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The Bond, Chapter Three

Bella's POV

Jasper looks like he's going to kiss me. Oh, no. My body is reacting and I can tell I want it. But I can't do this to Edward and Alice. I can't. I'm faithful. I have to stop him. "Yes, I'm ready Jasper. Hurry up, I can't wait to see it!" He looks confused for a second, then smiles and he starts running. I squeeze my eyes shut tightly.

I can tell I broke the moment, thank god. I love Edward. I can't do that to him. I love him, yes. I don't care how irritating Edward is being right , Jasper looked so hot, as much as I shouldn't be thinking that right now. Edward. I need to call him. Luckily, I brought my cell phone so I could.

Before I knew it, Jasper stopped and set me on my feet. I looked around me and it was absolutely breath taking, the waterfall was a crystal blue that was surrounded by rocks that were absolutely huge, the water fell down into a small pool of water, just big enough for swimming around. Surrounding us was a meadow full of flowers.

"Oh my god," I looked around in awe. "Jasper, I don't ever think I have seen something more beautiful than this. It's gorgeous. This place, it's almost," I struggled to think of a word that fit, "romantic," I settled with.

"I know," He agreed. "I never brought any of the others here before. It's always been my get away when I needed to think. What do you say about hopping in the lake?"

"Sure," I agreed. I needed to call Edward first. Rid myself of these thoughts about Jasper. "I gotta call Edward real quick then I'll be in."

I was fishing for my cell phone, I seen his eyes darken slightly and his jaw tensed up. I quickly scrolled down to Edwards name, hit send, and waited for him to pick up.

"Hello, love." His melodic voice rang through.

"Hey, any news?" I asked.

"I'm afraid not, not a single thing. We can't figure out why. This may take a bit longer than expected." I could tell he was sad just by his voice.

"Oh," I was a bit sad at that too, I was hoping it wouldn't be long. "Well, good luck."

"How's Jasper's company been? He hasn't taken a bite out of you yet?"

My anger flared up at that comment, "No he hasn't and he won't either. He's not as weak as you guys think he is."

Edward chuckled, "Yes, Bella he is. He has no control. I don't see how Carlisle and Esme would ever let him take care of you and be okay with it. We're going to be lucky if you're even alive when we come home. Although, you are clumsy so you'll most likely end up killing yourself first without me to protect you. Try to be safe won't you, Bella? And leave Jasper keep an eye out on you, but never get too close to him. Stand at least 20 feet away from him. Don't speak to him. Only speak when spoken to. I don't trust his control, you smell blood smells far too divine and I need that scent to come home to. I miss it already. Alice is calling, Bella. I must go. Remember do as I say." With that he hung up on me. My anger was off the charts. How dare he go around bossing me and being rude and untrusting to Jasper! I could feel my love for Edward diminish even more.

If I was being honest with myself, I barely even loved him anymore. He's been treating me like shit for the past couple of weeks. I used to view him as perfect, as my forever. However, these past couple of weeks it's all been the same with him. Talking about my blood and how good it smells, bossing me around and expecting me to listen without question, not letting me speak for myself, and the list goes on and on. I have been realizing lately, that even before Volterra, it was like this, I just never said anything. It was as if I was viewing life through a blindfold. And after I saved him, that blindfold was ripped off.

I keep telling myself that it would change and it hasn't yet. Why do I even kid myself anymore. The more I think about it, Edward was changed at 17. At that age boys are naïve and will always be that way, add in the fact that he's from a different era and has different views. He'll never change, he'll forever be immature and misguided in his views.

I'm mature beyond my age, thanks to having to take care of my mother instead of the other way around. My maturity level is at least in my twenties, if not thirties. His, will forever be stuck at 17.

He's not my perfect Edward anymore. He's hardly even my Edward anymore, he barely touches me, kisses me, holds me, anything. He refuses to sleep with me at night, have I mentioned that yet? He did for the first week he was back and then he just quit, saying that I needed to adjust to sleeping alone, that I would sleep better without him.

And, Jasper. He's been nothing but great to me. He was holding me close just a few minutes ago while running, my scent had to be all he could smell and I'm still here. He has no control issues and if you ask me, they're probably better than any of the families except Carlisle and maybe Esme's. He was in a Vampire war and had to change humans on a daily basis. You must have enough bloodlust control for that.

"Bella?" Jasper questions.

"Yes?" I say it quite nastily and immediately regret it. It's Edward I'm mad at, not him. I keep telling myself. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to be rude."

"It's okay, darlin'." He smiles in understanding and before I could even blink I feel the rush of wind and then I'm soaking wet in the water. I swim up to the stop.

"Jasper!" I gasp. "How could you?"

"I'm sorry," he laughs. "You were so mad at Edward that I figured you could use a break and have a little fun." I make sure to muster up as much anger as possible. Quickly he swims over to me and pulls me into his arms, wrapping me in a hug. I can feel his cool breath, against my ear. "I'm sorry, darlin'. Could you ever forgive me?" His breath sends a shiver up my spine and I know he could feel what it was doing to me. Paybacks a bitch, Jasper.

I put my mouth right up against his ear, "I don't know, Jasper. Can I?" I blow agaist his ear, and then thinking about what Edward said about his control, decide to test it. Feeling daring, I placed a kiss against his earlobe, slightly parting my lips so he can feel the moisture. Quickly, I swim away and splash him in the face with water.

I laugh at the look of shock on his face. We continued on like this for hours, swimming splashing each other. At one point Jasper disappeared under the water and I was looking around to see if I could see him swimming under me and suddenly I was being lifted up, Jasper had me placed on his shoulders. I squealed in both delight and fear.

I felt my stomach growl with hunger, and looked up guiltily at Jasper. He laughed, "Got caught up in havin' too much fun. Time to get the human some food." He winked at me and we swam out of the water. I put didn't bother putting my clothes on seeing as they were gonna get wet. Jasper must have had the same thoughts because he didn't put his on either. He picked me up and I wrapped my legs around his waist, I was in the same position as before. He wrapped his arms around my waist and I placed mine around his neck and held on.

Without thinking, I kissed his cheek. As my lips came into contact with his skin, I felt a shock go through me that I never felt before, it wasn't a bad one. It was a good one that went straight to my core. Suddenly I became more aware of everything. I could feel the water dripping down off of him, onto me, rolling down my chest and disappearing into my bikini top. I shivered at the coldness of it, my nipples going erect from the cold. This bikini was one Alice got me, it was barely covering any skin, and with Jaspers eyesight I knew he could see it. "Thank you for taking me here, Jasper."

Before I could become embarrassed, I pressed my nose into his shoulder, hiding my face and inhaling his scent. He smelled amazing, like oak trees and cinnamon. "It was my pleasure, Bella. Close your eyes, I'm gonna start running back."

Before I knew it, we were already back and inside. He slowed down to a human pace, and jogged up the stairs, still holding me and walked into the guest room. As he put me down, his eyes glanced over my body and darkened quickly and he wouldn't stop staring. I looked at him back, my eyes grazing over his chest. He had a well-defined six-pack, something Edward didn't have. His arms were muscular but not in the same way as Emmett's were.

"Uh," He stammered. "Bella? The bumpiness of the run must have, uh, affected your top."

Quickly I looked down and seen it had risen up completely exposing my full breasts to Jasper. Embarrassment and self-doubt flooded my emotions. Jasper was probably grossed out by them, seeing as I didn't have amazingly huge boobs. Quickly, I fixed it. My cheeks felt hot and I knew my entire face was probably red. Could this day get any worse?!

I quickly looked at the floor and went to go grab some dry clothes. I grabbed some and walked into the bathroom, glancing back at Jasper. I noticed he was still as a statue, my eyes traveled a little further south and noticed a little problem in his pants. My face grew even hotter and embarrassment was the only thing I could feel at that point. I quickly slammed the bathroom door shut and locked it. I pressed my back to the door and groaned in embarrassment.

I got dressed quickly seeing as I was shivering in my wet bathing suit. I sat on the tub for what felt like forever, not ready to face Jasper. The only thing that made me get up and leave the room was the constant growl of my stomach.

A/N: Still looking for a beta! Anyone interested? A quick poll: who wants to see them kiss? And who wants it to wait a while longer? Thoughts! Don't forget to review!