AN: Hey guys, I know you all probably hate me and I'm so sorry but I've had a major case of writer's block and nothing I wrote was up to my standards so I'm extremely sorry. I hope you guys enjoy the chapter, read and review!

Previously: I nearly ripped the blindfold off my face in my haste to see where we were. When I finally got it off and looked around, I felt my jaw drop in shock.

JPOV:

All I could do was stand there in shock and stare; my eyes grew wide and I found myself frozen in place with my arms hanging awkwardly at my sides and my mouth wide open. I couldn't believe it.

Suddenly Bella spoke, startling me out of my shock. "I'm sorry, it was a stupid idea. Let's go; you can pick what we do this time." She started walking away with sadness etched onto her features.

I stuck my arm out in front of her so she couldn't walk past me. "It wasn't stupid Bella; this is the nicest thing anyone has ever done for me. Thank you so much!" I exclaimed as I picked her up spinning her in circles. I was rewarded when I heard her laughter echo all around us.

When I finally put her down I looked around again, more patiently this time and I found myself dumbstruck once again. She had somehow managed to find a place that was literally a replica of the meadow in Phoenix that had become our special place.

The grass in the meadow was long and wavy and the meadow was a perfectly symmetrical circle. There were wildflowers the color of purple, yellow and white scattered across the grass and I could hear a bubbling stream somewhere nearby. There were trees framing the meadow all around creating a sort of arch making it look even more otherworldly.

"Beautiful." I whispered, not noticing I had said it out loud until I saw Bella's eyes light up with her happiness.

I held her right hand, looking down when I felt the cold of metal pressing against my skin. I noticed it was a ring and I picked her hand up so I could see it better.

When I finally understood what the ring was, I gasped in surprise. The ring that was gleaming on her finger was my junior year class ring. There was no mistaking the deep blue sapphire square, the guitar emblem Bella had picked out or my name carved into one side of it.

I looked at Bella questioningly, "You still wear my ring?"

She rolled her eyes at me. "Of course I wear your ring; it was the only thing I had left of you when you went to Forks. It's the only thing that kept me sane the past year." She whispered softly.

I crushed her to my chest, "Thanks B, I thought you would have taken it off by now."

She moved her head so she was looking up at me and I had to tilt my head down to actually look at her. "I promised you I wouldn't."

The only response I had was to smile at her and push a stray piece of her hair behind her ear. "So, what do you have planned for us to do today Bella?" I drawled, purposely making my Southern accent even more prominent.

"Stay here," she said. "I need to go get something from the car."

She turned around and started walking away from me and I simply followed her, waiting for her to realize. "What part of 'stay here' didn't you understand?" She asked still not looking at me.

I spun her around so she was forced to look at me, "Bella, I'm not letting you roam around an unknown forest by yourself."

She sighed before turning around and continuing her walk except this time she was holding my wrist and dragging me through the forest behind her.

"Damn Bella, slow down! Where's the fire?" I muttered after she made me run into another tree.

When all I got in response was a giggle and her dragging me into another tree; I figured she was doing it on purpose. When we finally got out of the forest and to the car I literally sighed in relief. "Finally! Why were you so insistent on dragging me through every single tree in there?" I asked rhetorically.

"Well, it wasn't on purpose Jasper. It's not my fault that you're just soooo tall!" She said looking up at me with the expression of an angel painted onto her face.

I narrowed my eyes at her, "I'm sure you didn't want to do that on purpose as payback for me following you."

She smiled at me with a barely concealed mischievous glint in her eyes, "Of course not; I would never do that to you Jazz."

I rolled my eyes and muttered quietly, "Sure. Now what did you need to get from the car?"

She walked over to the car with a slight spring in her step and I smiled in response to the blatant sign of her happiness. She opened the trunk and got a picnic basket and blanket out of it causing me to wonder when she had managed to get it in there without me noticing.

"I put it in when you were getting changed in your room; I told Em and Edward to stall you." She said still rummaging through the trunk with her back to me.

I stood there shocked for a multitude of reasons and I decided to ask her my most basic question. "I said that aloud?"

"Nope." She said finally turning around. "I just knew you were wondering how I got it in the trunk."

"Huh, second question; you got Em and Edward to stall me."

"That's not really a question Jazz, more like a statement." She pointed out, trying not to laugh.

"B…" I trailed off, trying to get my point across.

This time she laughed loudly at me. "Yea, I told them that I needed at least 3 minutes to get it set up and if you were as excited as I was I figured that's how long it would take you. So, I asked them to stall you for a while."

I stood there completely shocked as the effort she had put into surprising me hit me. I felt a smile spread across my face and I hugged Bella trying to thank her without words.

"Thanks Bella."

"For what?" she asked completely confused, and once again I wanted my old confident Bella back.

"For making this trip amazing on the first day." I said gaining a smile from her before it stretched, turning into a wicked grin that I was almost scared of.

"Well, let's go back to the meadow Jazz. Oh, and I'm sooo sorry if you end up hitting any more trees." She smirked not even listening for my response before she pulled me through the forest again, dragging me through trees.

When we finally got the meadow I knew I was pouting at the fact that I had just come in close contact with pretty much every tree in the forest. I was expecting her sympathy and an apology when she turned around and saw me; I was not, however, expecting for her to double over and start laughing so hard I saw tears well up in her eyes.

Now I was starting to get pissed and that's never a good thing because of course my verbal filter didn't work. "Yea, it's so funny that I was just dragged through the forest by my best friend who's currently laughing at me. Thanks for caring Bella." I bit out, not even registering the hurt on her face in my anger-induced rant.

She stopped laughing immediately and walked over to me. She reached up on her tip-toes and started pulling something out of my hair. I watched confused as she came back down to her normal height and showed me a bunch of feathers.

She looked at me with a sad smile. "I'm sorry for laughing at you Jazz, you just had all these feathers in your hair and you looked funny. And I shouldn't have dragged you through the trees; I'm sorry." She said averting her eyes from my gaze. "I do care, I won't do it again."

Shit. I mentally kicked myself for being so rude to her; I knew she cared and she wasn't trying to be rude. I just, I wasn't being rational and B, as usual, ended up taking the brunt of my rudeness. She was finally loosening up and having fun and it looked like the pain in her eyes was going away and of course I had to royally screw up.

She had gone out of her way to make sure that I had a good time by finding a meadow and even packing us a picnic lunch and I had a let a minute's immaturity ruin everything.

I walked towards her and she seemed to shrink away; probably thinking I was still mad at her. I sighed deeply and walked forwards again, crushing her to me in a hug.

I looked down so I could see her eyes. "Bella, I'm so sorry. I didn't mean what I said; I was just being immature. I know you care and I know you were just joking when you dragged me through the trees."

She looked at me and gave me a small smile that didn't reach her eyes like it usually did. She opened her mouth to speak but I cut her off. "Don't say you're sorry Bella; please if you value my sanity do not tell me that you're sorry. It was my fault and I shouldn't have been such an ass; you did nothing wrong."

"It's fine Jasper, it wasn't your fault. It was stupid of me to do that and I understand why it seemed like I didn't care. But, let's not argue about that right now; I don't want it to ruin our day together. Do you still want to hang out or do you want to go back to the hotel?" She asked quietly as if she was afraid of my answer.

"B, of course I want to hang out. And I'm sorry for what I said; I love you Bella." I said, tucking her hair behind her ear.

She smiled radiantly. "I know Jasper; I love you too."

"Well then, I have a plan." I said, mock seriously.

"Well what is it, kind sir?" She asked playing along with my ridiculous idea.

"There is no more being sad today. It's just going to be Bella and Jasper like always; I forbid both of us from being sad. We are going to be ridiculously happy."

She giggled lightly. "Sounds like a good plan. I agree!"

At that I grabbed the picnic blanket and spread it out on the ground before walking back towards her and offering her my arm, "Would you like to sit down, m'lady?"

She laughed and linked her elbow through mine. "Don't mind if I do sir."

I smiled glad that she seemed a little better at least for now. I watched mesmerized as Bella opened the picnic blanket and pulled out all of my favorite foods. Out came penne fresco, her homemade lasagna, and my favorite chocolate cake that she always made.

I'm positive that by the time she had set up all the food my mouth was literally watering. I might be able to cook, but next to Bella my food tasted like something you would get at McDonald's.

I looked at Bella with wide eyes, "You made all of this?" I asked with awe coloring my tone, making me sound like a 5 year old who had just discovered chocolate.

"Of course Jazz, I know that they're your favorite so I made them for you." She said making me feel like an even bigger ass for the stunt I pulled earlier.

"But when? It's hot so you definitely made it here, but that makes no sense."

She winked at me, "Never underestimate my persuasive skills Jasper." She said simply offering me no elaboration.

At that I laughed loudly, knowing full well the extent of her persuasion skills. Half the time she didn't even try; people just always wanted Bella to be happy. She was one of those people who made your day better just by being happy. That was another reason why whatever was going on with her was literally killing me.

"Don't worry B; that's one thing I will never underestimate."

She laughed and flashed me a wide smile. "What? I would never try to persuade you into doing something you didn't want Jazz."

I raised one eyebrow and looked at her with complete disbelief evident on my face. "Really? How about the whole blindfold fiasco on the way here?"

"That wasn't me; you just decided you wanted to wear it." She said; and if I hadn't been there to see her give me The Look I would have believed her. The aura of complete innocence and truthfulness that surrounded her always made people assume she was right.

That had gotten us out of so much shit in Phoenix; she was always the one to get us in trouble and get us out. She had every male, kid and adult, in the Phoenix area wrapped around her finger.

To this day, I have met no one with the ability to resist her dimpled grin, wide innocent brown eyes and infamous pout. Honestly, I don't think I ever will. Just one of them alone is enough to get her way; all three of them together are just a deadly combination.

"Sure B, whatever you say. Now, how about we stop talking and eat this delicious food that you so graciously made for us." I asked, now staring greedily at the food.

"Dig in Jasper," she says. "You're why I made this much food." She smirks at me and I don't even bother to reply to her because eating tons of her food is barely a crime.

I quickly grab a fork and dig right in, not paying attention to Bella's loud giggles. "Oh my god." I groan the minute I bite into her delicious penne fresco; and that's not even my favorite part. "Bella, this is amazing!"

She looks at me and smiles. "You really think so?"

I nod my head so vigorously I think it might fall off. "B, this is the best food I've eaten in my life. You know that you're food is my favorite; if you keep cooking I'll gain 30 pounds by the time we get back to Forks." I say, trailing off when I realize that after this trip I won't see her anymore. She'll be in Phoenix and I'll be in Forks; that thought caused my face to unwillingly set into a pout with my bottom lip jutted out sadly.

"What's with the pout? I thought you said my food was good." She teases.

"Your food isn't just good Bella; it's amazing. I just realized that I won't see you after this trip. You'll be back in Arizona and I'll be in Forks."

At this, her face stretches into the most beautiful, wide smile I've ever seen and that doesn't sit well with me. I keep my mouth shut though, knowing if I say anything it'll be probably be stupid like last time.

"I live in Forks now J; Charlie and Sierra are moving our stuff in right now. They sent us on this trip so we would get to spend our summer having a good time instead of unpacking."

I stared at her slack-jawed before I whooped loudly and picked her up spinning her around, loving the sound of her laughs echoing through the meadow. "So we can have more Bella Jasper time? The trip isn't it?"

"Of course the trip isn't it; I'll see you so much more now." She says, looking at me happily.

I finally set her back down and plop down next to her; happiness spreading throughout my whole body. I'm about to say something meaningful to her but my stomach chooses that moment to growl loudly announcing how much I want B's food.

She giggles at me, "Eat the food J, I promise I'll still be here."

I smile toothily at her before shoveling food into my face once again; it's not my fault that her food is so delicious. By now I'm done with the penne fresco and I move onto her amazing homemade lasagna.

I bite into it and I swear I hear angels singing in the background; that's how good it is. It's been so long since I've eaten her food and I almost forgot how amazing it tastes.

When I'm finally done eating I sprawl out on the soft grass comfortably feeling more peaceful and relaxed than I have in a long time; my head is in Bella's lap and my legs are stretched out across from me.

Her fingers run softly through my hair causing me to hum in contentment; it's been way too long since we've been this carefree and happy and I've missed it so damn much.

She works her way through my wavy blond locks and I feel myself becoming more and more relaxed with every stroke of her hand through my hair. I sigh happily and somehow fail to notice that I'm spending more time in between blinks than with my eyes actually open and that my eyelids are drooping dangerously low.

Her hands continue to move in a soothing rhythm and my vision keeps becoming unfocused and I rub my eyes trying to stay awake. However, my efforts are completely wasted when she starts singing a soothing song quietly.

The calm atmosphere she created made it impossible for me to notice when I peacefully slipped into oblivion and slept more peacefully than I have since I left Phoenix.

The minute I woke up I looked around blearily trying to register why there were trees around me and why I could hear someone singing. Suddenly it all came flashing back to me; Bella's surprise, me being an ass, her amazing food and me falling asleep in the meadow.

I looked up at Bella, considering my head was in her lap, and smiled sleepily at her. "Hey."

She smiled back at me softly while brushing my hair out of my eyes, "Hey yourself."

I picked myself out of Bella's lap and stretched my arms. "How long was I out?" I asked, figuring it was probably around 10 minutes; so imagine my surprise when B looks at her phone and says 1 hour and a half.

I shot straight up so I was now standing at my full 6'4" and towering over Bella way more than usual. I started pacing and running my hands through my hair, "I've been sleeping for an hour and a half? Why didn't you wake me up?" I ask facing Bell.

She simply rolled her eyes before getting up so she didn't have to crane her neck to look at me. "You looked so peaceful sleeping; I didn't want to wake you up in the middle."

I looked at her exasperated, "But I just wasted an hour and a half of our time. We could have done so much in that much time."

"Jazz, its fine. I promise I didn't mind. We should probably head back to the car now though; it's already 4 o clock."

I opened my mouth, about to freak out that it was already 4 but I quickly shut up when she glared at me. "Don't say anything Jasper. Just help me clean this up and then we'll walk to the car."

I actually had value for my life so I chose to listen to what she said; I was in no mood to have her beat me up. We soon had everything back in the picnic basket and I folded up the picnic blanket.

"Ready to go?" I asked Bella.

She smiled at me and nodded before taking hold of my hand. I couldn't help but notice how carefully she navigated us through the woods this time. She looked so serious and was concentrating intently on making sure we didn't run into anything. It was such a stark contrast from how she was before and I felt my heart ache in response.

I'm so stupid.

"We're here!" she said with fake enthusiasm, pulling me out of my self-hate. She went and opened the trunk and we put everything in the back before getting in the car.

I wanted to drive; I felt so useless just sitting in the passenger seat but B looked so happy as we literally flew down the smooth Belgian roads. I wasn't going to take that away from her; besides, if I asked to drive this car I'm pretty sure I'd get a very loud 'no' and some threats.

I reached over and turned the radio down since it was effectively killing our chances of conversation. When Bella looked over at me questioningly I simply shrugged my shoulders and said, "I already wasted one and a half hours; I'm not wasting any longer."

She rolled her eyes, "Let it go J, it's not a big deal."

"It is definitely a big deal; it's been 1 year since I've last seen you and I wasted time sleeping!" I exclaimed, throwing my hands in the air emphatically.

My dramatics caused her to laugh loudly and she shot me a pointed look. "I think Emmett's rubbing off on you J."

I mock gasped and covered my heart with my hands. "Oh no! What a shame!" My antics caused her to laugh even louder which in turn resulted in my smile growing even bigger.

I looked around, completely confused about where we were. "Uh Bella, where are we?"

She stared straight ahead as she spoke. "Belgium." I looked at her with an exasperated look only to be met by her trademark smirk.

My pointed look caused her to laugh and give me an actual reply. "Relax J; we're about 5 minutes from the hotel."

"How come I don't recognize it?" I asked, still confused.

This time she was the exasperated one. "Because most people can't see when they're blindfolded. What is this, the Spanish Inquisition?"

I smiled sheepishly at her, "I kinda forgot about the blindfold part."

She laughed loudly in response and said, "Well now you can't hold it against me considering you clearly already forgave me." I could hear the glee evident in her voice and I pretending to be extremely disappointed.

"Damn, I was going to hold that against you for the rest of your life." I said watching her lips slide up into a large grin.

I saw the hotel on the side of the road and watched as Bella smoothly maneuvered into the parking lot and managed to find a spot right by the entrance.

"I told you I knew where we were." She said, sticking her tongue out at me with her impressive maturity. Sense the sarcasm?

"Yea, yea." I said. I saw her about to open her door and I literally flew out of the car and raced around to her side, opening the door.

"Whoa J, calm down." She said with a barely suppressed laugh.

"You opened my door before, so now it's my turn." I say as she rolls her eyes and gets out of the car; bowing dramatically and saying thank you.

I simply hold her hand in response and we walk to the elevator in comfortable silence. I laugh as I notice her jabbing the elevator button just like Emmett does.

"Thanks B; it was fun." I say once we're finally in the elevator.

"Anytime Jasper." She says but I notice a glimmer of pain and hurt in her eyes and I turn to look at her, worried.

"What's wrong Bella?" I ask as I pull her closer to me, so I can see her better.

She sighs deeply in response before shaking her head and saying, "I'm sorry I dragged you through the trees Jazz. I honestly didn't mean for it to seem like I didn't care."

The whole time she talks she makes sure she's not looking at me and I'm so mad at myself for doing this to her. I wish she would yell at me and smack me across my face but I know she won't ever do that.

"Bella," I say but she continues to avoid my eyes. "Bella, look at me. Please." I say as she finally looks up at me and I almost yell out at the intense hurt in her eyes and I know I have to fix this problem now. "Darlin', I'm not mad at you and I know you care about me. I was just being really stupid and some of my irritation from that guy in the parking lot all came together and made me say some really stupid things. You did nothing wrong." I say fiercely, wanting her to understand.

She smiles shakily and nods at me in acceptance but I can see in her eyes that while she accepts what I'm saying she doesn't agree with it.

I will do everything in my power to make sure from here on out, Bella's trip is going to be amazing. I never want to see her that sad again and I will do everything I can to ensure her happiness. "Someday she will tell me what's wrong, and I'll help her. But no matter what, I'll make sure she's always smiling," I vow to myself.