BPOV
I spent the weekend at Rose and Jasper's just hanging out with everyone. However, I was confronted Saturday morning at breakfast.
"Your birthday is exactly one week from today Bella. Why the hell didn't you tell me? I had to find out from your father after you left last night! You do realize that this gives me almost no time to plan anything right?"
"Which is exactly why I didn't tell you. Honestly, I probably would have let you know Thursday. Damn, Charlie."
"Whatever. I don't care what you want. I am going to plan the most spectacular weekend ever. And before you protest, Rose and I already cleared it with Charlie."
Damn pixie had thought of everything.
"I just have one condition. I don't want a party. I want to spend my birthday with the five of you, and no one else. I assume, since Charlie knows you're planning something for the weekend, we'll do something either Thursday or Sunday."
"Yeah, he mentioned doing something Thursday. And don't worry Bella. Alice and I are planning your eighteenth birthday extravaganza, and it will be awesome. And I'll be sure to try my best to keep Alice under control."
We all laughed as Alice pouted, and moved on to other topics of conversation.
XOXOXOXOXOXO
The rest of the week passed by much too fast, as I was dreading what was waiting for me on the "birthday weekend extravaganza".
I had gone out for dinner with Charlie Thursday night, and he had given me $350 cash, saying that I would probably find it useful that weekend. Being police chief didn't pay extraordinarily well, but Charlie's parents had been incredibly wealthy, and their son was very good at managing the enormous fortune that had been left to him (a fortune that had played a very large hand in my mother's decision to marry him until he had flat out refused to leave Forks).
I woke up Friday morning to a text from Alice instructing me to wear a dress to school. I didn't really feel like wearing a dress, it was the end of September in Forks, after all, but I really wasn't in the mood to argue with Alice that day. So I got out of bed and set about my morning routine while listening to Panic! At the Disco's Vices & Virtues.
I got ready quickly, deciding on a denim dress with a tight bodice and a tiered ruffle skirt that hit mid thigh. It was cold, so I pulled on a pair of ribbed black thigh high tights before making my way downstairs with my black patent leather Givenchy lace-up booties in hand. I threw a pop tart in the toaster before making sure everything I needed for school was in my white Chanel tote, eating my breakfast quickly before grabbing my keys and making my way to school.
I pulled into the parking lot, seeing an empty spot beside Alice's yellow Porsche and pulling into it to see Alice and Rose inside of it talking.
I got out of my own car, just as they got out of Alice's, and, as I did so, I realized I had completely forgotten to grab a jacket.
"You look great Bells!" Alice exclaimed.
"So do you. You too, Rose." They had both remembered jackets, but they were currently unbuttoned, exposing their dresses.
Rosalie smirked, "You guys are so predictable. I knew Alice would go for cute and floral," which she had; her dress was white with a pink and green floral design and she had paired it with simple white flats. "And Bella, you always end up wearing something that neither Alice nor I would ever be able to pull of."
"And you choosing to look drop dead sexy at school is so entirely out of character for you, Rose." I laughed. My blonde friend was wearing a tiny black, white and orange print dress that fit her like a glove with a hemline that fell just below her ass.
"Anyways, can we get inside? I forgot a jacket and I'm starting to freeze." I said. However, as I finished my sentence a large jacket was draped over my shoulders and I turned my head to see my boyfriend smirking at me, Edward and Emmett next to him.
"You would forget a jacket on the day you wear a strapless dress," Edward laughed at me.
I stuck my tongue out at him before sliding my arms through the sleeves of Jasper's leather jacket and kissing him quickly.
Just then the bell rang, and we all made our way to our respective classes.
The end of the day arrived fairly quickly, and I met Alice and Rose at our cars, them following behind me to my house.
"So, Bella. For your birthday, we are taking you to Seattle for the weekend. You will enjoy it. And I am packing for you. Tonight the six of us will go down and have dinner and watch movies in one of the hotel rooms. Tomorrow we will shop and go to the spa, and then tomorrow night we'll go out for dinner and go to some new teen club thing that opened over the summer. Apparently it's pretty awesome. And then Sunday we'll go out for brunch, and then we'll come home," Alice explained as she went around my room, putting seemingly random items of clothes into a duffle bag.
I nodded, knowing there was no use arguing with her. Alice packed quickly before we went back downstairs.
"We're taking Edward's Escalade, since that's the only car that any of us drives that can sit all six of us comfortably," Alice explained further as we walked out the door and over to Edward's place.
Alice packed up the car while the rest of us grabbed a snack and a bottle of water from Esme. She followed us out the door, telling us to drive carefully, and have fun, and all of the other things you would expect a parent to say. She hugged all of us goodbye before we piled into the car an began the 3.5 hour drive to Seattle.
XOXOXOXOXOXOX
We pulled into the hotel, and I gasped as I saw that it was the Four Seasons. Shit was expensive.
"Guys, seriously? I don't want you to spend this money on me,"
"Benefits of all of us having rich parents, who, with the exception of Carlisle and Esme, are never home, we get large allowances, and are given essentially whatever we want," Alice said, surprisingly managing to say it in a tone of voice that made her not sound spoiled.
"I guess so," I relented, shaking my head., while Jasper chuckled beside me.
We entered the hotel, and Alice and Edward made their way to the desk, instructing the rest of us (mostly me) to wait while they sorted everything with the rooms out.
"Okay," Alice said upon their return, "We're all on the tenth floor, and the room situations are arranged by couple. Jazz and Bella are getting the Corner Elliot Bay Suite, since it's Bella's birthday weekend, and we'll be having our movie night there, since it's the biggest room. We'll all go to our rooms now, and meet in Jasper and Bella's in ten minutes to begin our night. Okay? Let's go."
XOXOXOXOXOXOX
Fifteen minutes later, we were all spread out throughout the living room area of mine and Jazz's suite, and Emmett was ordering almost everything off of the room service menu. We spent the next couple of hours pigging out and watching The Proposal and Just Friends (Ryan Reynolds is a ridiculously attractive man).
Everyone had left mine and Jasper's room by eleven, and we were finally left alone.
I sighed, leaning against the closed door, relishing in the silence.
"So, do you just want to go to sleep, or..." Jasper trailed off.
I swallowed, "I was actually thinking that maybe we could talk for a bit. There's something I need to tell you before you get too invested in this relationship." My old insecurities were beginning to surface, but I wanted Jasper to know everything about me, and so I was going to tell him about John.
A slightly panicked look crossed his face, "is everything okay? Did I do something wrong? Do you want to break up?"
"What? No, of course not Jazz. This is all me. I've just come to the realization that I plan on being with you for a while, so I want you to know everything about me. Which means I want to give you a more detailed explanation of what happened with John."
"Oh. Okay. Are you sure? I know it was a difficult relationship."
"Yeah, I'm sure," I sad before delving into the explanation. "Basically, as you know, I was probably the least popular person in my old school. Not listening exclusively to top 40 radio, and not shopping at the same three stores as everyone else was heavily frowned upon. In April of my sophomore year, John asked me out. He was, and possibly still is, the most popular boy in my grade. He was attractive, athletic, dressed well. Every single girl in 10th grade wanted to be with him, as long as some in 9th and 11th grades. And he was asking me out. Obviously, I said yes. Even if it was just slightly out of shock. For two such different people, we got along incredibly well. We seemed to have chemistry, and we had fun together. I fell in love with him. After six months together I told him. He told me the same thing, but after that point he grew more and more distant. I don't know if he felt guilty or what, but his distance just made me want to make the relationship work even more. He had been trying to get me to sleep with him since our third date. In a desperate attempt to get him to stay with me, and to bring us closer together. I slept with him. I lost my virginity to that douche. And it worked until May of junior year, when we were invited to the end of year party..."
FLASHBACK
I walked into Tanya Denali's backyard with John, wearing a navy maxi dress with white crochet straps and back. His hand was on the small of my back, and I was so excited to actually be doing something together that wasn't sex, which seemed to be his only interest lately.
John walked away to get us drinks, and his friend Jacob Black walked up to me.
"Hey, Bells," He said, smiling. "You look great,"
"Thanks, Jake." I replied, blushing. I looked up to see Jake with a concentrated expression on his face. He almost seemed to be fighting with himself about something. This went on for a moment before he finally spoke.
"Bella, I have to tell you something. And you might not believe me, but I really do care about you, and I consider you a friend. And I'm telling you this as a friend. John's been using you Bella. I would have told you sooner, but I literally found out yesterday. A couple of the lax guys bet him that he couldn't get you to become desirable to other guys, or get you to sleep with him. He asked you out on a bet Bells. I'm so, so sorry to be the one to tell you this, but he was going to cause a scene about it at this party. I just didn't want to see you hurt and humiliated in one go. At least this way, you can do the public dumping, and tarnish his reputation more than he'll tarnish yours." He said quickly and quietly.
"Thanks, Jake," I muttered as John approached us. I was hurt, but at the same time, I really wasn't surprised.
"Hey babe. Here's your drink," John said, handing me a red plastic cup filled with what I assumed was beer.
"Fuck you, John." I said before throwing the drink in his face. "And in case you're to stupid to take a fucking hint, we're through." I growled before storming out of the party.
END FLASHBACK
"So yeah. That's what happened basically." I finished. Jasper pulled me into a hug before the last word was out of my mouth.
"I'm so sorry you had to go through that. He really was a douche, wasn't he? I promise, I will never, ever hurt you like that," He muttered, kissing my hair.
"I know. And I love you so, so much for that."
"Since we're sharing our pasts, is it okay if I tell you about Maria?"
I nodded, and he did. "She used to go to Forks High, and we started dating at the end of sophomore year. I put everything I had into that relationship. She didn't like Edward or Alice or Emmett or Rose, so I started avoiding them. Which was difficult since I live with Rosalie. I realize now that she was verbally abusive. She was constantly criticizing me, and it took me a really long time, and a lot of effort in the gym, to regain the self-esteem that she had torn down. Her dad ended up being transferred halfway through junior year. So she moved, and I found out she, how can I put this nicely? She got around, I guess. The girl I lost my virginity to slept with a large chunk of the guys in higher grades while we were dating. Once I found that out, I broke it off with her, begged our friends for forgiveness, which they gave way too easily, and began trying to regain who I was before I started going out with her."
I kissed him softly once it was evident he was done talking.
"I love you," I whispered, pulling away.
"I love you, too, Bella," He responded before pulling me into his arms.
"We should go to sleep. It's getting late and I'm sure Alice has a lot planned for tomorrow."
He nodded, and we got ready for bed. Climbing into bed, I kissed Jasper quickly before snuggling up to him and going to sleep.
Or trying to. My stupid brain had decided that now was the perfect time to find inspiration for a song.
"Son of a bitch," I muttered before rolling over and climbing out of the bed.
"What's wrong?" Jasper asked, turning on the bedside light.
"Song won't get the fuck out of my head," I muttered, slightly angrily. I was tired.
I grabbed my newest song journal before sitting Indian-style on the bed and jotting the lyrics for the chorus I had thought of in the corner.
Just a kiss on your lips in the moonlight
Just a touch in the fire burning so bright
And I don't want to mess this thing up
I don't want to push too far
Just a shot in the dark that you just might
Be the one I've been waiting for my whole life
So baby I'm alright, with just a kiss goodnight
"That's a duet," Jasper muttered as he read over the chorus. "I'm coming up with lyrics for a male part right now."
"I already know how I wanted it to open," I said, writing down the lyrics. And with that, Jasper and I wrote our first song together.
This night had brought us unbelievably closer, and for the first time, I couldn't imagine my life without him in it. That night, writing that song, I realized that I wanted to marry Jasper. Obviously not right away, but someday. This boy in front of me was my future.
AN Thanks for reading everyone! I'm so appreciative of all the alerts and favourites this story is getting, but more reviews would be awesome. To encourage that, I'm going to start putting a question at the end of each chapter for you guys to answer. The first question is:
Who is your favourite Twilight character, and why?
Mine is Jasper. In my mind, he's the most attractive of all the Cullen's, and he's got that sweet mysterious edge to him. Also, I really do believe he's as strong as the rest of the family, but as an empath, he's exposed to more than just his own thirst.