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Part II
Alice & Jasper
"Oh, c'mon, Jazz, it'll be fun!" I wheedled.
Jasper looked up, a peculiar expression on his face. His honey-blond hair fell back, brushing his ears and the back of his neck with the motion. "I don't know, Alice," he said hesitantly.
I pulled on his hand. "Please, Jasper?"
He studied the contraption towering over us with wary eyes. "But it's so -- big."
I threw my arms around his waist, laughing. "Don't tell me you're afraid of a Ferris wheel!"
"I'm not afraid," he replied gruffly. "I'm just wary of things that creak so loudly. And look so unsteady." Jasper watched the seats sway back and forth as the wheel ground along on its circuit.
"It will be fun," I repeated. "You don't think I've Seen?"
"Are you sure I'm there, too?" he asked.
"Yes!" I tugged on him again. "Come on, please?" Ever since Bella explained the concept of a Ferris wheel to me, I'd wanted to go on one. Jasper, however, was a little more reluctant. And I didn't want to go without him. I didn't want to go anywhere without him.
Jasper sighed, and I knew he'd give in. "At least if the whole thing falls apart, I know we'll be okay." He wrapped his arm around my shoulders and reluctantly pulled me toward the Ferris wheel.
I grinned and bounced under his arm, dancing alongside him toward the giant ride, glittering with lights. When the ride deposited its passengers, Jasper handed over the required tickets, and a few minutes later, we were on board.
I snuggled into Jasper's side as the wheel began to take us up. "Isn't this great?" I sighed.
My husband warily looked around, listening to the creaks and groans of the ride. "It's so slow."
"That's the point, Jasper," I said. "It's supposed to be slow, so it will be romantic." Okay, so Bella hadn't actually said that in so many words, but it made sense to me.
"Romantic, hmm?" Jasper stopped watching the ride, turning his attention to the expanse of lights below. I wasn't sure which glowed brighter, the town or the fair itself. The whole scene was breathtakingly beautiful.
"Mm-hmm," I said. "Romantic." I watched the lights from the ride play across his hair and in his eyes. That was breathtakingly beautiful.
The scar over his eye twitched as he raised his eyebrows at me. "If you say so." His arm abruptly tightened around my shoulders.
I giggled. Suddenly I felt young again, like I had when Jasper and I first met. We'd had a lot of fun on our own, on our long journey searching for the Cullens. He and I would never regret our time with our family, but in some ways I missed our time alone together. "I do," I said dreamily.
Jasper touched the rings on my left hand, a soft smile in his eyes. "I remember the last time you said that," he said. "What did I ever do to deserve you, Alice?"
I twisted in the seat to wrap my arms around his shoulders. Pulling his face to mine, I smiled. "I don't know," I said. "But I'm very glad you did it."
I didn't notice when the ride stopped. Suddenly Jasper pulled away from me. I started to protest, but he put a finger to his lips. He went up to the ride operator, spoke to him in low tones, handed him something, then came back to me. "There," he said, sounding pleased with himself.
"What did you do?" I stretched my mind, searching the future. What had he done?
"Something tells me you've got a while to find out." Leaning down, Jasper kissed me again, and I got it.
"Oh, I love you," I said. Burying my hands in his hair, I kissed him again.
"I know," he said. He really was pleased with himself.
He had good reason to be. He'd just made me the happiest girl at the fair.
-End Part II-