Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight. I do, however, own my OCs, this storyline, and a bottle of Tullemore Dew.

A/N: Sorry for the delay in the update. Hopefully all the sweet lovin' below will make up for it. Sorry also for not replying to reviews lately, but I have read every one and am forever grateful. If you have recommended a song or a city, I promise I've written it down. If you've asked me a question, I will get you a reply soon I promise! Speaking of songs, the songs for this chapter are "To Make You Feel My Love" by Garth Brooks and "Amazed" by Lonestar.

A very special thanks to jilburfm for beta'ing this chapter for me since readingtime is on vacation. She has forever immortalized the following words: "I'm almost done -- Adrian just came!"

Jasper's POV

Edward slipped out the back door as soon as Carlisle and I got back. Carlisle and Esme said a quick goodbye and headed for the hotel. I found Bella leaning against the counter looking stunned and bewildered. As soon as I walked in the door, her head snapped in my direction. Her eyes were shiny with unshed tears and she was shaking. My eyes targeted the ring on her finger. Bella saw me staring at it and put her hand behind her back.

"I'm so sorry, Jasper…" Bella's pain pierced me like a knife, and I couldn't help but think it was my fault. She saw what this was doing to me, and knowing Bella, she was shouldering all the blame. I took her into my arms and let her cry for both of us.

"Shhhh, Bella, it's alright. This isn't your fault. Look at me." Bella lifted her head from my chest to stare at me with bloodshot eyes. "I love you. You love me. This doesn't change anything. It'll be over before we know it." Bella nodded her head and hugged me again. Adrian came into the kitchen then with the same bloodshot eyes as Bella. He started to back up when he saw us, but I stopped him. "I'm going upstairs to help Alice finish packing. Why don't you and Adrian try and relax for a little while, okay, darlin'?" I kissed her forehead before I left, patting Adrian reassuringly on the shoulder as I passed him.

Alice was upstairs, running around like a chicken with its head cut off. "Alice, can you tell me how this is all going to end? Is it going to work out in the end? Will we still be…?" Will we still be Jasper and Bella? My voice broke off and Alice stopped in front of me, and I hugged her to me.

"I don't know, Jasper. I really don't. I wish I did. Why can't we just have some peace? Why does there always have to be another disaster waiting around the bend?"

"I don't know, Alice." I wish I did.

Alice shook her head. "Come on, we're wasting time, and I don't want to waste one more second. Let's get this over with."

When we finished packing, we found Bella and Adrian sitting on the couch, holding hands and leaning against each other for comfort. There were no more tears to be shed, no more words that needed to be spoken. Bella made it a point to keep her left hand underneath the blanket. I had to smirk a little at that. Always trying to keep everyone else from being hurt, no matter how impossible it was. The four of us were all scared and confused and in pain, and the intensity of the emotions in the house was becoming unbearable. Alice took Adrian by the hand and led him out the door. They were going to get a hotel room for the night. They needed to be alone, to make the most of what little time they had left, and so did we. Bella and I just stared into each other's eyes as I picked her up and carried her to our room.

I laid her on the bed and turned the music on softly in the background. "To Make You Feel My Love" came on. I smiled wistfully, remembering the first time I sang her that song. I looked in her eyes and knew she was thinking the same thing. She was still with Edward at the time, and I was in Canada with Alice, but somehow we both knew on the phone that night that what we needed more than anything was to be Jasper and Bella.

I went to kiss her, but Bella turned her face away from me. Silently, she took off Edward's ring, reminding me that we weren't going to be Jasper and Bella for much longer. She carefully wrapped it in a tissue and put it in the drawer of her bedside table. Then she turned back to me and gave me a sheepish smile before wrapping her arms around me and lifting her head up to kiss me. It was slow and languid. Bella's emotions were finally starting to ease their frantic spinning and settle down. At that moment, all I felt coming from her was love and gratitude. I wasn't sure what she was thankful for, and it must have shown on my face. She chuckled softly at me.

"I'm thankful for this moment, right now, that we have together. I'm thankful for this calm before the storm. I'm thankful for every moment we have ever shared. More than anything, though, I'm thankful for you."

"I love you, Bella." Somehow those words didn't seem to be enough, but Bella seemed to understand anyway.

"I love you, too, Jasper. Always."

I wrapped my arms around her and drew her tightly to me as I kissed her, my tongue begging for entrance, my body begging for more. She granted my every request and more as our clothing found itself strewn across the room and forgotten. I lavished kisses on every inch of Bella's beautiful frame while her hands caressed and warmed every inch of mine. "Amazed" by Lonestar started to play as I rolled us over so she was straddling my hips. Bella kissed and licked each scar on my chest before rolling her tongue over my nipples, giggling against my skin when she made me purr. She worked her way back up to recapture my lips and slid herself onto me effortlessly. Bella's beautiful hair draped down around us so that all that existed for me was her. I was enveloped in Bella in every way, and peacefully drowned myself in her warmth, her touch, her scent, her skin.

In Her.

In Us.

She worked into a slow rhythm, almost removing me completely with each upward stroke before coming back down to sheath me fully within her once more. When Bella needed more oxygen than kissing me would allow, she sat upright, tossing her head behind her, putting her hands on my chest for support as she sped up her ministrations.

I watched in awe at her glorious sex wrapped around me as she slid me into her even deeper. As I filled her, she filled me, in every way.

I wanted this to last all night.

I wanted this to last forever.

We moaned in unison and although my body was craving more friction, I forced myself not to meet her thrusts or grab her hips and guide her to move faster. Instead, I caressed her stomach before palming the creamy flesh of her breasts, teasing her nipples gently with my thumbs while I watched her face as she gave in to the sensations. I could feel her lust rising, so I reached down with one hand and pinched her clit lightly to push her over the edge to a sweet oblivion.

"Ahhh, Jasper!" she cried as she threw her head back and slammed her hips against mine as her muscles contracted and throbbed around me. I grabbed her hips and began pounding into her with as much force as I thought was safe and a minute later I came so hard that it hurt, and the pain was sweet.

In that moment, nothing else existed for us but Jasper and Bella.

Bella collapsed on top of me, sighing peacefully. I kissed the top of her head, wiped the damp locks of hair from her forehead, and wrapped us in the blankets before singing her a lullaby. I'd barely sung the first verse before she drifted off to a dreamless sleep.

Adrian's POV

I couldn't tell you the name of the hotel we checked into. I couldn't tell you what our room number was, or what color the walls were, or whether the sheets were 1000 thread count Egyptian cotton or polyester blend. All that I could see was my Ally. Every fiber of my being was screaming for her. I gave no thought to her bloodlust tonight. It was the farthest thing from my mind.

No sooner had the door clicked closed then I had her against the wall, devouring her pretty little mouth, my hands ripping, clawing, to rid her of the white sweater and blue jeans that were keeping me from feeling my Ally's skin against mine. She returned my frantic kisses in kind, pulling at my hair, tearing my shirt from my chest, running her nails up and down my chest, my abs, my back. Anything she could touch. I would have welts tomorrow. I would have bruises. And I didn't give a flying fuck.

Somehow we made it into the bedroom. I wasn't sure how. I may have carried her. She may have carried me. I had no idea. It didn't matter. Our clothing lie in shreds, leaving a trail behind us. The thought briefly occurred to me that I hoped we were somewhere decent, so we could have a concierge pick us up some new clothing and bring them to our room, but that thought was gone as quickly as it came. Ally's chest was heaving as I dove between her breasts, kissing, licking, biting. I made my way down her body quickly, but still managing to lavish some small amount of attention on her more sensitive areas. Her belly button. Her hipbone. The crease between her leg and her torso.

Then I knelt down at her altar and I worshipped my angel. Licking, biting, sucking, plunging. Her hips flew up, forcing my fingers deeper inside her. I was not gentle. I was not tender. Neither was she. Our need for each other was far too urgent. I offered myself as an angry sacrifice in exchange for her love. Her soft moans whimpering my name told me my prayers were answered. By the time I'd made my Ally scream in ecstasy, my face was numb from my nose to my chin, my tongue swollen against my chilled teeth, covered in her sweet icy juices.

Ally pulled me forcefully back up to her and the bed shook with the force of it. I grabbed the headboard to keep me from falling on top of her, and she slid down on the bed and took me into her mouth. I should have been terrified. I should have told her no. But I didn't give a fuck. Ally took me into her mouth and I closed my eyes and waited for the pain, the burn. I was ready for it. But it didn't come. She didn't hesitate, she didn't falter. She took all of me in and I screamed from the raw rapture of it as her lips wrapped themselves around me and made me hers. Her tongue teased and flicked and caressed and drove me mad. I closed my eyes and leaned my head against the wall while she made love to me with her mouth. I gave in to the sensations until I could take no more. I didn't want to come in her mouth. I needed us to come undone together. As one.

I caressed the top of her head gently. She carefully removed me from her mouth and smiled at me. I was lost in her eyes shining up at me. We didn't lose eye contact as I slid back down her body and plunged into her, not willing to go slow, not willing to wait for her to adjust. I didn't care if it hurt me. I wanted it to hurt. Because if I hurt, then I knew it was real. Ally moaned and writhed beneath me as I pounded into her with all my might, trying with each thrust to get deeper into her, never getting deep enough, close enough. I wanted to get in so deep that we could never be torn apart again. I screamed her name as I came, loud and primal. I screamed because it felt so good. I screamed because it hurt so much. I screamed because it was the only thing I could do.

I buried my face into the crook of her neck as I collapsed on top of her, grateful that I didn't have to worry about my body weight crushing her beneath me. I didn't want to pull out from within her depths.

"I love you, Ally-Angel."

"I love you, too, Adrian. More than you'll ever know."

I looked up at her then, and saw the truth in her eyes, and it gave me peace. No matter what happened, we would be okay. I had to believe that. It was the only thing keeping me sane. I realized then that all I ever needed was her. Forever.

"Ally-Angel, when this is all over, will you marry me?" She looked surprised, but then she smiled her first real smile since that damned vision.

"Yes, I will," I kissed her, a dozen tiny kisses before she interrupted me. "But Adrian?" I looked at her quizzically, and a little scared. This was no time for 'but.'

"When you get the ring, I expect a better proposal than that. I would prefer to be dressed, for one thing!" We laughed together. I would give her any proposal she wanted. I would take her to the top of the Empire State Building. I would get down on one knee in front of the Sphinx if she wanted. She already said yes. Despite the fact that world was falling apart around us, I fell asleep content. Ally said yes.

A/N: The Cullendales are now in Denver, Colorado! Review and let me know where they should go next!