A Nerd Story of Love

The Goal ...?

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Chapter Thirty-Six: The Goal...?

EPOV

"Oh, you are so going to get it," Bella said, wrinkling her nose. She grabbed some snow and smushed in my face. I felt her body leave mine and she ran away laughing. I hopped up and an all out snow war ensued. No one was safe. Even Marcus was smeared with a snowball. Thanks to Alex. It was a flurry of excitement and fun on my front lawn.

"Jasper!" Alice squealed. We all turned and looked at Alice and Jasper. He was kneeling in front of her.

"Alice, I've been a fool. I love you, baby. Let's get hitched?" Jasper smirked.

Alice looked down at him and her face crumpled. "No."

BPOV

"Alice!" I hissed.

"Let's get hitched? Jasper, I wanted the whole romantic thing," Alice wailed.

Jasper got up from his knees and stepped away from Alice, his face filled with anguish. He stomped away and Edward ran after him. Rose and I shared a look and grabbed Alice, dragging her inside. I pushed her into the couch while Rose, Esme and I glared at her.

"What the fuck, Mary Alice?" Esme growled.

Did sweet Esme just say 'fuck?'

"How can he propose like that? I mean, in the middle of a snowball fight?" Alice whimpered.

"God, Ali. How selfish can you be? Jasper is falling apart right now," I seethed. "He loves you more than you can possibly ever imagine. How could you do that to him? Just because he proposed to you in a way that you didn't approve of? Hell, if Edward proposed to me in his dirty boxers and glasses, I'd still would have said yes. It's not the proposal, it's the man."

"Do you want to know how your father proposed to me?" Esme asked sharply. Alice cringed but nodded. "He was studying for his Bar exam. He put his book down and stared at me. Then he smiled and said 'marry me.' I said yes. No ring. No flourish. No big hoopla. Just us. Did I want the whole huge romantic thing? Yes. But it wasn't about that, Alice. It's about your relationship with your husband. Your boyfriend. Your whatever he is."

"I fucked up, didn't I?" Alice mumbled.

"Yes," we all replied.

"How do I fix it?"

"I don't know, Alice. Pray that Jasper will forgive you," I said quietly.

"Just don't pray like you did at dinner, Wee One," Rose said, wrinkling her nose.