A/N: AS YOU ALL KNOW FF DOT NET HAS BEEN ACTING WEIRD, SO I OBVIOUSLY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO ANYTHING, THANK GOD I DECIDED TO GET BACK ON TODAY AND CHECK JUST TO SEE IF IT WAS WORKING, AND IT IS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE, LONGER A/N AT THE BOTTOM, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO:
JPOV
It hit me, suddenly.
Realizing that Bella is my Mate wasn't a major thing. There weren't any fireworks, or major drama. It just was. It fit.
'Mine', the Major purred, and it repeated over and over to the point that the walls of my bedroom shook. I can't believe I never realized it until then.
OOO
Early the next morning, I felt waves of mischievousness, excitement, and a little bit of anticipation growing and coming closer. It was a combination I knew well.
Sure enough, Peter came through my door.
"Come on Major, let's go give your Mate breakfast in bed."
"What?"
"Breakfast, Major. Your little Mate needs morning sustenance does she not?"
It took the man in me to realize what Peter said, but my Beast understood, and I found myself unconsciously following Peter to the kitchen.
"So I was thinking some nice scrambled eggs over a bed of hash browns? Yes that'll do, and of course, let's not forget the bacon!"
The entirety of the situation finally caught up to me.
"Stop," I commanded. Peter, the facetious ass, froze entirely, one leg up and his left arm holding a plate above his head. He turned his head to me with a twinkle in his eye and a knowing smirk on his face.
"Yes Major?"
I guess he knew where all of this was going, and I realized the futility of telling him anything and I put two fingers to my forehead.
"Nevermind," I growled.
"All righty then!"
He put the plate on the kitchen counter and began taking out the necessary ingredients for Bella's breakfast when all of a sudden, 'Mine. Bella is MY Mate, I provide for her. Me. Only me. I feed Mine.'
Growling, I yanked everything out of Peter's hands.
"I'll do the cooking," I snarled.
Peter bowed,
"Why of course Major. No one but you should provide for your Mate."
The ass was mocking me. I ignored him and proceeded to begin cooking the eggs first. Scrambled eggs shouldn't be that hard to cook.
OOO
It took me five fuckin' tries to get it right. Peter offered his help twice and offered his Charlotte's help once. Each one was met with a snarl and glare.
BPOV
My bedroom door bursting open woke me up. Standing there in the doorway smiling as if sunshine was really coming out his ass was Peter, and he was holding a breakfast tray with food on it.
"Good morning Sunshine! It's time for breakfast, made by our very own Jasper!"
I just stared. Peter took a step forward but was stopped by Jasper snarling at him while yanking the tray out of his hands. Peter rolled his eyes and put his hands up.
"Yeah yeah I know. You do it," he huffed, "I'll be waiting outside. Come out when you're ready Sunshine!"
With that, Peter blinked out the room.
'Huh, I guess he has no problems acting like the vampire he is in front of me.'
It took the weight of the tray and the heavenly smell of hot breakfast food to make me realize exactly what was going on. I gave a growl of my own and spoke in a normal tone, knowing that Peter would hear me.
"Peter you pretentious ass, haven't you heard of boundaries? What makes you think you can come into home and my room uninvited!"
All I heard was laughter coming from outside the house. He really was waiting outside.
My attention was brought back to my current situation by Jasper softly growling and insistently putting a fork in my hand and sat back on my bed and stared at me as if waiting for something, his black eyes hopeful. I had no clue what he wanted, but then it dawned on me that he wanted me to taste his food. 'Well why didn't he just say so?'
I forked a portion of the scrambled eggs when I noticed the slightly burnt bed of hash browns beneath. I forked a portion of those as well and put it all in my mouth. The eggs were perfect, and the hash browns good, albeit they did have a burnt after taste. All in all it was a very good bite and I praised Jasper's cooking skills.
"This is really good, thank you for making it for me."
I was rewarded with a dazzling smile that made my heart stutter for a moment. We sat in silence as I finished my breakfast.
As soon as I swallowed the last bite and drank the last bit of juice, the tray disappeared from my lap and I found myself caught in Jasper's ruby red gaze barely a second later, and I absently noticed that in these past weeks, his eyes had not been the bright ruby red they are now, but a dark maroon. Now his eyes were a bright, shining ruby red that held me captive. He was the one to break the silence.
"Good mornin' darlin'," he whispered with a soft smile. 'My Jasper.'
"Good morning Cowboy," I gave a smile of my own.
Our little bubble was broken by a,
"Come on let's go people! We have things to do, people to see!"
Jasper and I gave each other knowing looks and rolled our eyes, all the while still smiling.
While I showered, Jasper went downstairs to wash the dishes. Since I knew that he would finish before I was done showering, I told him to exit my bedroom until I said he could come in. He sent me a wave of confusion and I sent back waves of assurance. When I was done I towel-dried and brushed my hair before entering my closet. Looking at my choices I picked out a knee length jean skirt where all of the pockets were decorated with rhinestones and a simple dark blue form-fitting quarter-sleeve shirt. I told Jasper to come in and when he did I twirled around.
"Well? Should I wear this?"
His mouth tightened and his eyes darkened for a brief moment, and I wondered if I did something wrong.
"Jasper?"
He blinked and shook his head with a rueful smile.
"You look great Bella, but I think that skirt needs to go."
Looking back at myself in the mirror, I could see that no, the outfit did not mesh well. I turned back to him,
"Well what sort of bottoms do you want me to wear?"
He looked at me intensely, then he went into my closet and came back out with jeans that had a few holes and held them up.
"Wear these."
I took the jeans from him and went into my closet to change, and when I came back out, he growled and sent me approval. I liked what I saw in the mirror. I turned back to Jasper and he took my hand and we made our way outside.
I looked for Peter and I found him just sitting still in the middle of the lawn with his eyes closed. He looked peaceful and asleep. But that didn't last long. He appeared in front of us and looked down at me with a smile.
"Lookin' good Sunshine! Now, I want to formally introduce you to my Mate, Charlotte. Come on out darlin'."
A woman appeared next to him and he put his arm her waist and pulled her close to him and she in turn snuggled into his side. She was quite pretty with thin, straight, pale blonde hair and a small button nose.
"Sunshine, this is my Mate Charlotte."
Charlotte smiled and opened her mouth and the sweetest southern drawl emerged.
"Good mornin' sugar, it's so nice to finally meet you."
A/N: I AM SO SORRY FOR TAKING SO LONG IN UPDATING. I WAS SO FRUSTRATED WITH FF DOT NET THAT I JUST STOPPED ACESSING THE SITE AND THEN I FORGOT ABOUT IT. SO JACKSON RATHBONE'S BABY IS A BOY. NOW, I KNOW THAT THIS CHAPTER ENDED ABRUPGLY/CLIFFY-LIKE, BUT THE CHAPTER WAS GETTING A BIT TOO LONG. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND REVIEWS :)
-AKEMI