about us. I wouldn't tell you about me either."

"You go, Mama Whitlock." Peter chuckled, coming inside.

"Peter," I snickered. "How long have you been eavesdropping?"

"I wasn't eavesdropping." He huffed. "I just happen to be able to hear you."

"Uh-huh." I went and hugged him. "You looking for Jasper?"

"Yeah, where's that fucker at?"

"What did we talk about?" I demanded, ignoring the gasps of shook from the rest of the Cullens.

"Cut the language in front of the kids." He pouted. "But none of them are here."

"Yeah, well, you should probably learn to stop the cussing anyway."

"She's right, you know." Charlotte snickered.

Alice hissed at her.

"Oh, get off your high horse, you slut." Charlotte said.

"Down, girl," Peter took Charlotte and tucked her into his arms. "Now, where is Papa Whitlock?" he asked.

"He's telling Abby a story."

"Aw, who would have thought Jasper, God of War, would end up being such a baby daddy?" Peter smiled widely at me.

"You should hear the stories he tells Abby. They're all fairy tales that he's twisted around."

"Jasper? Fairy tales?" Peter started laughing his ass off. "I never thought I'd see the day."

"Oh, shut up, Peter." Jasper said, coming down the stairs. "Abby loves it when I tell her stories." He smiled widely.

Jasper wrapped his arms around my waist and pressed a gentle kiss on my neck. "I love you." He whispered. "Thank you for everything you said."

"I meant every word."

"I know." He tipped my chin and kissed me.

"Is Abby asleep?"

"Fell asleep halfway through my story."

I smiled as Peter snickered. "Don't say a word, Peter."

Carlisle seemed to think it was time to cut in. "So Peter, Charlotte, how long are you two staying?" he asked with some distaste.

Charlotte shrugged. "We're gonna stay at the hotel in Port Angeles so we can hang out with the twins." She said. "We haven't seen them for a while and Peter has every intention of corrupting them."

"You weren't you supposed to tell them that, you idiot."

"So you're the one that started the whole gangster phase." I said.

He shrugged.

I rolled my eyes. "You're evil."

"But you love me, anyway."

We sat around the room and Carlisle hesitated. "Jasper, you never mentioned whether you planned on changing Bella into a vampire."

I stiffened. While Jasper and I had talked about it, I don't think they had the right to know our decision. Jasper sighed.

"We talked about it."

"And?"

"We decided to wait until Abby was a little bit older. Jasper told me that I have to be in seclusion for a year without them and probably longer, but I don't want to miss too much of Abby's childhood. The twins will be teenagers by and they won't want to hang out with their parents."

"Who will look after them?"

"Peter and I already agreed to it." Charlotte butt in. "The twins and Abby are comfortable with us. They know us."

"Is that really such a good idea? You two feed from humans." Alice said.

"We would never feed from those children." Peter hissed. "We love them more than anything."

"We don't feed from innocent children, Alice." Charlotte growled. "You know that."

"All right, that's enough." Carlisle said. "Do you smell that?"

I looked at Jasper. "Blood,"

"Oh, for heaven's sake," I got up and headed outside. Sophie was helping Trevor towards the house. He was limping and blood was running down his leg. "Trevor, what happened?" I ran out towards him and helped bring him towards the house.

"I scraped my leg on a nail."

"What were you doing that caused it in the first place?" Jasper asked, having heard what he said.

"Sophie and I were playing a game. I tripped on a tree root and scraped it." He grumbled.

"Does it hurt?" Jasper asked. Trevor nodded. "Stay here."

I sat beside him and wrapped an arm around him. "You'll be okay, honey." I said, kissing his head. He leaned his head against my shoulder.

Jasper came back with Carlisle behind. "Keep your leg still, please." Jasper said, pouring antiseptic onto a towel. "This may sting." He added.

Trevor hissed and squeezed my hand. "How bad is it?" I asked, running a hand through Trevor's hair.

"It's not too deep." Jasper said, wrapping gauze around his leg. "No need for stitches." He tossed the towel away and set fire to it. "Now, you need to be more careful. Don't run on it and try not to put too much pressure on it."

"Thanks, Dad." Trevor grumbled.

Carlisle was standing by the door, staring at Jasper in amazement. "Well Jasper, I'm proud of you."

Jasper ignored him. He wrapped me in his arms. "I knew you could do it." I smiled. "I am so proud of you." I kissed him gently.

"Thanks,"

"Do you need to hunt?" I asked.

He shook his head. "I went last night."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes."

I wrapped my arms around Jasper and leaned my head against his shoulder. His arms came around me and he carried me to the living room.

Emmett and Trevor were monopolizing the couch, playing Call of Duty 2 on the Xbox 360. "Hey, don't play too long on that, Trevor. It'll fry your brain."

Trevor sighed. "Dad," he started.

"Don't drag me into this." Jasper said, shaking his head.

"Dude, you are totally whipped." Emmett said, laughing.

"Hey, Bella is one scary woman. Get on her bad side and I'll be in the dog house for two years."

"Ah, that's not true." I patted his cheek. "More like two months."

I looked around the room. It was strange how easily four humans can interact around a family of vegetarian vampires and two human drinkers like this.

JPOV

Abby was fidgeting as I carried her up to the room.

"What's wrong, sugar?" I asked, looking at her. Her brows were knitted together and she was feeling frustrated.

"Hot."

"You're feeling hot?" she nodded, pouting at me. I took off the sweater that Bella stuffed her into, throwing it onto a chair in the corner of the room. "Better?"

She nodded and sucked on her thumb.

I crawled into the bed beside her and she climbed onto my chest, staring at me with her huge blue eyes. She lay down, tucking her head under my chin.

"Which story would you like to hear?"

"Cinderrobby." She said.

I chuckled. "Okay." I wrapped the blanket around her before holding her against me. "Once upon a time, there lived a boy named Cinderrobby..."

Halfway through the story, Abby feel asleep. I stayed with her, closing my eyes and just relishing in the feeling of her calm and innocent emotions.

I heard footsteps coming up the stairs. I held Abby tightly against me as Rosalie popped her head inside. She stared at us before closing the door behind her as she walked in.

Abby snuggled further into me, much like Bella often does when her dreams start getting out of control. I sent her a wave of calm.

"What do you want, Rose?"

She sat in the chair, jealousy and sorrow washing over her. "You don't know how lucky you are, Jasper." Rosalie said. "You have everything I've always wanted. A family, children," she sighed and shook her head. "How do you do it? How do you take care of a child that isn't even yours?"

"Very easily," I said. "I was with Bella all through the pregnancy; I was there when she gave birth. I was the first person Abby saw when she opened those beautiful blue eyes of hers. That is what matters to me. I got to be there for every part of it."

We sat in silence.

"Do you think Bella will let me hold her?" she asked, watching the rise and fall of her chest.

"You'll have to ask her." I said. "Bella doesn't like this family much, after hearing what happened. She probably doesn't trust any of the Cullens to be anywhere near them."

Rose looked down. "I'm sorry I never fought back, Jasper. You didn't deserve what happened." She shook her head angrily. "It was Alice and Edward."

"That doesn't mean you had to give up on me." I snapped. "Rosalie, you let them kick me out. You were my sister in every sense of the word and you didn't tell me what happened between Alice and Edward."

"I'm sorry." She cried. "I should have told you. I was wrong."

"Rosalie now is not the time to talk about this." I warned. "My daughter is sleeping and I'd rather not scare her."

"You're right." She got up. "I'm glad you're back, Jasper."

I monitored Abby's feelings when I overheard the conversation going on downstairs. I sat up slowly, careful not to wake Abby up.

Listening to Bella defend me against Alice and even the rest of the family made me feel warm. I loved how strong she was. I just hoped one day Abby would do the same, standing up against something she so strongly believed in.

As soon as I heard Peter and Charlotte come inside, I knew that was my cue to go downstairs. I kissed Abby on the forehead and tucked her under the blanket. "Sleep well, little one."

"Jasper? Fairy tales?" I heard Peter say as he started laughing his ass off. "I never thought I'd see the day."

"Oh, shut up, Peter." I said, walking down the stairs. "Abby loves it when I tell her stories." I smiled at Bella.

I wrapped my arms around her waist, pulling her against me. I let her feel the love and appreciation I felt, knowing she spoke out against them.

"I love you." I whispered, kissing her gently on the neck. Bella sighed against me and rested her head on my chest. "Thank you for everything you said."

"I meant every word."

I zoned out after a while, before looking around the room. My children were scattered around the room, carefully the family. Only Trevor seemed content around Emmett, which was not surprising. The two of them were more alike than I'd care to admit. "Dad! I'm hungry!" Trevor complained, complaining from his spot on the couch.

"It's about lunch, isn't it?" I asked, looking at Bella.

She nodded. "Come on, we'll go to the diner." Bella said. "Are you coming, Jasper?"

I shook my head. "I'll stay here. I have to talk to Alice."

She stiffened.

"Don't worry, Bella. Nothing is going to happen." She hesitated, biting her lip. "Go on, darlin'. When you get back, you and I will do something alone."

Her lust spiked. I shook my head. She was such a naughty girl. "Promise?"

I chuckled. "Yes, Bella. I promise." I kissed her, deepening it when she wrapped her arms around me.

"Come on, guys. Let's go."

"What about Abby?" Sophie asked, staring up the stairs.

"I'll feed her if she gets hungry." I said. "Come back soon, darlin'." I whispered.

Bella blushed bright red and turned away. "Mom, stop flirting with Pops and let's get some grub." Trevor said.

She rolled her eyes and pushed them out the door. I laughed at Bella and turned to face Alice. "Okay, Alice. Let's get this over with."

A/N: That's all for today. Hope you liked it.

Next up: Jasper and Alice's confrontation. That should be fun.

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