The Major and His General

A/N: Serenity meets Peter and Charlotte, and as usual Jasper can't keep his hands to himself.

Side note: I have no idea how many malls are in Texas or if there are any.

Chapter 5: The Promise of Later

3rd P.O.V

"We can just stay like this," He mummered lowly in her ear placing soft open mouthed kisses to her neck. She sighed softly, her body rising and dropping with the movement of her breath.

"It wouldn't be fair. They've been patient and they let you keep me up here this long, besides, Jasper, I want to meet them, for real, properly, as your mate, and not some invisible shadow that I am almond 95% certain that Peter knew I was there by the side eyed glance he'd throw my way." He groaned at her words untangling himself from her and racing to his closet throwing on a forest green button up top, jeans and leather boots. He turned around and folded his arms across his chest with a smirk as his eyes take in her naked frame. He grabbed the pair of now clean, not nearly as dirty jeans that he had washed for her and held them by the belt loop on his index finger.

"Well, don't just lay there, Sugah," He drawled tossing the jeans at her before turning to his closet rummaging through it, until, ah ha, he found it. One of his favorite shirts that he often wore. His scent practically soaked into the very fabric, and with a hum he threw it over his shoulder at her.

Serenity caught the shirt. It was a dark purple and white checkered button up shirt that she easily slipped over her head. Pulling her hair out from behind the fabric. She shook her head letting the messy scarlet curls fall wherever. She felt a bit exposed especially without undergarments but she could do little about that at the moment so she didn't let it bother her. She took a last glance around the warm dark brown colored room. The bed was a mess covers askew from their time in the sheets, the door to the bathroom slightly open giving a view of the beige tiled room and then she looked at her mate who leaned against the closet door causally with crossed arms, his dark crimson eyes on her. He licked his lips and walked towards her at a leisurely pace.

"Are ya sure we can't just stay here?" He tried once more to convince her despite knowing that he wouldn't win. He felt her excitement and they both heard the truck pull up outside.

He cupped her face, leaning in as the tip of his thumb trailed the scar on the right side of her face making her shudder, "I could make it worth ya while, Darlin," He drawled brushing his lips slowly, sensually, letting her feel it as his lips molded with hers.

The truck door slammed and he sighed when she pulled away and gave him a grin. He couldn't help but grin as well feeling a wave of playfulness wash over him, and then she was the one to lean forward and swipe her tongue over his lips. He opened his mouth, an invitation, inviting her to continue, surely Peter and Charlotte could wait a moment longer, right? His lust rose to a new hight when her tongue traced his lips and he was almost sure he had won, that he had successfully convinced her, and he was just about to let his own tongue slip into her mouth, but then she slid her tongue across his cheek and right to his ear.

"Later," She whispered her lips caressing his ear, "Later, Major and this General is all yours." She drawled and with a speed he had momentarily forgotten she possessed she was out of his reach and downstairs opening the door.

It took Jasper a moment to will away the sudden lust and need to claim his mate, to drag her back into this room, cage her in, trap her against him, rip off the clothes she was wearing, shove himself deep into her, show her just who she belongs to, and then do it all over again! Jasper took a breath willing himself to calm down, but he was most certainly going to keep her to that promise.

"Damn," He muttered to himself and sped downstairs to see his mate sitting cross legged in his chair. A sleek, big, dark blue recliner. Peter and Charlotte were across from her sitting on the matching loveseat and the three were already in deep conversation. He strolled up behind her folding his arms across his chest and leaning against the recliner.

"What's the matter Major?" Peter drawled with a smirk wiggling his eyebrows. Jasper glared at him growling lowly. Peter only smiled wider in response and Jasper vaguely wondered if Charlotte would let him sew up Peter's mouth or rip off his eyebrows that he kept raising, playfully, silently bantering with him.

"Boys!" At Charlotte's voice the two Incubus vampires froze looking away from one another. Charlotte smirked in triumph as they immediately straightened up, and Serenely hid a laugh with a fake loud cough. Jasper turned his eyes to his mate who grinned up at him cheekily. He leaned down and growled at her, challengingly, playfully, but this only made her cross her arms and raise an eyebrow at him. Jasper huffed, looking away from her inquisitive gaze, and he reached down ruffling her hair affectionately before moving. He picked her up making her squeak and placed her on his lap as he sat down in the blue recliner.

"Whipped," Peter said fake coughing.

"Peter Whitlock!" At Charlottes sharp tone Peter turned to grin innocently at his mate who rolled her eyes and smacked him upside the head and Peter whines as if she had actually hurt him. Jasper chuckled enjoying the familiar banter between the two as they had always played around like this. Peter would say something annoying, crude, or anything really. Charlotte would get onto him, he'd look at her innocently, then she'd smack him upside the head, and he'd pretend it actually hurt. It was just their thing.

"Anyway, as you were saying, somethin bout, shoppin, Charlotte?" Serenity asked from her mates arms, trying to ignore the fact that he kept brushing his thumb across the waistband of her jeans. He pressed his thumb against the button to her jeans, as if he were about to open them right there. She tried not to pay attention to it, or the fact he actually could open them right there, and how strangely that didn't seem to bother her at all.

Charlotte cleared her throat making her gaze snap up and she blushed at being caught in watching her mate slide his thumb back and forth over the round piece of metal. As if taunting her. Jasper chuckled, so low that she was certain that the two vampires in the room didn't catch it.

"Family calls me, Char, sug, and right, before we got interrupted," Charlotte says shooting a glare at Jasper before continuing,

"We need to get ya some things, Sugah, seeing as the only thing ya own is them jeans. We ain't got to many malls, especially here in Texas, but we have some good stuff. Maybe we can find ya a shirt like that one ya wearing in ya own size if ya like. Plus, it's fun, give us a chance to get to know each other and to see a bit of the town." Charlotte says excited about the prospect of getting to know the woman who is the Majors mate.

Serenity wasn't exactly sure how to respond. It would be nice to go. The last time she was ever in a store to actually shop and not steal old clothes from a thrift store was when she was younger. Just a small girl with her momma. They had went to get her papa some clothes and she had bought him a fifty cent red tie for his birthday. The memory flashed through her mind briefly before it was gone again. Shopping was such a-a modern thing. To shop, be around humans. She could handle that, right? Humans and their conflicting, strong, overwhelming emotions, but what about money. She had no money. Nothing to pay for anything she wanted to buy.

Strong, scared fingers brushing across her cheek, tucking a stray curl back behind her ear made her suddenly aware that her eyes had closed, her chest was tight with emotion, and she took a deep breath. Eyes snapping open as she leaned forward and dropped her gaze from two pairs of concerned ruby eyes. Her body felt heavy as she raised her head to look at Charlotte.

Charlotte a vampire she had known less than five minutes but with her mates memories it felt like a lifetime. Charlotte who seemed to want to know her and seemed to claim her as family if the indication to call her, "Char" was anything to go by. Char who wanted to know Her, actually, know her and wanted to go shopping with her. This shouldn't be a big deal but to Serenity, well it was. The woman who was like a sister to her mate wanted to get to know her!

"I don't-" A deep drawl against her ear cuts off her protest.

"I will take care of the cost." She could feel the rumble of his voice vibrating through her. She turned looking up at him. Crimson meets emerald and she can see it in his eyes that there is no argument to be made that will sway his decision. His thumb was still pressed firmly against the button of her jeans. She could hear the metal of the button practically straining and hoping beyond hope that it would hold and not snap. She was also really hoping she and Jasper were the only ones who were paying attention to it. The weight lifted for the fraction of a second before it was back, harder than before.

Her throat felt heavy, and the feeling of his thumb just pressing was just doing things to her. " You don't have to-" He cuts her off, fingers tilting her head back and he brushed his lips across hers.

"I will take care of you, Serenity, this is not under debate, Sugah, we're goin shopping." He mumured teeth nipping her lips as he spoke.

"Does this mean I have the house to myself?" Peter asked with a grin. Charlotte snorted, "Nope you are coming with us. Someone's going to have to keep the Major from running to check on his mate every five minutes."

"Aw, Damn," Peter whined as Charlotte jumped up, and looked at Serenity, "Come on, Sugar, you can borrow a pair of my boots while the boys argue over who's truck we're taking." Serenity moved from her mates lap and Jasper with a kiss to her hair reluctantly let her go and watched her from the corner of his eye as she followed Charlotte to her, and Peter's room.

"We're taking mine, just got her gassed up."

"Yours only has three seats!" Jasper argued.

"Exactly!" Peter exclaimed with a wicked grin. Jasper moved vampire speed and smacked his so called brother upside the head.

"Like clockwork," Charlotte chuckled, "Here how's these?" She asked handing her a pair of black boots. Serenity slipped them on and surprisingly they fit her snugly.

"Nice, snug, thank you," Serenity mumbled flicking her hair behind her shoulder. "You're welcome, now come on," She smiled at Charlotte before following her back to the living room.

"We're taking Jasper's truck!" Peter made a big show of stomping out of the room. Jasper made his way to Serenity and threw his arm around her shoulder, and Charlotte followed them out the door silently laughing at her mates dramatics.

They followed Peter to the garage and Jasper tossed him the keys. Charlotte and Peter climbed up front and Jasper lifted Serenity so she could get in before walking to the other side and climbing into the back with her. Peter was still grumbling about not taking his truck and always getting smacked in the head when Serenity cracked up laughing. She honestly couldn't help it. Charlottes amusement, her mates amusement, and Peter's genuine annoyance. The part that was hilarious to her is she had no idea if this was Peter's actual personality or if he was trying to put her at ease. Her mates memories were no help at all in that department.

Up front Peter grinned shooting a wink at his mate before he too cracked up laughing. Charlotte as well started laughing.

"You're all fuckin hilarious." Jasper grumbled but his tough exterior was failing and he let out a huff before laughing as well.

Finally the laughter calmed and Serenity found herself taking deep breaths, but her attempt at calming down only lasted a few minutes before she would catch Peter's eye in the mirror and he would throw her a wink and she'd get hysterical again.

"Alright, Captain, Enough!" Jasper snapped uneasy noticing his mates trouble getting breath during the fifth time it happened.

Serenity grabbed his hand, "S'alright, haven't laughed," She coughed covering her mouth with her arm despite being in a vehicle full of vampires. Still her momma had always taught her to cover your mouth when you cough. A lesson that was apparently still stored away in her memory. "In a very long time." She wheezed out and took a few deep breaths to calm down and leaned into Jasper's side.

"Nah, He's right, I better quit fooling around, or Major won't be the only one angry if I make ya pass out." Peter drawled making a right turn.

"Damn straight, I can't be dragging ya into the store lookin like you're going to fall over from loss of breath." Charlotte says.

Jasper hummed in agreement with Charlotte as he brushed his fingers through his mate's hair. "So, where exactly are we headed Peter?" He asked wrapping his arm around his mate pulling her flush to his side.

He obviously wasn't wearing a seatbelt and neither was she, so it was easy to press against her side. His other hand sat on her thigh, fingers tracing patterns on her jeans, taking pleasure in the fact he can feel her shivering as he ran his nails across the fabric. It'd be so easy to just take his nails across them and rip them off of her. He licked his lips paying no mind as Peter rambles about the apparent best mall that has everything in Texas.

He brushed his thumb across her inner thigh, "Jasper," Serenity whispered lowly, quietly, hoping that neither vampire up front could hear her. Peter and Charlotte however were in their own conversation now, discussing what brands of clothing they preferred and arguing over what section of the clothing to start at. Charlotte, wanted to look at the more feminine clothes and Peter wanted to look at the male clothing with her. The four had already agreed to look at everything together but that's as far as the planning had went.

"Shh," Her mate hushed her softly, his fingers unbuttoning her jeans. She closed her eyes, and locked her jaw. She focused and used her gift to suppress the desire she felt in her gut, suppressing her sudden arousal, she could feel her mates lust, her body reacting accordingly and she could feel herself dampening. Seeing as Peter and Charlotte were still engaged in their conversation her gift must be doing its work.

"Such a clever little girl," Jasper's words were right against her ear, so soft, low and she was certain that the two up front couldn't hear him. She clenched her eyes together tighter as she feels his thumb brush against her.

"Mm, Cleaver, and wet, little girl," He mummered his tongue flicking out tasting the skin of her ear. She can feel him. The slow drag of his tongue against her ear, his thumb brushing against her. He smiled against her skin when all his words caused were for her legs to clench and for her desire to climb higher.

"You're soaked for me," He hissed as he slowly slipped two fingers into her.

"Do you want to know what I want to do to you, Serenity? What I am going to do to you right now?" He doesn't give her a chance to reply to his low words. He continues voice calm, low, quiet, a whispering hum that only she can hear as he speaks against her ear.

"I am goin ta fuck ya with my fingers, make you cum hard for me, Peter and Charlotte will be none the wiser, that is if ya keep up that clever lil trick. Will ya gift hold while you cum? Do you think you are that strong to hide what I do to you? I might not be able to smell ya, but I feel you, and I know," He whispered increasing the speed of his fingers making her gasp. He chuckled darkly the laugh only served to increase her desire,

"I know what you need," He coos moving his fingers faster, enjoying the feeling of her warmth. He lowered his gaze watching as his fingers slipped in and out of her. The sight alone made him want to cum, to taste her, to bury his face into her, to breathe her in, to lick her clean, but not now, not yet. Later, later she will be all his.

Serenity has to bite her tongue. Clenching her jaw. Her gift was much easier to use when it was pain she had to suppress. Pain was easy to lock away. Easy to push aside. This? Her mate, his voice, his words, the feeling of him, pleasure was much harder to suppress. That and she had never used her gift like this. She could feel a cool bead of sweat slipping down her face.

She took a deep inhale that was a mistake because whilst he couldn't smell her she could smell him and he smiled amazingly delicious.

"Jasper," She called out to him, it took all her strength to whisper, to not actually yell his name and her voice was barely there as panic welled up inside her she could feel her gift slipping as her pleasure built. His fingers that had been thrusting vigorously inside of her came to a halt. He pulled them from her and the tips of his fingers barely touched her and then his hand came down.

Slap, it didn't hurt, wasn't even loud enough for her ears to pick up, wasn't even a slap more like a pat. The palm of his hand against her sex, but it jolted her, was enough to make her grasp control of her gift. "See?" He drawled, his voice still right on her ear and she knew that she was the only one who heard it.

"I know just what my mate needs,"He mummered fingers snapping the button of her jeans closed. He slipped his hand back between her legs and rubbed her softly before pulling his hand away from her completely as the truck came to a stop. He leaned towards her and brushed his lips across hers.

He pulled back smirking wickedly and once again speaking to her so low that only she can hear. He drawled, "I look forward to finishing this,"

A fleeting brush of his thumb against her inner thigh,

"Later," He breathed and then with one last dark smile and a wink thrown her way. He opened the door to his side of the truck and climbed out before offering a hand to her. She took his hand and he helped her out of the truck. He threw his arm around her shoulder staring into her glazed over eyes with mirth as he led them around to where Peter and Charlotte were.

"Well, what are we waiting on," Jasper drawls casually and eyeiin the store in front of them with a grin he opened the door and ushered his mate inside.