Lost- Chapter 9

A/N: Okay.. So I know a lot of you were probably really ticked at me for doing that in the last chapter… But I promise you that it will all be ok in the end. This chapter should explain a lot, so I apologize if it is super long. This chapter is going to be in Jasper's POV. I would do Violet's POV, but you really need to see what's going on in the Cullen household. Everything will be explained eventually.

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Previously- (Violet's POV)

They were gone…I was alone. Utterly and completely alone.

That realization that I was alone, was magnified as my eyes scanned the blank pristine white walls. Finally I couldn't take being in the house anymore, and I bolted as fast as I could to my car, sobs echoing as I ran. In my panicked state, I somehow managed to make it to my home, and collapsed onto my bed allowing the pain of their departure to wash over me, drowning me in despair.


Lost- Chapter 9- (Jasper's POV)

"Please?" Alice whined, her face displaying a pout, "Please come with me?"

"Alice," I called to her, my southern accent slipping in at the end, " Give it a rest, will ya?"

I sighed, Alice had been trying desperately to get someone to go shopping with her for the past two hours, and everyone's frustration at Alice's attempts were wearing on my small amount of patience.

"But Jazzy-" She started, removing herself from next to Rosalie, whom she had just been trying to convince to go with her, and started sauntering over to me.

"But what?, Alice." I interrupted her, "Rose doesn't want to go. You can't make her, darlin'."

Alice sighed, taking a seat next to me, leaning against my chest.

"I know. You're right, Jazzy, I can't make her go with me…" I listened as her voice trailed off for a second, her face becoming blank for a moment. When she finally spoke again, excitement filled the air. "…but I know who I CAN make go shopping with me!"

She squealed with laughter and jumped off the couch fluidly.

"Alice, What are you doing?" I questioned, mirroring her movements as to follow after her. She didn't slow down or stop as I followed her through the house.

"I'm going to take Violet shopping." She replied nonchalantly, not breaking her stride. She had taken a couple more steps before she stopped on the porch. When she spoke, she became nervous, hesitant. "Unless you don't think that it's a good idea?"

Her voice was hardly above a whisper, and I almost couldn't hear it. Her face was etched with worry, her golden orbs were wide, a hint of fear behind them, as she turned to look at me.

Did I think that the two most important people in my life, shouldn't spend time together? Heck, No. I thought it was a fantastic idea.

"I think that it's wonderful that you would like to be a part of her life, Alice. You're her stepmother. I think she would love to go shopping." I assured her, tilting her face with my hand bringing her lips to mine, as I sent a calming wave to her. Breaking the kiss a moment later, " Have a good time."

Alice wrapped her arms around my torso for a moment, smiling at me as she broke away and headed down the wooden steps to her car, keys in hand. I stood on the porch for a few moments longer as I watched Alice disappear out of sight.


I was in the middle of a game with Emmett a few hours later, when Alice arrived home. I knew something was wrong with her before she even entered the house. Maybe it was because I was so attuned to her and her wild emotions that from the moment I felt her anguish, I knew something bad happened.

"What's wrong, dude? I just totally kicked your ass!" Emmett roared, engrossed in the game. I turned my head towards the door as I listened for the sound of gravel on the driveway.

"Alice." I sighed, getting up from the couch and handing Emmett my controller. " Sorry, Em. Later." I headed out to the porch just as Alice was parking her car. Within moments, Alice was sobbing into my chest. Instinctively, I wrapped my arms around her protectively, my eyes scanning the surrounding area for any possible threat out of pure habit.

Without a word, I pulled Alice into the house, stopping just long enough for Emmett to ask what was wrong, telling him it had something to do with Violet before continuing up the stairs and up to our bedroom. Laying down on the bed, I continued to console her, and eventually her sobbing stopped.

"What happened, Darlin'?" I asked gazing into her saddened eyes. I couldn't bear to see her like this. My mind raced through possibilities as to what could have happened to cause her this much distress.

"Violet." She whispered, burying her face into my chest.

"What did she do?" I urged softly.

She sniffled softly, "You love me, right Jazz?"

She pulled away from me to gaze into my concerned face that quickly contorted into confusion. 'What kind of question is that?'

"Of course." I assured, "With all my existence. Why?"

"Violet said that the only person that you would ever love was her mother."

I was shocked at her words, but quickly recovered.

"That's not true, and you know it." I argued, pushing myself away from her and into a sitting position on the bed, a sigh escaping my lips.

"But, why would she say that, Jazz?" Alice interrupted before I could continue, sitting up herself.

I hesitated. I hadn't told her much about my past before I was turned. It was somewhat difficult to remember some details, but leaving Violet and Jasmine was one of the few memories from my human life that I could remember. Deep down I knew that I would have to tell Alice about that night that I said goodbye to Jasmine and Violet, but I didn't know how she would react.

"That's all she can remember, Alice." I started. " When I left for war, I told them that I would always love them."

"So you did love her." She said softly, her eyes staring off into space as she tried to comprehend the meaning behind my words.

"Yes. When I was human, I loved my wife. She was beautiful, smart…she was everything that I thought I wanted. I loved her as much as I could love her." I confirmed, "Well, as much as a human can love another human." I added.

I turned and took Alice's face in my hand, forcing her to look at me. "But it was not the same type of love that I have with you. You're my everything. You are like my other half, I simply cannot exist without you." I assured her, sending her the strongest wave of love that I could conjure. Before she had a chance to disagree with me I brought my lips to hers, our mouths moving in unison. The kiss only lasted a few seconds, when Alice pulled away. This was not like her at all. Clearly, the conversation with Vi still weighed heavily on her mind.

"I'm sorry, Alice. I didn't mean to upset you." I apologized, my long fingers intertwining with her small ones.

"It's ok." She spoke softly, gazing at our intertwined hands. It was a long moment before she broke the silence. " Jazz? Why did you leave her?"

"I've never told you about the night that I left them, have I?" She shook her head. I decided the best place to start would be close to the beginning.

"Times were tough back then. It was the three of us living on our own. Jasmine and I were young, trying to raise Violet the best we could. I was working all the time, and it was still rough. I talked with Jasmine about joining the army and serving our country. They would pay us three times what I was earning in a week. I couldn't turn that down. I had to provide for my family no matter what happened. So I entered the army when I was twenty. Violet was five and she didn't understand. All she knew was that daddy was going away for a while…" My voice trailed off as I remembered that night.

Flashback

"Time to go, Whitlock." A man in his late forties demanded from the front seat of a carriage. The cool wind whipped around me, as he spoke.

"Yes, sir." I responded standing near the two chestnut colored horses that had been pulling the dark blue colored carriage, "Just let me say goodbye to my family first."

I didn't wait for a response, and spun on my heels, walking into my house for what I now realize was the last time. My boots echoed as I found Jasmine sitting in a chair next to a lantern on the far wall, with a book in hand, heat radiating throughout the room from the roaring fireplace to my right. Jasmine's blue eyes glanced up from her book as I entered. From the look on her face, I could tell that she knew something was wrong.

"Jasper, what's wrong?"

I smiled weakly at her, "It's time."

I watched as the color drained from her face. "Now?"

"Yes. They're waiting for me." I explained, motioning towards the door. I watched as Jasmine placed the book she had been reading on the table next to her, and stood up, crossing the room in mere seconds. I hugged her tightly, burying my own sob that had been trying to escape, as I heard her crying softly.

"Mommy? Daddy? What's going on?" A voice called out to us, breaking us out of our moment. My gaze followed Jasmine's as our eyes landed on our only daughter standing in the doorway, confusion clearly written on her face.

"Violet," Jasmine started, crossing the room and kneeling down to her level, "Daddy has to leave us."

"No!" She screamed, tears flowing down her face, "Don't leave me, Daddy!"

Violet broke away from Jasmine wrapping her arms around my leg, crying. My heart broke at the guesture, and it took a lot of effort to not burst into tears myself.

"It's alright Violet." I tried to reassure her, bending down and removing her arms from around my leg, lifting her small frame into an embrace. I felt her arms tighten around my neck as she cried. We stayed like that for a few minutes because I couldn't bring myself to let her go. Finally, I tried to break away from her, but she refused to let go. Between Jasmine and myself, we broke through Violet's death grip and she clung to her mother instead.

I reached over and brushed a strand of hair behind Vi's shoulder, "Be good to your mother while I'm away, okay Vi?" I asked. She nodded, tearfully leaning in closer to her mother. My gaze wandered to Jasmine's tearful blue eyes, her face red from crying as I imagined my face would be.

"Goodbye Jazzy." She spoke softly, wrapping her arms around me for the last time. "If you don't come back to me, Jasper Whitlock," she spoke as she pulled away, "I swear I'm going to kill you myself."

I laughed softly, smiling, "I promise. I will do everything in my power to return to you." I sighed, pulling away from my wife and daughter reluctantly. I didn't want to leave them, but I knew that by me doing this, I would be providing for them and giving Vi the best childhood that I didn't have. I strode across the small room, grabbing my bag that had been sitting by the door. Adjusting it on my shoulder, I took one last look at them both.

"Don't forget…I will always love you."

My eyes burned the image of the two of them into memory as I turned and stepped out of the house, climbing into the dark blue carriage, following my path that would eventually lead to my death.

End Flashback

I watched as Alice tried to comprehend my story, recognition flashing across her face as she finally understood what Violet was referring to.

"I understand now." Alice whispered.

Our moment was interrupted by Carlisle's voice echoing throughout the house.

"Family meeting!"

I sighed, having a good idea what this was about, and by the look on Alice's face… she did too. I rose from the bed, pulling Alice with me as we headed downstairs. Emmett was the first to ask what was wrong.

"What's with the meeting?" He questioned, his golden eyes staring up at our father figure from the couch where he now sat with Rosalie.

Carlisle seemed nervous, but he tried to hide it. He took a moment before he spoke, gazing at each one of our faces.

"We have to move."

Esme flitted to his side, "What happened, dear?"

"People are starting to notice. Dr. Andrews made a comment about our ages earlier. We can't stay here any longer." He explained, his voice defeated.

"When do we leave?" Rosalie interrupted, voicing the question that was on everyone's mind.

"As soon as possible." He answered. " Preferably tomorrow."

"So soon…." Bella's voice trailed as she stared at her husband. Being the 'baby' of the family, and because she was just that way, she seemed to take things a lot more personally than the rest of us. This would be our hundredth move or so…I lost track after fifty…but this would only be Bella's third or forth move since joining the family, and she had adjusted to this life so much more easily than any of the others. Especially me. Even now, I still had days that made this lifestyle hard.

" Rosalie, try and get a moving van, and make travel arrangements." Carlisle directed at her before moving on. "Alice, schools and colleges."

"Yes," she said from my side. "Jasper can help me."

"I'll look at hospitals around the Ithaca area. Esme, housing, Emmett, wildlife." Carlisle continued.

"What about us?" Bella questioned.

"Packing." Edward answered, Bella nodding her head. Within minutes, the house was a flurry of movement as everything was being packed up and researched. I headed with Alice to look at schools and colleges. When morning came, we all headed off to school, arriving a few minutes before class started. Emmett seemed a little irritated and pissed off, as did Rosalie, but I just assumed that they were upset about us moving. Rose hated moving all the time, and I didn't blame my sister for feeling that way. We all hated it, but unfortunately that was a side effect to this life.

I scanned the parking lot for Vi's car, my eyes landing on the familiar vehicle knowing that she was already here, and followed after Emmett and Rose into the school, hugging Alice to my side.

"Everything is going to be alright, Alice." I assured her, before my attention was pulled away to the small argument that now consisted of Emmett, Rosalie and my daughter.

"What did you do to her?" Em growled softly. "Alice came home last night really upset. She wouldn't say anything except your name. So, I'm going to ask you again… What did you do to her?"

"I didn't do anything." Violet snarled at him.

"Look," He growled softly, "I don't care what happened. You just need to apologize to my sister."

That was Em alright. Always trying to protect everyone. At least he was sticking up for Alice, I shrugged.

"Why should I apologize to her when she can't handle the truth?" She snapped back, her anger brewing under the surface.

I was shocked. How dare she talk to him like that? I stiffened, waiting to see what would happen next.

"What did you say?" Emmett growled, clearly just as shocked and angry at her words as I was.

"It doesn't matter. It's not your problem."

"Like hell it isn't." Rosalie snapped at Vi. "We're a family. You mess with one of us…you deal with all of us."

"Stay out of it, Rose. This is between Jasper, Alice and myself. This doesn't concern you." She snapped at Rose.

I couldn't stand by and let her continue to attack my family like that.

"Yes it does, Violet." I growled. "Apologize to Emmett and Rosalie now." I glared at her firmly. She was not going to intimidate me or act that way to them. Her eyes shot to mine, and her defensive posture relaxed instantly, removing myself from her gaze she stared at the floor as she apologized to Em and Rose.

"I'm sorry, Em. Rosalie."

Her gaze returned to myself and Alice, who now had tears in her eyes.

"Alice, I-" Vi started. Without a word, Alice broke away from my grip and bolted down the hallway, a little faster than she probably should have walked. My eyes flickered between Alice's retreating form, and Violet, trying to decide who to follow. Sensing Alice's distress, I realized that I would be the only one to be able to calm her down, whether it was using my ability or not. Smiling apologetically at Violet, I sighed and headed after my wife.

I dodged my way through the crowd after Alice, catching up with her at the end of the hall.

"Alice." I called to her softly, she was upset about something, and I was determined to figure out why. "What's wrong?"

I hesitantly reached out to her, placing my hand gently on her shoulder. I half expected her to pull away under my touch, but she didn't. Instead she turned and wrapped her arms around my chest, crying slightly.

"It's us, Jazz." She explained softly. "I see us in a new house, but Violet isn't there. I don't know why, but she isn't there." She paused. "I know how much she means to you."

"What can we do, Alice?"

"I don't know." She answered pulling away from me, "But we should get this over with."

I nodded, agreeing with her. We needed to drop off all our books and head back to the house to get everything else packed up, so we could leave by tonight. We quickly cleaned out our lockers and dropped our books at the office before the four of us headed back home.

I was surprised that everything was mostly packed and the moving truck was already partially loaded up with our belongings when we pulled into the driveway. Bella, Edward, and Esme had done an amazing job with packing everything up.

By the time Carlisle made it home, the truck was packed and all the arrangements were made. We would deal with school, ages, relationships, and jobs when we reached Ithaca. Carlisle must have noticed something was up with me, because as we were getting ready to leave, he approached me.

"Everything okay, son?"

I sighed, staring at our now empty house. "I guess." He peaked an eyebrow at me, but didn't say anything hoping I would continue without his interference. "Alice told me some information earlier today. I guess I'm just having a hard time dealing with it."

"What kind of information?" He prompted.

"It's about Violet." I confessed. " I don't want to leave her here, but Alice said that we do."

"She'll be alright." He tried to assure me. I wasn't convinced. "If you're that concerned about her, go talk to her. We'll wait for you."

My gaze turned to Carlisle as he said that. "You'd wait?" He simply nodded. "Alright. I will. I'll be right back." I turned and bolted into the trees, taking a direct route to her house. Unfortunately, she wasn't home. I searched all around for her, but I couldn't track her down. I glanced down at my watch, registering the fact that I had now been searching for Vi for over an hour and still couldn't find her. Giving up my search, I returned back to the house where my family were all waiting for me in their cars, Carlisle waiting for me near my own car.

"Did you talk to her?" He asked as I approached. I shook my head.

"I couldn't find her." I sighed defeated.

"Everything will be alright, son." He assured. "You tried your best. That's all that mattered."

"I know. I just feel like I let her down." I growled, frustrated.

"I know." Carlisle smiled apologetically, placing a hand on my shoulder. " Time to go."

I nodded, taking one last longing look at our old house, my heart breaking slightly as I came to terms with leaving Forks.

'I'll come back.' I told myself. 'Once we're all settled, I'll come back for her.'

"Goodbye, Violet." I whispered, climbing into the car. I threw the keys in the ignition and the engine roared to life. I waited as Emmett pulled out in front of me, his tires shooting rocks at my car, his laughter echoing loudly as I just shook my head at his antics.

'Typical Emmett.' I scoffed, pulling out behind him. I took one last look at the setting sun as we were leaving Forks, finally heading towards our new home.


A/N: Okay, So now you know! It wasn't what Vi said that made them have to leave so suddenly, but Carlisle's Colleague! And Jazz did attempt to find Violet to have her come with them, but couldn't find her! That's why Alice didn't see Violet with them! I'm so evil! I hope you liked that chapter! I have been writing like a maniac for three days now!

And I want to apologize for the super long chapter! This is the longest chapter I think I've ever written for one of my stories! Thanks to all your support, without it I wouldn't have been able to write this fast!

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