"Aly, could you go and tell Emmett to hunt without me tonight?" Rose's voice was distant and as I looked up at her I saw why. Her forehead was creased with concentration as she manicured her nails to perfection. She looked up to meet my see my uncertainty. She lightly chuckled and went back to her nails. "No need to worry. I just do not wish to have my nails become a mess. Please, go." She sighed and continued.

I stood up and set the book I was reading on the night stand. Down the hall, the stairs and out to the backyard. "Emmett!" I called out but no answer. I listened more closely and I heard voices, I zoomed in so I could hear clearly.

"Jasper! She can't wait forever, you know?" Emmett's voice was clouded over a rushing sound. I ran to the edge of the forest to catch their words. "Well, I mean… she could, she is immortal… but for God's sake! I don't think she'll stand it for more than a century!"

"Look who's talking?" Jasper spat. "How long as it been that you and Rosalie have been together?"

"But that, Mr. Jasper, is different."

"In what way could it be different?" I was moving closer; the rushing sound was revealed to be water. It was the river and even though it has been almost half a month, I still feel chills when I think of the shape-shifter that chased me and Jasper on our first day here.

"Because, Rose has a grudge against commit-" Jasper shushed him. "What?" Emmett whispered.

"I smell something…." I was really close now and that was probably my cue to run before I got caught. But to me running and hiding was for amateurs.

"Emmett! Jasper!" I called out. I starting walking to my right knowing that I was going in the wrong direction, but this way they would come and find me.

Seconds later Jasper was by my side. "Al, what's wrong?"

"Nothing." I said smiling. "Where's Emmett?" Jasper looked at me and I knew that he knew there was more. "You are with Emmett, right?" I added trying to get into character. I didn't want my feelings to get ahead of me and expose the eavesdropping scene back there.

"I'm right here." Emmett's voice boomed in my ears.

"Rosalie said that you should go ahead without her." Jasper send Emmett a warning look that clearly stated: I-told-you-so. "To hunt. She doesn't want to wreck her nails." I added yet again, fighting the nerves.

Emmett nodded and stuck his tongue out to Jasper. "I'll be going now.: And he leaped out into the deep of the forest.

"So, do you like my new dress?" I asked Jasper as we walked in human pace to the estate. I liked it better this way; it made me think that I was normal. I should really start calling the estate "home" or at the very least "the house".

"Yes, of course." He said looking up from his feet to the light green dress that Rose had picked up for me back at the store.

"So where you going to hunt with Emmett?" His bronze eyes looked up at me in surprise.

"No." He said a little too defensive. "We were discussing some issues." I could tell he regret saying this even before he said it.

"May I know those issues?" I pressed but a calm waved washed my insides and I chuckled. "You don't want to tell me that bad, huh? Using the easy way out?" Suddenly he stepped in front of me and blocked my way. I felt his desperation but then he shut me out and looked away. I raised my hand and raised the tip of my fingers along his jaw to force his eyes to meet mine. "Jasper, what is it? What happened?"

"I…" his eyes started searching mine for something I couldn't quite place. "Do you love me?" he blurted out. I stood there for a second before relaxing.

"Of course I do, Jasper. I, Alice, love you and only you." I took a breath. "Nothing will ever change that."

"Good." He said running his fingers through his golden locks.

"That's hardly an answer…" I said looking down at my feet. Then I saw a knee, his knee. On the ground, and just one knee. I looked up; well I didn't really need to look up too much to see his face, because I repeat… he was on one knee!

He grabbed my hand and placed something in it. "It's the Cullen Crest." He said still looking at my eyes. "I talked to Carlisle and he gave it to me." He swallowed unnecessarily. "To give to you, for your chocker."

"But we said…"

"Yes, that it was for our family. And we found it and here it is. It's yours."

"Oh, Jasper." This wasn't the way I thought it would but I loved it all the same.

"Al, let me finish…" he took a breath. "Just as this family is a part of us, a part of you… I am also yours." He paused. "I love you, Alice, and I want to be with you and only you forever." He took a little ring out of his pocket and my breath caught in my throat. I've read about this so many times but I just felt like I was going to explode! "But, I want this to be done the right way. And you will only be mine if you want me to be yours…" There was another pause. "So I ask you, Alice, if you want me to be yours as much as I want you to be mine, would you give me the honor to be your husband?"

I knew it was coming, I mean he had a ring in his hand! But the words were out, out of his lips and into my ears. I grabbed his elbow for him to stand up. My hand went up to his hair and I kissed him with all I had. Meanwhile, my other hand grabbed the ring from his hand. "Yes, of course I'll marry you." I said when we pulled apart. I slide the ring into my finger. "I want you so much and I want you to be mine, as my husband, forever." A smile spread across his face and he lifted me by the waist and spun me around in the air. I laughed and giggled so hard. "I thought you'd never ask!" I almost squealed as I pulled him into a hug.

"Ha! I told you so!" came a booming voice from the forest.

Jasper rolled his eyes and pulled me for a blissful kiss…

The End