Authors Note: Extremely sorry for taking so long to update, but hopefully this will make up for it, Enjoy!
It was the 5th of August, the day before a very important event. It had been months since James's attack on us and his death, and me and Alice were fully healed and we were able to get on with our lives the way we intended to. Of course I still feel extremely guilty that my angel has to bare the scars of the unfortunate incident, Alice has told me on numerous occasions that she doesn't care about any scars she has just as long as we are together. But I still cant forgive myself for dragging her into a part of my life which I had kept hidden from so many.
But at least things were looking up for the both of us, we'd both graduated along with Emmett, Edward, Rosalie and Bella. And me and Alice plan to attend the same university, and rent an apartment I plan on studying History and Alice wishes to study fashion.
At this point I was sat in my room whilst Alice, Bella and Rosalie went dress shopping. I'd spent almost three hours sat on my bed going over and over tomorrow in my mind, it had to go perfectly I needed and wanted it to be the best day Alice had ever had as tomorrow my darlin Alice would turn 18. Alice has been so excited this past week, but then again so had everyone. Esme and Carlisle had been planning her party all week, they'd decided to make it as formal as possible I'd been and hired my tux with Edward and Emmett last week and I'd bought Alice's present at the same time, it took me almost a month to make my mind up on what to get her, in the end she had two presents to open. And keeping it a secret from Alice was far from easy.
She seemed to have a natural gift for guessing so I had to make sure she didn't see it until tomorrow or else the surprise would be ruined, and I didn't want that. I picked up one of the neatly wrapped parcels, I left my room and headed down the stairs. From the sound of it everyone was in the kitchen, the smell of food hit me as soon as I walked in the room. Everyone seemed to be busy doing something, Esme was adding the finishing touches to the cake whilst Carlisle was getting out all the decorations ready to put up tomorrow. Edward was helping Esme with all the food making sure everything was sorted and Emmett was sorting out all the presents.
"Here's one for the collection." I said as I passed him my gift.
"Thanks." Emmett muttered.
"You ok?" I asked him, he looked a little put out.
"He was forced to change jobs, as he kept eating the food." Edward said.
"Hey, I just wanted to make sure my little sis didn't get food poisoning so I thought I'd just taste it to make sure it was good." Emmett explained trying to give an excuse for his stomach.
"And what are you saying about my cooking?" Esme asked in a stern tone.
"Nothing mom." Emmett exclaimed putting his hands up in the air surrendering now. Esme just smiled and continued with the cake, Carlisle looked up at me with a grin on his face.
"You alright?" he asked me still keeping his beaming smile.
"Yes, just hoping Alice likes my present." I said.
"If its coming from you Jasper, she will love it." Edward stated.
"Is there anything I can help you with?" I asked
"Yes, the girls will be home soon and if you could keep Alice away from the kitchen whilst we finish up that would be lovely." Esme explained.
"Yes, Alice gets too excited about her birthday that she gets in the way." Emmett laughed.
"Its not just her birthday, its anyone's birthday. Saying that she gets excited over any occasion." Edward muttered.
"We just want to make this year a complete surprise for her." Carlisle said to his sons.
"Yeah and with Jasper as our secret weapon, Alice will be out of our hair for hours." Emmett laughed and elbowed me and winked, I just laughed nervously as the blood rushed to my cheeks. Then all of a sudden we heard a car pull into the driveway.
"That's them." Esme said looking at the clock and then looking at the food with worry in her eyes.
"Operation cover up?" asked Emmett.
"Don't worry, I'm on it." I said and went to go and meet the girls at the front door. I watched as the three of them walked in with their bags.
"Hey Jasper." Bella said with an exhausted tone in her voice. Rosalie came up to me.
"I take it their in the kitchen." she whispered I just smiled and nodded.
"Hey Jazz." Alice greeted me as she threw herself at me and kissed me quickly. Alice was about to go into the kitchen so I quickly grabbed her from behind and pulled her into a embrace. "Jazz!" she yelled playfully "What's gotten into you?" she asked me quietly.
"Nothing, I just missed you" I told her, which was true, "Come on, I want to show you something." I lied as I guided her to the stairs.
"Ok, but I wanted to show mom my dress." Alice said as she looked towards the kitchen.
"I'm sure that can wait babe, this is important." I said as I was trying to think how I was going to distract her for a few hours with out her getting suspicious of me. Alice followed me up the stairs to my room with no fuss, once inside my room I shut the door.
"Ok Jazz, what's so important?" she asked me, I just smiled at her and walked up to her. Alice looked up at me with a questioning look, I just leaned down and kissed her gently as I slid my arms around her to pull her into my body. I could feel her almost melt against me, I ran my tongue across her lips begging her for access which was granted to me as she parted her lips. Her hand ran up my chest to grip the collar of my shirt and she pulled me deeper into our kiss, I slowly pulled away to breathe just before I leaned down and captured her lips once again in a slow tender and passionate kiss.
Alice's hands moved up into my hair as I started kissing along her jaw line and just behind her ear, I heard a small whimper of pleasure escape her mouth as I kept kissing down her neck until I reached her shoulder. I lifted my head and looked deep into her eyes, she looked so happy, her smile beamed brightly and her eyes glistened with joy. Alice slowly pressed her soft lips to my throat and kissed my neck whilst her hands moved to the first button of my shirt and slowly undid them, kissing my chest the more she exposed it. Once all the buttons of my shirt were undone I watched as Alice placed her hands on my shoulders and pushed my shirt off and onto the floor, she slowly and gently dragged her nails across my chest and stomach. I let my hands slide down to the hem of her top and slowly pull it up and over her head and dropped it onto the floor.
I scooped Alice into my arms and carried her to my bed, where I gently laid her down. Our eyes stayed locked on each other as I carefully laid on top of her, our lips closed the gap between us as we kicked our shoes off. I reluctantly left her sweet tasting lips and I moved my body down before I kissed her stomach and started moving up, my lips touching every inch of her exposed body.
Alice's fingers ran through my hair as she moaned softly from my touch, her eyes closed as my lips reached her neck, she tilted her head back to expose the throat to me. I pressed my lower body against her firmly and I watched as she bit her bottom lip before opening her eyes and looking up at me.
"Jazz." she whispered
"Yes my darlin?" I asked her.
"Tell me you love me." she insisted, I eyed her closely before I noticed a playful look in her eye.
"I love you." I muttered
"How much do you love me?" she asked.
"More than words can say." I answered honestly
"Will you always love me?" she asked biting her lip playfully.
"I will always love you, even after my heart stops beating." and I sealed that promise with the most loving kiss I could ever give. And to prove my point the two of us made sweet passionate love through out the rest of the day.
I awoke in the following morning feeling alive and refreshed after a perfect nights sleep, Alice's back was pressed firmly against my front with my arms wrapped around her and her hands resting on my arms. Her head was tucked under my chin and her blossom smelling hair was right under my nose giving me the sensation that I was flying through the clouds of heaven with a Goddess. I slowly moved my arm from around her and reached to the middle draw of my bedside table, I rummaged around in the draw until I found what I was looking for and withdrew my hand from the draw .
I felt Alice move, she turned her body slightly so her lips were nearly touching my chin. I wrapped my arm back round her small frame, I watched her for awhile, her eyes gently shut, she looked peaceful. I slowly leant down and kissed her lips quickly, and then kissed her cheek and started kissing down her neck before I heard a soft giggle come from Alice.
"That tickles." she murmured, I just smiled and kept kissing her neck, she didn't sound awake properly so I gently sucked on her neck before a let my teeth graze her skin, that made her moan. I lifted my head to see her open her eyes, she smiled at me sweetly before I kissed her tenderly. "Was there a reason for waking me up?" she asked me with a playful attitude.
"A very important reason I assure you." I told her.
"And it cant wait until later? I need my beauty sleep." she said pretending to be annoyed with me.
"You don't need beauty sleep, and no this cant wait." I hand a smile on my face but I was serious, Alice just looked at me with questionable eyes. I took her hand with my spare one and kissed it. "Alice, my darlin. I love you and I know we are going to be happy together forever." I then placed a small purple velvet box in her tiny hand, she looked at the box already knowing what was inside, she opened the box to find a sparkling diamond engagement ring inside. "Alice, Marry me." I whispered into her ear before I nuzzled her neck and kissed her throat whilst waiting for her response.
"Jazz." she whimpered, I looked into her eyes as they started to fill with tears. "Kiss me." she added, and I did, I kissed her with all the love and emotion I could give her.
"Is that a yes?" I asked her.
"Yes, it is. I want to marry you Jazz. I want to be a bride, but only yours." she told me before she pressed her lips against mine again. I pulled away and took the ring out of the box, Alice gave me her hand and I placed the ring on her finger.
"Mrs Whitlock." Alice muttered to herself, "I love it." she added as I bent down to kiss her again.
"Oh and by the way, happy birthday." I whispered before capturing her lips again.
Later that night, after all the excitement of mine and Alice's engagement had died down a little we all got dressed up and celebrated Alice's 18th birthday. The evening was perfect and everyone was having the best time, and I knew this would only be one of the most happiest occasions that me and Alice would celebrate together.