Over the next few days Emily noticed that her sister's relationship seemed strained. The human hadn't noticed as she smiled and cuddled into her boyfriend's side but Emily could see the vampire wasn't pleased. He no longer watched Bella as he had before and every time the phone rang he would tense. Even Charlie didn't mind Edward's presence having noticed his more stoic nature.

"Any day now," Charlie mumbled taking a sip from mug. He was working an evening shift which meant caffeine would be his best friend for the night.

Emily shook her head at her father, "Isn't she staying with them tonight?"

"Just the girls, Esme said the boys were going 'camping'."

"Do they really need a few days to catch an animal?"

Charlie shrugged, "They go on these trips a lot. Maybe it's a bonding thing or something."

"Seems odd."

"I don't think it will matter much longer."

"You are so certain." Emily on the other hand wasn't, she knew the vampire was struggling but not with his attachment to Bella but with the human's attachment to the shifters, especially Jacob Black.

"Billy says Jake and Bella had a really good time the other day. He even saw them holding hands as they walked down the beach."

"He was spying on them?"

"No, he just happened to be outside and saw them."

"I'm sure," Emily passed her father the meal she prepared for him to take and leaned back against the counter. "You two gossip like a bunch of old hags."

"We just want what's best for them. You can't say you haven't seen how he's been acting."

"Dad, I think there is more going on than you realize…"

"Don't start in on the Shifter thing again."

"I'm not but perhaps it's better not to count your owls before they're delivered."

Charlie raised his hands up, "I'm not doing anything."

"You're a liar," Emily said crossing her arms. "You bring up Jacob constantly, did you ever think you are the reason Edward has been acting so uncomfortable?"

"I…" Charlie looked a bit sheepish as Emily called him out on his behavior. He may have asked Bella a few times about when she was going back to La Push while Edward was around or for updates on the kid even though he talked to Billy daily. "I better head to work."

Emily wanted to laugh at her father. Charlie hated conflict but even more he hated being caught, which happened more than the man would have liked as he certainly wasn't very sly in the witch's opinion. "Okay Dad, have a good night."

Charlie set his empty mug in the sink then moved to give his daughter a brief hug. "Will do, Kiddo."

"Tell Mark hi from me," Emily called after the man as he left the house shaking his head.

Making her way up to her room Emily was shocked to find a vampire pacing quickly in front of her fireplace. He didn't seem to take notice of her as she sat herself on the bed and watched him.

"You're going to wear a hole into my floor."

The man slowed down his speed but continued pacing, "Nothing you can't fix."

Fair enough Emily thought, "How did you get in here?"

"Bella's window, it's never locked."

Emily would have to look into that, she had expected Harry would have put up a few wards on the room over the years or at least kept a good lock on his window after what happened the summer before their fifth year. Her room for instance had silencing, temperature and muggle repelling wards, while her window was always magically locked. Charlie had just enough magic in him not to be affected but it certainly kept Bella out which was the point.

The vampire continued to pace and Emily could tell he was extremely upset. His eyes darted around the room checking all the exits, his hand were clasped behind his back and a low growl came from his chest. Knowing him he wasn't likely to calm down for some time unless she did something to distract his mind.

In an instant Jasper was struck by a stinging hex. The vampire froze turning his sole attention on the witch. Emily smiled at the man as he snarled in reply, his vampire was taking over. Waving her hand she sent just enough force as to slightly push him back a few steps. His eyes went black as he leapt for the witch, with a soft pop Emily was standing in the spot he had just left.

She sent another spell at the vampire who quickly dodged it. Within a second Emily found herself up against the wall, Jasper's teeth taunting the skin of her neck. Pushing out with her magic she banished the man back towards the window. The wall cracked with the impact and the witch smiled in challenge, Jasper wouldn't get her that easily.

Back and forth the two fought until finally Emily hit Jasper with a bone breaking curse, while it wouldn't actually harm the vampire it would sting more than the other spells she had been using. With a loud roar Jasper flew at Emily pinning her onto the bed.

She felt his teeth graze her skin before his lips pressed against her neck. Pushing herself up into him Emily grabbed the end of his shirt pulling it up. Once removed the vampire leaned back in capturing her lips in a searing kiss. It wasn't long before the pair found themselves completely bare to the other. Arching her back as the vampire moved down her body Emily's fingers entwined themselves into his shoulder length waves.

Moaning at his actions Emily couldn't stop her body's response. With every nip and kiss it felt like her nerve endings were being set on fire. In the back of her head she knew this was wrong but since when had such things ever stopped the pair before. Calling out she pulled the vampire back up her body needing to feel him within her.

Jasper's grip was harsh but it set Emily off. Every thrust, every kiss, he seemed to grip her tighter to him. They fed off each other's emotions, climbing higher every minute until just before being pushed over the edge Jasper would pull back letting them build back up again. Finally when Emily couldn't take it any longer she begged for the vampire to give her release.

His teeth grazed her neck and without a second thought Jasper bit down. The two tumbled over the edge with the short few pulls of blood. Emily's magic pulsed at the release and Jasper collapsed on top of her, both breathing heavily they slowly began to collect themselves. Emily's fingers ran through the man's hair as he nuzzled into her neck.

Eventually Jasper rolled off the witch and the two lay staring at the ceiling above them before both of them began to laugh.

"I think we destroyed your room Darlin'."

Shrugging Emily echoed Jasper's earlier statement, "Nothing I can't fix."

Emily turned her head and looked at the vampire lying next to her. His eyes were now a bright red, a few pulls of blood mixed with her magic had satisfied his hunger. Her eyes appreciatively traveled down the rest of his muscular body taking in all his scars.

"What?" he asked with a smirk, Jasper could feel the witch watching him and the approval radiating from her. It was a far better feeling then her disgust.

"You look healthier, red eyes suit you."

"I'll have to stay here while it wears off."

Pushing herself up on her arm Emily raised an eyebrow at the man, "Won't your mate worry?"

"She's a little caught up with the human and Edward's issues to care right now."

"Is that why you came here?"

"I guess." Jasper sighed as he ran his hands over his face, "I try so hard for her, I gave up everything I am to make her happy and yet it doesn't seem enough. I offered to stay while the others went hunting, I'm so sick of having to gorge myself on animals that I didn't need another big hunt. She told me not to be silly that she was having a 'slumber party' with Bella."

Emily nodded in understanding, she felt slightly bad for the vampire. To be mated to someone so different from you would be a nightmare, you'd always want to escape but at the same time be pulled right back in.

"That human is everywhere I go. Her scent covers the house, the one place I could relax is gone and my mate couldn't care less."

"Do you disappear often?"

Jasper shrugged one of his arms still rested over his eyes, "I go to Peter's for a month or so at a time, but nothing like this last year."

"Really?"

"You know more about my kind than I do," he said looking over at the witch. "The pull starts to become unbearable. The night I left it wasn't because I wanted to it was because I no longer had a choice."

Laying back down Emily stared back up at the ceiling thinking over the past year. It had been terrifying and thrilling in so many ways but the one thing that had centered her was Jasper. His ability to read emotions served them both well.

When she had woken the night after her final victory to an empty bed it had hurt but if she was honest she had seen it coming. The man who had come so ready for battle, who never left her side had started to quiet. He stepped back in those last few weeks allowing her to constantly lead. The random times she had caught him rubbing his chest now made sense. The pull had been drawing him away and while they found comfort in each other both had known it wasn't permanent.

Feeling her mood shift, Jasper reached out and pulled Emily into his chest. While it would never be enough he did love the witch and he would take what he could before she had her turn to vanish on him.

It wasn't long before Jasper felt Emily's breathing even out as she fell asleep. It amazed him that she still needed sleep, after all she had accomplished there was still a human element to her. The legends and tales the pair had read explained to some extent what would happen to her but he guessed the next few years would be really telling.

As the sun started to set Jasper heard footsteps on the stairs. Closing his eyes he pretended to sleep as he heard the door to Emily's room open.

A low whistle came from the Police Chief's mouth as he took in the room. What on earth had Emily done? Looking to the broken bed he found his daughter snuggled into the cold frame of a vampire under her torn duvet, well that explained the feathers everywhere. Shaking his head Charlie turned and made his way back to his own bedroom. Once ready to get a little rest the man reached out to set his alarm clock only to notice the blinking numbers. Sighing he quickly set about fixing the problem before promising himself his magical daughter and he would be having a talk later that day.

Charlie was surprised when he entered the kitchen later that day to find Jasper still with his daughter. Emily for her part was eating her lunch while the vampire absentmindedly played with her hair and read a book.

"Morning," Charlie greeted the pair trying to act as if this was a normal sight. Emily waved at her Dad leaning over to look at something Jasper had pointed out to her but Charlie got a shock when the vampire turned to nod hello, his eyes were red. Swallowing his reaction the Police Chief turned to make himself a cup of coffee and noticed the clock on the machine was broken.

"You could have set the clocks," the man grumbled pressing the start button on the machine.

"What?" Emily turned to look at her father who looked less than pleased.

"You wouldn't happen to know why all the clocks need to be reset would you?"

Emily looked over at the oven and then to the microwave taking in the flashing times, shrugging she turned back to her food, "Power surge."

"Uh huh," realizing his daughter was distracted Charlie shook his head as he filled his mug. Taking a sip of his coffee he made to leave the room, "You know if you're going to be having power surges you could at least fix my appliances. Some of us like to know what time it is."

Emily laughed as her father left the room to no doubt make sure she hadn't hurt his precious TV.

"Does he know?"

"What you are?" At Jasper's nod Emily smirked, "Of course he does."

"Why never let on then? The family spends so much time trying to fool him, even Bella plays along."

"He couldn't very well say he knew without telling them our family secret," Emily said waving her hand to send her dish to the sink. "Plus we aren't sure if Bella is aware he knows or not. She only knows that the magical world exists there was never a need to tell her more. She could assume he knows very little about it too."

"How much does he know?"

"Enough to understand that this won't end well for her."

"You know Edward asked me an odd question the other night." Emily raised an eyebrow at the vampire. "He asked about mating and if I had known vampires to mate with humans."

"What did you tell him?"

"I told him the truth," the vampire closed the book he was reading but continued to play with the witch's hair. "It's possible to have sex with them but I'd never known one of our kind to mate with one."

Emily made to speak but a ringing sound interrupted the pair. Jasper pulled out his phone and looked slightly resigned as he answered and put the phone on speaker.

"Shouldn't you be at school?"

"She's gone Jazz! He's going to kill me!" a light tinkling yet panicked voice came through the phone.

"What do you mean Alice, is Bella dead?"

"No."

"Is she in danger?"

"I don't think so..."

"Then why are you worried, go back to class."

"Jasper! Everyone is talking about how Bella ran out of English and jumped onto the back of that werewolf's bike."

"What do you want me to do about it?"

"I don't know!"

"Just calm down, Edward won't kill you. I'm sure she'll be back soon."

"You are no help, I'm blaming you if he takes my Porsche back!"

The line went dead and Jasper sighed banging his head lightly on the table a few times. "Your sister is more trouble than she's worth."

Laughing Emily began to use her fingers to message the vampire's scalp. "I'm not sure little Forks will survive her stay at this rate. She even has the big bad Major all worn out."

"She's going to start a war between the coven and shifters if she isn't careful, Edward has come close to crossing the treaty line several times already."

"I think a war is a bit exaggerated."

Shaking his head Jasper moaned as Emily pushed a little magic into her fingertips, "You give the Cullens too much credit, only Edward has given into his instincts but even that only lasted a few years."

"How sad…"

"I know."

"Come on," Emily said standing up and urging the vampire to join her. "I think I know something that will make you feel better."

In an instant the vampire had the girl in his arms laughing as he ran to her room. "No biting this time, Charlie will kill me if I have another 'power surge' that breaks his TV."

"Whatever you want Darlin'."

Stretching as she woke up Emily was aware she was once again alone. Patting the bed beside her she found a note on the pillow.

Out hunting rabbits to dull the eyes. Alice texted saying the guys came back early, so I need to at least try. I'll probably be back tonight, this time I promise not to bite.

-J

Laughing as she touched the now healing scar on her neck Emily recalled his inability to resist taking another pull of her blood. The vampire would be hiding out in her room for weeks if he kept that up.

Deciding she wanted to get ready for her day, Emily slipped out of bed and moved to take a shower. Once dressed the witch made her way to the kitchen to grab a cup of coffee. If Mipsy were here she would have already had a cup before hopping in the shower, she really did miss her favorite house elf.

Turning on the coffee machine Emily noticed there was a note attached to it.

Ran to pick up a new TV. If you are going to keep having these surges maybe you could ward your room better. Batteries are easy but I don't have the space for backup TVs.

Taking a sip of her coffee Emily poked her head into the living room. The TV looked fine but when she attempted to press the power button on the remote nothing happened. Putting down the controller Emily decided she would need a better outlet for her magic. Being in Forks she couldn't be as free about using it so it had started to build up inside of her. With Jasper she had been unable to stop herself from releasing some of that magic out, which helped her immensely but wasn't working out so well for the muggle electronics.

The front door opened and Emily was greeted to Bella yelling, "Charlie I'm home."

"He's not here," Emily said walking past the girl to head upstairs.

"Where is he?"

"In town getting a new TV."

"Oh, will he be home soon?"

Emily gave the girl an odd look before turning her back on her and walking up the stairs, it was too early to be chatty with the human.

Making it to her room, Emily's peace was short lived. A knock came at the door before her father stuck his head in the room obviously back from town.

"Hey by chance did you grab some of Bella's clothes to do laundry?"

Not looking up from her book the girl shook her head, "Why would I do that?"

"Thought so. Some of her clothes are missing."

"Odd," was all Emily gave in reply as she continued her reading.

The Police Chief looked around the room and noticed an absence of a certain vampire, "No more Jasper."

"He's out hunting."

"Humans…" Charlie asked hesitantly, the red eyes flashing in his mind again.

"Animals."

"Oh, well good." Charlie went to close the door but stopped as he asked the question he had been curious about since finding the pair in his daughter's bed. "Isn't he mated to Alice?"

"He is."

"Then…" Charlie hesitated, looking at his uninterested daughter, it was probably better to let the topic drop until they were truly alone. "I'll be downstairs setting up the new TV."

"Sounds good."

Shutting the door Charlie sighed as he heard the doorbell ring. "Bella, door!" There was only one person who that could be, Edward was back.

Emily's peace returned and she was able to get through her whole chapter before there was a knock at her window. Waving her hand the latch unlocked and Jasper jumped in. She expected the man to come and sit by her but when he didn't she looked up to find him standing far too still.

"What's wrong?"

"Someone's been here?"

Emily sent out a wave of confusion to the empath.

"A vampire, not a scent I recognize."

Closing her book Emily moved to stand next to the man. "What do you mean, I've been here all day. The wards should have told me if someone wishing harm entered the property."

"Unless they didn't mean harm, they came to scout."

"Who would do that?"

"I have a few ideas."

Jasper's phone chose that moment to go off and Emily motioned for him to answer it.

"Hello."

"I just talked to Alice," Edward's voice filled the room. "I caught a scent at Bella's, someone has been in her room."

Emily turned to look at the door to her room. How had someone gotten that far without her knowing?

"I'm aware."

"I thought you might be, I caught your scent in the house as well," there was an accusation in the younger vampire's voice.

"I was visiting an old friend," Jasper smirked he really enjoyed getting under the other's skin. "Why are you calling Edward?"

"Emmett is on his way, I need you to help him since you're a better tracker."

Jasper looked worriedly at the standing mirror Emily had in the room. His eyes while having dulled still had a tint of red to them, his brother would know instantly that he had broken his 'diet'.

"It's done call Emmett back. The trail ends south of us at a random road, they obviously had a car waiting."

"Jasper what…"

"I have to go." Clicking a button the vampire ended the call and tossed his phone on the bed.

"How did this happen? I was here." The witch had moved to the door, opening it she made her way down the hall to Harry's room with Jasper right behind her.

"Maybe they have one of those handy cloaks."

"You don't think…"

"No." He cut Emily off knowing where her thoughts were going. "While the family probably won't agree with me, I'm certain it's either the Volturi or Victoria."

Emily looked back at Jasper as the pair stepped into the bedroom. Looking around Emily noticed not much had changed. The walls were still beige and the bedding was still that godawful Gryffindor red. All of Harry's school banners had been removed though, for Bella having lived in the room for so long she hadn't put anything up to replace the now bare walls. "Care to elaborate?"

"The Volturi have demanded Bella be changed. It could be them checking to make sure we have followed through."

Shaking her head Emily sighed, she had hoped Bella's little trip to Italy had been a coincidence but it seemed she was going to have to deal with that little matter soon. Bella could not be turned, she had no doubt this verdict was more for the twisted amusement of the kings than a true worry over secrecy. The kings knew just as well as she did that the girl would be abandoned or killed by Edward once bitten. "And the Victoria theory?"

"She has at least one newborn with her in Seattle. I'm sure you've heard about the killings there, I think it's her plotting her revenge."

Emily ran her fingers along the edges of the window frame, "Why don't you go to Seattle and end her?"

"I could but without knowing the true number of newborns and…"

"You are still hoping she comes and kills Bella," Emily finished for him. "Well, there are absolutely no wards in this room. Why did Harry have to slack off so much in school?"

"Are you going to add some?"

"Does Edward stay here at night?" Jasper nodded. "Then no."

"Why not?"

"If the person is a vampire I would have to use a ward that stops their ability to enter, as you don't actually bleed I have no way to key one of your kind into the ward to allow you access. Edward would be stuck outside the room."

"So?"

"I wouldn't mind but it's a fight I'd like to avoid," Emily answered as she walked around the room looking at everything Bella had laying out. Mostly it was her schoolwork but there were a few romance novels. The one picture she had in the room was a photo of Edward, it looked as if she had sloppily cut someone out of it.

"That was at Bella's birthday party," Jasper said noticing what Emily was looking at. Despite what his family thought he felt no remorse over his actions that night, his only regret was that it hadn't led to a permanent separation between the human and the family. "She cut herself out though."

"She's quite obsessed with him."

"And he with her."

Both added the implied for now in their heads.

The next morning Jasper took off to hunt more animals in an attempt to dull his eyes, he warned Emily that Edward was in the house and that Charlie had left to go fishing a few hours earlier. The witch took her time heading down to the kitchen hoping to miss the odd couple but as luck would have it when Emily entered the kitchen it was to find a different creature with her sister.

Jacob Black was standing in the center of the room with a bloody knife and hand while Bella tried to shove a towel at him. The human looked like she was on the verge of passing out, she kept glancing at the shifter only to quickly look away.

"Trying to kill the mutt?" Emily asked as she passed the boy and headed to the fridge. Jacob looking worried finally took the towel Bella was offering and covered his hand pretending to apply pressure. Emily smirked as she grabbed all the things she needed for a fruit smoothie and set to work making it.

"He just accidentally cut himself. I was washing the dishes and he was drying, I handed him the knife and he grabbed the wrong end." Bella looked desperately at Emily, the girl clearly thought she could hide what this creature was from the witch.

"I hardly care," Emily said looking from the girl to the shifter before returning to her task.

"Jake, let me take you to the hospital," Bella pleaded softly her eyes flashing in the direction of her magical sister.

Jacob pushed her off, "I'm fine it's just a graze."

"Let me see it," the human demanded only to get a laugh from the boy.

"I promise I don't need a doctor."

"I say otherwise, let me see it."

"I don't think you should Bells, you look like you might pass out."

"He's not wrong," Emily added as she took a sip of her smoothie. "You look rather pale. You both also might want to do something about all the blood."

The pair seemed to jump at the reminder and Bella immediately stopped yanking on Jacob's arm as she moved to grab a towel to clean up the mess.

Deciding she rather not be in the house Emily made her way outside to enjoy her drink. She probably looked silly walking around the edge of the forest in a long silk robe and a set of heeled booties but her clothing was limited as many of her wizarding cloaks would look even more out of place in the modern muggle world.

As she walked she came upon a vampire sitting against a tree. "Fancy finding you out here." The man's eyes looked back towards the house before turning to the witch with a shrug. "Ah, neither can be in the house while the enemy visits."

"It's easier this way."

"Afraid you could be taken down by a single shifter?"

Edward rolled his eyes at the girl, "More afraid I'd take him down."

"Is that such a bad thing?" Emily asked tilting her head as she observed the vampire. He was as always dressed impeccably, wearing a shawl neck sweater and jeans.

"To Bella."

Emily nodded her head and started to walk past the spot where the vampire was sitting when a ray of rare sunlight shown through the trees. In a second the vampire was standing next to her. "Someone bit you," he growled out.

Emily gave the vampire an odd look, "So?"

"How are you not…" his fingers reached up pulling the robe back to expose the skin on her neck better. "Who did this?"

She could hear the anger in his voice and it shocked her in a way, why should he care why she had a bite mark. "Does it matter?"

"Yes," his fingers lightly grazed over the freshly scarring skin sending a light shiver down her spine. "Who hurt you?"

"No one hurt me," Emily laughed. "I rather enjoyed it."

The vampire looked at her as if she had lost her mind which only brought on more laughter for the witch. Reaching up she stroked the man's concerned face. "You really do know so little about your own kind."

Tracing Edward's lips with her thumb her eyes locked with his. Leaning up to him she pressed her lips to his. An electric shock seemed to pass through the pair but neither pulled away. The vampire instead drew Emily tighter against his body, his lips moving with hers, their tongues tasting the other.

After a few minutes Emily pulled away with a smirk. Edward looked dazed as Emily leaned up to give him one last peck. Continuing on her walk the witch waved back to Edward. "I bet the puppy has left by now. Have a good day Edward."