AN: There's another mini lemon at the end of this one. Still not too graphic. But I posted a one-shot that's nice and dirty called Danger Zone. It has nothing to do with this story, just came out of my dark side when Peter wasn't cooperating. ;). I also posted the first chapter of a James/Bella story. It won't update quite as fast as this one. Go check them out and let me know what you think!

Oh- and I'm sorry for the problems with chapter 22- fanfiction wasn't cooperating when I posted it, I think it finally showed up Sunday maybe. So go back and read it if you skipped over it.

Disclaimer: I own nothing but the story line, SM owns the characters I'm just having fun with them.

Jasper POV
I sat there stunned for a minute, staring at my mate's father. No wonder he looked familiar- he shared the same curly brown hair, the shape of his eyes, and the same lips under a very unflattering moustache. I finally shook myself and reached for the bags of blood in my lap. "Peter, here, start with these, it won't taste as good but it'll be easier to get down." I held the first blood bag up to his mouth and he couldn't even bite down. I leaned him back against the pillow and used my teeth to nip the corner of the bag. Tilting his head back, I opened his mouth and started pouring the blood in slowly. I watched as he began to swallow and finally put his lips around the bag to drink. We repeated this for each of the bags and by the fourth one he was able to hold it himself.

"Feeling better, Pete?" Edward asked from the doorway. "I brought you a present." he continued in a sing-song voice.

"What do I smell?" Peter asked.

"Lunch." I laughed. "Or your father-in-law, whichever way you want to look at it." Edward growled when I said that; that man was nothing in relation to Bella.

I helped Peter sit up straighter on the bed so he could see over the end. Charlie was just starting to wake up when Edward got right in his face and said, "Boo!" We all laughed when he squealed like a girl and tried to move away from Edward.

"Bring him here," Pete ordered in a stronger voice than he was capable of a short time ago. "He needs to see us up close and personal."

Edward complied and pulled him up by the back of his neck, holding him next to the bed. I picked up on bloodlust from Peter, but his simmering rage was overshadowing it. "Let me introduce myself, Mr. Swan. I'm Peter Whitlock, your daughter's mate." Pete paused to let him think and I felt the disbelief, fear, and shock from Charlie before he shot his eyes over the bed to where Bella was laying. "NO! You don't get to look at her. You lost that right sixteen years ago when you had her funeral. Can you believe she actually cried over that? You beat up on a tiny newborn baby and that same girl still grieves when she finds out you never even looked for her when she disappeared. Shows how big her heart is, don't it?"

"We, we didn't know. I mean, Renee didn't want a baby and we knew somebody took her but we just thought she would be better off! I couldn't risk a big investigation, I was just getting started on the force. The coroner was my high school buddy and he signed the papers for me and we had a closed casket ceremony. Nobody had to get hurt and we all had closure! It was better this way!" he was shaking now that he saw Peter's black eyes and Edward's red ones. He actually looked to me like I might save him from what was coming. Stupid man.

"Better?! Closure?! For who? For you? Of course. What about for my baby girl who I raised the past sixteen years and love with all my heart? Where is her closure? I'm gonna give it to her right now. You signed your death certificate the day you laid your hands on my mate. I should have taken it when I took her but I'm here to collect now. Jas?" I leaned over and brought his neck to Peter's mouth and used my fingernail to slice a small cut behind his ear so Peter could drink. I watched with pleasure as the life drained from his eyes that looked entirely too much like Bella's.

"Thank you Edward. That was by far the best meal I've ever had. What else did you bring me?"

"Oh, just some more tasty revenge. Since Jasper already killed the mutt who attacked you and Bella, I brought you his father. Happens to be the chief of the tribe, so it's a 2-for-1 special on chiefs today." Edward was enjoying himself way too much.

"Bring him here. Still don't think I can lift him yet. Major, you'll help me?" I could feel Pete's frustration and knew this could be a long convalescence. Hopefully Bella's change would keep his mind off himself.

"What else would I do?" He drained Billy faster and with less fanfare than before, but I could tell he still had a long road of healing ahead of him.

"Ok, well, I'm off. I have to take these two lovely gentleman on a fishing trip. Might have boat troubles. See ya later!" Seriously, that boy ain't right. Way too much fun. He turned and flipped me off when he heard my thoughts. "I'll tell everyone to stay back unless you call them, ok? I'm gonna run up to P.A. to find some more take-out for Peter. I'll try to hurry back."

"Thanks Eddie, I'll just wait here." I was glad to see Peter's humor start to return. He was still too lethargic for my comfort but I could tell he was slowly improving.

"Hey, Jasper, can you move Bella over here by me? I need to be close to her." I was afraid he was gonna ask me that. I understood, but I needed to be close to both of them. Reluctantly, I reached over to lift Bella to the middle of the bed between us. She still refused to make a sound but her face was twisted in pain. I smoothed her hair back and Pete reached over to lay his hand on her cheek. She leaned into his touch and seemed to relax a bit when he started talking to her.

"Hey little one, I know you're hurtin' pretty bad right now but Jasper and I are right here with you. We're not gonna leave you and we'll be here when you wake up, ok? I want you to do somethin' for me, I want you to think about every memory you have and I'm gonna tell you my favorite ones too. That way you can hang onto them and not lose them to the burn.

"Let's see, your name is Isabella Whitlock, but we call you Bella, because you are so beautiful. Jasper and I are your mates and we love you with everythin' we have. You have lived with me, Peter, since you were four days old and barely fit in the palm of my hand. I loved you from the moment I laid eyes on you and I think you kinda liked me too. You weren't happy unless I was holdin' ya- Eddie thought it was the funniest thing in the world to see a tiny human baby leading a vampire around by the nose. He-" He broke off here and looked around for a minute. "Hey, Jasper- go look in that bag by the dresser. Pull out the photo albums and you can look at them while I talk. You can see Bella growing up."

I had to choke back tears again when I picked up the first book and saw Peter holding a tiny newborn Bella asleep on his chest. His eyes were closed and he looked completely at peace. If I didn't know better I would have said he was sleeping as well. I fought back a pang of jealousy at all the years I missed with them but Peter caught it and said, "Jasper, I missed you every single moment we were apart. I talked about you to Bella so that she felt like she knew you. She had a whole file on you where she wrote down all the stories that James and I told her, and she found every single mention of you in every Civil War book she ran across. We were not complete until we found you. We love you."

I nodded and continued flipping through the book. "Tell me about this one." I asked him, showing him a picture of Bella as a toddler sitting on Peter's lap eating pancakes shaped like Mickey Mouse.

"That was her second birthday. I made her breakfast and then we took her to the neighborhood park to play. That was the first day she staked her claim as my mate and drove off a woman who was interested in me." He got a faraway look in his eyes and soft smile on his face. "Eddie was helpin' her up and down the slide and every time she went down she would call me to watch her. This single mom came over and sat by me, tryin' to flirt, and all of a sudden I had a tiny tornado jump in my arms and glare at her sayin', 'That's my Pete.' Eddie ended up going home with the woman but it was funny as hell to me. She doesn't like to share her mates."

I thought back to the first day in the cafeteria when Bella was still unsure of me, but she still wanted to let everyone know I was off limits. She could definitely give me a run for my money in the possessive department. I squeezed her hand and leaned over to kiss her forehead. "I love you, Bella. You don't have to worry about sharin' us with anyone but each other. No one could compare to you and Peter in my eyes. You're all I will ever need."

The next two days passed with Peter telling me everything he could think of from Bella's life and looking at pictures of the two of them. The pictures of Bella's bruising the day Pete found her made my venom boil and I wished Charlie's death had been a little more brutal. Edward brought in one more human and after a day of rest, Peter was moving around a little easier.

We sat and watched our mate finish the change. The changes in her appearance were minimal. Her skin lightened and hardened, and I was glad to see most of her scars faded. They were still there, but not as noticeable as mine or Pete's. Her hair lengthened slightly and had blonde and red strands woven through the mahogany. She was going to be disappointed that her height didn't change, she had told Peter she was counting on gaining a few inches so he would stop calling her "little one." Her hips widened slightly and her breasts filled out so she took on a more womanly appearance. In short, she was an absolute goddess. I was concerned by the end of the second day, when I could no longer feel her emotions, but we decided it must have been her shield strengthening and she would have to figure out how to let me back in.

It was midmorning of the third day when we heard her heart start racing and knew the end was near. Pete and I stood up at the end of the bed to give her space when she woke. She finally let out a loud scream just as her heart thumped its last few beats, then all was silent. None of us breathed, waiting for Bella to move. Her eyes opened slowly and she sat up staring at us. For the second time in my life I found myself lost in the crimson eyes of my newborn mate.

Peter POV
She was positively stunning. I never doubted she would be, but it did surprise me how very little her appearance actually changed. Her eyes were red, but they were looking at me from the same familiar face I loved.

"Baby girl? You ok?" I was getting nervous, did she still know who we were?

"Peter? Jasper? Wow. I... just... wow. I mean, I thought y'all were gorgeous before, but I just couldn't see!" I get it now, she can see our scars better now. I dropped my head down in shame and noticed Jasper did the same. We didn't even see her when she flew off the bed at us. "You look like angels! My tall, sexy, cowboy angels!" I looked up and she had her legs wrapped around Jasper's waist and his head pulled down for a fierce kiss.

She jumped down and turned to me. "Oh, Peter! Are you ok?" She pulled my shirt up and ran her hands gently over the heavy scars. "Please tell me that fucking wolf is dead. You scared the hell out of me Peter! Don't ever do that to me again!" Then she jumped into my arms to kiss me and I lost all thought as I held her as tightly as I could. No holding back or being careful of her fragile human body anymore. This was heaven. I thought when we found Jasper that I was whole again. But having her now as indestructible as we were, a true equal in our world; that made us complete. When her hand dipped down in the waistband of my jeans I knew I had to put the brakes on fast.

"Bella, baby girl, we will definitely be doing that later, but right now we all need to hunt, and everyone else is waiting to see how we survived the werewolf attack. Jasper wouldn't let anyone in the house except when Edward brought blood in for me." And my special walking blood bags. I knew we would have to tell her about her father but this was definitely not the time for it.

"Oh, yeah. Hey- who bit me? Was it you, Jasper?"

"Actually, we both did it. I told Jasper to bite you as soon as he finished off the wolf, but he helped me bite your wrist as well. You have both our venom in you." Her eyes filled up with tears she would never shed when I said this. I was so glad Jasper let me bite her. I loved all of us being linked by venom.

"Darlin'? Did ya wanna see what you look like now? You didn't really change that much, other than your eyes." He turned her around to face the mirror on the closet door. We stood behind her, side by side, and I loved the picture we all made together. Bella's eyes roamed over her reflection and then she glanced back at the two of us and back in the mirror with a frown.

"Damn it! I got screwed. I didn't even grow an inch. I'm fucking short for eternity." I glanced at Jasper and we both started laughing. She turned to walk away grumbling under her breath. "Damn fine ass tall cowboys." At the door she stopped and looked back at us. "Well, are you coming? Thought we had things to do, people to eat?" We followed her down the stairs, still chuckling.

"Darlin', you might get overwhelmed when you see everybody, just let me know and I'll tell them to back off. You'll have to talk to me, I can't feel your emotions right now."

"What? Why can't you feel me?" she asked.

"We think it might be your shield. You got harder to read the further you went in the change. Once we feed, Peter can start workin' with ya on how to control it. If you can let me in, I'll be able to sense you again. Eddie wants us to see if you can shield our thoughts from him too." I really hoped I could help Bella with her shield. It might not work anything like mine, though.

"You ready, Sugar? You can stay right here between us and we'll hold onto you. Let us know if it gets to be too much." She nodded and wrapped her hands around our elbows while Jasper opened the door and walked out first. Our coven was spread out in the front yard, grouped in mated pairs (or threes) and Edward was standing nearest the door.

"Hey Bella! You look beautiful, Princess! Can your brother get a hug?" She looked to me and Jasper for permission and when we nodded she shot off the porch, straight into his arms. "I'm so happy you're changed and well now. I was scared to death when I saw you and Peter through Jasper's thoughts. I'm sorry we weren't there in time to help."

"Eddie, it's ok. We're fine now and everything turned out in the end." She turned to look back at us again. "Guys, I'm really thirsty I think. Can we talk to everybody else when we get back?"

Damn, I felt like an asshole. Of course she's thirsty. She's a fucking newborn. Jasper and I went to her and took her hands. "Come on darlin'. You can run with us now. We have to go a little slow for Peter, he's not quite up to par yet. Just stay with us and if I tell you to hold your breath, do it, ok?" She smiled brilliantly and nodded and we all took off running toward Port Angeles.

We stopped outside of town and Jasper told Bella to hold her breath. We slipped into the warehouse district and started listening for our prey. "Ok, darlin', until you're in better control we'll bring your meals to ya. Now, can you hear what's in the warehouse behind me?" She closed her eyes and nodded.

"There are five people in there. Can you hear the paper and plastic rustlin' around?" another nod. "They're packagin' up some drugs. If you were breathin' you would smell the chemicals almost as strongly as the blood. This warehouse is condemned and it will be easy to cover our tracks with a fire. It's a good place to hunt." I looked at Jasper double-checked, "You huntin' with us?" His eyes darkened immediately, I wasn't sure if it was hunger or lust, and he gave me a slow smile.

"I wouldn't miss it for the world."

Walking into the warehouse, Jasper pulled three of the men away from the other two and knocked them out with his gift. I grabbed one of the other two and slowly brought it to Bella. "Ok, little one. When I tell you to, take a small breath and then let your instincts take over. Try to bite carefully, it will take you some time to learn your strength, but you don't want to waste the blood. When you finish the first one, this other one will be right here. We'll see if you need more after that." The men were both staring at Bella, entranced by her beauty. They had no idea what was coming.

"Ok, Bella. Now!" I let go and took a step back as she drew in a slow breath and her eyes turned black. Her feral snarl went straight between my legs and I was rock hard when she latched on his neck to drink. I was shocked at how clean her kill was. Barely any blood made it past her lips and when she dropped the first one, she pounced right on the second. This one she drank more slowly and she finished with a contented smile, reaching up to lick the blood off her fingertips.

"All done. How did I do?" She looked up with her same innocent face, eyes brighter than before.

I glanced at Jasper and saw he was just as stunned as I was. He recovered first and answered her. "Darlin', you were perfect. I have never seen a newborn as controlled as you, not even Peter. How did you know what to do?" I wished he hadn't asked that because I had an idea that I knew the answer and I wasn't sure how Jasper would feel about it.

She ducked her head before looking up at me with a little guilt. "Um, I might have not listened to Peter when he told me to stay back when he was hunting. He put me on the roof and I might have leaned over to watch a few times..." I swear if she could still blush she would be bright red. "I'm sorry, I know you told me not to but I was curious! It was the one thing you refused to teach me!" By the end her newborn emotions were kicking in and she balled her fists up in anger.

I quickly pulled her to me and tried to calm her. "Shh, Sugar, I'm not mad. I knew you were too curious for your own good but I was too scared to leave you alone after the attack. I was afraid if I let you see me hunt you would think I was a monster. I should have known better. I'm proud of you, you did good today!"

When she nodded against my chest I pulled back. "Ok, now you want to watch me and the Major? He's a bit out of practice so we'll see if he does as well as you." She laughed when I shot her a wink and Jasper growled.

I walked over where he was holding our meals and reached for the one he handed me. "You can take two, you're still building your strength back, ok?" I just nodded and bit down, watching his every move out of the corner of my eye. It had been too long since I hunted with my mate. I was always uncomfortable hunting near Edward and we usually had to get out of each other's line of sight to eat. Jasper kept his eyes locked on mine and smiled as he drained his victim.

I reached for the second guy and thought back to the last meal I shared with Jasper. I raised my eyebrow at him and reached my hand out to him. "Share with me?" I held his eyes as he latched on and I followed on the other side. When the body fell between us he pulled me close and crashed his mouth to mine. I kissed him hard before pulling away and dropping to my knees. I looked up in his now-crimson eyes and smirked. "You did say somethin' about finishin' this later, didn't ya? Is it later yet?" I didn't give him a chance to answer before opening his jeans and pulling him into my mouth.

I heard a growl and looked up to see Bella lean over me to pull Jasper's lips to hers. My desire shot through the roof and Jasper looked down at me before pulling her away and lifting me to my feet. "Pete, you feelin' better yet? Think you can take us both?" I shivered at his words and pulled Bella up to wrap her legs around my waist. In less than a second, our clothes were shredded and I was buried deep inside her. Jasper came up behind me and scraped his teeth on my neck as he used his fingers to prep me. He slid home and I basked in the feel of my mates surrounding me.

As we moved together, I lost all track of time, carried away by the waves of love and pleasure Jasper fed me. When I felt Bella clench around me, Jasper gasped in shock. "Oh God! I can feel you, Bella!" Apparently that was all it took and he sent the two of us over the edge. We collapsed on the dirty concrete in a tangle of limbs and Bella started to laugh.

"Is this what hunting with your mates is like? Can we go every day?"