Previously in "I Was Born To Tell You I Love You":

No doubt in my mind. It was him.

"Edward... Why...?", I chocked on my questions as a tear rolled down my face.

Chapter 3 - Tough Choices

"To do nothing at all is the most difficult thing in the world, the most difficult and the most intellectual."
Oscar Wilde

Jasper POV

"That was Alice. She is pretty upset right now, you do know that, right?", I said as I handle him a bottle of beer and took a sip of my own.

"Thanks. Yeah, I figured. Sorry about that.", he said sadly.

"Why did you did that, man? I specifically told not to show up at the club today, let alone appear in front of their place. This is negligence. It took me centuries to calm Alice down, say to her that she was probably just impressed by Bella's reaction today at the club, that you couldn't possible be here. That Carlisle e Esme would have told us anything by now. It was stupid.", I scolded, "If you're gonna do this kind of thing, what's the point at keeping as secret that you're back? I don't get you, seriously."

"I know. I know. Save it, Jasper. I don't need the lecture. I just... I had to see her. I missed her. Her voice, her smile... I don't know. I just had to be there. I figured that there would be a lot of people, she wouldn't even notice me."

" Oh of course, 'cause this lion's mane that you like to call hair is very very discrete.", I scoff, angrily "Oh, wait. Here is other one coming for you. What about the lily? What's your excuse for that, hã? She freaked out, man."

"Stop it, Jasper. I get it, alright?", he snaped. "I know. I know that it doesn't make anysense, but...", he started to say, but I. cut him off

"Exactly my point, thank you very much.", I replied.

"But what else am I supposed to do?", he asked with a desperate look on his face.

"You're supposed to do your job, Edward. No matter what cost.", I yelled at him;

" Ease for you to say it. You're here, with every one that you love, that you care about. But not for me, man!" he yelled back. I felt a pit at my stomach. I wasn't being realy fair with him. "I can't stay away anymore, Jazz. I can't. But I also can't just dropp the jobb. You're all still in danger. But... I just don't know what to do..."

"Look, mam. Here's the deal. Emmett and I. We're big boys. We can take care of ourselfs. I recognize the situation, but... About the girls, your parents, I really don't know, Edward. What I do know it's that if you keep hadling everything this way will just messing things up even more. You can't play this mind games with them. This will just gonna do more damage than good. Trust me on that."

He didn't said anything for a while and neither did I.

After taking another sip of his beer, he broke the silence. "They hate me now, don't they?"

I sighed. How do I put this? "Edward... Look...", I started saying but he cut me off.

"Does Bella hates me?", he asked not wanting to look me in the eyes, his voice just above a whisper.

I sighed again. Too many heart to heart conversations for one day. "Dude, listen. They don't hate you... They're just... confused and... angry. They love you, but they don't understand what happened, what is happening."

"You didn't answerd me.", he insisted.

"Yes, I did.", I said looking at my bottle.

"Jasper, how long do we know each other?", I look up and he held my gaze. I looked away first.

"Look, Edward. We've been through a lot together and I know how complicated your situation still is, so, as your friend and your partner, is my responsabilite to ask you this: how much do you really love Bella?", I blurted out.

"What? What kind of stupid question is that?", he said standing up and staying in front of me.

"You didn't anserwd me.", I pointed it out.

"Do you even need to ask?", he replied

"Okay, so I'm gonna tell you this straight ahead and I'm hoping that you'll listen and don't get mad at me, alright?", he nodded, "Okay, so, after your little moment tonight, Alice and Rose brought back that talk.. you know, and...", He frowned. I sighed heavilly. This is going to be tough. "Look, Bella has been miserable. She tries to disguise, put on some tough face, but we know her, we know she isn't fine. And everytime that something happens rellated to you guys, she gets bad all over again and we are running out of ways to make her better, to keep her together. So the gang tried again to talk her into move on. And, acording to Alice and her sixt sense, this time she'll might listened to us."

His face gonne livid and he didn't said anything. We stayied that way for a while, looking at each other. He was shaking with anger at the point that I spoke again.

"Edward, listen. I'm just telling you this because,ah, I know you. And, if is this going to happen, you are going to get crazy, blow up everything that we've been work for and we can risk that right now. The angency would want your ass on a plate if you screw this up, and my ass too, for that matter. And that is a part of me that Alice really seems to enjoy, so..."

"Oh, man. Gross. That's my sister. I don't care how long you two are together, I don't need to know this. Alice will die a virgin to me. Argh.", he made a face as he spoke. I laugh.

"Alright, alright. Sorry, my bad, but... My point is... Has been years, Edward. Bella deserves to be happy, don't you think?", I said, watching his reaction. I didn't change much with the years...

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Forks, octuber of 2000.

"Dude, what hell do you think you're doing?" , I said as Edward climbed into my bedroom window. "Have you ever heard about knocking? Or about a door at all?"

"She went with him.", he said as he looked at me like he was about to puke. Uneaseness written all over his face. He sat on my bed, looking at the space, and apparently not really seen anything.

"Who is she? With whom? Went where? Man, are drunk? You're looking like you're about to hurl or some shit. What is going on?", I asked as sat by his side.

"What do you mean "Who is she?"? Bella! She went on a date with the Newton kid.", he said in disbelief, still looking ill.

"Oh...", was all I was able to say. Okay, now things were starting to make sense. "And that's bad because...?"

"Because it is. It's all wrong. He is no good for her.", he said as he stood up and started to walk.

"Edward, wasn't you that said to her that she should start dating?", I knew that I was pushing his buttons behaving like this, but it was kind of funny see him like that. I would make him realize finally that he got the hots for Bella. Don't get me worng,Edward was my bud and wasn't stupid by any terms. Well, he was, but just to this stuff.

"Yeah, but... That's not the point! I mean, Newton? Is she seriuos? She can't be. She can do better than him. A lot better. She is...", he started struggling with his words. I bit back a laugh. "She is so damm stubornn.", he said in defeat.

That caught my atention. "Well, obviously you do not need me for this conversation, since you seem to be so self sufficient in answers, but this I have to ask... Okay, we all know that she is stubornn, but... Why exactly you're calling her that, this time? I don't really see a reason there. You said that she should start dating, and she did. In fact, was much more ease that I thought that it would be. I don't know how do you pull that out, in fact."

He made a guilty face at my question and my eyes wide. "Wait a minute... Please, man, tell me that you didn't do what I think you did." He didn't even looked at me and just pinched his nose. I got my answerd right there. "Dude, are you high? What a hell got into you that you thought that forbidding Bella to go out with Newton would do any good? Edward, come on! You know her better than that."

"I know. I know! I don't need the lecture, alright? But I had to do something. I couldn't just sit back and watch as she made a mistake like that.", he said slightly agraveted. I chuckled. "What are you laughing at? That's not funny, Jasper. I had to come here so I wouldn't get on my car and follow them to Port Angeles. I swear to you, man, if that bastard hurt her in any way..." his voice trailed off in a way threatening and with that I couldn't help but laugh. "What, Jasper? I'm serious!"

"Dude, trust me when I said that I believe you. But...", I try catch some air, "Edward, didn't you just listen to yourself? Bella is a big girl. She knows how to stand up for herself. And, don't get this the wrong way, but let me ask you something. Why in hell do you care? Really. You date. You've dated Jessica, Lauren... The list goes on and on. I'm dating Alice, and, no matter how gross this is, but Emmett is seen Rosalie now, so... Seriously, Bella has all the right in the world to go out on dates, to kiss guys, to do whatever the hell she wants to. So why in hell do you give a crap about it?", he had a look of disgust on his face, and he was definitely thinking about Bella kissing other guys. I wanted to laugh again. "Listen, you don't need to answerd this to me. Just asked yourself, because, if you would ask me, I would swear for God that you are in love with her."

"Wait. What?" he asked astonished

"You heard me. The way that I see it, you've been in love with Bella for like... ages, now. Oh, and she is in love with you too, by the way. Everybody sees it. Just you two play dumb and don't."

He went silent for a moment, processing what I just said. So I went on talking.

"Man, you have to ask yourself if that is something more happening with you two other than this "siblins caring" that you always used as excuse. Emmett and I also care about her, but you don't see us going all crazy because Bella is dating Newton, you don't see us just talking about her all the time when she lives to Phoneix to see her mother, you also don't see us know every single little detail about Bella's likes and dislikes.", he still didn't said anything."Edward, just think about it. You're here, in my house, saturday night, when Bella is having this special moment for her. It's kinda patetic.", I chuckle as he punch my shoulder playfully. "Admit it that you're here dying of jealousy and wishing that was you that was out on a date with her right now."

He sighed. "You know... I guess I kind am.", he gave me a weak smile. "What should I do now, Jasper?"

"You have to decide either you're telling her or not. And quickly, before other dude comes and makes her world shake or something. But it's up to you."

He seemed to process what I said for a while until he spoke up again. "Hey, if I am patetic, what you doing here in a saturday night?"

"Nah. Alice kind of blow me off.", and he started to laugh.

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"Jasper, did you heard me?", Edward snap me out of my thoughts.

"Yeah, no. Sorry, man. I kinda zoon out a little bit. What did you said?", I asked

"I can't. I... I know that she deserve more, but I just can't. It's too much for me. If anyone hurt her? She's too fragile, too kind. No... I... I know that I should, but I can't."

"Edward, you have responsabilites and...", but he cutt me off again.

"I can't, Jasper. And I... I'm leaving now.", he start to walk towards the door but I called him back.

"You forgot your gun.", I handle it to him.

"Oh... Thanks."

"You take care now, okay? Keep me posted."

And he walked away again...

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