AN: Okay, I am so so so so sorry for not updating sooner! School has been an absolute nightmare recently! But, I made it through, and I think that I wrote an AMAZING chapter for y'all! As always, everything belongs to Stephanie Meyer, I just borrow her characters to write cool stories. Rock on and keep on reading!

~Aria, the Queen of all Things Awesome!

Jasper POV

Everything was going to be perfect, IF I could stop freaking out and get my act together. I was so nervous that I was pacing around my room, no doubt wearing a whole in the floor. Ever since Bella had told me she loved me, I was the happiest man in the world.

Flashback

In all my life I had encountered war, death, suffering and many other horrible things. But nothing compared to the pain I felt when I was away from my Bella. I know she wasn't my Bella, not yet anyway, but she was gonna be. I would make her mine, bring her into my world, and devote my life to making her happy. In time, I would change her, so that we could be together forever, that is if she wanted to. I had to talk to Edward, see what she was thinking, and if she felt the same way about me. Edward, today did you hear anything in Bella's thoughts that concerned me?

"No. But that's because I couldn't hear her thoughts at all. Were you able to feel her emotions?" Edward said.

"Yes, I felt her emotions, but they weren't as strong as any of you guys'. It was actually kinda nice: not havin' sudden waves of emotions so strong they knock the wind outta ya," I said, giving him a smirk.

"Well, the only thing I'll say is ask Alice; she'll know what you should do," He said as he disappeared out of my room.

"Alice can I..." I started to ask, but before I could say "... see you for a second?" she appeared in my room.

"Jasper, you need to act fast. It may seem like you're moving too fast, but you need to go to her tonight," Alice said at vampire speed.

"Alice! Slow down and take a deep breath! Your excitement is off the charts. Now, why don't tell me what you saw in your vision that is so important that I have to go to her tonight. I mean, call me crazy, but I think that I ought to take her out on a nice date before I confess my love to her. Granted, I'd love to let her know how I feel, but I don't want to scare her away," I said, sending her as much calm as I could to get her to stop bouncing around.

"Okay, well I had a vision a couple days ago of Jacob talking to Bella and telling her that we're vampires and he's a werewolf. She was upset that you didn't tell her, so on Wednesday, the day after tomorrow, she told you she never wanted to see you again. In the vision, Jacob talked to Bella before school tomorrow. That doesn't give you any time to talk to her at school, so you'll have to tell her you love her tonight, then tell her about us. I've already talked to Carlisle, and he trusts you to make the right decisions, but he said to tell you to make sure the secret is safe with her, or else the Volturi will get involved, and things won't end well," she said, practically all in one breath.

"Wow, that's a lot to take in. Okay, umm, how am I supposed to go about telling her? I mean, I want it to be romantic and special, that way there's less of a chance of her freaking out, but what should I do?" I asked, racking my brain for the best way to go about wooing my woman. Wait, that's it! That would be wonderful!

"Yes Jasper, that will work. Now, I'll pick out your outfit and leave it out for you while you go get the rose," she said as she ran to my closet to find the right outfit. Normally, I wouldn't let Alice anywhere near my clothes, but I was so nervous that I didn't care at that moment.

After I had gotten the rose, rehearsed what I would say to her, I put on the outfit Alice had left me. It was a stony grey button down shirt with black jeans and my favorite pair of leather boots. Perfect! Now it's time to either sink or swim. I looked at the clock; 12:30. I hope she would still be awake. I mean, it's kinda important that the woman I love be awake when I confessed my love for her and told her I was a vampire. Well, here goes nothing.

"You'll do great Jasper! Just do it like you've been practicing in your head for the past 2 hours, and everything will be fine!" Edward said, with a bit of annoyance in his voice.

I stayed outside her window for 20 minutes trying to get up the courage to tell her. I had fought in countless battles and had become a legend among vampires, but couldn't get the courage to tell a girl I liked her! I was pathetic, but I didn't want to ruin my only chance with her by not telling her about what I am, so I started throwing pebbles at her window.

After about four or five throws, she finally opened her window. After that, I told her what I had practiced in my head: that I felt a connection between us, that I couldn't bear to be without her and that I loved her with all my heart. I was about to go into how I would never leave her and devote my life to her and only her, if she would only love me back, when she kissed me. At first I wasn't sure what was going on, but then I felt her lips on mine. There was so much passion, love and devotion in that one single kiss, that I knew she loved me too.

But here was that part that would either make us or break us. "Bella, there's something else I gotta tell ya."

"Jasper, not now. Right now, I just want to show you how much I love you back," she said as she put her lips on mine again. Oh how I didn't want to break that kiss, but I had to.

"Bella, I really have to tell you something. You've seen movies with vampires, and werewolves and creatures like that, right? But you think they're just fictional characters right? Nothing more than some made up creatures that don't exist? Well, what if I were to tell you that vampires and werewolves are real, and that they do exist?" I ask, pausing to look her in the eye and send her waves of calm.

"Well, first I would ask you why you were telling me this. Second, I would ask you if you were one. Ya know, a vampire or werewolf. Then I would tell you that if you were, that I would still love you know matter what, because you are my Jasper and nothing could change that," she said with a twinkle in her eye.

"And you are my Bella, forever and always. I'm so glad to here you say that, because I, am a vampire. I do not drink human blood, though I have in the past, I now drink animal blood. My past is very gruesome and something I don't usually talk about. I will, though, in time tell you everything. The next thing you should know is that Jacob and some of the other people on the Reservation are werewolves. There exists a treaty between my family and the pack that establishes a border that we cannot cross and forbids us from biting any humans. If we do, we violate the treaty and then a war will break out between the wolves and my family. Do you have any questions so far?" I asked, hoping I wasn't going too fast for her.

"Yes, just one: when are you going to shut up so I can kiss you again?" she said as she moved towards me, leaning in to kiss me.

"Bella, can you honestly tell me that you're okay with all of this? And that you don't have any questions for me?" I asked, shocked.

"Yes, Jasper I am okay with it! I've already told you that I love you and accept you for who you are, no matter what! Not even being a vampire will change that! I do have one question though," she said as a bright red blush graced her cheeks that made her even more beautiful, "I suspected that you weren't, ya know, human, so I looked some stuff up. Specifically, I looked about vampires and finding their mates. Jasper, are we mates?"

"Funny you should ask, I just asked Carlisle the same question. He said that he suspected it. Tell me, when we're apart, do you feel a pulling in you're chest? And when we're together, does that pain stop, but is replaced with a feeling of well-being and belonging?" I asked.

"Yeah actually I did. Today when you came and sat with me, I felt a lot better, but when you left, all I wanted to do was find you and hug you. And then tonight, I couldn't stop thinking about you and that I couldn't wait to see you again.," she said.

"Well, then I'm pleased to tell you 1) that I felt the exact same way, and 2) that we are, in fact, mates! I recommend we go and see Carlisle and he can explain more about what it means to be mates. Unfortunately though, he won't be back until after our date, that is, if you still want to go out on Friday?" I asked, leaning in to nuzzle her neck.

End Flashback

I was so happy then. All I felt like doing was sit with her and take in her heavenly scent. (She always smelled like strawberries and jasmine.) But now, as the it was already Friday, I couldn't wait to treat my Bella to a night she would never forget. I had planned to take her up to Seattle, go to the fanciest restaurant available and then take her for a night on the town, which included a horse-drawn carriage ride. I hope she would like it.

Bella POV

Jasper had planned an unforgettable evening, and I couldn't wait! He wouldn't tell me where we were going, but I knew that it would be perfect. He picked me up promptly at six, in a jet black Aston Martin Vanquish. "Jasper, what an awesome car! It's beautiful! Where'd you get it? I mean, it can't be cheap!" I asked in awe.

"It's been in the garage for a while, and my family knows not to touch, by penalty of death. Besides, money is no object, and I want to treat you like royalty whenever possible," he said as he helped me into the passenger side, then climbing into the driver's seat.

"And where, may I ask, are we going this evening?" I asked.

"You shall just wait and see because I will not tell you!" he said with a slight smirk.

"One little hint? Please?" I asked, pulling the puppy-dog-eyes-and-pout card.

"You won't get it out of me that easily. Besides, we're here," he said, not even phased by my attempt at guilting him into telling me about what would happen this evening.

AN: Sorry for the slight cliff-hanger, but I wanted to make the date scene like mind-blowingly amazing, so I decided to give it its own chapter! Stay tuned!