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I found out last week that I was getting laid off from my job and Tuesday was my last day so job hunting has really been taking a lot of my time the past week :(

I don't have any of these pre-written, so I try to sit and think about where I want each specific chapter to go and type away. The whole mating process of true mates in this is probably similar to others on Fanfiction. Truthfully there's only so many ways you can go about it haha. So If something in the process seems similar to something else one of you may have read, I'm sorry. I lay no claims to originality on it, just in case something is close to someone else's and I don't realize it. If you find any errors, please let me know! Just a forewarning, there will be a lot of dialogue from Jasper in the chapter!

I hope you like Chapter Four!

While driving to my house, the cab of the truck was full of emotions bouncing back between Jasper and I. Not awkwardness or anger, but longing, lust, and confusion. Five years? When they left Forks? I took a deep breath to steady myself. Calm, Bella. He'll tell you soon enough.

"I need some answers Jasper. I know you're feeling everything that I am, so let's cut the shit. Are you influencing me to feel this way?" I looked at him expectantly. Him making me feel this way was a long shot, he would never mess with someone that way on purpose. And I knew myself. I was attracted to him. Immensely.

"Okay, Bella," he agreed immediately. "Just as soon as we get inside."

I nodded just as we pulled into my driveway. After we got out of the truck, he fell into step beside me. I struggled not to grab his hand, keeping my own balled up into fists, pressing them hard into my sides. He paused when we made it up to the porch, taking in his surroundings. I watched his gaze glide over my home. The deep brown wood looked richer next to him as his skin gave contrast. My porch swing swayed lightly in the breeze. The wind chime that hung next to it let out its own small melody, high pitched peals that made me think of a small music box that I had as a child.

"You have a lovely home, Bella. It suits you." he grinned at me.

"What? Small and isolated?" I snorted holding back a small chuckle. He laughed with me, "Those are not the words I would have used. I would have said cozy and private."

"Oh. Yeah I guess those could be used too." I suddenly felt a trickle of awkwardness creep down my spine. I needed to hurry this along.

"Come on in Jasper, I can open some windows if you need me too. I know it must be very concentrated with my scent in here." I started to walk over to one in my living room but he gently grabbed my arm and pulled me back to him, or more correctly, into him. Goosebumps broke out over my skin at the contact, and I couldn't keep from letting out a small sigh of contentment.

"Truthfully I always wondered how you would decorate a house. What pieces of furniture and art you would choose, that sort of thing. It's wonderful in here, Bella." He gazed down at me fondly, and I looked back up at him with what I'm sure was a dumb as Hell look on my face.

"See, there ya go again with saying things that don't make a lick of sense to me."

He frowned, "I apologize, Bella. How 'bout we sit down and I'll get to the explaining." he took my hand and pulled me down onto my small sofa, he ran his hands over the soft, cream-colored leather. I loved this couch and the matching loveseat. It was here when I moved in. Lord knows I'd never have been able to afford something this nice. Jasper angled himself towards me and took a deep breath before he began.

"Whenever I first saw you in the cafeteria at Forks High, you honestly had no sort of affect on me." Pausing, he looked up making sure I wasn't planning on interrupting. I made no move to, too eager to hear what he had to say, good or bad. " I had gotten a first impression of you without closely paying attention. You were new, a beautiful, dark-haired young woman whose silent mind befuddled my brother. You were a shy, meek little wisp of a girl. None of this is to be taken in a wrong way, Bella. Please remember that." He continued on at my nod.

"Of course, when Edward brought you to our house, it was then, that I realized how delectable you smelled. Not in the 'I want to eat you kind of way' though, your blood has always been enticing . Every time we were the same room together, I was drawn to you. I needed to know everything about you. What you liked, what you loved. What type of music moved you to tears and what type could make you feel more alive than anything. If you liked to write as much as you liked to read. If you missed your home in Phoenix and all the friends i'm sure you left behind. Your talents, your faults, stuff you excelled at and the things you don't. Every single thing that made you you, I yearned to learn. It was so confusing for me. I had Alice. I loved Alice. She showed me a whole new way of life. One that didn't allow me to torment myself every time I fed from a human. One where I could experience a family, a family that wasn't just together for convenience or strength, but because they truly enjoyed each others company. Love was such a foreign concept to me when I began my life as a vampire. Being welcomed into a family like that was such a joy, and I wasn't willing to give it up, or break their rules by spending time with you in close proximity over a want that I had."

"They didn't trust my bloodlust. Truthfully they had every reason to. I was still fairly new to their lifestyle and had slipped several times over my years with them. So purely out of respect for them, I didn't act on my wants." He hung his head, a look that expressed so much vulnerability on his face made my heart squeeze painfully. "The night of your birthday party, was the night my entire world shifted. In our world, there's a term called 'Vero Compagno'. It means true mate in Italian. It's very rare among our kind. As far as I know, there is only two other couples on the entire planet that have this bond. When the Volturi caught word of them, and their strange bonds - I'll get to that in a moment - they asked the couples to visit them in Volterra, hoping to discover how this phenomenon came to be. When Aro and his brother's spoke to them it was described like this: One of the two must be a vampire, the other human. When said vampire smells human blood, it calls to them, like a siren drawing them in. Not in the way of thirst, it seems almost hard to explain with words. An instant moment of the vampire's soul recognizing its other half. The human feels a bond as well, but not nearly as strong of that of the vampire. Nothing matters but that other person. Absolutely nothing. At the first skin to skin contact between them after the true mate is recognized, it seals the bond between them, then happening again after the human is changed by the vampire. Once the human's change is completed, and the bond consummated, their souls merge together, split between them. They possessed a bond between them that surpasses anything we've ever thought possible between two mates. Mind links that allow them to speak to each other when needed, empathic abilities between the two. An ability that allows them to know where each one is, even if continents apart."

He had been looking back at me now, watching my expressions as each new revelation was brought to light for me. My mind felt like it was going a thousand miles per hour. Taking this all in made me feel like my brain was going to explode. He was searching my face, I'm sure I still had that dumbfounded look on my face, and he took a deep breath and began to speak again. "Bella, the night of your party, when you cut yourself on that tiny little flap of wrapping paper, was the best and worst night of my life. I knew instantly that you were my Vero Compagno. My True Mate. and in that same moment, I felt Edward's bloodlust spike dramatically. I knew he was going to attack you. I tried to stop it, to get to you before he could, but my rescue was made out to be an attack of my own. I was sure that Edward had heard the epiphany, the awe-filled thoughts in my head when that moment passed, because he immediately turned the entire family against me. You were taken home and my evening was filled with lectures, from each of them except for Esme.

I never told them about you being my Vero Compagno and nor did Edward. You were in love with him, and he was with you. It would have changed everything! My wife was your best friend for God's sake! You were a constant in my thoughts after we left Forks, left you. The whole family quickly fell apart after that. Alice had a constant disappointment in me because of my almost "slipping" again, especially when that slip could have cost your life. She tried to cover it up, but it was always there, buried in the back behind all her other emotions. She worried about me and our relationship. I no longer viewed her the same. Not as a lover, just as a friend. I turned down her physical advances. I was ready to find you then, but something kept me from leaving. Maybe it was the fact that I felt like I owed the Cullens for so much. Even when they felt ashamed of me.

I knew you needed time, time to grieve over Edward. I felt how much you loved him and love like that doesn't just disappear, even if I would have stayed here and begged you, and moved right into his vacated spot. It would not have been fair to you.

Alice began taking long shopping trips. Some throughout the US, some in other countries. One day, she had called while on a trip to Milan. She checked in regularly during her away time. She requested to speak with Carlisle only. After the call was over, he informed us that Alice had met the vampire she was destined to be with, confessing to Carlisle that she had been discreetly searching for him while on her travels. A week later, I received divorce papers in the mail. I happily signed them. We each kept our respectful assets. I was sad about it, more saddened about losing my closest confidant than I was about losing a wife. The relief too! Oh honey, the relief I felt was glorious! She never returned for her things, having them shipped to their new home in Paris.

Shortly thereafter, Emmett and Rose left, as well. The family just wasn't the same anymore after we left you. Like the joy was sucked out of all of us. They still visit with Carlisle, Esme and Edward based on what Emmett tells me when we call each other every now and then. After Carlisle decided to move the rest of us to Maine, I made my own decision to leave. I was determined to find you."

He scooted closer to me on the sofa and took my hand, my skin broke out into pleasurable gooseflesh at his gentle touch. "Thats everything Bella. Here I am asking that you give me a chance to love you with my entire soul, my whole being. Everything that I am is now yours."

I felt a tear slide down my cheek and reached up with my free hand to wipe it away. I was crying? His last words played over and over like a skipping record player in my mind. Everything that I am is now yours. Everything that I am is now yours. Everything. Yours.

My mind couldn't even process an adequate answer. It explained everything I have felt since seeing him earlier tonight. A clusterfuck was happening in my brain at his revelations. I was his true mate, and he was mine. I needed a long swig of some vodka. But there was one thing I needed more.

I pulled my hand from his and used both of mine to entwine my fingers in his hair. I pulled him to me hard, our lips meeting, fitting, moulding against each other in such a way that could only be described as perfection. Like finding the last piece to a puzzle, snapping it in and finally seeing the whole picture. I was that puzzle, he was my piece, and fuck if I didn't feel complete.

To Eschoenh: If you see that I updated this chapter, it was because of your review. Thank you so much for pointing that out to me! I had my wisdom teeth removed this morning so I'm kind of loopy from pain meds. I couldn't PM you so I hope you see this. Thank you!

Did you like it? I'm pretty damn happy with this chapter, other than so so much dialogue. But, it needed to be explained. Longest word count yet! Pretty proud about that, so I hope it makes up for the slightly longer wait. I'm laid off from my job so updates should definitely be closer together. Please review! I love reading them and if there's any questions or stuff that needs cleared up just ask and I'll respond in the next chapter to them.

Love you all!

-Samantha