IBD: Hello again! Sorry to keep you waiting!

Rule #2 - Nevermind. DON'T give Jasper a teddy bear!

Rule #2 1/2 - And Alice likes Cowboys :)

"Apple, peach, pumpkin pie, who's not ready? Holler 'I'!" Jasper cried, running into the bathroom. He then proceeded to dig through his closet until he found him. "Oh Emme! I found you!" he smiled, hugging his furry friend. Emme was a teddy bear Alice had gotten him for Valentine's Day. He named it after Emmett; like we expected much...

"Jasper! Stop playing with that damn bear! You're freaking me out!" Rose's voice called from downstairs.

"We can't hear you!" he shouted back, giving Emme a tight squeeze. Then, he hid him in the dirty clothes basket and went to count. "You really need to learn how to seek, Em. And fetch for that matter."

After hours of play, Alice finally cut him off. "Jasper, I'm going hunting. Do you want to come?" she asked, fluttering her eyes.

"Sure! Just let me get-"

"He's not invited." she replied flatly.

His lips went into a hard line. "But-"

"Let it go Jazz." Emmett sighed.

"Shut up, Fish-killer."

Emmett stood up, blazing. "God dammit! I didn't kill your fish!"

"Guys break it up." Edward cut in sternly.

"Fighting solves nothing." Alice shook her head. "Come on Jazz."

He sighed, following her out. Little did he know, Jasper would never see Emmett again. (The bear... not the dude... although none of his feelings would be hurt if the man disappeared... oh right, back to the story.)

Esme was doing the laundry when Alice and Jasper got home from their trip. Jasper immediately went his room to greet his friend, but he wasn't there.

"Emmett?!" he called, searching his whole room.

His brother walked in, "What?"

Jasper growled, "Not you!"

"You mean that stupid teddy bear?"

"Don't talk about him like that! He's my best friend!"

Emmett rolled his eyes, stalking out. "Whatever dude."

In the other room, Alice sat by Carlisle to tune into the news. Jasper walked in front of the TV, looking around it for his friend.

"Jazz..." Alice asked, "What are you doing?"

"Playing hide and seek with Emme. He's really good." he whispered, lifting her chair slightly.

She rolled her eyes. "You just got home."

He nodded, "But we were playing before I left. He's still hiding, but he changed hiding spots."

"How can a teddy bear play hide and seek? You're the one who hides him."

Then Esme walked in with folded laundry. "Something got in the washing machine and turned all of our white clothes brown." she frowned, picking one shirt up to show them. As she did this, a tuft of fur fell from it.

Jasper gasped painfully. "EMMETT!" Before Esme could say anything, Jasper was running past her to the laundry room.

Esme blew it off. "Ness really needs to stop hanging around with Jake. His fur gets in everything!"

Emmett searched the washing machine and dryer for his furry friend, but he was nowhere to be seen. He started to bust into tearless crying. "Emm – ett."

Then Bella walked in. "Jasper? I think you should come see something."

He shook his head.

"No really, I think you should really come see something." she pulled on the collar of his shirt and dragged him to the cottage.

"Hey Edward." Jasper waved as she dragged him by.

"Hey Jazz."

When they got to Nessie's room, she stopped and inched the door open. "Look."

He leaned over the crib to see her snuggling Emmett. She smiled at him and stood up. "Jasper." He tried to take the bear, but she pulled away. "Mine." she snapped, backing away from him.

He smiled, "No, mine."

She shook her head. "No. Mine."

They played tug of war until he got it out of her hands and ran. She started crying and he stopped, looking back and forth from Emmett to Nessie. "Aw damn."

"Mine." she whispered, holding her hands up.

He walked over and handed it to her. "Here you go, kid. You better name it after me."

She looked at it and smiled. "Jake."

He growled and stalked out. "I hate kids."

When Jasper arrived home, he sat on the couch in his room. "Damn it. Why am I so soft?"

Alice walked in with her hands behind her back. "I have a surprise for you."

He sighed. "Unless its another-" He stopped when he saw what was in her arms. "Is that a cowboy hat?!"

She nodded, handing it to him.

He ran over to the mirror. "OMG OMG OMG!"

She smiled at him. "What did you get me?"

He stopped cheering and looked at her. "What?"

There was a moment of tension. "Jazz, its our anniversary. What did you get me?"

"Our anniversary?"

She raised an eyebrow. "Yes."

He opened his mouth, and laughed. "I got you..." he sighed. "God dammit."

In the next hour, there was a lot of bickering, kissing, and eventually... well you know. (Might I add that Alice enjoys the 'cowboy' theme and called it even. Ha. I bet she didn't see that coming.)