JASPER'S POV

It's not your fault. It's not your fault. It's not your fault. I kept chanting that in my head so that I wouldn't go running after Lily to apologize. I wasn't sorry. I didn't regret telling her to stay away from those mutts. We don't belong with them.

After Lily left, I went downstairs to find Edward.

"You should talk to her." I simply said. It was true.

"Not now, I don't have a death wish." He said, shaking his head. I didn't blame him. Lily was going to light him up.

"Soon, though. Before you both can find something else to hate each other for."

"Fine, Jazz, I'll go. If I'm not back in a half and hour, come find me." He stood up from the couch and started walking at a human pace, no doubt procrastinating, to go get his keys.

"Edward!" I said. I needed to tell him something.

"What?" he said.

"Thank you, for telling me. I only want to keep her safe." I was truly grateful to Edward for this.

"I know the feeling." He laughed, walking out of the house. I really hoped that Lily wasn't going to dismember him.

LILY'S POV

There were about three things I wanted to do right now. One, I wanted to kill Edward for telling Jasper. Two, I wanted to kill Alice for leaving Jasper and I alone, knowing he was going to get me in trouble. Three, I wanted to visit Seth and warn him that they all know about us. Well, I assume they do. There aren't a lot of secrets kept in the Cullen house.

I ran into the woods, and I heard a set of feet following me. Unfortunately, it wasn't the pair of feet I wanted following me. I turned around and saw Edward Cullen standing right in front of me. I wanted to jump at him so bad, but I knew that would only make things worse in the end. Instead, I pictured the way I would kill him if I could, and replayed it over and over again.

"Lily, please. I know you're angry with me, but listen. I was just trying to help." He was pleading, and it worked. For a split second I was distracted from my "killing spree" to think about whether or not I was being fair.

"You took the love of my life away from me." I stated.

"It wasn't safe for you." He said, looking at the ground. This was ridiculous.

"I'm going to tell you the same thing I told my brother. Seth is my imprint. He isn't my boyfriend or best friend, my imprint. He loves me with all his heart, and I love him all the same. There is no possible way to keep us apart. If you all try, I will leave, and I won't come back. Seth isn't going to hurt me any more than you would hurt Bella." I didn't mean to pay the Bella card, but at this point it was mandatory.

"It's not the same." He said colder than before. I knew I touched a nerve.

"How is it not the same? Because you have more self control over Seth, right? Well guess what? I don't care! I love him. Even if you had no self-control, wouldn't you still be with Bella? Even if she couldn't be with you? It's the same thing! Why can't anyone see that?" I was practically screaming. I hated this. I just wanted us all to get along. So what, I am in love with a werewolf. Why couldn't anyone understand that it was the same show they have been seeing for months, just with a new cast?

"You're right." He said.

"What?" I was shocked. What was I right about? The fact that this was stupid, or that it was the same show?

"Both." He looked at me, "It isn't up to me what happens between you and your brother. It isn't my call to say whether you should or shouldn't be allowed to be with Seth, but after this, after seeing your mind and hearing your thoughts, you're right. It's the same show with Bella, and me and we have all accepted that danger. We have to accept this one too. I'll talk to the others, even though they might not warm up to the idea at first, they'll have to eventually. You've made your decision, and I think that everyone else would rather accept you are dating a filthy mutt than have you leave. Especially Jasper."

"That's great, but I'm sure it doesn't matter anymore. Jasper hates me." I looked to the ground, stealing Edward's move. I just wanted to go away.

"He doesn't hate you, he just cares about you. He's lost you once, he doesn't want that to happen again." So now he was playing the reasonable card. I see.

"So he'll take my soul mate away from me forever? I hardly think that's fair."

"That's why I'll talk to him. Until then though, try not to be reckless, please?"

"Well, there goes my plans for the day." I smiled. At least Edward was on my side now, and so was Alice. I think. Either way, Edward was cool with me dating a werewolf. He would persuade the others eventually.

"I should go back." He said, running towards the house. Good luck. I said silently in my head.

I ran a little closer to the line hoping to catch Seth's scent and track him down. Though, it wasn't Seth's scent I caught. It was another vampire's.