Battlefield mating

The end has come

She was what he wanted. He knew that, that was why he ignored all of his family and what they said. They couldn't know or understand what he was going through. Years upon years of loneliness, he knew that they wanted Alice to be his mate, but even if she was gorgeous, and fun-loving, and energetic... but none of that meant she was his mate. Just because she made his undead heart start beating again, and make a smile stretch across his face, Bella was different. She pulled to him in a different way.

But if he didn't care about Alice why did he hate the idea of Alice and Cassie going out. It shouldn't matter to him, it meant that she was finally getting on with her immortal life and not staying hung up with him. Ugh, this whole thing made his head hurt. Edward sighed, he came up here to think and remembering all of that isn't helping him figure out his feelings at all.

Looking over at the marvelous sky that was bathed in reds and blues Edward could only think of Alice's tinkering laugh in comparison to Bella's nasally voice. He had to make a decision because one way or another he'd always have 'what-if's' at the end of the day.

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It had been almost a week since Edward had left for Alaska and three days since that family outing, now Jasper was sitting next to his depressed sister in their school's cafeteria. Picking at the disgusting school pizza on his tray, Jasper's head shot up when the scent of his family filtered through his nostrils pushing aside the human stench. There standing at the entrance was his beautiful family, Cassie with Bi on her hip and Sia's hand in hers, well until Sia saw him and let go to run with wobbly legs up to her daddy. Jasper could hear all the whispering and could feel all the emotions flying through the lunchroom, but he didn't care. All he cared about was coming towards him and his siblings. He knew better than to stand up and he was proven right as Sia jumped up into his lap. Throwing her tiny arms around his neck, planting a kiss on his cheek with a wobbly toddler voice telling him hi and that she loved him. The only thing better than his daughter was his wife and son and they were walking towards him calmly.

Cassie leaned down and placed a kiss on Jasper's lips, his children 'ewed' at seeing their parents kiss. Cassie handed Bi over to Rosalie, who didn't care to save face and broke out smiling at her baby nephew. Gasps broke out of the mortal occupants in the lunchroom at seeing the Blonde Ice Queen smile so freely and happily. Jasper nuzzled his nose in Cassie's hair as she sat down beside him, he couldn't stop himself from focusing on one person's feelings. Isabella Swan was confused that much was clear. But then again, Jasper had been aware that she was confused, scared, and angry with him and his wife since that outing.

He rubbed his hand up and down her arm while she leaned against him. Focusing on Swan, reminded him of that outing and why she was fearful and angry with them.

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She was standing there like a deer in the headlights. Jasper felt a smirk slither across his face as he looked at her. He didn't know why Edward was so obsessed with this weak little human girl. He knew that she didn't come over to their table of her own free will, he knew it was the pull to his wife. He had seen her use it before, pull people to her, get them all to talk to her and then get their secrets out of them. His wife's gift was always an amazement to see. But he wanted to snarl at the sight of the girl, she was fidgeting and gulping her saliva trying to gather confidence. He couldn't stand humans that was for sure.

"Um, I...I'm worried about Edward. Is he alright?" Bella's voice was squeaky, nasally, and just plain annoying.

"Why are you concerning yourself with Edward, Bella?" Cassie's voice was hypnotic and entrancing for the human girl. So soothing and such a melodically sound, coaxing all that Cassie wants to know out of Isabella Swan.