A/N: Huge thanks (And the promised giant virtual teddy bear) to everyone who reviewed and suggested one-shots they'd like to see! I've had a couple of people asking me to do scenes from Eclipse - thing is, i discovered that all of my twilight books are packed up in boxes ready for when we eventually move house! :( This means i'm a bit relunctant to do any scenes directly linked to the books, because i can't check the details, but i promise i will do those scenes as soon as i can retrieve the books!

Meanwhile, enjoy the fluff...

Chapter 5: Alice learns to play the piano...guess who's teaching her?

5. Duets

A quiet tinkling laugh stopped Jasper's piano playing. He let his fingers fall from the keys and turned around to see his wife sprawled out on the sofa. When did she get there? Jasper thought.

"Oh, don't stop!" She said, angry a herself for revealing that she was in the room, and stopping Jasper's playing. She had been quite content listening to him for the past ten minutes - letting the beautiful music wash over her. Jasper didn't like to play in front of people, and she rarely got to hear him. And since Edward had found Bella, he only played for her, which meant Alice didn't get to listen to his music either.

"How long have you been sat there?" Jasper asked. Alice frowned, and stood up.

"Long enough to hear how absolutely beautiful your playing is." She was over to him in a split second, sitting down on the piano stall beside him and kissing him lightly on the cheek, "Please carry on. Just pretend i'm not here."

As if it were that easy, to ignore the love of his life sat right next to him. Jasper began playing again, a sweet tune filling the room. Alice clapped her hands, partling in applause, and partly because of pure joy. He stopped playing once again, and Alice fell still. "Sorry." She whispered.

Jasper laughed softly, "You don't have to whisper, Alice. I'll stop playing."

"No!" Alice protested, but Jasper was already starting to lower the lid of the piano, "Wait!" Jasper paused, waiting for her to say something, "Umm...I..." A sudden inspiration struck, "I want to learn to play! Will you teach me?"

Jasper could feel the deceit in Alice, but he also felt some truth to her words. And how could he ever say no to that innocent little smile? He lifted the lid once again. "What would you like to learn?"

"You play something first, and then i'll copy it." Alice suggested, but Jasper shook his head, seeing where that would lead.

"How about you play this," Jasper said, playing a slow collection of five notes, "Over and over."

"Just these five notes?" Alice asked, playing the tune back to him.

Jasper smiled, "You just played the piano."

"Not really." Alice protested, "Not like you."

"It's a start." Jasper said, "Keep playing those notes."

She did as he instructed, repeating the pattern over and over again. After a while, Jasper joined in, with a complicated melody up the higher end of the piano. Her fingers slipped from the keys as she watched in awe, as Jasper's own fingers glided over the keys effortlessly. He didn't even have to look at what he was playing. He looked over at Alice, who quickly began playing her five notes again.

After a moment of listening and playing, Alice discovered that she recognised the tune. She stopped playing the piano - which had been a poor effort, really - and began singing the words softly in her high soprano voice, leaning up against Jasper on the piano stall.

"You give up too easily." Jasper scolded her, stopping, then he smiled, "But you do have a beautiful singing voice."

Alice giggled, and then a thought struck her, "Hey we can be like a piano-singing duet!"

She clambered on top of the piano, lying across the top and beginning to sing. After she got to the end of the second line, she looked over at Jasper, "You were supposed to start playing."

He had been too transfixed in watching her. Her pale skin, matching the ivory keys, and her short pixie-like hair matching the ebony black notes, lying on top of the shiny piano, a perfect smile on her lips, and a twinkle in her golden eyes. He loved every inch of her.

"Stop looking at me like that." Alice told him, smiling

"Like what?" He asked

"Like there's nothing you want to do more than kiss me." She said

"You want me to lie?" Jasper asked

"I want you to play." Alice said, leaning over the piano and pushing down one of the keys experimentally. She shrieked as Jasper pulled her over the edge of the piano, flipping her round until she was sat on his lap. He put his arms either side of her, and guided her hands to the piano. With his hands over hers, he began to play. Alice's eyes lit up as her fingers moved gracefully under Jasper's. He began humming the tune in his low base voice, and Alice picked up the vocals in her contrasting soprano voice.

They came to the end of the song and Alice turned around on Jasper's lap to beam at him, "Thankyou."

"You're welcome." He said softly

"Best. Duet. Ever." Alice said, pausing between each word to kiss each of Jasper's cheeks, and then his lips.

"I can think of a better one," Jasper murmured against Alice's lips. Her tinkling laugh filled the room.

"The others are right downstairs." She said

"I suppose so..." Jasper said, standing up.

"Hey, I didn't say no!" Alice said, her eyes twinkling as she pulled him back down, as they began the intro to the second 'Best. Duet. Ever' of the night...

Yes, there were suggestive themes at the end of this chapter, but hey, they're married, what did you expect?

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