K: Quick note from me. I know I said to keep an eye out for the time line, and I promise it'll be up soon. Fricken finals this week again… *dies*
Robs: I'm amazed about all y'allz feelings about this fic! We promise all will be revealed in due time... and Jasper will redeem himself... soon ;)
As always thanks to Amber the Amazing for her betawork.
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JPOV:
I pulled my bike into the driveway at Rose and Emmett's place. They had a nice house on the outskirts of Seattle. Not too big, but not too small for their growing family. One look at the driveway told me I was in for more than just the three of us hanging out.
I took my helmet off and ran my hand through my hair. It was nice to take my bike out for a spin again. I missed the feeling of freedom and speed on the open road I get when I ride. I was also very thankful Rose kept it hidden in the garage at Greg and Brianna's for me.
I knocked once on the door and when it opened, I was greeted by Edward's smiling face; he already looked a little wasted.
"You better slow down buddy, I think Bella would kill me if you were completely trashed tomorrow." I teased.
"I ain't drunk man!" he said joyfully as he clapped me on the shoulder. "Come on in!"
"Alright," I laughed, following him inside. I could hear the evidence that the party was already in full swing. Granted it was a small gathering of Edward's friends, but the majority of us were a loud bunch.
"Jazz!" Shouted a stumbling body. I got a better look and realized it was our friend Peter Reynolds.
"Holy shit! Peter!" I laughed as he stumbled over to me trying to give me a hug. Peter was a member of the high school news production crew with me. One of the few outside friends we adopted into the circle. "What the hell are you drinking man?"
Peter looked into his glass. "I dunno," he slurred before taking another sip, "but it tastes good," He smiled then looked up at me. "Want some?"
I laughed. "No, I'm good thanks."
"Hey Sam, how about you take Peter to the basement..." Emmett called from somewhere within the house.
A tan skinned man walked up and put his hand on Peter's shoulder, prompting Peter to offer him his drink. "Okay," he said over his shoulder in Emmett's direction. Sam nodded a smiling hello to me as he passed by.
"Jazz this is Sam; he's one of Bella and Em's family friends." Edward said, introducing us.
"Oh, hey nice to meet you," I said as we shook hands before Sam lead Peter downstairs.
Emmett wrapped his arm around my shoulder. "So what will you be havin' my friend?" he asked. He lived for playing the host at any party. Hence the reason why we were having Edward's last night of freedom at Emmett's house rather than in some hotel room; although, knowing my sister, she was probably restricting the party to the lower two floors.
"Beer is fine, Em." I said as I set my helmet down on the couch.
"Beer it is!"
We walked into the kitchen where I recognized the faces of Seth and Jake. Jesus, Seth grew up. There was one face I didn't recognize, he was about Edward's height, with blond hair about the same length as mine, only straighter and he was dressed as if he had just stepped out of a corporate meeting.
"You know Alice?" The stranger asked Seth and Jake, piquing my curiosity.
Both Seth and Jake nodded. "Since birth, we used to all play in the mud together and what not." Seth clarified.
"You the guy then?" Jake asked the stranger.
"Yep," he said popping the p like some goddamned girl. I gave Emmett a nod as he handed me a beer and I leaned against the counter next to Ed. So this the Armani Prick. "She's quite the little hottie eh?" he continued, waggling his eyebrows as he drank out of his bottle.
I growled slightly at the fucker and Edward scowled at him. "That's my sister..."
"And she's my... girlfriend," the prick-face answered with a smirk.
"Hey Seth, Jake," I said with a nod a slight smile, trying to ease tension in the room. Or was it just like that because I want to break this dude's nose?
"Hey Jazz!" Seth said as he gave me a one armed hug.
Jake nodded his head. "Jazz," he said with a smile. It didn't escape my notice that the Garrett guy was sizing me up as he drank his beer.
"Sorry," I said, being polite as I held my hand out to him. "I'm Jasper, and you are…?"
The dick-face who will never make Alice moan like I can.
Wow, where did that come from?
He took my hand in his, shaking it firmly. "Garrett Nash."
"Pleasure," I lied as I resumed my position, holding the counter up with Edward before looking over at Jake. "Dude! Where's your girl? I half expected her to be here since last I heard you two were attached at the hip or some shit."
"Leah is hangin' with the ladies tonight." Jake explained.
I snorted before taking a drink. "Her and Rose get along now?" That's a first.
Jake chuckled and shook his head. "No, they still got the 'who's the top bitch' thing going... though Leah is trying to be nice because Rose is pregnant."
"Which I appreciate," Emmett added.
I laughed, "Oh come on Em, you know you like a feisty Rose."
"Yeah in bed," Seth teased, shooting the bird at Em. I just shook my head and laughed at them as Ed and Emmett joined in the laughter. I caught what's his face glaring at me, but I chose to ignore him.
"So what are we doing for the Bachelor Party?" Seth asked as he took a drink. I smirked slightly, you could tell he was eager to get the party started.
I raised an eyebrow at Emmett as Garrett rolled eyes. Who the fuck does this guy think he is? I asked Emmett silently.
Emmett shrugged his shoulders before clearing his throat. "Bella made the strictest request..."
"Damn! Does that mean I've got to call the strippers and cancel?" I teased in a whiny voice. The guys laughed knowing that I never did call them. Bella and Rose both bitched me out, making sure I knew there would be no strippers.
"What she don't know won't hurt her, " Edward joked. Emmett just raised an eyebrow at Edward.
"Y'all aren't gonna have strippers? That's lame." Garrett said in a condescending voice. I just rolled my eyes at the douche-bag as I took another drink. He clearly missed the memo that we weren't sexual deviants.
"Why do you care? You have my sister," Edward snapped at him. Yeah fucker.
"Same to you Eddiekins," Emmett teased.
"I'm going to have strippers at my bachelor party," Garrett said with a confident nod.
Jake and Seth looked at each other and shrugged.
"Bella thinks that sometimes the strippers give the bachelors sexual favors." Emmett clarified.
Garrett smirked, "That's the best part." Edward growled at that, shoving himself off the counter slightly, but Jake and I grabbed his shoulders pulling him back. Truth be told, if he wasn't expected at the church tomorrow, I would have let him at it.
"Dude, chill. Fuck, I was joking." Garrett snickered.
Emmett shook his head and I smirked. Rule number one when dealing with Edward Cullen; do not talk shit, i.e.: implying you were using his sister. Even being considered his brother won't save your ass.
"Anyway," I interjected. "Knowing our Bella, strippers were first on her long list of no's." Emmett nodded in agreement.
"What else," Edward said, smirking at me. "Knowing Bella, what was on her list of no's, Jay-action?" I smiled a little at the nickname that I had earned no thanks to Emmett not knowing how to knock.
Garrett rolled his eyes again and I flipped him off mentally, remembering the little surprise we had planned for Edward. "Oh shit! Em, did Rose put the surprise in the closet for Ed?" Emmett grinned wickedly as he went to the closet.
"Ha, knowing your girl man, anything that involved females, getting too trashed and allowing you to leave the state. Although I think she said something about penguins being okay." I teased him. Edward's face went pale at the mention of penguins as the rest of the guys looked at us in question.
Emmett returned with a blow-up penguin, complete with a bikini similar to what Bella wore on their first trip to the beach together and a wig matching Bella's hair color."We warned you that your 'Think of the Penguins speech' would come back to bite you in the ass someday didn't we?" I chuckled.
"What about penguins?" Seth asked as Emmett handed Edward his bedmate for the night.
"You want to tell the story there pretty boy?" I pointed at Edward before finishing off my beer.
Edward was wide eyed and shook his head at me. Finally, I was able to embarrass him.
"Well, Seth... this man here," I said, putting an arm on Edwards shoulder, "was trying to convince Bella that they needed to run away for a year. She suggested Antarctica..." I laughed and shook my head, clearly seeing the conversation play out in front of my eyes as if it had just happened. "Em, cover your ears." I teased.
Emmett shook his head laughing, no doubt he'd already heard this story before, but he covered his ears anyway.
"He says, 'Nooo think of the penguins!', and when Ali Cat asked him to elaborate." I explained, laughing at Edward rolling his eyes at me. "He went off on this rant about how he and Bella would corrupt the penguins nightly." I turned my attention to Edward. "Just how much did you smoke that night?"
He laughed and held his fingers as close as possible without touching, indicating a tiny amount.
At this point most of the guys were laughing. Edward punched me playfully and flipped me off.
"And to think...you bust kids for that shit now." Jake said, cracking up. I laughed and nodded in agreement with Jake. It was funny that the two biggest pot head in Forks were now cops.
"Who's Ali Cat?" Garrett asked, making my smile falter some. No one but me called her that.
"Alice," I said, looking at him.
"My Alice?" He asked.
Mine! Something inside of me snarled, but I merely nodded once.
Edward rolled his eyes at him. "Yeah, Alice and Jasper here go back pretty far, didn't you know?"
Garrett rolled his eyes back at him. "Like I could forget." He spat as he went to leave the kitchen. Well that was good to know, the only question is who told him? "Where the fuck are we having this stag party?"
"In the basement." Emmett said, just as Seth and Jake followed Garrett.
Emmett, Edward and I stayed behind. "Since when did Armani include sticks to shove up your ass?" I whispered to Edward.
"Fucking trust fund baby," Edward snickered.
"God love him, 'cause we know I don't." I said, rolling my eyes. Seriously what the hell did Ali Cat see in that prick?
Edward shrugged, "I don't see what Alice sees in him." From your mouth to God's ears dude.
"Really good looks?" Emmett offered, causing Edward to give him a 'what the fuck' look. "What? Rosie even said he was hot."
I patted Emmett's shoulder trying my best to keep a straight face. "And she married you, just saying."
"Fuck you... at least I've never had to handcuff a chick to have my way with her." Emmett shot back, making Edward stop in his tracks and look at me.
I glared at Emmett. "Dude!"
"Who needs porn with you around?" Emmett asked, taking a drink. "Just sayin'."
"I'm gonna pretend I ain't hearing shit." Edward said, shaking his head as we started to descend the stairs to the basement.
"Fuck you man," I shot back. "It was consensual. I didn't force shit on her. And to be honest if I was a chick, I'd rather see your mug every morning then his." I glared at Emmett, "Feel better?"
Edward looked at me wide eyed. Shit. "Dude... what type of kinky shit did you do with my sister?" he asked.
Emmett snickered. "Much." I reached around Edward to smack Emmett upside the back of his head. "Ow bitch!" he said, smacking me back.
"You like it pussy," I teased.
"That is so not the way you treat someone who..." His eyes went wide as if he realized he was saying too much. "Um never mind." he finished, taking a chug of his drink.
"Who what Em?" I asked.
"Now I know how you managed to knock her up." Garrett said suddenly, shaking his head.
Where the fuck did he come…WHAT?
"Alright that is enough out of you asshole." Emmett boomed at him.
"Sit in the comfy armchair before I call Alice to escort your ass out of here." Edward said, pointing at an arm chair.
"What? I was just saying it was no wonder. Fuck, I wasn't saying anything untrue." Garrett said as he sat in the chair.
Wasn't true? Fuck you dude!
"Jazz, you okay man?" Emmett asked.
"What the fuck is he rambling about?"
Ed raised an eyebrow. "This so wasn't the way she wanted you to find out."
"Find. Out. What?" I was done with them beating around the bush on this.
"About-six-months-after-you-left-Alice-had-a-baby." Emmett said in a rush.
I laughed slightly. "Okay. It just sounded like you're trying to tell me that Alice had a baby. Which can't be true 'cause that would mean I'm dad, which isn't possible 'cause we were careful every goddamn..." Oh fuck… I felt my eyes widen as I realized we weren't so safe when we were runaways.
"You sure there slick?" Emmett asked. I punched him hard in the arm on reflex. Of course the big mother fucker didn't even flinch, and my hand fucking hurt now.
"Why the fuck did you punch me?" Oh like you felt it!
"Well it was the wall or Ed, and seeing as how I'm sure the future Mrs. Cullen would notice a mark on her husband's arm... you were in the way. Sorry. FUCK! That asshole knew before me?" I snarled in Garrett's direction.
I'll admit, not the best reaction to finding out that you have a child that you didn't know about. But come-the-fuck-on, how is it fair that Mister Trust Fund-Stick up his ass-Douche-bag knew before me?
"Asshole has a name," Garrett said in a sing song voice as he held his beer, smiling at me.
I felt Emmett's hand on my shoulder as a low growl erupted from my chest. "Dude... she had no idea how to tell you." He tried to explain.
"It's obvious if you've seen her naked." Garrett said in a bored tone.
Pain, I want to cause him lots of fucking pain. Right. The. Fuck. Now!
"Shut the fuck up. You. Are. Not. Helping." Edward snapped at Garrett.
"I need to get the fuck away from him 'cause I swear to Christ if he insults my Ali- Ali Cat one more fucking time..." I whispered harshly to Edward and Emmett.
Emmett grabbed my arms and started dragging me back up the stairs. "Ed, get the movies started... I'll talk to Jazz since..." he said over his shoulder, shrugging.
I shook my arm out of Emmett's iron grip as I took the steps two at a time. "What the fuck man? You were at my fucking house and you knew! Yet you and fucking Rose said nothing?" My voice exposing every ounce of betrayal I felt at the moment.
"I was fucking sworn to secrecy. She knew you wanted your freedom and didn't want to trap you!" He shouted as we got back in the kitchen.
I hit my head against the counter. "Fuck. She shouldn't have done it alone Em. I should have been there!"
"I think that was her whole point bro," he said, leaning on the counter and looking at me sadly.
"What, to prove that I was an asshole? I already knew that Emmett."
"No, she didn't really want anyone to know..." he sighed. "She and Rosie went to UCLA and tried to hide the whole thing, but then she went into labor early..."
I hit my head on the counter again. "Thank God she had Rosie... God, I fucked up royally."
"You're not the only one, be pissed at me okay dude?" What the fuck did that mean? "It's not Rosie's fault... but Ali was crying for us to tell you, but we figured there was no way you'd get there in time so we called Esme."
She wanted me there? I felt my heart crumble, thinking of Alice alone, scared and in pain.
"Why didn't you call me then?" I asked him. "I would have gotten on the first flight out here."
Emmett diverted his gaze to the floor. "I was passed out..."
I snorted despite myself. "What?"
"You know, I looked down and ... well yeah, I saw something no man should ever have to see. When I woke up, I asked Alice if she wanted me to call you, but she told me no because it was pointless."
"Oh," I said lamely as I stood up straight. I ran a hand through my hair tugging on it slightly. "Is that prick at least good to my kid?"
Emmett shrugged. How the fuck did he not know? "He hasn't met him," he explained before sighing. "Alice gave him up for adoption... but she still gets pictures."
"Oh..."
He shrugged and I could see the conflict he felt inside surfacing. "Hence why she said it was pointless... I'm sorry for not calling you dude, it's been hard not telling you, but you have to understand..."
I nodded. "I understand..." And I did. Emmett was torn between two people that he saw as family. How the hell is he supposed to choose sides? "I just... fuck. I just wish I could go back and do all this over you know?"
He nodded, tossing his empty bottle in a bin. "Me too..." he said, grabbing two cold beers out of the fridge. "He's adorable though... Rosie has a picture... want to see?"
I just chewed my lip and shrugged, unsure whether I should take the chance and see my son now or wait for Alice to tell me about him. But, who's to say she will ever tell me? I'm the one that left her, evidently when she needed me the most.
No wonder she wanted to be with Garrett.
Emmett held his finger up and left the kitchen. I popped open my beer and flung my cap into the trash. I needed to fix things with Alice, but how the fuck do I do that in a week?
"Ali doesn't give out newer ones," Emmett said as he came back into the kitchen handing me a picture. "Those are hers, you know?"
I nodded as I looked at the picture. God, it was a beautiful baby. His cheeks were rosey, he had bright blue eyes and blond hair. Something was so familiar about the picture. "Ryan?" I asked, looking up at Emmett. He raised an eyebrow in response. "Holy fuck."
"What?"
"Alice sent me this picture." I remembered now. It came with a pocket watch she sent me for my birthday. No note or anything. Just a simple package with the watch and the picture. "It had his name and time and date of birth on the back." I explained to Emmett. "How big he was but I thought it was Rose's cousin or something..." I looked back at the photo, it all made sense now. That was her way of telling me. "He has Ali's nose..." I said sadly, wishing I'd never left.
Emmett nodded in agreement. "He looks a lot like you too..." he trailed off and looked off as if lost in thought before he grimaced. "You didn't knock her up during handcuff playtime, right?"
I shook my head as I gave a little snort. "No..." I handed him the picture back. "I think it was when we ran away."
Emmett nodded, understanding what I meant. "That was a good thing for the two of you... whether you want to admit it or not..."
"Things were simpler then weren't they?" I asked before taking a long pull of my bottle.
"Yeah they were..." He nodded taking a drink. "But you both came back so... different," he said scoffing slightly.
"How do you mean?"
"Well, think back to when you two first started hooking up..." he said with a smirk. "Then when you guys came back it was crazy, all you had to do was look at each other to communicate."
I nodded and smiled slightly. He was right. Before we ran away we had so many misunderstandings, like we couldn't communicate with each other. Basically, we and had no idea what the fuck we were doing, but while we were on our big adventure something just clicked for us and we became… bonded in a sense.
"Shit... you came a long way from seven minutes in heaven," he said, shrugging.
~*~*~*~*~February 18th 2001~*~*~*~*~
I don't know why I was surprised that Rosalie had rigged this up in our favor. The minute she started talking about playing Seven Minutes in Heaven, I saw the scheming look in her eyes. I'll never understand how she talked Alice into waiting until last to go but she did.
That's why Alice is currently blindfolded and standing in the walk-in closet in the basement.
Rose walked me to the closet as the others separated to do their own thing. "Now, I had it rigged. Your name was never an option for the other girls and when Alice picked, she was only going to get you, thanks to a little switch. I'll try to distract Ed but you got seven minutes," she explained as she opened the door to the closet.
Alice was standing there, her back pressed against the back wall as she chewed on her lip nervously. I felt bad for her that she felt that way at her own party. Leave it to my sister to find the most uncomfortable situation to put her friend into.
"Remember… No telling her who you are, the blindfold stays on and no means no." Rose stated, for appearances I assumed and held her hand out to me expectantly. When I didn't respond to her she muttered glasses and I removed them and handed them to her. "Have fun!" she added in a sing song voice and waited until I was close enough to Alice to smell the citrus of her shampoo. Once the door closed I waited a few moments before speaking.
"It's me Ali Cat," I said softly as my eyes adjusted to the darkness. I gently brushed the back of my fingers along her cheek. She smiled at my touch and I could tell she had relaxed. "I'm gonna take the blindfold off okay?" I asked her.
"Yeah," she said softly. I reached behind her head and carefully undid the knot tied into the scarf. Her big blue eyes looked up at me.
I smiled down at her. "I'm gonna pick you up okay?" She bit her lips and nodded, wrapping her arms around my neck and jumping into my arms. I pinned her against the wall with my body as her legs locked behind me. "Relax," I told her as I moved closer to her. I watched as her eyes fluttered closed, anticipating my next move.
I brought my lips to hers, gently sucking her upper lip into my mouth as she did the same to my bottom one. My tongue brushed against her lips, tasting the caramel apple flavor lip gloss on her lips as they parted for me.
My hand grazed the skin of her side as I slid it up from her hip. Her hands grabbed at my hair, pulling me closer to her as our kiss deepened. I slowly slid us down along the wall, coming to a stop when my knees hit the floor. I started to trail kisses from her lips down her throat. She moaned and wiggled against me, her center creating friction on my aroused cock. I moaned against her neck making her freeze.
"Sorry," she squeaked. I looked up at her, grateful that it was dark and she couldn't see me blushing.
"It's okay Ali Cat," I responded, surprised at the sound of my own voice, deeper than normal.
She pressed her lips to mine again, the force of it knocking me back. I grabbed her hips, at first with the intention of holding her in place, but I liked the feel of her moving on me way too much to stop it.
This time she took control, her hands finding their way up my shirt as she kissed from my stomach up. I closed my eyes enjoying the feel of her lips on my skin combined with the friction created as her hips rocked against mine.
Holy fuck, I think we're dry humping!
I cupped her face in my hands, bringing her back to my face where I kissed her hard. I kissed her with more passion then I had ever done before, capturing her moan into my mouth. Now I understood what the guys were talking about. Once you hear how much the girl likes what you're doing to her, the more determined you become.
And with that thought, I rolled us, pinning her beneath me. Again I trailed kisses along her jaw and throat, working my way up to her earlobe as my hand slid under her top. Slowly I inched my hand up, anticipating her stopping me, but she never did. I felt the fabric of her bra, definitely not the cotton I knew she typically wore. I cupped her breast in my hand as sucked her earlobe into my mouth, nibbling on it slightly. She made mewling noise and pushed her chest into me. I felt her hands drag along my back, her nails making me shiver in pleasure.
I pulled away and smirked at her slightly. She watched me as I pulled the hem of her shirt up exposing her stomach to me. I leaned down kissing her stomach and dragging my tongue along her skin. She giggled at first, but relaxed the more I went up. Her giggles turned into little noises of pleasure by the time I reached her bra.
Definitely not the Hello Kitty bra I was expecting. Instead I was now, face to… bra, the turquoise lace staring back at me. I pulled her shirt over my head, making her laugh before I pulled the top of the cup down and licked her nipple.
"Jasper!" she squeaked out. I waited, expecting her to stop me but she didn't, so I did it again, this time slowly dragging my tongue around it in a circle. She made a strange grunting sound at that.
The thing is; I never heard the door open... So when the sound of Edward saying our seven minutes was up ten minutes ago registered in my brain, I froze.
"Get your head out of my sister's shirt and join the rest of the party please," he said calmly, but I knew I was in for it.
I shook my head, trying to clear the memory and looked in the direction of Edward, who was laughing at the movie we were watching. He looked up at me and gave me a slight nod before returning his attention to the screen.
It was then that I realized he would only kick my ass for hurting Alice, not for loving her.
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