Alice touched Jaspers arm lightly. Jasper glanced over at her and smiled, before he glanced out the large window in the front of the lobby and then back at Alice. They were checking out of the hotel early that morning, ready to head back home. Alice sighed in contentment, happy to be able to be going home.

Esme collapsed on the couch, dry sobbing. Her face was buried in her hands as Carlisle rubbed soothing circles in her back. "Esme, it's okay, it'll all work out," he comforted softly.

"But I killed her, Carlisle! All that woman was doing was shopping, she had a little daughter with her, too, and I killed her, all because of a single drop of blood!"

"Esme, we'll fix this, don't worry."

Emmett, Rosalie, and Edward came in, all moving toward their mother. "Don't worry mom!" Emmett told her in his usual boisterous manner, "The human was going to die eventually anyway."

"But I killed her!" Esme repeated.

"Don't worry, Esme, it's only natural, it's fine," Rosalie said, sitting down next to her surrogate mother and wrapping an arm carefully around her.

"I wish their was someway to make you fell better, Esme," Edward sighed.

The vision shifted.

"I'm sorry you four, we've hardly been here a month an a half and we already have to move."

"It's fine, Esme, dear, don't worry," Carlisle comforted.

Edward was racing down the road, passing the city limits and quickly leaving the state. A 'Welcome to Ohio' sign flew by, but none of them noticed. "We were going to have to leave Elkins eventually, it just happened sooner rather than later."

They were all crammed into the car, a few of their belongings with them, but for the most part, they had left it all back in their old house.

"Where to now?" Carlisle asked his family finally.

Silence was his answer.

Jasper glanced at Alice, who had looked at him in distress. "What?" he asked as they moved forward to check out of the hotel.

"Esme...she killed a human. In Elkins. We can't go back now. Not for a while, at least," Alice said mournfully.

"Why not?" he demanded quietly.

"We disappear, the Cullens move in, they leave town, and then we suddenly reappear after someone's been killed? It's too coincidental."

"But it's what happened."

"And the authorities will believe us? We don't have any proof or an alibi. We practically vanished off the face of the Earth. If we just stay away from West Virginia for a little, we'll be fine."

"Alright," Jasper relented. They quickly checked out, and were in the Cadillac just as the sun started rising. "So where to?" he asked as they sat in the car.

Alice hesitated, "I don't know," she said finally. "I guess it's back to hotels until we can figure it out."

Jasper sighed and ran his fingers through his hair — an act he only did when he was overwhelmed or the emotions of someone became too much. Alice took his hand in her own and held it there, looking into his eyes meaningfully. "I know, I know. It's just, I was...well I was looking forward to being able to go home, finally."

"Jasper," Alice started, "do you not want to be with the Cullens? You keep referring to Elkins as our home, and I suppose, in a way, it is, but the Cullens will be our home soon. Unless...you don't want to find them."

"It's just," Jasper hesitated and turned to stare out the window. "I'm worried that...that you'll come to love them more than me, and if something were to happen, and I wanted to leave, then you wouldn't want to come with me. I don't want to — I can't live without you."

Alice reached out a hand and gently brushed his cheek. "That could never happen," she whispered,"and even if it did, I would follow you to the end of the earth."

Jasper laughed, "That's supposed to be my line," he told her.

"It's true," Alice shrugged, "I would."

"As would I."

"So where to?" he repeated.

Alice suddenly smiled mysteriously, "I don't know, but wherever we go, I need to get my wedding dress."

Jasper smiled as he saw the way her eyes seemed to light up. They danced happily as she stared thoughtfully out the window, her mind focused on her wedding dress. The dress she would wear when they were united forever.

Jasper started the car, and then they were driving, quickly leaving the city behind, flying through Arizona. At the high speeds they were going, the couple was out of Arizona in little more than two hours.

"What's sleeping like?" Alice asked Jasper suddenly after a long period of silence.

"Hm?"

"I was just wondering, what is sleep like? I know you haven't been human for a while, but, can you remember it at all?"

Jasper's expression was thoughtful. "Well," he said slowly, "no one can really remember sleep. It was like, you would lay down, hopefully in a bed but you could sleep anywhere, and you would close your eyes and you wouldn't be aware of the rest of the world. It made time pass a lot quicker, because as soon as you fell asleep, it felt like you were waking up the next instant.. It sure made Christmas come a lot quicker though," he hesitated before he continued talking, "Sometimes you would dream. I don't remember mine, but I know sometimes they would be the most random things, sometimes they seemed to be hinting toward the future."

"Do you ever miss sleeping?"

Jasper shrugged. "I suppose sometimes, in the beginning, yes, but now I enjoy spending all the time I can with you. Why, do you wish you could sleep? Do you miss all of those human needs?"

Alice shrugged herself. "Well you can't really miss something that you never had. I don't know what it was like to eat, or sleep, so I don't know if I miss it."

"I guess that that makes sense." Jasper said, nodding.

They both turned to look at each other and smiled at the same time.

Alice got another vision, and Jasper glanced at the road fleetingly before turning to look at her again. She mouthed something, 'March 18th,' and Jasper furrowed his brow. March eighteenth, what was that? Why was it important?

The vision ended and Alice was immediately buoyant. "March eighteenth." she stated in a satisfied sort of way, closing her eyes and smiling.

"What?"

Alice opened her eyes and looked at Jasper, her smile widening into a full blown grin, "That's the day we're getting married." she whispered.

****

"Agh!" Alice growled in frustration, throwing another fat magazine on the ground. It lay face down next to the hotel bed, next to a whole other pile of discarded magazines. Alice sighed and rolled over onto her back before sitting up. Jasper was laughing quietly from his spot on the other side of the room. "None of them have anything I like!"

They were somewhere in northern Montana currently, but the couple hadn't really been paying attention to where exactly.

"I'm sure you'll find something," Jasper assured her when her finally stopped chuckling.

Alice pouted and got off the bed, wandering over to the sliding glass door that led to a balcony overlooking the pool across from the hotel. The sliver of a moon cast a glimmering light into their dark room. It would be strange to have their light on at that time of night, and their eyes were keener than a humans, so they had shut it off since it wasn't needed anyway.

"I've been to stores, I've looked through hundreds of wedding magazines, there is not one dress that is me. Jazz, it has to be perfect!"

"Alice, you'll find something in time, don't worry. We're still a month and a half away."

Alice turned away from the window to look back at Jasper. "Yeah," she finally relented. "You're right."

Jasper nodded. "Take your mind off of the wedding, and relax for a moment," she gave him a look and crossed her arms, "Or just think about something else for a minute. What kind of flowers do you want? Guests?" he amended.

"Bluebells. If we can." Alice sighed and rubbed her eyes. "Peter and Charlotte. I don't think that there is anybody else to invite. It will definitely be small."

Jasper pulled Alice toward him and crushed her to his side. "It will be intimate. The size of the wedding won't matter, because at the end of the day, I'll be yours and you'll be mine."

She nodded in agreement. "It will be nice, you're right. I don't need an extravagant wedding to be happy. I'm happy with you."

Jasper smiled and kissed the top of her head. "There you go. Positive thinking, darling." Alice smiled herself, secretly enjoying the term of endearment, of course, he already knew, so it wasn't much of a secret. "So do you still need to plan the wedding right now?"

Alice sighed but nodded. "Definitely. Even if it's going to be small, it need to be perfect, no way am I procrastinating on this."

"Alright," he kissed her cheek and let Alice go so she could get back to work.

Barely five minutes passed when Alice groaned and slipped off the bed again. She pinched the bridge of her nose, a habit she had picked up from seeing Edward do so so often, and told Jasper, "I cannot do this right now. I need to go shopping."

Jasper threw his head back and laughed while Alice flitted to his side and delicately slapped his arm. "Not so loud," she hissed, "the humans are sleeping."

Jasper quieted down, but continued snickering. "When in doubt, go shopping," he teased her lightly.

Alice stuck her tongue out at her fiancé, which sent Jasper into a whole other round of laughter. Alice frowned and grabbed his hand and her purse, pulling him out the door forcefully. "Just for that you get to be my bag carrier," she muttered.

Despite the time of night, or morning, really, Alice somehow managed to find a few stores that were open. She happily dragged Jasper in to one, moving quickly through the store and looking at all the beautiful clothing that they sold.

With a large pile in hand, she hurried to the dressing room to try on everything that she liked. Not only did Alice have a large pile, but Jasper behind her had another stack that she had picked out.

"You know," Alice called to Jasper as she slipped on a dress in the dressing room, "you need some new clothes, too. You really need to let me shop for you more. That plaid shirt of yours is terribly out of fashion.

Jasper pretended to be offended, even going as far as gasping in mock-outrage, "Plaid shirts are never out of style!"

Alice came out of the changing room and twirled in the dress, showing it off for Jasper, though she knew that after a while all the dresses would tend to look the same to him. "Try telling that to Christian Dior."

"Who?"

Alice shook her head. "My poor, poor, deprived fiancé. You will definitely have to be taught the ins and outs of fashion," she said in all seriousness, and Jasper rolled his eyes.

"Joy," he deadpanned, but really, if fashion and shopping was all it took to get Alice to calm down about the wedding, then, well, he might just have to stick it out.

"Now about that plaid shirt..." Alice said mischievously.

"Alice!"

Her only response was to laugh and dance away from his reach as he swatted at her lightly.

In the end, Alice won, and got to buy Jasper what he considered an entirely new wardrobe, though Alice insisted it was only for the new season. By the time they were done shopping, the sun was coming up and Alice pulled Jasper into a little café. She brought him to the booth in the corner and waved the waitress away.

"What are--?"

Alice nodded her head toward where the sun was coming up. It stopped right at their table, a foot away from them. "The clouds will be out in about thirty minutes. We just have to wait here until then."

Jasper nodded, and Alice was thankful that they had hunted the night before, and that no one besides the employees were there.

The waitress started to make her way over to them, and Jasper snorted quietly when he saw her shoes—or lack thereof. "Roller skates?" he asked Alice quietly.

"Hey!" Alice defended. "Roller skating waitresses are going to get really popular in the next decade," she looked thoughtful then, "And poodle skirts," Alice added as an afterthought.

Jasper just shook his head and looked over at the roller skating waitress. "Hi, my name is Jenny and I'll be your server. What can I get you two?" She asked brightly, her ponytail bobbing up and down.

"Just water, please," Alice said quietly, and the girl nodded, looking at Jasper now.

When she caught sight of him, Jasper felt the lust roll off of her in waves. His eyes darkened minimally, and Alice grabbed his hand in hers under the table. "Just...a...water, too, please," he said, still attempting to be at least a little polite.

Alice smiled reassuringly at him. Her southern gentleman. Jasper smiled shakily back at her and ceased breathing when another human came in, casting the waitresses scent straight at them. Alice had to admit, the girl smelled better than most humans. Like cinnamon and sugar, only it smelled appetizing to them.

"You'll be okay," she whispered to him. Jasper nodded and looked out the window. Jenny came back then, carrying their waters. She set them down on their table and smiled again. "What do you want to eat?"

"We're good for now," Alice told her, and Jasper nodded in agreement.

The girl just stared at them for a moment before blinking rapidly and nodding. "Alright."

Jasper gave Alice a look as soon as the waitress was gone that said, 'When can we get out of here?'

"Fifteen more minutes, Jasper," Alice murmured quietly to him so no human would hear. "Can you make it?"

Jasper nodded hesitantly and Alice picked up her water glass, bringing it to her lips. She pretended to take a sip when the other customer tried to glance sneakily at them.

The fifteen minutes seemed to pass achingly slow, but as soon as they were up, Alice stood up and picked up a few of her smaller shopping bags before smiling innocently and dazzlingly at Jasper. "Would you mind getting the rest?"

Jasper rolled his eyes playfully but picked the bags up dutifully. "Back to the hotel?" he asked hopefully once they were outside.

Alice giggled but nodded. "Yes, we're going back to the hotel now. No more shopping today, don't worry, I promise."

Jasper pretended to be relieved over-dramatically. "No more shopping? It's a miracle!" now Alice rolled her eyes and shook her head.

"Come on," Alice sighed, tugging on Jasper's arm. They walked in silence as they headed back to the hotel that they were staying in.

"So how much longer do you think we'll be staying here?" Jasper asked as they neared the hotel.

Alice shrugged, "Probably another few days. A storm is coming, I was figuring that we would leave sometime around then."

Jasper looked up at the sky where the sun was being covered up by a multitude of clouds. "It's still so strange to be out during the day. It doesn't seem right for someone like us."

"You'll get used to it, don't worry." Alice smiled brightly at Jasper as they entered the hotel.

The man at the front desk looked up briefly, but glanced down at his paperwork, blushing. Alice smiled at the man as they passed him, and he nodded back stoically, trying to look away as soon as possible.

When they got to their room, Alice set down her small bag and bounced over to Jasper, taking all of the bags in his hands and setting them on her bed. She grinned at Jasper and went to work sorting through the clothes. "I haven't been able to really shop like this for awhile. Moving around and all that. Thank you," she said sincerely.

"Your welcome," he answered, sitting down on the edge of the bed and watching her work, "So what are you planning on doing with your other clothes?"

Alice shrugged, "I don't know. Probably give them to someone, I just have to figure out who." Jasper nodded and absently picked up one of her wedding magazines, flipping through it.

"Why don't you design your dress?" he said suddenly, looking over at Alice.

"What?" Alice stopped what she was doing and turned her body to face Jasper.

"Well you said that you couldn't find a dress, and I know it might be short-term, but why don't you design it? It will be one of a kind, just like you."

Alice's eyes glazed over as she searched the future before a smile broke out across her face and she practically pounced on him, pulling Jasper into a hug. "Jasper you're brilliant!" she cried.

Jasper just smiled and kissed the top of her head. "Glad to be of assistance, ma'am."

"This will be the best wedding dress you'll ever see," she declared.

Happy New Year! Thank you everybody that has reviewed, added this story to their favorites and/or alerts.

Forgive me for taking a little while to post, but hey, it's finally out now. In case you couldn't tell from the above chapter, it's been decided, Alice and Jasper will be married before they meet the Cullens. I don't think it was ever said by Stephenie when they were married, but if anybody could tell me if she has, and when, then it would be greatly appreciated.

Disclaimer: I wished for it on New Year's Eve, but sadly I still don't own Twilight (or Jasper, dang it!)