Here you go, everyone! This one's a little hot and sticky. :) Hopefully you enjoy - feel free to review if you'd like, either way I appreciate you stopping by! This one's a bit longer so there will be more to love. Ha!

Hopefully your Thanksgiving was good if you're from the US, if not, I hope your weekend was fabulous!

Chapter 5

JPOV

My rage immediately channeled its full strength towards Roasalie for inviting the Masens. I remember her mentioning it to Emmett a couple of weeks ago and brushed it off as a cruel joke. I know that she probably did it to help me get over my funk, but after such an amazing night with Bella, this was the last thing that I wanted to run into.

Alice continued to stare at me as I glared at Edward, "What a surprise..."

"We were hoping to see you here tonight..."Edward exhaled. He took a step closer and my muscles stiffened, jaw clenching. "We wanted to apologize in person for hurting..."

"I really don't want to talk about this now," I turned slightly and tried to step past him, my eyes searching for Bella. I connected with her gaze and smiled at her letting her know that I was on my way. Her eyes softened and stared into my own; her easy smile changed to concern as she scowled at the couple standing next to me. Her gaze dropped to my shoulder and that is precisely when I felt long fingers wrap around it.

No. He. Didn't.

I turned to face Edward and squared off to him, "Kindly remove your hand from my shoulder, traitor." I whispered through my gritted teeth. He was resolved to get his words out as he opened his ugly mouth to continue talking. I could only imagine that Alice put him up to this; she could be quite convincing, I recalled.

"Jasper, I know we didn't leave on the best of terms. I heard that you've been miserable and pent up in your apartment for the last two years," My eyes saw red. I was two seconds from swinging, "...And I just wanted to ask if there was anything that we could do to help..."

I tuned him out completely. If I heard him say anything about 'getting over' the whole thing, I might have committed murder right there in the club. "...and we want to make nice. It's time to get over this whole silly thing..."

I clenched my fist and drew my shoulder back slightly, adrenaline pumping fiercly through my veins. Suddenly a soft, warm hand wrapped around my fist sending millions of tingles through my body. There was only one hand that it could be...

Bella. My Bella.

She stood on her tip-toes and kissed my cheek, wrapping her arm around my neck. "Hey baby, I couldn't wait to be near you any longer. Everything okay?" she cooed, arching her back to press her breasts and stomach into my side. My whole body relaxed and as I leaned down to face her, she winked knowingly. She was so incredibly sexy...

I turned to face the Masens and smiled, "Bella, I'm sorry to keep you waiting. I was just leaving to find you," I noticed Edward's mouth hanging open as he took in the beauty before me. I glanced over to Alice whose eyes narrowed at me, Bella and then to Edward. Bella's hand left mine and found its place on the inside of my jacket, dropping to my waist, wrapping her slender arm around me.

"Don't you want to introduce me to your friends?" Bella's eyes left mine to do a once-over at the people in front of us and returned back to my own.

"They aren't friends. Let's go, darlin'...there are some things I've been meaning to do with you yet this fine evening..." I dropped her hand and held her jacket out to her allowing her to slip it on. She pulled her confined hair that was stuck between her back and jacket and swung it around, giving it a tousled bedroom appeal. She wrapped her arm around my waist again and I reached out to hug her around her shoulder. "Edward, Alice. Hopefully you're at ease knowing that you both weren't the pinnacle of my life. I request that you leave me alone. Forever."

Alice frowned and Edward stood gawking at Bella. Since she was the only one paying attention, I smirked and winked at Alice, "Seriously. Leave. Me. Alone."

I turned toward Bella and walked away from them forever. Once we were assaulted by the cold, Minnesota air, I started laughing. Bella released her grip on me and laughed along with me. "You looked like you were going to kill someone back there. Ex-girlfriend?"

"And ex-best friend. That's been the first time in two years..." I let my head drop to my chest as the reality of that moment sank in. I ran into the love of my life and my best friend who absolutely mutilated my heart. I envisioned that moment so many times in my life; grabbing Edward and swinging violently while calling Alice every name for a whore known to man. That would have ended with them winning - it would have ended with me being the lesser man. I was rescued by that situation by a woman that I met for the first time this morning. She saved me from myself and I loved her for it. That same woman grabbed my hand again and sighed, content in the temporary silence.

"When I met you this morning, was that why you were..." she gripped my hand tighter as she connected the dots. I recalled my breakdown in the gym and it seemed like it was years ago. Bella looked up at me with complete adoration. My face turned into a pained scowl and I stopped walking, putting my forefinger and thumb on my brow, closing my eyes and leaned up against the closest wall. My head leaned back from my chest to the wall. "Jasper, I'm..."

I felt bewildered. I was in love. I was in love with Bella Swan and I have known her for going on twenty full hours. The overwhelming turn of events this evening caused me to be tremendously exhausted and I wanted nothing more than to sleep soundly before I said or did anything. I felt as thought I was too close to completely losing control. "I'm ready to go back. Would you mind if I brought you home? I am so tired..."

Bella dropped her hand from mine and I opened my eyes to glance at her warily. She looked...disappointed? I let my mind wander hoping that she felt the same way about me as I did about her. I shook the thought away and looked at her, grabbing both sides of her cheeks, "I owe you so much for tonight. Thank you. I..."

"I understand," she said with a smile. I smiled back and rubbed my thumb across her cheekbones, gazing at her mouth as she closed her eyes. Bella was unbelievably beautiful. I felt my resolve slipping as my body was screaming to kiss her, take her home and worship her body the way that she properly deserved. I wanted nothing more than to make her scream out my name and call out hers in return. Her lips were moistened as she slid her tongue across them and swallowed. My mind screamed to go home and sleep so that I had a clear conscience. After a night of ex-girlfriend run-ins, I wanted to think of Bella and no one and nothing else. I couldn't do that until I thought some things through. I leaned down to kiss her nose and each of her cheeks. She opened her eyes and beamed up at me.

"Let's get out of here."

BPOV

My night was absolutely magical.

Jasper and I spoke about his life and my life in depth. Anything that we would have purposely left out on a first date was talked about or we ran into the proverbial "baggage" in person. Mine in the form of Jacob and his in the form of the Masens. It was obvious that Alice orchestrating the whole thing with the forced apology and fake speech from Edward. My rescuing was the least that I could do for him when he did so much for me with Jacob. Hopefully my sexy new girlfriend act did the trick so that they will leave him alone and left them slightly jealous.

The best part of the night was how Jasper picked up on every feeling, touch, and unsaid word I had. The connection we had was unreal. This type of thing doesn't happen in real life, only in fairy tales. I was not a princess, but a broken, silly, realistic girl that didn't believe in fairy tales. However, Jasper made me want to believe that princes were still around. This was a fairy tale that I wanted to happen so badly.

I was falling in love with Jasper Whitlock and I knew him for a total of twenty hours.

When we strolled up to my front door, I unlocked it and thought briefly about inviting him in. I knew he wouldn't. This was an overwhelming night and he looked as though he was about to tip right over from exhaustion. "Jasper, this evening was..."

He reached out to grab my hand and squeezed it, again saying more with just his touch than his words. I almost laughed at how we weren't ever able to finish sentences with each other as the other person seemed to already know the question and the answer without saying anything. I was pulled into a sweet embrace with my arms wrapped around his middle, his arms wrapping around my shoulder blades. His head burrowed into and kissed my hair and drawing absent minded circles on the base of my neck with this fingers. "I didn't know that I needed you so much," he whispered into my hair.

I held him tighter, "Has your world been completely altered in a matter of hours, too?" I responded quietly, hoping that he hadn't heard. His arms left my shoulder, left hand reaching out to wrap around my neck and his right hand caressing my cheek softly. He pulled me close to him and eliminated the distance between our faces. I looked up into his eyes realizing that my words were all too true - his life was rocked and all that he saw right now was one thing:

Me.

I leaned up slightly on my toes as his warm lips brushed against mine. Jasper's lips moved against mine as though they were made for me. I gripped onto his wrists to hold him there, hoping he would change his mind and stay with me tonight. My mouth opened slightly as I invited him in. He welcomed my invitation and I felt his warm tongue graze across mine slowly, almost as if his kissing had a slow southern draw. A moan escaped me when I realized how wonderful he tasted. Jasper gripped my face tighter and pressed his body flat against my own, his kiss became more urgent as though he was giving in to something.

I wanted him to give in so much. I wanted to show him how much I needed him, how much I wanted to make him feel the way I felt about him. My feet moved backwards through my doorway and I pulled Jasper with me. His right hand moved to my lower back as he followed my lead. My fingers moved quickly against my coat, tugging it off and allowing it to drop on the floor to my left. His hair beckoned to me and my fingers immediately found their place laced throughout his golden locks. Jasper was breathing hard, a low sweet growl escaping his mouth.

My body felt weightless - he had picked me up, sliding his hands down my backside, gripping my thighs and ass to wrap my legs around him. Gladly. I couldn't help but express my gratitude, "Jasper, please stay with me tonight," I exhaled with my cheek next to his, kissing his gorgeous, strong jawbone. My back hit a wall and I truly wasn't sure which wall I was against, all I saw was the beautifully conflicted man before me. His left arm held on tightly to the back of my thigh, his right arm was placed against the wall over my left shoulder. He stared at me as a predator would; I would gladly be his prey in any way he wanted. I decided to ask again, "Jasper..." I exhaled, kissing his neck and winding my hand down his body, gripping his firm ass.

He pushed his body flat against mine again as he kissed me with a new fervor. I moaned thinking that I would get to show this man how much I, well, loved him. His body could not lie that he wanted me as much as I wanted him as I ground against his solid sex. He moaned aloud and moved his kissing to my neck. I imagined him bare chested kissing my breasts, me taking his hard length into my mouth to tease him, Jasper finally filling me and taking me wherever he wanted to make me his in my house. My daydream was interrupted as Jasper stopped his movements and spoke, "I can't..."

I looked up at him as my arousal instantly faded to concern. "What's wrong?"

Jasper unwrapped my legs from around his stomach and set me on the floor, grabbing my hands in his. His eyes appeared tremendously torn as he closed them and opened them again to peer down at me. "I just can't. I want you - isn't that obvious?"

I nodded, defeated. I wasn't angry as I knew that is what he wanted in the first place, but my emotions took over as I could not help but feel slightly rejected, my eyes watering. Maybe this was for the best? All I knew was that I wanted the man in front of me and I didn't want to have to wait to make him mine. Jasper saw my inner turmoil and wrapped his hands around me for an embrace. He kissed my forehead and squeezed me tightly before he turned to leave, shutting the door behind him.