Athours note: I thought I'd put my little note at the begining this time, so that when you finish the story you really do finish it and you don't have to read my silly little note. Ok to start with I really am amazingly sorry that it's been so long since my last update, I've just been so busy. I really do hope you like how that story finnishes.
I was sitting about to write this chapter and I realised that I had mentioned Renesmee once in the story and then compleatly forgotten about her (I don't really like writing about Renesmee to be honest or Jacob, not that I dislike either character, I just don't like writing about then).
But anyway, please, please, please review. I love the reviews. Thank you so much to every one who has so faithfully reviewed every chapter since the begining (you all know who you are.) And also to every one else who has reviewed (every review counts).
Well enough of my blabing, time to read the storry....
Sunset
"Hey, babe." I said I sat down beside him on the sofa – being carful not to jostle him to much. "How you feeling?" It's been about a week since I got him back, and I've hardly left his side since. Of course not leaving his side hasn't been too difficult, (vampires heal much slower than humans and really he's hardly healed at all in the week he's been here) so the most he's moved is from Carlisle's study to the living room sofa, and even at that Emmett had to carry him.
"Much better now you're here." He said winking at me. I giggled. He may not feel (or look) any better than he did a week ago, but he definitely was in brighter spirits.
Then I heard the door open. "Aunty Alice," came a cry from behind me, "Uncle Jasper!" It was Renesmee.
"Hey honey!" I said holding out my arms to her, "I haven't seen you in ages." As I had just realised, I hadn't actually seen Renesmee since I had had my first vision about Jasper about three or four weeks ago. "Where've you been?"
"With grandpa and Jake, mummy said that I should stay with them for a while." She smiled. "But I'm so glad to see you!"
I looked up at Bella, "I thought it would be best…" she stammered. I just nodded at her. She was right; it would only have hurt Renesmee to be here these past weeks.
Then Renesmee reached up and put her hand on my cheek. I saw an image of Jasper lying on the sofa, not looking to great. I looked up at my nice; she had a worried look on her face.
"Uncle Jazz is going to be fine." I said as reassuringly as I could. "You don't have to worry."
"Uncle Jazz?" Renesmee said cautiously.
"Yes." Jasper said smiling up at her.
"Are you ok uncle Jazz?"
"Yeah, I'm great, just a little tired." Renesmee did not look satisfied with this answer.
I looked up at Bella with a pleading look on my face, Renesmee was not stupid, she deserved to know the truth (not the whole truth, but just enough to keep her satisfied) but I didn't want to be the one to tell her. In fact I don't think I ever wanted to think about the past few weeks ever again.
Bella nodded back at me and then took Renesmee's hand, "Come up stairs now sweetie."
Renesmee frowned, "But I want to stay with Aunt Alice and Uncle Jazz."
"Renesmee." Bella said sternly. Renesmee groaned, but went with Bella.
I sighed and looked down at Jasper, even when his skin looked more like red ribbons than flesh; he was still the most gorges thing I had ever seen. I leaned in and kissed him lightly on the lips. Then I pulled my face away from his and looked into his eyes, and he stared back in mine. They say the eyes are the window to the soul, we in Jaspers case I would certainly agree. Looking into his eyes I could feel him, it was the strangest sensation, but looking into his eyes as he looked into mine, made me feel whole. Because he made everything worth it, I can't even imagine what would have happened his I hadn't found him in time.
But my little trance was broken by Carlisle clearing his throat, dam, it was that time again. Every day Carlisle came in and changed Jaspers bandages. I don't want to risk an infection, he would say. But I didn't like it, not only did I think that it was extremely improbable that Vampires could get infections and that Carlisle was being way to neurotic, but it was also painful for Jasper. He never showed it, but I could tell, I could always tell.
I held his hand. Even though he would never admit to any kind of pain, I knew that my holding his hand helped him through any kind of pain, even if the pain wasn't there.
When Carlisle was finished, he asked the usual questions. How do you fell? How bad is the pain? Is there anything else he could do? Blahdi blahdi blah. And Jasper gave the usual answers. I fell fine, what pain? You're doing enough as it is. Blahdi blahdi blah.
Once Carlisle had left, I sat back down next to Jasper on the sofa.
"Jasper?" Edward said suddenly. The sound of his voice startled me. He had been so silent sitting in the corner of the room that I had completely forgotten he was there. "Jasper I was wondering… I mean you don't have to answer if you don't want to… but I just can't figure out….I mean…"
"Just spit it out Edward." Jasper Laughed.
"I was just curious, you seemed to know Kathy and David," I cringed slightly at the use of there names, it was the first tie anyone had said the names aloud since we got Jasper back. "I was Just wondering how you knew then. But like I said if the question makes you feel uncomfortable you don't have to answer."
"No, no." Jasper replied. "I don't mind. It was a very long time ago, when I was battling new born armies with Maria. It was when I had the duty to kill all new borns who were no longer of use to us. Kathy and David were among them… with there elder sister Cassidy. I murdered Cassidy," Jasper said, sounding truly ashamed of what he had done before he had known me. "Kathy and David took it hard, when I returned to kill the next new born they swore to me that one day I would pay for what I had done to there sister. I didn't think much of it; I was planning to kill then shortly. But by the time I was done with the current new born and had returned to take Kathy, she and David had escaped. It's was so long ago, I had completely forgotten about the incident plus back then threats in my life were not exactly uncommon." I squeezed his hand lightly and smiled at him.
"I see." Edward said, and then he stood and left the room with a puzzled look on his face. I wondered momentarily what Edward was thinking about, until I realised that I really didn't care.
"What are you thinking about?" Jasper asked me.
"I was thinking about how little I cared about what Edward was thinking and that that only think I cared about was you." He laughed his low tenor laugh.
"I often wonder how you can think so many different things at the same time."
"Well," I giggled "It does take practise."
"I'm sure it does." He chuckled. "Alice, would you do me a favour?"
"Anything." Did he not know by now that I would do anything for him?
"Help me up." He said.
"Are you sure," I said. "I mean you could hurt yourself. And I…"
He put his fingers to my lips. "Alice, I haven't moved from this sofa for a week, and I haven't actually walked anywhere in weeks. And I only want to go outside, because in case you haven't noticed it will very shortly be my favourite time of day. And you know how I like I watch my favourite time with you, on the big deck chairs on the patio."
"Ok." I said. I did know how much he liked to spend his favourite time of day with me on the big deck chairs on the patio.
I gently put his arm round my shoulder and helped him off the sofa. He leaned heavily on me, but I didn't mind, I was more than strong enough to take his weigh. It was a short walk from the large front room to the patio, but Jasper insisted that I let him walk. Well, I say walk, I was talking most of his weight myself. But like I say I don't mind.
The deck chairs were so big that we could quite easily both fit on the same one. So I lay him down on the big blue lounger and then snuggled in beside him.
He sighed, "It's beautiful out here."
"Yeah." I replied.
"You know Alice, I'm so proud of you."
I looked up into his golden eyes, "Why?" I asked.
"Because, I can't even imagine what I would of felt like if I had nearly lost you…" he shook his head as if just the though of him loosing me was too much to bear. "But I just wanted to tell you, that I would do anything for you my love, I can't imagine a world where you didn't exist, you are the thing that makes this whole existence worth it. I guess this whole thing just opened my eyes to the fact that we really aren't as indestructible as we like to think. And I…I can't even find the words to describe how much you mean to me, if I told you that I loved you every seconded of my life, it still wouldn't even begin to describe how strong my love is for you."
If I could cry right now tears would have been running down my face. "Ditto." I whispered. Because what he had just said to me was exactly what I thought every time I saw him. "I loved you so much that words were just arn't enough."
"I feel it." He said. "I can feel your love. And your right," he laughed. "Words definitely aren't enough."
"Don't ever leave me again," I said.
"I won't." I leaned in and kissed him softly. "Look," he said pointing to the orange circle in the sky that was slowly falling.
So there was sat, together, nothing would ever tare us apart like that again. Because I knew that for the rest of our lives we would sit together, and watch the sunset.
