Alright, this is going back to BPOV for this chapter.
I'm starting at the same place last chapter started, so that you don't miss any special moments between J and B.
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Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight, any of the characters in Twilight, or anything related to the books and/or movies. If I did, I would be way too busy- doing dirty things with the Cullen boys- to sit down at my laptop and write this story. The scenes and general plot ideas that I did borrow from Stephenie Meyer have been revamped to fit my story.
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Learning to Live Again
Chapter Forty-Four: Getting into a Routine
I felt so at peace that I never wanted to move. I could feel Jasper's cold, hard body pressed against mine, his fingers dancing along my shoulder in gentle caresses. My eyes started to flutter open as he dropped a chaste kiss on my forehead.
"Good morning, gorgeous." I felt Jasper's breath against my ear. Having his voice as the first thing I heard in the morning was something that I would love getting used to.
I stretched like a cat, rubbing the entire length of my naked body against his. Finally allowing my eyes to fully open, I looked up at Jasper's chiseled face and smiled. Our lips met on instinct in soft strokes. Our kiss was not hard and demanding as it had been last night but sweet and tender. I moved my leg up to curl into Jasper's side further and winced at the movement.
"Bella, are you okay?" Jasper asked as he reached over and moved the blanket down my body to look at me. He gasped when he saw the fresh bruises on my hips and thighs from our lovemaking. "Darling, I'm so sorry. Why didn't you tell me I was hurting you?" His hands moved down to softly caress the purplish marks on me.
"You weren't, Jasper. I didn't feel any pain when we were making love last night. And they don't really hurt now. I was just surprised at first, because I didn't know they were there." I could still see the guilt in his eyes as he continued to stare at the marks. "Jasper, trust me when I tell you that this is not the worst I've ever had. And it's natural since it was my first time."
"Bella, I just… I don't ever want to hurt you," he whispered to me.
"And you won't, unless you continue to eat yourself up with guilt over something that was inevitable." I knew that I had him right where I wanted him. He turned his face to look up at me and smiled softly. "I love you."
"I love you, Bella Swan. Always," he whispered before dropping another sweet kiss on my lips. "Thank you."
"For what?" I rested my head on his chest again and closed my eyes, enjoying our closeness and the intimacy of this moment together.
"For picking me," he answered. "For sharing something so special with me. Last night was truly the best night of my entire life. In all my years, I have never been happier or felt so close to someone."
"You picked me, too, Jasper. And you made last night special for me, too. I don't think it could've been any better, but I wouldn't mind more practice," I teased. He growled lightly at my insinuation. "I could skip school today, and we could spend hours in bed wrapped up together."
"That sounds perfect, darling, and any other day I would take you up on the offer. Alice informed me that you will have a pop quiz in French class today, so you should probably go to your afternoon classes. She already wrote you an excuse for your morning ones, though," he explained. I didn't need to look up to know that he had a predatory, sexy smirk on his face now.
"Well, we do have three hours until you need to get ready for school. I suppose we could find some ways to pass the time until then," Jasper purred as he moved so that he was hovering over me. I heard the front door close, signaling that Edward and Alice had just left for school. I didn't care where everyone else was as I began to be swept up in my boyfriend's deep kisses.
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I collapsed onto the bed next to Jasper, breathing heavily, still shaking from my fourth and latest orgasm. Jasper's arms snaked around my waist, pulling me to spoon against him. I glanced at the clock on our nightstand and noticed that I had an hour to get ready and get to school. We really had put the full three hours to use.
"We have plenty of time, darling," Jasper whispered against my skin as he placed a kiss on my shoulder blade. "We can take a few more minutes to calm down before you get ready and make yourself presentable."
"Jasper, it's going to take me more than a few minutes. A shower will help with the sweat and sex smell, but there is no way I will be able to wipe this goofy expression of my face. And I know that I'll be walking funny for the rest of the day," I teased.
"Damn school for getting in the way of our bedroom schedule," he teased back. "In seven months, you'll have graduated high school. You can take a year off, or we can turn you then and we'll head off on our own for awhile. No one will interrupt us."
I sighed. "That sounds nice, Jazz. We can go somewhere secluded while I adjust to being a vampire. We'll have privacy and less of a chance of me killing someone."
"You'll be a great newborn, Bella," he reassured me.
We both started to stir, knowing that we needed to end our blissful morning and get out of bed. I headed into our adjoining bathroom and stepped under the spray of the shower. Jasper thankfully didn't join me. If he would have, school would not be happening at all today. I emerged from the bathroom ten minutes later, still naked. Jasper had retrieved my backpack and excuse note from downstairs for me and was waiting on the bed. I noticed that he had also taken the opportunity to use the downstairs bathroom to get himself presentable. As if he ever couldn't be.
"Really, Bella, must you be so enticing?" Jasper threw himself back on our bed as I walked past him toward the closet. I couldn't help the giggle escape my mouth as I started searching through my clothes for an outfit to wear.
"Jasper, what are our plans for after school? Are we still meeting with the pack tonight?" I asked, wondering if I would need to grab my sweatshirt and coat for this evening.
"Yes, we're still meeting with them to discuss fighting strategy, but we'll have plenty of time between school and then for you to come back here and change if you need to," he answered. It amazed me that Jasper knew what I was thinking, even when he wasn't gauging my feelings.
"Alright. I will need to go home for awhile tonight, though. I haven't seen Charlie for a day or two. We can have dinner with him, and then I can do any homework that I missed this morning," I planned. I heard Jasper chuckle behind me when he saw the smirk cross my features, mentioning this morning.
I settled on a pair of jeans and a camisole. I pulled them on and grabbed one of Jasper's sweatshirts, throwing it on to complete my outfit. I inhaled and smiled when I found that it still smelled like him. This would make the next four hours bearable.
As we walked down the stairs, Esme and Cameron were walking into the house through the front door.
"Good afternoon, dears!" Esme called out to us. "How was your morning?" I couldn't stop the blush from rising on my face as I squeezed Jasper's hand in mine. Esme chuckled when she saw my reaction and smiled apologetically at me.
"Where were you?" Jasper asked, gesturing to the mounds of shopping bags on the floor by the bottom of the staircase.
"Oh, I took Cameron shopping today to get him some clothes and personal things for the house," Esme answered with a shrug. It amazed me how it meant nothing to them to drop thousands of dollars in one day of shopping. But if you had an eternity to live, you had an eternity to pay off credit card debt. "I was actually thinking that I could take you out this weekend for some mother/daughter time, Bella."
Jasper squeezed my hand, signaling to me that it was a good idea. I don't know what we would shop for, though. Alice already had an entire wardrobe for me in my bedroom. "That sounds nice, Esme."
"Okay, mom, I'm going to take Bella to school for the rest of the afternoon. I'm going to head out for a hunt when I return. Do you and Cameron want to come with?" Jasper asked as he started ushering me out the front door of the house.
"He's already out there with Emmett and Rosalie, darling, but I'll go with you," she replied. I noticed they shared a nod between them and before I could ask what it was about, Jasper had pulled me outside and toward his car.