Author's Note: Twilight and all its characters belong to Stephenie Meyer. Also please keep in mind that this is my first fanfic and I'm not a native speaker
Prolog
Jasper's POV
The door shut with a loud bang. I groaned and let myself sink further into the soft cushions of our four-poster bed. Why couldn't it be easy with this girl? She was so stubborn and lately very angry. Her anger -nearly wrath- took me by surprise. She was feeling so much despair and I was not able to place it nor find an appropriate reason for it. To say I felt at home with her simply wasn't true anymore. The feelings of love I once felt from and for her seemed to be long gone. We had a little spat that turned into a full grown argument faster than I could have said "disagreement". It was about Bella and like everything I said or did related to her human best friend it drove her up the wall. Lately it' been like that a lot. Alice didn't like my opinion about the birthday party she so thoroughly planned for Bella. In fact she jumped right into my face when I mentioned that Bella wasn't the kind of person who wanted a big party anyway.
I sighed deeply, flipping myself onto my side. Staring at the nicely framed picture of Alice and me on the bedside table I let out another huff of air. We were happy, very happy the day that picture was taken. I thought that I found my mate in every sense of the word. The one I would be with forever, but however hard we tried, forever turned out not as long as I thought it to be. Surely, in human time we were an ancient couple, but for vampires we were still newlyweds.
Downstairs the preparations were nearly done. Some crystal plates were put on the wooden table in the back of the room. As I slowly made my down the beautiful cake caught my eye. I could not help but shake my head. Who in the world should eat all of this? Surely not the only human that was attending this ridiculous party. I leaned against the post and shifted slightly when Alice appeared next to me and intertwined our fingers. Cocking an eyebrow I shot her a questioning glance. Was that an act now? Should we be the happy couple in front of everyone even though they probably heard ever single word of our argument? She just smiled standing up on her tiptoes to give me a short peck on the cheek.
"Shhh now! They are coming!" Esme said with a happy grin. I could feel the motherly love she held towards Bella pour out of her every time she so much as mentioned her. It was a feeling she held towards all of us of course. But still it surprised me how after such a short time Bella had Carlisle and Esme already wrapped around her little finger. All of us let her in so easily. Even Rosalie though she didn't admit it yet.
Her amazing scent hit me long before she entered the room. Freesia and strawberries with a hint of vanilla. My lips curled up into a soft smile when Edward actually opened the door for her. Bella looked beautiful. Her long mahogany hair flowed in curls around her shoulders, bouncing ever so slightly with each step she took into the room. We all greeted her with a loud chant of "Happy Birthday". Her scent grew even stronger now that she blushed. I felt her embarrassment and discomfort as she looked around the room. Edward looked at me as I thought about how uneasy Bella felt and wrapped a protective arm around her waist. He looked me directly into the eyes as he kissed the top of her head and I could have sworn that there was a little possessiveness coming off of him but it was gone as soon as I noticed it. Odd. When Esme and Carlisle greeted her, Carlisle apologized for the ludicrous decorations with a side glance at Alice who practically bounced up and down beside me with excitement.
There was an enhancement in the already rich scent of Bella's blood when more of it rushed to her face at something Emmett said. His booming laughter echoed off the walls as he made his way outside to install the radio which was Rosalie, Emmett and my present to Bella. Just then Alice let go of my hand to ship over to Bella and get her to open the presents. I noticed how Bella looked at me and smiled. Her emotions reached from joy to disappointment. Judging by her sad understanding nod her disappointment was directed at my reserved position in the room. During our trip to Phoenix our relationship was getting better and we were pretty close due to the danger of the situation but now that the storm was over and everything calmed down I kept my distance again. Not because I didn't trust my control around her but mainly because everyone else seemed to be wary about me in her presence.
Bella unwrapped my present with a self-conscious look on her face and when she actually opened it and furrowed her brow at the already empty box thanking us for seemingly nothing, I cracked up.
"It's a stereo for your truck... Emmett is installing it right now so you can't return it." I explained with a grin.
I watched as Alice handed her the next present which seemed to be from Edward and her. Wanting to know what my wife would get Bella I sneaked closer to get a better look. Just when I had the perfect view of Bella jerking her finger under the tape of the slim envelope I heard her curse and draw her finger back to reveal a perfect little scarlet drop of blood oozing out of her paper cut.
As soon as I realized what happened I wanted to back away but Edward's roar startled me and I watched with absolute horror as he flung Bella across the table into the cake and crystal plates shattering everything under her and making her bleed profusely. I felt the bloodlust of five vampires crash into me at the same time and in my struggle to keep my cool a snarl escaped my mouth. Edward slammed into me with everything he got but that wasn't enough to restrain the Major. I looked at the weak human in front of me striving to see more in her than just my next meal. But the combined emotions of everyone in the room were too much for me. Still struggling I let Emmett and Rosalie push me out of the house. It was like watching my own body from above as I snarled and growled at them snapping my teeth at anything I could reach. I could only hope that Bella and everyone else could forgive me for leashing out in the way I did.
Author's Note: so... this was the first chapter. It's only a prolog and not really anything but the birthday party out of Jasper's POV. But it's my first fanfic ever so please be kind! I am looking forward to any review even if it's just to tell me that I'm a crappy writer ;)