Author's Note: Again, Thank you for the reviews :) I'm glad so many of you are enjoying the story!

* I do not own the Twilight Series, but I do own about 8 packs of newborn diapers ;) *

BPOV

"ALICE!" I yelled as loud as I could, even though there was no need for it. I closed the door to the Mercedes and took off running towards my sister. She met me halfway and I threw myself into her arms giving her the biggest hug I could manage.

"Oh my God, Bella! How are you, are you loving it at Jasper's?" she exclaimed. I didn't even realize I was crying until she wiped away the tears from my cheeks. "Oh sweetie, don't cry, it's okay," she said, "come on, we'll go sit somewhere and talk before class starts."

I turned to look back and saw that Joseph, my driver, had already left. Good, this whole being driven around by a personal chauffeur was a little over the top in my opinion. But that was one of my "stipulations" that I had agreed to.

Flashback

Jasper brought me into his bedroom after he called up for one of his staff to bring up a tray of lunch, I was to eat while he was to lay down the 'ground rules' as he put it. As soon as I was settled on the bed with a turkey sandwich and potato chips in front of me, Jasper began to speak.

"Isabella, please do not take this lightly when I say that I am doing you a favor by letting you return to school," he began, "First, you will have nothing less than an 'A' average in all your classes. You are not to speak to any of the male population there with the exception of your teachers or Superiors of course and your driver, Joesph will drop you off and pick you up each and everyday." he says.

I slowly finish chewing the bite of turkey sandwich that's in my mouth and wait for him to continue...I mean there's got to be more right? Where's the collar for my neck that says "Property of the God Of War'? Or does it come in a big cone hat? Seriously though, no talking to any of the boys at school? Some of my friends there are guys! How am I supposed to not speak to them without coming off as a righteous bitch?

Back in Jasper's study when he was kneeling in front of me I could have sworn that I saw something different in him. Like the 'Major' facade had dropped and I was looking at Jasper, my mate, the man that is supposed to love me unconditionally. But now it's like he has put up his icy wall again that no one can penetrate. Before it seemed like my tears is what changed his exterior, would that work again?

But I hate crying, and I will not cry again in front of him. To me crying is a sign of weakness and I want him to know that I am not weak. Right now he was in 'Major' mode, all I had to do was somehow put him back into Jasper mode...Problem was, I had absolutely no idea how to go about doing that. I had a feeling that no one saw him in 'Jasper' mode and that I was the exception to that rule.

It gave me a sense of pride to know that I was the only one to see that side of him, like he was there just for me.

"Do you understand me Isabella?" asked Jasper, effectively bringing me out of my thoughts.

I knew at this point I needed to tread carefully, problem was I really didn't know how to do that, and I will be damned if I intentionally put myself back into a position that requires me over his knees.

I looked up at him and tried to smile the best I could, I think it looked like more of a grimace though. "Sir," I began nervously, "Maybe we could come to some sort of agreement, like a compromise?" I asked him. "Maintaining the 'A' average won't be a problem. And I agree with the driver, but Jasper some of my good friends are guys and I can't just not talk to them, it would be rude, plus I don't want to not talk to them, they are my friends." During my little speech I forgot I was trying to be respectful and ended up calling him by his name. I know I was allowed to since it was just us in the room, but I was trying to suck up.

Jasper just looked at me for what, to me, felt like hours. I started to fidget under his stare thinking I may have unintentionally crossed a line. "Isabella," he sighs, "I don't like the idea of you talking to other boys when I am not there. You say that they are just friends?" he asks me. "Yes Major," I reply quickly thinking that this may just work out in my favor, "Just friends."

"Okay," he replies, "I am trusting you on this Isabella, and I am going against my better judgement, it's not you that I don't trust, it's everyone else. So don't make me regret my decision. Should I need to I will un enroll you or send you back with a body-guard, and don't think I won't." he says, his voice menacing.

"Yes Sir." I whisper.

End Flashback

Alice turned to me, "Okay Bella, spill. What's going on? I thought that you would be happier than this..."

"I- I am happy?" I stammer, and it comes out as more of a question. Alice quirks her eyebrow up at me, "Okay," I say resigned, "I miss you guys so much, I know I've only been gone a day but so much has happened in just that one day that I feel like my head is spinning! He's my mate, I get it...I think, but he's just so serious. I don't think I've seen the man smile yet!"

Alice just looks at me and laughs, "Of course you haven't seen him smile, he's The Major, but I know you Bella, you are going to be the one exception to him. Everyone else fears him, besides Carlisle. But you, you are going to get to see a different side of him, it's just going to take some time and some consistency on your part."

Funny, I was just thinking that yesterday, I really hope she's right. Wait.....

"If Carlisle doesn't fear Jasper then why did he hand me over so willingly to him?" I ask her, afraid of the answer. Why did he give me up so easily?

"Trust me Bella, it wasn't willingly," she said, "After Jasper left that first day he met you, Carlisle knew it was only a matter of time before he came back. Only problem was he thought that Jasper would just keep coming back to visit. Personally, I think deep down he knew that Jasper would want more than that, anyways, Jasper called Carlisle 3 days later telling him that he was moving here to Forks and that he would be picking you up in 2 days to move in with him. Carlisle was furious, he kept telling Jasper that you were just a kid and to wait until you atleast finished high school but Jasper wasn't having any of that. In the end Carlisle saw you moping around and knew that you felt the pull to Jasper like he did you, and knew that you wouldn't be 100 percent happy until you were with him again."

Wow, I thought, that's a lot to take in in less than 60 seconds. Atleast I know that Carlisle had still wanted me. That helped a little.

"You still have us Bella," continued Alice, "And you always will, you can still come visit and I bet if you ask The Major he'll even let us come by and visit you." She gives me a quick hug then pulls back. "Now," she says and gives me a knowing smirk, "Did you have something you wanted to ask me?"

I'm stunned for a moment then, "Oh shit, you saw me asking you about the...about the..." It's too embarrassing I can't even get the sentence out.

Alice just laughed at me, "Of course I saw it," she said, "I guess that we were very good at being discreet with you the 17 years you lived with us. Carlisle didn't want to scar you emotionally so the guys were prohibited from punishing us in the house. He didn't realize that you would mate with a vampire otherwise he probably would have had one of us explain it to you a while ago."

"So, the beatings," I asked, "It's normal?"

Alice laughed again, "Bella I would hardly call what you got a beating, it was a spanking, and yes it's completely normal, it's what the male mate does to exert his dominance over the female. It's a vampire thing, trust me. You learn his rules and you submit, it might be hard at first but you want to please him, I know you do. And you want him to be happy, just like he wants you to be happy."

As she's speaking I realize that she must have also saw my punishment. How humiliating.

The sharp clanging of the school bell reminds me that we're still in the student court yard, we both stand up and walk to class, she's definitely given me a lot to think over.

JPOV

Who in the hell said that school had to be 7 hours a day?! I've been pacing around my study since she left this morning with Joseph. She wasn't due back until 2:45pm and it was only 1:30pm.

Maybe I was wrong to give in to her so easily. Maybe I should have just kept her here where I could keep an eye on her.

"Woa Major, aggravated much?" said a voice from the doorway. Ah Peter. Good, I could use a distraction for the next...I look at the clock on my desk, hour and 12 minutes. I look back to the door to see Peter leaning against the side with his arms crossed. "What can I do you for Peter?" I ask, my voice monotone.

"Want to go play some Halo down in the game room? We have the day off and you've been hiding yourself up here all day since Bella left." he complained.

Peter was one of my oldest friends besides Carlisle. I trusted him with everything I had. "Where's Charlotte?" I asked him, usually they would be kept busy until late hours of the night. "She's in our room, I'm keeping her in there for a little while to think about her punishment for when she left Bella alone."

I shrugged my shoulders, how he handled his mate was none of my concern. Of course Isabella tried to defend Charlotte to me but rules were rules and she could have gotten hurt.

Flashback

"Now that we agree on the stipulations, stay here, I'll be right back I need to go take care of Charlotte." I told her. I was not expecting her reaction though.

"NO!" She yelled, I turned my head to look down at her, did she really just yell at me? I thought. Strange, no one has ever done that before.

"I mean, please," she said "it wasn't her fault, I only walked like 5 steps to your door, she told me to stay put but then I heard you say Carlisle's name and I thought that he might have been here and I got excited, I'm really sorry Sir, but please don't punish Charlotte." she finished with her head bowed down.

"Isabella, I appreciate you telling me the truth, but Charlotte disobeyed a direct order and it needs to be dealt with. I need to speak with Peter, she's not my mate so I will not be the one handling her infraction." I said to the top of Isabella's head. I could feel the guilt coming off her. "Hey," I said, grabbing her chin and forcing her to look into my eyes, "It's not your fault and you have no reason to feel guilty." With that I swept from the room leaving Isabella to her thoughts.

End Flashback

I looked back at the clock, I still had an hour and 6 minutes left until Isabella returned. "Sure Peter," I said, "Let's go play."

While Peter sets up the game my mind starts to wander. I want to have some sort of routine with Isabella after her day at school. Something where it's just us and she can tell me all about her day. I want to know everything about her. I want her to love me the way I love her.

From her emotions I know that she feels something for me, she's just confused on what those feelings are. I wasn't lying to her when I said I wouldn't claim her until she was ready.

Even though she lived in a house full of vampires all this is new to her. She had to learn to submit her body, mind, and soul to me. To realize that I would be all that she would need.

She didn't know it yet but she was the reason for my existence now.

Peter hands me the remote and we start to play. During the game though my mind is on Isabella and Peter knows it. Not too long later it's 2:40 and I hear Joesph coming in the drive. I quickly drop the remote and make my way outside.

I wait on the steps as Isabella makes her way out of the car, when she sees me her face breaks out into a big smile and she runs up the steps to greet me, throwing herself into my waiting arms.

I could feel her joy at being back here as well as relief. Was I projecting?! These were all my feelings, I didn't expect her to have these feelings as well. It's definitely a step in the right direction though. I wrapped her tiny 5'4 body up in arms and gave her a hug. Yes, I was glad that she was back. I don't know how I was going to do this the rest of her school year.

"Welcome home pet," I say into her ear. "I have something I want us to do together, would you like to take a swim with me before dinner?" I ask her.

She quickly nods her head, "Um I don't have a bathing suit though Major." she says.

"No worries, There's bathing suites in one of the dresser drawers that you can choose from. With that said I take Isabella's hand and walk her up to our bedroom. She walks over to the dresser and rummages around for a couple minutes, like she can't find what she's looking for. Before I can ask she grabs a black suit and heads to the bathroom to change. Once she's in the bathroom I walk over to the dresser and grab my swim trunks and change throwing on a white t-shirt.

A few minutes later I'm sitting on the bed waiting for Isabella when there's a tentative knock coming from the bathroom door. Chuckling quietly to myself I call out to her. "It's okay, you can come out."

The door opens slowly and she sticks her head out first, then the rest of her body, which is wrapped snugly in a white, fluffy towel. All I can see are her white creamy legs from the knee down, but it's enough to stir the animal inside me begging me to claim her and show her just who she belongs to.

I force a smile on my face and hold out my hand to her. "Ready?" I ask.