A/N: Only a few more chapters left you guys! Hang in there! PS the song Skeleton by Sparks the Rescue has the most beautiful, and breathtaking lyrics. Usually the songs I put here are irrelevant to the story and I just like them, but this one song kind of works with the plot! THANKS SO MUCH FOR READING!

Skeleton- Sparks the Rescue

"You need to come home, my skeleton. I'll give you some skin to make you whole again."

Previously…

"I spoke to Edward because I was finally able to without feeling like I was going to lose it. And you know what I discovered after that conversation? That I was finally, completely through with Edward. No more tears or thinking about what we used to have, because truthfully I realized that I was over him. It didn't hurt to think about him with Alice because it didn't matter to me anymore. I didn't care. And that-"

Thunder roared in my ears at her words.

She didn't care about Edward?

Love and discouragement were pouring out from her in waves so strong I nearly buckled under their weight.

Euphoria and possessiveness swallowed me up and I reacted on instinct.

I grasped her face in my hands and brought her lips to mine.

I heard her inhale in shock, but didn't let it phase me.

She loved me?

"What was that?" She said finally, her eyes locked on mine.

"That is what I've wanted to do for weeks." I replied honestly, my thoughts catching up with my actions.

"I think we were supposed to be together from the beginning." She said, stealing the thoughts right out of my head. "Alice led you to the Cullens. Edward brought me into the Cullen family. But it all led to us meeting and you changing me so we could be together."

I let out a shaky breath and pressed a kiss to the top of her head.

"Forever." I murmured against her soft brown hair.

"Forever."

BELLA POV

I inhaled a deep breath of the woods around me and sighed.

It had taken awhile, but I was finally getting accustomed to the wide range that my senses could reach.

From where I stood I could hear a small stream about half a mile away. I could see every small movement the trees made in the wind. I could taste the trees and pine in the air. I could smell a small group of deer a mile away.

Immediately I moved into a crouch and took off in the direction of my life source.

Taking down two deer was easy, albeit not the most neat task in the world.

As I buried what remained of my breakfast I remembered how everyone always complained about the taste of animals.

The Cullen's always spoke of how consuming human blood, although immoral, was the greatest high a vampire could experience. They made it seem like compared to human blood, animal blood was muddy water or something equally distasteful.

Briefly I wondered what it would be like to be able to taste something I actually wanted to.

I broke out of my thoughts when I smelt a foreign smell invade my senses.

Another vampire was approaching. Quickly.

I felt my fight or flight instincts kick in and I swiftly made a decision.

I climbed up into the nearest tree and leapt onto another one a couple of yards away; hopefully to throw the other vampire off my scent.

15 seconds later a dark-haired vampire appeared in my view from the trees.

He stopped running when he was in the area I had been standing.

Damn, he probably noticed my scent.

I waited, watching him for any sign of noticing me…

I shifted my weight anxiously, causing the branch I was on to barely creak.

Suddenly his eyes snapped up to meet mine, and I pounced.

I landed on the ground directly behind him and took up an offensive position, growling low in my throat.

Thank god I was wearing blue jean shorts and not a skirt…

He flipped around and took up a similar position to mine.

As we stared at each other I took a quick inventory on how much of a threat he was.

About 6 feet tall.

Dark brown hair.

Pale skin.

Red eyes.

We continued to stare at each other, snarls on our faces, when suddenly he straightened from his offensive position.

"I didn't mean to frighten you newborn." He said, breaking the tense silence.

I didn't speak or soften my position.

"I'm here looking for a friend; Well, a friend of my coven's. I don't mean any harm. Maybe you know who I'm looking for." He continued, ignoring my threatening posture.

Suddenly it dawned on me.

He was probably here to help us with the Volturi.

"The Cullens?"

"You do know them then." He replied, brightening up immediately.

Despite myself, I felt a little embarrassed about jumping out of a tree and almost attacking someone who was trying to help.

"You must be another friend of Carlisle's, I take you to him if you'd like." I said with a small and apologetic smile, reaching my hand out to shake the dark-haired strangers.

"It's a pleasure. My name's Benjamin." He said with an open grin, his red eyes bright. "Are you also a friend of Carlisle's?"

"Well, I'm actually the newest addition to his coven." I replied as I led him out of the woods and back to the house where everyone was.

"Oh so you must be Rosalie!"

"Oh, well no. Sorry I guess I forgot to introduce myself. My name's Bella." I said with a laugh at my forgetfulness.

"Sorry, I haven't seen Carlisle in decades and the last I heard he had changed a beautiful girl named Rosalie." He explained unabashedly, looking at me with interest.

Oh brother. This guy is so lucky Jasper did not come with me to hunt this time.

I rolled my eyes at his comment and heard him chuckle lowly.

"So how old are you anyway?" He asked randomly as we ran towards the house.

"Human or vampire years?" I replied, raising an eyebrow.

"Both."

"Well I was changed two weeks and two days ago when I was 19."

Wow. I can't believe I've only been a vampire two weeks. It feels like it's been a whole lifetime.

"Two weeks?" Benjamin repeated incredulously.

I nodded.

"You already have that much control over your newborn instincts in just two weeks?" He said awestruck. "It took me two weeks to learn how to put on my pants without ripping them in half!"

I smirked, glancing at him out of the corner of my eye.

"I guess I'm not your average immortal vampire." I said jokingly, earning a laugh from Benjamin.

"Guess not…So do you have any abilities?" He asked curiously.

"What is this twenty questions?" I replied, sarcasm practically dripping off my words.

"Sure."

"Well then I do believe it's my turn to ask a question." I said, looking at him expectantly. "What coven are you from?"

"Egyptian coven." He answered promptly. "Now about my question."

Egypt? That is really amazing. I've always wanted to travel the world, and now that I was a vampire I had all the time I needed to see everything I wanted; with Jasper.

"Yes I do have abilities. Now how old are you?" I asked, moving right on to my second question.

"What? You didn't even tell me about your abilities!" He protested.

"You didn't ask what they were, you asked if I had any. So I answered your question. Now how old are you?"

Benjamin shot me a dirty look before telling me that he was eighteen when he was changed twenty years ago.

Just as he finished we arrived at the house and stopped in front of it.

He seemed not at all surprised by the house's extravagance as I was the first time Edward brought me here as a human.

Everyone probably already knew we were back, but were waiting inside politely like good little hospitable vampires.

I snorted out loud at the thought, earning me a weird look from Benjamin.

Ignoring him I swung open the door and was greeted by an ecstatic Carlisle and a pissed off Jasper.

"Benjamin, I had no idea you were coming!" Carlisle exclaimed, shaking hands with his friend.

"It was kind of a last minute decision." Benjamin replied.

Their conversation faded to the background as I met eyes with Jasper.

"Hey." I said, moving to stand with him.

His arm snaked around my waist and pulled my chest against his. "Hey."

I rested my head on his chest and reached up on my toes to kiss his neck.

I felt a rumble roll through him and glanced up to see he was glaring intensely over my shoulder.

I placed my hand against his cheek causing him to glance at me. I gave him a questioning look, but he just shook his head and pulled my hand from his cheek to his mouth and kissed it softly.

I felt my insides warm and I smiled shyly at my mate, biting my lip.

Suddenly the moment between us was gone, and again he was glaring over my shoulder, a growl building up in his chest.

Finally, I turned around and saw it was Benjamin that Jasper had a problem with.

Benjamin was still talking to Carlisle and Esme, but every once and awhile his gaze strayed to Jasper and I, an unreadable expression adorning his face.

Apparently, Jasper had enough and he pulled me to his side and snarled lowly at the dark-haired guest, much to everyone's shock.

What was going on here? Why was Jasper so upset with Benjamin?

"Jasper what-"Emmett started, but was interrupted by a sharp look from Rosalie, warning him to stay out of it.

I heard Benjamin telling someone he had no idea what was wrong, but I blocked them out and focused on calming Jasper.

"Jasper. Honey, look at me." I spoke quietly, coming to stand directly in front of him.

Maybe if I put myself between him and our new guest, he wouldn't look like he wanted to kill him.

I clasped each of Jasper's hands in one of mine and whispered soothing words to the incensed blonde vampire.

"Should she be so close to him when he's like this?" Edward whispered to Carlisle, earning a shush from multiple vampires in the room.

All of the sudden Jasper pulled me in an embrace and buried his nose in my hair, inhaling my scent.

I stroked his back as I felt him work to calm himself.

I tuned everyone out and listened to my mate's breathing, waiting for him to speak.

After a few minutes he grabbed my hand and pulled me out the back door and into the trees.

We ran for a few miles; out of hearing range of any nosey vampires.

"Jasper why did y-"

I stopped mid sentence when Jasper grasped my face in his hands and pressed his lips to mine aggressively.

I gasped in surprise, but quickly allowed him to dominate the kiss.

I felt dizzy, and intoxicated with an onslaught of emotions and realized that Jasper was pouring out what he was feeling into me.

My hands gripped his shoulders as he pulled me impossibly closer, setting my skin ablaze with his touch.

He trailed his lips down my neck, and I hummed in approval low in my throat.

I wrapped my arms around him and he allowed himself to be pulled into my crushing embrace.

I felt his hands wrap themselves in my long brown hair and nuzzled my face into his neck in response.

"I'm sorry." He murmured, pulling back and allowing his eyes to drill into mine. "When I saw him with you and felt his attraction to you I just couldn't control myself. You're my mate and in that moment he was a threat."

I swallowed at the overwhelming honesty and sincerity in his voice.

"You already know I love you, not some strange vampire I barely know." I pointed out.

"Yeah well he doesn't seem to reciprocate your platonic feelings darlin'." Jasper said darkly, the feral glint returning to his eyes.

"Jasper. When I first realized he was coming I climbed up in a tree and then jumped down and tried to attack him. I seriously doubt that he really feels that way."

"You're not the empath here angel. I know what he was feeling and it wasn't anything I'm going to allow to continue." He stated, a smirk adorning his face.

I rolled my eyes and accepted that this was a disagreement I was not going to win.

"So will I be that way too when female vampires are around you?"

"Well you did throw Irina through a wall…"

"She was so rude! And she always stole you away from me!" I exclaimed defensively, shooting him a glare. "…But I wouldn't hesitate to do it again."

"That's my girl."

A/N: Did you guys like it? I had the hardest time writing Jasper's jealous and possessive reaction and really REALLY want to know what everyone thinks. Thanks for reading! Thanks so much to everyone who weighed in on how they wanted Jasper to react, it really helped me decide how I wanted him to act. Thanks to everyone who reviewed too, and sorry I didn't have time to personally type a response to each review like i usually try to do. :)