A/N: IMPORTANT! There are some changes in this story that are pretty important for you guys to know:

1. They all just graduated college, not high school.

2. In the story, I've had some new ideas so some things are going to be different, but I think the changes are going to make the story better.

On to the story!

Previously: I shook my head at her with a smile on my face as I opened the door and got out a lot calmer than she had.

JPOV:

"Finally, back on safe ground!" I yelled out jokingly when I got out of the car.

She shook her head with a smile as she said, "Geez J, have some trust. I'm not going to kill you."

At that, I turned to look at her with one eyebrow raised. "Must I remind you of that time freshmen year in college when you nearly wrapped both of us around a tree?"

In response Bella merely rolled her eyes and fixed me with a disproving look. "I wasn't that good of a driver back then. What's more important is that we won the race! I can't wait to see Rose and Alice's face when they get here." She said happily as she once again turned around so she was facing the road.

I shook my head and laughed at the girl that had come to mean so much to me. I wrapped my arm around her waist as I leaned against the car. I couldn't help the easy smile that slid across my face when she leaned against my chest and sighed happily.

In about 5 seconds the silence was interrupted by the sound of two cars simultaneously sliding into the parking lot. I saw Bella's smile grow even bigger and she looked in their direction excitedly.

"Bella!" Rose called out incredulously. "I can't believe you won!"

Alice chimed in with her agreement. "I could have sworn that I was going to win that. How the hell did you win?"

"By trying to kill us by driving at speeds that are definitely illegal." I interrupted, only half annoyed.

"Well what do you guys want to do?" Alice said excitedly. She and Emmett were extremely similar with their unending enthusiasm and ability to change subjects in a matter of seconds.

"THE FERRIS WHEEL!" Emmett yelled out excitedly and extremely loudly. I'm almost positive that everyone in Belgium could hear him.

"Emmett calm down, I really don't want to get arrested on my first day here for disrupting public peace." Edward said in a teasing tone. With extreme maturity, Emmett simply stuck his tongue out at Edward and walked over to the rest of us.

"Well apparently we're going on the Ferris Wheel." I said.

"YES!" Emmett cheered at my agreement.

I rolled my eyes and all of us followed Emmett as he danced excitedly to the line for the Ferris wheel. I hid my smirk when I saw the size of the line and thought of Emmett's patience.

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"Seriously? This line is going to take forever!" He yelled right on cue.

I leant my head on Bella's shoulders and tried to stifle my laughter at Emmett's incredible immaturity.

I looked in front of us and realized that we were finally almost at the front of the line. We'd be able to get on at the next turn and Emmett was nearly jumping up and down with his excitement.

When we finally got into the car, Bella and Emmett pressed their faces against the glass and stared outside with amusement etched onto their faces. None of us could stop our laughter at the identical looks of enthrallment painted onto their faces.

"Bella, you know the point is to sit down and have fun right? Not press your face against the glass?" I teased with a smile on my face.

She turned around and stuck her tongue out at me before walking over and sitting down next to me. She rested her head on my shoulder and I smiled at the calm feeling that washed over my body. For the remaining 2 minutes of the ride, all of us talked and laughed about meaningless things.

I had a feeling that this trip was going to be a lot more fun than I originally thought. Not only was my best friend here with me, but so were two girls that I felt I was going to get along with really well.

When the ride ended all of us got out and walked calmly back to the cars and all of us went back to the cars we had come in. As we got into the car I turned to Bella and smiled at her. "That was actually surprisingly fun."

"Of course it was fun. I was there." She said, mock seriously succeeding in making me laugh.

For the rest of the ride back, both of us were surprisingly quiet and lost in our own thoughts.

I had a really good feeling about this trip, we had only been here for a little while but it was already looking up. I started smiling just thinking about how much fun it would be to be able to spend a month with Bella, her sisters and Emmett and Edward.

It was definitely going to be an eventful summer; that was for sure. Before I knew it, I was pulled out of my thoughts as we drove up to the hotel parking lot. After Bella parked her car we got out and started walking to the entrance. Bella actually drove at a reasonable speed on the way back so by the time we got there; the other four were already waiting by the front desk.

We got over there and immediately Alice started talking.

"We're going to go to our room now; you guys should go freshen up and then come to our room." Alice suggested.

We all nodded our agreement and we went our separate ways. We walked back to the room with Emmett talking excitedly about Rosalie.

"This is amazing guys! She's gorgeous, smart, and funny and she loves cars! That's everything I always wanted in one person!" He exclaimed excitedly.

Edward and I just laughed at his never ending enthusiasm and we walked to the room listening to Emmett going on about Rosalie and how great how she was. I was happy Emmett had finally met someone that wasn't just a dumb pretty girl.

When we got into the room I splashed cold water onto my face and went and pulled a pack of cards out of my suitcase. I loved playing cards, it was so much fun and it helped that I tended to be pretty good at just about every card game.

When I got the cards and went back to the main room, Edward was sitting on the couch and Emmett was missing.

"Emmett, are you done?" I hollered, slightly impatiently.

"Dude, chill out. I promise your girlfriend won't mind if it takes you 10 minutes to get to her room." He yelled back.

At that Edward started laughing but covered it up with a cough when I turned to glare at him. "She's not my girlfriend!" I yelled back petulantly.

"Sure sure." He muttered as he walked back into the room. "Don't have an aneurism, I'm here. We can go now."

In response I simply glared at him before turning to walk out the door. As we walked down the hallway, Emmett happily said, "You know, I think-"

He was interrupted by a bloodcurdling scream coming from the girls' room. I didn't even stop to think before I sprinted to their room and hurtled inside, not bothering to knock.

"Bella, are you okay?" I asked immediately, rushing towards her when I noticed she was gripping her arm in pain. I didn't notice Emmett and Edward behind me until I heard them echo my question.

"Yea, I'm fine! I just hit my arm on the table." She said with fake enthusiasm as she tried to cover up the look of pain on her face. While Em and Edward were skeptical, they looked like they somewhat believed her.

I, on the other hand, could tell that she was lying based on the fact that she was avoiding my eyes and there was no way she was in that much pain from a table.

"Bella." I said quietly, hoping she would understand that I didn't believe her.

"Yea Jasper?" she asked with an expression of fake innocence.

I groaned quietly out loud while trying to figure out my best option at the moment. No matter how much she tried to hide it, I could see the pain clearly hidden in her eyes and I didn't want to ask her about it in front of Em and Edward. I sighed before saying resignedly, "We'll talk later."

She nodded her agreement while rolling her eyes and it almost made me feel like she didn't want to tell me. Maybe she thought I didn't deserve to know; after all, I had left her by herself in Texas. It would make sense if she felt like I shouldn't be a part of her life.

My heart literally felt like it was being ripped out of my chest and Bella nudged my shoulder lightly trying to get my attention. "I promise we'll talk later Jasper." She said quietly and with such sincerity that I found myself believing her.

"So, did you bring cards Jazz?" She asked with a smirk on her face. She knew of my unhealthy obsession with cards and couldn't resist from teasing me every chance she got. She was one of the few people that I lost to from time to time.

"Yes." I muttered quietly, trying not to make a big deal out of it.

"Well why don't we play then instead of standing around and wasting oxygen!" Rose exclaimed impatiently causing everyone to laugh loudly.

Edward shook his head trying to take everything. "Well Jasper bought cards, so what do you guys want to play?"

Alice took his question as her chance to intervene. "Hold on a minute, I need to talk to Rose and Bella really quickly. We'll be right back."

Emmett just looked at me disbelievingly until I finally got exasperated. "What?"

"Why the hell didn't you ask her about it?"

"Seriously? You're asking me?" I asked loudly, just as the girls walked back into the room.

"What's going on?" Bella asked as she looked confused between Emmett and me.

I simply shook my head, making sure I didn't look angry. "Nothing."

She raised her eyebrow skeptically but didn't question me. "Why don't you guys figure out what to play and we'll go get snacks?"

"Yes, FOOD!" Emmett yelled excitedly giving her all the confirmation she needed. She laughed loudly as the three of them headed off to the kitchen.

"So what do you want to play?" I asked, trying to maintain a fake expression of nonchalance.

Edward and Emmett turned to look at each other and smirked before turning to me. "War." They said in unison.

"Hell no! Who the hell plays war? Stop being stupid!"

"I think it's a good game, we should play it Jasper." Edward said adamantly.

"NO, NO, NO! That's a horrible idea!"

Bella, Rose and Alice decided that now would be a good time to walk back into the room carrying a bunch of snacks and drinks. "Bella, tell Edward he's being stupid!" I pleaded when she placed all of the food on the table.

She shrugged her shoulders and turned to face Edward. "You're being stupid." She said causing shock to settle onto Edward's face.

I now had a smug look plastered onto my face and I couldn't help the smile that broke across my face. "J, why exactly did you want me to tell Edward he was being stupid?"

"Well we were trying to decide what to play and that idiot suggested that we play war. War! I mean, how the hell old are we?" I asked rhetorically, noticing that I needed to stop saying hell every time I was mad.

She looked to Edward and Emmett confused until I saw a look of understanding flash through her. "I don't know Jazz; I think war will be fun." She said dubiously, causing my jaw to drop in shock.

"Yea! Let's vote!" Emmett shouted excitedly. "I vote war!"

"War!" Edward agreed whole-heartedly.

Bella looked at me as if gauging the expression on my still shocked face before agreeing with them.

She turned to ask Alice and Rosalie and I noticed that they had all picked war. I'm sure by now my face was a comical expression of horror and anger but I didn't really care at the moment.

"Bella, you're kidding right?" I pleaded quietly. "We are not playing war! Not only is that game a complete disgrace to actual wars and all things related to history, but it is childish, immature and completely pointless! We cannot play war!" I said angrily before my voice automatically lowered. "We're not playing right?"

That seemed to be Bella's breaking point and she burst out laughing causing everyone else to chime in with her. I couldn't help the expression of shock that crossed my face no matter what. I couldn't believe they tricked me!

I turned to glare at Edward, this is his entire fault. "Well," I started, using a calm voice that betrayed no emotion. "I'd say this wasn't any way near as funny as how Edward woke up the other day. Don't you think Emmett?" I asked causing Emmett to laugh even harder, and effectively replacing Edward's laughter with a scowl.

When I noticed the confused looks I was getting from the girls I turned to a still laughing Emmett. "Em, would you like to enlighten these three girls on what happened?"

He stopped laughing just long enough to get the story out. "Well, Edward's a really deep sleeper and the other day the Jazz-man and I had nothing to do so we wanted to wake him up. We tried calling his name like twenty times but he wouldn't wake up so Jasper blasted Tik Tok on full volume right by his ear. Edward jumped out of bed and fell on the ground, shrieking like a little girl the whole time."

By the time he had finished I was wiping tears from my eyes and everyone else, except Edward, was laughing so hard they could barely stay upright.

Bella turned to me and fixed me with a look of happiness. "That was definitely funnier than what just happened."

Rose and Alice were quick to agree and I felt my smirk grow bigger as Edward continued to scowl at us.

We heard a loud knock at the door and Bella got up excitedly. "I'll get it!" She yelled already halfway to the door.

When I saw Seth walk in, I couldn't stop that unknown feeling from flashing quickly across my face. Rose and Alice looked at me before exchanging a look with each other, leaving me more confused with each other.

"Hey guys, am I interrupting something?" Seth asked politely.

"Nope!" All of us hollered back causing an easy smile to spread across his face.

"Well, what do you guys want to do? Apparently cards are not going to work." I said, mumbling the second part.

None of us had any idea what to do and we sat in silence, thinking. Emmett threw his hands in the air and yelled, "Well we're not getting any younger, so let's stop wasting time and do something!"

Alice looked at her watch surprised before telling us all her idea. "Well, considering its already 7 why don't we go out to dinner?"

I felt my eyes go wide and I quickly pulled out my phone to check the time. I can't believe it's already 7. Huh, well time flies when you're having fun.

"Well I guess we'll go to our room, again, and change into something. Why don't you three ladies pick where we're going?" I suggested.

"I'm not going to be able to come with you guys." Seth said suddenly.

"Well, why not?" Bella asked, looking at him confused.

"I'm still not done unpacking all of my stuff so I'll finish tonight and I'll see you guys tomorrow." He said, leaving the room after quickly kissing Bella.

Em, Edward and I left the room after it was agreed that the girls would pick the place.

When we got to our hotel room for the second time, I headed to my room and threw open the top of my suitcase. I stared blankly at it for 5 minutes, hoping I would just see something that I could grab.

Of course when I packed it, I had arranged it in no specific order and now I couldn't find anything. I sighed deeply before going through my suitcase trying to find something decent to wear to a restaurant.

I finally put on a pair of khaki pants and a long sleeved black polo. (Pictures on profile) I hunted through my suitcase until I found my white vans and then I was ready to go.

I went to the bathroom and ran my fingers through my hair trying to get it to listen to me. Of course it stuck up every which way as usual and I finally sighed exasperatedly and just went to the living room and waited.

This time Emmett was waiting for me and Edward still in his room, more than likely trying to fix his hair. "Edward, you done?"

"NO! Now stop interrupting me!" He yelled impatiently.

"FINE! I'm going to the girls' room; you can come over whenever you're done obsessing over your hair."

Emmett laughed loudly and picked himself up off the couch, as we were leaving the room Emmett yelled that he was coming with me and he told Edward to hurry his ass up.

We got to their room and I knocked on the door, tugging on my hair hopelessly as I waited for one of them to open the door. When Bella opened the door, I smiled brightly at her as I saw what she was wearing.

She had on a simple blue dress with white sandals and she looked beautiful as always. "Well doesn't someone look beautiful?" I teased as I walked inside the room.

She blushed lightly as she teased me back. "Well, I suppose you look alright yourself."

"Ouch Bella, that hurt." I said as I held my hand over my heart causing her to laugh loudly.

"I'm just kidding J, you look handsome." She said as she leaned up to kiss my cheek.

"Thanks B." I said smiling at her cheekily.

"However, I don't think your hair could stick up in any more directions if you rubbed a balloon on it." She said half-seriously.

My smile slid of my face and I looked at her pretending to be angry. "Don't worry Jasper, I think you look cute. But do you want me to fix it?"

"Yes please!"

She looked around the room curiously before walking over to a chair and pulling it over to me. She stood on top of the chair so she was finally my height and I couldn't help but laugh at her.

She turned me around so I wasn't facing her and she started running her hands through my hair smoothly. My eyes slid closed and I smiled at how good that felt. I felt her hands working their way slowly through my hair and I sincerely hoped that my hair wasn't a lost cause.

After about two minutes of intense concentration I heard Bella's excited voice. "There!"

I turned back around so I was looking at her and raised one eyebrow questioningly. She simply jumped off her chair and grabbed my hand as she dragged me to her bathroom. When we got there she pointed at the mirror, and I looked at it apprehensively.

I'll admit, when I saw my reflection I was sufficiently shocked. Instead of looking like someone had just run a lawnmower through my hair, it fell normally on my head.

"Thanks B." I smiled as I bent down and kissed her forehead.

"Not a problem, now come on! Let's go!"

When I got back to the living room I noticed that Edward was finally here, his hair still looked the same as always.

"Are you guys ready?" Rose asked leaning nonchalantly against the doorframe.

I nodded and everyone else got up and we went to the elevators quietly. As we rode down, I couldn't help but think about how great today was. First, we came to Europe! Then, I found out that my best friend was going to be here with us. After that, said best friend and I went to our meadow and had the best lunch ever.

I felt a smile slide up the corners of my mouth and my arm unconsciously tightened around Bella. I saw her look up at me confused but as soon as she saw my smile, her face instantly changed to one of happiness.

"Hey guys, same cars?" Emmett asked as we stood outside.

When everyone nodded their agreement we split up into our groups of two. Bella drove her car like a pro and I was admittedly jealous of how comfortable she was with the speed.

"B," I said and paused as I waited for her to acknowledge me.

"Yea?"

"I'm really glad you're going to be here on this trip. It's been too long since I saw you last time and we can finally have time to ourselves."

She turned to me and gifted me with the most magnificent, luminous smile I had ever seen. "Same here J. I'm glad I get to spend the whole summer with you. Nothing will separate us, I promise you that."

Before I even thought about what was happening, I said something I knew I would regret. "Are you sure about that Bella?"

"What do you mean?" She asked with her face scrunched up into a look of confusion.

I took a deep breath and exhaled. "So much has changed between us Bella. I have no clue what happened in your life and that bothers me more than you can imagine. I know I said I would wait and I will, but I really wish I didn't have to."

I watched as her face crumpled with sadness and I wanted so much to take what I said back, but I couldn't because there was truth behind everything I said.

"I'm so sorry Jazz. It's not because I don't trust you or that I don't think you deserve to know. The things that happened just weren't pretty or happy, and I don't want to relive it right now. I'm sorry, but right now I have to be selfish. I will tell, just give me some time please. Three weeks maximum, I promise. Can you give me that?" She asked in such a sad voice that no matter what, I knew I couldn't say no.

"Of course I'll wait Bella. I'm sorry for bringing it up; I just wanted you to know that whenever you're ready to tell me I'll be here."

"I know Jas." She held my hand and shot a quick smile at me.

After we reached the restaurant, I remember getting out of the car and walking to the restaurant and I remember telling Bella the place looked amazing. We got inside and went to the table with the other four and while I heard conversation swirling around me I couldn't find the interest to partake in it.

I sat quietly as they talked and laughed and I thought about what could have possibly happened to my Bella that was so bad she didn't want to relive it. I sighed quietly and wished that I knew already.

However, I promised Bella I would wait and no matter what happened, curiosity be damned, I would wait for her to tell me. The whole dinner passed by in a blur and while I knew I ordered something and ate it, I couldn't tell you what it was or if it was even good.

The car ride back to the hotel all went by in a haze and all I remember was telling Bella good night and that I loved her. After that, all I know is that I went to our hotel room and crashed on my bed after changing.

Please let Bella tell me soon. I pleaded hopelessly before finally drifting off to sleep.

A/N: Sorry for the delay, but all the work I have is killing me. The next chapter should be up pretty soon because I already have about half of it written. Please R&R!

Estimated Posting Date: 2/25/2012