Chapter 14
Jasper P.O.V
Today is Saturday, September 13th, which is Bella's birthday. I wanted to do something nice for her, something that she would remember forever. Thank god for Alice or I would have never got her gift on time, I got her a white gold cosmic opal ring and a Dark blue and purple galaxy maxi dress. I didn't want to go expensive with gifts, since I knew she didn't like my family spending so much money on her. But since she is apart of our family, we just wanted to make her happy and welcome. As for me whatever my mate wants, she gets.
I get up and take a shower and wear a dark blue button down shirt, black jeans that are torn on the knees with chain's on the right side of the pants, and my black cowboy boots, I brush my hair and leave it down since I know Bella liked it that way.
Once I'm dressed I text Bella and tell her that I would pick her up, around 4 or 5 pm. I wanted to take her to dinner then a place very special to me, and also for a desert picnic in the woods. Hell I wanted to play my guitar for her be decided not to. After I get down stairs I get a text back from Bella telling me she'd be ready by then, I walk in my study to also pick out a Classic book to give her as well.
I finally find what I'm looking for after a few minutes, I found an original copy of 'Mansfield Park by Jane Austen' off one of my shelves. I take it back to my room and wrap it up, and place it near the rest of the gifts Alice and I got for her.
I kill sometime by playing games on the X-Box with Em, and helping out the girls in the kitchen with the deserts for my picnic which were mostly pastries. About 3:45 pm I text Bella and tell her I would be on my way in a few, she texts me back the she is ready when I was. With that I flit up the stairs and grab my gifts and set them on the table, then grab the picnic basket. I tell Esme that I'm heading out, and she tells me to have a great day and to tell Bella that the family says Happy Birthday. I tell I will, I grab my truck keys and the gifts, and head to Bella's.
On the drive over I think about how I'm still a little paranoid about those nomads we ran into, ever since one of them had been in her room. I've been worried that they would keep trying to get to Bella. But ever since we've patrolled, we haven't caught here nor there of their scent or tracks. So we've been just taking it easy for now, but Peter, Charlotte, and I have been still watching, I just want my mate safe. I just don't like having my mate being unprotected.
About five minutes later I make it to Bella's and park behind Charlie's cruiser, and check the time on my phone. It reads 4:00 pm on the dot, I get out of the truck and walk up to the door. I knock on the door, as I'm sitting there I do the human thing of looking myself over.
I hear the door open and look up to see Bella dresses in a green and blue galaxy maxi dress, cosmic flats, and my bracelet and other bracelets on her right arm, and a northern star necklace. We say hello to each other, I kiss her and tell her happy birthday from the family and I. She thanks me and invites me in, she tells me she needs to grab her purse and her bag so she can stay the weekend with me, I nod and head to the living room where I see Charlie watching a basketball game.
We chat as I wait for Bella, Charlie asks where I'm taking her for her birthday. I tell him my plans, that I have for her like to take her to dinner and such. But ask him not to tell her, I wanted it to be a surprise for her. I also ask him if it's ok for her to spend the rest of the weekend with me, he tells me that's fine just have her back Sunday night at the latest. I nod and hear Bella coming down the stairs, she tells her dad she'll see him Sunday night and hugs him. He tells her happy birthday and hopes she enjoys the rest of her day.
We leave her house and make our way to Seattle, Alice thought it would be nice to go to an Italian place. Alice arranged for me while, I was hunting and visiting with Peter and Charlotte.
We take a booth seat near the back of the restaurant and a female waitress came and took our orders. She tried flirting with me, but I made sure she knew just how disinterested I was with her, by flirting and kissing Bella. She walked off in a huff and went to fill our orders, Bella and I chat about her new jewelry, she tells me that Charlie gave her necklace today as her birthday present and, her mother and stepfather mailed her the bracelet charm with constellations. I tell her, " You look beautiful today." She smiles and I feel her playfulness and she asks me, " Only today?" and gave me a playful pout. I pull her close to me and give her a searing kiss, and tell her, " You always look beautiful, to me baby doll."
I see a different waiter brought is our food, he hands Bella her order which was chicken Alfredo with garlic bread and a water. My order was a calzone with fries and a coke, we made polite conversation and she asked me where else I'm taking her for her birthday. All I say to her is it's a surprise, I feel her excitement and anticipation at what I had planned for her.
We finish our food and we head back toward my truck, I drive us back toward Forks and drive past the Cullen house. I see the dirt road I'm looking for and park my truck at the pull off. I get out and grab the presents from the lining of my driver door, then flit to Bella's side help her out and grab the basket with our dessert in it from the bed of my truck .
I tuck the basket under my left arm, and place the gifts in the basket under the blanket. I crouch down so Bella can get on my back, I was gonna run her to our next destination. I look in my truck for a jacket so she wouldn't get cold, luckily Alice packed a Dark blue, orange, and pink jacket. It was behind Bella's seat, I let her down so she can put on the jacket. She hops on my back, I make sure she is secure on my back and take off.
We make it to the spot and I help Bella get off my back and center herself, the spot I chose was up a mountain with a beautiful view of the forest and sunset which was light blue, pink, and best light hints of purple in the sky. If we were here long enough we would have a great view of the Milky Way and the stars, I set up the blanket on the grass and we took a seat on it.
I pulled out four blue containers out of the basket that held our desserts, I pull aside the smaller of the containers without Bella seeing and act like I'm looking in the basket for something. With my vamp speed I pull the vanilla cupcake with buttercream icing, out of the container and set the candle on the cupcake. I ask Bella to look into the other containers for the cupcake that I'm holding, while she's distracted I turn back and light the candle and start singing happy birthday to her. She smiles and when I'm finish singing, she makes a wish and takes the cupcake from me and starts eating it.
We eat the rest of the deserts and cuddle up on the blanket and stargaze, while we are laying there Bella turns to me and says, " Thank you for the best birthday ever." She kisses me deeply and I break the kiss to say to her, " You still have presents to open, then we can head to my house after." She nods and I pull out the three gifts from the basket that were wrapped in space theme wrapping paper, and hand them to her. She shakes each box to see if she can hear what is inside each box. She opens the small box first and sets the other two beside her, she tears off the constellation wrapping paper and opens the small jewelry box.
I feel her excitement as I see her looking at the opal ring in the box, she tells me it's beautiful and I put it on her ring finger and tell her, " Think of it as a promise ring, a promise of my eternal love to you." After I put it on her, I kiss her ring finger and let her open her next two presents. The next present she opens is the Jane Austen book, this one was her favorite presents by far. She was surprised that it was a first edition, she then opens the last gift which was the dress. I felt her happiness as she was opening up the dress and she hugged it close. She kisses me and thanks for the gifts, but I tell her to thank Alice for helping me pick out the gifts. She nods and we cuddle back on the blanket, and enjoy what little time we've got left.
A couple of hours later I pack up the blanket, basket, and all the trash. I help her on my back and take off running for my truck, we make it there and I help Bella into the passenger side of the truck and I put the stuff I was carrying into the bed of the truck. I hope in the driver's side, and make our way back to the Cullen house.
Once I pull up in the garage I look over at Bella, she was asleep with her new book resting on her belly. I kiss her temple and hop out of the driver side, and filt to the passenger door. I pick her up real gentle as not to wake her, and walk through the front door and take her straight up to my room and lay her down on my bed and set her book on my dresser. I kiss her cheek as tell her we are home, she stirs and slowly wakes up. I tell her I'll go get her bag so she can change into her pajamas, she nods and stretches while I run back to the truck and grab the rest of the stuff.
After throwing the trash away and putting the containers in the kitchen, I run back upstairs and hand Bella her bag and she heads to the bathroom to change. I change into black shorts and a grey t-shirt, I also braid my hair. I lay down on the bed and read civil war stories that I keep by my bedside til Bella comes back. I hear the door to my room open and, see Bella wearing shorts like mine but a low-cut purple nebula tank top. She looked beautiful as always, I put my book up and my mate gets into bed and cuddle up to me. We kiss each other good night and we both fall asleep in each others arms.
Alright Chapter 14 is up and ready to be read and enjoyed. I hope you like her birthday chapter. There will be two more chapters that I will post as chapter 17 I am still currently writing, but it shall be written and put up on both FF(Fanfiction.net) and here. But as always Happy reading.
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