Thank you for all your review for the first chapter. And here is Alice's album with alot more fluff.
Alice's POV
Of course I already knew what pictures Esme had taken and what ones we would be looking at, but that still didn't stop me from being excited when Esme opened the front of my album. The first picture was of Jasper and me at Bella's wedding, I was wearing the navy blue dress of the bride's maids and Jasper was looking like a gentleman in his black tux. I smiled remembering how happy everyone in the family was that day and in return how happy that made Jasper. A soft noise was coming from my left and I looked over to see Bella snickering behind her hand as she looked at the picture and I turned to look at it wondering what could possibly be so funny.
"Bella what are you laughing at?" I finally asked her, getting a vision of what she might say before she even opened her mouth.
"You're so short compared to Jasper and in this picture you look shorter than usual." Bella's explanation also got Rosalie laughing at me to; Esme was the only one with the decency not to laugh out loud.
"News flash Bella you're short too, maybe not as short as me but still short compared to Edward." I told her reaching over so I could flip the page. Bella silently apologized to me by placing her hand on my shoulder; I nodded to her letting her know she was forgiven. On the next page there were eight pictures of Jasper and I playing a rousing game of scrabble, words like "contempt" and "Venus" Were spelled out across the board. When Jasper and I played scrabble we never used small words like "see" or "give" that would just make the game too easy. It was a rule that the word had to be over five letters long.
"I never knew someone could look so intense playing scrabble." Rosalie commented pointing at my face in one of the pictures when I was concentrating on both the game and the future.
"I wasn't concentrating on the game; Emmett was trying to think of a way to get me back for making him wear such a tight fitting suit for Bella's wedding." I informed Rosalie and she smiled at me.
"You did that on purpose, that was genius." She said giving me a high five. Esme looked disapprovingly at us but said nothing. The next groupings of pictures were of us watching Titanic together, I was curled into Jasper's side and he held me protectively in the circle of his arms. I remembered that day perfectly, I was upset about Bella's change looming over us and Jasper pulled out one of my favourite movies to keep me happy. How I loved that man.
"Alice," Bella said gently and I looked up at her. "Is it okay to flip the page?" She asked and I looked down and realized my hand was clamped down on the page not allowing them to turn it. I smiled sheepishly and lifted my hand up allowing Bella to turn it.
"I know exactly how you feel." Bella whispered lowly in my ear and I smiled at her, knowing how she handled looking back over her memories. I held myself in the present through most of the album but one picture caught my eye and I couldn't help but smile as I looked back on one of the strangest days of my life.
The sun was shining through the glass windows in the house and I smiled as the rays touched my exposed skin making the pores of my skin shine likes diamonds.
"I could sell you and instantly become a billionaire." Jasper said from behind me his voice full of love and laughter.
"Why would you do that?" I asked him turning around to see him glide down the spiral staircase towards me his warm smile only for me.
"I wouldn't, the way I look at it; I am already the richest man on this planet." Jasper came to a stop in front of me and I leaned forward closing the gap between our bodies. His arms instantly wrapped around my body and held me. I breathed in deeply, loving the sweet fragrance that came off of Jasper's skin. I leaned back and craned my neck up to look at Jasper's perfect face and the way his blond haired seemed to form a halo above his head in the sun.
"Want to go for a run?" I whispered to him and he nodded his head, pieces of his blond hair falling into his golden eyes. Unconsciously I reached up and brushed them aside, running my fingers down his cheek, feeling him lean into my touch. His hand captured my wrist and he held it against his cheek, closing his eyes. I reached up with my other hand and held his face between my palms wanting him to open his eyes. When he did his eyes were burning bright, like they were set on fire.
"Alice!" Esme called from some distant place up stairs and I reluctantly stepped away from Jasper as Esme quickly came down the stairs.
"He's going to call and say that he's staying later, some patient just had a heart attack." I told Esme answering the question I knew she was about to ask. Usually I would wait for people to ask me before I answered, trying not to be rude but I wanted to get my alone time with Jasper.
"Oh, thank you," Esme said as the phone began to ring. I smiled at her as she glared at the phone. Having a sweet doctor for a husband sometimes bugged Esme, especially if it took Carlisle away from her for longer than necessary.
"Just head over there and bring him 'lunch'." I told her and she instantly smiled at me asking Carlisle if she could come to the hospital.
"Are you ready to go?" Jasper whispered into my ear, his breath saturating through my hair. I nodded and grabbed his hand pulling him out of the house and into the forest. I saw Edward and Bella sitting in front of their bedroom window, Edward teaching her how to play piano. I waved at Bella when she looked out the window and she smiled at me quickly before going back to the sheet music in front of her. Jasper looked at me with a raised eyebrow and instantly I knew he wanted to race towards the mountains. We both shot off into the forest towards the cliff face at the same time, remaining neck in neck the whole time. As the mountain loomed before us we both reached out and our hands hit the stone with a loud bang that made rocks begin to tumble down the side.
"I won." Jasper said before grabbing me into his arms and running us away from the falling rocks.
"Only because I let you win." I said resting my head against his shoulder as he slowed to walk when we were out of the target spot of the falling boulders.
"That may be true, but I still won." Jasper said placing a soft and tender kiss to my forehead. I smiled at him and he let me down on the ground.
"I think I won." I said going over to a fallen branch and sitting down.
"And how is that dear?" Jasper asked taking a seat beside me and grabbing my hand.
"Because I have you silly," I teased kissing his lips briefly before leaning back and looking at his surprised expression.
"I think that would be a losing trait." Jasper said his words almost drowned out by the thunder that suddenly ripped through the serenely quiet forest.
"I didn't even see that coming." I said staring angrily up at the sky. "You really are a good distraction." I told Jasper as I stood up and headed towards the house not wanting to get wet. "And by the way, you could never be a losing trait." I added with a wink.
"I'm glad I can be of service to you ma'am." Jasper said before tipping his imaginary hat like a good southern gentleman. I loved my alone time with Jasper, it was the only time where he truly was himself, for some reason he was always reserved and quiet around the rest of the family but with me he was the goofy and loveable man I fell for.
"Come on little darling, we wouldn't want you to get wet now would we?" Jasper said with amusement twinkling in his eyes.
"I don't mind getting wet." I said not telling the total truth. Jasper saw through my very feeble lie and scooped me up in his arms quietly running towards the house. It wasn't a surprise when the rain started to fall in heavy droplets before we even made it home. I laughed as the rain fell against my face and found it oddly enjoyable. Jasper placed me on the ground and backed me into a tree. His hair was already dripping wet, water running from the tip of his bangs to the end of his nose and falling off to hit the ground. Jasper's white shirt was soaked through and I could see the contours of his sculpted chest beneath it. I looked up to see his topaz eyes staring down at me and the rain pounded against my face harder.
"You look beautiful." Jasper whispered his voice huskier than usual.
"I could say the same," I answered too captivated by his eyes to form a longer sentence. Jasper's hand lifted my chin up and soon his mouth was on mine and I was breathing in nothing but his scent. I wrapped my hands around the back of his neck and pulled him closer, deepening the kiss. Soon the rain let up and the sun's rays began to seep through the thick canopy of leaves. I could feel the warmth against my skin but at the moment Jasper was all that mattered. His hands slowly moved from my chin down my sides stopping on my hips as he pulled me even closer not even allowing air between us. Off in the distance I heard the distinct sound of a camera going off and Jasper and I pulled away to see Esme standing off to the side with her camera in hand smiling happily at us both.
"You looked so happy and the scenery was beautiful, I couldn't resist." Esme said with a shrug of her shoulders and an apologetic smile before turning around and heading back towards the house. Jasper looked down at me and began laughing at the strangeness of the situation.
"I believe this is the only picture in this album that I managed to get of Alice and Jasper doing something other than cuddling." Esme said breaking me from my thoughts.
"I do have to agree with you though, the scenery is beautiful." I said and Esme laughed her eyes smiling at me.
"I take it you just remembered when this picture was taken?" Esme asked and I nodded looking down at the picture of Jasper and I kissing, the rays of sunlight reflected not just our skin but the many droplets of rain that were scattered on the leaves and trees surrounding us.
"I miss Jasper now." I said and Bella laughed at me wrapping her arms around my shoulders.
"I don't think these pictures are helping." She said stating the obvious.
"Well I don't care; I want to see my album." Rosalie said pulling the next black leather bound book from the pile, where 'Rosalie and Emmett' was stitched on with white thread.
Review! and tell me what you thought. The next chapter (if you haven't already guessed) is Rosalie's picture album.
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