Author's Note: I am so so so sorry it took me so long to update. I've just been so busy with school work and exams that I had no time or energy left to update. Plus my computer was in the repair shop and I just now got it back. Please please forgive me for being gone so long.

Bella's POV

Seeing Jasper again after all these years shocked the hell out of me. I never in a millions years believed I would see any of the Cullen's again.

Then again, if the brown contacts he was wearing are hiding red eyes as I believe them to be, I highly doubt he is a Cullen anymore.

Another thing, that stunned me was my feelings towards him. I felt a shit ton of lust and attraction for him.

Especially now that he didn't look like a male barbie doll. Now he looked like pure sin. His dirty-blonde hair had grown a little and now reached his chin with little bouncy curls in it.

His tight black t-shirt brought out abs, I never knew he had and his tight blue jeans showcased a toned ass that any woman would drool over. Myself included and lets not even mention what his white cowboy hat was doing to my body.

My responses to him baffled me. Sure he was sexy, but I'd seen a lot of hot cowboys since I started working in the bar. Not a one of them had affected me the way Jasper did.

The draw I felt towards him wasn't just because he was a vampire either. Garrett and the other male that came in with Jasper, were hot too, but I didn't react to them the way I did Jasper.

And I never flirted with anyone, the way I just did with Jasper. Not realizing that I was staring at Jasper. I was brought back to reality by someone shouting my name.

I looked up to see who yelled and saw a waitress waving her hand in front of my face. Ignoring her for now, I glanced back at Jasper.

Feeling his lust hit me, I deciding to play along with his game and sent him my humor. Then all of the desire I felt since he walked through the door.

Jasper's eyes widened before he grabbed the edge of the booth he was sitting in. Laughing I turned and apologized to the waitresses. I ask her to repeat what she had said and then started to fill her order.

After my little space out I tried my hardest to not look Jasper's way. He was a distraction that I didn't need tonight.

The bar had become packed in the last hour or so and I really needed to focus on my work. Every now and then I would slip up and look his way but for the most part I did ok.

Logan called last call at around 3:00 A.M and I started to clean up since it was my turn to close tonight. Seeing Logan head in the direction of Jasper's table, I called his name before he reached them.

"Logan wait, they're friends of mine. Leave them be, they'll leave when I do." Logan nodded then headed into the back room to grab his things and clock out. As I was cleaning and rearranging the bar someone cleared their throat.

Looking up I saw Ally was still here. "What are ya still doing here? Didn't yer shift end an hour ago."

"I traded shifts with Cindy so I could help ya close up tonight," Ally replied.

Nodding I waited for the questioning to begin. The only reason Ally would change shifts for the closing shift, would be to grill me about Jasper and the others.

"So who are they really? Logan may be gullible enough to believe they are yer friends but I am not. Ya looked shocked when we saw tall dark and handsome on the dance floor and ya have been distracted since blondie walked through the door."

Sighing I looked up and meet her eyes.

"Yer right, I was shocked to see Garrett and Jasper but not because they aren't my friends. I was shocked because they didn't tell me they were coming," I didn't outright lie to her.

At one point I did consider Jasper and the Cullen's friends, family even, and I had absolutely no clue they would be here tonight.

Ally looked over at their table then back at me. "Ok, so they're yer friends. How come ya never talk about them? I mean we've been friends for a while now and not once have ya mentioned friends or family for that matter. Don't ya trust me?" Ally looked hurt at the thought that I didn't trust her.

Jumping the counter for the second time that night. I gathered her into a hug, "Its not that I don't trust ya, cause hon I do. Its just my past is kind of painful and I am not really ready to talk about it yet." Looking into her eyes I let the pain of my past show in mine.

Ally nodded then returned my hug. " Ok. Just know when yer ready to talk I am here for ya. Can ya clean up on yer own? Or do ya need my help?"

Glancing around the nearly clean bar. I shook me head and told her to go home. Sighing again, I glanced at Jasper's table, "Hey can ya guys give me a hand here? Ya can clean ten times faster than I can. The faster this is done, the quicker we can all sit down and talk."

Nodding all the vampires started to blur around me. When they were done I saw a spotless bar, a kitchen skink full of dishes, and bags of garbage that needed to be thrown in the dumpster out back.

It wasn't my job to do anything more then make the bar area clean. So I walked into the back room and gathered my coat, purse, and truck keys. I clocked out, then walked back out to the bar.

All the vampires were just standing around looking to Jasper for further instruction. While I found this odd, I was to tired to question it and just looked to Jasper as well.

"Did ya drive here Darlin'?" Jasper ask me in his sexy Texan accent.

"Yea my truck is outside in the parking lot." I told him.

He then looked to Garrett and asked the same thing. Garrett laughed and told us that he didn't even know how to drive and that he ran here.

Jasper tossed his car keys to the male vampire, whose name I still didn't know, and told Garrett to ride with them.

Feeling uncomfortable at not knowing what to call the two vampires. I ask him to introduce them before we made farther plans.

Jasper apologized for not introducing them sooner and told me that he had other things on his mind. The heated look he sent my way told me just what he had meant by other things.

Peter and Charlotte were his companions names and they were like family to him. Peter was tall, not nearly as tall as Jasper or Garrett, who were both six three, but he was close enough to their heights that he towered over me.

He had blonde hair, similar to Jasper's, but a shade or two lighter and looked astonishingly just like Jasper. So similar that they could pass for blood brothers.

Charlotte, Peter's mate, was shorter than me and stood at about five three. She had long straight auburn red hair, a small waist and long legs that seemed to go on for miles in the heels she wore.

After introductions Jasper ask if I felt up to talking tonight. Grateful for the out he gave me. I told him that I was exhausted and would prefer to put our talk off for a little longer.

I felt his disappointment wash over me before he reeled it in. He wasn't the only one disappointed though, I really did want to talk to him.

So I came up with a compromise, I ask him if he would like to come home with me. We could talk until I fell asleep. Then he could go home and fill his companions in.

Agreeing, Jasper waved goodbye to Peter, Charlotte, and Garrett and walked with me to my truck. Asking him if he would like to drive, I climb into the passenger seat, after tossing him my keys and gave him directions to my house.

I turned the radio on to bloke out the silence. I was trying to put this talk off for as long as I could. Jasper must have sensed that in my emotions and I was relieved that he didn't pressure me to talk.

As we pulled into the driveway of my house. The sense of dread I'd been feeling since agreeing to talk to Jasper, went away.

"Darlin' if yer not ready to talk to me about what happened, ya don't have to. We can just catch up if ya want." Jasper had turned to look at me after he turned the truck off and was now looking into my eyes as he spoke.

Seeing the sincerity in his now red eyes. I instantly felt better, "As much as I am thankful for the out ya gave me. I really do want to talk to ya. Some how I just know that talking about it with you will help me move on." And as I was saying the words, I realized that I really did want to talk to Jasper about it.

Not knowing why I felt this way. I reached out and laid my hand on Jaspers leg and asked him, "Why do I feel this way with ya."

"What way Darlin'?" He ask but I just knew he understood what I was asking. He wanted me to say it though. It was in the way he looked at me. As if he was afraid of how I would react to this news.

"Like I can trust ya with my life, like yer the only one who could possible understand me, like…like…" Not wanting to finish my thought because I had finally understood what he was to me. I trailed off.

"Like yer my whole world," He finished the words I could not. Nodding my head I looked deep into his eyes and waited for him to tell me what I already suspected us to be.

I should have known it wouldn't be that easy. No he wanted me to say it. He knew that I had figured it out and he wanted me to say, what I now knew to be without a doubt, true.

Gathering all the courage I had, I looked him in the eyes. His beautiful blood red eyes and said the one word that would change my life forever,

"Mate."

Author's note: So was it worth the wait. Did ya like it? Hate it? Please I would really like your guys reviews right now as I am not to happy with the way this Chapter turned out. Your reviews will help me determine to keep the chapter the way it is or to try and rewite it altogether.