His Cat, Her Major ~ Jasper Hale

Training with the Wolves

The Cullens had all arrived early and Jasper and Emmet were warming up as Edward pulled up in the Jeep with Bella. The two getting out just in time to see Jasper launch Emmet across the clearing.

"Again!" Emmet demanded, standing up and beginning to make his way back over. As Edward and Bella made their way over to everyone else though, the vampires and Maya all heard the sound of the approaching wolves and gathered together. They all turned to face the woods just as the pack came into view moving as one.

"They don't trust us enough to be in their human forms" Edward said, stating the obvious.

"They came. That's what matters" Carlisle reassured him.

There was a tense silence as the wolves all moved out of the trees that was broken by Maya yelling; "Puppy!" and throwing herself at the closest wolf.

The wolf, who just so happened to be Quil, was almost knocked over as she jumped on him and buried her fingers in his fur. Jasper let out a possessive growl at the sight of his mate hugging one of the wolves, while the rest of the Cullens looked on in shock.

"Darlin' get off the wolf" Jasper ordered, worried about her being surrounded by them. Logically he knew that they were friends and would not hurt her, but it did not stop him from worrying.

Maya glanced up at him from the wolf, but made no other move to let him go. "Why?"

"Because Jas is jealous" Emmet said with a huge grin on his face. Jasper sent him a glare at that, but did not deny it.

"Well then its his own fault" Maya told him, returning her attention to petting the wolf.

"Oh yeah?" Emmet questioned, loving this situation and hoping it would provide with new things to tease his brother about.

"Yes, he won't let me get a dog. Which means that I must get what puppy cuddles I can when ever I can."

Jasper groaned at that, "I let you keep the cat."

Maya gasped, "Jasper! That is our son! You can't talk about him like that!" Jasper rolled his eyes at her antics while the rest of the Cullens and some of the wolves chuckled.

"Don't worry Maya, he's just jealous that you prefer to snuggle with Lucky more than him" Emmet declared, making Jasper once again shoot him a glare.

"Oh dear" Maya detached herself from the wolf and made her way over to Jasper and wrapped her arms around his waist. "Is my Jasper feeling neglected?" she teased, looking up at him with an exaggerated pout.

He bent down so that his mouth was even with her ear, "and if I am?" he whispered.

"Well then I will just have to find a way to make it up to you." Maya grinned and sent him a wink, causing Emmet to once again burst into laughter as Rosalie and Alice grinned at the pair.

Carlisle shook his head at the antics of his children before focusing back on their original topic. "Edward, will you translate?" he asked, bringing everyone else back to the topic at hand and stepping towards the wolves.

"Welcome. Jasper has experience with newborns. He'll teach us how to defeat them." Maya grabbed Jasper's hand as Carlisle said that, knowing this training was going to be bringing back a lot of memories for him.

"They want to know how the newborns differ from us" Edward asked for them.

"They are a great deal stronger than us because their own human blood still lingers in their tissues. Our kind is never more physically powerful than in our first several months of this life" Carlisle explained before glancing over at Jasper and giving him a nod as he backed up.