Chapter 3
BPOV
Just walk away Bella pretend you didn't see anything, I need some fresh air hurriedly I walk outside to the front of the house.
The cool night air greets me as I begin walking deeper into the forest, good thing I'm wearing converses otherwise being the klutz I am, I'd be flat on my face by now.
"Edward" I say his name normally because I know he can hear it even if I whispered, he appears in front of me suddenly.
"I had a hunch you'd be here" I feel myself start giggling hysterically at him as I remember Emmet's story, a bewildered expression crosses his face.
"Mind letting me in on the joke" The sound of his voice makes my heart somersault, I shake my head.
He smirks evilly "Bella, you know I have ways of making you talk" he moves towards me and gathers me in his arms, then begins kissing the exposed skin on my shoulders and neck. I feel the blood rush to my cheeks and the world sway if he keeps this up I'm gonna collapse.
"Ok ok I'll tell you!" he stops and grins triumphantly. "Emmet told me what happened last time Jasper had a cold" I shove a hand over my mouth to muffle my laughter, while Edward lets out an exasperated sigh.
One year ago...
EPOV
"Jasper can I use your laptop?" I step into his bedroom to find the room has turned into a sea of tissues, Jasper's sitting on the end of his bed with the laptop next to him and four boxes of empty tissues.
"Wow...did a tissue bomb go off or what?"
"I have a cold" I begin laughing uncontrollably, as I sit next to him on the bed.
"Jasper are you sure that's even possible, since we are vampires" He frowns at me.
"Do you wanna see what came out my nose as proof" the laughing ceases as I grimace in disgust.
"No...I'm ok" I take pity on him and pat his head, he sneezes and suddenly the room's atmosphere feels weird lusty even.
Jasper hugs me I don't know why but I hug him back and feel my hands slide lower down his back. We pull back slightly and stare into each other's eyes...oh god what's happening?
"Edward"
"Jasper" we say each other's names as our heads inch closer together...Jasper sneezes. We both stop I blink as the realisation of what was about to happen hits me, with such a force I throw myself against the back wall.
Jasper screams and dives through his bedroom window it shatters as the glass flies everywhere, I stand there with my back pressed against the wall for about three minutes before I hear a car pull into the drive and Alice's voice drift through the broken window.
"Oh my gosh Jasper what happened, why the hell are you lying on the floor, your messing up your clothes I just brought those for you yesterday and you decide to go make dirt angels ! GET UP, GET UP NOW!"
Enough with the flash backs, back to the present...
EPOV
"You're not gonna let me forget that are you?" She looks at me with innocent brown eyes and gives me that beautiful smile of hers.
"Of course not"
"Anyway I can make you forget?" I give her a crocked smile and hear her heart rate increases slightly as I plant a long kiss on her unsuspecting lips, then pull away and catch her in my arms before she faints.
"...I'll think about it" she says breathlessly I chuckle and lean forward to whisper in her ear letting my lips brush lightly against her skin.
"By the way you look breathtaking today"
"Thanks" She blushes a rich red colour, a breeze lightly ruffles her hair I notice her begin to shiver.
"It's cold lets head back, I'll carry you if you like" She stares at me in horror.
"What...oh, fine I'll walk at a human pace" she grins at me as I huff, effortlessly I lift her onto my back she locks her arms tightly round my neck and rests her head against mine.
I plant a kiss on her cheek and set off at a slow human place back home.
"Edward"
"Mmmm"
"Could you do something for me?"
"Anything" She hesitates slightly before replying.
"...Make up with Emmet" I sigh if it's what she wants I'll do it.
"I'll try, I'm sick of us fighting anyway it's just turning into a frustrating habit"
"Thank you" The house is in view now covered in Christmas lights, glowing snowmen, reindeer, elves and god knows what else.
I think Esme got a little too excited this year, we arrive in front the house and I carefully set Bella on the ground, she laces her fingers through mine as we walk together up to the house.
Alice, Rosalie and Emmet are in the front room watching a film as we enter the room.
"There you are Bella! We were wondering where you disappeared to" Alice exclaims.
"Emmet could I talk to you for a second" I leave the room a few seconds later he follows, I listen to his thoughts. Back for round two eh, yeah you wish.
"Emmet I apologize...for scratching your jeep, I don't know what came over me but it was no way to act. I'm going to stop fighting with you because I feel we're ruining the occasion for everybody" I stick my hand out an invitation to shake, his features are impassive he looks at me then my outstretched hand.
Before he starts grinning like an idiot and gathers me in a hug that would crush a bear.
"I forgive you little brother, and I'm sorry for throwing you through the wall today I guess we should apologize to Esme for that."
"What do you mean little brother? I've lived longer than you" His booming laughter fills the hall way.
"Sure you have, anyways we should apologize to Esme and Carlisle"
Together we go upstairs and knock on Carlisle and Esme's bedroom door.
BPOV
The film we were watching was Edward scissor hands I myself had never watched it but the way he was walking was making me laugh. Alice kept commenting on his bad taste of clothes, even Rosalie was chuckling a bit.
"How can they dress him like a bondage slave and make him wear all those cheap no brand clothes, and his eyeliner's smudged!" I burst into another fit of giggles, Alice never fails to make me laugh. Edward walks into the room and catches the last of one of Alice's comments about scissor hands clothes before pasting a hurt expression onto his face and shouting.
"How can you be so evil can't you see he just wants to be loved!" He walks back out of the room, upstairs I hear a door slam.
"Ahh I forgot Edwards very sensitive about this film, don't worry he'll be fine" Alice says giggling. "Besides that it sounds like Emmet and Edward have made up, at last"
"How can you tell?" Rosalie's been quite for so long her voice startles me.
"Well the house is quiet and not reduced to rubble"
"True..." I'm staring blankly at the wall when I remember I've left everyone's Christmas presents in my wardrobe, at my house.
"Ahh Crap" I jump out my seat and begin making my way towards the door but stop short after I glance out the window and see that it's snowing, and there's at least a few inches of it.
"Bella what's wrong" Alice appears next to me suddenly.
"I forgot everyone's Christmas presents in my wardrobe" She begins to steer me back into the front room.
"I foresaw this so I brought them over earlier...besides I'm not letting you go out in that" She points to the window emphasising her point. "I get to hold you prisoner in this house until tomorrow so sit down and enjoy the film" I hang my head and make my way back to the couch with Alice grinning behind me.
Sometime later I felt the couch sink slightly as Edward sat down and pulled me towards me, I lean into him and breathe in the sweet smell that follows him everywhere. He leans his head against mine.
"I love you" the words are only a whisper but he still replies
"I love you more than you'll ever know."
JPOV
Most of this bar's customers are men dressed as Santa Claus, you would think these people would have families to go home to on Christmas eve. But I guess I can't judge them when I'm here myself, I order a beer I don't even see why I'm here it's not like I can get drunk but I do like the taste.
Maybe it was Rosalie's threat to kill me if I went near her for the rest of the night, after today's events. The bar tender sets my beer on the sticky counter as I mutter a thanks, someone occupies the stool next to me and orders a beer like me.
Curious I look to my right to find her staring at me in one look I know, she's a vampire, she's a veggie, she's freaking me out.
"Hey" she says smiling.
"Hi..."
"What's a vampire like you doing in a place like this?"
"Same as you I suppose" I drown the rest of the glass, her presence is making me uneasy.
"My names Starling, what's yours?"
"...Jasper." She chuckles
"Jasper huh, I've always liked the name Jasper. Why don't we leave this dump and you come back to my place" She slides her hand onto my knee, and that's when I realise that I suddenly don't want to be here.
Gently I remove her hand and stand up.
"I'm sorry to disappoint you but I'm happily married and I should be getting back now" I leave the bar just a little too fast, the snow's about 6 inches deep now good thing I never took the car.
I move through the forest at vampire speed the further away from the bar I get, the more I can relax that is until I realise she's followed me I stop.
"Jasper! I love you we could be so happy together"
"I've known you for about 10 minutes, and like I said before I'm happily married" Slowly I begin to back away.
Her laughter echoes off the trees, as she stalks me with a crazed look in her eyes, as I run for my life.
"I know your lying about your wife Jasper, come here I'll make it worth your while JAASSPPPERR!!!!" Oh god why did I leave the house today.
I try throwing some fear at her but because of my cold it comes out as lust at least at that moment I arrive back at the house, and am happy to find Alice standing outside with her arms crossed.
I cower behind Alice as Starling stops a few feet in front of her, and begins snorting with laughter.
"This shrimp is your wife!?" Oh god did she really just say that, Alice gets angry when outsiders call her short and when she gets angry her strength increases ten times more than usual. So...I'm just going to step over here.
"Did you really just say that" The tone of her voice stops Starling's snorts short, Alice moves forward closing the distance between them in seconds. "Say it again if you dare" she says it so calmly maybe that's what makes it so menacing.
Unfortunately Starling just can't seem to swallow her pride she utters the word shrimp before Alice flicks her between the eyes, sending her flying through about six trees destroying half the forest in her path.
"I suggest you stay far away from Jasper and if you ever call me shrimp again, I'll do worse than that."
She turns to me and begins tapping her foot lightly on the ground, her lips are tightly pressed into a thin line as she raises an eyebrow
"Mind telling me who she was, Jasper?"
It's taken me a week but I finally wrote this chapter *sigh of relief* :]
Unfortunately Christmas always comes to an end so the next chapter may be the last o_0