"I'll bet you're confused." I said to Jasper.

"Very. What was that?" he asked.

"I just hacked the Pentagon mainframe in under an hour."

"Okay?"

"I have a contract with them, I'm their network security consultant. So basically I hack their system and tell them what they're doing wrong."

"But you're only nineteen."

"And the best damn computer forensics expert in the continental U.S."

"You are so full of surprises. I there anything else I don't know?"

"Tons." I answered with a smile.

Jasper proceeded to ask me an endless string of questions and I asked my fair share as well. I was surprised to find that he fought in the Civil War and saddened when he told me about his time with Maria. At nearly eleven o'clock my phone started ringing.

"Who could be calling you this late?" he asked me.

"I have no idea." I said grabbing the phone and recognizing Luke's number on the caller I.D. "Sorry Jasper, I gotta take this."

"No problem."

"Yeah Luke?" I answered.

"Rory have you heard from Shane?"

"No I haven't. What happened?"

"I don't know he's just gone. Can you activate the g.p.s.?" he asked.

"No, he has to do that. Hold on a second my computer's flashing."

I walked over to my computer which was flashing a bright red message in time with a low beeping sound. I hit a few buttons and a map appeared with a pulsating dot. It was the g.p.s. tracker hidden in the watch I gave Shane for his birthday.

"Luke, he just activated it. It says he's outside of Port Angeles. That's not far from here. I'll pick him up and you make the arrangements to get here."

"Alright, just find him Rory."

"I will, I have to go."

I hung up and threw a hoodie on, completely forgetting that Jasper was still there. I was so distracted I walked right into him on my way out of the room. I must have resembled a gaping fish as I looked up at him because I swear he would've laughed if he didn't know something serious was going on.

"What's going on?" he asked me.

"No time to explain, here, you can drive. I'll navigated." I said throwing him my truck keys.

We hurried downstairs and everyone's attention turned to us as we ran towards the door. They were all curious and probably a bit alarmed. I was keeping an eye on the tracking program which I had transferred to my phone and stopped dead in my tracks cursing when the glowing dot began to dim.

"What?" Jasper asked.

"The signal's getting weaker, we need to hurry."

"Where are you two going so late at night?" Emmett asked blocking the door to the garage.

"No time." was all I said before going around him and getting in the passenger seat of my truck.

Jasper pulled the truck onto the highway at an alarming pace that left skid marks behind us. If I hadn't been so worried about Shane I would have told him to slow down. I had no idea what happened to Shane, I just hoped that he would be okay. I was also praying we would find him before we lost the signal completely.

"Rory." Jasper said getting my attention.

"Yeah?"

"What's goin on?"

"My friend's kid is missing, well we really don't know what happened. There's a g.p.s. tracker in the watch I gave him and he activated it. We just need to find him before anything happens and I have a bad feeling." I explained.

"He must be a good friend."

"Are you jealous?" I asked noting his tone of voice.

"A little." he admitted.

"Well you shouldn't be, he's like a brother to me."

It was quiet after that. I was surprised that Jasper admitted to being jealous of Luke, which meant that he cared about me. I was really beginning to like him and realized that this arranged marraige might just turn out to be a good thing. It hadn't been anything like I thought it would be. After today I knew that with the Cullens, with him, is where I belonged.

"Stop the truck." I said urgently as we were still on the highway on the outskirts of Port Angeles flanked by forest on both sides. "We're close. This way, a hundred yards max."

Just then the signal died. We were so close but I had no idea where Shane was. I don't know what we would do if we failed. Jasper must have felt my inner turmoil because once again he asked me what happened.

"The signal died. Can you feel anything?" I asked in a last ditch effort.

"Fear. It's faint, this way."

I followed him deeper into the forest for what seemed like forever. I had never felt this dependant of anyone in my life. If he couldn't find Shane we were doomed. Every second that ticked by brought me closer to the edge of insanity. He stopped and I looked around noticing a patch of loose dirt surrounded by grass. I ran over and dropped to my knees and we both started digging. Under two feet of dirt we found an unconcious Shane and Jasper drug him out as I placed my hands over his chest.

"Come on Shane, wake up baby." I repeated over and over again for about five minutes before he started coughing. "Thank God!" I said hugging him tightly.

"Aunty Rory, you saved me. I knew you would."

"Shane, this is my good friend Jasper. Stay with him while I go call your dad."

"Okay."

(Jasper's P.O.V.)

Rory left me with Shane while she made a phone call and I was more than a little nervous. I wasn't good with kids and I knew that I needed this one to like me for some reason. He just stared at me for a while before he smiled.

"You like her don't you?" he asked causing me to laugh.

"Yes Shane, more than you'll ever know."

(Rory's P.O.V.)

I walked away to call Luke, surprised and very curious when I heard Jasper laugh behind me. I didn't know what was going on but I certainly wanted to. Luke picked up before the second ring.

"Yeah?" he asked impatiently.

"I've got him." I said.

"Is he alright?"

"He was buried alive but we got to him in time. I'm pretty sure he's okay but I'll have Carlisle check him out just in case."

"Thanks Rory. I'm boarding a plane right now, I should be there sometime tomorrow."

"Take your time, I'll text you the address."

I hung up and sent him the Cullens' address while I walked back over to the guys and took Shane's hand. We headed back to the truck and I helped him in as Jasper started it up and made a u-turn taking us in the direction of Forks.

"Shane your dad's on his way. You get to stay with us until he gets here." I said.

"Okie Dokie."

"We should have Carlisle look at him just to be safe." Jasper suggested.

"Wait, are you sure you're not Edward?"

We both started laughing as Shane just sat there looking confused, not getting my joke.