I Will –Billy Gillman

I hadn't seen Bella in three months. It was three months ago that I realized that I cared deeply for her if I didn't love her. My family was worried about me after I arrived home after my night with Bella. I had left the hotel and went home. I stayed for the graduation and then hibernated in my room until it was time for my interviews.

Nothing came of my interviews so I headed back to Texas where I became a cop in a small town. I had only been in town three weeks when I met Maria. She was a beautiful woman but nowhere near as beautiful as Bella. We had started out casual and ended up in a full blown relationship. This is why she was making me go out tonight. I really didn't feel like it but I didn't know how to say no to her and that right there should get my man card revoked. At least that's what Peter would say.

I had just finished showering and was getting dressed. Maria was playing around on my computer. After I finished I walked up behind her. She heard me and quickly closed out of whatever program she was in and turned around.

"Are you ready baby?" she asked.

"Yes." I reply. "What were you looking at?"

"Oh that's a surprise," she said. "You don't want to ruin it do you." She added poking my nose.

"I guess not." I mumble.

I arrived home later that night without Maria because I had dropped her off at her own apartment. I picked up the laptop she had been messing around on. I noticed that Maria hadn't completely shut it off or completely close out the programs she was looking at or using. One of them was my e-mail account. There was nothing in the inbox or the trash folder. If she was in it or saw anything I don't know but it was odd.

A long week later

My date with Maria that night went well. Her family didn't like me but that didn't matter because Maria did like me.

"Are you alright baby?" she asked.

"I'm fine." I said. "But I have been thinking."

"You don't want to break up do you?" she asked.

"No I don't want to break up but I have met your family and I was wondering if you wanted to meet mine?"

"Really that would be great." She said hugging me. "When would I get to meet them?"

"Next month around Christmas we would o course stay around through Christmas unless you wanted to spend it with your family." I told her.

"I would spend it with you of course." She said going off to answer her phone.

I guess that was settled. It made me happy that she wanted to meet my family but I also felt uneasy about it. It had to be nerves. She would be the first girl I brought home since high school. I guess you could say I was worried about what my mother would think of her. My mother would be the biggest obstacle for Maria the rest of my family would be a breeze since they usually went along with what Mom said.

"Jasper honey I got called into work." she said bringing me out of my thoughts.

"Do you want me to pick you up?"

"No because you need to get your sleep for work." she said. "But I will see you tomorrow when I bring you your lunch."

"I'll look forward to it." I said walking her out to her car.

"See tomorrow baby." She said giving me a kiss.

I waved good bye and walked back to my apartment when I knew she couldn't see me anymore.

~!~

I left Jasper's apartment after my friend called me. He wanted to get together and I couldn't blame him because Jasper and I hadn't gotten any farther than kissing like we were still high school freshman. I pulled up to the hotel I was to meet James at.

I parked my car and locked it before I went to find the room number he had giving me earlier while I was still at Jasper's place. I knocked on the door and waited for him to answer. He did a few seconds later.

"Maria good to see you." He said. "It's been far too long."

"What can I say Jasper kept me busy." I said pushing my way into the room.

"He can't keep you that busy if you keep coming to me when I am in town."

~!~

I was at work filling a report on an arson case that was bugging the heck out of me and had every one of us officers on edge. I actually had to work later tonight because of it. Right now though I was waiting for Maria to come and see me like she had promised she would.

"Whitlock were going to lunch let's go."

"I'm waiting for my girl." I replied.

"I don't care come on. We have to go on North Street in an hour to watch the building."

"Hell I thought it was Ronnie and Mitchell that was taking care of that."

"They were until they made a drug bust while out on patrol." He said.

"Alright Will, I'll eat with ya." I said. "Besides god only knows what Maria would bring me and I can only handle so much spicy food at once."

"I don't need the details just get your but into the squad car in ten minutes."

I just smiled and finished the paper work and filed it after making the necessary copies. I then grabbed my jacket and slipped it over my uniform and headed out into the freezing cold.

"You are late." Will said when I slipped into the car.

"I had to make all those dam copies." I said.

"That is the worse part of this job outside of all the disgusting things we see." He said.

"Yeah that's true." I said.

~!~

"How much longer is it till we meet up with your brother?" Maria asked.

"We won't be. His youngest is sick and his wife had to work so he has to stay home with the kid."

"So when will we be stopping? We were supposed to meet your brother in California." Maria complained.

"For the last time we will be stopping. In Los Angeles as planed and stay for the night and catch that movie you have wanted to see. We will then head out for my family's place in the morning."

An hour or so later we finally made it into the out skirts of Los Angeles and ten minutes after that we pulled up to our hotel. She complained that it wasn't some high faulting hotel that all the celebrities stay at. I told her I didn't have the money –which was a lie but I wasn't about to tell her how much money I had. That money was for when I retire or get married which ever happens first.

"Maria I'm going to grab us something to eat." I said hoping that if I offering to pay for food she would calm down.

"Don't get that greasy fast food. That stuff makes me sick. Find a Chinese restaurant and get take out from there." She ordered.

Chinese food didn't sound bad but I didn't like being ordered around. She was really starting to get on my nerves but I guess you don't really know someone until you travel or live with them.

"I'll get it if I can find it. I'm stopping at the first place I see." I replied and left the room.

~!~

As soon as Jasper was out of the room I snatched up his laptop. I already knew all the passwords to it and his e-mail. I couldn't let the little slut that was claiming she was having Jasper's baby. He was my man and no one was going to take him away from me.

I logged into his e-mail and sure enough there was another from the little slut whose name apparently started with a B.

Jasper,

I really need to talk to you. Like I told you the last time I sent an e-mail. I am pregnant and the baby is yours. I have not been with anyone one else since that night and the last guy I was with before that night was in college.

Love

B.

I hit the delete button and signed out of the e-mail and logged off the computer. Jasper would be back soon and the computer needed to cool down before he got there otherwise I would have played a game or two of solitaire or emailed the little whore under the pretence that it was Jasper talking to her not me. But I was too lazy to do that.

~!~

I finally got the Chinese food that Maria wanted. It was about a half block down from the hotel. It was greasy from the looks of it and I knew she wouldn't like it but she can go out and buy her own food if she doesn't.

"I got the food." I said walking into the room.

"Oooh, What did you get?" She asked rushing over.

"What we normally get back in Texas." I told her.

"Oh. I hope the Kung Pao is spicier." She said taking the container from the bag.

"I would say so. At the very least it would be authentic."

"How would it be?" Maria asked.

"It would be authentic because the couple that ran the place could barely speak English." I said.

"That doesn't mean their food would be good. My mom and I are both Mexican and we suck at making the food."

"That's because you are both too worried about your looks than cooking a meal." I said.

"And what makes you say that." She snapped.

"Because you both spend hours in the mirror getting ready for church like you are going to pick up a guy which I don't even have to say is wrong." I told her.

"That is a really mean thing to say. My mother has done nothing to you."

"Yes she has she tried to pay me off and leave you when I first met her." I snapped.

"That is a lie and you know it." She said. "This food is too greasy. I'm going to take a shower."

I didn't say a thing to her as she walked to the bathroom. This trip was really bad idea. It was only getting worse by each passing moment. I had no idea what to do. I figured I would break it off with her after this whole thing is over with.

"Maria you need to finished with your shower I need to go." I yelled through the door a few minutes later.

"I was drying off." She snapped after ripping the door open.

"You know I've thought about just giving you cash to get on a plane and go back home. You have done nothing but get snippier with each passing moment and I am getting tired of it." I told her. "What has pissed you off so bad you have to take it off on me if it's that ex boyfriend James then get over it already. It has been three years already."

I closed the bathroom door after that and turned the shower on high so I couldn't hear her yelling. I only washed my hair because I didn't have the energy to do anything else. When I was done I opened the door. Maria was standing there.

"I'm sorry Jasper. It's just that he said some really cruel things to me and I didn't know what to do the cops said I couldn't do anything." She explained.

"You should have told me. I'm your boyfriend you should be able to trust me with things like this. This relationship will go nowhere if you can't trust me." Man I really am starting to sound like my father.

~!~

We had skipped going to an actual movie theater and ordered a movie off on demand and left earlier in the morning that we originally planned. We were now outside Seattle. I stopped so we could get our legs moving a bit.

"Can we go into that shop over there." She asked pointing to a clothing shop.

"I need to check out the book store first. There's this book my sister has been wanting but she hasn't found it anywhere in forks or Port Angeles." I said.

"That's fine it won't take too long will it?" she asked.

"No it should only take a few seconds." I reply.

She didn't reply and just followed me into the store. I started looking all over for Bella's book I hadn't seen her in months and I knew the release would be within the next year or two. I couldn't find the book and snagged one by Mary Jane Clark as my cover story and headed for the check out.

"Is this all?" the clerk asked.

"Buy yes but I was wondering if you had a list of books that would be coming out on to shelves in the next year?" I replied.

"Yes we do is there a particular author you are looking for?" she asked.

"It's a new author. I don't remember her name let lone if it's the one she's using on her books or not."

"Have they released any books in the past?"

"No they haven't." I said.

"Well you are in luck we have a list of first releases from authors of fiction and nonfiction the author you are looking for should be on there. If you want I can print it off. It would only take a second."

"Sure that would be great."

The female clerk put the list in the small bag with the book I bought. I grabbed it and headed out the door with Maria leading the way. She headed right toward the clothing store she had pointed out earlier.

I then spent the next two hours watching her try on the same looking outfit in different colors over and over again. It was rather boring and I didn't want to sit through it but it was keeping her happy for the moment so I kept at it.

"Maria it's getting late and we really need to get to my mother's place."

"Sorry I didn't realize it was getting so late." She replied. Only she didn't seem sorry.

"It's okay let's just pay for what you want now and get out of here." I say.

She followed m out to the car reluctantly because I didn't buy all five out fits she wanted. I told her that she might get them for Christmas or something better.

~!~

I was almost to forks when my phone started ringing. Maria had reached to answer it but I stopped her.

"Jasper." I greeted.

"Jasper it's Rose. I know I told you I would meet you at Mom's while she's out Christmas shopping but Emmet's sister had to be rushed to the hospital and I—"

"Annie's in the hospital?" I asked.

"No it's his other sister the one around your age; Bella." Rosalie told me.

"Bella? Did I ever meet her?"

"Nope you two never met each other. You have missed meeting each other by seconds though." Rose said.

"So where do you want me to meet you and remember I have Maria with me."

"Could you come to the hospital, I'm watching Annie because she doesn't want to leave the hospital when she doesn't know what's wrong with her sister."

"Is Bella okay?" I ask.

"She will be okay it's just stress getting to her." Rosalie said. "And being in a high risk situation doesn't help matters much either."

"High risk?"

"You will see if you get to meet her. I don't think she wants me to voice her medical history and I only know about it because Edward is her doctor and I ran into her last night." Rosalie told me.

"I guess I will see you in about half an hour." I said before hanging up.

"So where are we meeting your sister?" Maria asked without missing a beat.

"The hospital in Forks, Her sister in law was taken there earlier today." I told her.

"I really don't want to stay in the hospital."

"I could take you to the Inn I booked a room at." I said. "Would you like that?" I ask.

"No I'll stay with you. I don't want to be cooped up in a small room while you are gallivanting around town."

"Okay," I replied. "I wouldn't be gallivanting I would be visiting." I told her.

"Let's just get there I'm already tired of the being in the car."

It was her idea for the road trip not mine I would have flown on a planed but she didn't like the idea of being up in the air. "It just wasn't right." She had said.

A few minutes later I had pulled into the small drive way of the Inn.

"What are we doing here?" she asked.

"I putting the bags in the room since I don't know how long the hospital would take."

"Could you at least bring your laptop so I have something to do?"

"No you can't because that computer if for my job and the files on there you can't see because you are a civilian." I told her. "You can wait here I will be back in a few."

She gave a non committal nod. I slipped out of the car after popping the trunk. I grabbed my one bag and one of her three and headed in said.

"Sorry sir but we are full." The desk clerk said.

"I booked a room yesterday." I replied. "It would be under the name Whitlock."

"Oh you were the last one to book a room."

"Why is the town so busy?" I asked.

"They are filming one of those life time movies here. I swear all the girls at the local high school are trying to get picked as an extra." She said.

"Can I get my room key? I really need to get the rest of my bags inside.

"Here you go. And you need to sign this." She said pushing a sheet of paper toward me.

I snagged the key and quickly signed my name. I stuffed the key in to my shirt pocket and pulled the bags back into my hands and went to find my room. They key said it was room four. I got to the room and quickly unlocked it. I then just as quickly put the bags inside with mine closer to the door because I had the feeling I wouldn't be staying there long. I also felt like I would end up leaving Maria there and head to my mom's house or drive her to the airport.

After putting the rest of the bags in the room and locking it. I slipped back into the car and Maria of course started answering questions.

"So where is this hospital?" she asked.

"The hospital is about two blocks down from the Police station." I told her. "Are you honestly sure that you don't want to stay here?"

"Honestly why would I want to when I could go with you and meet some of your family early." She replied.

"Good point." I said gripping her hand.