I sat on Edward's over sized bed and contemplated what I had just heard. After Jasper had finished telling me about his life before the Cullen's, Edward and I had decided not to go back to school and to spend the rest of the day here.

Everyone had agreed that this is most likely what was happening. A new born army had been created by some to come and kill me, and in the process, many innocent people in Seattle. It made me ill just thinking about it, all those families and friends now grieving because I had fallen in love with a vampire. I couldn't possibly imagine what it must be like for them. If I lost Charlie, Renée or, dare I even think it, Edward. I'd be lost. I couldn't even imagine coming back from that.

I let my mine wonder for a while, while I lay in Edwards's stone cold arm, snuggled up in a duvet. I just kept coming back to Jaspers story, and how he and Alice had met. It was the most beautiful story, perfect for the two of them. Alice was the perfect person for him, she was the one who pulled him out of that terrible, viscous life and brought him here, to hope.

I knew that out of all of the Cullen's that Jasper was the one who really felt that he didn't belong, that this lifestyle was not for him. And I could see why he found it so hard adjusting to this new life. He had used people as nothing more than cattle; he had destroyed them as he wished, but he had hated himself for it. He wasn't the vampire in Seattle now, he wasn't like his creator Maria. I suddenly found so much more respect for him.

I was dragged away from my thoughts when Edward nudged me slightly. Quietly, he whispers in my ear.

"What are you think about?"

"You tell me." I said with a slight grin on my face.

"I wish I could." He replied, unexpectedly solemnly. Maybe I should tease him like that, I know it frustrates him that I have the only mind he can't read. I smiled to myself quietly again.

"I was just thinking about Jasper, and Alice, and everything that we spoke about this morning. There is a lot to take in there. Why had you never told me about Jasper before, his upbringing I mean?"

Edward was quiet for a moment, and then spoke. "I didn't want to frighten you."

"Edward, I'm in love with a vampire, I have a werewolf as a best friend, do you really think that I'm still able to be frightened?" I replied calmly, turning slightly to face him.

"I forget that you see with human eyes, and lack the vampire instincts that we all have."

"Thank you for reminding me about that." I said sternly. "But what do you mean by that anyway?"

"To a vampire, Jasper is very intimidating, the scars that he has collected over the years are the first things that we notice, they are a sign of an attacker, it's just a natural reaction for prepare yourself to defend." I hadn't thought about it like that. Edward has told me about how all of a vampires senses are increased so dramatically from a humans. All of the Cullen's skin is so plane that the scars barely show up on them, but that is just to human eyes.

"Does the venom hurt? After you have been changed?" I asked, now more curious about it.

"I've only been bitten once, as have all the rest of us, apart from Jasper of course. I can only imagine that it does, but not as much as the first time you are bitten." He replied, his voice trailing off towards the end of what he was saying. Poor Jasper. How horrible those years of his life must have been, especially being able to feel the emotions of everyone around him.

I was beginning to get lost in my thoughts again when Edward suddenly moved, startled almost. "What's wrong?" I asked as I saw his face, not smooth and calm anymore, but shocked and panicked. He wriggled out gracefully from our hold and went to leave the room.

"Wait here," he said "I just need to check something. I'll be back in a minute." With that he left the room at vampire speed before I could say anything.

Ten minutes had passed before Edward returned back to his room. I was beginning to wonder where he had gone- ten minutes was a long time in this house.

"What was all that about?" I asked as he came and sat on the end of the bed.

"Alice had a vision, about the killings in Seattle, the killings and everything. It is as Jasper had thought- an army of new borns. But, Alice saw something else," he stopped and looked at me, like he wasn't sure if he wanted to go on.

"Go on." I encouraged. I searched his face for clues about what he was thinking.

"Its Victoria," my heart sank. Victoria. She was back, and I just knew that nothing good could possible come of this. My mouth opened and I looked at him, shocked and frightened. His face remained pale and smooth, and then he spoke again. "And Maria."

I spoke before I could take it in. "Maria!? You mean the Maria that changed Jasper? What is she doing with Victoria! Why are they...? How-"I started to ramble.

"Shhhh, Bella, calm down." Edward spoke in his velvet voice. "We only know what Alice saw in her vision. She saw Victoria with Maria coming here in about a week with a new born army. The only reason I can think for the two of them being together is for connivance. Maria has a lot of experience in this area. Probably one of the most experienced, as the Voltori haven't stopped her yet." He paused for a moment and took my hand. "But I will not let anything happen to you Bella Swan, I promise." I squeezed his stone cold hand back, smiling at his face, as he looked at me so lovingly.

"And I will never let anything happen to you Edward Cullen." I said back, almost laughing after I had said it, realising how stupid it sounded, I could tell that he found it funny also, by the way he was holding back a smile, trying not to laugh.

"It's the thought that counts." He said back, almost sniggering. I think that Edward was the only person in the entire universe that could stop me from worrying about impending doom in the form of a new born arm heading towards the rainy little town where I live by just being there, apart from Jasper, of course.

"What does everyone else think about this, Maria and Victoria I mean? What does jasper think about Maria coming back, it can't be easy." I asked, curious about he would be feeling in all of this.

"Well we all knew that it was only a matter of time until Victoria came back, but none of us had predicted that she would do this. Emmett is ready for a fight, even if it doesn't come to that, he is still ready, as is Jasper. He may not admit it, but really he is panicked about Maria coming back into his life after spending time with us."

"What do you mean by that?" I asked.

"Again, he'll never admit it, but he still somewhat has feelings for her, I can tell by the way he thinks about her. Not feeling like he has for Alice, nothing like that. More feeling of respect, and to some extent, gratitude. He doesn't want Maria to see him as weak for choosing this life style, for settling down and living like a normal human, although we are quite clearly not."

"Wow Edward, are you sure that you're not the one who can sense emotions?"

"His memories are very strong of that period of his life, they almost do project him feelings at that time." We were silent for a while, I couldn't think of anything else to ask and my mind started to edge towards worry.

"What is going to happen, when the new borns come?" I spoke quietly now.

"Alice is going to be watching that future more closely now. What she has seen so far is that the plans are still being made, it may come to a full scale fight between us and them, or it may not. Hopefully she'll see something soon." He replied, now pulling me closer towards him.

There was a possibility of a full blown fight between the new borns and the Cullen's, and it was all my fault. I have put the people I love the most, my new family, in danger yet again. When was I going to stop doing this? I began imaging what it would be like, just the thought of it made me shiver. Emse, Rosalie and Alice fighting. They suddenly seemed so fragile. For Carlisle, fighting was against everything that he stood for. He was a doctor who had chosen this live, a 'vegetarian' vampire, for himself as he didn't want to harm another human, or vampire for that matter. Emmett and jasper would be up for a fight, but would their eagerness cause them harm? And with Jasper being so close to his creator, who knew what he would do?

I couldn't even think it. I couldn't think about Edward being any part of this. How could he? I couldn't lose him. I wouldn't lose him.