Not gonna apologize. Just gonna say I was in Texas and a little distracted. Hope you like it.
Oh btw J,A,E,and R still not mine.
"What did you say?" I ask my voice shaking.
"I said I love you darlin'. I know it's crazy, but I do." Jasper says trying to stop me from backing away from him. This time I'm able to pull my hand free.
"Are you insane? You can't love me." I yell at him totally unreasonable seeing as I am absolutely certain in my love for him.
"You don't understand that, last night the clothes and all, that wasn't me. So you can't possibly love me. You don't know me." I cry running out of the room.
I run through the house and out the front door. I go to my car and realize my keys are still on the counter in the bathroom. I start to walk down the road toward my condo.
"Alice? Where are you? " Rose yells after me.
I walk faster trying to get around the corner before she spots me. But before I make it I hear her footsteps behind me. Damn her and her amazon legs.
"Aly wait. What are you doing?" She asks as I slow down to let her catch up.
"I left my keys in your bathroom. So I'm walking home." I answer purposely misunderstanding her question.
"No, why are you trying to talk him out of loving you?" She grabs my arm and pulls me to face her.
"Rose he can't possibly love me." I say staring at my feet. " You know the person he was with last night was not me. Rose he's so beautiful. You know that had he met the real me. Like this." I say gesturing to myself. "Had he met this first he would never have given me a second thought."
"Mary Alice McCarty are we having a pity party?" Rose asks me.
"Come on Rose you know I'm right." I say still not looking here in the eye.
"Aly do you really believe that? Come on look at me." She says grabbing my chin to force me to look up at her. "Aly it was you. Well a part of you anyway."
"Rose what are you talking about?" I ask her
"Aly you are a beautiful and sexy women. You just needed to find the right man to bring it out in you." Rose takes my face between her hands." Look I know your mom messed you up pretty bad as far as your self esteem goes and trusting men, but I truly believe Jasper is that man. Aly I could see it in your eyes when you were telling me about him and even when you were upset when you realized who he was, you couldn't keep your eyes off of him. Even now you should see the way you beam when you talk about him."
"Rose I just don't know if I can do this." I say turning away from her.
"Damn it Aly!" Rose yells spinning me back around to face her. "You are really starting to piss me off. Now you listen to me. You love Jasper and he is not the type of guy to make false declarations of love. I believe that he loves you too. You obviously are not thinking straight so you are going to now do what I tell you. You are going to march yourself back into the house and find Jasper and talk to him. At least give him the chance to convince you that he loves you. The real you inside and not just the sexy little lady that snuck out last night." Rose smiled at me. "OK!"
"But Rose.."
"No buts! March!" she says pointing toward her house.
I can't help but smile at her. Rose has always been my #1 supporter. She actually made me feel better about this whole situation. She's right I owe it to Jasper to at least hear him out. I know in my heart that I truly love him why is it so hard to believe that he may love me too.
Rose puts her arm around my shoulder and steers me around back toward her house.
"You know Rose you are going to make an awesome mom someday." I tell her wrapping my arm around her waist squeezing her.
"And soon you are going to make a amazing Aunt." She says squeezing me back as we walk back into the house.
"So what should I say to Jas.. wait what did you just say? Soon? I'm going to be an amazing Aunt soon? Rose are you preg..."
"Shhhh!" She covers my mouth with her hand and giggles.
"Well are you?" I whisper.
She just smiles at me and puts her hand on her still flat stomach. I can't help but sequel as I follow her into the family room.
"What are you two grinning about?" Emmett asks smiling at us.
I can't help but run up to him a throw myself into his arms and hug him.
"What the heck Aly?" Em asks looking at me like I'm totally crazy. But he hugs me back. He's going to be such a great daddy.
"It's nothing. Your sister is just very over emotional today." Rose tells him.
Em pulls her into the hug and I feel so safe pressed between them. Dad left when I was 3 and mom was pretty emotionally vacant after that. Em pretty much took over for dad. He always watched out for me. And when he and Rose got together they never made me feel I wasn't wanted. They have pretty much been my parents and now they are really gonna be parents and I'm going to be an Aunt. I'm so excited and happy for them. I raise up on my tip toes and kiss each of them on the cheek.
"I love you both so much." I tell them.
"We love you too little sis." Em says kissing me back on my forehead. "Um, Jasper is out on the dock. In case you were wondering."
"Thanks big bro." I hug them both again and head toward the dock and my destiny. Good or bad my future starts today.
No Jasper and I know it was very short, but I wanted to get something out there. Just a bit of fluff to get Aly back on the right road. Thank you to everyone that has reviewed and added me and the story to their alerts and favs.