DISCLAIMER: TWILIGHT IS NOT OWNED BY ME. I OWN ALL THE BOOKS THOUGH, AND I WAS HOPING TO OWN MIDNIGHT SUN AS WELL. NOW I FEAR THAT MAY NEVER HAPPEN. WHY, OH HEATHEN GODS, WHY?!

AN: Anyway people, here is the chapter that all of you have been waiting for. I really hope you guys enjoy. It took me a while to write this. I got sick on the night I was supposed to work on it and so I didn't finish it. Then, I got called to jury duty and I got chosen. I start tomorrow. Aaaahhh, the duty of a US citizen...gotta love it.

Okay, so a note: People have been asking me about the cannon pairings. So, here it is folks: In this story, we are on Wednesday night. Here's a hint: The magic day is Sunday. Lots of things will be happening on that day. Here's another hint: They will all meet sooner than that. Hope that helps some of you. And if not? Well, sorry.

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Alright, enough yapping, on to chapter 14.

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JPOV

"Edward!" I yelled. I was frantically trying to find my black button up shirt. I knew I had it here, I just couldn't find it. I was hoping Edward could give me some insight. The three of us had big dates tonight, but Emmett had already gone. I was hoping Edward could help.

"What is it Jasper?" He walked into my room buttoning up his shirt.

"Have you seen my black button up shirt? I could've sworn it was in here." I was still looking through my closet.

He laughed and said, "Yeah, I think it's in Emmett's room."

I whirled around to look at him. "What's it doing in there? He didn't try to wear it did he? Oh god, it's torn isn't it? Shit, now what am I going to wear?"

He smirked at me and said, "Well, it worked."

"What worked?" I asked him, confused as to where he was going with this.

"He took it to annoy you, thinking that you'd be looking for it soon. He was hoping he'd be here when it happened though, so I'll let him know it worked." He walked out to continue his dressing ritual.

I followed him out grumbling my annoyances about my stupid roommate. You'd think he was too old for jokes, but not Emmett. The guy lives for stuff like this.

I walked into his room and went straight to his closet. There, in the very back, hung my black shirt. I grabbed it and walked out of his room and mumbling, "shithead."

"Hey, at least he kept it on a hanger. He was going to crumble it up into a tight ball, but I told him to be civil and leave it on the hanger. I'm actually surprised he listened."

I sighed and quickly threw on my shirt, giving one last, quick look in the mirror before I was out.

"You ready for tonight?" Edward asked me. He knew this was a big deal for all of us.

"Yeah, I think. I'm just gonna grab these flowers and head out. The good thing is that she doesn't live far from here. I should be there in about ten minutes." I grabbed my wallet and keys to head to the door. I suddenly remembered that Edward also had a date tonight. "Hey Edward, good luck on your date. I'll see you tomorrow morning, right?"

"Sure thing buddy. I'm taking Tanya to the airport in the morning, so I'll be home right after."

"Right. See ya then." I walked out quickly and got into the awaiting taxi. Since we were going to a club, I didn't want to worry about driving the two of us back home. I'm glad I had the foresight to pay for this driver ahead of time. I told the driver where I was going; I didn't want to keep Bella waiting even if she lived close by. He found the apartment easily enough and I made my way up the steps. The door was answered by the blonde haired woman I had met with her the other day. Crap! I forgot her name!

"Jasper! Good to see you again. Come in, Bella's coming out right now." The woman gestured me to walk in and I took a quick look around at their home. It was very nicely furnished and decorated. Somebody with a taste for decorating did their job here, and did it well. I wondered if Bella was into interior design.

"Jasper, you made it!" I glanced up and saw a most beautiful sight. Bella was dressed in a dark green, low cut shirt with a flowing black skirt and dance shoes. I wasn't sure about the heel of those shoes until I saw that they were low heels. Good. I don't want to have to make a pit stop to the ER tonight.

"Hey Bella. These are for you. I hope you like them." I handed her the flowers hoping she'd like them.

"Oh Jasper, their beautiful, thank you!" She took them into the kitchen and as she did, I noticed another bouquet of flowers in there, and thought that blondie must've had an admirer as well.

"Are you ready?"

"Yes, I am. Let's get going."

We told Rosalie good bye (that was her name!) and I noticed her whispering something to Bella as she walked out. We made our way to the cab and I opened the door for Bella to make her way in.

"A cab?" she turned to me with a questioning look in her eye.

"Well, I knew we might be drinking tonight, I didn't want to have to worry about anything happening to either one of us." I didn't want to sound like a worry-wart to her; I wasn't sure how she'd take it.

"Very good looking and responsible, Jasper. Tell me, what's the catch?" She said as she looked my way and smiled.

I gave her a huge smile and said, "No catch Bella. I honestly just want us to have fun and be safe. Listen, are you hungry? I made reservations at Texas Roadhouse, I hope you like steak?" I wasn't sure what type of food she enjoyed and I was hoping I'd made a good choice.

"Sounds perfect Jasper. Are we still planning on stopping by the club afterward?"

"Yeah, it's not that far away from the restaurant."

We talked comfortably with one another until we got to the restaurant. I helped her down and we walked hand in hand together.

"I made a reservation for two, under the name of Whitlock?" The lady quickly escorted us to our table and handed us our menus. I took a quick look and knew what I wanted right away. Bella was still looking through her menu when our waiter made his way to us.

"Good evening, my name is Raul. May I take your order?" I noticed that he was looking straight at Bella the whole time, I think I even caught him looking down her shirt. I'm going to have to keep an eye on this one.

Bella bit her lip in concentration, looking at the menu items. Damn, she looks very sexy biting that lip of hers. I wonder if she knows what she does to men doing that.

She looked up at the waiter and said, "I'll take a rib-eye steak, rare please."

Raul smiled at her and said, "Very well ma'am and for you sir?" He reluctantly looked my way.

"I'll have exactly the same thing, thank you."

He made a face when I said that and picked up our menus. He turned to Bella and said, "If you need anything else, please do not hesitate to ask. Anything at all."

She smiled at him and then turned her attention to me, reached out her hand to grab my hand and said, "So, where were we honey?"

Raul took the hint and huffed away. Bella looked his way and started snickering. "Sorry Jasper, I just didn't like the way he kept staring at my chest and not at my face."

"Oh, you noticed that too, huh?" I said, grateful that Bella took a positive stand on the whole thing. I was also beyond happy that she trusted me enough to use me in warding him off.

"Yeah, for some reason, I have this radar that seems to attract jerks. I have no idea why."

I knew not to take the comment personally, but I decided to play around with her. I started to clear my throat while looking at Bella.

"Oh Jasper! I didn't mean you. Honestly. I know you're not a jerk or a jack-ass. You would never treat me like a piece of meat, like looking at my chest, or my ass or anything like that. You're a true gentleman."

Aw hell. That's not what I wanted at all. Great. Now I have to be all gentlemanly throughout the night. Who did I look like, Edward?

Suddenly, she bursted out laughing. "Oh Jasper, you should see the look on your face! It's priceless."

I realized I must've been showing my feelings out in the open. I'm usually pretty good at guarding them, but she caught me off guard. "How did I look?"

"Like I just gave you a job you didn't want. I was just playing about the whole gentlemanly thing Jasper. Your a guy, and I know how a guy thinks. It's a good thing you've already seen me naked though. We got the akward thing out of the way pretty early on huh?"

I smiled at her candidness. That's what I liked about Bella. She always tried to make you feel at ease, even if she wasn't feeling at ease herself. She struck me as the type of person that always thought of others before herself. And I'm usually pretty right about people.

We talked a little bit about our families. I found out that Bella was an only child and that her mother and father were divorced and neither one of them knew what she did for a living. They thought she was a struggling actress and made her living on waitressing and odd jobs. I told her my parents were still married, I was an only child as well and that my parents did know what I did. I didn't go into any details, I figured we'd skip over all the unpleasantries while we can.

Our food came and we continued our pleasant conversation. She'd had a couple of boyfriends, but all of them 'losers' as she called them. She did have one serious boyfriend; in fact, she was even engaged to him, but he ended up leaving her, claiming to have found his one true love. She said his name was Jacob, and she truly loved him. It broke her heart to have him leave her. I could tell she still suffered from that. I told her more about me - I had a couple of girlfriends, but it had never gotten serious with any of them. I'd never found anyone to complete who I was. Who made me feel whole. She understood completely.

We finished our meal and she excused herself to the bathroom. I waited for Raul to bring me the check so that I could pay him and we could get going. I was very excited for the next part of our date. I hadn't been out in a long while. Bella made her way back when about five seconds later, this couple approached our table. I glanced at Bella and realized she didn't know them. Neither did I.

"Excuse me ma'am? I think I know you. Aren't you Betsy?" Uh-oh. Betsy is the name she gives as her screen name for her videos. We never list our real names. Sure enough, Bella's face turned a dark red. I noticed the woman next to the man was blatantly staring at me. She wasn't even attempting to look me in my face. Must be a fan as well. Wonderful.

Bella spoke up. "Um. Yes, sir I am. Nice to meet you."

His eyes lit up as he quickly reached over and took her hand. "Oh, you have no idea what a huge fan I am. I love your videos. I think you are one of the best up and coming actress' so far."

I thought Bella would have a heart-attack but she surprised me. She looked at him head on and said, "Thank you so much sir. I'm so glad to meet a fan. And thank you for the compliment, it means a lot to me."

He then introduced us to his wife and turns out his wife recognized me as well. We gave them our autographs and then quickly got up to go pay. Raul slipped Bella his number on a napkin and I acted like I didn't see. It wasn't my business if Bella decided to pursue this guy. I hoped she didn't though.

We walked out together towards the taxi when Bella said, "Ew. I think I just stepped on gum. Hold on." I held her steady as she picked up her foot and took the napkin Raul gave her to take the gum off her shoe. I couldn't help but smile. It felt good to know she didn't want to be with him. That I was doing a decent enough job to hold her attention.

We got in the cab and headed toward the club. I had to ask her about the incident at the restaurant. "Bella, were you okay with that guy coming up to you for your autograph? I have to say I was quite impressed with how you handled it."

She looked at me and smiled. "Yeah, that's actually not the first time it's happened. I realized that most of them aren't that bad. In fact, their the ones who give me a job. I'd really be waitressing and working odd jobs without them."

"But your not afraid one of them will get out of hand with you? I mean, I'm just thinking of your safety here." I hoped to dear God I hadn't offended her. Apparently, I didn't.

"No, no ones given me a reason too. But that doesn't mean I'm not careful. I do carry pepper spray with me and I can knee a guy relatively well if I wanted too." She gave me a brilliant smile then, and I dropped the subject. There was no need to start an argument at this point.

We arrived at Club Fuego a little after 9 pm. Bella was headed for the line to enter, but I steered her toward the door. Finally, I could impress her.

"Where are we going Jasper?"

"We're walking into the club Bella."

"Yeah, but why aren't we waiting in the line? Did you buy your way in?" She looked at my with a smirk.

"No, I did not. I know the owner. I'm welcome anytime. Now shush before I send you to the back of the line."

She made a gesture of zipping her mouth closed and throwing away the key. So cute.

We walked up to the bouncer and I gave him my name. He pulled back the rope and let us in.

"See, I told you." I said smugly.

"Wow" she said, as she took a look around.

It was pretty big, lots of dance floor room with booths and tables scattered about. I walked off to the side and found us a table that was already reserved for me. It felt good to be able to do this for her. Not long after, our waitress came up and we ordered our drinks. The club was actually pretty full of people, for being a Wednesday and all. It was hot and a little muggy, but really, what do you expect?

"So, how do you know the owner?" Bella asked, or pretty much yelled over the noise.

I scooted closer to her so I could speak and not have to shout. "A friend of mine's father owns this place."

"Huh. So you must be really good friends with this person."

"Very." I said.

We sat and talked for about ten minutes with our drinks when I got out of my seat and tugged on her arm. "Come on Bella, lets go dance."

She reluctantly got up and said, "I'm warning you, I'm not very good at this."

I placed my arm at the small of her back and guided her to the dance floor. "I doubt that." I yelled back at her.

We began dancing with one another and soon, we had a good grinding motion going on. She really did have a good knack for swaying her hips back and forth. Bella was a natural at grinding. I saw many looks that we got our way, and I was so glad that she was with me. I knew what other men were thinking when seeing her dance, and as much as I wanted to, I wouldn't take advantage of her. I was taught better than that. Suddenly, I thought about my parents and grimaced. Not exactly something I wanted to be thinking of when I was dancing with Bella.

After a few more songs, we made our way back to the table. It was so nice to be with someone I could actually laugh with. We had so much fun just sitting down at the table laughing and talking about odd things. It was so easy talking with her. Almost like breathing. Soon, we found our faces inches from each other after yet another bout of laughter. She looked absolutely delicious. I'm pretty sure if I could've eaten her up, I would've. There was something so appealing about Bella. Her pouty, full lips were partly open and I decided right then and there that this was it. I would make my move to seal this as more than friendship with her.

I leaned in, looking into her eyes, to make sure she was okay with this. She stared back at me and leaned in as well and our eyes shifted to each other's mouths. Ever so slowly, I lowered my head and placed my lips on hers. She was so warm and soft. I parted my mouth and slid my tongue out carefully, still wanting to make sure I hadn't overstepped my boundry. She readily opened hers and we were in a full blown kiss. Our mouths moved together slowly, each of us taking the time to discover one another.

And what a discovery. I was shocked to feel absolutely nothing. This beautiful woman sitting right beside me, who I've seen naked, who I've made porn videos with for crying out loud, held no type of spark for me. I pulled back and stared at her. I could sense that she felt it too. Or felt nothing is more like it. I noticed we both furrowed our eyebrows as we tried to make sense of this and she leaned in this time, trying again. I complied and this time, she took control. It was just as sensual, and all the mechanics of the kiss was there. Just no spark. I didn't feel much. She pulled back and we just smiled at one another. We both turned back to our drinks and I was glad, it gave me a minute to gather my thoughts.

What the hell just happened? I could've sworn I had feelings for her. I'm usually pretty good at what I feel, and I felt this just now. Nothing. Zip. Zero. Nada. Great. Maybe she was destined to be just a friend after all. But actually, that was not such a bad thing. I had grown to really care for Bella these last few days and I would rather have her as a friend than nothing at all. I turned my attention back to her and saw that she was staring at the dance floor.

"You ready to go back out and have some fun?" I said.

"Of course!" she answered, very chirpy, which was unusual for Bella. She smiled hugely at me as she led me out. We danced and laughed the whole night through. It was a lot of fun. We drank our fair shair too, so I was glad I had the foresight to use a cab for tonight. Bella excused herself to the bathroom before we took off back to our homes. As she did so, she leaned in and gave me a chaste kiss on my lips before walking off.

What. The. Hell? I could've sworn she felt the same thing I did when we kissed. That there was absolutely no chemistry between us. While it's true that we never actually talked about it, I was sure she understood what that meant. Shit. She must think we're still a couple. Well, that's okay though. I think I could make it work with Bella. She's a beautiful woman who's kind and loveable actually. So why won't this work? Of course it will. And I could see her getting along with Emmett and Edward. Hmm, probably more with Edward than Emmett. Em tended to be over exuberant and Bella tended to embarrass easily.

Bella came out of the bathrooms and I extended my arm out toward her. I was going to play the perfect boyfriend part. "You ready to go? Your chariot awaits milady." I laughed at the thought of the cab outside.

She smiled at me and we walked to the cab together. I got in after her and noticed that she was incredibly tired. She kept yawning and she leaned in on my shoulder to rest her head. "It's okay Bella. Go ahead and sleep. I'll make sure you get home." She must've had a huge amount of trust in me, because she did just that. I'm going to have to have a talk with her about trusting people so easily. She definitely could get hurt this way.

The cab driver stopped in front of her home. I didn't want to wake Bella so I carried her out along with her purse. I don't want to look through her purse for her keys. She said she lives with roommates, so I'll just ring the doorbell. I did so and I knocked too for good measure. I heard noise coming from inside the apartment, so I knew someone was coming. The door flung open and I was greeted by a lovely sight.

A petite young woman stood in front of me with short, spiky hair, and she was wiping the sleep from her eyes. She's absolutely gorgeous. What is her name? I'm sure Bella's mentioned her before but I can't for the life of me remember her name. This woman is a goddess. Say something stupid! I'm pretty sure she's wondering why your holding her roommate in your hands.

"Uhh...I'm Jasper...and I'm...Uhh...Bella's date?" It came out as a question. Idiot. I took a deep breath and tried again. "She fell asleep in the cab on the drive home."

She just stood there staring at me. Her eyes were wide and she looked dumbfounded. I sure made an impression on her. I'm pretty sure she's going to tell Bella not to see me again. Finally, she motioned for me to come in.

"You can place her in her room. I'll show you the way." Ahhh, the goddess speaks. Her voice sounded like bells. I followed the sway of her body as she led the way to Bella's room. I walked in and layed Bella down and turned to walk out. The goddess followed me out.

"I'll get her ready for bed, don't worry." she said as she smiled at me. Beautiful.

"Okay, sure. Just let her know I'll call her tomorrow, okay? I'm sorry, I didn't catch your name?" Slick. Very slick.

"It's Alice, Jasper. It was nice to meet you." She stuck out her hand and I took it and shook it. Be civil Jasper. It won't do if you brought her to you and and had sex with her mouth. That beautiful, luscious, gorgeous mouth of hers...Stop it!

"It was nice to meet you too, Alice." I quickly turned and walked out the door and practically ran toward the safety of the cab. I thought about her the whole cab drive back home. I was in a daze. I was in love with my girlfriends roommate, practically her sister! I knew how close the three of them were. If anything registered in my mind, it was that. They had the same bond that Emmett, Edward and I did.

Fuck. What was I going to do? Even if things didn't work out with me and Bella, there was no way I could go out with Alice. That was an unspoken rule amongst friends. To both genders. I was screwed.

I vowed to see her again. I will see her again. Soon. I would never forget the way she looked tonight. I'll always remember this, our first of many meetings.

APOV

I just shut the door as I stood there dumbfounded. That was him. That was my soulmate. I just knew it. We touched for just a brief couple of seconds, and I felt it. The electricity coursing through my body. How could he not feel it? I was in love with a man that I'd just met, and when he walked out, he took my heart with him. Jasper. Such a beautiful name. Such a gorgeous man. I brought the hand up to my face that I used to shake his hand with. I loved this feeling.

As abruptly as I was on a high, I was back on a low again.

Bella.

What am I thinking? Jasper is her boyfriend! What kind of friend am I? I'm so terrible for even thinking it! Sadly, I realized that he could never be mine. As much as I wanted it, that could never happen. Bella meant too much to me.

I sighed deeply and made my way to her room. I got her pajamas and changed her into them. Once I was done, I walked back into my room and laid down. I closed my eyes and thought about the man that was forbidden to me. Jasper Whitlock.

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