Bella was the bathroom when the door from the dormitory opened. The comfortable feeling in the air changed drastically as Jasper watched the same woman that had comforted Bella after that night walk in. Rosalie closed the door and stared at him
"Hi, you must be Rose"
"Rosalie, and who are you?"
"My name is Jasper, I'm Bella's friend"
"I know all her friends and I don't know you" she said crossing her arms around her chest, her body sending a clear sigh of distrust toward him. The feeling made Jasper smile. It was good to have someone who care so much about you.
"You don't have to worry about me hurting Bella. I care too much for her just like you do"
"Why should I believe you? I know someone who said the same words but was a completely jerk later" Jasper closed his wrists as the flashes of the night came back on his mind.
"I understand and I got as angrier as you are right now with what he almost did to her"
"How do you know… I'm sure she didn't tell you"
"He saved me from Johnny" Rosalie looked at her friend with surprise. They were so involved in to talking – it was more like a treat from Rosalie part actually - that missed Bella walking back in the room until they hear her speak. "It doesn't matter how he did it or why Rose, just that if it wasn't for him Johnny would have raped me" she says knowing her friends next question Bella smile to Jasper and he smiled back.
"Ok but I never saw him in campus before. How do you know him?"
"He is the guy I told you about, from the writing class, he is…"
"This is the guy that is teaching you?" Rosalie asked half stunned half pleased. Jasper looked from the blonde to the brunette, whose face couldn't get more flushed then already was. "Well, that changes everything. I'm Rosalie Hale. Is very nice to meet you"
Jasper was completely lost at the woman's behavior but accepted Rosalie's hand. "Cold, really cold" she said amused.
"Maybe I should go" said Jasper.
"Yeah, maybe you should. No offense, but I have to talk with my roommate" said Rosalie.
"I'm sure we can talk about that later." Bella said looking from Jasper to Rosalie. "We were in the middle of something here."
"Oh I can bet"
"Not that kind of thing." Bella said shooting a dead glare at her friend. "Serious Rose, don't you know me at all?"
"Well, I'm sorry if I want you to have some fun Bella, real fun. You are a great person and you deserve to have this kind of pleasures in life."
"I'm sorry but, can any of you explain to me what it going on here?" he said breaking their verbal and telepathic conversation.
"Rose thinks that the reason why you are in our room is because we are together and that we were… I mean will…"
"I think I can explain better than my friend here." she says hugging Bella "If she likes you and you like her back than you two could to more then just kiss, you two could be having sex for instance, and that would be more then ok."
It was hard to say who was more socked about Rosalie's speech, if it was Jasper or Bella
"He is a pure soul just like you Bella" she said giggling. "Now that we already talked what I wanted, I'll just grab my purse and meet Emmett. We are going to the movies and then dinner so you don't have to wait up for me".
Rosalie did was she said and left laughing about the other two. "Bye Jasper, again it was nice to meet you".
"Well, that was… interesting" he said after long minutes of silence.
"I'm sorry about Rose. Sometime she can't stop her tongue and I still wish she could. I'll understand if you want to leave."
"Leave? Why would I want to leave?" he looked at Bella who was back on the mattress looking to the floor.
"Aren't you uncomfortable to be with me now, after what she said?"
"No darling, I'm not" Jasper kneeled in front of her and raised Bella's jaw. "Even if the reason you brought me here was sex, something I really doubt, I wouldn't just leave. I like being with you"
"I like being with you too, a lot."
"Feeling better now?" Bella nodded.
"Hey jazz… does vampires do sex?"
"We do but usually with someone of our own kind. It's safer that way. Human are to fragile."
"So if I became a vampire you and I could…"
"Bella, Bella, my dear Bella" he said touching her curly hair, the anxious vivid in his voice. "No matter how much I like you, and I do more then anything in this world, I would never ask you to become like me just for us to have sex."
"I don't want just that. Doing it would be a bonus" Jasper chuckled.
"A vampire life's is not exactly a happy life, Bella. Besides, you can do so much as a human"
"Like what?"
"Stay closer to your real family is a first. Give birth to a child. We vampires do not procreate."
"How do you prolong the species if you don't have kids?"
"Well, we bite people." Bella's mouth open in a 'oh'.
"Besides, wouldn't you like get older being close to the ones you love instead of watching them die as you live for eternity? Or eat chocolate, macaroni or pizza because it would feel good? There is a lot you have to take in considerate in this situation."
"I understand. But let's pretend I already thought about all that and decided to go for it anyway. You will be the one who would change me?"
"Wait, you have been thinking about this, haven't you?"
"No" she lied.
"Yes, you know what you want."
"I want to be with you."
"How can you be so sure?"
"It just feel, right here." she picked his free hand and put just above her heart. "I can't explain why or how but it is like my life had never made sense before you show up. I lived but not really lived because I did everything without think that there was another alternative except studying, graduate and have a job."
"Because you are human,"
"But now I have a choice. I can be with you or without you and I know by experience that being away from you is horrible."
"I never felt that coming from you."
"That's because I try not to think about how hurt I am. I prefer remembering about the happy moment we had."
"It makes sense, I guess,"
Jasper got up from the floor and walked to the window. He was thrilled that Bella would actually consider him as her mate for eternity but there were lots of things that couldn't be denied. She deserved to be with her family, her friends, her human boyfriend. But it was her decision to make not his. He would never force her to do anything she didn't want or wasn't ready to do, never.
"Well, you didn't answer my question" she says hugging him from behind. "Would you do it?"
"No. It would be too of a risk for me to take. I would have to ask one vampire I know to do it. Someone who has more years of experience is the strongest of us, the vegetarians"
"Vegetarians…?"
"It is how we call the vampires who feed from animals instead of humans"
"I see"
"Bella, I'm serious, this decision can never be taken unwillingly, when you have the chance of course, because once is done there is no turning back, and it is for eternity"
"I understand. I'd never do anything without making the pros and contra list"
"That's good. It makes you wiser than everyone else" Bella nodded bending their hands.
"Can you stay with me tonight?"
"Sure. But if I will do that I better feed first, just to be sure. I'll be back in shortly" Jasper kissed her forehead before check the ground and jump through the window.
Bella leaned on the window fearing the worse but Jasper was walking normally. "If I were a vampire I would never be hurt by my klutz. Wouldn't that be great?" She walked toward her bed and lie down facing to the ceiling. Things were going to fast, she knew that, but neither for a moment she felt like she was making a bad choice even when listening to his words, it felt so right to be with him.
"I love you Jasper" she whispered just before sleep take the best of her.
Jasper came back from his hunt only to find her snoring lightly through her opened mouth. He smiled and set next to her, admiring her forms. She was beautiful. Everything in her was proportional to her size, her eyes, nose lips, hips, legs, feet's… He had a feet fetish and had to fought really hard the urge to caresses hers knowing it would probable wake her up.
He never meant to fall for her and it was surprised that something like that so powerful could be felt toward a human, but he wanted her. If she said she was ok with her advertises than he was going to call Carlisle and ask him about it.