******YAY an update...Sorry its been a week but I needed a vacation, plus I had to celebrate my birthday :/ lol. Its not a long chapter but I am working on adding another one shortly after this. I'm going to speed things up and have somethings happen in the next few chapters so I will just skip a few months per say lol. Don't worry...it will work out. On sad news....my favorite fighter lost his fight on saturday night :*( so I didn't feel like writing anything that was dealing with the ufc at that moment....it was sad... poor Chuck Liddell...and to think it might be his last fight too *sigh* alright enough sadness....new chapter for you guys. I'm really grateful for how much people are reviewing and marking this story. You guys are great!!! Thank you..... a big inspiration for me to keep writing this story, it has gotten better reviews that I could have ever imagined. Thanks again! 3 ****** REMEMBER TO REVIEW!*************
Once all the fighters were allowed to leave they had gathered into a fancy restaurant for the celebrating meal. Out of the eight fights that had happened tonight only two guys had lost from the gym both Jasper and my brother trained at. Good for them all I really was happy but deep down I was concerned for Jasper and who he ended up fighting. I could not imagine what he was going through after learning who that guy was. As I watched Jasper interact with the guys I knew he was putting up a front so that they really couldn't tell that he was affected by the fight emotionally.
"Excuse me... I'll be right back." I kissed Jasper on the cheek as I got up from the table to go to the restroom. Right before I could get to the door a guy had blocked me. What the hell? "Hello gorgeous, how are you tonight?" I looked up at the voice and could not believe it. "What do you want?" Before me stood the guy that Jasper had fought. I could feel the blood boil under my skin for what angered me the most was how he could have hurt such a great person. "I just want to talk to you, after all you are very nice looking. My name is Edward by the way..." Giving a look of disgust to him. "Yeah I know who you are now please get out of my way." I tried to step aside him but he was to quick and once again was blocking me. "Listen here jerk, leave me alone I am not interested in you what so ever so just back the fuck away from me." I said as I badly wanted to hit him right across that face removing that stupid smirk. "Bella really, you don't even know me. You could have the time of your life if you gave me one chance. Come on babe.." Edward said as he ran his hand up and down my arm. I smacked his hand away just glaring at hime. I was about to speak when someone behind me beat me to say something. "Bella...love is there a problem here?" Jasper...my knight in shining armor. I turned around and went standing next to him. "Can we just leave please?" I whispered to him, I all of a sudden lost the urge to having to use the restroom. I felt Jasper push me slightly behind him as he got closer to Edward. "You listen here Cullen and listen good, I told you before to stay away from me and my girl but you don't listen. I have no problem beating the hell out of you again just as I did merely a few hours ago." Jasper said with his voice low and angry. I watched as Edward kept his smirk on his face. "That was a lucky shot Jasper and you know it, I can beat you like I did a few years ago with no problem. Everyone gets one lucky hit in their lifetime and you already had yours. So if you want to go at it again lets go right now. What you say pretty boy."
"Jasper come on, he is not worth it.... please." I begged as I put my hand on his shoulder. He did not even move a muscle, did not even say anything back to me. Instead he kept his glare on Edward. Watching the scene infront of me was feeling as if I was sitting in a theatre watching a movie play out. But this was no movie this was real and the next thing I knew Jasper and lunged at Edward. I was frozen inplace as I watched the two throw punches back and forth. As soon as I could find my voice I started to scream for Jasper to stop. I knew with my screams that Emmett would come and help me but I had no time to wait so I quickly tried to break them up myself. Stupid mistake I made. "Jasper stop now!" I screamed as I reached for Jasper's arm. I pulled him away slightly but before I knew it I felt something hit me in the side of my face. "Bella?!?!" Jasper yelled. I brought my hand up to the side of my face where I felt the impact of someone's fist. "How fucking dare you hit her!" I heard Emmett say as he walked up behind us. I turned into Jasper's arms as my brother came standing infront of us glaring down at Edward. "You messed with the wrong family here dude and you will pay for hitting my sister. But not tonight." Emmett said in a deep low voice. "And exactly how are you going to make me pay there oh great big brother..." Edward said sarcastically. I cried into Jasper's chest as he held me watching the scene infront of him. "I'll take care of him Emmett its fine...really.... let me handle him." Jasper said with venom dripping out of his voice. "No he is mine, in a few days there is a local king of the cage fight here at the Hard Rock casino....be there..." Emmett said and quickly turned around ushering us out of the restaurant. Now in the back of my mind was how much trouble both Jasper and Emmett can get into for fighting outside of the ring. Please god....don't let them get into trouble. I can only imagine all the ideas of how to break Edward were going through my brother's mind for the simple fact he hit his baby sister. Edward was going to pay and I had no say in what he would get in return. All of that get even stuff was being left up to my brother and Jasper. They were guys after all, it is in their nature.
Once I was sitting in the truck I waited for Jasper to return with some ice for the side of my face. I looked in the mirror and a bruise was already forming on my cheek. This was not how the night was suppose to end. Just rethinking about the things that went down brought tears to my face. I tried to wipe the tears away but winced in pain from my fingers touching the side of my face. I couldn't stop crying as I heard the door to the truck open and Jasper got in. "Darling...lets put some..." Jasper quit talking as I turned to face him with tears streaming down my face. I watched as his face expression his eyes glowing with concern as he moved closer to me slowly and gently putting the bag of ice against my face. I winced as the coldness touched my skin but relaxed as I let the cold take over the pain. I just kept my eyes on Jasper's as he held the ice there. "Bella...love I am so so sorry about this. This should not have happened to you at all, god I can't forgive myself. You got hurt and its my fault. My stupidity got you hurt!" I could hear his voice crack with emotion as guilt was taking over him. I could not find my voice to speak to let him know that I was not mad at him. I knew he was doing what any boyfriend in their right mind would do if a guy would not leave their girlfriend alone. No I was far from mad at him, in fact I was completely utterly grateful for his actions. Had he not had been there tonight who knows what would have happened. All I know for sure about this Edward guy was that he was a snake, an evil human being. I'm sure Alice is no better either but I shouldn't be to quick to judge on her maybe she grew up from the time she hurt Jasper...who knows.
Once I found my voice I slowly brought my hand to the side of Jasper's face and rested my hand there. "Jasper, its not your fault...I'm not mad at you. I just want to say thank you for tonight. You really were helping me, so what if I got hit who cares. It was an accident and I think you got more punches in on him then he did on you and me both combined." I smiled slightly at my little attempt of a joke. It was useless Jasper was not smiling at all. "Bella I can't handle the fact that you got hurt because of a history I had with this jackass." I sighed and leaned closer to Jasper and whispered softly "Jasper get over it. I am fine, and infact I think nothing is sexier than a boyfriend standing up for his girl..." Well it was true, granted I got hurt in the process but that could quickly be forgotten if we kept up in the moment of how hot I thought he was for doing that. I knew that this was going to hurt but I could suck up the pain for awhile, I slowly moved the ice away from my face and put the bag down on the seat bringing Jasper closer to me as possible. I slowly kissed him softly on the lips hoping he would calm down and feel the love that I was feeling. I didn't have to wait long for Jasper had kissed me back softly and gently as he could. We pulled away with small smiles on our lips. Thank you god for being on my side for him to get side track and not be feeling such guilt. "Jasper can I stay with you tonight?" I asked softly in hopes that he would say yes. He let out a light chuckle which caused me to smile. I tried not to show that my big smile was hurting on my face but it was useless Jasper saw right through me. "Silly Bella, you should stop smiling and yes I would love for you to stay with me tonight. Now lets get you home." We kissed one more time before he started the truck and drove away. I went back to leaning in the seat with the ice pack resting against the side of my face. Tonight I was going to make things special for Jasper....to let him forget about how the night had ended.
As soon as we arrived at Jasper's apartment I couldn't help but giggle when Jasper helped me out of the truck and carried me bridal style up to his apartment. I kept my hands around his neck as he unlocked the door and quickly walked into the apartment. His apartment was homey looking and very comfortable place to be in having only been here for a short amount of time it felt like I belonged here. With the door shut and locked he continued to walk into his bedroom and setting me on the bed. I looked around the room and the back up at him with a smile. "So my knight and shining armor are you going to let me sleep in something or shall I stay in my clothes?" He leaned down and kissed me softly before getting up and walking over to his dresser to retrieve a pair of shorts and a tshirt for me. I stood up and took the clothes out of his hand and went into the bathroom to change. Before I shut the door I managed to sneak a peak at Jasper who had his back to me as he pulled off his shirt. I could see the muscles in his back which were making me go weak in the legs. His body was just so attractive the way his back muscles would move when he would move his arms around. He had arms that were nice and toned, a dream for any girl to be held by strong arms at night. He was it.... very well in shape with his body. I quickly shut the door before he noticed me starring at his body and changed. As soon as I was changed I looked myself over the mirror and thats when I really noticed the bruise. It was an ugly shade of purple and black. Not even Rose's attempt to cover it up with make up would work, it was going to stick out there for the world to see. Great.... now everyone really would see how horrid looking I am. I didn't want to run my fingers lightly over the bruise for the fear of how much it would hurt, but I just could not take my eyes off of the mark. I heard a soft knock on the door as my hand was reaching for the door knob. "Bella, are you ok in there?" Jasper asked from the other side. I sighed as I opened the door and came face to face with him. I quickly looked down not wanting him to see the bruise again but I knew it was hard to avoid but hey a girl can try right?
"Bella...don't look down please." Jasper said softly as he put his finger underneath my chin and lifted my face up to look at him. I was embarrassed by the bruise yes, but at this very moment looking into his eyes I forgot everything. I watched him lean closer to me our lips just inches apart when he whispered "Breathe Bella, breathe" and then kissed me. I wrapped my arms around his neck running my finger tips lightly on the back of his neck as our kiss grew deeper. We slowly made our way over to his bed not breaking our kiss. As soon as I felt the bed behind my knees I layed down bringing Jasper with me. I knew he was being very careful to not touch the sore spot on my face but at this moment I did not care. I wanted Jasper as much as he wanted me right now. I knew tonight was going to be a blissful night with no regrets. I was his for the taking as he was mine. Feeling Jasper kiss down my neck along my collarbone as his hand was slowly sliding along my stomach underneath the shirt I was in heaven. It really was the greatest feeling in the world. "Jasper.... I'm all yours, tonight....tomorrow. every day until you don't want me anymore." I whispered softly as I looked down at him. I saw him looking back at me with a smile on his face and was soon kissing his way back up to my lips. "My darling beautiful Bella, that day will never come for I want you always." I smiled and kissed him with all the love I had inside of me. I wanted to show him how much he ment to me, and that I only want nothing more than to love him. Tonight was a great ending for all the things that had gone down today.