The Theory

A/N: A lot of the dream came from New Moon chapter three. Yes it's the dreaded break up chapter. This story came from a song called 'Sincerely Yours' by AJ Mclean. I hope everybody enjoys this one along with my other stories.

Bella Swan was once again dreaming of the afternoon that Edward Cullen left her alone in the woods.

-Dream-

"Bella, we're leaving." I looked at my vampire boyfriend shocked and confused at what he was saying.

"Bella, it's time. How much longer could we stay in Forks, after all? Carlisle can barley pass for thirty and he's claiming thirty- three now. We'd have to start over soon regardless."

His answer confused me even more. I thought the point of leaving was to let his family live in peace. Why did we have to leave if they were going? I stared at him trying to understand what he meant. He stared right back coldly. With a roll of nausea, I realized I had misunderstood.

"When you say we----," I whispered.

"I mean my family and myself." Each word was stated separate and distinct.

I couldn't get a grip on my thoughts nor on the ready that Edward was saying. But I was ready to go with him.

"Only?!" I said. "I'm coming with you."

"You can't Bella. Where we're going.... It's not the right place for you."

"Where you are, is the right place for me."

"I'm no good for you, Bella."

"Don't be ridiculous. I wanted to sound angry but it just sounded like I was begging. You're the very best part of my life."

"My world is not for you." He said grimly.

"What happened with Jasper that was nothing Edward! Nothing!"

"Your right, he agreed. It was exactly what was to be expected."

"You promised! With James you promised that you would stay----."

"As long as that was best for you, he interrupted, correcting me.

"No! This is about my soul isn't it? I shouted furious the words exploding out of me----somehow it still sounded like a plea. "Carlisle told me about that and I don't care Edward. I don't care! You can have my soul. I don't want it without you-----it's yours already!"

"Bella, I don't want you to come with me." He spoke the words slowly and precisely, his cold eyes on my face, watching as I absorbed what he was really saying. There was a pause as I repeated the words in my head a few times, sifting through them for their real intent.

"You...don't....want me?" I was surprised by how calm and reasonable my voice sounded. I was numb. He looked away into the trees as he spoke again.

"Of course I'll always love you...in a way. But what happened the other night made me realize that it's time for a change. Because I'm ….. tired of pretending to be something I'm not. Bella I am NOThuman!" He looked back and the icy planes of his perfect face were not human. "I've let this go on much too long, and I'm sorry for that."

"Don't.....Don't do this." I pleaded.

He just stared at me, and I could see from his eyes that my words were far too late. He already had.

"You're not good for me, Bella." He turned his earlier words around, and so I had no argument. How well I knew that I wasn't good enough for him. I couldn't say anything for the next few moments and when I could speak again I agreed with Edward.

"If....that's what you want." he nodded once." I would like to ask for a favor though, if that's not too much." He said.

"Anything." I vowed my voice faintly stronger.

"Don't do anything reckless or stupid," he ordered, no longer detached. "Do you understand what I'm saying?" I nodded helplessly. His eyes cooled, the distance returned. "I'm thinking of Charlie, of course. He needs you. Take care of yourself for him.

I nodded again. "I will." I whispered.

"And I'll make you a promise in return," he said. "I promise that this will be the last time you'll see me. I won't come back. I won't put you though anything like this again. You can go on with your life without any more interference from me. It will be as if I'd never existed."

I felt weak, like I couldn't catch my breath. I could hear the blood pounding faster than normal behind my ears.

His voice sounded further away. He smiled gently. "Don't worry. You're human – your memory is no more than a sieve. Time heals all wounds for your kind."

"And your memories?" I asked. It sounded like there was something stuck in my throat, like I was choking.

"Well, -" he hesitated for a short second ---" I won't forget. But my kind.... we're very easily distracted. He smiled; the smile was tranquil and it did not touch his eyes. He took a step away from me. That's everything, I suppose. We won't bother you again."

The words the doctor told me a year ago came back to me. "You can see it's a clan break, that's good, it will heal more easily, more quickly." I tried to breathe normally. I needed to concentrate to find a way out of this nightmare.

"Goodbye, Bella." he said in the same quiet peaceful voice, as he walked away. All I heard was a wolf howling in the background.

-End of dream-

I woke up still hearing that wolf howling. As I was trying to calm down there was a light tapping on my window. I jumped up to see who was at my window. I was shocked to see Jasper Hale, but I quickly opened my window to let him in.

"Jasper!" I said hugging him as tight as my human body would allow. Letting him know how much I missed him threw my feelings that I was projecting. "Missed you too Bells." he replied. We sat down on my bed to talk. Jasper tried to say how sorry he was about my birthday, but I told him that it wasn't his fault. We talked for hours before I fell back asleep. Thank goodness the next day was a weekend because it gave me more time to talk to Jasper. Since this was really the first time we could learn about each other. He was finally able to tell me his story on how he went from Jasper Whitlock to Jasper Hale. The Texas born Confederate States solider in the Civil War in 1861 then climbed up the ranks pretty quickly, and how in 1863 he was found by a vampire named Maria when he was only twenty years old. He totally thought I would be horrified about his past. If anything I couldn't be any more proud of him. And I told him just that.

Just hearing his tale made me start to think about his gift of being an empath and how could that affect him and his family. The night of my birthday everything went wrong. That's when it hit me I wasn't just alone with just one vampire, but seven. It took me less than a minute to know deep down my theory was right. I had to make Jazz feel better so I decided to let Jasper in on my thoughts. "Jasper, I have a theory on what happened the night of my birthday." I told him. "Oh, what's the theory Bella?" he asked. "Well, you were not the only vampire there when I got that paper cut, there were six other vampires in the room right?" I asked. "Yeah, so?" he asked.

"You are an empath Jasper, don't you think that you felt what your family was as well as what you felt, also you had to deal with seven different bloodlusts, and Edward was right next to me......" I said.

"And with you being his singer, it would have hit him the most." understanding what I was saying. "Exactly, Jasper you weren't trying to attack me you were trying to protect me, Major Whitlock." I strongly said. "Thank you for believing in me Bella." Jasper said smiling.