A/N: It's not mine.
I have no beta.
JPOV
It seems as if luck is on our side, at least for the time being. After Edward's demands regarding moving back to Forks were acknowledged or obeyed, Esme wanted one of us to go ahead and open the house up and get it ready for us to move back in. Both Emmett and I volunteered for the job and none of them found our volunteering to be odd.
The following evening, Emmett and I packed up the few belongings were taking with us and hopped onto the earliest flight to Sea-Tac Airport. Once we landed, we picked up the rental car we had reserved the night before. The drive to Forks usually takes nearly four hours, but with Emmett driving, it took less time than that.
We finally pulled into the driveway of our Fork's house three hours later. We planned on taking care of the house first before heading on over to Bella's place. We were both dying to see her and throw ourselves upon her mercies for leaving the way we did. While we didn't leave out of spite or to just be assholes, there's no way that our abrupt departure didn't offend her in some way.
A small part of me, a part that I have been struggling to ignore, is very excited to see Bella. It usually takes a great deal to get me excited about anything, but the opportunity to see Bella has me feeling all jittery. I refuse to let Emmett in on what I'm feeling. He would have a field day with it.
"Emmett, are you finished with the third floor?" I called out to him as I finished removing the sheets from the furniture in the den.
"Just about, but I'm not feeling any desire to get Eddie's room ready. That asshole should do it himself, the fucking prick that he is," he replied angrily.
"Leave it," I told him. "I didn't even bother with Alice's shit. She's lucky I don't torch all her things," I sneered hating the fact that I ever thought she was my mate. There must have been something wrong with me at the time. Alice isn't even my type. I shuddered in revulsion as Alice's naked, flat-chested boy body came to mind. "I still may torch them. We could build a bonfire and fuel it with Alice and Edward's crap," I said thinking about how much fun that would be. "Emmett, I am feeling the need to get sloshed off my ass."
"Dude!" he called out, "I was just thinking the same thing. When we're finished here, we should hit a bar in Port Angeles and have us some drinks," he suggested eagerly. It wasn't common knowledge that vampires can still drink alcohol. It has to be very strong liquor and requires excessive amounts of it for us to get drunk, but it is doable.
"What about Bella? Shouldn't we go see her first?" I reminded him.
"Damn, you're right. First, we go see little Swan then we can go get our drink on."
"Well, I'm done down here, so why don't we head on out?" I said placing the folded sheets in the downstairs linen closet. "These sheets will have to wait until we get some laundry detergent," I said turning around as Emmett walked into the room.
"Just leave them. We have an important person to see."
We walked out the front door to hop into the Jeep. I didn't drive much which was fine by me. I prefer to sit behind the wheel of my Dodge Ram 1500. I special ordered that beauty with the complete package. I'm a cowboy at heart and a truck is essential for my cowboy reputation. Alice hates my truck, so I never drove it when she was around.
Leave it to Emmett's lead foot to get us to Bella's house in record time. I heard music playing from inside and looked over at Emmett. With an unnecessary deep breath, we walked up to the front door and knocked.
The door swung open and a very surprised Bella greeted us. "Emmett! Jasper!" she yelled as she jumped up on Emmett to give him a hug before turning to me and giving me one of my own. Our hands made brief contact but that was enough to send a chill down my spine.
We looked at each other with wide eyes and did not say a word. "Can we take this staring contest into the house, please?" Emmett asked while trying to shove me and Bella inside.
I stood there like an utter moron staring at Bella as if it was the first time I have ever seen her. Emmett smacked me in the head to get my attention. "What the hell, Em?" I asked rubbing the spot on my head he just hit.
"Dude, you're creepy staring at Bella. Eye fuck her later, man?" he said with a boisterous laugh.
If I had any blood in my body, it all would have rushed to my face. "Sorry for being weird, Bella," I apologized.
"That's alright, Jasper. I'm flattered," she said softly. "Well, now that you have been shoved inside, come into the living room so we can catch up," she said gesturing ahead of her.
"You've done some remodeling and redecorating," I said while looking around and noticing all the changes.
"Yup, the house needed it in the worst way," she said.
"Does the chief still live here? This looks like a chick's house," Emmett commented as he said down on the recliner.
"Dad got remarried and moved down to the rez to live with his wife," Bella told him.
"So, Bella, can you tell us why I smelled the scents of five different vampires when I was shoved inside?" I asked her.
"I was just going to ask that. I also smell a wet dog. When did you get a dog?" Emmett asked while looking around for the canine.
She just stared at us for a moment before cracking up and laughing at Emmett. "Man, Emmett, I have missed you. You're like an excited toddler," she chuckled wiping tears from her eyes.
"I missed you too. So about this dog?" he started which had Bella laughing again.
"Geez, Emmett, why are you so fixated on dogs?" she asked with a giggle.
"I'm not fixated. It's just that there is an overwhelming scent of dog here. The scent must have come from a massive pooch," he said gesturing the dog's size with his hands.
Bella cracked up laughing again. She collapsed on the couch next to me and cried until the tears were streaming from her eyes. "You… dog.. close.." she stuttered trying to catch her breath.
"Bella, what the hell are you laughing about? All I did was ask about a dog," Emmett said in confusion.
The amount of humor Bella was giving off made it difficult for me to not project it. A few moments later, we were all laughing our asses off. This went on for nearly ten minutes when Bella managed to ask me to stop. "Jasper, stop projecting. My abs are killing me," she begged while clutching her stomach.
I reeled my gift back in which allowed us to all calm down. "That's better. I can't laugh anymore," Bella said.
"Truth, but I still don't know what we were laughing about," Emmett said.
"Emmy bear, you are killing me," she said before taking a long sip of water that was on her coffee table. "I have a lot to tell you guys, and I know you have some things to tell me. So who wants to go first?"
"How about we start and then you can jump in?" I asked her.
"That works for me. So tell me what's going on. I got your letter," she told us.
"Well, the first thing you need to know is that Alice is a lying two-faced bitch. She and I are not mates. She's been whoring herself out and thinks she's hiding it from me," I blurted out. I watched her eyes get huge as I admitted that to her.
'Oh, Jasper, I am so sorry. She's a freaking skank. She's not good enough for you. I mean, come on!" she yelled, and I could feel her anger rise as she defended me. "I hope you don't mind me saying this but you are like sex on legs. What the fuck does that Tinkerbell reject think? There's no way in hell she's ever going to find someone better than you. Frankly, I always wondered why you were with her. No offense, but you don't seem like the type of guy who is attracted to effeminate boys. At least, I don't think you're gay. It's cool if you are, but I'm just not seeing the attraction to Alice," she rambled on. I couldn't help but grin when she referred to me as 'sex on legs'. "Oh frick, I hope I didn't offend you. I'm a huge rambler now when I get pissed off," she said in apology while cussing under her breath.
"Damn, Bells, you just went all off on Alice. I kind of wish she was here," Emmett laughed.
I chuckled at the thought of Bella railing into Alice. The thought was a huge turn-on. "You didn't offend me, darlin'," I said calmly. "I appreciate the compliment. I must say, I am loving this new, confident Bella," I told her.
"Thanks, Jas, I like her too. When Charlie signed me up for martial arts class, I was initially pissed about it. I quickly learned how badly I needed it. It not only helped me build up my confidence, but it helped me a great deal with my balance issues which has pretty much eliminated all of my clumsiness," she said proudly.
"No more clumsy Bella Swan. Now, how am I going to tease you?" Emmett asked with a shake of his head.
"You will not be teasing me, but I happen to know that the blunder twins could certainly use some humility that we can provide," she suggested which just set Emmett off so that he was now bouncing in his seat.
"Yes!" Emmett bellowed. "Blunder twins... I love it!"
The other things you need to know," I began while changing the subject, "Esme has threatened Carlisle. She is fed up with him kissing Eddie's ass all the time but ignoring her. She told him to either stand up to Eddie boy or she's leaving him," I said.
"Yup, I saw that one coming a mile away. No woman worth her salt is going to tolerate that. I may be pissed at Esme for playing her part in ditching me, but Carlisle has pretty much ruined his marriage. I even started to think that Carlisle and Edward are mates. The way they are together is disturbing," she told us. "I don't have anything against the LGBTQ+ community. My issue is that Carlisle is a married man, but he ignores his wife in favor of his so-called son. It's disturbing."
"Let me enlighten you further. Esme is no longer in love with Carlisle. Her emotions have shifted drastically," I told her. Both Bella and Emmett looked to be in shock.
"Whoa, Jas, are you serious? I knew it was bad but not that bad," Emmett said sitting back in his seat.
"I thought that vampires don't really change," Bella said in confusion looking between me and Emmett.
"We usually don't. However, home life has been hell, and Alice and Edward carry the majority of the blame. Carlisle is running a close second to those two. Esme has had enough. I think she's trying to stick it out due to her religious beliefs from when she was still human," I explained.
"Ugh, I really hope she does what is right for her. Clearly, Carlisle isn't concerned about her enough to kick Edward's ass. Where the hell is Carlisle's man card?" she said in disgust. "I thought he was supposed to be the leader of the coven. It's obvious to this human that he is not."
Emmett nodded his head, "You've got that right. Jas and I have both complained about the lack of leadership from the so-called coven leader."
"Okay, so Alice is a whore, Carlisle's lips are attached to Edward's ass, and Esme is teetering on the brink of ending her and Carlisle's marriage. Is there anything else?" she asked.
"As we mentioned in our letter, Alice and Edward have been up to something since before your birthday party. So Emmett and I have been doing some undercover work," I said.
"Yea," Emmett interrupted, "and we have learned some very disturbing things."
Bella stared at Emmett waiting for him to continue. After waiting for a minute, she picked up her magazine on the coffee table and launched it at his head. "Would you get on with it? You have me in suspense already."
"Hey, that's an assault," Emmett joked and Bella laughed.
"I swear you two could be siblings the way you behave with each other," I said shaking my head. "Alice tries to sneak into the house by using the upstairs balcony. The balcony is at the back and runs across the entire width of the house. Edward's room is one of the rooms in the back. So Alice uses his bedroom to sneak into the house," I told her.
"Yea, and since Jaz man here has a fang from one of the shifters, she can't see him or anyone who is with him for that matter," he added.
"So Emmett and I were in my study which is two doors down from Edward's room when Alice came sneaking in the house," I said.
"Smelling like a nasty as fuck whorehouse," Emmett interrupted again.
I reached over and smacked Emmett in the head. "Would you please let me finish?"
"Damn, man, that hurt," Emmett whined while rubbing his head.
"Could you two cease with the slap and tickle time and get to the story?" Bella asked completelty exasperated with us.
"Sorry," I apologized quickly. "Anyway, the two imbeciles must think we're deaf because we could hear them laughing and joking. Edward commented that I must be so stupid to not realize that Alice has been having sex with so many males. Alice said that she has me so wrapped around her finger that I don't think she ever does anything wrong," I said with a snort.
Bella burst out laughing. "Oh my God, are those two mentally handicapped? You're an empath. You can feel that they are up to something."
Emmett barked a laugh, "That's what I said."
"I'm inclined to think they're just idiots. But anyway, they started talking about some plan they are working on when Alice blurted out that she was glad she got rid of the 'pesky little human girl' that Edward was playing with," I admitted waiting to gauge her response.
She waved me off, "It's okay, Jasper. I already know. The moron told me I was nothing but a pet to him. I'm glad he's gone along with Tiny Tim."
Emmett burst out laughing again. "Tiny Tim! That's the best one so far," he announced loudly. I couldn't hold back my laugh and ended up cracking up with Emmett.
"OK, OK, that's pretty much it except for the fact that the family is on its way. They should be here in four days," I said sneering at the idea that Carlisle caved to Edward and packed us all up on the whims of such a child.
"They're not going to like the welcoming party," Bella smirked. "As for my news, that scent that the two are you are trying so hard not to hurl over, don't be thinking I didn't notice, belongs to the wolves from the rez."
"The wolves have returned?" Emmett asked.
"Yup, and they can't wait to, and I quote, 'fuck that sissy boy up," she grinned with pride. "Charlie married Sue Clearwater. She's one of the tribal council members, and she told him everything. So he's been tossing around threats about taking a blow torch to the 'emo bastard's nuts' and using his burning carcass to light the peace pipe so they can pass it around the circle."
That did it. Emmett and I both broke out in loud laughter. I never would have expected Chief Swan to have such a fun imagination. "That's the funniest thing I have ever heard. I like your dad," Emmett told her.
"So the wolves come over often?" I asked after calming down. She nodded her head, so I continued, "That takes care of the one scent, but what about the five vampires?"
BPOV
I had a feeling that they wouldn't let it go. "This is going to shock you about as much as it shocked me if not more. I came home from the rez early yesterday afternoon and there were five vampires in here. I wasn't shocked. In fact, I have been expecting the Volturi to show up any time now."
"The Volturi were here?" Emmett asked.
"Would you chill, please? Yes, they were here. It was Jane, Alec, Demetri, Felix, and Caius, or as I call him grandpa," I finished and sat back waiting for their reaction.
"King Caius was here?" Emmett said in a whisper.
"Wait! Grandpa?" Jasper asked a bit confused.
"You heard right. It turns out that Caius Voltrui is my granfather a multitude of times over," I said oozing with smugness.
"Uh oh, does he know about what happened?" asked Emmett on the verge of panic.
"Oh, he knows, and he is pissed. I told him you guys are looking out for me, and I even showed him the note. He has ordered his guard to leave you both alone," I explained.
"Jaz, man, I'm going to need that alcohol sooner rather than later," said Emmett nervously.
"Wait! You guys can drink?" I asked them.
"Yes, vampires can drink but not beer. We can drink hard liquor, the harder the better," said Emmett.
"Oh, hell, I've got liquor. You can help yourself. In fact, I think I'm going to whip me up a green apple double up," I gestured for them to follow me. When we turned the corner, they noticed that a rather large addition had been added to the house. They commented on my much larger kitchen and decent-sized dining room where my bar was situated on the right-hand side against the wall.
"You really did spruce up the place," Jasper said admiring the new furnishings. The house before was old with peeling paint and wallpaper. Now, it was larger, brighter, and nicely decorated.
"Once it was clear that Charlie was going to get married, he gave me the house. I decided that I was going to use some of the money in my trust fund to fix the place up. I like how it turned out," I said proudly.
"You're a trust fund baby?" asked Emmett.
"My dad was an only child, so when he and Renee found out they were expecting me, both sets of grandparents made me their sole beneficiaries. You have to understand that both sets of grandparents had their only child later on in life. My maternal grandparents left Renee with some money and my paternal grandparents left Charlie with some money as well. Renee blew through her inheritance in the year and then tried to get money out of my trust fund. Her parents put a stipulation in their will that Renee was not to ever handle my trust fund. She's lousy with money," I said with a shrug.
I pulled out a glass and put a large spherical-shaped ice cube in it. I then opened a can of 7up which I poured into the glass. Next, I opened the cabinet and took out a bottle of Green Apple Pucker Up, and poured that into the glass as well. I took a large gulp and looked over at Jasper and Emmett. "Help yourselves to whatever you want. I have one hundred proof Southern Comfort, Jack Daniels, Crown Royale, Jim Bean, Skyy Vodka, Malibu Rum, and some other ones that I didn't bother to look at. They were gifted to me when the renovation was completed."
I watched as each of them grabbed a glass and their own bottle of liquor. Emmett grabbed the vodka while Jasper helped himself to the Jack Daniels. We all went back to the living room to drink. I was dying to see if I could get them drunk, so like the good friend that I am, I kept encouraging them to drink more.
They finished their first and second bottles in record time and were now working on their third. They drank the stuff like it was water. After their third bottle, they started to get a bit tipsy.
I went ahead to make myself a screwdriver and sat down on the couch next to a laughing Jasper. In no time at all, the three of us were singing and laughing our asses off. Jasper was lounging back on the couch with his right leg on the floor and his back against the armrest. I was laying against his chest with my legs outstretched and Emmett was sitting on the floor with his head tilted back on my lap.
I'm not even sure how long we were in the position when we were startled by my Grandpa Caius. "What in all the name that's holy is going on here?" he growled.
