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RPOV

Something warm and hard was rubbing against my leg, and I could hear Emmet making soft grunts in his sleep. I realized what was on my leg just as he rolled me over and laid on top of me, his body cradled in mine. He was nuzzling my neck, his hands on my breasts. And as much as I wanted to let him continue, I knew we needed to talk first.

"Emmett, baby. Em." Trying to get his attention was a little difficult as focused as he was on the task at hand.

I cleared my throat, and spoke louder this time.

"Emmett, look at me." My hands went to his jaw, cupping it, forcing him to look me in the eyes.

He stared at me, looking a little guilty, before he kissed me, hard. His tongue was sweeping inside of my mouth and his lips were bruising in their tangled movements with my own. I was breathless and dazed when he pulled back.

He smiled at my expression, feeling a little smug, and I didn't mind. I wanted us to be able to work through this whole mess, and he needed to know just how much he affected me. I was still figuring it all out; but I knew that I cared about him, a lot.

I had gone so long only worrying about me that opening myself up to him was really frightening. I wasn't sure how to start or what I should say, so I just sat twisting the sheets in my fingers, feeling uncertain. Before I could figure it out though, Emmett coughed, and turned away. I was definitely worried

He turned back to face me and looked pained.

"Rose, I need you to tell me what happened with Jacob. It's killing me not knowing. That was part of the reason I was so, um, god, I am so sorry about last night. That was a total dickhead thing for me to do." He was shaking his head.

I took a deep breath. I didn't want to lie to him, he deserved better than lies. I knew the truth was going to hurt though.

"Okay, I will tell you what happened that day at the library. But first I want you to promise that you won't blame Jacob. Deal?" I reached for his hand, grasping it in mine.

He squeezed my hand and nodded.

"Well, I was studying, and when I sat down at the table I noticed someone was looking at me. He apparently could see up my skirt under the table." His hand tightened and he inhaled sharply. I glanced at him, looking for confirmation that I could go on. Man, if that made him angry, this was not going to go well.

"I decided to play a little game, and well, I masturbated under the table while he watched. End of story." I hurried through the end of my confession, wishing that I had never done it.

"What about the panties, Rose? Jacob mentioned panties."

I blushed, I had hoped he didn't know about them. Damn.

"I gave him my panties when I left. It was a stupid thing to do and I regretted it immediately." My words were rushed. "But Emmett, this happened before we talked about being only with each other. And I haven't done anything like that since we talked. I promise."

He jumped up off the bed, stalking around the room, naked and beautiful. I watched the play of muscles under his smooth skin, enjoying the view, but at the same time hoping that he didn't blow up at me. I knew that he would have trouble dealing with this, but I wasn't going to let him or anyone make me feel like I was a bad person or something. I had been there done that and wasn't going back.

I wondered if I should tell him the whole story, but that could come later.

After a few minutes, he leaned down on the bed near me, his arms straight and his hands were tight fists pressing down into the mattress. He took another deep breath, before speaking.

"Rose, I know that we both have a history. We got into this relationship, whatever, knowing that neither of us were virgins or anything like that. It just kills me to hear about this stuff from the guys I help coach, for god's sake. I mean, who knows what they are saying right now."

I got angry. He was the one that invited Jessica home with us in full view of his players, not me.

"If I remember correctly, it was you that set up the threesome last night, right? Or am I remembering that wrong?" My voice was low and controlled but there was a lot of anger there too. "If you were so worried about what Jake and his friends would say maybe we should have picked someone up at a different bar. I didn't know you were so concerned with what other people thought."

"Well, it's not like you didn't enjoy yourself, right Rose?"

No he didn't.

"Listen you big, thick headed thug. I am going to cut you some slack since you were kind of blindsided by the whole Jacob thing but if you ever speak to me with that kind of condescension in your voice, I will leave and never look back. My whole life people have judged me, and I am done with that. Strangers don't matter to me, but you do and if you think that low of me then this must not be working."

"Blindsided, that's about right. I mean, the girl I love is out there giving coeds sexy peep shows, giving away her panties and I am supposed to just deal with it. Of course, I mean that makes sense. I am just one in a long line of guys, right?"

He loved me? How could he say this shit to me then? If he thought saying he loved me was going to make me melt right now, he was crazy.

"The girl you love? Is this how you talk to the girl you supposedly love? If it is, count me out."

His head snapped up and his eyes met mine. There were a few seconds neither if us moved, and then he sat down next to me.

"Damn it. I didn't mean to say that."

"Nice, well, that's kind of a big slip up. You might want to be careful about how you use that word; someone is bound to get hurt." I had tears welling in my eyes, which I prayed would not spill over.

"That's not what I meant, Rose. I meant that I wasn't going to tell you yet. Not that I don't feel that way about you. I know that you aren't one to jump into the emotional bullshit, which is by the way one of the many things I love about you, but I feel what I feel. I am not going to apologize for it."

He took both of my hands in his, carefully as if I might pull away.

"But I am going to apologize for how I acted last night. I was just all messed up about seeing Alice and Jasper, ugh, and I needed you. I needed to talk with you and just have you all to myself. When Jacob came over and all that shit happened, I don't know. I guess I just lost it."

"I am so sorry you had to hear about it from Jacob. I should have told you myself, but I never thought about it again, until we saw him last night." I was crying now, wiping the tears away as quickly as they fell. "You have to know, Em. I…I…"

My head was down when I felt his arms wrap around me. I just leaned into his chest, trying to control my sobs. I hated feeling this way, vulnerable, dependent on someone else.

"Shhh, it's okay. I know you aren't the type of girl that's trying to get her M.R.S. You aren't going to end up barefoot and pregnant, chained to the stove. Now, wet and naked, tied to my bed, that gives me something to dream about."

I shoved him, laughing now through my tears. This was what made him so important to me. He got me, he knew what I needed. He knew I needed him to make me laugh, that I couldn't tell him yet how much he really meant to me.

"Listen, I…" I raised my head just in time to see Emmett's lips crash into mine. I grabbed his shoulders and pulled him back on top of me. He moved with me, moaning when I wrapped my legs around his hips. I relaxed back on to the pillows, his weight holding me down. Right as he was about to enter me, his phone rang.

"Damn it, that's Alice."

"Ignore it."

"I can't we got into a big fight yesterday about her and Jasper, and I punched him in the face and she is really pissed."

I sat up.

"You punched him? What for? Did Alice see it?"

"Alice was standing right there but Rose, I walked in on them and they were, I mean he was…" He was sputtering, unable to get the words out.

I reached out to him, but he had gotten up to grab his phone. As he called Alice back, I realized how upset he had been about her and Jasper. I could tell he was trying to keep his voice controlled. When he was done, he turned back to me.

"I gotta go. She wants to talk to me and Edward at his place. I won't be gone long. Hopefully." He walked to the dresser and opened a drawer to get a clean pair of boxers out.

I crawled to the end of his bed closes to him, and tsked.

He turned around as he was pulling his shorts up. "What?"

"I have an idea, you know so that you won't forget what you have to look forward to when you get home. And it doesn't include those." I pointed at his boxers.

He hesitated a minute looking uncertain, before sliding them back down.

"So, commando?" He reached for his jeans.

"Yes, that's the first part. The second part is a little more hands on." I smiled devilishly at him. "Every time you think of me today, you have to touch yourself. Now, I don't mean that you have to hang on to it, just a quick touch. But no coming, you can't finish anything without me. Okay?"

He grimaced as he thought about what his day would be like, before nodding.

"Damn, Rose. I am going to have my hands down my pants all day, you know?"

I leaned back on my elbows and spread my legs, revealing to him just how turned on I was.

His eyes widened and his breath whooshed out of his chest.

"Fuck."

"Not yet, Emmett."

His hand quickly moved to his pocket and stayed there

"Good boy. If you can handle all day without a mistake, then I will let you pick out something new for us to play with at my place."

He was gulping, still staring at my spread legs. I had been afraid that it might be too soon for us to play like this. But judging from his reaction, I was looking forward to a long enjoyable night, just the two of us.

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APOV

Stupid big brothers. I hung up the phone with Emmett and went back into the living room to check on Jasper. I still couldn't believe that Em had hit him. God! He was such an ass.

Edward, it seemed, wasn't too happy either, but at least there had been no physical response. Maybe he would be a buffer between Em and Jasper and I, but I wouldn't count on it. Especially if Emmett told him about walking in on us last night.

Moron.

He could hear what was going on, why the hell would he have walked in?

Where was Edward anyway? He never came home last night. We listened for him. I wanted to talk to him before Em, maybe it wasn't too late. Maybe.

I brought Jas another icepack to replace the now room temperature one. Freaking Emmett. Jasper assured me that he would have reacted the same way, but I doubted it, he wasn't one to fly off the handle like that. Jas was calm and caring, not overbearing and retarded like my big brother.

"I'm gonna kick his ass," I told Jasper as I sat down next to him, huddling myself into his side.

He sighed, "We have talked about this Alice. You are not going to pick a fight with your brothers over me. We will either be civil or we will just walk away until they get over it. Just like I told Em yesterday, if they have a problem, that is all it is, their problem."

Blah, blah, blah…

The peacekeeping BS might be getting on my nerves a bit – possibly a result of growing up with someone like Emmett, always primed for the fight. Beat now; rationalize later… if you had time before the next beating.

I had to calm down before either of them come. I couldn't take Em's approach to this. These were not only my brothers but also Jas's friends. I knew he wanted them to still be his friends. But, then I also knew if that were not possible he would still chose me.

But, God, I am so pissed off. And I know when I see Emmett it is just going to get worse. His treating me like I was a kid. Ridiculous! I might be only eighteen, but eighteen is an adult, whether he liked it or not.

Mom and dad were rational about Jas and me, where did he get off thinking he could run my life, decide who I loved?

I sighed audibly and Jasper turned to me. "Alice, you have to tone it down a bit. If they come in here and you are half cocked then it will turn out badly. If you approach this tactfully then maybe there won't be any bloodshed."

"The bloodshed has already happened," I frowned while gently stroking the bandage on his nose and then the blackish rings under his eyes. This only made me madder.

Then I heard the door. I stiffened. I knew it was the exact pose that Jasper had just asked me to avoid, I couldn't help it, I was ready to lay into him, and Edward if necessary. We had to get this whole baby sister shit taken care of.

It was Edward. Before he noticed us, he had the silliest grin on his face. I took in his appearance quickly. His clothes looked as if he had slept in them and his hair was…well not too much worse than usual, I guess.

I silently wondered if whoever she was that he had just been with had a big brother ready to beat the shit out of him when he figured out he was screwing his little sister. And in Edward's case, he probably had absolutely no honorable intentions towards this poor girl so the brother would be completely justified.

I watched him closely to see his reaction to us. I was not disappointed. As soon as he registered our presence and the close proximity of our bodies the smile fell away, replaced by a dark scowl.

I scowled back.

He seemed to be taking in the scene as his glare settled on Jasper's face. "Emmett," he said with an approving chuckle. It wasn't a question.

He wasn't going to play nice.

Good, me either. But not now.

"He is on his way, we will talk then," I made sure my tone told him I did not plan on arguing with him, yet.

"Ha! Whatever. How much talking do you think there will be once he is here?"

I just rolled my eyes at him and turned back to Jas to make sure he didn't need anything. He was staring at Edward, sadness in his eyes. I knew he didn't want to fight with his friend. But this wasn't about him. Not really.

With a huff, Edward went to his room murmuring something about having such a great morning before this. He returned shortly with a change of clothes.

He looked over at us with distaste, "don't let any of the fun start without me," he shot before closing the door to the restroom.

"Man, why are both of my brothers assholes?" I asked out loud, mostly myself.

Jasper pulled me closed laying his cheek on my head gingerly. "Alice, they are just looking out for you. It is how we are programmed. I don't even have a sister and I know that. Cut them some slack"

Seriously?

"Jasper, listen…I love you, but I think maybe you should go while I talk to my brothers."

He just wasn't getting the big picture.

"What? No, I want to be here. I don't want anything to get out of hand."

Was he kidding?

"Emmett isn't going to hurt me, silly."

He shook his head, "I know that. But after your reaction yesterday, I think you may need some help keeping calm."

Great, someone else to protect me from myself…

"Jasper," I sighed, "again, I love you, but I don't need another person trying to run my life. You are not the only reason I need to have it out with them. I need them to understand that they can't tell me what is good for me and what I need to do. I am a smart, capable woman who can take care of herself without her big brother's constant interference. And you know, for this to work, you need to understand that too."

"But-" I put my hand over his mouth before he could argue.

Shaking my head at him, I knew I needed to be a bit more firm. "This isn't up for discussion. I know this will be okay in the end, but now I also know I have to do it on my own. If I want to be in this relationship – a serious, grown up relationship – then I need to act like an adult. I need you to respect that and let me handle this."

He didn't say anything immediately but slowly a smile formed on his lips. I waited for him to explain his sudden change in mood. "A serious grown up relationship?" he said wrinkling his nose.

I giggled, "Yes, grown up. I am dating an old guy."

With a low growl he pushed me so I was lying on the couch and began to tickle me until I was rolled up into a ball. I pleaded with him to stop through fits of laughter but he was relentless.

Finally, he let up after his and my breaths became gasps. He turned, sitting on the floor, and leaned back against the couch, trying to catch his breath and sighed. "I will try Alice, no promises that the protective side won't come out sometimes. And I will leave as soon as Emmett gets here, if that is what you would like," he whispered.

I nodded with conviction though he couldn't see the gesture so I affirmed my answer aloud.

I needed to do this on my own. I wasn't trading two brothers for another man who thought I needed to be seen and not heard.

Jasper moved to position himself back on the couch and leaned into me, planting a soft kiss on my lips, reminding me how much he loved me.

"Jasper, I am not Emmett, but I really wouldn't mind hitting you either, so if you would please keep your lips and hands to yourself while I am in the room it would be appreciated," Edward snarled through clenched teeth.

Jasper pulled away immediately giving me an apologetic smile.

We didn't have to wait long for Emmett. Simultaneously we heard a sharp knock on the door and it being thrown open.

"Everyone better be fucking dressed this time!" he boomed from the hall, I grimaced. I hadn't told Edward yet. Oh well, he will know soon enough.

I sighed but didn't respond.

"Hey, Jas, how's the nose?" Em laughed as he came into the room. I moved to get off the couch but Jasper pulled me back.

I looked over at him with narrowed eyes. Had we not just talked about this? "Jasper…" I began as a warning.

He shook his head slightly. He was right. I needed to calm down. I needed to talk, not hit. I needed to take a play from Edward's book on this one if I wanted it to stick.

Be calm Alice.

When nothing was said Emmett made his way to the chair that Edward wasn't sitting in and plopped down with a sigh. He seemed to be uncomfortable because as the silence wore on he kept moving around and adjusting himself, so much so it was unnatural.

What a pig! How did he grow up in the same house with me?

We all sat in silence, Edward barely moving a muscle, a small smile playing on his lips when he seemed to let himself drift from the room and this situation for short moments, Em still writhing around in the chair with much the same smile on his face at times.

I gazed alternately between them, trying to stay calm and formulate my argument. I was very surprised that either of them gave me the time. Something was up. But that wasn't what was important, not now. I needed to deal with the task at hand.

I cleared my throat loudly to pull the boys back into the room. All three of them snapped to attention and the animosity in the room became potent as my brothers looked at me tucked into Jasper's side, as if I had not been sitting in the exact spot since they came into the room.

I sighed. "We need to talk."

Emmett, unsurprisingly spoke first. "Yeah, let's talk. Bur I think he –,"I cut him off before he could say anything further.

"Yes, Jasper is going to leave," I looked up at him with a small smile. Reluctantly he pulled himself to his feet and went into his room and appeared a second later with his bag.

"I am going into work for a little bit," he said as I walked him to the door of his apartment. "Call me if you need me, ok?" he sounded worried and I stood on my tiptoes to give him a soft kiss, trying to reassure him that everything really was okay.

It was. They were hardheaded, but they would see this my way.

Now for the fun part.

I took a deep breath, closing my eyes and collecting my thoughts. I was going to get through this and they would understand. I walked back into the room and sat on the couch.

"Okay, so here is what's going to happen," the both sat up straight and listened, I figured I better talk fast because it wouldn't last long. "I am going to listen to your arguments, as long as you stay calm," I shot Emmett a warning look, " and then I will respond."

I motioned towards Edward, knowing his argument would be the least annoying.

He rolled his eyes but began anyway. "Fine. It is simple enough. Jasper is too old for you. He is my best friend and I know him well enough that I can say that he is definitely not the right guy for you. He doesn't have the best track record Alice. He has no respect for women."

Emmett didn't seem to be paying attention until the very last of Edward's argument. Suddenly he felt the need to jump in with a loud scoff. "Yeah, you should have seen what he was doing to her yesterday when I came in. He had her –," Edward cut him off this time.

"Emmett, please…" Edward sighed with disgust, "I believe I have heard them enough in the last couple of weeks to know that I don't want you to complete that sentence."

I didn't say anything, I was just taking note of the hypocrisy in every word these jerks uttered and waited for my turn.

"Anyway, Alice, you can't date Jasper."

Wow. Did he just say that?

Just making notes…no reactions.

Edward seemed to be finished. Em wasn't paying attention. He was standing now, but still had his hand in his pants. What the hell's wrong with him?

I had to give him his chance so I spoke up, "Emmett? Do you have anything you would like to say before I respond?"

"Um, yeah," he snapped as he joined us once again. "You're not going to date him."

Huh. Do they think that telling me what I can do is a real argument? Are they serious? I don't know that I have a calm response their stupidity.

Emmett sat back down and went back to his own world. I gave him a few minutes to enjoy the fantasy he was living, him and Edward apparently. What is with them?

Doesn't matter.

"Fine, if you are finished, it is my turn," I glared at both of them. Both looked at me expectantly as I braced myself to get everything out.

"Alright. Remember, I let you talk, you are going to hear me out," I challenged them to interrupt me. Neither said anything.

Closing my eyes with a deep breath I began. "First of all. Fuck you both. You are not going to tell me what I CAN or CAN'T do. You are ridiculous. Both of you." Edward's mouth was slightly ajar at my words, Emmett only smirked as though he thought I was kidding. I didn't give them a chance to recover.

"I am dating Jasper. I love Jasper. I am eighteen years old. I am old enough to live on my own. I am old enough to make my own decisions. You -," I pointed at Emmett, "are almost thirty and are less mature than most twelve year olds. Hitting someone? Are you kidding me? Like you are on a freaking playground! It was stupid and childish, you are stupid and childish."

Edward laughed, I turned on him.

"Yeah, and you. Ha! Respect for women? Edward. Seriously? That's the pot calling the kettle black, no?" He opened his mouth as if he were going to say something, "No, just listen. I have no doubt that Jasper has had his indiscretions, just like you dear brother, but just like I am sure you hope that whatever girl you are chasing doesn't hold it against you, I am not holding his past against him. It isn't even an issue." I took a deep breath. I still had one more point to drive home.

"One last thing," I had managed to not scream and I decided I was not going to start now. "As I have already said, I am an adult. I want to be treated like an adult. I am not a baby. You cannot treat me like a child. Mom and Dad don't treat me like one, so I would expect you could give me the same respect. Can't you just accept that I am making my own choices now? Can't you just let me make my own mistakes? Please?"

I was finished. What more could I say, really? I loved them. But they needed to see it my way. I was ready to scream if I had to. Neither of them said a word, both stared at me as if I were about to explode at any moment.

After a few frustrating minutes of them exchanging glances and nods across the room Edward, always the diplomat spoke up.

"Okay Alice. I am not happy about this. I am in no way accepting that you love Jasper. But I will concede that you are a grown up. Mom and Dad treat you like you are an adult because we had to convince them of the same thing when we were your age, they just learned faster than us." He was smiling slightly now. Emmett was no longer on the same planet once again. "So, as long as I don't have to see it, it is whatever. And as long as your decisions from here on out are not of grave consequences then we will butt out. But you will have to forgive me if I slip up now and then. You will probably have to forgive Em more often though." He threw a look at Emmett who just nodded solemnly in agreement.

Okay. That went well. Strange.

"Um, what is up with you guys?" I finally had to ask.

"Nothing- ," they said in unison.

We sat in silence once again, them not giving in and me not giving up. Finally Edward sighed and looked over at Emmett with disgust, "Man, would you please keep your hands out of your pants?!"

AC: So, Emmett and Rose had their talk...

AN: yep, and all went well...and our tiger-kittenish Alice got her way too...

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