Bella's POV

I was having such a wonderful time on Isle Esme with Jasper, and the rest of our group. Everyone had gone out of their way to show me things that a normal, human person would never get to see, and I was incredibly grateful.

Charlotte and Rosie had pulled me away from Jasper earlier, so we could take a small hike to see the sunset from the top peak of the island. The conversation flowed easily and without any pretenses, which was a pleasant surprise. I was under the impression that they had wanted me to talk about things that I wasn't willing to share about Jasper and I. Not as if they didn't know most of it, with their extraordinary hearing. They'd been gracious enough to give us space when things had become heated.

Charlotte was full of questions about my past, pointing out that she hadn't gotten a real chance to get to know me yet, and she viewed me as family as much as Jasper now. I answered each question with ease, and felt like Charlotte and I were getting to know one another better by the end of our hike.

The view from the top of the peak when the sun began to set was gorgeous, and the only thing missing from the moment was Jasper's arms wrapped around me.

Rosie carried me back down on the hike back to the house, saying that I wasn't trusted to not get hurt, and that she was under strict orders from my new husband to keep me safe. I rolled my eyes, but the sentiment was still there behind it. After all, it was getting rather dark out, and even though I had mainly moved forward from being the clumsy girl they all knew in high school, I still had bouts of fumbling around occasionally.

When we reached an area where it would be safe for me to walk, Rosie set me down and tossed her hair over her shoulder at me.

"You're welcome."

I laughed and shook my head at her. "I never did say 'Thank You', but I do appreciate not having to walk back in the dark."

"Yeah, yeah. You'll be more thankful when we get back to the house," she smirked and began walking towards the glowing light cast by the house.

My stomach flip-flopped at the implication she made, though I had no clue what was going on back at the house. What had the boys been doing while we were far away from the confines of the house?

Many thoughts swirled around my mind as to what it could be, but I knew I would see in just a few steps. I love surprises now, and gratefully accepted them from my family. I realized a long time ago that material gifts from others weren't placing me lower than they were; it was an outward show of their love and affection for me. It was empowering to know that I wasn't a lower species than those that I loved; I was adored by them.

I couldn't help the grin that graced my lips as we entered into the lit up house.

"You told her, didn't you, Rose?" Jasper said, as soon as he saw me.

Rosie scoffed and gave him the finger. "I did no such thing, Jasper. All that I did was elude. There is a very subtle difference."

Jasper rolled his eyes at her as he moved towards me. His arms slipped around my waist and I shivered at the cold feeling. It was one of the things I looked forward to when I became a vampire like my husband; to not constantly feel chilled in his arms. It reminded me that there was something more in my future than the chill of loneliness that I had found while sleeping alone at night, before the Cullen's came back into my life. When I was with Jacob, in his heated embrace, it always felt wrong to me. Like something was off, and the only thing that could fix it was the cold embrace I had found elsewhere.

I hated feeling that way when I had chosen to marry Jacob. It was my choice, but I couldn't remove the feeling that something was always missing. There was a hole deep in my soul that he couldn't fill. That hole filled the moment Jasper touched me in the hospital, and I felt that electric current that passed in between our two bodies. I never even realized that the hole I had felt deep inside of me was the same hole I had always felt, even when I was with Edward. He was never meant to be the man in my life; he was only to be the catalyst to bring the two of us together. I also felt bad for feeling that way about Edward, because no matter how badly his leaving hurt me, I know that he only did it because he thought he was doing right by me. But, I couldn't deny my heart, and my soul. There had been so much heartache and heartbreak in my life, but Jasper was like a salve to my soul. He made things right in the world. He forced me to recognize that I deserved his love. He treated me as his equal, instead of someone below him. That was the reason I never had any trouble with accepting his tokens of love; because he treated me as his equal, and I was.

"Well, we're out of here now," Emmett said from behind Jasper, grinning at me like the big goof he was.

"Wait, where are you going?" I asked, my brows furrowed in confusion.

"To Rio," Charlotte chimed in. She pointed to her darkened eyes and then to Peter's. They obviously were thirsty, and knowing that they had to actually hunt for their meals, as they only preyed on dark human's who deserved to be exterminated from the world, they needed some time there.

"But Emm and Rosie aren't going for that..."

Clearly, I was confused, and I wasn't getting much in the way of a good response.

"Belly boo, we are giving you and Jasper tonight and tomorrow to be a real honeymooning couple, without our ears to hear in and our presence to stop anything you might want to do," Emmett responded, grinning like the Cheshire cat.

I couldn't help but blush a little, but I responded with my own grin and looked to my husband. "Oh!"

Everyone had a laugh at my expense, but I was laughing with them too. I obviously was being a little thick, but how was I supposed to know everyone's plans for me and Jasper?

"Well, don't let the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya then!" I said once the laughter died down, causing the group to give a groan at my bad joke or cat calls back in response. Jasper just tightened his arms around me, giving me his brilliant smile that warmed me from inside out.

Charlotte herded the group out the door, smacking Peter in the back of the head for a comment that was obviously too low for my human ears. I realized as I laughed that they reminded me of Emmett and Rose, though they also had their own style too. I noticed more tender moments in between the two of them then I did with Rosie and Emmett.

"Would you like to shower the day off of you, my darling?" Jasper asked as I heard the speed boat the others were now boarded on leave our little piece of heaven.

"Do I stink?" I asked with a sly grin, as I tightened my arms around him.

"Not in the least. You smell like sunscreen and beach sand. Just like you should smell when you are on an island. I just thought it might be nice..."

"Jasper, I was joking!" I interrupted. "A shower with you sounds like an excellent way to start the private time we've got together."

Jasper smiled as he leaned in and captured my lips in a searing kiss, tugging my bottom lips in between his teasingly before releasing them, and leading me off towards the bathroom beside our bedroom.

I watched in silent awe as he tugged every piece of my clothing off, and then released my hair from the confines of the ponytail it had been in for the day.

"Beautiful," he whispered so low, I almost missed it.

Before I could blink twice, Jasper's clothing had joined mine on the floor. He reached into the shower to adjust the water to a comfortable temperature for me before stepping in, and pulled me in with him, shutting the glass doors behind him in this enormous shower.

The water cascaded down my back as I leaned into his cold chest, the contrast of cold in front of me and warm behind me was pleasant and I felt my nipples pebble against his chest.

"Did you enjoy seeing the sunset with Charlotte and Rose?" Jasper asked as he released our grasp on one another and grabbed the loofah and delicious smelling body wash. He poured some out onto the loofah, the fragrance coming from the bottle swirling around us.

"I did!" I replied as he began to rub me down, causing suds to rise up on my skin. He started with my shoulders, though his attention was completely on me as he worked slowly, giving me a thorough washing. "It was breathtaking. The only thing I wished for while we were up there was for you to be sharing it with me."

Jasper smiled in response, continuing downward until he couldn't meet my own gaze anymore. The loofah passed in between the juncture of my thighs, and I gasped softly when I felt one of his fingers slide inside me for just a moment, rolling my clit in a teasing way. Then it was gone, and my breaths became more labored as desire flooded my body. I knew he felt what he was doing to me, but he was determined to clean me completely.

"We will have to visit it together then, before we leave the island," he responded finally, as the loofah made it's way down my legs.

This was safer territory for him to be touching me, if he intended to finish the job of washing me without me completely attacking him.

"Turn for me, would ya, darlin?"

I obliged quickly, feeling the water begin to wash away the work Jasper had made down the front of my body. He started this time with my legs, and worked slowly up towards my butt. I closed my eyes, and allowed the soothing feeling envelope me. I gasped softly when I once again felt his finger slide in between my legs, and this time they plunged right into me, his thumb coming up to message my clit as his fingers worked their magic. I felt the loofah continue to work up over my back and shoulders as his fingers worked their magic. I couldn't help myself, as I now felt Jasper's very obvious erection brush against my soapy backside; I ground my ass against him.

I was rewarded with a growl that went straight to my core and coated Jasper's fingers even more with my wetness.

I reached behind my back, as I was now firmly pressed against Jasper's chest, and tangled my fingers up in his hair. I was rewarded with a trail of kisses from my ear down to my pulse point. I shuddered involuntarily as I felt him pull my skin there into his mouth, clearly marking me in a delicate spot, a spot that could very easily become the place he used to change my eternity forever.

A deep, guttural moan escaped my lips as I tightened my fingers in his hair, feeling myself coming closer and closer to the brink of ecstasy. With his freed hand, Jasper turned my head towards his and ensnared my lips with his own, kissing me so passionately, I could hardly find it in myself to breath, and effectively cutting off any further conversation between the two of us.

My body was moving on its own accord against Jasper's, the rope quickly fraying away from my control, and I whimpered into his mouth as I relented, giving myself over to the orgasm that was claiming me.

My knees began to buckle under me, but Jasper's sure arms quickly ensnared my body, holding me tightly against his body as he continue to thrust his tongue into my mouth, tasting me. Our bodies were in a strange position, but I wasn't about to break what we had going on. It was one of the most sensual positions Jasper had ever put me in.

I ground my ass back against what had to be now, a painfully erect cock. I realized that so far, all of this had been about me. My husband was everything to me, and I was determined to bring him as much pleasure as he had brought me. I made to turn around in his arms, but his stony arms held me in place, our lips breaking apart in the process.

He shook his head as I opened my eyes to look into his, asking silently what he was denying me this pleasure for.

"I have something better in mind, baby," he whispered as the water continued to rain down on our bodies. My eyebrows quirked and I bit my lip as the possibilities of what he was thinking were currently endless.

"Turn towards this metal rack here, and I will show you what I mean."

A shot of pure desire shot through me, and Jasper smirked when he felt what I was feeling. I quickly complied, turning my body towards the metal washrag bar, both my hands grabbing onto it as we continued to be pelted with water from the shower head.

His hands slid slowly around my body as I stood there watching him. Then he leaned in to my ear and whispered, "Spread those legs for me, Bella."

I shuddered hard at his words, as I quickly complied with his command. He gave me a saucy wink and smirked before dropping down in between my legs, angling his head in between my thighs. I felt his icy tongue slide around my sensitive bundle of nerves and my grip on the cool metal tightened as I moaned out my pleasure.

My back arched upward as he continued to flick his tongue against me, my body alight with the pleasure of the moment. And then, just as quickly as he appeared between my legs, he disappeared behind me. Apparently, he could no longer wait, because I felt one hand steady me around my hip as the other positioned his cock to exactly the right spot.

"Do you feel what you do to me, Bella?" he asked in a sultry tone. "Do you see what you do to me?"

Then he was inside of me, and I couldn't answer his questions more than to whimper. Jasper's other hand he was using to tease me with his hardened member now grabbed my other hip, and he was thrusting wildly into me. Somewhere, I registered that this was the most Jasper had given himself over to our lovemaking, but I couldn't focus on that thought. He was rapidly bringing me to the brink once again, and before I could plunge over the edge again, he slowed his thrusts, his hands moving almost reverently against my back.

My moans echoed through the shower stall, the water splashing around us as he slowly built his way back up to the forceful thrusts once again, bringing my body up to a fevered pitch once again.

"You make me feel like a real man, Bella," I heard him say from behind me, but all I could do was moan. I wanted to tell him that he made me come alive in every sense of the word, but those words caught somewhere in the back of my throat.

"Just one touch of your hand makes me feel alive again."

The sounds of our lovemaking were all around us, but I tried desperately to tune into the things he was saying to me, knowing he was giving me a small glimpse inside of his head.

"You are my everything, baby. I want...no, I need to be everything for you too."

I blinked heavily, the water from the shower having slid down into my eyes. Even with his power to feel emotion, and my marrying him, he still somewhere felt inadequate somehow. I had to show him somehow, but it clearly wasn't going to be shown in the position we currently resided in. I think more than anything, he felt he could say these things to my back, because if I could see him in his current state of doubt, it would make things harder for him to tell me.

What I could do, though, was show him with my emotions. I knew he would feel my love, my desire for him right now, but he was vulnerable and needed more. I pushed every ounce of my heart into showing him just how loved he was, how I adored him, and believed our souls were somehow linked together in the cosmic scheme of things.

"Jasper, you are and always will be my everything," I said, backing up the emotion I was pushing towards him.

That was all it took, and I felt Jasper pulsing deep inside of me as he came with a deep moan. His body was arched into mine and his hands had once again found purchase on my hips as he stilled his frantic thrusting momentarily. He must've lost complete control then of his power, because all his love and desire for me enveloped me, and he was thrusting into me again, bringing me over the edge with him. The walls of my sex clamped down around his cock and I whimpered under the weight of my orgasm, and the feelings that were flowing freely between us.

When our breathing both calmed, I felt Jasper remove himself from me and I spun around towards my husband. Our bodies pressed together tightly as the water continued- raining down on us, my arms coming up around his neck. I pressed my forehead against his and looked deeply into his darkened eyes, seeing the depth of his feelings for me in just one glance. It warmed the part of my soul that had always felt cold, before Jasper came back into my life, and for one minute in time, there was nothing else but Jasper and I.

A/N: I'd love to know what you think. The next chapter is already almost written, so it shouldn't be a terribly long wait. Thanks to for filling in as my beta this chapter, while my other beta was taking a short break. I love you all! MUAH!