A.N.: Ok, I got some very positive feedback on my last chapter. This one goes out to Taininess for her wonderful banner and to James and Crista who've been nothing but supportive of me since the very start.

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Chapter 20 : Truths and Revelations

Jasper's POV

I ran faster than my vampire legs could carry me. The speed at which I was running was unbelievable; I could have beaten Edward any day with that kind of speed; I had a goal to reach – a destination – and it couldn't wait one more minute. My Bella was suffering because of my stupidity and I had to go and make things right again. I had to make her see that she was still the queen of my heart and soul; that she had never stopped ruling my heart…that she never would stop.

So I ran with all of the strength in me to get to her…and to our child.

Bella's POV

Alice was in an unusually good mood all morning. She kept smiling at me and trying to get me to look all nice and I just couldn't get it. Eventually I gave in and let her play with me. She got me to wear a beautiful white maternity dress which went down to my knees and she also pinned back half of my hair and got me to wear some make-up.

"What is the occasion Alice?" I asked her.

"You'll see soon enough," she replied, beaming. I didn't get it. How could she be happy when she knew I was feeling like this? I felt horrible. Writing Jasper's letter the previous evening had made everything so much more real for me. Reading my own feelings in black and white had made me aware of the gravity of my situation. I was clearly depressed and I was often feeling very suicidal. Only Jeremy was keeping me here. I hoped I would die as soon as he was born; just living long enough to get a glimpse of him. The Cullens would take good care of him, I was sure. They were all already in love with him and I was lucky that Edward couldn't read my thoughts because all of the negative things I thought about me would have overwhelmed him. Alice had been mad at me for a while now since I had been planning to kill myself if I didn't die during childbirth but I was not going to change my mind. I felt like I served no purpose on the face of the Earth but to be a constant burden to those around me.

A silent tear fell down my face as an image of Jasper entered my head; an image of him holding me close and loving me and then changing into him leaving me as I crumpled on the floor of our apartment. Why?

I was lost in my thoughts. Alice had been gone for about half an hour; she had said that she needed to go shopping and I had declined her offer to join her so I had stayed alone in my room which would have been mine and Jasper's had he been here. I loved him so much still. Edward had come back about fifteen minutes earlier and he had locked himself in his room and refused to talk to me. He had told me to stay downstairs but I had been my usual hard-headed self and stayed locked up in my room, sitting down on the bed and thinking of my horrible fate.

Jasper's POV

My heart started racing as I saw the façade of my home; the house I had lived in for the previous years – the house where I had first spoken to Bella, and the house where I had tried to attack her, but also the house where we had confessed our love to each other. I could feel some excited emotions coming from the house; probably Edward's since he knew of my arrival or Alice's. But I could also feel an unbearable amount of pain and heartbreak…loss…so similar to my own feelings back when I had thought that Jacob had stolen Bella's heart.

Bella…

Bella's POV

I heard the front door open and close; Alice must be back I guess. A knock on my door startled me; Alice never knocked.

"Come in Alice," I said softly. The door opened and in front of me stood the mirage of a god…the mirage of my Jasper. I covered my mouth with my hand as tears started streaming down my face. In an instant he was kneeling next to the bed.

"You're not real," I said.

Jasper's POV

The sight of her, on that bed, looking at me all broken made my heart race again. I was kneeling next to her in an instant.

"You're not real," she told me. Had I been that cruel when I left her? Had I been so cruel that she had believed I would never again return to her side?

"I am," I said, "I am real." Dry tears were choking my voice as I sobbed. I reached out a shaky hand towards her face and stroked the silky skin of her cheek which was stained with tears. I brushed away her tears and stroked her face like there was no tomorrow. I couldn't believe she was here in front me, looking at me like I was some god when all I had done was broken her.

"Jasper," she breathed out between sobs, "I love you so much."

"I love you too darlin'," I told her.

"Oh my God," she said, "That sweet voice. How I have missed you ever second since you've been gone. I felt lost Jasper. I need you."

Bella's POV

"I was lost without your love," he said, "I wanted death to come and take over me. But I couldn't die…not until I was sure that Jacob was making you happy."

"Jacob is my best friend," I told him, "And he loves me as I love him. But there was never anything more between us. There was a time when he wanted there to be something but now things have settled down. He respects you very much but now he's angry for what happened. He was right. He told me you would come back to me."

"I feel so ashamed for doubting the both of you," he said.

"Don't be," I replied, "How were you to know that it was possible? To you, it was the only plausible situation…the only believable one…I don't blame you Jasper. I'm just glad you have come back."

"I never even gave you a chance to explain to me Bella," he told me, "I left you there to break alone. I left you there without thinking twice about what I was going to do."

"I didn't explain myself clearly. I said I was sorry for getting pregnant…you thought it meant I had betrayed you. But I would never betray you Jasper. I was already planning my suicide because it's either you or nothing for me."

"Don't be like that," he told me, "I don't even deserve you now."

"Stop saying that," I replied, "All I want is to have you with me again. Do you want that?"

"Of course. There's nothing I would want more than to be with you until the end of time Bella," he said, "It is all I live for; you are all I live for. Without you there would be no reason to stay anymore. Now that you have entered my life, I can't be without you. And I will never let you go. I will never go away again; I promise."

"I love you," I told him, "More than words can tell. More than any poem or letter could ever explain."

"I'm an empath," he replied, "There is no need to explain. The love you feel for me is reciprocated by my love for you." I felt strong waves of love being projected my way.

I got off the bed and he stood up and then he hugged me close to him and our lips met. It was one of the most passionate kisses I had ever shared with him. The moment our lips collided, love exploded from him and I could feel my heart hammering in my chest. Our lips moved together in a co-ordinated manner. Our tongues battled for sweet dominance. His hand was lost inside my hair and I tangled both of my hands into his honey blonde curls. We were holding on to each other for dear life. As the kiss stopped, his hands moved down my back and around me and soon he was cradling my belly in his hands.

"I can't believe this is our son," he told me, invisible tears choking his voice. I moved my hands to cover his own.

Jasper's POV

"Yes," she told me, "This is our son…Jeremy."

"There is no need for his second name anymore," I told her, "Because I am here and I will never leave you again. Maybe we could call him Jeremy Jacob…because he deserves it."

"Yes he does," she replied.

I could feel her love flowing to me. Her love was true and honest. It was unconditional, just like mine. And our love was eternal.

I looked into her beautiful deep brown eyes which were coated with tears of joy and I showed her my love through my own eyes. We stood there looking each other and cradling our son for what seemed to be hours. It was the most beautiful moment of my long life up till now.

Bella's POV

"Bella," Jasper told me, "I had been planning on doing this before everything happened…and I have kept this in my pocket ever since; It has never left me – not even for an instant."

"I'm not getting it," I replied.

"I'm asking you, Isabella Swan…to marry me; so that we can be each other's forever," he said as he knelt down on one knee and brought out a ring from his pocket. It was beautiful; a platinum ring with a wonderful heart-shaped diamond on top.

I held out my hand and let him place it on my left ring finger and then he stood up and I looked up at him. He hugged me close but didn't press too hard to avoid hurting the baby.

"I also have something that belongs to you," he told me. He produced my necklace with the Cullen crest from his other pocket and fastened it around my neck.

"I'm sorry I took it," he said, "I needed something; to keep your scent with me everywhere. I couldn't let go of you completely."

"It's ok," I replied, "Now that time has passed."

"How can you be so forgiving?" he asked me, "How can you be so selfless Bella? I left you for six months…and here you are, accepting me fully…even my marriage proposal."

"Of course," I replied, "I know what I want and it's never changed. I've wanted you from the very beginning of our relationship and nothing could change that; I wanted you more than ever when you were gone and I still want you now…as I always will."

"Oh Bella," he said. His arms wrapped around me ever so softly and he kissed me on the cheek and trailed kisses down to my lips.

I looked into his beautiful golden eyes as a stray hair bounced in front of his left eye. His hair complimented his eye colour ever so perfectly. His face was so beautiful; it could have been carved by angels. His smile, so weak and broken was still the most beautiful I had ever seen and the way he held me; the way he touched me – it felt like his hands had been made to brush against my skin and to hold my own hands.

Jasper's POV

I looked into her beautiful brown eyes. Oh how sweet they were; how deep and warm and loving. How they matched her wonderful long and straight chocolate brown hair. I took off her hair clip and watched as her hair fell freely and comfortably against the lines of her beautiful face. Everything about her was beautiful. She looked like she had been custom-made to be a vampire – I doubted anything would change in her features ; she was already beautiful enough to be considered one of us. Her broken smile made me long to reach out and touch her and the electricity that zapped through me every time I touched her skin was unbelievable.

"I love you my beauty," I told her.

"I love you too Jasper," she replied.

"Will you let me change you once Jeremy is born?" I asked her.

"Would you Jasper?"

"Of course," I told her, "I want to have you with me for all of eternity. I want you to be immortal – just like me…"

"I wonder what our son will be like," she said.

"Beautiful, if he looks like his mother at all."

Bella's POV

"Beautiful if he looks like his mother at all," he told me. I made a face at that. I didn't want him to look like me. I wanted him to look like his beautiful father.

"I was kind of hoping he would look like you," I replied.

"Well, maybe he will look like the both of us so that both of us can be content to see the other one in him."

"How did you come here anyway? I mean why?" I asked him.

"I was pretending to sleep; I often did that – closing my eyes so that I could see your beautiful face in my mind and nothing else. Suddenly, I smelled Edward but he was gone and instead there was your letter on my desk. I read it and with every word, I could feel my pain being reflected by your own. I felt like a pig for hurting you and mistrusting you. And I needed to come back to you Bella. I needed to clarify things and to let you know that I love you. And don't you ever say you're rubbish again. You are special Bella; way more special than any of those other common girls in the world. You are beautiful and kind. Your soul is the most beautiful I have ever seen as is your face and your body. I love you with all of my heart and don't you even dare say that you are rubbish ever again."

"But that's what I felt like," I replied, "It's exactly what I felt like I was. I felt like nothing but unwanted trash."

"But you aren't that" he told me, "You are amazing and perfect."

"I love you Jasper," I replied, "And don't you ever leave me."

"I'm right here darling," he told me, "And right here is where I'm gonna stay."

A.N. ok I hope you liked their reunion. Although the chapter ends with the title of the fanfic, it does not mean that it is the last chapter. There is still more to come. Please review as you have been doing for the past chapters. Reviews make me feel warm inside and make me want to write more. I often feel like I'm not a good enough writer so any review makes me feel better about myself and my fanfic. Thank you for all of the positive feedback you have been giving me; I appreciate it all.