The Inauspicious Beginnings Of A Prince
by Laura Spudzmom
Chapter 17
Home. Bella looked around the interior of the small cottage that she now shared with Jasper.
A boy. She now lived with a boy. A boy unlike any she had ever met before.
He simply did not fit into any category or stereotype, and she found that she wouldn't want him to either.
She smiled at the thought of ever getting him to 'fit' perfectly anywhere.
Perhaps he did fit perfectly where he came from?
She shrugged mentally. She may never know. After all, he had not committed to her.
As far as she knew, they would go their separate ways at the end of the school year; he, back to Italy and she?
Well, she still hadn't answered that question.
Shaking her head to clear her tangled thoughts, she decided to go and find Jasper.
He had been gracious enough to leave her to get herself settled and she appreciated the solitude but now she was ready to see him at the very least.
She smirked when she thought of what it was that she really wanted though.
It was when she entered his room that she got the shock of her life as it seemed that she was now seeing double.
And what a sight to behold.
God, they were beautiful separately, but together...together they were without match.
They were both sitting on Jasper's bed talking quietly together until Jasper looked up and held out his hand to her.
She went to him then and sat in his lap, watching as Peter's eyes widened and he tried desperately to hide the faint blush that swept across his cheeks as he stared down into his lap.
Jasper chuckled as he observed his brother's response to Bella's presence.
"Pete, meet Bella Swan. Bella, meet my twin Pete."
He reached out and lightly squeezed his brother's shoulder in silent support.
He could feel the embarrassment and discomfort radiating from his shy brother and he sent him a small shot of confidence.
Peter looked up at his brother and gave him a small shy version of Jasper's own cocky smirk causing Jasper to laugh quietly.
Bella reached her hand out and took Pete's in hers.
"Yes, we have met, haven't we Pete? Even before I met you Jasper, cocky ass that you were."
Jasper widened his eyes in dismayed innocence.
"Me? A cocky ass you say?"
He fell back on the bed, clutching his chest.
"You wound me to the depths of my soul Miss and I know not how my heart continues beating!"
After a moment of complete silence, he peeked up at the two of them and grinned at the flat looks he was getting from both.
"Not buying it huh?"
They both shook their heads and he sat up with a slight scowl on his face.
"You judge me unfairly. I am not cocky as you term it. I am confident."
Bella scoffed while Pete straightened his shoulders somewhat proudly and said "You are headstrong, rebellious, and defiant."
He grinned proudly, looking between a shocked Jasper and a grinning Bella.
"Peter! You've been studying haven't you?"
He looked at his brother and adopted his best 'haughty Jasper' impression. "I have."
Bella laughed while Jasper scowled. "Yeah well that's really great and while I'm proud of you for expanding your vocabulary, it would please me greatly if you didn't sound so much like Carlisle in your description of me."
Bella reached over and rubbed Jasper's shoulder. "Would you like us to stop picking on you my poor pampered Prince?"
Pete laughed but Jasper froze, his voice sharp as he spoke.
"Why did you call me that?"
Bella's smile was now marred by confusion.
"What? A pampered Prince?" She tilted her head a bit, totally confused by his reaction. "It was just an expression Jasper. I was only kidding." She shrugged a shoulder. "It's just how you act sometimes." She grinned as he relaxed visibly. "Sometimes I can just picture you with a purple robe and a crown."
He looked down his nose at her. "I've never worn a purple robe in my life."
Her eyes widened and she clutched to Pete's arm while pointing a finger at Jasper.
"There! Right there!" She looked at Pete. "Do you see what I mean, Pete?"
Peter studied his brother for some moments and nodded.
"Yes, I see what you mean, even though I can't claim to have ever been around royalty or anything like that, but yeah, he definitely has a haughty bearing."
Jasper's expression was darkening by the second. "I'm right here you know. Could you both be like most people and wait until I'm not around to talk about me? And shit Pete, I know you like learning all of these big words now, but could you at least try to learn a couple that don't make me sound like an ass please?"
Jasper watched as an almost perfect duplicate of his most sarcastic smirk stretched his brothers lips.
"But Jasper, I'm supposed to not only learn the words and their meanings, but also apply them aptly."
He grinned, Bella laughed and Jasper rose slowly from his bed, pointing at the door.
"You have until the count of five brother, and then I'm coming after you."
Pete's eyes widened as he glanced at Bella before hopping from the bed and tearing out of the house, a barely audible "Oh shit" filtering through the house in his wake.
Jasper started toward the door but Bella grabbed his arm. "You're not really going after him are you?"
Jasper chuckled. "Nope, but it got him outta here didn't it?"
She let go and he crossed the room, shutting and locking the door.
He turned to her and Bella felt her mouth go dry at the look in his eyes.
"I get the feeling that you had a certain goal in mind when you came in here earlier. I'd like to explore just what that goal was Ms. Swan."
He pulled her into his arms, tilting her head up to meet his ardent kiss and she melted into his embrace with a breathy sigh.
This is what she had wanted, no, needed. The feel of his arms around her, his talented lips and tongue teasing and tasting hers while his hands found her ass, pulling her in snugly to feel his hard, hot need.
She moaned lowly, needing more, needing to feel his skin on hers.
Finding the hem of his shirt, she pulled it upwards and they broke their kiss to rid themselves of the hindering garments before falling to the bed, blissfully naked.
~o0o~
Lemon Alert
~o0o~
She moved her kisses down his neck to his chest where she sucked in his small nipple, nipping at it with her teeth, drawing a hiss from him before swirling her tongue over it to soothe.
"Don't start something you can't finish Isabella. You play with fire when you play rough with me."
She stared up at him just as he stared down at her and she shivered at the intense look in his eyes.
She smirked and then nipped at it again, harder this time, without breaking eye contact; challenging him, she knew.
He moved quickly then and almost before she knew what was happening, she was on her knees facing his headboard as he placed both her hands at the top.
She could feel his hot breath against her neck as he spoke.
"Do not let go, do you hear me Isabella? I don't want to hurt you, so hang on sweetheart, and spread those knees for me."
She panted as she felt his hands glide down her sides to her hips as he whispered in her ear, his hands guiding her body.
"Now tilt these lovely hips while arching your back a bit ."
She did as he instructed and glanced over her shoulder at him, her eyes sliding halfway shut as his hands moved to massage her breasts, finger and thumb on each rolling her rosy buds into hard peaks as the feeling went straight to her center.
She could feel his hardness nestled up against her ass and the warmth of his body all along her back as he placed gentle kisses across her shoulders.
She felt as his right hand moved slowly down from her breast, down her flat stomach, to cup her center firmly, the heel of his hand causing her to circle her hips against it in search of more, while the feel of his lips and tongue on her skin caused her whole body to shiver in need."
"Jasper, oh god Jasper, please?"
She felt his hot breath in her ear as he whispered out, "What do you need from me sweet girl? What do you want from me?"
"You Jasper. Just you; in me, around me. Just you, please." She moaned out, rolling her head back on his shoulder where he took her mouth in a deep kiss; swallowing up her gasp as he slowly seated his length inside her from behind.
She was slick with her want and need and so there was no pain, but it was never a routine feeling being filled by him.
He was exquisite and oh so hot and thick and hard, yet silky soft.
Just like everything having to do with Jasper was a mass of contradictions, but in the most positive of ways, making love with him was indescribable.
The sheer power behind his slow hard strokes took her very breath away even as he gave it back with his attentive and loving kisses, as they breathed each other in with quiet moans and pants both overwhelmed by the emotions swirling around and through them.
Bella's knuckles were white with her grip upon the headboard as Jasper's hands were relaxed, gentle, traveling the length of her body holding, caressing; playing her like a finely tuned instrument from without as his cock played her from within.
A light sheen of sweat began to build on both of them from their exertions; Jasper picking up his pace as he sensed her need for more before she even realized it herself.
Bella was now very grateful for the sturdy head-board as Jasper demonstrated exactly why he'd instructed her not to let go.
She couldn't find a voice now if she had to as some of the most sensual and primal sounds she'd ever heard escaped the both of them.
His hands had now found a place on either side of her hips holding her steady as he firmly thrust into her, a wicked little curl to his lip as he felt the all too familiar feeling of his orgasm building.
Changing the angle of his thrusts just a bit, he allowed himself a small feral smile as she screamed out when he began to hit her g-spot with every thrust. He'd never finished before his partner since he'd mastered this art at fourteen and he wasn't about to start now.
Bella felt altogether out of control with the sensations building within and swirling about her and she screamed out with every thrust now, even as she pushed her hips back each time to meet him.
She knew it wouldn't be long now before her orgasm overtook her. She felt it building with each punishing stroke he gave her.
She rolled her head back, groaning out loudly, "Nnnuuuhhhh Jasper!" Just as her inner walls clamped down on him in a vice-like hold.
He thrust in four more times before finding his release deep within her, holding himself still as he clutched her to him, panting hotly against her neck as her head lolled lazily forward in her complete satiation.
Laying her down gently on the bed, he flopped next to her somewhat bonelessly and she moved to lay her head upon his chest, placing a kiss there over his heart.
'At the risk of inflating your ego beyond measurable proportions, thank you Jasper. That was amazing."
Running his fingers through her hair, he laughed. "It was wasn't it?
~o0o~
They laid there for a little while until Bella began thinking of all she still had to do to get everything ready for school.
Tapping him on his chest, she rose from the bed and began to dress.
"Where are you going?"
She turned to him as she buttoned her shirt. "I still have a lot to do to get ready for school. I need to get to it."
She almost laughed at loud at the look of distaste that overtook his handsome face, complete with curled lip and all.
"Forks High School...yes. I was almost successful in forgetting about that particular up and coming delight. Why am I subjecting myself to such indignities again?"
Bella would have laughed or commented except for the fact that he seemed to be commenting quietly to himself rather than speaking to her and so she merely continued to dress as he rose and did the same.
Bella was busy arranging some of her books on the shelves in the small living room when she was startled by a positively enraged looking Jasper hurrying from the study and out the front door, tossing back a quick "Stay in the house, Bella." over his shoulder.
After recovering from her momentary shock, she of course, headed straight out the front door to see what was going on.
She gasped in shock as she took in the scene of Jasper, in what she could only term as a loosely crouched position, arms somewhat out to his sides as he balanced on the balls of his feet. He looked ready to spring at any moment.
As odd as she found his stance, that wasn't what shocked her.
No.
What shocked her was seeing Jacob Black standing there looking positively crazed, with his thickly muscled arm securely around the neck of a terrified looking Peter.
Bella couldn't believe her ears as she heard Jasper literally growl out "You put my brother down right the fuck now you filthy dog and you might live through this day."
Jacob didn't listen though, choosing instead to speak to Bella directly when he saw her there.
"Bella, get your stuff. You're coming with me after I take care of these fucking leeches. Then we're gonna have a talk about your choice of company from now on."
She stepped forward a bit and Jasper moved his body in front of hers, making her have to peek over his shoulder.
"Jacob Black, you need to put Peter down and leave, right now. My god, you are crazy!"
Jacob scoffed. "You don't even know what it is you're dealing with here do you?"
She scoffed. "I know I'm dealing with you and your crazy ass. Not that I care, but you're going to get hurt here Jacob if you don't let Peter go right now!"
Jasper spoke quietly to her then. "Bella, I am only going to tell you this one time do you understand?"
She nodded. "Yes."
She felt the gravity of the situation then and somehow knew not to argue or interfere any more than she already had.
"Good, now move yourself back onto the front porch of the house and stay there. Do not leave it for any fucking reason, no matter what. I'm not fucking around here Bella. No matter what. Am I clear?"
"Yes Jasper, no matter what."
"Good, now do it."
Having said that, he began to sway ever so slightly, side to side, and she swore that she saw fangs poking into his bottom lip just a bit.
She moved with haste and had just gained the safety of the porch when she noticed the entire Cullen family lining the perimeter of the clearing the small cottage was in.
The Cullen patriarch came forward and made as if to speak but Jasper cut him off.
"Save your flowery speech Carlisle. This will end in bloodshed this day and it won't be mine or my brothers I can guarantee you.
This crazed piece of shit dog has fucked up beyond his ability to reason and he will pay for it, with his life if he refuses to cede now and leave here, never to return."
"Never leech!" Jacob screamed, spittle flying from his mouth as his face became impossibly red.
Jasper nodded once.
"So be it dog. You have signed your death warrant. Now, let my brother go and stop hiding behind him. Or are you afraid dog? Is that it? Have a yellow streak running up that doggy belly have you?"
Bella gasped as Jacob let loose an inhuman snarl and pushed Peter toward the house where she helped him into a chair on the porch, sitting next to him and clutching his shaking form to her as she rocked him.
Jasper began to circle Jacob then and Jacob began to laugh maniacally.
"That's it? Only one of you will challenge me? Oh I'm gonna have such fun tearing into you leech, and then Bella is going with me."
Jasper's only response was a lethal looking smile as he continued his circle with the grace of a sleek large cat.
Jacob charged several times and missed his mark every time, coming away instead with some new slice or rapidly spreading bruise. He was beginning to resemble human mince meat and so he made the decision to phase, even though he knew Bella was still watching. Hell, he shrugged. She'd have to get used to it sometime.
He heard her gasp loudly at his new form even before touching ground and he grinned to himself as he hurtled toward the leech who was simply standing there.
Standing there, that is, until the wolf was within reach and then he sprang meeting the wolf in the air as they spiraled around each other.
It was a beautiful, yet deadly dance because when they came back down to the ground, Jasper was covered in arterial blood spray, and the wolf lay at his feet, unmoving.
Peter and Bella looked at each other and moved together to reach Jasper.
They both had one goal in mind; to make sure that none of that blood belonged to Jasper.
They both clutched to him as they inspected and worried over him and he tried his best to reassure them, not to mention a stricken looking Esme, who moved forward and into his arms despite the mess, when he opened them to her.
The four of them remained knotted together taking comfort from Jasper who, surprisingly, was the only one of their little group that was completely calm.
Bella even noticed that it was impossible not to feel an almost overwhelming calm when close to him at this moment and she wondered at it.
She had been terrified and dismayed by all that she had witnessed after all, and to feel this way afterward was a most curious sensation indeed, but being relieved as she was due to his non injured status, she would ponder it all later.
Bella looked over at the other group that had formed which consisted of the rest of the Cullen's including who she knew to be Carlisle, the patriarch of the family and the twins biological father.
She found it curious that he chose to worry with the wolf rather than with his twin sons, as his wife, their mother had.
Giving herself a mental shake, she filed that information away for later also as Jasper was now prompting them to move toward the cottage.
He froze in his tracks though as Carlisle was suddenly there blocking the way.
"What were you thinking you foolish, idiot boy?! Do you realize what you have done here today?! You have single-handedly destroyed a treaty that has been in place for hundreds of years between us and the tribal wolves!"
Jasper stared him down indignantly, about to lay into him when he was stopped by the voice of Edward.
"Carlisle, the wolf was insane with obsessive jealousy over the girl. His thoughts today were only of killing; any and all of us if he had to in order to get the girl. I don't believe that Jasper had a choice in the matter."
Jasper met Edward's eyes and gave him a nod of thanks, while moving around Carlisle to get to the little cottage.
He would freeze in his tracks once more though at the sound of a very familiar voice; one that shot joy through him as he turned to acknowledge the speaker.
"Well my son, you do manage to find yourself in the most peculiar situations in this strange little place, do you not?"
Home. Bella looked around the interior of the small cottage that she now shared with Jasper.
A boy. She now lived with a boy. A boy unlike any she had ever met before.
He simply did not fit into any category or stereotype, and she found that she wouldn't want him to either.
She smiled at the thought of ever getting him to 'fit' perfectly anywhere.
Perhaps he did fit perfectly where he came from?
She shrugged mentally. She may never know. After all, he had not committed to her.
As far as she knew, they would go their separate ways at the end of the school year; he, back to Italy and she?
Well, she still hadn't answered that question.
Shaking her head to clear her tangled thoughts, she decided to go and find Jasper.
He had been gracious enough to leave her to get herself settled and she appreciated the solitude but now she was ready to see him at the very least.
She smirked when she thought of what it was that she really wanted though.
It was when she entered his room that she got the shock of her life as it seemed that she was now seeing double.
And what a sight to behold.
God, they were beautiful separately, but together...together they were without match.
They were both sitting on Jasper's bed talking quietly together until Jasper looked up and held out his hand to her.
She went to him then and sat in his lap, watching as Peter's eyes widened and he tried desperately to hide the faint blush that swept across his cheeks as he stared down into his lap.
Jasper chuckled as he observed his brother's response to Bella's presence.
"Pete, meet Bella Swan. Bella, meet my twin Pete."
He reached out and lightly squeezed his brother's shoulder in silent support.
He could feel the embarrassment and discomfort radiating from his shy brother and he sent him a small shot of confidence.
Peter looked up at his brother and gave him a small shy version of Jasper's own cocky smirk causing Jasper to laugh quietly.
Bella reached her hand out and took Pete's in hers.
"Yes, we have met, haven't we Pete? Even before I met you Jasper, cocky ass that you were."
Jasper widened his eyes in dismayed innocence.
"Me? A cocky ass you say?"
He fell back on the bed, clutching his chest.
"You wound me to the depths of my soul Miss and I know not how my heart continues beating!"
After a moment of complete silence, he peeked up at the two of them and grinned at the flat looks he was getting from both.
"Not buying it huh?"
They both shook their heads and he sat up with a slight scowl on his face.
"You judge me unfairly. I am not cocky as you term it. I am confident."
Bella scoffed while Pete straightened his shoulders somewhat proudly and said "You are headstrong, rebellious, and defiant."
He grinned proudly, looking between a shocked Jasper and a grinning Bella.
"Peter! You've been studying haven't you?"
He looked at his brother and adopted his best 'haughty Jasper' impression. "I have."
Bella laughed while Jasper scowled. "Yeah well that's really great and while I'm proud of you for expanding your vocabulary, it would please me greatly if you didn't sound so much like Carlisle in your description of me."
Bella reached over and rubbed Jasper's shoulder. "Would you like us to stop picking on you my poor pampered Prince?"
Pete laughed but Jasper froze, his voice sharp as he spoke.
"Why did you call me that?"
Bella's smile was now marred by confusion.
"What? A pampered Prince?" She tilted her head a bit, totally confused by his reaction. "It was just an expression Jasper. I was only kidding." She shrugged a shoulder. "It's just how you act sometimes." She grinned as he relaxed visibly. "Sometimes I can just picture you with a purple robe and a crown."
He looked down his nose at her. "I've never worn a purple robe in my life."
Her eyes widened and she clutched to Pete's arm while pointing a finger at Jasper.
"There! Right there!" She looked at Pete. "Do you see what I mean, Pete?"
Peter studied his brother for some moments and nodded.
"Yes, I see what you mean, even though I can't claim to have ever been around royalty or anything like that, but yeah, he definitely has a haughty bearing."
Jasper's expression was darkening by the second. "I'm right here you know. Could you both be like most people and wait until I'm not around to talk about me? And shit Pete, I know you like learning all of these big words now, but could you at least try to learn a couple that don't make me sound like an ass please?"
Jasper watched as an almost perfect duplicate of his most sarcastic smirk stretched his brothers lips.
"But Jasper, I'm supposed to not only learn the words and their meanings, but also apply them aptly."
He grinned, Bella laughed and Jasper rose slowly from his bed, pointing at the door.
"You have until the count of five brother, and then I'm coming after you."
Pete's eyes widened as he glanced at Bella before hopping from the bed and tearing out of the house, a barely audible "Oh shit" filtering through the house in his wake.
Jasper started toward the door but Bella grabbed his arm. "You're not really going after him are you?"
Jasper chuckled. "Nope, but it got him outta here didn't it?"
She let go and he crossed the room, shutting and locking the door.
He turned to her and Bella felt her mouth go dry at the look in his eyes.
"I get the feeling that you had a certain goal in mind when you came in here earlier. I'd like to explore just what that goal was Ms. Swan."
He pulled her into his arms, tilting her head up to meet his ardent kiss and she melted into his embrace with a breathy sigh.
This is what she had wanted, no, needed. The feel of his arms around her, his talented lips and tongue teasing and tasting hers while his hands found her ass, pulling her in snugly to feel his hard, hot need.
She moaned lowly, needing more, needing to feel his skin on hers.
Finding the hem of his shirt, she pulled it upwards and they broke their kiss to rid themselves of the hindering garments before falling to the bed, blissfully naked.
~o0o~
Lemon Alert
~o0o~
She moved her kisses down his neck to his chest where she sucked in his small nipple, nipping at it with her teeth, drawing a hiss from him before swirling her tongue over it to soothe.
"Don't start something you can't finish Isabella. You play with fire when you play rough with me."
She stared up at him just as he stared down at her and she shivered at the intense look in his eyes.
She smirked and then nipped at it again, harder this time, without breaking eye contact; challenging him, she knew.
He moved quickly then and almost before she knew what was happening, she was on her knees facing his headboard as he placed both her hands at the top.
She could feel his hot breath against her neck as he spoke.
"Do not let go, do you hear me Isabella? I don't want to hurt you, so hang on sweetheart, and spread those knees for me."
She panted as she felt his hands glide down her sides to her hips as he whispered in her ear, his hands guiding her body.
"Now tilt these lovely hips while arching your back a bit ."
She did as he instructed and glanced over her shoulder at him, her eyes sliding halfway shut as his hands moved to massage her breasts, finger and thumb on each rolling her rosy buds into hard peaks as the feeling went straight to her center.
She could feel his hardness nestled up against her ass and the warmth of his body all along her back as he placed gentle kisses across her shoulders.
She felt as his right hand moved slowly down from her breast, down her flat stomach, to cup her center firmly, the heel of his hand causing her to circle her hips against it in search of more, while the feel of his lips and tongue on her skin caused her whole body to shiver in need."
"Jasper, oh god Jasper, please?"
She felt his hot breath in her ear as he whispered out, "What do you need from me sweet girl? What do you want from me?"
"You Jasper. Just you; in me, around me. Just you, please." She moaned out, rolling her head back on his shoulder where he took her mouth in a deep kiss; swallowing up her gasp as he slowly seated his length inside her from behind.
She was slick with her want and need and so there was no pain, but it was never a routine feeling being filled by him.
He was exquisite and oh so hot and thick and hard, yet silky soft.
Just like everything having to do with Jasper was a mass of contradictions, but in the most positive of ways, making love with him was indescribable.
The sheer power behind his slow hard strokes took her very breath away even as he gave it back with his attentive and loving kisses, as they breathed each other in with quiet moans and pants both overwhelmed by the emotions swirling around and through them.
Bella's knuckles were white with her grip upon the headboard as Jasper's hands were relaxed, gentle, traveling the length of her body holding, caressing; playing her like a finely tuned instrument from without as his cock played her from within.
A light sheen of sweat began to build on both of them from their exertions; Jasper picking up his pace as he sensed her need for more before she even realized it herself.
Bella was now very grateful for the sturdy head-board as Jasper demonstrated exactly why he'd instructed her not to let go.
She couldn't find a voice now if she had to as some of the most sensual and primal sounds she'd ever heard escaped the both of them.
His hands had now found a place on either side of her hips holding her steady as he firmly thrust into her, a wicked little curl to his lip as he felt the all too familiar feeling of his orgasm building.
Changing the angle of his thrusts just a bit, he allowed himself a small feral smile as she screamed out when he began to hit her g-spot with every thrust. He'd never finished before his partner since he'd mastered this art at fourteen and he wasn't about to start now.
Bella felt altogether out of control with the sensations building within and swirling about her and she screamed out with every thrust now, even as she pushed her hips back each time to meet him.
She knew it wouldn't be long now before her orgasm overtook her. She felt it building with each punishing stroke he gave her.
She rolled her head back, groaning out loudly, "Nnnuuuhhhh Jasper!" Just as her inner walls clamped down on him in a vice-like hold.
He thrust in four more times before finding his release deep within her, holding himself still as he clutched her to him, panting hotly against her neck as her head lolled lazily forward in her complete satiation.
Laying her down gently on the bed, he flopped next to her somewhat bonelessly and she moved to lay her head upon his chest, placing a kiss there over his heart.
'At the risk of inflating your ego beyond measurable proportions, thank you Jasper. That was amazing."
Running his fingers through her hair, he laughed. "It was wasn't it?
~o0o~
They laid there for a little while until Bella began thinking of all she still had to do to get everything ready for school.
Tapping him on his chest, she rose from the bed and began to dress.
"Where are you going?"
She turned to him as she buttoned her shirt. "I still have a lot to do to get ready for school. I need to get to it."
She almost laughed at loud at the look of distaste that overtook his handsome face, complete with curled lip and all.
"Forks High School...yes. I was almost successful in forgetting about that particular up and coming delight. Why am I subjecting myself to such indignities again?"
Bella would have laughed or commented except for the fact that he seemed to be commenting quietly to himself rather than speaking to her and so she merely continued to dress as he rose and did the same.
Bella was busy arranging some of her books on the shelves in the small living room when she was startled by a positively enraged looking Jasper hurrying from the study and out the front door, tossing back a quick "Stay in the house, Bella." over his shoulder.
After recovering from her momentary shock, she of course, headed straight out the front door to see what was going on.
She gasped in shock as she took in the scene of Jasper, in what she could only term as a loosely crouched position, arms somewhat out to his sides as he balanced on the balls of his feet. He looked ready to spring at any moment.
As odd as she found his stance, that wasn't what shocked her.
No.
What shocked her was seeing Jacob Black standing there looking positively crazed, with his thickly muscled arm securely around the neck of a terrified looking Peter.
Bella couldn't believe her ears as she heard Jasper literally growl out "You put my brother down right the fuck now you filthy dog and you might live through this day."
Jacob didn't listen though, choosing instead to speak to Bella directly when he saw her there.
"Bella, get your stuff. You're coming with me after I take care of these fucking leeches. Then we're gonna have a talk about your choice of company from now on."
She stepped forward a bit and Jasper moved his body in front of hers, making her have to peek over his shoulder.
"Jacob Black, you need to put Peter down and leave, right now. My god, you are crazy!"
Jacob scoffed. "You don't even know what it is you're dealing with here do you?"
She scoffed. "I know I'm dealing with you and your crazy ass. Not that I care, but you're going to get hurt here Jacob if you don't let Peter go right now!"
Jasper spoke quietly to her then. "Bella, I am only going to tell you this one time do you understand?"
She nodded. "Yes."
She felt the gravity of the situation then and somehow knew not to argue or interfere any more than she already had.
"Good, now move yourself back onto the front porch of the house and stay there. Do not leave it for any fucking reason, no matter what. I'm not fucking around here Bella. No matter what. Am I clear?"
"Yes Jasper, no matter what."
"Good, now do it."
Having said that, he began to sway ever so slightly, side to side, and she swore that she saw fangs poking into his bottom lip just a bit.
She moved with haste and had just gained the safety of the porch when she noticed the entire Cullen family lining the perimeter of the clearing the small cottage was in.
The Cullen patriarch came forward and made as if to speak but Jasper cut him off.
"Save your flowery speech Carlisle. This will end in bloodshed this day and it won't be mine or my brothers I can guarantee you.
This crazed piece of shit dog has fucked up beyond his ability to reason and he will pay for it, with his life if he refuses to cede now and leave here, never to return."
"Never leech!" Jacob screamed, spittle flying from his mouth as his face became impossibly red.
Jasper nodded once.
"So be it dog. You have signed your death warrant. Now, let my brother go and stop hiding behind him. Or are you afraid dog? Is that it? Have a yellow streak running up that doggy belly have you?"
Bella gasped as Jacob let loose an inhuman snarl and pushed Peter toward the house where she helped him into a chair on the porch, sitting next to him and clutching his shaking form to her as she rocked him.
Jasper began to circle Jacob then and Jacob began to laugh maniacally.
"That's it? Only one of you will challenge me? Oh I'm gonna have such fun tearing into you leech, and then Bella is going with me."
Jasper's only response was a lethal looking smile as he continued his circle with the grace of a sleek large cat.
Jacob charged several times and missed his mark every time, coming away instead with some new slice or rapidly spreading bruise. He was beginning to resemble human mince meat and so he made the decision to phase, even though he knew Bella was still watching. Hell, he shrugged. She'd have to get used to it sometime.
He heard her gasp loudly at his new form even before touching ground and he grinned to himself as he hurtled toward the leech who was simply standing there.
Standing there, that is, until the wolf was within reach and then he sprang meeting the wolf in the air as they spiraled around each other.
It was a beautiful, yet deadly dance because when they came back down to the ground, Jasper was covered in arterial blood spray, and the wolf lay at his feet, unmoving.
Peter and Bella looked at each other and moved together to reach Jasper.
They both had one goal in mind; to make sure that none of that blood belonged to Jasper.
They both clutched to him as they inspected and worried over him and he tried his best to reassure them, not to mention a stricken looking Esme, who moved forward and into his arms despite the mess, when he opened them to her.
The four of them remained knotted together taking comfort from Jasper who, surprisingly, was the only one of their little group that was completely calm.
Bella even noticed that it was impossible not to feel an almost overwhelming calm when close to him at this moment and she wondered at it.
She had been terrified and dismayed by all that she had witnessed after all, and to feel this way afterward was a most curious sensation indeed, but being relieved as she was due to his non injured status, she would ponder it all later.
Bella looked over at the other group that had formed which consisted of the rest of the Cullen's including who she knew to be Carlisle, the patriarch of the family and the twins biological father.
She found it curious that he chose to worry with the wolf rather than with his twin sons, as his wife, their mother had.
Giving herself a mental shake, she filed that information away for later also as Jasper was now prompting them to move toward the cottage.
He froze in his tracks though as Carlisle was suddenly there blocking the way.
"What were you thinking you foolish, idiot boy?! Do you realize what you have done here today?! You have single-handedly destroyed a treaty that has been in place for hundreds of years between us and the tribal wolves!"
Jasper stared him down indignantly, about to lay into him when he was stopped by the voice of Edward.
"Carlisle, the wolf was insane with obsessive jealousy over the girl. His thoughts today were only of killing; any and all of us if he had to in order to get the girl. I don't believe that Jasper had a choice in the matter."
Jasper met Edward's eyes and gave him a nod of thanks, while moving around Carlisle to get to the little cottage.
He would freeze in his tracks once more though at the sound of a very familiar voice; one that shot joy through him as he turned to acknowledge the speaker.
"Well my son, you do manage to find yourself in the most peculiar situations in this strange little place, do you not?"
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