Author Notes: Here's chapter three. I woke up early just for you to update it. Updates probably wont come as often since winter vacation is over and I go back to class today (it's currently 4:20am). Enjoy this chapter. All the stories I read and mumble about, are ones I enjoy a lot and think you should check them out!

In this chapter I read and muttered about:
Inadequacy
- Le26199

Chapter Three
Jasper's Point of View

It was just Edward, Alice and I at home. The others had wanted to get out, before they lost their minds. Rosalie and Esme dragged Carlisle and Emmett shopping. Bella went to the movies with Nessie. I begged Alice to stay at home with the promise of a trip to New York for a shopping trip.

Alice was snuggled up in my lap and I stroked her hair absentmindedly. We were waiting to hear the mumblings of the neighbor girl. She had been quiet all day. She had slept until 3 in the afternoon, not feeling good.

Edward paused the game he was playing and sat up. It was the first time he really moved, he seemed excited. "It's time." He said, causing Alice to pout. That was usually her line. I laughed and kissed her forehead. "This has you in it, Jazz. And Bella. Here we go…"

It was quiet for a few moments and we held our breaths. It was like she was teasing us, making us wait. Like she knew we were listening in on her random babbling about us in stories people write.

I felt sadness coming from the neighbor girl. "No, Jazzy, you're not a failure." She whimpered. I was taken aback, the sadness was because she was reading a fiction where I must've thought I was a failure. "Damn-it Jasper, You're not a failure! So stubborn. I swear that coven is full of stubborn people."

Alice glanced at me and kissed my battle-scared face. "She's right, you're not."

"Uh oh, She's going to be yelling some more." Edward said, interrupting our moment. I sensed the annoyance coming off of the neighbor girl. Alice held my hand and I brought it up to my lips, kissing her soft, tender skin.

It was silence. She was apparently reading quietly. She snorted with laughter after a second and Edward groaned before saying, "She finds the paper-cut incident funny." We all groaned.

"That was razor sharp paper. Probably made for vampires by vampires." we laughed at that. It sounded like some cheesy sales pitch. "Deep in the catacombs of the Volturi's evil domain. Muwahahah." It was silent again. She went back to reading. Apparently, she wasn't feeling too talkative today.

Edward was reading her mind as she read the story and her emotions were changing constantly from happiness to annoyance to a slight case of anger.

"Alice needs to beat some sense into you, boy." She muttered. "You are not weak. You are not a failure. I mean for Force sakes, you served in the Confederate Army! Oh I would love to get my hands on you. Hmm…" her mumblings trailed off, probably into silent thoughts.

"She would love to ask you if you new General "Stonewall" Jackson." I shook my head, I never knew the General, but I had heard of him through my military career in the Confederate Army. I mean who hadn't heard of General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson? That man was a living legend. The neighbor girl loved learning things about the Civil War.

Alice whacked me suddenly and I glanced at her, hurt as I rubbed my head. She smiled. "She said I needed to beat some sense in to you." I chuckled and tapped her nose.

"Yay!" She said. She finished reading the story without uttering a word. "Good Bella, you knock some sense into Jasper. He doesn't see himself clearly! I like this one." She was happy again, it made me happy because I was feeling her happiness.

I picked up Alice and retreated to our bedroom upstairs. Edward, Nessie and Bella had their own apartment just below us, but most of the time they were with us. Edward went back to playing games and to listen to the neighbor girl should she read any more stories.

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Notes: Pardon the Star Wars reference, I enjoy Star Wars and often use the term "Oh for Force sakes". Review please? Who knows you might get another chapter this afternoon or evening! Oh, Edward is always in the story. He read's the neighbor girl's mind as she reads.