Shattered

Thirty-Three

"Hey" he said softly.

I turned and looked at him. "Why do you keep saying no to me?" I asked sadly.

"I'm not saying no to YOU, and trust me when I that it isn't for a lack of want." He said as he gestured down to his sizable package barely hidden begin the (now tight) material of slacks. "I just don't want to hurt you."

"I-I'm not a virgin." I admitted a little guiltily.

"I know, we've talked about that, but as you know I can easily harm you physically and I don't know what I would do if you ever got hurt, especially by me."

I reached up and hooked my hand behind his head, bringing him down to kiss me once more, it was passionate and quite beautiful then our long kisses turned into light more playful pecks and I smiled as he peppered my face with cute kisses.

He let out a sighed, "my lust for you is stronger than anything I've ever felt, even more than my thirst for blood."

Now that meant something to me as he once told me how much he struggled with his thirst once upon a time.

"But even more than that," he said as I looked deep in his warm golden eyes, he smiled down at me handsomely, "even more than that is how much I love you."

Now I smiled, "you love me?"

"With everything I have in me Darlin."

"I love you too." I confessed.

After that we laid in each others arms, exchanging kisses here and there.

"Oh I almost forgot." He said as he removed one of his arms and reached into his back pocket, "I got you a birthday present."

"Aww you didn't have to get me anything." I insisted.

"It's just a little something I put together."

I took the little booklet in my hands and smiled giddily, I resisted the urge to awe once more as I looked down at the little gift. It was reminiscent of those little coupon things you make as a kid for your parents. The ones that promise you will fold laundry or wash the car.

But as I opened the little booklet I found a computer printed picture of a tropical island with the words 1 week in Turks and Caicos.

I scrunched my eyebrows in wonder and flipped to the next page and then the next, it was a booklet full of various destinations, Rome, Italy, France, Dubai.

"Jasper if this is real then it is too much."

He kissed my forehead, "my girlfriend said she wanted to travel the world" he smirked my favorite sideways smirk "plus I have the money and unlimited time Darlin, at least let me spend both of em on you."

Now I couldn't hold back the wide smile from filling my face.

Two days later when I arrived Marta greeted me per the usual.

"Hello honeybee, how was your day?"

"Productive." I smiled.

"Good to hear it, I've just sliced some fresh banana but bread if you'd like, and I can fix you up some hot cocoa or coffee to warm you right up."

"Milks fine, I'm just gonna run upstairs and get into some cozy pajamas." I smiled.

"You've got some mail today as well."

"Thanks i'll check it out upstairs." I said picking up the few envelopes sitting on the island.

I got up to my room and kicked me shoes off before taking a seat at my desk and opening up the envelopes, the first three were Christmas cards from local families wishing my "family" happy holidays.

But the last one was was in a much nicer cream envelope and it was addressed in a very sophisticated handwrittwn script.

To: Mr Jasper Whitlock & Ms Emmaline Harper

I couldn't help but blush at seeing our names together on this envelope, to see his name next to mine felt so official.

I carefully opened the envelope and took out a beautiful invitation and smiled.

...

You are cordially invite to the union of Mary Alice Cullen and Alvaro Santiago Denali
...

Emmaline beamed down with happiness at the fact that one of her friends was getting married.

Sure Alice had been married to Jasper and they may have even loved each other but the way I see it, it's kind of like my parents.

They love and respect each other and they always will, but they aren't meant to be together because they aren't IN love with each other. Also I know Jasper loves me, and everyone could see the love Alvaro and Alice share.

I continued reading the invitation and found the date time and place.