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I was having a hard time getting this chapter to flow properly, which was the initial reason for the delay...so sorry! I had hoped (and fully expected) to have it done by the beginning of the week but the FLU (germs so evil they require full capitalization) hit me over the weekend. I swear I don't usually get sick this much - but they are like super-germs or something. Anyway, I've recently discovered that cold and flu medication, do not make for good editing. I think I fixed more things from that bad decision, than from before I started editing at all. Ahh, well...I learned my lesson at least.
This chapter gets kinda... crazy. You'll see.
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I helped Bella get dressed...simply because it allowed me to keep touching her for a few moments longer. I think she was wise to what I was doing though...
"Jasper...you can stop making adjustments now," she giggled as I 'adjusted' her shirt over her breasts one more time.
"I'm just being thorough, baby," I explained innocently, palming her breasts before she reached up to cover my hands with her own. Hey, if she wanted to help...
"And I love how...thorough you are being, but they're waiting for us," she scolded half-heartedly. My responding pout made her frown. "We can do this," she assured me, as well as herself, standing on her tip toes to place a brief kiss at the corner of my lips.
I wasn't having that. I grabbed her waist and pulled her to me for a more heated kiss; all tongue, grazing teeth, and sweet tasting venom - so fucking good.
"Come on," she mumbled reluctantly against my lips, reaching around to unwrap my arms. I knew I was coming off as incredibly needy – and I was completely fine with that. She laced her fingers with mine as we took the few dreaded steps out of our bubble, as well as the room.
Emmett and Peter were studying the walls, both with deep critical frowns marring their faces.
"It's kinda creepy how you can't actually see the nails," Peter commented, tapping on the wall a little more forcefully than necessary. Ah, jealousy. If the emotion were true to it's implied color, then Peter and Emmett would be aliens instead of vampires at this moment.
"I know – I'm waiting for the whole thing to fall apart beneath us! This can't be safe," Emmett added his two cents regarding tree-house building safety code, or lack thereof. Apparently, large rusty nails sticking out everywhere made for more safety in their minds – go figure. We may be vampires, but still...who wants to walk on nails, or sit on them for fuck's sake!
Bella gaped at them and shook her head in amusement. Deciding to play along, she addressed them, "It's definitely not as nice as the one you guys had started, but we'll just have to suffer through," she sighed forlornly. If I couldn't feel her sarcasm...I still wouldn't have believed her. She was a shitty actress. Peter scowled at her, but Emmett was left unfazed by her poor performance.
"Bella!" Emmett yelled, rushing forward in an attempt to snatch her away from me – or at least that's how I saw it at that moment. My hand shot out and shoved at his chest hard, causing him to fall backward onto his ass.
"Jasper!" Bella gasped, letting go of my hand and rushing over to him. That only caused me to growl as she squatted down next to him to make sure he was alright. Like he wouldn't be, it's not like I fucking dismembered him.
"Dude," Emmett winced, rubbing his chest where my hand had made contact.
"Hey, Em...you may not want to try to touch Bella for a bit," Peter said, stepping forward with a wicked grin on his face. I have a feeling he 'knew' that would happen and didn't make an effort to clue Emmett in. I raised an eyebrow at Peter, feeling his amusement as he reached down offering to help Emmett up.
"I didn't touch her...and he pushed me," Emmett whined, pointing at me accusingly. Rose snorted and walked over to him.
"My poor, poor baby," Rose cooed, rubbing her hand over his chest before placing a small kiss over the same spot.
"It hurts here, too," he mock whimpered, placing her hand on his ass while wagging his eyebrows suggestively.
"Eww, shut up!" she shrieked, squirming out of his grasp.
Bella laughed and walked back over to me, seeing my serious expression – yeah, I wasn't fucking laughing. She hugged me tight and placed a kiss to my neck. I pulled her tighter into my body, my rapidly responding cock pressing into her. He had a mind of his own, what could I say? "You're mine," I growled into her ear, speaking for both of us.
"Mmm, yours," she moaned, unconsciously rubbing against me. Fuck!
Emmett whistled lowly, snapping me out of my lust rather quickly. I shot them a warning look and grabbed Bella's hand before leading her over to a chair and pulling her down onto my lap.
"What's wrong with him?" Emmett asked Peter in a conspiratorial whisper. Vampires people, we're vampires – when would everyone stop trying to fucking whisper?
"Well...remember when you and Rose first realized you were mates and decided to claim each other?"
"Yeah," Emmett sighed wistfully. "Best fucking week of my vampire life."
"Now imagine if you only got one day instead of that week to be with her, and on top of that had some idiot try to touch her," Peter explained, shaking his head solemnly.
Emmett blanched and look over to me apologetically. "Jasper, man, I'm really sorry. I didn't realize..."
"It's fine...just, don't do it again," I sighed, trying to reign in my emotions. Bella rubbed her thumb soothingly back and forth against my palm, which seemed to help calm me a bit. I pushed her hair away from her neck and nuzzled my nose behind her ear in silent thanks.
Char, who had been incredibly quiet, walked over and sat down across from us. Her smile was huge, and very 'cat ate the canary'-ish.
"Go ahead and say it, Char," I prodded. She may as well get it out before she vibrates herself right out of that chair.
"What?" she asked, blinking innocently. "I don't know what you mean."
I couldn't bring myself to be irritated with her - I owed her too damn much. If it hadn't been for her suggestion, I'm not sure how things would have turned out. She helped save my mate, and for that, I would be eternally grateful to her.
"Thank you, Char...I..," I paused, closing my eyes, trying to dispel the unwelcome images of what could have been from my mind.
"I know, Major," she replied sweetly. "You don't have to say anything else. I'm just so glad it worked." Her hand reached out towards Bella's, before she snatched it back abashedly and laid it back down in her lap.
"It's okay," I assured her. "Go ahead."
"Yeah?" she asked excitedly.
"Go on, I know you want to," I assured her once again, nodding my head.
She squealed and jumped up, grabbing Bella off my lap and pulling her into a fierce hug. Bella was stiff at first but then almost melted into her, hugging her back just as fiercely. "I'm so glad that you are okay," Char whispered in her ear.
I heard a soft sob and realized it was coming from Rose – her head was pressed into Emmett's chest as he shushed her and watched a little glassy eyed himself.
I sighed. "You too, Rose."
"Yeah?" she asked hopefully, her sobs halting abruptly. How do women do that? Is there a switch or something?
I took a deep breath and nodded my approval. I was resigned to the fact that I would have to share her with them, whether I wanted to or not – as long as it was just the women for now, that is. The thought of another male touching her...I couldn't deal with that just yet.
Rose squealed and dashed over to Char and Bella, wrapping her arms around the both of them. They quickly pulled her into their embrace, forming a small circle. Their chuckles mixed with their soft sobs of relief.
"Where's Garrett and Esme?" I asked Peter, watching the girls warily. They seemed to be communicating something without words by the looks they were exchanging – for some reason that scared the shit out of me.
"Garrett went with Carlisle and Edward earlier, to help them clean up," Peter told me, sitting down in the chair Char had been in and watching his mate with an adoring smile. "And Esme went back to the house. The Denalis arrived a short time ago."
"Good, I know Garrett will make sure it's fucking done right," I commented, bouncing my leg anxiously in a very human-like action. She's right there, she's right there...she's safe...
"Thank you...for that," Peter said, nodding over to Char.
"I owe her so much more," I said truthfully.
"Yeah, well, I can't believe you let her hear you say that," Peter scoffed, shaking his head in disbelief.
"I heard that," Char interjected, scowling at Peter. She winked playfully at me and lead the girls over to a small sofa to sit together while they continued sharing those secretive looks. I'll have to ask Bella what that is all about later.
Peter leaned forward, his face turning serious quickly. "What are we going to do about Alice, Major?" he questioned, more than a hint of malice touching his words when he said her name.
I thought about it for a moment and then pulled my phone out of my pocket. Peter quirked an eyebrow in surprise – probably wondering why he hadn't thought of the idea himself. After all, phones were his specialty these days.
"You're going to call her?" he asked, rhetorically.
Bella's eyes immediately focused in on the phone in my hand, her expression unreadable. Char gave her hand a small squeeze, while Rose rubbed her back for a moment. They were comforting her because of what I was about to do...and I fucking hated it.
"Baby...," I let hang in the silent air between us.
She stood up and walked slowly over to me, then proceeded to curl herself up on my lap, her nose pressing into the shallow of my collar bone. "Hey, are you okay with this? 'Cause if you aren't, Bella..."
"It's fine. I know you have to call her, not that you want to," she replied, lifting her head. "And I meant what I said earlier...I just...I don't know why I feel this way," she admitted sheepishly.
"I'm sorry, darlin', but I do need to try and figure out what she's up to," I reassured her, rubbing her back with my free hand, the other still holding the phone.
She kissed me chastely and nodded in response.
I pressed a few buttons and seconds later the phone was ringing in my ear. Come on, pick up...
Five rings later and with my finger hovering over the button to end the attempted call, her voice finally answered...
"Jasper! I knew you'd miss me!"
"Alice, where the hell are you?" I demanded, ignoring her insane accusation.
"Don't you worry about that just yet. I've got everything under control," she replied cryptically. A sudden commotion could be heard coming from the other end and then Alice hissed, "Shut up! You don't want to spoil the surprise!" Followed by what sounded like a crack and then another hiss – this time from an unrecognizable source, but also definitely female. Could that be the redhead, James' mate? What would she be doing with her?
"Alice! Who the hell is that? Tell me what the fuck is going on, right now!" I growled angrily.
"Listen...Jasper, um... damn it... I... oh, you are so going to pay for that, these are designer!" she screeched, no longer talking or listening to me at all.
"Alice!" I growled louder, the vibrations causing Bella to squirm in my lap. Yeah, we most definitely need more time alone.
"I'll be there tomorrow, don't worry – love you, Jaz," she chirped hurriedly into the phone before the line went abruptly dead. I stared down at the phone incredulously. What the fuck was that? She hung up on me?
Bella tensed and was glaring murderously at the phone. Shit!
"Well, that went well," Emmett snickered, before wisely snapping his mouth shut when he saw my livid expression.
"Plan B?" Peter asked me cautiously.
"We wait."
He nodded and leaned back leisurely in the chair. Char did the same, completely unworried. The others...were tense and silent. No one knowing quite what to say.
Bella broke the silence first, "Do you think that was the redhead with her?"
"I do. Though I have no idea why she'd be bringing her here," I answered, voicing my current thoughts.
"I think I might have an idea why," she mumbled quietly in response.
"Why?" I asked curiously. She didn't answer me and even attempted to avoid eye contact with me. "Bella, I need to know what you are thinking - tell me."
"Okay, but just remember you made me tell you – because you aren't going to be happy," she warned, biting her lip. My eyes narrowed.
"The redhead was his mate, right? James'? And I'm going to assume you all think she will be coming after me? For revenge?" she asked, pausing for my confirmation.
"Yes," I sighed in defeat. My incredibly beautiful, gifted, strong...and smart, girl... there is no way I'm going to be able to let Aro within one hundred miles of you – ever.
"So...what if Alice is bringing her here to do just that..."
My growl viciously tore and clawed it's way out of my chest; causing the others to immediately lower their heads submissively, instinctively.
"Jasper, we don't even know if that's the case...it was just a thought I had. You need to calm down," she demanded, staring me down.
"If that is what she is trying to do, I'll fucking kill her," I told her, meaning every single word – and not meaning the redhead.
"I can protect myself. I don't need you to fight my battles for me," she huffed in annoyance. "If that's what she's doing, let her try. I'll kick her fucking tiny ass myself."
I had no doubts she could kick Alice's tiny ass – and I'd have no problem letting her if what she thinks is true.
"All right. If what you think is true, you can kick her ass...and then I'll kill her afterward," I bargained with her. She mulled it over for a brief moment and then agreed. Ah, our very first compromise as a couple. I felt like celebrating...while fucking. My cock wholeheartedly agreed; he was dry and rather unhappy about that fact.
"Tanya, what...what are you doing?" Edward's voice stammered off in the distance. The tree-house instantly became eerily quiet as we all furrowed our brows and eavesdropped unashamedly.
"What do you think?" she purred in response and then huffed. "Listen, Edward, you came to me and said you wanted this. Are you changing your mind, because if you are..."
"No, no I'm not...but we can't do anything out here. This is too close to their...tree-building, or whatever - they'll hear us," he rushed out, interrupting her.
"Well...," she purred once again. "You are the mind reader...do you hear them anywhere nearby?"
"No, I don't hear them...or anyone else," Edward replied in confusion. "I wonder where they all went...," he mused aloud.
Peter quirked an eyebrow at me and glanced quickly at Bella before his eyes shot back over to mine. Fuck...fuck, fuck, fuck. I knew what he was implying with that look. There was no way that Edward wouldn't be able to hear our thoughts – we were well within his ability's range. And what about simply hearing our voices and movements? This had Bella's shield written all over it.
"That doesn't matter," Tanya said hastily. "All that matters is we are alone...no one will hear. Now, come here."
"Tanya," Edward gasped. "Slow...down... ohhh," he moaned loudly, causing us all to cringe in disgust.
Emmett guffawed once loudly and then slapped his hand over his mouth, waiting for some sort of acknowledgment from Edward and Tanya that they had heard him.
"Ohh, Tanya...," Edward's moans got louder.
"You like that?" Tanya asked rhetorically. "Take your pants off and it will feel even better," she coaxed him.
"Holy shit! Eddie's about to lose his V-card...to Tanya!" Emmett exclaimed, rubbing his face and shaking his head in disbelief.
Holy shit indeed. They really couldn't hear us – at all.
"Why can't they hear us?" Rose asked, making a face as we could hear their lips smacking together sloppily and wet. "Gross," she shuddered.
I glanced over at Bella who looked just as confused as everyone else – which told me she had no idea she was even doing anything. Fucking wonderful. That bloody, neon flashing sign just became a fucking billboard with a large arrow pointing to her head.
"Bella...," I addressed her softly, calmly. "Baby, are you doing something different with your shield, by any chance?"
She blinked at me in confusion, furrowing her brows adorably. "Wait...You think...you think I'm keeping him from hearing us?" she gasped in horror.
"Yes, I do," I nodded, as did Peter - knowingly.
"I'm not doing anything, Jasper, I swear!" she replied defensively, looking rather upset at the notion.
"No one is accusing you, Bella – relax," I soothed, rubbing her shoulders and sending her some calm. It was easier than normal to calm her, much easier; which meant that her shield was expanded around us and not just protecting her at this moment. "I just wanted to know if you could feel a difference in your shield. You aren't doing anything wrong, okay?"
"I...I guess, uh, it does feel a little different. Bigger? I don't know, Jasper...I'm sorry!" she answered, shaking her head.
"It's okay, shhh. We'll figure it out, don't worry about it right now – it's not important," I told her, pulling her into my chest. She pressed her face into me and nodded with a heavy sigh of relief. My sweet and so very powerful girl, how am I ever going to keep you hidden when you are beyond anything anyone has ever seen...
"That's it?" Tanya's sharp gasp of shock brought our attention back to what was going on outside.
"Wh-what..."
"It's fine, it's fine. I just thought...I mean, I've been imagining this for so long – which I'm sure you've seen – and you were always a little bigger than... but it's fine really. I can work with this," Tanya said dismissively, but you could hear the disappointment in her voice clear as day.
"Lay down on your back," she ordered him determinedly.
"O-okay," Edward replied, sounding unsure and a little scared.
At this point Rose and Char were huddled together on the sofa snickering, while Emmett stood in the same spot looking dazed as we listened to them. Bella stayed wrapped up in my arms, and Peter...Peter looked pensive as he stared at my mate in awe and concern.
"Ohhh, yeah," Tanya moaned, causing us all to grimace.
Edward groaned.
Emmett looked over at Bella in awe himself. "I've gotta say, that is some amazing gift you have there, Bella – this is going to be so much fucking fun! Just think of what we can do with this," he told her gleefully, rubbing his hands together diabolically. You could literally see the plans for all the future pranks playing across his face.
Bella frowned at him and said nothing. I squeezed her tighter to me.
"Hey, you okay?" I whispered in her ear, concerned.
"Yeah, I'm fine." I didn't believe her, not for one second.
I didn't get a chance to inquire further, however, because of Edward's very rapid grunting, followed by Tanya's named being yelled - loudly. Well, that was quick.
"Edward? You didn't just...," Tanya gasped. "Oh my god! Tell me you didn't just cum before I even started moving!"
Emmett dropped to the floor rolling around and laughing, while the rest of us...we couldn't help but join him in his laughter. Not good, Edward – so not good.
"I...I'm sorry?" Edward half-apologized.
"And you aren't even still aroused...how can that be? You're still inside of me and you're a vampire! What the hell, Edward? If I wanted a quick crappy fuck, I could go find myself a goddamn human!" Tanya shrieked in hysterical anger.
Bella flinched at her words and I looked down at her in confusion. She couldn't seriously be feeling sorry for him, could she?
"Tanya! Tanya, wait!" Edward yelled frantically, his voice fading as he ran after her apparently.
"Dude, that was fucked up!" Emmett commented when we couldn't hear them anymore. "I don't get it though, why would he finally decide to give it up to Tanya? All these years, I thought he wasn't the least bit interested in her...," Emmett mused.
Bella squirmed in my arms. "Emmett, leave him alone. Not everyone is experienced," Bella hissed at him, taking us all by surprise.
"Whoa... I never said they were," he replied in complete confusion, watching her warily and glancing at me apologetically for whatever it was that he said wrong.
I shook my head at him, silently telling him to not press the issue. He nodded in acknowledgment and kept quiet, his genuine concern for her drifting over to me. That right fucking there was why they were my family, and always would be.
"Baby, come on," I told her, standing up and pulling her with me. She didn't fight me and followed along willingly. I lead us back into our bedroom, turning to shut the door behind us. They would be able to hear anything we said regardless, but it gave the illusion of privacy and I thought that might help her. I sat down on the bed and scooted back against the wall, patting my lap for her to join me. She crawled onto the bed and curled up on me once again.
"Tell me what's bothering you," I prodded.
She shook her head.
"Bella," I admonished. "Please, tell me."
"That Tanya is horrible," she growled angrily.
"Actually, Bella, Tanya was just being...Tanya. She's a succubus and sex is what she does and all she cares about. Edward can read her thoughts, he knew what he was getting when he, for whatever reason, propositioned her this time. He has only himself to blame for their encounter earlier," I argued, not feeling sorry for him even a little bit.
"I don't care, that thing was horrible to him," she spat, shaking her head in her refusal to listen.
"Why are you feeling sorry for him?" I asked, my own anger spiking but not for the same reasons. I didn't like the direction this conversation was going – her concerns should not lie with Edward, they belonged to me, as selfish as that might sound; I didn't give a fuck.
"Because his first time shouldn't have been like that!" she exclaimed, staring at me like it was obvious.
"Are you forgetting what he did to you? You hated him and what? Now you feel sorry for him?" I pressed, unwilling to let her feel sorry for that piece of shit. He didn't deserve her sympathy.
"I haven't forgotten, and he didn't actually do anything to me...," she began to argue.
"He almost got you killed!" I roared, moving her off my lap and standing up. I knew we were talking about different instances, but just the fact that there was more than one instance to talk about made me angrier.
"No, he didn't. That bitch Maria almost did," she roared back. "And I'm still questioning whether I could have taken her if you had let me go!"
"One on one, you probably could – but don't be a fool, Bella, she would not have been alone; it was a fucking suicide mission. And as for Edward, he should have kept his damn mouth shut," I growled, pacing back and forth in front of her. I was getting so angry, I was tempted to go track his ass down right now.
"Do you really think if he hadn't told me where she was, it would have stopped me? Really?" she asked incredulously, standing up so she was right in front of me.
"That's irrelevant..."
"Is it?" she questioned. "Do you really doubt that I would have hurt him if he hadn't told me what I wanted to know? Because I can assure you, the way I felt in that moment, I would have tortured it out of him if necessary," she said, turning her back on me and sitting down on the bed. She stared down at the floor and I knew, she was disgusted with her actions.
"His fear of being hurt almost got you killed," I said in a softer tone, her distress wearing down my anger quickly.
She snorted. "I don't think he's the only one who has been afraid of me hurting them," she commented with a tilt of her head so she could glance up into my eyes briefly. She frowned and looked back down at the floor before adding, "I'm pretty sure I could get Garrett to do whatever I want and...even Peter was looking at me oddly earlier."
"He was in awe of you and he's worried about you," I told her, not wanting her to misunderstand Peter's intentions. They were always the most genuine and he was the person she could trust the very most when the shit hit the fan.
"The thing is, part of me likes that others are afraid of me...and then a much smaller part of me, hates it," she whispered. "It's very confusing."
I sighed heavily and sat down next to her. She leaned her head onto my shoulder and I wrapped my arm around her, snuggling her closer against my side. I had forgotten how new to all of this she really was.
"It's a survival instinct, Bella. I'm the only vampire that you have no reason to fear – because I'm your mate and I would never harm you. Every other vampire, is a potential threat. Vampires that are docile, like Esme for example, are not the norm in our world. I'd add Carlisle to that, but I'm beginning to see he's not as docile as I once thought," I explained.
She was silent for a few moments, thinking about what I said before she spoke again, "You're going to hurt him, aren't you?"
"Yes. He endangered my mate, and that's unacceptable," I told her, gritting my teeth.
"Can't you just..."
I reached up and pressed two fingers to her lips, cutting her off. "What if it were me that his words endangered instead?" I seethed quietly, knowing she was going to ask me to go easy on him – I couldn't, and wouldn't, do that.
Her eyes narrowed into slits and I felt her lips purse beneath my fingers before she nodded slightly. I removed my fingers. "Okay," she murmured, resolved.
"Okay," I repeated. I leaned forward and kissed my mark, nuzzling my nose against her sweet smelling skin.
She hummed and folded her arms around me. I reached up and framed her lips with my thumbs as our mouths connected. Her tongue peeked out and found mine, leading it back into her mouth and stroking it with her own.
I lost myself against her lips, my lust and need rising and projecting out to the others. I pushed her back onto the bed and hovered over her, my hips thrusting forward to grind my needy cock between her legs. She moaned and shifted under me, tilting her pelvis in invitation. Fuck, yes - I accept that invitation, baby. I began undressing her, my movements frantic – I couldn't wait another second to be buried inside my mate's body. Just as I was finishing stripping her out of her pants, Emmett's moan filtered loudly through the tree-house.
Bella gasped and sat up, reaching for her shirt and covering herself as best she could. I wasn't sure why, it's not like he was going to walk through the bedroom door – he was quite obviously busy. Rose moaned and then we heard the distinct click of the bedroom door in the room adjacent to ours. To make matters worse, it was all followed by a rather breathy, "Oh, Peter" from Char as we heard their bodies fall onto the bed in the farthest bedroom.
I shrugged and began tugging on Bella's pants once again, but she slapped my hands away. "What?" I asked, pouting.
"You can't be serious – they can hear us!" she whispered in exasperation, attempting to pull her pants back up with one hand, while the other still clutched her shirt over her breasts.
"So?"
"So...they can hear us!"
"Bella, this is something you are going to need to get used to. You will hear – unfortunately – them going at it quite often. Just as they will hear us – hopefully quite often as well."
"Oh my God, how can you listen to them and be so nonchalant about them hearing us?" she asked in horror.
"Honestly, I doubt they are worried about what we are doing at all right now," I commented just as Peter groaned to emphasize my point. "And while it's not ideal and I'd really fucking love to have our uninterrupted week with no one around, I'm willing to try to ignore their presence because I just want to be with you right now... please, Bella."
"Jasper," she whined, frowning up at me.
"You just need to learn to tune it all out, baby. It will get easier, I know it's difficult at first," I soothed, tugging on her pants while she was distracted. I've already admitted I'm an ass, may as well embrace my title. Speaking of asses...
I slid my palms under her pert, round ass and lifted her up. She squealed as I quickly flipped her over onto her stomach. "Jasper!" she scolded half-heartedly.
"What's that, baby? I can't hear you," I moaned, rubbing my cock against her delectably firm ass.
She moaned and her hips began to circle against the mattress looking for friction. I quickly leaned up and yanked her pants from around her ankles, throwing them onto the floor along with my own. I angled her hips and ass up off the bed and was just about to sink inside her from behind – position number six – when she stopped me.
"Wait!" she panted, flipping our positions around and smirking up at me as I now laid on my back with her hovering over me.
"They're not listening to us, I promise," I whined impatiently.
"That's not it. You promised I could taste it, remember?" she purred, looking down and eyeing my cock like it was a rather tasty treat.
"Oh yes, I do vaguely remember something about tha-... uhh, mmm," I moaned as her mouth suddenly enveloped my cock before I could even finish. Fuck, that feels good! She licked and sucked tentatively at first, exploring her new-found toy with wonder and innocence. I didn't care what she did to me; she could explore all she wanted to. All I knew, was that I was a very happy vampire, and my cock was a very happy cock.
Rap, Rap, Rap!
"Major?" Peter's very reluctant voice came from the other side of the door. You have got to be fucking kidding me! No, no, no!
"What?" I snarled, halting Bella's motions with my hands on her shoulders.
"Soon," was he said before stepping hastily away from the door. Goddamn it Alice! I swear to all that is holy, I was going to wring her scrawny fucking neck for cock-blocking me yet again... It made me wonder if she could see this...or earlier, for that matter. I doubt that would go over well...
Bella reached up and removed my hands from her shoulders. She then began sucking me harder while moving up and down my length faster. Uhh...
I tried to stop her once again with my hands on her shoulders, but she shook her head at me and used her hands on my thighs to hold my legs immobile, making sure that I couldn't go anywhere. Her mischievous eyes stayed locked with mine as she sucked and licked every single inch of my cock. My hand flew from her shoulder up into her hair, wrapping it around my wrist like I had wanted to do for so long. Suddenly, instead of trying to stop her, I was urging her to go faster.
She began to purr as I began thrusting gently up into her mouth while pushing slightly down on the back of her head, the sensation only adding to my pleasure. So, so good.
"Baby, oh fuck...I'm going to come," I growled in warning. She moaned around my cock and that did it. My venom shot straight into her pretty mouth and she swallowed it down greedily. She popped me out of her delicious mouth and licked up the last few drops lazily seeping from the slit. I gaped at her in pure amazement and lust.
"Was that...okay?" she asked shyly once she was done. Fucking hell.
"Yes! Yes, yes, and fuck yes," I growled, pulling her up and kissing her passionately. I could taste myself inside her mouth and I groaned against her lips. My cock was hoping and praying that I would pound the shit out of her pussy next. Unfortunately, that couldn't happen – not now anyway, thanks to Alice. He began to pout.
"We need to get dressed," I said in-between kisses, before reluctantly pulling away from her. She pouted much the same as my cock was. They were two peas in a pod, I would swear he had met his soul mate as well.
"More later," I promised her, leaning back over and nipping at her pouting bottom lip.
Once dressed, we reluctantly exited the bedroom yet again.
"Major...," Peter said tensely. I looked over at him and he nodded towards the window.
Not a moment later I could feel their emotions; two of them. One was giddy while the other incredibly angry. We heard their stumbling approach, which was rather odd. Vampires don't stumble...
We all made our way outside just as they came into our view. Alice looked a mess - clothes torn, leaves and bark in her hair and it was half plastered to the side of her face with thick globs of mud. She was pushing the redheaded female in front of her; the female's hair a tangled mess in one of Alice's fists while her wrists were grasped tightly in Alice's other hand behind her back. The redhead was about six inches taller than Alice – making the scene rather interesting to watch.
Alice saw us standing there then and a huge smile crossed her face as she shoved the redhead to the ground near a large tree and told her firmly to "stay", like a dog. I looked over at Peter in silent order, to which he and Char immediately moved; looping around to block any route of escape that the redhead might try to take.
Alice tried to adjust her clothing and brush her hair off her face, but quickly gave up and began walking slowly over to me, her eyes wide with excitement. "Jasper! I missed you!"
She stopped abruptly when Bella stepped from behind me and growled at her advance. Alice looked at Bella for a moment in utter confusion.
"Why are you still alive?" she finally asked in bewilderment.
"What the fuck, Alice," I growled, attempting to step in front of Bella to shield her from Alice's words. Bella wasn't having that though, and stepped back around me. Stubborn, so fucking stubborn.
"I assumed you'd be with Maria by now," Alice spoke to Bella directly, completely ignoring me.
"How the hell do you know about that?" I once again growled – louder this time – garnering some of her attention finally.
"I saw you...talking to them," she said with disdain, gesturing with a wave over in Peter and Char's direction. "You were talking about how you thought Bella would go after Maria for vengeance because you, mistakenly, think she's your mate."
"You saw that and knew she was going to run beforehand...and you didn't fucking tell me?" I sneered, advancing on her until Bella pulled me back with a meaningful raised eyebrow.
Oh, right...our deal.
"I didn't see anything, except Edward telling her where she was - I simply pieced the rest together," Alice chirped, shrugging her shoulders nonchalantly. "Besides, she was stupid for going after Maria - any idiot would know that," she added, rolling her eyes at Bella.
Bella growled and took a measured and calculated step forward, a gleam in her bright ruby eyes as she clearly appraised Alice's combat abilities. Alice didn't adjust to her movement whatsoever and seemed unfazed, making her clearly the idiot here.
"Let me go!" the redhead suddenly shrieked, kicking and clawing at Peter as he dragged her back.
"I don't think so, Princess," Peter scolded her, throwing her back against the base of the tree.
"My name is not Princess," she hissed at him, whipping her unkempt, red wavy locks behind her shoulders. "It's Victoria."
"Well, Victoria...you see that man standing over there? The one next to the sexy and beautiful brunette? The one your mate foolishly tried to make a meal out of? That's his mate," Peter told her in amusement, smiling wider as he heard Alice's dismissive scoff. "And he's going to fucking kill you for even thinking about hurting her," he growled in her ear before pulling back to shoot me a wink. Ahh, Peter...he always did like to taunt them first. Though a large part of him, I knew, also wanted to rip her apart himself. Bella was a Whitlock now, and you didn't mess with Peter's family - ever.
"No, he's not," Alice interjected with a hiss. "I'm going to be the one to kill her," she sang with a rather abrupt mood swing, taking me by surprise...as well as everyone else. Has she gone mad? Alice never killed anyone in her entire existence – and now she was excited about the prospect...this was not like her. Not to mention...why would she even want to?
"Don't you see, Jasper? Don't you see what this will mean for us if I do this?" she continued softly as I stared at her unsure how to handle an, obviously, insane vampire. Killing them would be my normal solution to that problem. Hurt my mate and I'd tear her apart without hesitation, but go insane...no, I couldn't kill her for that, I supposed.
"Alice...I don't fucking understand," was the best I could come up with to say.
She sighed, clearly disappointed that I was missing the point of all this - whatever this was supposed to be. "Once I do this, it will prove to all of you that I am your true mate. Do you see now?" she asked, her emotions so very hopeful.
"Alice, you've never killed anyone before and regardless it won't cha-..."
"So? I can do this whole vengeance thing just as well as she can," she cut me off haughtily, pausing to glare at Bella. "How hard can it be, right?" she said with a shrug of her petite shoulders to emphasize her nonchalance about the whole thing - which only proved further that she wasn't understanding why Bella reacted the way she did in the first place. It wasn't for show, it was real.
She didn't wait for me to respond - which was good, I think I was stunned speechless - and spun like a practiced ballerina on her tip toes to face Victoria. She skipped over towards her and Peter moved swiftly, stepping in her way.
"Move, you human-eating freak," Alice huffed, hands poised on her hips.
Peter raised an eyebrow at her and then I felt his steadily increasing mischief. Great, just what we fucking need right now.
"Hey, Alice... What's that sound those weird birds in the old clocks make? I've been racking my brain trying to remember," he mused, scratching his chin and putting on his best dumb act. He actually sounded and looked convincing. Maybe Bella could take lessons from him.
She looked annoyed with him, but Alice could never pass up a trivia question - it all stemmed from her need to be all-knowing and right about everything.
"Cuckoo?" she asked with a roll of her topaz eyes.
Peter grinned and pointed at her. "That's it!" he exclaimed. "Say it one more time for me and I'll consider letting you by." Such a fucking liar, he wasn't letting her by unless I told him he could let her by. Had she known me at all, she would know that.
"Peter...," I warned as his face began to twitch all over in a seizure-like motion. He was trying extremely hard not to laugh, I had to give him credit.
"Cuckoo!" she exclaimed in exasperation, flapping her scrawny arms out to the side wildly. "Now move!" She fucking walked right into that one.
That was all it took for him to lose his epileptic battle and break down into hysterics. Char, Emmett, and Rose followed after him. Bella, however, was serious and quiet by my side and I shook my head. Now was not the time for this shit. At least someone recognized that. An insane vampire could mean an unpredictable vampire - much the same as a newborn.
Alice narrowed her eyes and spun back around to face me. "This is why I never let you go see them! Now tell your human-eating, freak of a former friend to move out of my way!"
Apparently she was choosing to not notice my own blood-red eye color. Typical Alice - ignore it and it simply doesn't exist. I couldn't even analyze the rest of what she was implying in that sentence...she was completely insane if she thought she had any say over me anymore.
"Alice, relax...," I said cautiously, while sending her some calming vibes.
She strode towards me, pointing her finger at me accusingly. "Don't you use your voodoo vibes on me, Jasper! I have a vampire to kill!"
The winds shifted and a breeze ruffled some dried leaves up from the ground in a twister-like motion between us. Alice stopped dead in her tracks as if she had hit an invisible, and nasty smelling, wall. Her eyes suddenly turned pitch black and her agonized expression and emotions that followed, were overwhelming.
"How could you," she mouthed with no breath to push it into sound; her tortured eyes scanned my body from head to toe before snapping over to Bella. Her nostrils flared and her eyes closed as another soft breeze blew through carrying more of both Bella and my scents along with it. Okay, so apparently Alice hadn't seen me claiming my mate earlier. I wasn't sure if that was a good thing, or a bad thing in this case. Bella's shield must have been extended longer than we were aware. If I had to guess, it was our coupling that triggered her new-found skill; her intense need to protect her mate. She must be feeling protective of the others as well if she's added them. They were family to her, too... I rather liked that she felt that way about them, even if I wasn't thrilled with sharing her attention.
Alice sucked in a sharp breath and then...gagged. Leaning over, she placed her hands on her bony knees to brace herself. Of course, nothing happened...because vampires can't vomit unless it's something foreign to our bodies - like human food. I knew that one from experience myself. The feeling was still there, the increased venom in your mouth...but no matter what you did, nothing came up. Still, the vomit-free retching sounds were a tad gross to listen to.
"No, no, no, no," she panted, staring at the ground for a moment longer before righting herself and glaring at me. "I know you don't really want to be with her! Why couldn't you hold out a little longer?"
"What the fuck are you talking about?"
"Look at the facts, Jasper, you hadn't even claimed her when you asked for the divorce, though you kept insisting she was your mate and I wasn't... please, no one waits that long to be with their mate if they really want them. How long did it take you to rip my clothes off of me when we met? I think we did it behind the diner, if I recall," she said smugly...and Bella's eyes went incredibly dark. Oh fuck, that's not good. "I know you were stalling being with her because you still love me. You want to choose me, you just need proof - and I brought that today. Granted, I had hoped she wouldn't still around, but no matter...you'll see for yourself."
I opened my mouth to respond to her lunacy but snapped it shut when I felt their rapid approach. Edward and Carlisle came to a rather abrupt stop at the edge of our wide circle; surprise and confusion their main emotions as they looked around, taking everything in. Where was Garrett? I knew they'd gotten back awhile ago - obviously, since Edward had his little Tanya-tryst earlier. I couldn't imagine Garrett staying back at the house to play entertainer to the Denalis with Esme...so where the hell was he? Because right now, I needed him to help me find a vampire-proof straight jacket.
"Alice?" "Who is the redhead?" Edward and Carlisle questioned in unison.
Alice ignored them both and took a deep, unnecessary breath. "Don't worry, I refuse to let the fact that you couldn't keep it in your pants change anything between us. I forgave you for the tree, for asking for a divorce, and for saying you loved her...I can forgive you for this, too."
"Let me get this straight, Alice," I began, scrubbing my face wearily with my free hand - the other was still locked tightly around Bella's and I refused to let it go; partly because I needed that connection to her to get me through this bullshit, and partly because I was afraid she'd tear Alice to pieces for her comments. "You think that...if you kill Victoria in a, fabricated, act of vengeance - in front of all of us - it will somehow prove that we are meant to be together and that Bella is not actually my mate?" I asked incredulously.
She nodded her head eagerly, seemingly pleased that I was catching on.
Maybe I should have taken a psychology course or two over the years while playing student with the Cullens, because I honestly didn't know what to fucking say...
"Cuckoo."
But apparently Peter did.
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AN:
Come on...you didn't really think I'd simply make Alice work with Victoria, did you? You should know by now I like to do things...differently. And yes, she's having some...uh, mental difficulties. To her it all makes perfect sense. ;)
I know some of you will be upset that Bella was feeling sorry for Edward. Jasper shares your feelings about that – don't worry. Remember, he did tell her he won't be going easy on him. I'm curious though...anyone feel sorry for Edward? Tanya was kinda mean...
If you are confused about Bella's shield at all...it, as well as Jasper knocking her out, will be addressed further in chapter 19.
**We're winding down folks, I'm estimating only 3 more chapters left. That could change depending on how wordy I get – but I'm pretty sure 3 should do it. =*( I won't be offering any more teasers this close to the end (sorry!)...but I hope you'll still leave me a review? I'd really love to know what you are thinking! :)