This one shot takes place after the battle in Eclipse. Alice and Jasper have a little talk about him getting bitten.
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Darkness had filled the sky, the smoke had faded from the air as it looked and smelt like the fires that burned the remains of newborns had never happened.
Alice was sat in a small tree close to the house looking up at the starry night sky. Her mind repeated the nights event, she went over every detail of the battle that she didn't take much part in.
Her deep sigh could be heard throughout the silent surrounding her. The cold wind blew her short spiky hair into her face, even though the cold had no effect on her she still shivered slightly. One image from the fight stuck in her mind more than anything, and that image was watching a newborns teeth sink into left arm.
Alice winced at the thought of her love having venom burning through his skin. She closed her eyes and tried to force the image out of her mind.
Her eyes shot open when she heard someone clear their throat. She looked down at the ground, and there stood Jasper gazing up at her.
"Alice?" he said softly. She looked away from him before she answered.
"What?" she asked, trying not to show her emotional pain, but she knew that Jasper could feel how she felt.
Before she knew it Jasper was in the tree by her side, he moved as close to her as he could.
"What's wrong?" he asked with a concerned voice. Alice looked at his arm, the bite mark was still visible, it wasn't a scar yet and it was red and angry, just looking at the mark made her feel even more responsible, she was so angry at herself.
Jasper caught on with her emotions and followed her gaze, he noticed she was looking at his left forearm and he instantly knew what was wrong.
"Alice, I'm sorry" Jasper whispered, Alice's head shot up.
"No I'm sorry, if I wasn't so useless at fighting you never would of got hurt. It's all my fault." she said, the dry sobs built up in her chest. Jasper instantly wrapped his arms around her and pulled her into a tight hug.
"Alice, you cant blame yourself. It was my own fault I got hurt because I needed to keep you safe." he said trying to sooth her with his words, he hated seeing Alice upset.
"But that's the point, if I could of looked after myself you wouldn't of needed to keep me safe" she sobbed.
"Alice, honey its not that you cant take care of yourself you can its, just you shouldn't have to." Jasper whispered, using his powers to calm her down.
Alice nuzzled her head into his rock hard chest.
"Honey, the day we got married I vowed to never let any harm come to you. I would lay my life down just to keep you safe." Alice's sobs steadily came to a slow stop as she took in his words.
Jasper kissed the top of her head and breathed in her sweet scent. They sat in silence for a long time until Alice was shore her tearless sobs were gone. Alice turned her head and looked at his arm, she ran her hand lightly over the mark.
"Does it still hurt?" she asked in a shaky voice. Jasper looked at his arm.
"Its burns a little, but it wasn't that bad a bite." Jasper said using his hand to brush her hair off her soft pale face.
Alice looked up at him to say something, but Jasper cut her off by kissing her passionately. Alice was taken off guard and if Jasper hadn't of had his arms wrapped so tightly around her, she would have fallen out of the tree.
When they parted Jasper looked down at Alice's face, he searched her emotions, looking for some signs of happiness. He still felt her sorrow, he couldn't take it much longer. His dead heart was ripping to shreds.
"Alice, you cant blame yourself forever" he muttered pressing a kiss to her forehead.
"Yes I can." she whispered back, pulling out of his arms and jumping to the ground. Her feet barley made a sound as she gracefully landed on the damp grass. She walked off towards the house clutching her arms to her small frame.
Jasper quickly followed her, landing in the same spot she did. He watched her walk off for a second and then moved as fast as lightning, Alice looked at Jasper who was now stood a few millimetres from her.
Jasper put his hands on her shoulders and bent down slightly so he was eye level with her.
"Alice, don't do this. Don't put yourself through this much touchier about something that was out of your control. It was my decision to be so over protective, you had no choice but to stand there and watch because I wouldn't let you do anything else. One more scar doesn't make a difference, the only difference with this scar to all my other is that I'm proud of this one." Jasper said with a confident voice, Alice looked at him in disbelief.
"What do you mean?" she asked him, looking into his honey gold eyes.
"From now on whenever I look at this scar, I will know it was worth it. Your worth everything, I wouldn't mind having thousands more scar if I knew they were from keeping you safe, your everything to me and I refuse you to blame yourself. I let you out of my sight before when you were in Italy, god knows what could of happened to you. If you'd of come back with one scratch on your perfect body I would never forgive myself and when we got married I vowed to never let any harm come to you and I've have and will always stick to that vow, and nothing you can say will ever make me change my mind."
Alice looked at Jasper, she was speechless, even if she could of thought of something to say she wouldn't of had a chance, as Jasper pulled her as close as he could. Alice buried her face in his chest. Nothing else was said as the two stood out in the freezing cold night, all their love flowing into the wind.