Chapter Seven
I stand in the bathroom in front of the bathroom mirror after getting Annabelle down for a nap and taking the older three to see Esme and Carlisle. The house is peaceful for the first time in a long time and I like it. Annabelle's breathing is soft on the baby monitor and it is music to my ears. Jasper walks into the bathroom and gives his wolfish grin as he walks up behind me. He snakes his arms around my waist, while kissing my shoulders and purring a little. A smile spreads across my face as I watch him be his normal and sweet self.
"My lovely wife, this is the first time in a few years we have been alone together like this. Our older four are away and our baby girl is napping in her crib downstairs, what are we to do with all this quiet tome?" Jasper growls seductively.
"I am not sure, what does my darling husband have in mind?" I giggle like a school girl. Jasper smiles at me through the mirror with his right hand sliding my tank top off my shoulder.
"We could enjoy each other like we used to," Jasper says.
"Jazz, we did not do much in the beginning. We were playing nice at first and then we began our awkward relationship," I say. Jasper laughs a little and buries his nose into my hair.
"We were busy keeping the family safe and we had Manny to take care of. From the beginning, we were playing family before officially becoming a family," Jasper says against my hair. I think back to the beginning and cannot help but feel something in the pit of my stomach about how my life changed from happiness to sadness and then back to happiness, but on a different level. Jasper caresses my face and has me look him in the eyes. "What are you thinking about that has you suddenly worried and sad, darlin'?"
"We had a strange start in this and yet we are so happy with each other. When I first met you, I was happy with Embry, then I met you again and I was unhappy with Embry. You were there to make me happier than when I was with Embry, now we have four beautiful children of our own, we have been through so much battling the Volturi, and we are still happy. I always thought myself a monster from being a hybrid, Embry tried to make me see I was wrong, but you succeeded in make me loved and not hate who I am. Why is that, Jazz?"
"Because I love you and you love me. You that we will have forever together to be happy and be a family. You knew that you would outlive Embry and that hurt you. With me, you do not have to worry about that, Marinna."
"What if I do not live as long as we think? I mean, we are not sure if our own children will phase or be like Matthew? Jasper, I am afraid that I will grow old and then die one day, leaving you all alone."
"If we get to that point and you refuse to be changed, then I will hold you in my heart forever and I will care for our children and their children forever. I will continue to look for you each lifetime and find you to have you in my life together. I will not give up on us not ever. I love you too much to move on to someone else and be haunted by my love for you."
"Jasper, you know how to make this girl's heart flutter." Jasper chuckles and we share a soft sweet kiss. Annabelle's cries are suddenly heard over the baby monitor, making Jasper and I smile on her perfectly timed interruption. I adjust my tank top before going to get my baby girl. She is standing in her crib with big tears falling down her face, looking at the door and waiting for me or Jasper. The moment she sees my face, she reaches up and hiccups a little. I pick her up to wipe her tears away and try to calm her down.
"My sweet girl, what is the matter?" I ask my baby. Annabelle curls up against me with her little hiccups and she slowly begins to fall asleep. I kiss the top of her head and carry her up to my room. Jasper is laying on the bed, reading a book with some classical music in the background. He knew I was bringing Annabelle up and she loves classical music since she was in my tummy. I lay next to him with Annabelle laying on me and we curl up against him. Annabelle is snoring softly with her hand playing with my hair. I smile while listening to her heartbeat and the music in the background.
"Did she have a bad dream?" Jasper asks, still reading.
"I am not sure. The moment I picked her up and wiped her tears, she curled up against me and she began to fall back to sleep. She may not be feeling too good," I say. Jasper puts his book down and looks at Annabelle when I say she might be feeling good. His hand goes to her forehead, but he does not say anything.
"She feels fine, but we will keep an eye on her," Jasper says. I nod, holding her closer to me in fear of losing her like when I lost my first Ethan. "She is not gong to leave us, Marinna. I promised that when we brought her home and she gave us that scare before she was born."
"I just cannot believe that a year ago we were bringing home our tiny princess from the hospital," I say softly. Carlisle met us at the hospital that night when I went into premature labour and was having worse pains than before. Annabelle was fighting me and was struggling to breathe. She was fighting me to live and to get out for some fresh air, as Jasper said. I was mostly afraid I would lose her, but she pulled through and beat the odds the doctors had about her surviving the night. Carlisle had her stay in the room by my bedside that night and Jasper kept an eye on me and Annabelle. He refused to go and hunt to make sure his two girls were safe. He is still that way with his three girls and is a good papa to all of our children. I yawn a little and curl into Jasper's arms a little more to drift off for a nap with Annabelle.