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Chapter 16
The next day I felt normal again. Although I desperately wanted and needed a bath. The best thing about today so far was that Jasper had cooked a stew. It tasted remarkably like beef stew and was in my opinion the best smelling thing next to Jasper.
My tongue got burnt from eating the hot stew too quickly. To be fair to myself I was ravenously hungry. Jasper got some amusement from watching me devour his excellent meal.
"I am so full." I said with a wide smile stretched across my face. The glowing blond shared my happy mood. All previous worry had vanished along with my sickness.
I pushed Jasper to lie down on the sandy floor. Seconds later I climbed on top of him. "I think you deserve a thank you." I grinned. Swooping down swiftly to catch his lips. My eyes rolled back into my head, at least that was what it felt like.
Holy Sparkling Vampires, It's been too long since our last embrace. I almost couldn't tell who's tongue was who's in my current state of bliss.
My finger nails tried to claw down into his muscular chest. They found no purchase against his hard torso. For several long moments my world was blank of everything but my blond savior.
I whimpered when I pulled away from him. The only thing stopping me was my need for a bath. A grin came back to my lips at Jasper's dazed expression.
" Can I have another thank you?" The blond pouted up at me. Oh, How I wish I could spend all day thanking him.
"You have no idea how much I want to do that all day but I need to have a bath, I happen to feel a little gross." My voice did nothing to express my desire.
"I think I know." He said smirking. Duh, Empathy, How could I forget? "But I suppose I sympathize with the need to bathe, I haven't left your side for more than 30 minutes the whole time you were ill." Jasper's face was mischievous. " Want to take a bath with me?"
Tempting, very tempting. My imagination went wild at the mere idea. I closed my eyes for a second to regain my bearings. " That would not be a good idea right now." My voice came out lower than usual. Desire had overtaken my vocal chords. His eyes widened at my words and undoubtedly my emotions.
An hour later I was brushing the tangled knots from my wet hair. I felt clean from my long bath. After I made sure I didn't forget anything, I called for Jasper. He appeared in five seconds. Vampires sure were fast. A brief kiss was exchanged before I walked to a little clearing barely two minutes from the spring.
My mind was racing at the speed of light. Was I ready to become fully intimate with Jasper? The answer was yes but I'm terrified all the same. I didn't know anything about this very adult act. Would it hurt? My mind questioned. Jasper was experienced in this. What would he expect? Would he even be able to enjoy it with a human? I wasn't as beautiful as a vampire. On the contrary I had always thought myself to be average.
Panic swelled inside me, making me feel as sick to my stomach as yesterday. How would I do this? I clenched my eyes shut, drawing in deep breaths to calm myself.
I couldn't let my insecurities rule my life. Jasper loved me, in a forever kind of way. I could feel it in every touch and every action. He hadn't cared even when I looked like that possessed girl from The Exorcist. Being around a sick human while having vampire senses surely must have been a repellant to a normal vampire.
Footsteps coming near knocked me out of my thoughts. Jasper grinned as he walked towards me. He deliberately made noise so I could hear him. My heart had warmed at the sight of his glowing form. Water dripped down his neck from his damp hair. His wavy locks wet never failed at grabbing my attention.
My physical attraction to him was mind boggling. Never had I felt the need to touch someone so strongly. My love for Jasper was undeniable. I was unable to imagine my life without him. It hurt too much to even think about.
We walked back to the beach hand in hand. The simple gesture of him taking my hand made giddy feelings arise from within. Sometimes I got the strangest urge to giggle. When I was younger I use to think girls that giggled around their boyfriends were airheads. What a disappointment I would be to my past self.
10 minutes later. The day was hot, the sand felt pleasant on my back. My right side was tucked against Jasper's left. My skin tingled from the rays of the sun. The hours flew by quickly with our conversation. All too soon it was getting dark out. My dinner was simple, fish and some sliced oranges. The taste of the fruit lingered in my mouth.
The fire cast a glow on everything within ten feet. Jasper stood up. "Dance with me?" He asked blue eyes lit up by the flames.
" There's no music." The ipod had died awhile ago. I allowed myself to be pulled to my feet by the blond anyway.
"Your heartbeat is my music." Well my heart can't be beating now, it's in a puddle.
"I can't hear it."
"No, but you can feel it, can't you?" He held me in his arms swaying in a unheard beat. My feet followed his in their rhythm. Jasper was right my heart would provide the music, it was singing. I rested my head on his chest. There was no heartbeat but his heart was definitely there.
"Bella?" His chest rumbled.
"Yes?" I said pulling away. He dropped to his knees, his face determined. "I love you, Bella." My eyebrows scrunched together in confusion. Where was this going?
" I want you to be mine." His eyes took my breath away. "Jasper." I gasped out. He held my hands in his. My eyes refused to leave the stunning blue ones.
"Will you…" My heart pounded in my ears. "Marry me?"
"Yes." Was out of my mouth before I could even draw a full breath. So many emotions were going through me that I almost missed Jasper's most beautiful smile yet. How did Jasper change me so completely?
After Charlie and Renee, I swore off marriage but this was Jasper. My blond savior. The man I loved.
Jasper in his happiest mood yet grabbed me up and spun me around. "Jasper." I laughed out loudly into the night. We stopped abruptly, Jasper eagerly kissing me. I was dizzy, but his lips were heaven.
My hands grabbed fistfuls of his shirt pulling him backwards so that he would follow. A haze came over me, leading me to drag Jasper to the cabin. He picked me up in his arms carrying me into the wooden house. Our lips never left each others, even when he set me down.
Being driven insane by lust and love, I tugged on his shirt roughly. The ripping of his shirt snapped us out of our ardent kissing. I panted for breath, I didn't want to stop. "Bella." He whispered against my lips.
"I want to." I said cutting him off. His lips traced gentle kisses on my neck. I pushed his ruined shirt off his body, pressing eager lips to his newly revealed chest. A low growl came from him when I scrapped my teeth along his collarbone. Arousal was burning in my lower abdomen.
Jasper discarded the clothes from our bodies. My nerves skyrocketed when we stood bare. The moon provided light through the open windows. The back of my knees hit the bed before he lowered me down on my back. He followed me.
My breath caught in my lungs at the magnitude of the feelings his bare body pressed on mine invoked. His hands and mouth were everywhere, burning trails with every caress and kiss.
Shocking sounds escaped my lips. Jasper's lips and tongue vibrated against my breast as he hummed. I desperately drew his face back to mine. "Jasper, please." I pleaded looking up at his dark eyes.
It hurt when he descended into me. Tears welled up in my eyes, I stubbornly fought them back. The tenseness faded from my body as Jasper whispered loving words into my ear, his accent thick in his emotional state.
His hips rocked back and forth slowly. The coldness of him numbing my pain away. Pleasure drove me to move with him, hips thrusting upwards. My legs wrapped around his waist, thighs flexing with my movements.
I gasped for breath. It felt so good. He groaned my name into my neck. His own name was spilt from my lips like a prayer. Jasper was my personal god.
Our bodies sped up, keeping pace with the rising heat. My nails scratched at his back, my body screaming for more. His position on top of me shifted pushing me to higher heights. I was going to overdose on this feeling.
My veins were throbbing at the beating of my heart. His sweet mouth pulled my tongue to play with his. Jasper's right hand gripped my thigh, moving his fingers in circles. All the stimulus sent me over an unknown edge.
My eyes opened wide staring into his intense gaze. I screamed into his mouth, my muscles spasmed uncontrollably. His body stilled for a few heartbeats before his hips started bucking firmly into mine.
A warm fluid burst inside me, sending my ecstasy up into the universe. Impossibly it doubled. My vision flickered in heavenly bliss for what felt like hours. I recognized Jasper's voice growling out my name from above. His movements slowed down and completely stopped, face staring down at me. My chest heaved with every breath, breast pressing against Jasper's hard torso.
I kissed him softly before pulling back with a full blown smile. "I'm going to marry you, Jasper Whitlock." Love coated my every word.
"You'll be my Isabella Whitlock." He replied in a husky southern voice, my lower abs spasmed. The rest of the night blurred into almost constant bliss before we stopped just as the sun raised up from the ocean.