waiting ii.

quatorze

The kiss held so many words, but the room itself was silent.

The kiss held memories.

It held truth.

Jasper and Tatum truly loved each other. Not much could stop that. On the other hand, Tatum's lack of immortality caused their kiss to stop. They pulled apart from the long kiss and Jasper immediately pressed her softly into him. She tried to silently catch her breath, but the panting ultimately didn't do the same.

"Did I always leave you that breathless or is this new?" Jasper teases, stroking her curly hair softly. She doesn't respond at first, waiting to catch her breath. She looks up at Jasper and he peers down at her, smiling softly.

Tatum stands on her tip-toes and pecks his lips once more. She pulls back and smiles up at him. Leaning down to wrap his arms around her torso, Jasper lifts her up and places his face in the nape of her neck.

He presses soft, wet kisses on her jaw and decides to rock her world. Jasper walks to the hotel bed and turns around, placing Tatum on her back. He continues kissing her jaw, making her shiver. Tatum lays on the bed, helpless as Jasper towers over her.

Jasper decides to just go for it. He places his elbows on both sides of her head, being careful to not catch her hair, and lowers his mouth to her neck again. His mouth hovers over her skin as she places her hands on his shoulder. He places his lips on her neck and does what he knew would set her off.

He blew a raspberry, tickling her neck. Tatum squeals with a high pitch before poking Jasper's neck. He lifts himself off her and reaches his hand out to help her up. Accepting his hand, the two stand up and just look at each other.

"Now I have to give the bad news," Jasper says, involuntarily letting out a sigh. He had picked up on Avery's dramatics after spending so much time with the two. "Alice got a vision about you guys. When's your flight back?"

"The 24th, why?"

"You need to leave before the 21st," he says, grabbing her hands. "There's Volturi coming here on the 23rd."

"I can book a flight for early on the 21st. Would that be good?" she asks, pulling his hands up to her and kissing his knuckles softly, causing him to smile down at her.

"That'd be perfect, but what would your excuse be?"

Jasper uses his hands to pull the love of his immortal life closer to him. He smirks down at her, leaning in slowly. Tatum clasps her hand over his mouth and raises a sassy eyebrow at him, "My school friend is pregnant and the baby is due on the 21st."

Jasper's eyebrows shoot up in shock by her hand and her excuse. He lifts his hands to take hold of hers. He kisses the palm of her hand, then lets it rest on his hip before he wraps his arms around her shoulders once more, "Oh? Is that so?"

"If he asks, her name is Samantha Bushka and she's a foreign exchange student from Bulgaria."

"Damn, you really have this planned out," Jasper says seriously, resting his chin on the top of her head. "Are you that eager to go home?"

"No, Bailey and I made that up for whenever we wanted to go somewhere," she sighs sadly, remembering her sister. "We made a whole list of names to use. Our favorite was Riley Smith."

"Oh my god," Jasper chuckles as he pulls away from the hug. He unwraps his arms to the point where he has his hands resting on her shoulders. "You are special."

"Says the one who had conspiracy theories about pop."

"Why does Dr. Pepper come in a bottle?!" Jasper exclaims softly, tilting his head back.

"Because his wife and mistress are gone."

Silence envelopes the room once more before Jasper finally gets the dirty joke and snorts. He tilts his head back to her and smiles at her. His smile turns into his signature smirk, "How am I so lucky to have you?"

"I guess it's because you're so cheesy," she mumbles, bumping his nose. "That or because our relationship gives other people diabetes."

"Because we're so sweet?"

"Sure, we'll go with that."

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