AN: I have to say that Jasper's task is my second favourite task because it is so clever. My favourite of course is Emmett's but you'll have to read on to find out about that one mwahahaha! Although I do like Alice's. Anyway, ignore me. Enjoy and do review if it suits you . Xxx G

Chapter Four: Jasper's Test.

Jasper cut right to the chase.

"Edward Cullen." He boomed impressively from his great height (well in Bella's and Alice's views it was from a great height.) "You are well renowned for your light and nimble fingers on a certain instrument I now stand next to." He patted the beautifully crafted grand Piano which was the pride and joy of the Cullen living room. Edward frowned. He was complimenting him? Was this some kind of joke? "…but my task will test those so called talents to the limits" Jasper dramatically drummed his fingers on the table and raised a beautifully arched eyebrow. Alice nearly fainted. "You shall attempt to play 'The flight of the bumble bee'…" he was interrupted by an amused snort from Edward. Jasper's one raised eyebrow nearly disappeared into his hairline.

"Sorry Jasper…but I've played flight of the bumble bee a million times, it's hardly a challenge, in fact…" Edward paused here for effect. "…I've even been playing it in double time recently. Bella nodded her head gravely.

"It's true, I've heard him practicing." She said to Jasper who had drawn himself up to his full and rather intimidating height.

"You didn't set me finish." Jasper said and paused. "You shall attempt to play 'The flight of the bumble bee' in…." he paused again and brought his eyebrow slowly down to meet its partner. Bella watched it eagerly. "…QUADRUPAL TIME!" There was a crash of lightning and from somewhere near the kitchen there was a series of violent organ chords. Everyone jumped and looked around.

"Oh sorry." said Esme rushing towards the kitchen. "That was the egg timer, I'm making Bella dinner."

"Strange egg timer." said Bella to Rosalie. "Where did you get it?"

"Ikea." said Rosalie lazily.

"Oh." Said Bella and turned back to Jasper expectantly.

"Do you except?" Jasper raised the other eyebrow this time but couldn't quite reach the dizzying heights the other one reached with it. It would appear Jasper is right eyebrowed, unusual in vampire but never mind that now. Edward looked rather determined and he stood up and stretched his fingers in anticipation.

"Yes! Yes I do!" said Edward. It is lucky that both Jasper and Edward have a gift for melodrama or this would have been a very boring chapter indeed. He strode over to the piano and with a sweep he sat down on the perfectly polished stool, whipping up the cover to reveal the glistening keys.

Edward raised his arms high above his head, his hands arched in tension and with a flash they were on the keys and notes were spewing from the instrument like Blood from a wound. Everyone's jaws dropped as he went through double and then triple time. Jasper stood expectantly at his side, a metronome clutched in his hand as though it were his only child. The piano creaked and started to smoke slightly under the hood and still Edward played, faster and faster, the endless notes blurring into longs song flamboyant ones. Bella cocked her head to one side.

"I kinda like it better like this." She whispered to Alice so as not to disturb her genius of a boyfriend.

"Yeah" She agreed "It's kinda going waltzy. Dance with me Bella!" She grabbed Bella and started whirling her round the room in time to the blurred notes.

"He's nearly there!" screeched Jasper whose voice had travelled several thousand octaves above the average chipmunk

Edward's hands were invisible as he got faster and faster.

"He's done it!" screamed Jasper leaping onto Emmett who staggered back into the glass table Esme had just brought up from her back up supply downstairs. She groaned.

Edward had a manic smile on his face as he kept getting fast. Jasper got up from the pile of splintered glass and frowned.

"No Edward you have to st…Edward! Edward stop it right now!" He lept on his rugby tackling him off the piano and the music stopped.

"Awwwww!" said Alice and Bella in unison as they stopped waltzing. Edward chuckled. Rosalie took the cotton wool out of her ears and set down her magazine on Edward's glass covered face.

"Is it over…ooo…what happened to the table?" she asked and stepped on Emmett's chest to reach Jasper and Edward. "Can I go next?"

"No!" said Emmett sitting up from the pile of debris. "It's my turn."

"No. its not!"

"Yes it is!"

"I want my turn!"

Edward sighed, sat back down at the smoking piano and began to play Bella's lullaby.

"I wonder what that would sound like in Quadruple time?" said Bella who had come to join him. Edward grinned; this would be much easier than it was for 'flight of the bumble bee'. He immediately speeded it up to four times its normal speed. Alice, Bella and Esme listened for a while as Rosalie and Emmett continued their enraged conversation and Jasper began sweeping up the remains of the table.

I kinda like it better this way. Thought Alice calmly.

"I heard that"