Chapter 3!

This story is now dedicated to my friend Kevin, who was suffering from kidney failure and has recently passed away aged 36. The reason I knew him so well is although I am only 14, Kevin was suffering from a condition simaler to down syndrome so he only had the mental capacity of a 10 year old and we became close friends. I have known him since I was 6. So Kevin, this story is for you...

Kevin, 36 years old.
R.I.P.

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Chapter 3: Worry

Jasper's POV

Alice didn't come back. I waited for what felt like hours but she didn't return. The other's faces were as hard as marble, frought with worry and indecision as to whether or not we should go looking for her. She could be having a vision. She could want to be undisturbed. I didn't think so. I knew Alice better than I knew myself and she wouldn't just dissapear from me without a word of explanation.

Sick of waiting and worrying, I sprung lithly to my feet. Everyone's heads turned in my direction and I hesitated, not wanting to be the center of attention.

"I think we should go looking for Alice..." My voice cracked on the last word. "She has never been gone so long before and it's possible that she is in danger."

"You're right" Carlisle said, rising to his feet and everyone quickly followed his lead. I nodded once, acknologing his permission and I flew out of the room, not even bothering to wait for the others in my haste. I could feel them persuing behind me though, even Esme was following me; filled with a powerful maternal instinct to protect all of us, her family.

Alice's scent trailed in a wide arc southwards and then came to a abrupt stop in the middle of the thick forest. I couldn't comprehend what had happened. Why had her trail just stopped? Vampire scents ricoched across the short spaces between trees and I took in each of them, trying to discover one that I recognised. I returned to the miniscule space where Alice had dissapeared, feeling the gaze of my family behind me.

The scent I caught then made me stiffen immeadiately; eyes wide with denial and worry. The eyes behind me assessed my reaction and I could feel their confusion at the violent movement I gave. I jerked unconsiously towards the scent that my mind refused to belive. Because if my senses were correct then I'd placed Alice in grave danger. It could mean that my actions had killed her. But I was compleately sure that I had covered my tracks perfectly. Maria was here recently...and Alice had dissapeared...

"NO!" I yelled into the night and everyone jumped. Edward's expression changed from confusion to fear in a nanosecond and he sank to the floor rubbing his temple as he plucked the answers from my disbeliving mind. Without thinking about what I was doing, I raced in between the trees, following the scent that used to be a friend but was now a mortal enemy.

After a few minutes of tracking, I sensed that someone was behind me. "Hey Jazz! Wait up! I'm not as fast as you are!" The anticipation and complete lack of fear could only mean it was Emmett. I checked just to make sure. It was Emmett. I breathed a sigh of relief but didn't slow down. Every second I wasted meant that Alice was getting further and further into the bloodthirsty south.

A blurred shape smashed into my shoulder, throwing me to the ground. I snapped at the shape until I realised it was Edward.

"What?!" I snarled through my teeth. At that precise moment, I felt something wrap around my wrists, which were propping me up on the floor, they were Emmett's hands, which jerked upwards, preventing me from escaping. I writhed and snapped anyway, even with the knowledge that my struggles were useless.

"Emmett let me go, NOW! I have to get to Alice!" I snarled, pulling violently against his iron-clad grip uselessly.

"Jasper calm down." Edward whispered, "We need to stratagise to save Alice. That's what you want. To save her!"

I stopped struggling. "Yes, of course" I sighed defeatedly.

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