One day at lunch they had all been laughing and joking around as Emmet turned to face Maya a big smile stretched across his face.
"So Maya, we never did ask, does Jasper have any competition? Any old boyfriends who will come looking for you?" This had become Emmet's new favourite game once he had realized just how protective Jasper was of her. He knew that new mates were typically more possessive and protective of their mates, especially before they fully bonded and he loved to tease Jasper about their new relationship and push his buttons.
"I don't think so." Maya gave a careless shrug, continuing to eat.
"You don't think so?" Rosalie asked. She had been planning to stop Emmet, but now she was curious.
"Well, I had one boyfriend back when I had just turned 16, but I haven't seen him in months." Jasper tensed at this, jealousy rising at the thought of someone else touching his mate.
"What happened?" Alice asked.
"I was stupid" Maya muttered, suddenly worried about what they would think of her actions. "Just a young girl in love with the idea of having a boyfriend more than the boy himself and he was the stereotypical nice guy at the coffee shop I went to. He was sweet and took me out on dates and eventually we began to get more ... intimate."
"Wait, so you're not a virgin?" Emmet cut in, speaking in a low voice.
Jasper tensed up even more at this, not liking the image it put in his head of Maya with someone else. That another had seen her in the throws of pleasure and judging by her tone and emotions, hadn't appreciated the gift she had given him. The Major had also begun to stir at the thought, began urging him to claim what was theirs. To show her what it was supposed to be like and how he would worship her and take care of her. He clenched down on the urge and pushed Major back, the only sign of his anger the low growl that escaped his lips.
"No, I'm not" Maya answered without shame. She may not be proud of dating that jerk or giving her first time to him, but she also wouldn't allow others to mock her for the choices she made. She may regret it, but she learned from it.
"So, what happened" Rosalie asked, wanting to get back to the story.
"Well, it was all going great. Then ... he introduced me to his girlfriend."
"He didn't" Alice gasped. All the Cullens, even Edward, were mad at this, Jasper especially.
"Yeah, turns out he had been seeing her all along. But that was okay, I introduced him to my three overprotective self-proclaimed brothers" Maya said lightly with a small smirk. She might be embarrassed about falling for his tricks and regret ever meeting him, but she would not regret her payback.
"You have brothers?" Emmet asked confused.
"Yeah, well a few of the vampires that I spent some time with declared themselves my brothers and they apparently take that roll very seriously. At least if the fact that I never saw that Pezzo di merda again was anything to go by."
"Pizza do merida?" Emmet asked, butchering the Italian.
"Pezzo di merda" Maya corrected with a laugh, "it means piece of shit."
Emmet grinned, "cool."
"So let me get this straight, you met a guy who you liked, dated him, found out he was a cheater who used you and then told a bunch of vampires about him as payback?" Rose interrupted, a single eyebrow raised.
"Throw in the part that I slashed his car tires the next time he tried to take his girlfriend out and yeah, that's basically what happened."
Rose held up her hand for a high-five, which Maya met, "Way to give the cheating bastard what he deserved."
Maya giggled at that, trailing off as Jasper growled lowly at her side before grabbing her arm to pull her out of the cafeteria and down the hall. She let him drag her, confused about what had gotten into him. She could tell there was something different about him right now but couldn't put her finger on it.
He led her all the way to the library, leading her to the back where they would not be seen by anyone walking by in the hall. The rest of the library being deserted, as not even the librarian was in there. He came to a stop and shoved her up against a bookcase.
"You let scum like that touch you? And you're not even angry about what he did?" He demanded, angry that the boy had hurt her and now she was just laughing it off as if it was nothing.
"Um ... yes?" She said not really sure what was going on with him. His eyes were black with red flecks scattered in them and his accent had thickened significantly. Not to mention the way he was acting just seemed a little, not off. Not bad she thought, but different.
She opened her mouth to ask him about it, just as his lips crashed into hers. He brought her into mind-melting kiss. His tongue soon sliding between her lips, demanding entry and her submission as his hands held her in place. She gave both to him willingly, enjoying his dominance over her. He explored every inch of her mouth and tangled his tongue with hers as his lips continued to move against hers. Pulling away only when she ran out of breath.
She leaned against the bookcase, gasping for breath and still caged by his arms. Her mind was reeling, sure they had kissed and made out before, but nothing like this where he was so dominant and forceful. He had always been a gentleman, going at her pace and letting her take control. Though if she was being honest, she loved this new side of him and it really turned her on for some reason to realize that she was completely helpless against him and at his mercy.
As she finished catching her breath, he brought a hand up to grab her chin forcing her to look at him. "You are mine Doll. Don't you forget that. Mine. Mine to hold and kiss and touch. No one else's. Which means that I better not be hearing about any other bastards in the future. Do ya understand me?"
She nodded as best she could with her chin still gripped in his hand, "yes, but what's going on? You're not Jasper."
He chuckled, "no ma'am. My name is Major. Jasper's alter ego if ya wish. And unlike him I am far less forgivin' than he is. Best remember that Doll if your gonna act out. I will punish you, but I promise we'll both enjoy it in the end as you scream my name in pleasure." She blushed at his words.
"Does this mean that you're the dominate one and Jasper is the sweet one?" She really was curious if Major would be the only one to kiss her like that again.
He laughed outright at that, "Oh no Doll, Jasper is just as bad as me. He's just nice enough to be takin' it slow with ya. Although with the way ya reacted, I doubt he'll be holdin' back much longer." This caused her to blush once again and he reached up to stroke her cheek, loving the pink shade that covered them.
"I have to go now Doll, but I will be seeing you again" Maya looked up at that and watched how he closed his eyes for a moment and when they opened again, they were golden and his posture seemed to relax.
"Are you alright Darlin'? He didn't hurt you, did he?" Jasper asked worried. While he trusted Major not to hurt their mate on purpose, he did tend to be more careless with his strength and could accidentally harm her.
"You can't remember what he does?"
"No, I can. But he tends to be rough and I wanted to make sure that he didn't scare you or hurt you."
She smiled at that, "I'm perfectly fine. He didn't hurt me at all, just melted my brain a little with that kiss. Speaking of," she slapped his shoulder, "is it true that you have been holding back on me?"
"Yes." He admitted rubbing the back of his head, "I didn't want to overwhelm you."
"And now?"
"Now I know you can not only take it, but will love it" He whispered as he leaned down to capture her lips in another mind-blowing kiss.
When they paused again so she could breathe, she let out a small laugh. "You know, if this is how you are going to react every time, it might just be worth it to cause the mate bond to flare up like this."
Jasper merely sighed and shook his head at her before pulling her back into a short kiss. "He only came out for this because it was our first time feeling real jealousy."
"Really?" Maya furrowed her brows in confusion. "What made this time different? I mean its not like Mike hasn't taken every chance possible to stare at my chest or ask me out."
Jasper growled at the reminder. "Yes, but you ignore him or shut him down right away. This was the first time where you showed intertest in another man and admitted to being intimate with him."
"Ah, gotcha. So basically, due to the new mating bond, mister possessive overreacted and felt the need to come out and mark his territory?"
Jasper rolled his eyes at her phrasing but nodded at her accurate description. "Essentially. But it's not like he's the only one feeling possessive." He leaned down to nuzzle her neck, leaving soft kisses in a trail up her neck to her ear.
"Tell me," he whispered, "did you enjoy having him touch you?"
Maya let out a moan at the feeling of his lips on her ear. "Not really. As I said, I was more in love with the idea of love than him and he really was not all that great."
"Mm. Didn't you want to wait to find your mate?"
"I did but some of my family had told me that it had taken them centuries to find their mates and a few of them were way older than Carlisle and still hadn't found theirs. So, me being the stupid thing I was, jumped at the first chance of love that came along hoping that that would be it for me. It also didn't help that my family kept telling me that I was still a child. I guess I just really wanted to prove them wrong" Maya confessed.
As uncaring as she had made herself sound to the others, she really wasn't proud of what she had done. At the time she had thought herself truly in love, but now that she had met Jasper, she truly understood just how shallow those feelings had been.
Sensing her regret and shame, Jasper tiled her head up so that he could look her in the eyes. "I can understand that Darlin', but you have me now. And I promise that I love you with all of me and will do everything in my power to make you happy."
"You already do" Maya assured him, circling her arms around his neck to pull him down into another kiss.
He smiled into it, the last remnants of jealousy washing away as their lips danced together. Before long though, the kiss began to heat up and he took control, dominating her lips in a way he had be imagining doing since the first day he met her. Now that he knew that she was okay with it and enjoyed him taking control, he wasn't going to hold back any more.
They continued on like that, eventually ending with her legs wrapped around his waist as he pinned her between the bookcase and his chest as he swallowed every moan that escaped her lips. Only breaking apart as the bell rang signalling the end of lunch.
She pouted, "you know we could always skip."
He smiled teasingly down at her, "and rob you of your education? Perish the thought." He quickly grew serious again though, "are you not going to ask me about the Major?"
He knew he would have to explain it to her soon if he wanted their relationship to continue, but he couldn't say he was looking forward to it.
"Nope. I figure you, or he, will tell me when you are ready. I may be a curious cat, but I know that people have boundaries, secrets and things that are just too painful to share, so I won't push."
He dropped his head to her shoulder again, "you're too good for me."
"Correction, we're just perfect for each other Love. That is after all why fate or the universe or whatever made us mates."