This is another short chapter but the next one will definitely be more than 5000 words

Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight, I just write fan fiction in my spare time.


Bella's POV

I hung up with the Brandon's neighbour, Roxy, and sighed.

"Any news?" Edward asked, even though he knew the answer.

"How can we break the news to her?" I inquired.

"We'll find a way,"

"We barely know her…and Nessie shouldn't get too attached, Alice shouldn't be here, we should return her to Biloxi,"

"Bella, you're starting to sound like Rosalie,"

I laughed. "I'm just worried for Renesmee, what if she gets too attached and then Alice finds out the truth and is repulsed by it?"

"You weren't repulsed," he pointed out.

"That's different,"

"Yes but only because I realised I was in love with you. It'll happen to Jasper soon enough,"

I looked at him with worried golden eyes and he smiled at me reassuring.

"Have you considered that she might not love him?" I asked.

"Have you considered that she does?" he retorted.

I grinned. "I can't express in words how happy I am that I fell in love with a mind reader,"

His face was inches from mine and he chuckled. "Who said anything about words?"

"Eww," a voice squeaked from behind us.

We turned to see the disturbed face of our daughter. I coughed and would've been bright red if I was a human.

"Renesmee, could you please knock next time?" Edward requested.

"The door was open, Dad," Renesmee said as she rolled her eyes.

I smiled and she sat on a wheelie chair across from us.

"Any news?" she asked.

I briefly thought about whether it was good to tell her or not but Edward was already speaking before I could decide.

"Not at the moment," he replied.

Her face fell and I immediately showed her a photo of a couple on their honeymoon in Hawaii.

"Who's this?" Renesmee trilled.

"Victor and Jamie, they also have an adopted daughter called Lauren. They're relatives of Alice," I informed. "If we find them we could tell them how Alice washed up on a beach on Isle Esme,"

"But what about her parents?"

"They probably know what happened to them, we're having a bit of trouble tracking them down," Edward explained.

I nodded and Renesmee eyed us suspiciously.

"Okay...so are we going to bring her to them or them to us?" she inquired.

"As it turns out, they're living in Rio at the moment, we could get a boat to them and bring them here as a surprise for Alice," I suggested.

Renesmee nodded slowly and I sighed.

"Nessie, are you getting too attached to her?" I inquired.

"Of course not, Mom," she replied.

I hugged her tightly and hoped she was telling the truth.

"I'm sorry you don't have a friend outside this family apart from Jake," I muttered.

"I also have Seth," Nessie mumbled.

"And all those people who defended you when we were opposing the Volturi," Edward added.

I frowned at him. "Edward, I mean close friends," I corrected.

Renesmee wriggled out of my hug.

"I'm going to tell Alice we found some relatives of hers'," she piped.

I let her go reluctantly and Edward squeezed my hand.

"She'll be fine, she's strong like her mother," he comforted.

I smiled. "She rolls her eyes like her father,"

Edward rolled his eyes and I my grin grew wider. Even as a vampire I'm still dazzled by him.

Alice's POV

I stood in front of the ladder that led into my room. Worry was twisting my stomach and it didn't help that there were butterflies circling it as well. My memory was almost fully back. Which is what brought me here. I woke startled in the middle of the night as always but this time I wasn't have a dream but reliving a memory. I crept quietly around the hallway until I heard the gentle strumming of a guitar. The melody was sweet with an edge of melancholy that seemed to weigh my heart down. The door swung open and almost hit me in the face.

"Alice, sorry, are you alright?" he asked.

He didn't come closer to inspect me in my dazed state which was odd. I shook it off and faced him.

"I had a dream and...I just wanted to tell you because...it was a memory which is crazy because it was like my sweetest dream and most frightening nightmare at the same time," I muttered nervously.

He nodded and waited for me to elaborate

"Okay well...I woke up on the beach on this island and...you were there and you looked at me hungrily,"

"Hungrily? What do you mean by that?" he asked.

He had now taken a step closer and I felt my thoughts muddle up at the proximity.

"Hungrily like you were hungry," I mumbled. Oh god, I sound like a total ditz.

I focused on my feet which were covered in a pair of pink and white polka-dot socks.

"Only you were looking at me and last time I checked I wasn't a hamburger," I said softly, trying my best to not be intoxicated by his presence.

"So...you think I want to eat you?" he asked.

I could tell he was about to burst out laughing and fought back the rant that was about to explode out of my mouth. I didn't try as hard as I thought I did because the next thing I knew, I was yelling my pixie head off at someone that towered over me and may or may not be a vampire.

"I don't know what to think anymore, Jasper! You cupped my cheek on the beach and told Edward 'this is who we are', what the hell does that even mean? And then you laugh at me! You laugh at me because I call you a vampire but that's only because you're freakishly pale and your eyes are the weirdest colour I've ever seen! And I have no idea how Nessie fits into the equation because she is so different from all of you and I'm not going to stand by if you're planning on eating her! Or if you plan to eat me! I may not know kung-fu but I'll swim to the nearest country if I have to! You might be tall but I don't need height to kick your butt! And stop doing that!" I screeched.

When I finished he looked at me quizzically.

"Doing what?" he asked.

"That! Standing there and just…I think I need to lie down…" I muttered weakly.

He nodded. "Do you need help gettin' up the ladder?"

I yawned and nodded slowly. He scooped me up in his arms and somehow managed to carry me up a ladder and into my room. My eyelids were threatening to shut with every yawn and I glared at him.

"Tell me what you are," I commanded.

He rolled his eyes and put me on the bed. He put the covers over me like I was a little kid and smirked.

"Jasper...please tell me what you are," I pleaded.

"I'm a stranger in a family that seems to fit together naturally. I'm the odd one out and I don't know how to be one of them. I don't even know why I'm tellin' you this, darlin'," he murmured.

I sat up in my bed.

"Fine, forget the whole 'possibly-being-a-vampire' thing, I want to know about you," I stated.

He smiled. "Goodnight Alice,"

"No! Please! I barely know you and you've been so nice even though I've called you a pale cannibal that could be a vampire,"

He chuckled and pulled up a chair next to my bed.

"We'll talk but this isn't a sleepover," he stated.

"Aww, I had already picked out the perfect colour to compliment your nails and Nessie could've plaited your hair while I give you a makeover. I'm sure Esme or Bella has the right mascara to make your eyes pop," I babbled.

He couldn't fight the smile that formed. "There is no way I am ever gettin' a makeover,"

I smiled. "What if I promised to stop calling you a vampire?"

"You won't,"

"Don't you believe in hope?"

"I gave up on hope a very long time ago,"

"Hope hasn't given up on you,"

He looked at me oddly. "How can you be sure about that?"

"I guess I just believe that someone like you has a greater purpose,"

He shook his head. "You're one of the only people that think that, darlin',"

"Why do you call me 'darlin'?"

"Sorry, it slipped,"

"I wasn't complaining,"

He tucked a stray strand of hair behind my ear and smiled. Something dark crossed over his face but was gone a split second after.

"What do you mean by 'someone like me'?" he inquired.

I blushed. "You're doubtful of yourself but don't realise how much you mean to the people around you,"

"Like who?"

"Like Nessie, she adores you like an uncle or third father,"

"Third?"

"After Edward of course, are they related? They have the same hair colour,"

"They're sister and brother, their parents died in a fire and Esme and Carlisle adopted them,"

I nodded and looked out the window to see the beautiful silvery moonlight streaming through. Its rays weren't bright and warm like the sun but dark and supernatural. The sun and the moon were so similar. They were two things humans have admired for so long, something in the sky that brought light. The world would be such a different place without them. I looked at Jasper and he smiled.

"What are you thinking of?" he inquired.

"How the sun and moon need each other," I murmured.

"The moon isn't that important,"

"That why it needs the sun, they complement each other,"

He shook his head but still smiled.

"You're like the moon," I blurted.

"You're like the sun," he replied.

I blushed and he turned his head to the window.

Jasper's POV

We talked for hours until she finally dozed off. She looked so peaceful when she slept. I'd give anything to have her like that forever. Which means you need to stay away from her! It's not safe, you could barely put a strand of her hair behind her ear without feeling the pulse and having a lapse in control! One lapse is all it take for you to suck her dry!

I ignored my inner voice. It was right but there were other things to focus on now. Like my niece who was knocking on the front door. I checked that Alice was truly asleep and ran down the stairs.

"Uncle Jazz, I know you're there!" Nessie sang.

I opened the door and hugged her.

"Hello, my favourite niece," I greeted.

"You're awfully cheerful, Jasper," she breathed when I let her go.

The words startled me. Have I never been this happy before?

"I guess it's because...I felt hope for the first time in a really long time," I mumbled.

She was so overjoyed she clapped her hands.

"Really?" she squealed.

There was a knock on the door and Jacob came in, out of breath and covered in water.

"What the…? Get in but don't mess up the place," I ordered.

"Gee thanks, Nessie used me as a stepping stone when I fell into a river on the way here and forgot to check if I was behind her," Jacob grumbled.

Renesmee giggles filled the air, making Jacob automatically smile. "I did check if you were behind me, I just wanted to come here soon, sorry Jakey,"

I shook my head and the poor guy.

"So why did you have to come here quickly?" I inquired.

"Bella and Edward found Alice's relative, Victor and Jamie Brandon, Victor was her dad's brother," Nessie informed.

"So they'll be able to take Alice to her family," Jacob added.

Jacob's words cut at my inner being.

Take Alice….take Alice….take Alice away from me.

Stop it! She'll be safer!

But she'll be away from me...

She'll live a happy human life, the one Bella never had.

Bella seems pretty happy now.

Bella loves Edward and Alice….Alice thinks you're either a cannibal or a vampire.

My internal dilemma made me wince and Nessie cocked her head.

"Are you okay, Uncle Jazz?" she asked.

"Yeah...fine," I muttered.

"So is it okay if I tell her now?"

"She just fell asleep, I'll tell her when she wakes up, and you should get some sleep, Nessie,"

She nodded slowly and grabbed Jacob's hand.

"We'll see you later, Jasper," she sang.

I nodded and waved as they walked out.


Don't you hate that annoying inner voice that's always right? Did anyone get the Victor, Jamie, Lauren joke? I honestly don't know how Jasper managed to carry Alice up the ladder into her room, maybe he's just magical. Anyways, tell me if you liked it, hated it or if there's a spelling mistake.