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Suggested playlist: Viva Las Vegas and Jail House Rock by Elvis; Say When by The Fray
What Happens in Vegas...
I swear going back on tour after spending time in Texas was hard. Getting re-accustomed with the rigors of the tour and the demands on our time was tough, not to mention learning to follow the rules again. The rule I seemed to be struggling the most with was the "in public rule". What could I say, I was spoiled being able to hold and kiss Alice whenever I wanted.
Of course, to say that such displays weren't awkward at home would be lying. For one, every time I would kiss Alice or hold her close to me, Momma would give me a knowing smile. I think Momma was just glad I was showing someone affection. Then there was Jordan. Lord knows I loved seeing Jordan take to Alice as well as she did and I seeing Alice finally able to relax with her towards the end of our visit warmed my heart, but remembering there was a child in the house, who doesn't knock, was a bit of mood killer. I would definitely have to make that up to Alice on our days off in Vegas.
Yeah, Vegas. Holy shit! Who would have thought I'd ever be able to really say, I saw my name in lights? But not just any lights. To see the marquee at the Treasure Island Casino and Resort flash our concert info but also a greeting that said "Vegas Welcomes Alice, Jasper, Maggie and Seth!" was, well shit, I still don't have a word for it.
We had just finished our first Vegas show and the atmosphere backstage was unreal. Fans were surrounding us for pictures and autographs. Boys were asking for Alice and Maggie's numbers and even hands in marriage, definitely not what we were expecting.
This had started to wind down and Seth convinced me to talk with these girls that were thinking of a lesbian rock group and wanted song writing tips. I was honest and said write what you feel. There's nothing worse than some kid writing about a bad relationship when they have clearly never been in one. But that's when things changed.
I felt the hair on the back of neck stand on edge before I knew what was going on. Suddenly Maggie was at my side.
"What the fuck is he doing here?" She spat out, causing Seth and I to look at her stunned. Of the four of us Maggie was the quiet one, she was laid back and definitely not one to swear.
"Who?" Seth asked looking in the direction Maggie was glaring at.
"James." She growled out and then followed up with some Yiddish words she no doubt knew thanks to Ben. I turned to look at why this James character would make Maggie so angry, but I couldn't get past the ringing in my ears when I saw him reach down and touch his lips to my fucking girl.
I started to walk over there, relatively surprised at my own calm and collected actions. I could faintly hear Seth telling me to turn around but I couldn't.
Who the fuck did he think he was to be touching my girl?
When I reached them, the stress in Alice's posture mixed with the fear in her eyes was enough to make me rip this asshole's head off.
I placed my hand on the dickhead's shoulder.
Remember Jazz, you're in public; therefore you are representing not only your band mates, but Bella and Wolf Records. In short, be nice, I told myself as my grip tightened on his shoulder.
A normal man would have freaked out about some asshole grabbing him while talking to a woman like Alice, but I should have known this was no ordinary dickhead. I don't know why, but just now, as my hold on his shoulder tightened it dawned on me; this was the fucker who hurt Alice, My Alice!
"Hey man, thanks for coming to the show." I said as calmly as possible. I watched as Alice's eyes darted from him to me and back. It was obvious she was scared.
"I'm just enjoying my chat with my little Alice here," the fucker, tapped his finger on Alice's nose, he didn't even have the courtesy to look at me as he answered. I bit my cheek to keep from snarling at the prick to get his hands of my girl. Then James turned to glare at me and said, "So go bite a dick, fag boy."
Don't ask me what color his eyes were or what his face looked like, I couldn't even tell you if I thought his nose had ever been broken before. Because at that moment, all I saw was this 'sick fuck' hurting Alice, telling her that she was nothing and that she deserved to be treated like dirt. I saw nothing but red.
The sound of my fist meeting his face echoed through the loud and crowded area. I watched as if in slow motion, James landed on the ground with a thud while I grabbed Alice and pushed her behind me in case he decided to retaliate.
"Stay the fuck away from my girlfriend or I will fucking kill you myself you dick-less bastard." I spat at him. I felt Alice's hands tighten on my arm, effectively pulling me from the thoughts of fulfilling my threat right now.
I turned to face Alice, her bright green eyes were staring back at me wide in panic and fear, there were tears rimming her eyes. "Its okay baby," I whispered as I kissed her forehead. I needed to get her the fuck away from here, the fuck away from him. Now!
I tried to lead Alice towards the exit but as soon as I moved her knees buckled. I caught her up in my arms, carrying her bridal style as I went to the exit. Her arms went around my neck, she pulled herself closer and I felt her tremble some.
Seth met us at the door, holding it open as Emmett bolted out in front of us to get the service elevator for us.
"It's okay Alice," I murmured while kissing her head softly. "I swear on my life, he won't fucking hurt you anymore," I promised.
The ride to the room was tense, I was scared Alice was going into shock and honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if she did. I kept telling her that everything was okay every time I felt her body shudder against me.
Once we got in the room I carefully put Alice down on the bed and went to call Emmett, but there was a knock at the door before I could dial. I quickly looked in on Alice who was slowly changing out of her stage costume before I answered the door.
"Well speak of the Devil," I said as I moved to let Emmett into the suite.
"Yeah, speaking of, who the fuck was that?" I glanced over at the door to the bedroom; Alice was standing there watching us.
"Well," I rubbed the back of my neck; do I tell him that James is Alice's version of Royce? "That's was James and he's scum." That was all I could manage to say. Alice walked out wearing her sweat pants and a tank top. I watched as she chewed on her lower and came to wrap her arms around my waist, hugging herself to my side. I wrapped my arm around her and held her tightly. I noticed Emmett giving us a curious look.
"Hey Pixie," Emmett smiled at her, "how you doing? Jazz here didn't scare you off with his caveman tendencies did he?"
She shook her head at him and seemed as if she was trying to bury herself within me.
Emmett took a deep breath, "Well Ms. Swan has been notified and has asked me to see if Alice is okay. Since I see this is probably not the best time as I'm sure you two need to talk, I'll just tell her that everything's fine?" He looked at me and I nodded.
"Yeah," I turned to get Alice to look at me. "Baby, I'm going to talk to Emmett for a minute, do you want to maybe get in the tub and relax? Or I know," I smirked at her praying she'd smile or smack me. "How about you get in the hot tub on the balcony," I waggled my eyebrows at her.
She gave me a shy smile, "Okay... I don't know where my bathing suit is," she bit into her bottom lip and I swear to God, if Emmett wasn't here I would have tossed Alice on the bed and made love to her all night and all damned day tomorrow.
I grinned looking down at her, "Even better." I cupped her face with my hand and leaned down to brush my lips to hers. Her hands fisted at my shirt as she sucked my lower lip. I felt myself smile, which was her cue to break away from me.
"See ya in a few." She turned to look at Emmett, "Have a nice night Em."
He smiled and winked at her, "Night Pixie." Alice nodded and headed back to the bedroom. I waited until I heard the click of bedroom door followed by the sound of Alice's humming.
"What happened?" I asked crossing my arms over my chest.
"Simple, you carried Alice out and Seth, Sam and I took care of the trash. The cops want a statement from you two in regards to what happened." Emmett informed me as he leaned against the wall.
"Alright, but why? Who called them?"
Emmett's booming laugh caught me off guard. "He did."
I raked my fingers through my hair tugging on it. I really didn't need him pressing charges on me, not when I was so close to getting Jordan.
"Whoa Jazzman... chill!" Emmett said, noticing my distress. "When the cops came and James went to make a formal complaint against you, Sam and I told them what happened. We explained how you tried your best to get him to stop harassing Alice. We also told them you were left with no other option but to remove him. Only, he provoked you into defending yourself."
"Wait the cops believed that shit?" Emmett nodded. "Why?"
"Apparently one of the men in uniform is Mr. Black's son-in-law," he winked at me as he let himself out. "Regardless, you go take care of your woman. You got shit to do tomorrow, including calling your cousin. The only reason she hasn't called freaking out yet is because I managed to talk Eddie into distracting her." He explained waggling his eyebrows at me.
I rolled my eyes, "Good night Em," I held the door as he nodded. "And thanks. You know, for saving my ass."
Emmett laughed, flexing his muscles, "That's what you pay the brawn for." I laughed closing the door and locking it.
I went into the bedroom, stripping off my shirt as I went. I stepped out of my shoes as I opened our bag to get my trunks. Just as I dropped my jeans and kicked them off, I caught a glimpse of a red string. I pushed aside some of Alice's clothes, finding it amusing how we seemed to be so domesticated without having the biggest step in our relationship. Finally I was able to grab at what the red string was attached to. There in my hands, I held Alice's little red, polka dot halter bikini.
I looked from the little bit of fabric that drove me crazy every time she wore it back in Texas to the French doors that led to the patio. I could hear soft music playing outside as I tossed the bikini down and quickly ran to the balcony where I found Alice giggling at me as she took a sip from her wine glass. The bubbles from the jets were swirling around her as she relaxed in the tub, keeping her body hidden from me.
"You just gonna stand there or are you getting in cowboy?" she smirked at me.
"I don't know, I kind of like this view," I smirked back at her. She lifted her eyebrow as she set her glass down. She rolled herself over and folding her arms on the side of the tub, using them as a pillow for her head as she pushed her legs out, giving a perfect view of her ass.
"You sure?" She asked. "The water is so nice."
"Uh yeah..." Why the fuck am I stalling? "So… uh, is this another clothing optional event?" Damn, how is it that this woman renders me fucking stupid at times.
She smirked, "But of course. Why do you think I'm naked?"
I felt my cheeks warm up, "I was just checking." I told her lamely as I stepped out of my boxers and joined her in the hot water. I looked around briefly, thankful there was a wall around the tub to keep unwanted eyes away.
Alice moved to sit next to me as she grabbed her wine glass. She put her legs in my lap, "I poured you some as well," she said as she pointed to the glass next to the bottle of wine.
"Thank you beautiful," I smiled at her as I grabbed it. "So, you okay?" I asked taking a sip.
She shrugged, "A little freaked but I'll live." I studied her as she took another drink.
"Do you want to talk about it?" She shrugged.
"If you want to." I took her hand in mine, kissing her wrist. I could tell she was still uneasy and I didn't want to push her on this.
"I'll drop it," I said hoping to relax her some with my words. I failed as she gave me a tight lipped smile, muttering okay as she finished her drink.
I felt my eyebrow rise at her reaction. She just looked away but chewed on her lips. I sighed, "Baby, just tell me what's on your mind, I know something's bothering you."
"I dunno. Just my entire body felt like it just froze in there. I couldn't move or think, it was very... unnerving... and I wanna know what you're thinking because you haven't said anything about it to me." She explained. I could understand her feeling numb to the situation, granted my situation with Maria was nothing compared to what she was going through with James. I just didn't want to push her on the subject.
I pulled her to me so she was sitting in my lap facing me. "Baby, I haven't said anything cause honestly," I didn't know how to approach it? "I wanted to kill him. Not just because he had his hands on you, but because he hurt you. And I'm sure with assholes like him, you unfortunately aren't the only one he's hurt."
She shook her head as the tears started to fall, I felt relieved she was finally letting them out. "No, he was much worse..." she trailed off just as her voice cracked, "Maggie."
That's how Maggie knew it was him, I wondered why she so angry at him. I ground my teeth together, wishing more than anything I had done more to that sick bastard when I had the chance.
"Baby," I said as I wiped the tears from her face, "he won't hurt anyone anymore, I swear. I don't care what it takes but he's never gonna hurt you or Maggie again."
Especially you my love, I thought as I kissed her forehead.
She nodded, "Thank you Jazz." She brought her lips to mine, softly kissing me. As always when she kissed me I felt myself smile under her lips.
"And I know you," I said gently stroking her cheek with my thumb. "You were worried that I was gonna leave weren't you?" She looked down and nodded.
"I mean, I know what it looked like."
"Yeah, it looked like some jackass was making the moves on my girlfriend, who didn't seem to like it one bit." I clarified for her. Because clearly her body language at the time said he was not welcomed.
Suddenly her eyes went wide and she covered her mouth with her hand. "Oh my God!"
My eyebrows furrowed, "What's wrong?"
"Bella's gonna murder us Jazz!"
Oh yeah, forgot about that.
I nodded, "I think she's more worried about you. Especially after Emmett fabricated a reason for me hit him so he couldn't press charges."
"Yeah, but the press is gonna go wild!" I nodded, imagining what the press would say about me throwing a punch at someone, calling Alice my girlfriend and carrying her off like some damsel in distress.
Fuck'em, I thought.
She put her head on my shoulder, her breath tickling the crook of my neck as she spoke. "I am so, so sorry Jazz." I ran the back of my hand along her arm.
"Maybe it's time they knew," I said as I started to chew my lip. They'd have to get over it, I can't keep pretending anymore. Shit, it's getting hard not to tell her loved her as it is. I kissed her forehead, "I'd do it again in a heartbeat Ali."
She was apparently lost in thought as well, her finger traced patterns on my chest and shoulders. "I mean, its way too hard to keep it under cover. Maybe we could talk to her about it tomorrow?" She suggested. Good, I'm glad I wasn't the only one having issues with this.
"Yeah, that sounds like a great idea." Speaking of tomorrow I guess now is a good time as any to tell her about the police. I cleared the lump in my throat, "Uh, baby... we kinda need to go see the police tomorrow..." I trailed off. She shot upright quick.
"What? Why?" Her eyes were wide with panic as she wrapped her arms around my neck.
"We need to make statements." I explained, "Apparently James," I growled out his name, feeling my fists clench but instantly relaxed as Alice's fingers wove their way into my hair. "Called the cops to press charges on me," I wrapped my arms around her, "but Emmett, Seth and Sam all told the cops that James was harassing you and provoked me," I shrugged, "so the cops want our statements."
She nodded, "What do you want me to say?"
"Be honest." I shrugged, I was going to be. They may think I'm stupid, but I think I had every right to hit him. I'd love to make that dick head James pay for every time he lied to Ali or forced her into something she didn't want to do.
Again she nodded, "I'm gonna sound like a whore." she said softly.
"What? Why?" I practically shouted.
All emotion was gone from her voice as she said, "My married, ex fuck buddy tried to kiss me, no, did kiss me."
"Baby stop, he lied to you. He made you believe the lies. You are not to blame for that at all."
She nodded absentmindedly, "Promise me when you get married, you'll never do that. I don't care if it's me offering to blow you, just say no."
"Never, cause I'll be so in love with my wife I won't need anyone else." I bit down on my lip hard as I saw the pain flash through her eyes.
She gave me a small smile, "Good."
Damn it woman, don't you know you're the one I want, always? I wanted to scream at her.
"But I'm not leaving you ever, so that's a moot point." I informed her as I brought my lips to hers. She pulled herself closer to me as she sighed into our kiss, allowing me to deepen it. The little moans she was making as our tongues massaged each other, was not making our current position optimal.
"Jazz, are you happy to see me?" Alice asked in an innocent voice, her lips barely away from mine.
I smirked, "I don't think happy is quite the right word."
She rolled her hips forward, grinding herself against my cock as I groaned and rested my head on the back of the tub. "You seem kinda happy to see me." Quickly, I grabbed her and had her sitting on the edge of the tub as I lifted her leg over my shoulder.
"I'll show you happy," I tease as I moved my face closer to lower lips. I looked up at her as she bit her bottom lip to bite back a smile. I grinned at her, pulling away. "But," I faked a yawn, "I'm tired so I'm gonna go jump in the shower." I quickly jumped out of the tub and carefully ran back into the room. I heard her yelling after me about how much trouble I was in.
I should have known she was right, but no, I had to test it. She joined me in the shower, touching and rubbing against me, but the minute I tried to touch her back, she'd smack my hands away saying, "I'm tired."
Then in bed, she stroked me to the point where I thought I'd burst and then she stopped, gave me a chaste kiss and said goodnight. She rolled to her side and pressed her ass firmly against my dick.
Fucking tease.
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The next day I woke up at about ten. Alice was still sleeping, positioned as she was last night. Her ass still making full contact and my fucking morning wood was not helping the situation. I leaned in to whisper in her ear that it was time to get up, she smacked at me to go away. That was a first; normally I'm the one that doesn't want to wake up. Since apparently my words weren't working I decided to try another method.
I pulled her close to me as I kissed the crook of her neck. She moaned a little and ground her ass in to me.
"Alice," I warned, as I slid my hand under her shirt, gently stroking her smooth stomach.
"Lower," she whispered causing me to smile against her neck. I moved my hand a hair lower as she lifted her leg back over mine. With my other hand, I pushed the hair back from behind her ear so I could place kisses there. I gently sucked on her skin as my other hand worked its way between her legs, massaging her through her panties. She moaned and rocked her hips into my hand.
"Are you gonna let me get to second base?" I teased, nipping at her ear lobe. She pulled away to roll to her back. She smiled up at me and nodded.
Well hot damn, I thought and then wanted to kick my own ass for being so juvenile about this.
I kissed her neck again as this time I slipped my hand down the front of her panties, teasing her by gently running my middle finger along her folds. I nipped and sucked at her skin as she opened her legs wider, silently begging me for more.
I dipped my finger into her causing us both to moan.
"Jesus Ali, you're so wet," I murmured against her skin. She lifted her hips into my hand, rocking in rhythm with my hand. My thumb found her clit as I rubbed gentle circles over it. Her hands cupped my face, pulling me up so she could kiss me properly. As her tongue entered my mouth I added another finger, thrusting into her faster. She moaned into our kiss.
Soon I had her so worked up and into it that she was clawing at my back as I pumped my fingers into her harder. Fuck I need to be inside of her. Now.
"Ali, baby..." I groaned against her neck. "I need you."
"Yes," she moaned in response as I felt her start to clench around my fingers.
Faster then we could process I had her panties and my boxers off and I was positioning myself at her entrance. I placed my forehead to hers as she watched me with lust filled eyes. God I love you, I thought as I slowly entered her. She threw her head back moaning as I filled her up. I knew this wasn't gonna last long for me, but at least I could make it worth her time. I pushed her shirt up, taking her nipple into my mouth and sucking it as we began to move. I let her set the pace with her movements, egging me to go faster.
I brought her leg up over my hip, thrusting into her deeper as she wrapped her arms around my neck and weaving her hands in my hair. I moaned out against her tit as she tugged on my hair getting me to fuck her harder.
Soon our moans became breathless pants as we both reached our peaks. Again she reached for my face, crashing her lips to mine as she flew over the edge. Her walls clamped around me, making her fucking tighter than ever as I spilled inside of her.
I pulled myself out to collapse next to her. I hugged her closer to me and I peppered kisses on her face. She looked absolutely blissful at this moment and I loved seeing that on her. I started laughing, thinking about how I woke her up.
I kissed her forehead. "Good morning Alice. You feel like going for a run?" I teased.
She snorted in laughter, "You don't think that was good enough exercise for the morning?"
I shrugged, pretending that it didn't matter to me either way. "I just know how you like to run... but I'm sure if you want this to be your usual morning workout I can arrange that." I added suggestively.
Alice grinned in response. "Good morning Jasper," she said before giving me a quick peck on the mouth.
"Come on baby, we got a big day... get up." I said pulling my boxers on and standing to stretch.
She wrinkled her nose to think it over. "Yeah, you're right." She sat up scowling at the blanket. I stood there watching as she threw the blanket over her head and threw herself back onto the bed.
I shook my head, chuckling softly as I walked to her side of the bed. "Baby..." I sang as I tugged on the blanket, fuck she had a death grip on it, "Don't make me carry your ass to the shower lil' lady." I teased.
"Would I be able to get out of this whole police statement thing if I said I was the 'ghost of girlfriends present'?" she asked from under the blanket.
I sighed as I squatted next to the bed, "Ali, I know you don't want to do this," I pulled the blanket off of her face, "but if you do this, think of how you'll help others in the future." I kissed her forehead and looked into her eyes again, "I promise, when we're done with this shit, we'll come back here and it will be just me and you. No phones, no visitors... just us."
She nodded and gave me a smile, but I could see the apprehension and fear in her eyes. "Okay," she gave me a quick kiss. "Carry me to the shower." She instructed as she stretched out her legs and held her arms up to me, wiggling them a bit.
I shook my head laughing at her, "You are so spoiled." I told her as I picked her up and carried her to the bathroom.
While she was getting dressed I quickly fixed us some bagels with cream cheese to eat on the way to the police station, I grabbed an apple for her as well. She was quiet as we rode to the station, her legs draped over my lap as she ate her apple. I looked out the windows of our hired car seeing the various wedding chapels and snickering at the ones that boasted an Elvis minister for their weddings.
"I wonder if Reno brags about having Elvis Ministers." I laughed. Alice looked at me and raised an eyebrow. I smirked then shrugged as looked back out the window.
Fuck Vegas is over the top.
When we arrived at the station, we were introduced to the officers who took the complaint. They escorted us to separate interrogation rooms where they would get our statements.
The questions were basic; how do you know him, what happened, what was said? Of course, they had to pull my records from Fort Stockton to 'check for violent offenses', the dude with a really bad comb over explained. I felt like I was stuck in a bad blue collar joke as he looked it over. Thank God I was never ballsy enough to tell the arresting officer to call me 'Tater Salad'.
After explaining the assault charges Royce pressed against me and why they were dropped I was free to go. Alex, Billy's son-in-law, informed me that Alice was still with the other officer, he said he'd let her know I was outside if she came out before I came back.
I went out side, lighting up a smoke, flipping off the papz in the process and decided to call Bella.
"Swan," she answered breathlessly.
"I uh, didn't interrupt did I?"
"Jesus, Jazz! No! Oh my God how's Alice?"
"She's good… well I mean, she's obviously shook up that he even touched her. But she's in with the officers right now telling them her story."
"Good, Jesus, I feel like a horrible best friend." She confessed. I could hear Ed in the background consoling her.
"Bells, that's crazy. We know you got shit to do back home. How do you think I feel? I fucking snapped in front of her again."
"Snapped? Again?" The confusion was clear in her voice.
"Oh, uh... back home she saw the fighter in me. Maria..."
"Oh fuck, I was afraid of that."
"Yeah, well Alice was able to keep me from laying my hands on her, just like she kept me from killing James."
"Yeah about that, Billy's got Amber working on it. Emmett told me that he wouldn't leave after you asked him?"
"Aw hell Bells, you know that's bullshit. The fucker kissed her then proceeded to call her his girl. I snapped."
"Jasper you can't keep doing this shit." I could hear her pull the phone away, "Oh, don't even fucking start Edward." She snapped. I could have sworn I heard him apologize.
"Listen Jazz, I know you were defending your girlfriend but seriously you are going to fuck up everything we've worked hard for if you keep losing it because of your jealousy."
"Don't you dare blame her for this Bella," I warned stubbing out my smoke.
"I'm not, I'm blaming you."
"You know what, fuck it. I'm done with fucking hiding our relationship like it was some forbidden love affair. This is so unbelievably fucked up because I love her and I can't even tell her. And then-"
"Wait, what did you say?"
"That I'm tired of hiding us. Shit even she is."
"No Jasper Thomas, you made a very serious statement. What. Did. You. Say?" I had to think it out, what did I say?
"That I love her?"
"You do?" I could hear the excitement in her voice.
"Of course I fucking love her. Where the fuck have you been?" I had to pull the phone away as she made some sort of high pitched squealing noise.
"I'll tell you were I've been, I been trying to convince your girlfriend that you do love her. Jesus Jasper, man up and tell her! Fucks sake man, you have balls. Use them!"
"Oh like I can just be like, 'hey Ali, guess what? I love you.' Yeah, real classy Bells." I rolled my eyes.
"It is that easy Jasper, especially when you mean it."
"Really was it that easy for you to tell Edward?"
"Yes, because he told me first."
"Of course he did. I bet it wasn't easy for him to tell you."
I heard the phone beep, and suddenly it sounded as if she put me on speakerphone.
"Love," I heard her call to Edward.
"Hmm?" Came his response.
"When you told me that you loved me the first time, was it easy for you?" I could hear the smugness in her voice.
"Not really, but I knew by the way you looked at me that you loved me too so it made things easier to say," he answered back, making me the smug one now.
"Ugh damn it Edward, not helping." she whined as she put the phone back on normal. When she came back on she was laughing. "Anyway, see if you mean it and if you truly know Alice, then you'll be able to tell her." I was about to remark when I saw Alice walk out.
"Listen Bells, Alice is done. We're gonna get some lunch and head back to the hotel. I'll have her call you later okay?"
"Yes please do. And TELL HER!!!" She shouted the last part at me as I snapped the phone shut.
I met Alice half way; she was smiling as she looked up at me. I smirked back at her wondering what she was thinking.
"Lots of papz out here," I warned her as I took her hand. She nodded and stood on her toes, wrapping her arms around my neck. I grinned at her. "You're evil." She simply nodded as I leaned down to kiss her. She immediately sucked my bottom lip into her mouth and nibbled on it, forcing me to pull her closer.
She broke the kiss giggling.
"What's so funny?" I asked, slightly flustered.
"I may have told the papz that they're number one." She smirked as I opened the car door for her.
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We met up with Maggie, Seth, Emmett and Sam at the Hard Rock Cafe. We were seated in a booth at the back of the restaurant. Every one ordered lunch and casual conversations were started here and there. Sam was currently showing me pictures of his wife Emily and their little girl Violet. The atmosphere was laid back and even fun until Emmett brought shit up.
"So, how'd it go at the station?" Emmett asked. I felt Alice tense up next to me. Her interview had taken longer than mine and honestly, I was curious as to what happened, but I didn't want to pry.
"Fine," I said simply. I watched as Alice and Maggie seemed to have a silent conversation.
"Just fine?" Emmett pressed.
"Jesus Em, what do you want to know?" I looked at him.
"Did you press charges?"
"No, I gave a statement as to why I hit the fucker. I was told that I broke his nose, which is hilarious to me, since I don't think my hand hurt even once. After I gave my statement they asked about my history of violence with Royce. So on top of having to sit in a room without being able to make sure Alice was okay, I had to tell them Rose's shit too. Do you want me to continue or do you know the rest of this tale?" I snapped. Seth and Sam exchanged looks as Alice grabbed my hand under the table trying to calm me down.
"I think he deserves the broken nose, good job Jazz," Maggie said softly. I nodded in response as Seth wrapped his arm around her shoulder and gave her a comforting squeeze.
"Dude, I was just asking what was going on. I figured being a part of your security detail and all, I should maybe know if there's a restraining order against the shit head, okay? Don't fucking snap at me cause you've got a case of blue balls from hell." Emmett snapped right back at me as Sam nodded. Seth and Maggie bit back their laughter.
"Not everything is fucking related to sex Emmett." I said through clenched teeth. Doesn't he fucking understand that I want to hunt the fucker down and kill him just so Alice can rest easier at night?
"Uh... no offense, but with you two, sex is always the question and answer," Seth added making me glare at him. "Dude, seriously! I heard you two moaning on the bus in Cali so don't give me that." I just shook my head at him. "I'm surprised she isn't pregnant yet." he muttered.
Alice straightened up as she turned her head in Seth's direction, "What about that little dry humping incident I walked in on with you and Kelci? FYI Seth, we weren't doing what you think we were and it's just a part of a meaningful relationship." She turned her attention back to Emmett, who now looked as if Rosalie was ripping him a new one.
"Jasper being mad right now has nothing to do with whether or not we've had sex in the past week. It does, however, have everything to do with the fucking monster, with a pretty big fucking MO who just came busting back into my life. And when Jazz defended me, he fucking tried to press charges. When Maggie and I wanted to press charges against him, we were told there was no evidence and we had no case. It's just bullshit."
Everyone around the table just stared at Alice in disbelief, except Maggie who was nodding. I'll admit, even I was shocked.
"I'm sure Emmett and Seth meant no disrespect Alice," Sam said, "I understand where Emmett was coming from. As he said, we are here to protect you as well as the rest of the band. It is easier on us to know the details of any charges pressed against Mr. Sawyer so we can better protect you." I looked at Sam like he had three heads. How in the hell did he know that asshole's last name?
"I'm sorry Ali," Seth said looking and sounding much like a scolded puppy. Emmett nodded his apology as well. I just shook my head, thankful I wasn't on the receiving end of Alice's anger for once.
"It's okay Seth; you just have you remember you have urges too. And at least we're trying to be semi private, Not in the middle of the bus..." she shook her head obviously seeing the memory again clear in her mind as she laughed and Seth blushed.
Alice turned her attention back to Sam, "And Maggie and I are gonna get a restraining order against him, so he can't bother either of us." Again Maggie nodded.
I kissed the top of Alice's head and she looked up and smiled at me.
Sam nodded and looked over at Emmett, "The minute you see Mr. Sawyer you are to remove him by any means necessary." Emmett nodded, a grin stretched across his face as he cracked his knuckles.
"Ten-four boss. No one messes with my little sister and gets away with it," he winked at Alice causing her to laugh just as the food arrived.
"So," Emmett said, popping a fry in his mouth. "No comment to the pregnancy thing?" he looked from Alice to me and back.
"I was just kidding!" Seth screeched out. I laughed.
"Uh, well... We're safe, so no worries." I looked at Alice from the corner of my eye as she picked at her salad.
"I'm on the pill Em." Alice leaned closer to me, making me move so she could talk softly to me. "What is it with everyone? Your momma and mine were interrogating me too," she informed me.
I shrugged as I removed the cucumbers from my salad and placed them on hers. "Well, knowing my momma, she's just excited that I have a smart and beautiful girlfriend. And well, your momma wants grand babies. At least that's what she told me when I met her on her birthday."
She rolled her eyes, "I wanna be married before I have kids and my mom keeps talking about little details. Oh and your momma said you are likely to have a shot gun wedding." I shook my head, have one kid out of wed-lock.
"Thanks for your cucumber." Alice said grinning as she ate one. I just smirked at her.
"Well I just thought I'd ask, look at you two! You guys already act like you're married." Emmett teased as I placed the last cucumber on her salad. Alice and I looked at each other. The look in her eyes was almost as if she was trying to tell me she liked that idea, but I shook my head to clear the thought from my mind.
"No Emmett, we're just comfortable with each other." I informed him, as Alice nodded.
"Well, I think it would be cool to be Uncle Seth to your off spring. And if you do ever decide to take the plunge into forever, I wish you the best." He grinned at us as he took a bite of his burger.
Alice grinned at Seth, "Wanna be a bridesmaid?" We all laughed as Seth's jaw hit the table.
"Yeah, I think bright pink was one of the dress choices, right baby?" I said casually before taking a bite. Emmett was howling with laughter now.
Alice nodded, "I thought it would look best on both Brandon and Seth."
"I agree," I grinned at Seth then looked at Alice, winking. "Great color choice." I kissed her quickly.
Alice smiled then looked at Seth who was still staring at us in complete shock. "Seth, you're letting flies in?"
Seth snapped his mouth closed, scowling at us. "You guys fucking suck," he grumbled taking another bite.
"Why, did you really wanna be a bridesmaid?" Alice asked.
"No! Ugh, I'm not wearing a dress! That's J's thing, not mine." He answered, shaking his head. Everyone was laughing harder now that the little shit brought up the tea party thing.
"Hey, you have a kid with eyes like Jordan's and I dare you to say no to that." I shot back.
"I have to agree with Jasper on that. My little Violet turns on the pout and I lose." Sam added.
"Besides," Alice said getting everyone's attention, "I can't offer you to be a grooms man coz Jazz has to ask you that, and for that to happen, you have to stop acting like a little girl." she said as she threw a cherry tomato at his head. Seth sat up and caught in his mouth, grinning at Alice as he chewed it.
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After lunch we headed back to the hotel instead of sight seeing with the gang, we just wanted to stay in and relax. Getting into the hotel was interesting of course, because the vultures were waiting for us. I think both Alice and I were just fed up and didn't care anymore; I put my arm over her shoulder as she put hers around my waist. And just as we started walking up the stairs I heard one of them shout-out "When's the wedding?" causing us to look over our shoulders.
Now, an hour after that fucking question I was looking up wedding chapels while I was also looking up the laws on adoption to surprise Alice. I was getting frustrated at all the stupid 'Get married by Elvis' chapels. Don't get me wrong, Elvis is up there with the Man in Black in my opinion, but shit do you have to be that stereotypical?
I pushed my glasses up over my head as I rubbed my face. I clicked on a link for The Little White Chapel. This looked promising.
What the hell are you thinking Whitlock? You can't even get enough balls to tell her you love her, a voice mocked me in my head. Sure I could, couldn't I?
Just then I heard the click of the bathroom door, telling me that the love of my life was coming to join me. I heard her approach as I clicked the link to find out more about the gazebo wedding, feeling like a jackass for even assuming she would want to spend the rest of her life with me.
I looked up to see her standing at the foot of the bed in my dark blue button up shirt, her hands placed firmly on her hips. My eyes wandered down her frame as I took in the whole look.
Fucking beautiful and she's mine.
I raised my eyebrow at her, "What's wrong Ali?"
She grinned and shook her head at me, "Nothing. What'cha doin'?"
I looked back at the screen and chewed my check as I clicked into another chapel, "Stuff."
Too much fucking red, I thought as I wrinkled nose in disapproval.
I saw her raise her eyebrow as she climbed on the bed and started to crawl up to me, "And what does 'stuff' entail?"
I smiled at her, "This 'stuff' entails more stuff and things."
She pinched my inner thigh making me jump and laugh, "Owe baby!"
"Come on, tell me," she said as she stood on her knees between my legs.
I quickly closed out of the webpage incase she decided to look, "Well, it has to do with us."
She licked her lips, "I was thinking about us too," she informed me as she started to unbutton the shirt. The excitement in her eyes was almost tangible as she kept her eyes locked onto mine.
I pushed my glasses up my nose. "What about us?" I asked before biting my lip and watching her slowly expose more of herself to me.
"Well, while we're on the bus, we really can't do much and I thought we might want to take advantage of this nice room with the nice bed while we can." She smirked at me
I lifted an eyebrow at her. "Yeah, like how?" I teased.
I watched as she unbuttoned the last button, she held the shirt closed, "I'm sure you're smart enough to figure out something."
I shook my head, "Nope, I'm a blond remember?" I smirked, tugging at the hair in my face some to emphasize my point.
She let out a dramatic sigh, "Oh well, I guess I'm just gonna have to re-button this shit and waste the new lingerie I just bought." She smirked as she let go of the shirt, exposing the sheer black lace to me. I bit my lip and groaned she knew how much I loved her in sheer black lace.
"Damn," she said as she pretended to be upset and started to re-button the shirt.
Oh hell nah! I thought.
"Hey now..." I started as I shut down the laptop, making sure to close it and place it on the night stand. "We can't have that... we wouldn't want to waste perfectly good lace huh?" I asked as I reached over to unbutton what she had done up.
She bit her lip and shook her head, "So geeks do speak lingerie huh?" she teased.
Oh you want geek I'll give you geek, I thought as I did my best Louis Skolnick laugh from 'Revenge of the Nerds'.
She smiled at me as she straddled my lap, taking my bottom lip in her mouth as she nipped at it. I placed my hands on her hips, gently touching the waist band of her panties as I tilted my head to deepen the kiss. My hands ghosted along her rib cage as I broke from the kiss to look into her eyes.
"Baby..." I trailed off.
"Yeah?" she asked.
I kissed her neck, needing to find courage to do what I wanted to do. "Don't you want to know what I was thinking about?"
"Well I asked didn't I?" her voice trembled as she fought back the urge to moan.
"Well you know how I was thinking about us and the future?"
She moved herself closer to me, sitting in such a way so her legs were wrapped around my waist. She wrapped her arms around my neck. "Mm hmm," she nodded.
"Well," I started wrapping my arms around her waist, "I was thinking, if I get custody, there's a certain little girl who needs a proper mom."
"Yeah," She said shyly as she bit her lip and smiled.
I smiled, moving to kiss her neck, her moans encouraging me. I needed courage to do this. "Cause… I mean, I know she loves you."
"And I love her. You know that right?" she managed to get out.
I hummed against her skin, leaving wet kissed along her collarbone. "I do... and I know someone else who loves you probably more than her."
In fact, I know he loves you more, I thought.
She ran her fingers through my hair as she rolled her hips. "And who's that?"
I growled at her playfully as I spun us so she was pinned under me. She giggled, but never broke her hold on me. I looked into her eyes and smiled. "Me."
Her eyes went wide in shock. "Say that again?" she whispered.
With pleasure, I thought as I smiled wider.
"I, Jasper Thomas Whitlock love you Mary Alice Cullen." God, it felt so fucking good to finally say that.
She pulled my head down to hers as she crashed her lips to mine. She kissed me with so much passion I damn near buckled from it. When she broke the kiss she gazed at me as the most beautiful smile I had ever seen crossed her face.
"I've been waiting so goddamn long for you to say that!" she practically shouted at me, as tears welled into her big green eyes. "I am so, so very much in love with you."
It was my turn to crash my lips to hers. I was so happy to hear that from her. She fucking loved me! I wanted to shout it to anyone that would listen. Holy fuck, she loves me, I thought as I slowly pulled away.
"Sorry Ma'am," I apologized for keeping her waiting, as I moved to kiss her neck again. Her moans were encouraging me as I whispered, "marry me."
She moaned some more as I nibbled on her earlobe.
"Wait, what?" She pushed me up so she could look in my eyes.
Okay, so now I was scared shitless. Sure she loved me but that didn't me she wanted to marry me right?
"Marry me?" I asked before chewing on my upper lip.
"Like now?"
"You love me right?" I asked.
"Of course, with all my heart," she said without hesitation.
I kissed her quickly, "Then marry me. Now, today while we can!"
K: Well shit, looks like another cliffie... Dx
Robs: Well guess it means we're getting good at those... xD
K: Hahah truefax
Robs: I wonder how anxious they are to see what Ali has to say...
K: I would imagne very... Jesus even Jazz is on pins and needles
Robs: I bet he is... but she needs her family there...not to mention a certain hairstylist... ;)
K: Truth, after all he did promise... shrugs I guess we'll find out on Friday
Robs: chews lip yeah I guess so....
K: Eyebrow We can't bribe them again look bb show remain chapters We're almost done chin quivers
Robs: chin quiver true... but we could... shrugs we're still like 9 chapters away. but I guess not... best to not kill the beta....
Robs: well I guess if there was an overwhelming demand...
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K: Dood throws hands up in surrender If we can get it out earlier we will but we aren't gonna beg and bribe you guys
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