Bella Pov

If she wasn't taking the pill, it rarely failed that Bella woke up in the middle of the night. Either it was nightmares, or a need for the bathroom. This time it was both. Her heart pounded as her eyes flew opened. When she took a shaky breath and started to pull the covers off of her, she finally remembered she wasn't in her bedroom. The room she was in was different and dark. Bella carefully made her way toward the door, which she could only identify the location of because of the small shaft of light coming from under it.

Once the door was opened and she could look back at the room she remembered that this was what it looked like. It was a nice, almost romantic, bedroom that faced out to the beach. With that memory intact and her body and mind both now awake, Bella crossed the small hallway to go to the bathroom.

Once that was done and Bella took a few deep breaths while wiping the sweat off of her face with a washcloth, she knew she'd have to attempt to sleep again. It wasn't something she was looking forward to, because once the nightmares started for the night they didn't let up. It probably had something to do with how she obsessed about them, and hoped they wouldn't be back, but it was a hard cycle to break.

She couldn't hear anyone else in the cabin, and she wondered where her vampires were, even as she opened the bathroom door. Her eyes traveled to the window and the last place she'd seen them on instinct, and Bella's eyes widened and her body stopped moving as she found her vampires were still in the hot tub.

Emmett was leaning against the wall of the hot tub, his arms spread out like normal along the edge, his head tilted back. It was a pose he'd used a few times in the tub when she was there, but what made it shocking was that Rosalie was in his lap, facing him and her body was moving in a steady motion that told Bella that while it might just look intimate above the water, they were having sex. A shudder ran through Rosalie's body and she arched down hard, before her head pulled back to face the sky and Bella felt her heart pounding and an answering pounding resonated lower on her body.

Leaving the bathroom door opened, leaving the bathroom light on, Bella moved across the hall and into her bedroom quickly once she'd regained enough mental control to know that standing there watching was bad. It took so much willpower to stop watching, and more willpower than she had to not replay it in her mind. She hadn't seen anything new, Rosalie still had her top on and Emmett hadn't been wearing a shirt for hours, but even if they'd been fully dressed for winter, moving their bodies like that was enough to make it more than anyone else should see.

Bella's nightmare was completely forgotten, and she had trouble falling back to sleep for a new reason, but when she did she didn't have any new nightmares. Instead her dreams were a little too pleasant.

It was daylight when she opened her eyes again, and Bella was a bit surprised that she'd managed to sleep through the night. A blush came to her face as she remembered why she had trouble falling asleep the second time.

She was starting to get out of bed when there was a soft knock on the bedroom door. "Room service." Rosalie's voice traveled through the door, with a hint of humor to it.

Bella felt flustered and nervous for a moment, the vision of what she'd seen last night filling her mind. "Just a minute." Bella muttered as she took a deep breath and did her best to banish those thoughts, while straightening the bed up around her as if that was why she needed that moment. "Come in."

Rosalie came in with a tray, and from the bed Bella could see a glass of orange juice was on it, but she noticed the pancakes and sausage when the tray was lowered over her legs. "Breakfast in bed." Rosalie smiled and then moved to sit at the end of the bed.

"Thank you." Bella stammered as she looked at the tray, it had a flower on it even. It was beautiful and smelled great. Bella felt a little awkward, but she started to cut up her pancakes. "I haven't had breakfast in bed before." When she was a little kid and home sick from school didn't really count.

"Oh, you just made sure you'll have this again." Rosalie told her and Bella looked up to see the blonde vampire giving her a small smile that brought a light blush to Bella's cheeks.

"So, what's the plan for today?" Bella asked before putting some of her breakfast into her mouth. Rosalie seemed to relax when Bella didn't spit it out with disgust, the poor vampire wasn't very confident in her cooking. She always waited for the spit out.

"Well, Emmett wants to make more sand art," Rosalie rolled her eyes, but she was grinning. "And we could just lay out on the beach and see if you can still burn when it's overcast." Rose teased Bella and Bella was busy chewing and couldn't defend herself, it made her grin even with a mouthful. "Play in the ocean, see if you'll go further than your knees." Rose chided her. "And once you're all cold we can get back in the hot tub."

Bella blushed at the mention of the hot tub, she didn't mean to, but it happened and Rosalie gave her an odd look. "So you two didn't break it last night?" Bella teased weakly, knowing they'd broken hot tubs before. It was better than admitting what she'd seen, especially to Rose herself.

"No, it still holds water." Rosalie wasn't even embarrassed. That didn't seem fair to Bella, who was.

….

Jasper Pov

"So, darlin' are you going to tell me why we can't go home yet?" Jasper asked Alice as they sat beside the side of a creek, deep in the forest. They'd taken the chance to go hunting last night, since next weekend they'd have Bella and wouldn't be able to. At one point last night, Alice had pulled away from her meal before finishing it, stuck in a vision that had her unusually quiet for a while. She still hadn't told him what she'd seen, but it had to be the reason she was trying to convince him that they should just stay out here, even though neither of them could eat another drop.

"A lot of decisions are being made on Rose's little trip with Bella." Alice told him, her eyes watching the fish that were making their way through that creek. "I don't want to be the one to break the news for once. I want Rosalie and Emmett to get to the house first." He sighed, knowing that they'd be stuck in the forest for hours in that case, all because Edward's powers would make it impossible to go home and not break whatever news existed.

"So, she decide to tell that story then?" Jasper asked.

"She's trying to not decide. It's frustratingly clear how she managed to keep me in the dark before. She even told Rose that she wasn't making decisions right now." Alice sighed heavily, "But one thing that I doubt will go over well is that the Bella that doesn't exist, she wasn't just my friend. Bella admitted that girl married Edward."

"Oh dear," Jasper muttered, imagining the storm that could cause. "That's a good reason to stay away for a little while."

"Oh, it gets better." Alice turned to face him. "Edward is trying to convince himself that this Bella and that one are the same person so he won't have to believe in reincarnation, and I'm sure that's going to make it even more complicated. On top of that Rosalie and Emmett have just decided that they will attempt to make our Bella Rosalie's new mate." She looked a little irritated and he could feel that coming off of her. "Rose is planning a slow seduction so that they don't scare Bella away."

"So they are really going to act on it?" Jasper found he was a little surprised even though he'd felt more than enough to know this could happen. He finally told her, his expression more serious. "Rosalie's been slowly falling for Bella since before Bella moved here. It started with the phone calls and the video games Alice. Her emotions have been so confused, that I've felt bad for her."

"I know." Alice sighed heavily. "And I'll support them when everyone finds out their big plan. I'll even warn them if they are messing it up, because I'd like for Bella to be a member of our family, but this is going to be a rough ride." Alice tugged on her hair and he could feel her frustration. "I wish Bella would just decide on telling that story so I could see what will happen! Or that Rosalie would just decide to tell Bella she wants her! Everyone is holding everything so close to their chest and it's making me crazy, I can't see enough this way!"

Jasper sent out a wave of calm and followed it up with a hug. Alice always got so tense when her visions weren't doing what she wanted them to.

They managed to stay away from the house all day, and into the night. Alice had them meet up with Emmett and Rosalie at Bella's house when they dropped the human off. Jasper could feel the longing in Rosalie had grown with Emmett's permission, but he also could tell that Bella hadn't a clue what her friends were thinking just yet.

He sat in the backseat of the car as they pulled away from Bella's house. Alice spoke up first, as the other two were strangely quiet at the moment. "Well, I hope you've considered that we're marching into the house to tell Edward that he lost his chance at Bella for a mate, but you're planning to have two mates out of the deal." Alice was direct and Jasper felt a hint of pain coming from Rosalie at the words. "If we want him to stay long enough to hear her story, we'll have to spin this carefully. I got the impression she thought the story was important and we'd need to hear it all, didn't you?"

"Yeah, it seems like the story can be misinterpreted if it isn't complete." Rosalie managed to say.

"I hope you are successful in your current quest." Jasper spoke softly to the blonde vampire. It helped to ease that knot of pain in her.

"I do too." Alice took his hint. "I think it would be wonderful to have her as a part of the family, and since she's determined Edward isn't an option, it's nice to know someone can step up." That knot of pain in Rosalie eased a bit more. "I'm sure Edward will have a few impolite things to say about it, but keep in mind his Bella died and our Bella didn't. He doesn't know it yet, but I think he has the right to be upset. Doesn't mean he's right. You aren't a slut and no one in the family would really think that of you."

Jasper watched Rosalie stare into the rearview mirror at Alice. "I do love my husband Alice."

"No one who ever met the two of you would doubt that." Alice spoke gently.

"It is kinda hard to miss Rosie." Emmett smiled at her and Jasper felt that knot of pain, of apprehensions start to dissolve even more. Even though Rosalie acted like she didn't care what other people thought of her, she was clearly caring now.

This was really out of the box, the type of relationship Emmett and Rosalie were planning was unusual in most circles. Jasper had seen trios before, in the newborn wars it even made sense to have more than one lover, because you'd often lose at least one of them. In a life without war though, he'd seen a few humans over the years, but still very rare. They were subtle, they blended in with various lies, but their emotions ratted them out and he knew. The Cullens never stayed anywhere long though, so he never got to see the evolution of such relationships. He knew it wasn't something he could say just yet, but it was a little exciting for an empath to get to see one developing. He also hoped that they managed to get what they were after, because it was going to be an interesting ride.

As they pulled up to the house, the feelings of determination and apprehension grew in the car. Jasper sat straighter as he waited for the car to stop. Having been in war for most of his existence he didn't miss that the way they all filed into the house was reminiscent of walking into a hostile territory.

"Family meeting." Jasper called out as they got into the main room. It was best to get as much help in this situation as possible and everyone was trying to control their thoughts until they were at least all around the table.

"Did she tell you the story?" Carlisle asked as he came into the room.

"She's considering it." Rosalie said even as she was sitting down. Jasper remained standing for now, and he watched as Esme filed in and Edward behind her. Normally Jasper would sit beside Alice, but he moved to sit on her other side so that he was near Edward. Edward gave him an odd look, and Carlisle took the seat on Edward's other side. "She has a lot of reservations though. Apparently it will be difficult for us to hear. She's concerned about hurting us."

"Oh," Esme made a soft cooing noise. "Poor Bella, always trying to protect us."

"We did learn one thing." Rosalie continued and Jasper felt the shock start to hit Edward as he caught someone's thoughts. "That other Bella, the one she knows the story of, she was mated to Edward." Jasper noted how Rosalie stressed the fact that it was the 'other' Bella. It had to be hard for her to even say this.

Shock, dismay, and pain went through the other three who hadn't known about this yet. Jasper expected that and he knew that the brief flair of hope was the real problem, because it came from Edward. "So she's my mate? Is that why I can't read her? That would be perfect."

"No," Rosalie growled. "The missing Bella was to be your mate. This Bella is not."

"They are one and the same." Edward pushed, "She's confused, but if she's meant to be mine in that future she saw then maybe it can still be."

"One big problem Edward." Alice spoke up. "Bella's a lesbian. I think that alone will keep this one from being with you."

That might have worked if Edward's eyes didn't immediately move to Emmett. "Emmett doesn't believe she's only attracted to women." His face screwed up in disgust. "How you could treat any woman that way is repugnant, but you will not be spending time alone with her again."

"You don't dictate how we interact with Bella. You've said no more than a paragraph to her in all this time. We spend lots of time with her, and no delusions of yours will dictate our relationships with her." Rosalie growled at the end of her comment and Jasper felt the frustration and anger growing around the table, as well as the confusion from Esme and Carlisle, who didn't know that Bella held a very special place in Rosalie's heart.

Perhaps it was Jasper's fault, or perhaps someone else had thought something about it, but Edward's anger grew exponentially. "I really thought you would attempt to rein your perverse desires in Rosalie, but apparently you are incapable of even that much. Really, you really plan to take my mate from me in this way? You had a mate mere years after you were turned and I've been waiting for almost a century and now that she's here you're planning to seduce her away from me?" There was a dose of shock from Esme and Carlisle at that moment.

"Rosalie is truly in love." Jasper defended her quietly. "With two people, but it is hardly the first time I've seen that happen."

"Rosalie only loves herself. A decent woman like Bella wouldn't fall for a married woman, that's a disgrace." Edward used his words like a sword, but they were weak because Jasper was the one that knew emotions and Edward never understood those at all.

"Eddie boy, even if my Rose stepped down, not that I think she should at all, Bella hates you. That story she doesn't want to tell us, the only hints and tips we get make you look bad. It's not a surprise, you have no clue how to treat a woman so apparently you screwed it up in that 'story'." Emmett's anger was bottled but it wouldn't take much if Edward kept insulting Rosalie. Jasper pushed calm out a little too strongly on purpose and watched everyone's tense muscles start to relax.

"Edward," Esme spoke softly, her emotions a bit regretful. "This Bella won't be interested in you. You'll find your real mate someday, and maybe she'll have some ideas to help you, but our Bella," Esme shook her head, "I'm sorry Edward, but she's afraid of you. She's put locks on her window to keep you out specifically. It's not a surprise, she knows she's your singer and our Bella is a cautious one."

"She's afraid of me." Edward slumped down in his chair, repeating those words almost soft enough to be just to himself. "Of course she is, but if she's afraid of me why is she okay with all of you? We're all monsters."

"She's your singer, it's the reason she gave me. She thought that other than the nomads she knows are coming, you were the only threat." Rosalie told him. "She doesn't see the rest of us as a danger, even though she works hard to make sure she isn't smelling her best around us. She cracks windows when she blushes in cars, and the poor thing thought cold showers would help; she's been freezing herself after school when we visit her. She was a bit irritated to find out it wouldn't help." Jasper felt the fondness, and affection as Rosalie spoke of Bella. It was either her thoughts or his reading of her emotions that had Edward giving Rose a very deadly glare.

Carlisle spoke up. "So she is willing to share her story?" He was trying to control the conversation and Jasper agreed with him. Talk about Bella's potential love life wasn't going to go well at all and was pointless really. The only one able to make decisions about that was Bella herself.

"She doesn't want to make a decision that will allow me to see it." Alice sighed. "It's a little frustrating that she came to us knowing how to get around my powers. Bella won't share anything until she's ready."

"She is convinced that if she tells some of it she has to tell it all, so we have that going for us." Rosalie turned a dark look to Edward. "She's also convinced that if she starts to tell it Edward will try and run away before hearing it all and that it would be a problem to not hear the entire story, so if she decides not to share, it would be because she doesn't trust him to stay if he says he'll stay." Her eyes darkened. "She's also hinted that Edward did something in that story to endanger us, so I'm inclined to force him to stay for the entire story so that we all know what to watch out for."

Jasper sighed as the brief calming of emotions took off again into anger and now distrust.

….