AN: Phone call and party. Charlie learns about Bella's pregnancy. Rose invites Bella to the bachelorette party and she has fun. Alice learns that Bella is pregnant.

Chapter forty two: A phone call and a bachelorette party.

Jasper, March, 2011…

Time moved faster than we imagine. It was just yesterday I got a baby sister and I promised my mom and dad that I would love her and protect her always. Now, tomorrow she would be married. My little Rose was all grown up and about to go off into the world and have a family of her own.

Rose was the light of my world after she was born. She loved her big brother and worshiped the ground I walked on. But she also didn't take my shit. And I loved that.

Rose was strong. Stronger than I could ever imagine and I couldn't be prouder of her. She was my backbone. And sometimes it felt like she was the older sibling.

Mom used to say it was weird that we were born apart. Because we got along so well, we could be twins. I had agreed with her as time continued to fly by.

Then Rose grew up and boys liked her. She was beyond beautiful and my job as her big brother got harder. My friends looked for her too, but one was watching too closely.

Emmett and I got in a fight when he confessed his love for Rose six years ago. I tried to choke the life out of him after I jumped him right at the dinner table. It took a lot to get me off of him.

Rose and Mom thought I was being stupid. But I wasn't. Rose was my baby sister and always would be so. No man was good enough for her.

But Emmett was determined to change my tune. And he eventually did.

His devotion to my sister was uncanny. He forced me look back on our years together as friends and made me open my eyes to the love he held for Rose. Even when I wouldn't let myself see it, Emmett proven himself to be what was best for Rose. He got her. Her attitude, her determination, her stubbornness, her love for everything she cared about, he got it all. He loved her. Wholeheartedly. He listened to her. No matter what she was talking about. Emmett made it seem like the most important thing in the world. He would stop the world if he could to let my sister have her say. She could go to him for anything. They were friends. They were each other's love. They would be together forever, or else I would break Emmett's neck.

"Where are you?" Bella asked with a kiss to my cheek as she placed my breakfast in front of me.

"Thinking about when Em and when he told me that he was in love with Rose."

Bella smiled and sat down with her own plate. "What happened?"

"I tried to choke him to death."

She laughed. "Is that what'll happen when our little girl wants to date?"

I looked at her long and hard. Bella thought I was joking and kept laughing. "Our little girl isn't dating. She's staying our little girl forever."

"Our baby will grow into a beautiful woman," Bella mused, placing a hand on her stomach.

"You talk like you know it's a girl."

"I always dreamt a little girl with blonde hair like yours and eyes like mine, baby."

"That's what Garrett showed you too?"

"Too?"

"He showed me the same thing," I told her and then explained my dream.

"The little girl and me were playing?" she said tearfully. Anything ticked Bella's tears ducts off.

"Yeah, darlin'. He was adamant about being there for you and he also said that he was okay with me being with you."

"He is," she smiled. "He told me the same thing before cluing me in on the baby."

I got up and moved to her side of the table to kiss her. "I love you."

"I love you too."

The day itself would be a busy one for us both. Bella would be working on the food for Rose's bachelorette party and I was getting things done for Emmett's bachelor party. He wanted it simple. Just poker, drinks, snacks, jokes and fun. I doubt Edward and Peter would allow that. With them around, things were bound to get crazy. I knew Edward and Peter had gotten some strippers, but it didn't matter to me, I only wanted to see one woman naked. And she was enough. She had a natural beauty that brought me to my knees. Bella was sexy, smoldering, seductive, and sensual. I would spend days worshipping her body if she let me.

The guys came over with Emmett around lunch. We set up the poker table in the living room and moved a few things around. I missed Bella so I went over to the main house to check on her.

Liam and Siobhan had her laughing when I got there and it was music to my ears. She looked gorgeous, standing there by the stove stirring whatever sauce they were making. I greeted her partners in crime and they came up with some excuse and left for a little bit. I stayed, perched on one of the chairs, watching my girl.

When Bella couldn't stand the silence anymore she said, "Are you going to sit there all day watching me?"

I checked out her ass and smirked, "If it means I get to watch your ass in those jeans, then yes."

"You've been hanging out with Peter too much," she scolded but Bella loved it when I said things like this. Being wanted turned her on more than anything else. Well, that and seeing me naked.

"If it keeps you blushing like that, then I think I'll hang out with him some more."

"Get out of the kitchen and stop distracting me, Jasper," Bella said in a sing song voice.

"Not through checking you out, Bella," I sang back. Jane and Aunt Carmen walked in and giggled before they took some snacks and left.

Bella and I chuckled.

"Seriously though, Jasper, go. You're distracting me."

"Seriously, Bella, I'm not through checking out your ass."

She laughed. "You're a perv."

"Yeah, and I'm yours, so deal with it."

I left my seat and went over to her. Wrapping my arms around her waist and pulling her into me. She chuckled and then sighed, leaning her body into mine. "I have to finish this, Jasper. I'm a little tired."

"So come home with me and get some rest."

"I will in a minute," she said with a yawn. "Now, go and let me finish so I can come home."

I turned her face to mine and captured her lips in a soft kiss. "I'll be waiting."

~~abt~~

Bella

"You've got your claws in deep."

I stopped stirring and rolled my eyes. Of course this would happen. Jasper just left so Alice had to pop up and bother me.

"Aren't you going to brag about your love life with my ex again?" she edged.

"You're finally admitting that he's your ex. Why should I correct you? You have it all figured out, Alice," I turned to her and said.

Liam and Siobhan walked in. I told them I was done for the day and they said they would finish up the rest. I told them I felt exhausted and apologized. They dismissed my apology and told me to go, I did great.

"Why are you tired?"

"That's none of your business," I snapped.

She ignored my anger and went on. "Well, as I said, I don't have things figured out when it comes to Jasper, bitch. If I did, he would be in my bed again and not yours."

"That's no fault of mine, Alice. And if you call me 'bitch' one more time, I'll claw your eyes out."

She took a step back and chuckled nervously. "I'll figure out your game soon, Bella."

"I'm not playing one, Alice."

She cackled loudly. "Oh really?"

"Yes, really."

Tanya walked into the kitchen then. Liam and Siobhan were looking on, and Tanya smirked with intrigue dancing in her eyes. "What's going on in here?"

Alice stiffened while Tanya smugly circled her.

"Everything is fine," I said. "Alice was just sharing her views with me, Tanya. Nothing to worry about."

"I wouldn't call you and Alice in the same room without going at each other's throat as fine," Tanya replied. She stopped in front of Alice, and Alice backed away. Tanya sneered at her, "Don't you have somewhere to be?"

Alice didn't say a word. She just scampered out of the room.

"What did the twerp want?"

"To figure out what kind of voodoo I'm working on Jasper."

"Well, that's simple. You're not a conniving bitch like her."

"That's what I'm worried about, Tanya."

"What do you mean?"

I sighed. "She wants Jasper back and she's desperate."

"It doesn't matter. She lost. Game over," Tanya said confidently.

I pushed down the worry and let Tanya's words wash over me. "You're right. I've got nothing to worry about."

Tanya walked me over to Jasper's and we spent that time chatting about what to wear and how crazy the guys' party was probably going to be. She told me Peter and Edward's plans. I asked if she wasn't worried about Edward and she said no.

When we got home, Jasper and the guys were talking. I said hi and went upstairs with Tanya. We picked out our dresses for the evening and Tanya loved my choice. I liked hers. When we started talking about the baby, she got crazy excited about the pregnancy and what we were going to do about clothes and so on. She wanted us to go shopping. I told her it wasn't always fun for me and she promised to make it fun. I was almost six weeks along and Tanya thought it was time to start getting the cute stuff she called it.

Jasper joined us some time later and rescued me. He told his cousin she had baby fever and she didn't deny it.

"I might. But mostly, I'm happy for you."

"Thanks, Tanya," I said and hugged her.

Jasper took me to our room. We lay down and talked until I fell asleep in his arms.

I awoke some time later to talking in the room. It was Rose and Tanya.

"What are you guys doing?" I noticed the dress in their hands. "Is that the wedding dress?"

"Yes, I got it," Rose smiled. "How does it look?"

"It's so beautiful." It was. The ballroom satin gown with embroidery would fit Rose perfectly.

"Alice must be pleased with herself," I scoffed.

Rose laughed. "Oh no, she isn't. She's pissed."

"Why?"

"This is Rose's design," Tanya told me. "Rose went behind Alice's back. She got information thanks to her mom and Clara and they worked with the designer personally to get the dress just the way Rose wanted it."

"Can you believe she had the audacity to try and make my dress the way she liked it?" Rose said in disbelief. "But it's all over now. I got my dress."

"Jasper was a little mad about me coming up here. He didn't want us to wake you up. You're cool though, right?" Rose asked.

"I'm fine. Your brother is overreacting," I smiled. "I'm glad you got your dress."

They stored the dress in the closet and left. I got up, still feeling a tired but better, and went downstairs in search of Jasper. He was in his office on the phone. I made to leave but he stopped me, telling me to stay.

He was telling the person that I was in front of him and smiling. Then he grew quiet and looked like a scolded kid. When he started saying 'yes sir' I figured out who he was talking to. He had told me Charlie scared him a little.

"She's right here, Sir." Charlie must have said something to him. Jasper couldn't stop nodding. It was a little funny. He was afraid of a man he has never met. "She's fine, Sir. Yes, she's healthy, Sir. She's doing great. Hold on." He stretched the phone to me.

"Hello?"

"Hi, Bells, congratulations," Charlie sighed.

"Thank you." I didn't have to guess why he said it. It was written all over Jasper's guilty face before he ran out of the office. "Jasper told you about the baby?"

"The boy is too happy to be on the phone with anyone," Charlie chuckled. "I'm surprised he didn't answer the phone with 'Hello, my girlfriend is pregnant.' I'm really happy for you, Bells."

"Thank you," I said, tearing up.

"Are you crying?" His voice was filled with so much care. I hated my mom for keeping us apart.

"A little. Everything makes me cry."

Charlie laughed and I could see the tall man with a gruff voice and a heavy set jaw, dark hair like mine, and a quiet demeanor from Jasper's pictures, lounging in his lazy boy in front of the television while he talked to me over the phone.

"Well, stay healthy and happy and let Jasper take care of you," he advised. "I think the boy will combust if you don't let him do that."

It was my turn to laugh. "Yeah, I know that."

Charlie and I ended up talking for what felt like hours. He told me about his life after Mom took me and left. I told him about life with her. We talked about the friends we still had and friends we had lost. I told him about Garrett and how in love I was with Jasper. I told him about my hopes and fears for my pregnancy and the baby and he was very supportive. He told me how thankful he was of Phil and his son for accepting me and he said that despite my mom's treachery, he has forgiven her. What mattered now was getting James out of our lives. And if my mother couldn't be supportive then she could stay out of it too.

I agreed with him.

I asked questions like why he called me 'Bells' and he explained why. I learned about his fishing trips with Billy Black. And that he was single and really looking. He was comfortable. I thought he was shy. I told him that Billy's son worked for the Whitlock's security team. And we laughed about that after he described Jake growing up this scrawny kid. He couldn't picture keeping him safe. I told him he was wrong. Jake was the one watching his back wherever he went. We laughed and talked until it was time to go. We wanted to see each other as soon as we could. I told him I would talk to Jasper and have it arranged.

"I love you, Bells."

"I love you too…Dad."

Jasper was in the living room. I ran up to him and jumped in his arms, laughing. "My dad's happy for us and he wants to see me!"

Jasper spun me around a little. "That's great! I'll work it out."

I was so happy, I made Jasper and me a light dinner and we chatted and exchanged small, sweet kisses through it. We cleared the table together, joked around while washing our dishes and then went upstairs and got ready.

"Baby, you can't wear that dress," Jasper groaned from his place on the bed behind me.

I fixed my earrings while smiling at him through the mirror. "Why?"

"Because you look entirely too sexy and I'm gonna want to break some necks. Those idiots will be lusting after you."

I ran a hand through my hair and went over to him. I pushed him back on the bed and crawled on top of him, leaning down to his ear. "I know about the strippers and I'll break some necks if anyone of them gets too frisky with what's mine."

He turned his face to mine and met my lips in a hot kiss. "What strippers?"

"I learned about it from Tanya."

He ran his hands up my thighs, under my dress and over my ass. "I won't touch a single one."

I kissed him, lingering and nibbling on his bottom lip while he pushed his erection into me. "Promise?"

"I promise."

"Well then I'll see what we can do about this…" I grinded against him, making him groan into my mouth, "later on." I got up, before he could protest and make me stay, to fix my dress. "But I've gotta go. Tanya's waiting for me."

"Oh come on!" Jasper yelled and I ran out of the bedroom, laughing.

Tanya met me at the top of the stairs in her strapless red mini dress, looking like something to die for. "What was that?"

"I left your cousin with a raging hard on."

"Oh Bella, I could've waited," she joked. "The poor thing. He's going to have blue balls all evening."

I looked into her mischievous eyes and laughed and she joined in. "Let's go!"

Rose's party was one for the history books. It was perfection throughout. Everyone was in high spirits while we enjoyed the food, talked and laughed as Rose got gifts after gifts. Alice was here, whispering to two cronies as Tanya labeled them. But I didn't care. Emily and I talked about food and travel and she gave me some insights into the catering profession. She was supportive of my decision to become a caterer.

Maria introduced me as her future daughter-in-law and Jasper and Rose's aunts took tons of pictures of us. Their cousins pulled me around the room to chat. Char and I sat down to nibble on a few snacks and talk about France and art. And Tanya made sex jokes. The night was fun. I was having fun.

"God, I love her dress," I heard some woman say behind me. Char raised her brows and mouthed that it was a great dress. I loved it from the first time I saw it. My dress was this nude pleated spaghetti strap mini which I paired with my Jimmy Choo sandals. Tanya had brought a lot of dresses with her, including my promised evening gown for the wedding.

"Oh please, Jasper probably bought the slut's clothes," another one said. These two were the idiots who came with Alice. "Alice said that she's some girl Jasper's mother got to seduce him because she knew Alice will throw her out flat on her ass when she marries Jasper."

"Bella, don't listen to them," Char said.

I chuckled and turned to them. "How does what Jasper wants matter to you?"

They looked shocked. One tried to babble her way out of the confrontation but the other was brave. "Because Alice said you're nothing but a slut," she sneered.

I laughed in her face. "Then I guess I'm Jasper's slut. And if you bitches come near him, I'll fuck you up. Have fun!"

Tanya and Rose overheard us. Rose made them leave. And Tanya laughed so hard I thought she would pee herself.

After that incident, I was pulled away by Esme and Carmen to talk. Maria joined us with Rose and Tanya and then the talk turned to the baby. I got some good advice about pregnancy cravings and the do's and don'ts of motherhood. Maria said she was ready to plan the baby shower for her first grandbaby.

"Can you imagine that around Christmas this year, I'll be an aunt," Rose said excitedly. "I can't wait to meet the baby."

We weren't paying attention to anyone but Alice was paying attention to us. She overheard our conversation and lost it. "What the fuck?!" Alice screeched at us.

The room fell silent and everyone started to stare, but Alice's eyes were glued on me. "You're pregnant?!"

No one answered, not even me. I didn't own her ass anything, much less an explanation. "It's not Jasper's. He wouldn't be that foolish."

Her mom stepped in. "Alice Brandon, you calm down right now!"

She snapped at her mom. "Oh shut up, you stupid bitch! This is what happens when you don't butt out. Jasper knocked up this…this…this slut."

I stepped forward and Maria blocked me. "Don't you dare talk to Clara like that, you little tramp! She's far better than you, you ungrateful piece of shit! Get out of here! My son has moved on and Bella loves him as he's always deserved to be loved. Yes, they're having a baby and I can't be happier for them. Now leave!"

"You did this!" Alice screamed at Maria, stepping closer to us. Her eyes snapped to me and they were crazy. But I wasn't scared. I was ready. I was about to rip into her when the guys showed up. Maria got distracted and I saw an opening. I was going to hurt this bitch.

Emmett and Peter were dragging Jasper into the room, complaining that he was pining away over me, and we should keep him with us. Jasper smiled at me. But the guys didn't realize what they had walked in on. Edward picked it up first.

"What is going on here?" he asked, looking around at all of us. Including his girlfriend, who was ready to pounce. None of us answered. And Alice was too dumb to realize her mistake until it was too late.

When she saw Jasper, she shrieked, "You! You did this! You got her pregnant. You fucked that bitch and got her pregnant!" and attacked him.

The room broke out in screams and shouts. Alice was on Jasper's back and I saw red. She grabbed his hair, pulling on it, and I wasn't having it. No one was watching me.

I moved fast. They didn't have time to stop me. I grabbed Alice by her hair and yanked her off of Jasper's back. She dropped to the ground and tried to kick me in the stomach. I grabbed her foot and kicked her in the stomach and jumped on top of her, slapping her in the face repeatedly before Jasper pulled me off. Alice made a move for me and Jasper grabbed her and then it took Emmett, Edward, Peter and Rose to get him to let go. She shouted threats while security took her out of the room and Jasper pulled me away.

It was a pandemonium of screaming and cursing as Jasper guided me from the house. When the dust settled, I learned from Tanya that Rose almost beat Alice into the ground when Jasper took me away. Emmett had his hands full. But the women in Jasper's family weren't through. They all wanted a piece of Alice. Sam then had his hands full.

I tried to apologize to Rose via Tanya's cell but she wasn't having it. "There's nothing to apologize for. She was wrong and she's gone. I don't want her anywhere near the wedding or reception. The social club is reinstating her mom as the president. Everything worked out."

"She's gone?"

"Hopefully for good, Bella," Rose said.

She was taking things easier than my boyfriend. He was mad. We talked through it. Especially about how angry he got and the fact that it took Emmett, Peter and Edward had to pull him away from Alice. I told him he was scary. He apologized and then begged me not to do anything like what I did again.

"Bella, as hot as it was seeing you fight over me," he said, trying to stay calm. "Please, baby, I'm begging you, don't do it again."

"I won't."

"I know you want to defend me, and I love you for that, but…"

"Jasper, I won't," I said meaningfully.

He sighed and pulled me into a hug. I returned it. "If she had done anything to hurt this baby, I would've destroyed her."

"I know."

He pulled back to kiss me, his eyes conveying the truth of his words. "I love you, Bella."

"I love you too."

We made love and before falling asleep in each other's arms, we talked about Rose's wedding. It was tomorrow and the hours couldn't fly by soon enough for Jasper. He wanted to get it over with so we could focus on the baby. He wanted us to our pregnancy.

"Our pregnancy?" I asked him with a yawn.

"Yeah, baby, we're in this together."

"I'm looking forward to it," I smiled up at him, kissing his cheek.

"Should we be worried about Alice and the wedding?"

"No," Jasper said with finality.

"If she knows what's good for her, she'll be smart and stay the fuck away."

"I hope so too."

"After we get Rose and Emmett off to enjoy their honeymoon, it'll be about you and me and our little one, baby," he said with a kiss to my forehead.

"I can't wait," I said as sleep took me.

Tomorrow couldn't come soon enough.