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Bella's POV

"Interesting.." I could tell he was thinking about my question, but then he let it go and asked the question I was dreading. "I Never lie to the one I love."

I've lied to Edward plenty of times. It was one perk to having a boyfriend who couldn't read your mind. But my recent lie to Edward floated to the front of my mind. I didn't feel guilty about it. Even though I should. But I didn't. Instead, I let my right hand rest back on my leg. All my fingers were down. If I didn't put down the last finger on my right hand, I'd be lying. And, Jasper knows I've lied to Edward before. It's not like I hide my lies all that well. What I wasn't expecting was for Jasper to put down one of his fingers as well.

I stared at him in shock. "You've lied to Alice before!" I screamed unable to control myself. Jasper didn't look guilty or sad, so it must have been a small lie.

"Unfortunately, not just to Alice." A guilty look spread across his face now, and I just had to pry. But, I didn't want to be rude about it, so, I asked calmly and politely. "What did you lie about?"

"It's not just me lying, and it's hard to keep from Edward, trust me." He said, looking relieved being able to talk about it with someone, but I was confused, what was he lying about. I wanted to ask, but I wanted Jasper to say it in his own time. So, I relaxed my left hand, a pretty good sign that I wanted him to continue. He seemed to be lost in thought though, so I decided to give him a little push. "I won't judge you Jasper, if anyone should be judged here, it would be me. I mean, I'm dating a vampire who puts me up on a pedestal, which by the way, I don't deserve, and my best friend is a werewolf. So I swear, I won't judge you." I leaned forward a little so he would see my face as I gave him a sympathetic smile.

He gave me a sad chuckle, but that small push got him started. "First off, besides the werewolf thing, which, I still don't understand by the way, you do deserve the pedestal." I gave him a snorted laugh, and looked down shaking my head slightly. Jasper paused. Of course I didn't believe him, I'm Bella Swan for Christ sakes. I trip and I fall, and I bleed and I bruise, and it's all because I'm a weak human. I stopped thinking about it and looked back up at him. "Second, you shouldn't put yourself down like that Bella, you are a beautiful girl and everyone seems to take notice of that, except for yourself." I blushed but he continued on. "And Third, it wasn't just my choice, so there's really no reason to judge." I couldn't think of anything else to do, so I just nodded my head.

"Now, you have to swear not to tell Edward any of this, at least until we figure out what to do." He still sounded a little sad. I reached out and grabbed his hand again, which was stupid-it seemed like every time we touched the world was a giant blur, then there he is, crystal clear-but, I did it anyways. "I promise Jasper." I paused for what seemed like hours, but, it was only a few seconds. "What is it? What's going on?" I was starting to freak out.

I was used to being out of the loop when I was around the Cullen's. Alice could see the future, and Edward heard her thoughts before she could tell us what was going on. The rest of the family could secretly talk to Edward through their minds and he would nod, or shrug, or whatever he had to do. Plus, they could talk quiet enough so that I can't hear what they're saying. But the fact that I wasn't the only one out of the loop in this scenario, and the fact that Jasper was trusting me over the rest of the Cullen's had me worried, and honestly, a little scared.

"Alice had a vision." He paused and closed his eyes, like he was having the vision. "Of me with… Someone else… Now, Alice claims she didn't see her face, because my 'mystery woman's' hair was hiding it, but something in her expression told me otherwise." My mouth was ajar, I wanted to say something but all my words got stuck in the back of my throat. Jasper's eyes were still closed, so he didn't notice, and he kept talking. "But that's not really the point, the point is, Alice and I are on a 'break' until her vision changes. That is why she was so eager to get out of the house today. That is why she didn't say goodbye to me." He paused and opened his eyes, taking in my expression, he gave the same sad chuckle, and continued, never taking his eyes from my mine. "I just wish I knew who it was. That way I could stay away from her."

Jasper was still looking at me-ten minutes later-when I found my voice again. "How can she be mad at you, when you haven't even done anything yet?" My voice was shaking with anger-and the fuzzy room was making me feel dizzy, and a little drugged. I love Alice, she's like my sister-my very happy, bubbly sister. But I can't understand why she'd be mad at Jasper, for something he hasn't even done.

"Do you remember your earlier question about saying 'I Love You' and not meaning it?"

"Yeah, what about it?" Now I felt really lost.

"Well.. In complete honesty, and I'm trusting you to keep this to yourself Bella." He paused to make sure I would promise.

"Umm.. Won't Alice see you saying this?" I didn't want him to get in even more trouble for saying something he shouldn't.

"I sure hope not, now, do you promise?" He asked, pleading and asking for my understanding. His expression tensed. He looked really worried that I was going tell someone I shouldn't.

"Yeah, of course I do, if you're trusting me to keep this secret, I'm sure I can keep one more." With all the other secrets I was keeping, I'm surprised I haven't burst already, but I'm sure one more won't do any permanent damage.

He nodded and closed his eyes again, breathing deeply, even though he didn't need the oxygen. I squeezed his hand gently-I wanted him to know that I'd be there for him, that he could trust me, and that if he ever needed to get anything off his chest he could talk to me-and he re-opened his eyes. "When we packed up to leave Forks, I was so mad at myself that I stopped caring about everything, Alice would say 'I Love You', and I would say it back. But, for some reason, I never meant it. I think she realizes now that I lied. I was so angry at myself that I didn't care, and that put a strain on our relationship. Since we've gotten back, I've been better. But, then the vision happened. Now, I'm mad at myself for something that hasn't even happened, and Alice is mad at me as well."

I was about to respond when the clock on the wall chimed. I only heard one chime do to the fact that the world was fuzzy, and I was listening to Jasper. I didn't hear how many chimes came before the last one, but Jasper obviously did. "I think it is time for you to go to bed, Bella." Still holding my hand, Jasper stood up, and like the proper gentleman he is, he gave a tiny bow and pulled me off the couch.

"What time is it?" I asked, not really caring about the answer.

"Twelve thirty." He laughed, and this time it was a real laugh. A happy laugh. A laugh I could get used to.

"We never finished our game though." I was being stubborn. I didn't realize before now, how tired I really was, my eyes kept closing on their own free will.

"Well, you had five fingers down, and I only had four, so, I am the winner."

"Well, aren't we smug." He just gave me a devilish grin and wiggled his eye brows at me. I couldn't help myself, I had to laugh.

"Have a good sleep Bella, and I will see you in the morning." He released my hand, and gave me another tiny bow.

I felt bad for Jasper. He didn't deserve to be treated like this. Like usual, I acted without thinking and I gave him a hug. Jasper returned the hug by wrapping his arms lightly around me. I saw nothing wrong with it, until I heard a low growl escape his lips. I quickly untangled my arms from around his neck and backed up.

"I'm sorry. I forgot human blood still calls to you…" I really didn't forget, it was always in the back of my mind ready to pounce. But, in that minuscule second, I forgot. I looked at Jasper for a second, looked around the living room slowly, gave a tiny smile, and turned on my heals to get ready for bed. I stopped for a second when I thought I heard Jasper say something. I was going to turn around and ask him if he had said something, but decided against it. If he said something and it was that low, clearly it wasn't meant for my ears.

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