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So, this is my contribution to breathoftwilight's Countdown to Valentine's Day 2012. It's just a little fluff that will hopefully make you go 'Awww...' lol.
For my beautiful readers, waiting for an update to Maguire's, it's coming I promise! And so will some of the characters. *smirks*
Hope you enjoy...
I don't own anything but the plot. The characters are based on (as if you didn't know) those from that series of books that Stephanie Meyers wrote, and the song is the gorgeous 'Dancin' Away With My Heart' by the awesome Lady Antebellum.
Dancing Away With My Heart.
January 12th, 2012.
Happy New Year!
Well, it's been 10 years since the Class of 2002 graduated
from Forks High. Therefore, it is with great pleasure
that I invite you to our Ten Year Reunion!...
Bella didn't read the rest. She didn't need to.
It would say how much everyone was welcomed to attend. Lie...
How much fun the night would be. Definitely debatable...
And last, but not least, how fantastic it would be to see everyone again, and on Valentine's Day, no less. Ha! Not fucking likely.
She would go, she knew she would. Though the thought of writing the rudest, snarkiest, yet brutally honest reply she could come up with was delicious, and sorely tempting. Possibly accompanied by an enclosed photo of her flipping the bird...
This isn't the classic story of the unpopular girl who got bullied for being too smart, and consequently hated all the popular kids, though. Quite the contrary, in fact.
Isabella Swan was one of the 'popular' crowd.
Bella and her friends were the wealthiest, funniest and most athletic of all their peers. Children of the most affluent and influential men and women in Forks and the surrounding area and the trend makers or breakers of the whole school.
Amongst the boys, there were the football players, basketball players and even a wrestler. Of the girls, there were cheerleaders, gymnasts, dancers and a sprinter. All fairly typical for the 'In' crowd you might say, and you'd be right. Except that, while some of them were sure enough of their sporting ability to only study hard enough to maintain their GPAs, Bella was one of several of her friends who was intelligent enough without trying, and in fact, excelled at her studies.
However, there was one or two that had adhered to the stereotype, and naturally, those were the ones on the 'Reunion Committee'.
Jessica Stanley and Lauren Mallory definitely lived up to the 'teen-movie cheerleader' persona. Blonde hair (bleached, of course) and amply gifted in the breast department they took their roles as Cheer-squad Co-Captains – or as the rest of us liked to call them, 'Ho-Captains' – very seriously.
They had been through every male in Bella's circle of friends, and then some. Though they'd eventually ended up sinking their claws into their male counterparts, star wrestler and Hooters officionado, Michael Newton and Captain of the Basketball team Tyler "I've-seen-more-vag-than-the-local-Gyno" Crowley.
Some of the other girls joined in the bitchiness to an extent, but none were as wholy committed to making people's lives a misery than those two whores.
It could be said that Bella's blatant disregard for those who were supposed to be her friends would mean she's just as bad. But Bella never claimed to be friends with them, she was just wealthy enough and popular enough not to become a target of their mindless drivel.
They were white noise to her for many years, until their junior year.
Four new students arrived that year. Three guys and one girl. A more beautiful family, Bella had never seen. And she had known the Cullens her whole life...
The eldest, Garrett, was a senior. He was tall, with broad shoulders and a closely buzzed hair cut. He didn't say much, but what he did say was either very smart, or very funny.
The youngest, Rosalie, was a sophomore. Stunningly beautiful, with a dry sense of humour and long golden hair that looked like liquid honey flowing down her back.
Then there was the twins.
In the middle of Garett and Rosalie, there was Peter and Jasper.
They were juniors, like Bella. While they weren't identical, they did look a lot alike. Both were tall, with chin length, dirty blonde hair that fell in their eyes when it wasn't tied back in the customary ponytail. They were extremely handsome with plenty of Southern charm. But where Peter was out-going and cheeky, Jasper was more reserved – though no less fun.
Garrett and Rosalie easily found their place amongst Forks High's social elite. Garrett soon became friends with the Edward and Emmett Cullen, with the latter having fallen fast and hard for Rosalie.
The twins though, never tried to fit in with them.
They were friendly enough to most of them, they just didn't seem interested in being in the 'It Crowd'. Something that Bella had always admired about them. Having only made sure to keep herself in it to the extent that her life remained drama-free.
Selfish, perhaps, but it certainly made having to interact with them more bearable.
Peter had soon found love with Charlotte, one of Bella's best friends, while Jasper had dated Alice Brandon briefly (before she found love with Edward) but not persued a relationship with anyone else after that.
Bella – through Charlotte – had become good friends with all the Whitlocks fairly quickly.
Garrett had taken to her straight away, bonding with her over their shared exasperation with their fathers' mutual love of fishing. Neither could understand the lure (ha ha) of freezing your ass off in a tiny boat for hours on end.
Rosalie was sassy and sweet and shared Bella's sarcastic sense of humour. She had soon become one of Bella's closest friends, along with Charlotte and Victoria. The four of them remaining so, even now.
Peter and Bella had an odd relationship. He was the brother she never had. The laughter, the support, and not to mention the constant ribbing he gave her, meant he were as close to her as either of the girls.
Jasper, though, was an enigma to her.
Always a strong presence when he joined their little group, but still very much on the fringe of things.
Bella found it frustrating at first, as she couldn't understand why he held himself back so much. Was it pride? An image of him as 'Mr Darcy' sprang to her mind constantly in the early days of their friendship. An aloof and unattainable gentleman.
And a gentleman he was.
She had soon discovered that it wasn't pride or pretentiousness that held him back from everyone, he was simply an observer. He watched the people and his surroundings carefully and constantly. Whether it was taking in the different dynamics of a group, or the gauging the atmosphere of a situation, he watched it all.
Bella had quickly realised that he liked to let his siblings shine. He was just as talented as them, just as gifted with words and comedic timing, he just preferred to let them – or more specifically, Peter – have the lime-light.
However, on the rare occasions he'd shared the spot light, he'd surpassed all of them.
When he'd performed for their parents on their 25th Wedding Anniversary, Bella had been bowled over by him. He'd played guitar and sang the song his folks had had as their first dance at their wedding reception. His voice – so little heard – was deep and smooth, yet somehow rough and raw with emotion. Bella had tried to get him to play again on many occasions, and he'd always refused.
Except once.
Bella and her dad, Charlie, had been at a high school football team game in the early summer of her junior year. It had been the first game their school team had won in the previous ten, and they had swung by the house before meeting everyone at the local diner, as per tradition.
When they came home, they found a note from Renée, saying that she'd gone. That she'd found love with someone else and had left to be with him. Her wedding ring was sitting on the kitchen table, resting on top of an already signed Bill of Divorcement.
There was always a first time for that woman to be organised... Bella had thought angrily, as she grabbed her father's hand as he stared blankly at the proof that his wife of twenty years wasn't coming back.
Not knowing what to do or say, she had guided Charlie into her truck and driven him to La Push. She had figured that he needed the company of his best friends at that moment in time. He could hardly discuss his wife's treachery with their daughter, she thought, so she'd taken him to Billy and Harry.
After reassuring him that he needed to have the support of his friends, to talk it out and get a handle on just what the fuck had happened, she had jumped back in her truck and headed back into town.
She drove to the diner, but when faced with the thought of having to explain to half the school why she'd been crying, she decided to drive to the Whitlock's house. She doubted Garrett or Rosalie would be home, but perhaps Peter and Char would be. They hadn't gone to the game, after all.
She pulled onto the drive but couldn't move. How do you tell your best friends that your mother didn't love you enough to stay faithful to your father?
After a few minutes, she'd had gathered up enough courage to get out of the truck and knock on the door. The door opened after a few seconds, but the person to answer it, wasn't who she was expecting.
"Bella? What happened, are you ok?" Jasper asked worriedly, as he took in her dishevelled form.
"C-can I come in, p-please?" Bella was trying valiantly, not to succumb to tears once more.
He didn't say anything, simply reached out to her, taking her hands in his and pulled her over the threshold. He wrapped one arm round her hunched shoulders as he closed the door with the other, and guided her to the living room.
He sat her down at the corner of the 'L' shaped sofa and positioned himself across from her, their knees touching. He didn't speak, but gently took her hands in his and waited for her to begin.
He listened to her explain what they her and her father had found when they'd returned home that night, and how in shock Charlie had been. She'd not known how to comfort him so she'd left him to the care of his best friends and come in search of her own.
As tears silently streaked down her face, he had knelt down in front of her and pulled her to him. She'd clung to him as he rocked her gently. Words couldn't have brought much relief to the pain of her mother's betrayal, emotion like that needed tangible comfort.
He'd held her together as she fell apart in his arms, and she'd loved him ever since.
He'd stayed with her that night. Holding her hand when she'd needed the support as she told the others what had happened, taking her outside for some air when he felt she was getting too overwhelmed, but mostly, he'd steadied her at a time when the rug had been pulled from under her feet.
He'd offered her his room for the night, knowing that though the girls always meant well, what she really wanted was quiet peacefulness. She'd followed him to his room, the only room in the house she'd never set foot in, and watched as he went to his dresser and pulled out his familiar University of Texas sweatshirt and a long pair of checked pyjama bottoms.
The thoughtful gesture had almost kick started the waterworks again, and she scampered to the bathroom before she started crying again. When she came back, he was sitting on the small sofa that sat under the window, waiting for her to return.
He'd told her to take the bed and that he would sleep on the couch. She, in turn, had insisted that as she was so much shorter than him, and a guest in his room, that she should sleep on the sofa. He'd eventually got her to agree by offering to play her a song as she'd been asking him to for months.
Her heart had melted that night as she sat across the room from him, while he sang a beautiful rendition of 'The First Time Ever I saw Your Face'. That was the only song he played for her, but it had been more than enough. Like a balm to her shattered heart, his voice had soothed her.
She'd sunk down into the softness of his bed as he stood to put his guitar back on its stand and watched as he moved towards the bed.
He reached across her to get the spare pillow but paused as she placed her hand on his arm.
"Thank you, Jasper. For everything."
"Anytime, Bella."
He lowered his head to hers and placed a soft kiss on her forehead, before settling on the sofa and flicking off the light.
He was already up and out for training by the time she had woken the next day, but as she lay there, in his bed, relishing in the comfort his scent brought her, she noticed a note on the bedside table by her head.
I didn't want to wake you, you
needed the rest after last night.
I just wanted you to tell you that
I'm here if you need me, and that
I have left something for you at
your house.
Take care,
P.S. You can keep the hoodie.
When she finally went home later that day (still wearing the hoodie he had given to her), there was a package on the doorstep for her. Inside was a tiny USB drive, but no note. She thought it must be from Jasper, and sure enough, when she hooked it up to her laptop, it was a music file titled 'For Your Ears Only'. What she heard when she pressed play brought a fresh round of tears to her eyes.
He'd recorded himself as he sang to her the night before, and had given it to her as a gift.
They had become closer since that night. Nowhere near as close as she was with Peter, but they'd spent more time together and he'd begun to interact more with the rest of the group. It was a tentative friendship, but one she'd relished.
Others hadn't felt the same, however.
The 'Ho-Captains' had ridiculed her for hanging around with 'those fucking hillbillies'. Forgetting the small fact that the guy they had been trying to screw for the last eight months was also one of 'those hillbillies'.
Yet another reason she couldn't abide those moronic sluts.
Bella could care less, though. Dealing with their inane ranting was a small price to pay for having such good friends in her life.
He'd held her heart since that day. She never told him, or any of the others for that matter, but she'd loved him utterly and completely. And still did.
Not until it was coming to the end of their senior year, did she decide to act on her feelings. She had asked him to be her date to the Prom. Everyone had been gathered at their house for a barbeque. When he'd gone inside to get a drink, she followed him in so she could ask in private.
He'd looked a little taken aback when she'd asked him if he already had a date for the Prom, clearly he hadn't expected her to ask. But when she said that she'd like to go with him, he'd smiled and agreed.
It was an odd couple of weeks leading up to it. As far as their group of friends went, it was business as usual. Only with more talk of dresses and shopping by the girls and more eye-rolls and mocking from the guys.
Bella and Jasper hadn't made a big deal of it. They'd arranged things just as if it was a trip to the beach or a night at the movies. She didn't know whether to be thankful or disheartened by that, but opted to see it as a good thing. The other girls were simply baffled.
The night of the Prom came round and, at exactly seven pm, Bella opened the door to Jasper looking magnificent in a charcoal grey, tailored suit. He wore a fedora, in the same colour, on his head, black cowboy boots on his feet and an undone bow-tie under his collar.
He looked magnificent.
Bella began to feel a little self conscious that she wouldn't do him justice. She wore a floor length, emerald green gown that had a halter neck with a just-this-side-of-too-much 'V' shaped neckline. It hugged her curves as it fell to the floor like a waterfall of silk.
"You look truly beautiful, Bella." Jasper smiled as he brought a long-stemmed white rose from behind his back. "Red is too cliché, I think. I hope you like it. You never struck me as a corsage kind of girl."
"I'm not. I love it, thank you." Bella smiled shyly, as she took the rose from his one hand, as the other took her free hand and proceeded to guide her down the steps to his waiting car.
The drive to the school was short, but not uncomfortable. Jasper was a quiet sort, so there wasn't a need to fill a silence with chatter.
After parking the car, he took her hand once more and together they walked towards the hall, where they could already hear music spilling out of the doors.
With tickets handed in, and no coats to check, they headed towards the hall. The customary photographer was ready to pounce, and made sure they stopped to get one taken.
Jasper had pulled her in front of him, and wrapped his arms round her slim waist. He'd lowered his head and said something to her, but she hadn't heard what it was. However, as she turned her head to look up at him, the flash had gone off and their photo had been taken.
The night went on as expected after that. They both laughed and danced with the rest of the group, taken thousands of photos with each others' cameras and had a sweepstake to predict who would be Prom King and Queen.
They'd all laughed heartily when the winners were announced and neither of the Ho-Captains ended up as Queen.
The night was drawing to a close, and the music was slowing down. Jasper had disappeared for a minute, only to return looking a little anxious.
He relaxed as soon as the next song began to play.
He silently took Bella's hand and led her to the dance floor as 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face' played out across the hall. When he reached it he pulled her close to his body, one arm wrapping round her waist and the other hand holding hers over his heart.
Bella was resting her head on his chest until he began to sing to her, so quietly that she wasn't sure he meant for her to hear. She tilted her face up to his, as her free hand moved from round his neck to the soft hair at the back of his head.
Their bodies moved with the music, the rest of the world melting away, as their heads moved closer to one another's. His lips captured hers tenderly at first, but soon the kiss deepened into something phenomenal...
The three weeks after the Prom, were bitter sweet for both of them.
They'd finally come together, but their time was to be short as he was due to be leaving early to start his scholarship to the University of Texas.
They had received their 'official' Prom photo in the mail the morning Jasper was due to leave.
It was the most beautiful scene she could have imagined. He was looking down at her with a smile stretching across his handsome face, and she was turning to look up at him. She too, was smiling, but her eyes were closed.
It looked like they were a couple very much in love, sharing a private joke, a moment for themselves and no one else.
She never did find out what he'd said, but that picture was, to this day, still on the mantelpiece in her living room as she read, once more, the invitation to the Reunion she was both looking forward to and dreading.
Ten Years.
Shit, has it really been that long? She asked herself as her eyes found that picture – her favourite picture – standing front and centre with others she had collected over the years.
It had been four years since she'd seen him last. Peter and Charlotte had been engaged for years and finally decided to make it official. Bella, along with Rose and Victoria, had been Charlotte's bridesmaids while Jasper had been Peter's best man.
It had been wonderful to see him again, but they hadn't had a chance to really catch up. Work commitments meant he'd only been able to come back to Washington the day before for the rehearsal dinner, and he'd had to leave the morning after the wedding.
She wondered if he'd be at the reunion.
She doubted it. He'd never really cared for any of the people organising it. Hope bubbled in her that he'd come purely to see the old gang again, but by all accounts, his business was thriving and he'd not been able to take any time off for a while.
As she came to the realisation that one of the main reasons that this Reunion might not be a complete nightmare was probably not going, she decided to see whether her other friends were planning on attending.
Four texts and a tweet later, Bella discovered that yes, they were all planning to attend. So with that knowledge behind her, she opened her laptop to RSVP.
As she sent her response, she found that she had one more person yet to ask.
Deciding to take a chance, as she had done once before, she opened a new email and began to type.
"Dear Jasper,
It's been so long since I've seen you, but you are never far from my thoughts. I often wonder how you are, and if you are enjoying travelling down the path that life is taking you.
You must be wondering why I am writing to you, that is, if you even get this message. It's sad to think that we once talked this way often, but haven't in so long.
Anyway, my reason for writing you is that one afternoon, a lifetime ago, I took a chance and asked you to Prom. It was a giddy moment for me when you said yes, but hopefully you didn't see any of that...
Well, the dreaded Reunion is coming and the whole gang is going to be there. But, for me, it wouldn't be the same without you. You may not have enjoyed the spotlight, but on those rare occasions when you stepped into it, you shone brighter than anyone.
Am I embarrassing myself? Probably.
The thing is, I always saw that in you. From the night of your parents' anniversary, to the night you held me while I fell apart. I still listen to the gift you gave me and it still soothes my very soul. But it was the night of the Prom that sealed it for me.
You, Jasper. You, to me, are perfect.
Now, I have either made a complete fool of myself already, or I have sent these words into cyber nothingness. Either way, I may as well add the cherry to the top of the proverbial cake, hadn't I?
As you can see, I am not very good with expressing myself well when it comes to the written word. Thankfully, what I could not express myself, I have found a way to say another way.
Music is a language you understand, it's actually one of the things I love most about you, so I have enclosed a few words from a song close to my heart.
The lyrics may not have been written by my hand, but they may as well have been. They say what I have never been able to say to you. So here goes...
"I haven't seen you in ages.
Sometimes I find myself wondering where you are.
To me you'll always be 18, and beautiful.
And dancing away with my heart."
And you did, Jasper.
The night of the Prom you danced away with my heart. You didn't know it at the time, but you took it with you to Texas and I never got it back.
I can only hope that with this note, you find all the love from me that went with you the day you left.
Send it back or keep it with you always, but know that I never stopped loving you.
Yours always, in hope.
Her heart clenched as she hit 'Send'.
February 14th, 2012.
His blonde hair fell in his eyes as he gazed down at her. Slowly, he raised his hand to gently push a stray lock of her hair behind her ear. His fingers threaded themselves through her luscious chocolate locks, and guided her face to his.
Lips, as soft as silk but still dominant against hers, met her own with a passion she had never experienced. It was a slow kiss that quickly escalated in intensity. Passion and need encompassed them and the rest of the world seemed to fade away.
Small hands found their way inside the lapels of his charcoal grey suit jacket and up his chest to his broad shoulders. They took his jacket with them as they slid over them and followed the muscles of his strong arms. His undone tie was the next to go, as she tugged it easily from under the collar of his shirt.
His strong hands had untangled themselves from her hair and had begun to unzip her dress. His movements were agonisingly slow and his fingertips left a trail of fire down her spine. The clasp at the nape of her neck was the only thing holding the slip of emerald green material from falling completely to the ground.
As their kiss continued his shirt was the next to hit the floor, followed by his trousers and her dress. The emerald silk pooled at her feet as the lovers entwined their bodies in a renewed fervour.
The quiet moan that fell from her lips was the only sound to be heard as he left soft kisses down the length of her neck.
Their kisses never faltered as they fell onto the plush comforter atop the large bed.
She revelled in the feel of his body as it moved to hover over her. He held his lean body over her as he captured her lips in a searing kiss, once more leaving her breathless. As she broke the kiss to catch a much needed breath, his attentions turned to discovering the rest of her body.
Her pale skin looked almost alabaster in the moonlight that bathed them as it cascaded through the window.
His mouth closed around her pebbled nipple and she arched into his touch. His left hand caressed her other breast as his tongued flicked and teased her. As he took her nipple between his teeth, her nails dug into his shoulders and she had to bite her lip to stifle another breathy moan.
She drew a leg up to wrap around his waist pulling him closer.
Her anticipations spiked as his fingers began to trail down her stomach to dip into her panties. A low groan escaped him as he discovered her bare sex.
His fingers teased her and she felt that familiar tightening sensation in the pit of her stomach.
One finger then another dipped between her folds, before plunging into her hot, tight heat. He curled his fingers as they moved within her, increasing the pleasure she was feeling.
Just as she neared her peak, the magic fingers disappeared. She felt the tip of his powerful cock at her entrance and her eyes flew open to gaze into his. No words were spoken as their eyes locked onto each other, but in those few seconds, reassurance and something a little less definable passed between them.
He slid smoothly into her and together, they sighed at the sensation of their bodies joined for the first time. Her head fell back to the pillow as his powerful thrusts pushed her towards her rapidly approaching orgasm.
All of a sudden, he pulled out of her, tucked his hands under her knees and pulled her body closer to him. The new position of her body meant that when he plunged back into her, the new angle sent her rocketing towards the blissful oblivion she was headed towards.
He was hitting that sensitive spot inside her so perfectly, that it took only a few more moments before her inner muscles began to flutter, milking his thick cock until...
She woke up with a start.
Her heart was pounding and she was tangled up in her sheets. Sweat had beaded on her pale skin and she felt goose bumps rise on the exposed areas as she rose from her bed.
There was no doubt in her mind who the man in her dream had been. Hell, he'd been on her mind constantly since she received that invitation. She'd had no response from the email she'd sent to him, though she wasn't that surprised. After that long, she would be surprised if he still even used that account.
It was still caused an ache in her heart as she considered the possibility that he'd read it and simply ignored it.
She had tried hard, not to let thoughts such as those, fester in her mind and simply concentrated on the fact that she would be seeing all her closet friends together, at the same time, for the first time in four years. That alone had made the trip back to Washington worthwhile.
Going back to Forks hadn't been difficult, after all her father still lived there. Getting her luggage there, however, seemed to be entirely too difficult for the airline to achieve. She'd been back two days, and had had no news of her missing luggage until that morning, when she'd called the airline (again) and was informed that it was waiting for her at Logan Airport.
By that point she'd gone to Port Angeles to replace what had been lost. The only problem was that she'd not been able to find a new dress.
Evidently, what little choice of suitable dresses they had, had been scavenged by Valentine's Day winners, which left the dregs of the fashion world hanging forlornly on the rails, as if they knew that no self-respecting woman in their right minds would actually were them.
It was whilst she was rummaging through clothing disaster after clothing disaster, that she remembered that she still had her old Prom dress at Charlie's house.
Worth a try, I guess... She thought as she'd hung a truly hideous, hot pink monstrosity back on the rail and all but sprinted out of the store.
As it turned out, the emerald dress fit her better then, than it had previously. It still hung perfectly over her stomach and hips, but her fuller cleavage meant she now skirted the line between 'come-see-how-amazing-the-girls-are' and 'insert-dollar-bills-here'.
Luckily, she'd carried her make-up and jewellery in her hand luggage, so she hadn't had to replace any of that, which she was more than thankful for.
The night Bella had been so anxious about had finally arrived.
Déja vu struck her, as there came a knock at the door at precisely seven pm.
It was a taxi driver that greeted her when she opened the front door this time, however, and she was soon pulling up at the front of the school she hadn't set foot in for ten years.
A small knot of people were sheltering under the awning above the front doors, and as she exited the cab, excited cries greeted her and she was soon wrapped in the arms of her best friends.
Victoria looked a vision in black, setting off her fiery hair amazingly. Rose, was breath-taking in her blood red dress standing next to a very smart looking Emmett, whose tie matched her dress perfectly.
Charlotte looked beautiful in her midnight blue dress, with Peter cutting a very fine figure in a black suit – again with a tie to match his wife's – as his arms wrapped lightly, around her waist. His hands rested on her lower abdomen, as if cradling it.
He had a gleam in his eye as he saw Bella appraising the couple before her, and before she could ask, he simply nodded.
Her utter joy at discovering that they were expecting was palpable as she embraced them both. Evidently, the others already knew, but joined in the congratulations all the same.
After they'd all calmed down, they made their way to the hall.
It was just like Prom, all over again. Except without Jasper... She thought, sadly.
This time, when it came to the picture, they had a group one. Everyone was laughing, and she knew it would make a wonderful photograph. She had a thought that Jasper should have been in it, but she shook it off quickly. The one she already had was perfect. Having another would take away the magic of it, somewhat.
Once again, they laughed their way through the evening, made all the more fun, by the simple fact there was alcohol this time around. Though not for Char, of course.
They had whooped and hollered together, as once again, the Ho-Captains – who had clearly spent a great deal of their husbands' money on surgery to try to keep themselves looking just as they did in high school – miss out once again, on the crown, which this time, was 'The Reunion Queen'.
The evening was drawing to a close, and her friends had all paired off. Even Victoria, who had come alone, had found a partner in James, a guy from the Lacrosse team who had always liked her but had never dared say anything to her at the time.
Bella was sad that Jasper hadn't come, but thankful to have had the opportunity to spend time with her friends as a group, again. They were scattered all over the country so being able to come together was a tough ask.
As she stood at the bar, sipping her champagne the DJ's cheesy voice came over the speakers.
"It's that time of the evening, guys and gals. We're slowing down for the night. Here's a request to start us off..."
Bella's heart seemed to stutter and the world froze, as the opening lines to that song.
Their song.
THE song floated out of the speakers, caressing her ears and warming her from the inside.
He had to be here, she knew he just HAD to be.
She had taken an unconscious step forward to search the crowd, and didn't notice the tall, blonde man slide up beside her.
From nowhere, a single, long stemmed white rose appeared in front of her.
"You never were a corsage kind of girl, I hope that hasn't changed." His soft voice caressed her and she fought to control the tears of joy and relief that threatened to spill out of her.
Slowly, for fear that she was dreaming again, she turned to see the man she'd longed for all those years.
"Jasper..." His name, whispered from her lips like a prayer, "You're here."
"Sorry I'm late, my plane was delayed I changed at the airport and drove straight here." He spoke fervently, to assuage any feeling she might have that he hadn't wanted to see her.
"That dress, you look more amazing in it now, than you did the last time."
"Thank you, Jasper."
"Anytime, Bella."
He smiled as he pulled her close, just as he had done all those years before, and brought his lips to hers for the first time in ten years.
But it would not be the last.
So? What did you think? :-)


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It will be no surprise if employees approach this year's office Super Bowl or NCAA Tournament pools with a little more trepidation. Last month, Fidelity Investments made national headlines when it fired four employees for participating in a fantasy football league. For those unfamiliar with it, fantasy football is a game in which participants are organized in a competitive league, earning "fantasy points" by using the statistics of real professional football players. Surprisingly, Fidelity's rationale for the firing was not so much that the employees were using company time and resources to participate in the league, but rather the company's designation of fantasy football as a form of gambling.
The number of H-1B audits will continue to rise in 2010, so H-1B employers should be prepared for unannounced site visits from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to confirm the information submitted in H-1B filings. The USCIS Office of Fraud Detection and National Security (FDNS) has recently commenced an audit of the H-1B program. Under H-1B regulations, FDNS does not need a subpoena to investigate H-1B employers. One of the USCIS Service Centers has already transferred approximately 20,000 cases to FDNS as part of the H-1B assessment program. As a result, it's clear that site visits will continue and all H-1B employers must be prepared for an unannounced site visit at anytime.
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Salesforce.com approves 4-for-1 stock split
Salesforce.com says its board approved a four-for-one stock split that will take effect in April.
The company provides software for sales staff over the Internet. Salesforce.com said that each shareholder of record on April 3 will receive three shares for every one share they own. The new shares will be distributed April 17 and the company's stock will begin trading on a split-adjusted basis April 18.
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This is a post about the jester hobby! I will tell you a little bit about how to do the hobby and the rewards you can get from it.
Who can be a jester?
Only one sim can do this hobby at a time.
How can be a jester?
You need to firstly build the castle, then complete the royal lineage quest, then complete the archery hobby to unlock the royal gallery to be able to do this hobby
Where can you be a jester?
At the castle, click on the chest
What are the jester options?
- Mime- 3 hours 30 minutes (second row)
- Tambourine- 4 hours 30 minutes (third row)
- Dance- 4 hours 30 minutes (first row)
- Flags- 5 hours 30 minutes (last row)
The first time you complete this hobby you have to do the dance option to find all 3 in the first row to unlock mime, then all three in that row to unlock tambourine and the third row to unlock flags.
What are the jester levels?
- Beginner
- Novice
- Intermediate
- Skilled
- Advanced
- Master Fool
What moves are there to collect?
What do you win?
First time you unlock the throne room which is explained in the castle post
Further times you earn 3LPs
I can't find one of the walks, any tips?
The only advice I can really give you is to keep going, that is the only way you can find them- there is no trick to it, its completely random.
Is it worth using the lucky spin?
I would say no, it doesn't give you one that you need it just gives you one at random so really it is probably just a waste of LPs
How do I start the collection again?
Once you have finished the collection you can click start a new collection on the list to start over.
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Labor party president Jenny McAllister has emerged as the frontrunner to take John Faulkner's Senate spot when he retires at the end of his term.
Faulkner, 60, who has been a senator since 1989, has announced he will not be nominating for the Senate spot and will instead retire in 2017.
McAllister is considered the person most likely to fill the Senate spot, which is allocated to the party's left.
Senior NSW Labor figures from both ends of the political spectrum have told Guardian Australia they would support her nomination.
"It's Jenny McAllister, then daylight. If they were taking odds she'd be 1.01 to replace him," one Labor MP said.
McAllister did not return phone calls. The Labor left member is close to Faulkner and supports him on party reform, in particular direct election of senators by party members. She called Labor's pre-selection process "broken" earlier this month and said the Senate by-election in Western Australia showed how far the party had to go.
"Union leaders, parliamentarians and faction leaders who exercised enormous power under the old model need to accept that the old ways have to change," she wrote in the Australian. "We need to move to a system that allows far more people to have a say in who represents Labor in the Senate."
McAllister has been national president of the Labor party since 2011 and is based in Redfern. She has been a member of Labor for 22 years, previously holding a slew of party positions, and took a tilt at the lower house in 2001 when she ran in the seat of Richmond which takes in Byron Bay, Tweed Heads and her hometown Murwillumbah.
Faulkner announced his resignation on Wednesday, saying it would be an "indulgence" to seek another six year term when his current one expires in 2017. He said he would continue to push for Labor party reform for the rest of his term, as well as when he leaves the Senate.


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A list of things Tosh didn't want to do today:
- Play taxi driver for Bright and her smelly, half-dead friend
- Play doctor for Bright and her smelly, half-dead friend
- Miss dinner
But here I am, just the same, benevolent idiot that I am. Bright's right; can't just leave the guy when I'm his only chance. Bad mojo.
Crouching down in the hallway, I start my examination by peeling off the old dude's jacket to get a better look. Aside from some minor cuts and scrapes and some weird bruising on one arm, he seems fine up top. "Got two visible leaks in him- looks like one shot just grazed his belly, but that's a nasty hole in his left thigh."
"Okay," Bright responds in her infuriating monotone. I really have no clue what she expects me to do. I take a moment to consider my surroundings. A wide hallway, poorly lit, in a rundown mid city building. At one end of the hall, the lift we came up in, with its cumbersome sliding doors, which Bright has cleverly had automated. At the the other end, like the light at the end of the tunnel, are the doors to the cleanroom. Between the two, myself and this- I nervously check his pulse- still half-dead guy. I peer up at the ceiling, eyes searching for the security camera she's watching us through. I know it's there somewhere, I installed it. Finding it, I crane my neck and stare, the closest I'll get to making eye contact with Bright, and wait for her to continue.
"I need you to get the bullet out of his leg."
I do a double take- from the camera to his bloody leg, back to the camera. "Wait- shouldn't his 'machines be taking care of this crap?"
"That's the problem- all his tech is down," she snaps at me, as though this should have been obvious. "It has to be something to do with that slug."
A light goes on in my head. Now I see why this matters so much. If there's one thing in this whole miserable world Bright cares about, it's tech. In her mind, it's the only thing that's clean.
I know it's not going to do any good to argue with her. "All right, so how do I get it out?" A long silence provides me with no answers. I'd already protested that I'm not a doctor, but the bigger problem is that neither is Bright.
Waiting, I listen to the hum of the ventilation system. It's been a while since I've been inside the ancient, abandoned warehouse Bright calls "the Sanctum". I've never been into the cleanroom, the chamber that separates Bright's space from the rest of the building. Maybe a handful of people have. I doubt anyone has been beyond it in years but her.
"I'm working on pulling up the old med databases, but you know how those servers can be-- it's going to take a minute."
"Yeah, cleaning out the cobwebs, okay." I let my head fall back against the wall, mirroring my charge's posture. His chest moves, almost imperceptibly, with each ragged, shallow breath. "Hey- I may not be an expert on this kind of thing, but I'm not sure he's got a minute." The urgency I felt only minutes before is fading fast, leaving me tired, resigned. Hungry.
"Do you have a knife?"
"Yeah, but it's not exactly sterile." I brace myself before asking the question. "Can I move him into the cleanroom?" I can practically hear her brain turning it over, grinding fact against fear. "Brightling, please." I just want to get this over with.
The doors swoosh open and I drag him into the air shower, where we wait to be decontaminated. The airlock-style chamber isn't really designed for two people. It takes some careful positioning to get us both inside so the door can close. There's a mechanical clank, and a torrent of air whooshes up from the ground. For an instant, I feel like I'm falling. A wildly bright light snaps on and scans the height of the chamber. I throw an arm over my eyes as it passes my head. After a thoroughly disorienting fifteen seconds, a green light and a pleasant tone usher us into the cleanroom.
I lay my patient out on the pristine white tile, and look through the glass into the Inner Sanctum, the space where Bright lives. I don't see her at first...it's like looking for a chameleon. She's pale as a ghost, and only wears white, making her nearly invisible against the white walls and surfaces of the room. There's a flutter of movement. and light glints off the shiny metallic circles on her temples. Must be part of some new upgrade. Commercially available mods are designed to have a minimal surface footprint, preserving a "normal" appearance. Practically none of Bright's mods are street-legal, and it's not like she minds how they look.
She sees me, and gives me a curt little wave, then goes back to doing twenty things at once, like usual. Yeah, right now she's trying to talk me through triage, but I bet she's also watching the news, reading a story, and god knows what else. It's just how she is, always multitasking.
Me, I'm a one thing at a time sort of guy. "What now?"
"You're going to need to get that bullet out with your knife."
Great. I tear the hole in his pants open wider and stare into the bullet hole. Ugh. I've gotten used to the sight of his blood, but the thought of mucking around with a blade in this dude's leg makes my stomach do somersaults.
Something in the back of my brain reminds me that I'm doing this to help Bright. I'd made a big deal about her owing me for this one, but heaven knows she's bailed me out of some tight spots before. She's a tough customer, but she takes care of her own. That in mind, I grip his leg, easily covering the width of his thigh with my hand, and dig in with my knife.
The resistance is horrible. I wince as I turn the blade, searching for the slug. I have no idea what I'm doing. The blood starts to gush, making it impossible to see what I'm hitting with the knife. There, the blade bumps against something hard. I jab at it a little, and it moves enough that I'm pretty sure it's not a bone or anything that's supposed to be there. "I think I've found it, but I don't know if I can--" I wiggle the knife a little, in an aimless attempt to raise the bullet out of the mess.
The patient's leg twitches violently in protest, wrenching the knife out of my hand. He lets out a choked, sputtering cry. Startled, I jump backwards, just reacting-- but not fast enough to get out of the way as his other leg kicks forward, the heel of his boot delivering a crushing, targeted blow to my balls.
Swearing, I collapse sideways as nauseating waves of pain radiate from my crotch. Uneven footsteps shuffle towards me. Struggling onto my back, I glance up to find him glaring down at me, his teeth bared in a grimace of pain, my knife in his hand.
"The hell were you doing?" he breathes.
I'm genuinely afraid for my life.


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With a stay at Cavalieri Art Hotel in St. Julian's, you'll be minutes from Portomaso Marina and Palazzo Spinola. This 4-star hotel is within close proximity of Ta'Xbiex and Sliema Promenade.
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Down to the Sea
It is your job to go to away,
Across the oceans, blue and gray.
You are a sailor proud and strong,
But why does it hurt when you're gone so long?
Be it a month, a week, a day
It's all the same when you're away.
A sailor you will always be,
Heeding the callings of the sea.
I watch you leave with heavy heart,
Hating that we'll be apart.
But thoughts of you I'll always carry,
And try my best to be bright, and merry.
I love you more and more each day
And wouldn't have it another way.
I love my sailor,
I wait, I yearn,
Until the day that you return.
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Nathan and PaytonMature
At school I am in love. Ms. Roth has let us move desks to where we want. I left mine where it was but Payton Larson moved hers away from Nathan and right next to mine. Right right next to mine. So close they overlap and she writes at a tilt. She makes me laugh. Soon we were sitting next to each other in the cafeteria at lunch too. She has too much blonde hair and has to keep tucking it away. Nathan isn't happy.
"Look, Sean." Nathan strikes the same pose his uncle does when lecturing the team. "I know you want to play on the team again this year… and you do want to play, don't you?" Roy follows Nathan's lead and crosses his arms too. He's such a copycat.
"Course, Nathan."
"Good. But the bad news is. You're too slow. You're too slow and too fat. You ain't baseball material, you hear?" It wasn't even real baseball. We were stilling playing with a stupid T.
"You're just too slow, ya hear?" says Roy.
"Ain't isn't a real word," I say.
"And you ain't a real ball player get it?"
I don't. I turn and walk to Andre and Philippe. "Hey guys want to–"
"Hey Andre, Philippe, come play with us! Don't play with that loooozer!" They pause and I love them for it. Then they run over to Nathan and little copycat Roy and I'm left alone. I don't get Nathan. We'd been friends before. I had even gone to his birthday party. I go to the library that recess and read about the Olympians.
At lunch I see everyone starting a game of mega tag. Philippe and Andre still with Nathan and Roy. I didn't want to play so I bring a book out to the old playground. I sit in the tower with my book and let my legs dangle. The lunch hour is almost over when I see some guys crossing the field towards me. They keep stooping to pick things up. I can't tell who they are. They walk slowly, with meaning, and keep bending and picking things up. The bell rings and they turn around dropping whatever they had gathered. In class Payton tells me Nathan is going to get me after school.
"Nathan is going to get you after school." I stare at my desk. My life is over. "Is your dad picking you up today?"
"No. I'm walking home with Esmé."
"Do you want my bike? You can get home fast that way."
"No. How would Es get home?"
"I'll walk her home." Payton and Esmé have dance class together. Es would be okay.
"Alri –'' and then Ms. Roth told us to be quiet or she'd speak to us outside. I can't help it. As Ms. Roth turns away I lean over and kiss Payton's cheek. She jumps in her seat and smiles at me. I try to hold her hand but we are practicing cursive now and that makes it hard.
School ends and Payton goes to take Esmé home. I burst out of the big double doors and run for her bike. It's pink and has tassels and is chained to the bike post. I didn't ask about the combo. I run over to Andre and Philippe where they're collecting rocks by the baseball diamond.
"Guys guys Nathan is going to get me." They freeze.
Frogs in a flashlight beam.
I turn from one to the other. They each have a handful of good-sized stones, palm to fist sized. Andre stares and Philippe speaks, dipping his head a little. "Run Sean. You gotta run." I run.
I make it across the baseball diamond and across the soccer fields before the first stone whizzes by me. I scramble up the little hill to the tennis courts and slam the cross-wire gate. Stones bang off it and all around me now. As I slam the gate shut I see them coming. Andre and Philippe and Roy and Nathan and even Billy Slater from fifth grade. I run across the tennis courts and out the other side, slamming the other gate closed too. Then down the hill and to the old playground. They call names after me. Slow poke, shorty, fatty, Canuck, retard.
I climb up from platform to platform. At one point a rock bounces off the wood and hits me in the face. Somebody laughs. I get to the top tower. The slide has been gone since forever and all that's left is the fireman poll, the ladder up, and an empty space where the long slide used to be. I'm beat and fall against the one solid half wall of the tower. Below me they throw the rest of their stones till they're out. The playground has woodchips and they look lamely for more ammo. Except for Nathan, who savours his last rocks. He tosses them and up and down, coin-like.
Nathan paces and laughs. I check my cheek and I'm bleeding. I wipe it away before it dries. Can't let anyone know. Nathan smiles up at me. "Go get him." The boys begin to climb. Billy Slater is the first up. He grins at me, his wiggly tooth sticking out. I kick and it connects with the wet sound of meat and rubber. He falls backwards onto Philippe. Andre shimmies up the pole and grabs the edge of the tower's platform. I step on his fingers till he screams and lets go. I wipe my cheek again. Roy and Philippe push forward again and I step on their hands too. Roy tries to bite me but I twist on his fingers and he lets go and falls.
Nathan is furious. He throws a stone that scrapes me right along the top of my head knocking me back against the tower's one wall. "Do you like her, Sean?" he yells up. He stands at the bottom tossing his last rock up and down. Up and down. "Do you like Payton?"
"Yeah." This gets snickers from Andre and Philippe. I can't see so well. Blood from my cuts is getting in my left eye and tears are in both.
"Yeah? You want to kiss her?"
"Well you can't!" The rock flies and clangs against the metal roofing of the tower. Nathan yells red-faced. "She doesn't like you. She doesn't want a Canadian boy. She's American, she wants an American boy. She doesn't want you."
"We don't sit alphabetically now. We got to choose where we sit. She doesn't have to sit next to you anymore. She chose to sit next to me."
"She chose wrong!"
"Why are you doing this?" I look over the edge. Philippe looks miserable; Anton has torn his shirt and Billy throws his shoe at me. It zooms by. Nathan fumes. I look at my friends, "Philippe, Anton why are you doing this? You guys aren't American either."
Philippe turns white and Anton steps away from Billy Slater. "No no guys, our mum's American. She is. Really. Ask her."
Nathan laughs at them. "Beat it. You guys weren't much use anyway." The two twins looked crushed, then Billy raises his fist and they duck and run. Nathan laughs again and he and Billy stare up at me. I can't see Roy, but I can't see much of anything. "You still like Payton?"
"If you say you don't I'll only punch you three times."
"No. I do."
"Say you don't. Say you don't or I'll kill you. Last chance."
"I do, I do like Payton. And Payton likes me."
Nathan yells and I feel Roy's hands push me from behind. I fall then for a long time. I see and hear only red. It tastes like iron and wood and hurts every inch of me.
When I wake up the sky has changed colour. I take the longer way home so no one sees me. I try to go fast but I limp and my breathing isn't so good. All I remember after the fall is red. No. Most was red. But I also remember Nathan. Nathan stomping my face. Slowly, I reach up and touch my lips. They're split. My hand continues and I panic when I can't find my nose. When I do pain flares deep into my skull. It's broken. My nose is broken.
Before I reach the house I see Esmé. She runs up the drive and helps me pull myself inside. She's crying and I mumble something about wiping and blood.
"SeanSeanSean. You'll be okay. You'll be okay. Mom and Dad will get them. Mom will be here soon. You'll be-'' and she breaks down.
"Es." She keeps sobbing. "Es I need my bike." My own words sound sick. Gummy and toothless.
"Get me my bike."
"Where's dad?"
"Studying?" She nods. "Okay. Good." His desk faced away from the cul-de-sac. He wouldn't be able to see. I'm … I'm not a good person. I don't want him to see this. I can't let him know.
Esmé comes back wheeling my bike and I get on. I tell her to go change and wash up and not tell anyone ever. Leave it to me. She nods and runs back inside. My breathing hurts. I ride in circles until I see Mum's minivan coming down the drive. When I'm sure she can see me I pick up speed. My thoughts stop. I pedal pedal pedal straight into the brick wall of our house.


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Hotel Shikhar Palace is located Opp. Sehorenaka in Bhopal. We does everything to ensure that the resident spends minimum time in the room by offering a range of wellness, leisure and entertainment activities and facilities in the hotel. We at Shikhar Palace Bhopal offer convenient amenities, spacio...
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