A/N A huge thanks to my very dear friend OoJasper'sAngeloO for her beta work on this chapter. I love ya girl. This chapter is the actual trip to Vegas, and a surprise for Bella. The parts describing the lights on the horizon, and Las Vegas being in the valley is all true. Also the parts about the hotel is also true. I have driven to Vegas several times, and I always looked forward to seeing the glow of the lights an hour or more before even seeing them. Its awesome, and coming over the last hill before descending into Vegas is breathtaking. I think everyone should see it at least once in their life. Hope you enjoy.
I still don't own Twilight or any of the characters.
Jasper's POV
I had just finished helping Bella get dressed when I heard my phone goin' off. It was Peter askin' if it was safe for them to come back. I told them that yeah they could come back and that we needed to get in touch with someone who could make sure that the place was fixed up.
Of course Peter informed me that it had already been taken care of. He had called a friend who he knew that lived in Arizona and he was able to get him in touch with a place that specialized in rebuildin' old houses.
They would be doin' more than just makin' it livable. They would be enlarging it as well. It was a one bedroom place and I had always intended to have it enlarged to at least four bedrooms. One for Peter and Char, one for me, the other two were to be guest bedrooms.
Well actually one would be my study and the other would actually be a guest bedroom in case someone like Em and Rose decided to ever visit. That is if I ever had the chance to come here without Alice.
It wasn't so much as being able to come without her as it would be to be able to come here period. Knowin' that Peter and Char would be here, she would make sure to come up with reasons why I couldn't come to visit. While she didn't know about this place, she did know that no matter where I went, it would be to spend time with the ones she deemed to be unworthy of not only herself, but me as well.
Peter told me that he gave the guy in charge of repairin' and enlargin' the house specific instructions. I asked Bella what kind of house would she like to live in. Her answer surprised me. She wanted a ranch style house but with a wraparound porch. With lots of large windows. I asked her why a ranch house, her answer, "Because it fits you."
We left shortly after they got back. It wouldn't take long for us to get to Vegas. Bella was excited and I was feeling hope coming from her. I think we were all looking forward to having some fun and I was looking forward to having my mate in a bed, naked and even hearing her scream when I brought her pleasure.
I told her that she might want to sleep. Even though it was still early in the day, we would get there just about sunset. I told her that since Vegas is a twenty-four hour town and it was almost always sunny that we would have to go out at night and that she might want to sleep days so she could spend her nights with us.
Even though with my plans for her for the most part she wouldn't even need to be dressed, let alone leave the room. I was kind of hoping to keep her all to myself, but then again we were going with Emmett, Peter, Char and even Rose who suddenly wanted to get to know the real Bella. I have a feeling that I would have to compete for her time.
She would probably want to do things with them as well. Actually, I knew she did. She had started talking about the different casino's she had heard about and wanted to visit. She was getting excited and I was loving it. Char's idea is perfect and I was so grateful to her for suggesting this vacation. We all needed this.
She finally fell asleep and I was hoping she would be able to sleep the rest of the way. We were only about two hours away now, but we could get there faster if we went our speed. I wanted to drive the speed limit to make sure we arrived after dark. All of our windows were tinted dark, but still I would rather be safe.
As soon as Bella fell asleep I pulled out my phone. I already knew where I wanted to stay and called the number I hadn't used in a few years. I had come here with Peter and Char a few years ago and had stayed there. I wanted my mate to have the very best.
I had tried to get Alice to come with me, but she refused just because I was meetin' up with Peter and Char. So I had come alone and ended up having a blast. Peter sometimes liked to play with the humans and I have to admit it, it was fucking funny as hell watchin' the reactions of the humans.
He would do things like use his vampire speed, drink their drinks right after getting them and then watch the human try to figure out just what the fuck happened to their drink. Most humans were gamblin' and weren't payin' much attention to anything around them.
He even went so far as to take a card or cards out of their hands and replace it with other cards. The looks on their faces when realizin' the cards they thought they held were no longer there, was hilarious. He would do the same thing to a roulette wheel, movin' the ball after it had settled, or the craps table, he would move one or both of the dice after the dealer had called it.
It was innocent fun and I had a feelin' that he was goin' to be showin' off for my mate. Havin' Emmett as a sidekick was gonna make it even more interestin'. I found myself becomin' excited and couldn't wait until we got there.
Once the phone was answered I told the lady I wanted to speak to the manager of the place. I hoped it was the same man as he knew me as Jasper Whitlock and I knew that I would get whatever I wanted. I, along with Peter and Char were special guests and were always given the best accommodations. Especially since we tipped heavily and always spent tons of fuckin' money while there. They always came here at least once or twice a year.
It turns out it was the same man and I told him what I wanted. Two of the penthouse suites. My mate and I would stay in one, while the other two couples would stay in the other one. I knew that Bella would have been embarrassed knowin' that the others could hear our activities in the bedroom, so even though there were two bedrooms, I booked two suites.
I also told him to make sure the refrigerator was well stocked in both, as well as makin' sure the wet bar was stocked. I knew that even though I wouldn't want to leave the bedroom, that Bella would need a few breaks. I wanted to make sure if she got hungry while in the others suite, she would have food in there as well.
Everything would be ready for us. Even though he only had a couple of hours to get it done, he promised that it would be by the time we arrived. I thanked him for his help and told him that he would be given a bonus if everything was ready.
Just before we arrived at the spot where the lights could be seen I woke Bella up. I wanted to see her face as we came over the last mountain and saw the city below us in the valley. I had decided to slow down our trip so that we would arrive at that spot after it was fully dark. The sight was beyond breath takin' and I knew she would love it.
I had kept her asleep, but had pulled over to kill some time. We had stopped at a gas station and refueled. While waitin' I had gotten my mate a drink and some chips to snack on if she was hungry.
Although we would be able to see the lights, it would still take about an hour to get to our hotel. I was goin' to prove to her that she would always come first. I know that I have done a lousy fucked up job of it before, but this trip would be about givin' her attention, love and seein' her happy and content. Her every need, every desire would be taken care of.
I woke her up and told her to look at the horizon. At first she said she didn't see anything. I told her to just keep lookin' and she finally saw what I was wantin' her to see. There along the horizon, was the glow of the lights of Las Vegas! Even to us vampires it was excitin' to see how there was a glow that could be seen a whole hour before getting to the spot where you would actually see the lights themselves.
Las Vegas is basically set in a valley. You had to go through some mountains and when you went over the last one and headed down, well it was a sight that even vampires enjoyed. I was so fuckin' glad that I had woken her up. She became even more excited and said that she had never seen anything so wonderful. She said that she could actually forget that she was with vampires, she was with family.
As we started into the city, she had her face practically plastered to the window. Her excitement became contagious and I sent some of it to the others. I wanted them to know that I was grateful for them helpin' me to make my mate happy.
We were stopped at a light waitin' for it to turn green. There was one of those weddin' chapels at the corner and I watched as Isabella's face lit up when a couple wearin' weddin' clothes came out and where kissin'. It only lasted a second, but I felt the longin' that came from her. She had quickly pushed it down though.
That gave me an idea. I knew that when she had been with Edward that he had wanted to marry her, but she hadn't wanted to get married. While he never asked, he had talked about wantin' to. She had talked to Alice and told her that marriage was somethin' she never wanted to do.
While it didn't really matter to me if we were married or not, it could be a way of showin' my mate that I wasn't leavin' her, ever. I would commit myself to her the human way and then she could commit to me the vampire way. It was perfect.
I quickly called Rose and told her what I wanted to do. She said that she could take Bella shoppin', after I asked her first of course. She knew the perfect place to shop for a dress and they could have her ready within an hour.
I talked at vampire speed so that she wouldn't hear what we were plannin'. Now I had to figure out where to ask her and hope that she would say yes.
Peter with his knowin' shit of course sent me a text tellin' me that he knew what her answer was gonna be and that I better get ready for a weddin'. It was then I knew the perfect place and asked Peter if he would make the arrangements.
I decided then to go to the hotel and then while the girls were busy unpackin' the little bit of shit we had that I would need an engagement ring and weddin' band for my beautiful mate. I would need it when I asked her.
I have to say that even as an empath that my mate can still surprise me. Peter texted me sayin' that the arrangements had been made and told me the time that I would need to have her at the spot. I had an hour and a half to drop her off and go and find her a ring. Fortunately we were only five minutes away from the hotel.
Her surprise when we pulled up in front of the hotel was wonderful. I was hopin' that she wouldn't be upset at the expense that I was goin' to be spendin' for her, but I refused to do anything less for her. The surprise for me was when she turned to me and said, "We're staying at the Bellagio? Isn't that like the most expensive hotel in Las Vegas? Jasper, you don't have to spend a lot of money on me. You should know that by now. Please, we can stay somewhere cheaper."
I simply told her that I wanted the best for her and to please let me give it to her. I knew that once she saw the room she would fall in love with it. It actually had his and hers bathrooms. Hers had a huge jacuzzi, as well as a separate shower, while the his had a steam room and a huge shower as well.
Of course I could come up with all kinds of ways of usin' both the showers and the jacuzzi. It didn't take much to get her to let me spoil her. She needed somethin' different, somethin' new, besides havin' a mate who has royally fucked up and was tryin' to make it up to her.
Once she saw the rooms we were stayin' in she was beyond excited. She kept runnin' around and lookin' at everything and was so fuckin' happy. She actually jumped into my arms and started to kiss me. I knew where she was headed, but I needed to go shoppin' quickly.
Sadly I pulled her off of me and told her that I needed to run an errand. I explained that we had somewhere we needed to be by a certain time and in order for it to be perfect, I needed to go and find somethin'.
I told her to unpack our things and put them in whichever bedroom she wanted us to stay in. I told her the only choice she didn't have at this point was that we would both be stayin' in the same bedroom. I felt her lust once again sky rocket and had a really "hard" time keepin' my hands to myself for the time bein'.
It only took me three jewelry stores to finally find what I wanted for her. It was simple, yet elegant engagement ring, with a simple band. I didn't bother getting a ring for me, I would wear one if she wanted me to, but I would rather her pick it out.
Once I was done, I stopped at the gift shop in the hotel and picked out some roses to give her. I also ordered champagne to be brought up to our suite as soon as we were back. I told them that I would call when we were on our way. If my plans went accordingly, we would be back here, in two or three hours as husband and wife. I couldn't fuckin' wait!
I quickly ushered her out of our suite and we met up with the others who were almost as excited as I was about what they knew was about to happen. We went down our private elevator and outside where we would watch the light show.
We were surrounded by humans and this is where I would ask her. I knew that it was risky askin' her in public like this, but I wanted the fuckin' world to know that I was in love with her and wanted her with me for eternity.
The show started and she was takin' picture after picture with the camera I had bought for her. I knew she would want pictures of our time here. She was so fuckin' beautiful as she watched with excitement and a feelin' of awe. The lights made her eyes sparkle and she seemed to almost glow.
I had my arms wrapped around her waist holdin' her close, yet allowin' for her to move and take the pictures she wanted to. Her smile was breath takin' and I was getting high on her excitement. At one point, she fuckin' squealed and then grabbed a handful of my hair and kissed me!
She told me how grateful she was to be able to forget shit and just relax and be herself. She also told me how excited she was about us bein' alone later. I think that I was more excited about that than she was. I had waited for far too fuckin' long to have a mate.
Even though I thought that Alice was my mate, I knew now that she couldn't have been. My feelin's for Bella were much stronger than I have ever felt for anyone. I could almost feel my body vibratin' with anticipation over what was to come, literately.
As soon as the last of the lights went out in the show I got down on my knees in front of Bella. She gasped when she saw what I was doin' and I could see the tears startin'. I pulled the small box out of my pants pocket and before I could say anythin' we had a crowd around us.
"Isabella Marie Swan, I love you and I need you by my side for eternity. I know that I haven't been the perfect boyfriend and I promise that from now on, whatever you need, whenever you need it, its yours. Even if its the moon you want, I'll figure out a way to get it for you. I know that maybe this is too fast for you, but I need you, more than I need food. Just please say that you'll do me the honor of becomin' my wife. Please darlin', I love you."
She just stood there, tears fallin' down her beautiful face. She was lookin' at me and I was terrified to feel her emotions. I was afraid that she would say no, that she didn't want to be married. I'm the most terrifying vampire ever known in the South and here I am tremblin', scared shitless that she won't want me like that.
After a few seconds she finally spoke up. The anticipation comin' from the crowd wasn't makin' it any easier on me. I closed my eyes suddenly scared that I might see anger, or hatred, for askin' her and in front of a crowd at that.
I felt her tiny hand on my cheek and she said, "Oh Jasper, I love you too. My answer is. . ."
A/N Alright, I know your wanting to strangle me right now, but you should know me by now that I love my cliffy's. Please review and tell me what you think. Next chapter, well, if I say anything it might give it away. I'm doing my best to update when I'm supposed to but working ten days in a row, and then only one day off is killing me. So far, I have been able to stay on track. I'll do my best to continue to update when I said I would. Thanks to everyone who reviewed, and added this story to their favorites and alerts, I love you guys. I do read every review and try to answer a couple, but with my time limits its just too hard trying to keep up, and write a chapter for each story. Please continue to review, it helps with being so tired I just want to forget everything.