"Bella, can you come with me a minute?" Alice asked. She spoke so quiet I could barely hear her with my new enriched vampire senses.
"Sure, Alice," I responded just as silently.
She led me off into the woods at top speed. Suddenly, Alice stopped, about a mile from the main house. "I'm sorry about that," she said at normal volume. "I just can't let Jasper hear. I saw that he would feel guilty about this and as you know, he already doing more than enough of that."
Jasper had slipped up two weeks ago, killing a teenage boy. The blood had smelled extra sweet to him, Edward had said. Jasper had fought his thirst for as long as he could but then finally it overwhelmed him and he gave in. He had tryed to run away twice already, but Alice had seen him and got him just in time. He sat alone all day, sometimes in front of the TV, sometimes just staring blankly at a wall. It really was a pitiful sight and I couldn't help but feel sorry for him. He knew that of course, with his special gift.
"What is wrong Alice!" I exclaimed. We all knew that this was hurting her almost as much as Jasper.
"I saw him run again, Bella," she cried tearlessly. "And even after I went to stop him, he would run anyway. I don't know what to do! Your the only one who can stop him, I think. I don't know why! Please help me!"
"Of course. But you know he hasn't really been fond of me ever since I discovered my 'super-human-blood-tolerance'."
"Oh Bella, don't say that! You know as well as I do that is true!"
"Okay, maybe but anyway, I do exactly what you tell me what do," I said. Just as I said that Alice grimaced. "What?" I asked.
"I can't see!" she said. "I don't know what he wants!"
"Okay, okay," I said and went off to find Jasper.