As always Twilight does not belong to me.

So sorry for not updating sooner, but school was being demanding and I haven't been in the right state of mind lately. Plus I was stupid and started another story, well kind of two but one was a one-shot that people wanted to be a two shot so yeah that one is done now though. Anywhoz, I won't be getting into excuses because well nobody wants to hear them. So without further ado….

Here is the next chapter of 'Half.'

Ch.11 Vision

"What?!" Peter yelled after I had to explain that the Cullens decided to visit us. Let's just say he and Charlotte did not take the news well. "Those fucking Cullens think that they are all made of gold and do what they want. Do they think this is some sort of hotel that they can come and go as they fucking please? Fucking blood shit eaters." He mumbled at the end.

"Umm…so should I tell them not to come?" I asked hesitantly.

"No, let the high and mighty arrive. I'll just be grabbing some grub now." He said harshly racing outside.

"I think I'm going to go with him." Charlotte said rushing out the door.

"Well, that went well." I said sarcastically.

"Could have been worse. He was feeling a shit load of rage that didn't really come out of his speech. He was actually acting pretty controlled." Jasper said while placing his arms around my waist and kissing my temple.

I couldn't believe that it was only last night that we confessed ourselves to one another. It feels like we had been together for far longer than that. I love Jasper. I finally admitted it to myself and though I'm still scared, I can learn to live with that as long as I have Jasper by my side.

"So do you know what Alice needs to discuss?" I asked turning to look at his eyes.

"Nope, maybe it has something to do with how you ended up here."

"Maybe. We should hunt before then there is going to be a lot of trouble that we are going to have to deal with." Jasper nodded and we took off.

What would Alice want to talk about? That question kept running through my mind while we waited. If it had something to do with the path she made me take I couldn't be mad about it. How could I? All it did was bring me to a new family that I actually fit in with. The Whitlock's, that's what I felt that I had been destined to be from the beginning. I would do my death a thousand more times if it meant feeling the happiness and love that I feel every day. Did Alice tell the rest that I was indeed alive? I wasn't sure whether it being a surprise or them already knowing would be the best. I suppose I just didn't want them to know, though I did miss them all dearly. It would just be easier if they didn't know that I was not going to return with them, or possibly ever.

Jasper. I wonder what he thinks about all of this. Would he want us to return? I wouldn't hold him back if he absolutely wanted to, I would suck it up and go anywhere he chose. Then again didn't he only stay with them because of Alice? Oh my gosh, I didn't even think about how it's going to be with my best friend here with my dating her ex-husband, even though she helped us get together it is bound to be extremely awkward. The whole situation was so absurd.

Car tires scratched across the gravel getting louder as the car made its way up the Whitlock driveway. None of us moved as the purr of an engine went completely silent. We each looked at one another as doors creaked open then slammed shut. Footsteps made their way up the steps to the front door, but still none got up. Finally when someone knocked lightly on the door I decided to be the brave one but Charlotte ran to the door when she noticed my sudden intent on getting up.

Jasper patted my arm just before he pulled both of us up when everybody walked into the room. He stood in front of me blocking me from everyone's view, I realized that he was almost in a protective stance not in a rude manner but it was still there.

"Jasper, it's so good to see you again son." The fatherly voice of Carlisle said.

"I thought you were only staying for a couple weeks, Jazz. What got you stuck? Or should I say who?" Emmett boomed. I could barely make out that his brown curls trying to look around Jasper.

"Call next time." Rosalie said harshly though I could tell she missed him.

"Jasper, move out of the way." Alice screeched.

Jasper barely moved from his position, just enough so everyone could see half of my body. Alice pushed past Jasper and grabbed me in a tight hug, to which I hugged back.

"Ouch, Bella."

"Oops, sorry." I said bashfully.

"Bella?" The rest of the Cullen's asked in unison.

"Hello everybody, it's great to see you again."

"How did you end up here?" "You're a vampire?" "Why did you never call?" There questions were coming together in a mixture of chaos, that I really wanted nothing to do with. I knew they were all expecting to hear my story, and I had a feeling that most wouldn't like it at all. Actually, more like Carlisle and Esme wouldn't like my reason for leaving.

"I'll tell everyone only once. No interruptions and ask questions after please." I said as I pulled Jasper to sit by me in order to keep me centered. Everyone nodded and followed suit.

I began to tell them of how I had begun to perceive Edward after we arrived from the Volturi. By the look in Carlisle and Esme's eyes they didn't like that at all and seriously didn't want to hear it. Glares were sent towards Alice as the tale told of her involvement with my escape. My voice began to tremble slightly as I had to speak of the moment that lead to my death, Rosalie was the one that offered me comfort faster than anyone else. I could see the gratefulness in their eyes towards Peter and Charlotte, who just remained silent, when they found out that Peter had saved me before anything worse could happen. Finally, I told them all about my happy life with them, but I did purposely leave out that Jasper and I recently got together. Jasper seemed to notice though and took my hand in his squeezing it reassuringly, silently telling me it was fine.

"Oh, Bella. You should not have had to go through that." Rosalie said sincerely.

"Thank you, Rose. That means so much to me." I said pulling her into a hug, surprising the both of us. Just as I let Rosalie go Esme took her place dry sobbing in the crook of my neck.

"Esme, it's okay. I am absolutely fine now." I told her reassuringly.

"Jasper, why didn't you call and tell us you found Bella?" Emmett asked harshly.

"Emmy bear I told him not to, so don't start pointing fingers, okay?"

"Bells, I just missed you." He said sweeping me off the ground and giving me one of his famous hugs.

"I missed you too." I said kissing him on the cheek as he placed me down. Jasper didn't waste any time to take my hand securely in his.

"Bella, could we possibly go somewhere?" Alice asked.

"Sure." I gave Jasper a quick hug before taking off with Alice.

We didn't stop until we were at a small clearing far enough from the house. Alice was slightly fidgeting, causing me to become worried that something very wrong was going to happen soon.

"Alice, what's wrong?" I hesitantly asked.

"I need to tell you of why I had you do what you did." She whispered.

"Is it really that bad? You couldn't have possibly known that some man was going to attack me."

"No, that was a split second decision, but I did know you would die." She said shamefully.

"You knew?" I asked stunned. How could she know? Why would she allow me, her sister, to go into something that she knew would end my life? For what purpose? I wasn't angry about the whole situation, though I probably would be after the shock wore off. She let me die. That one thought kept running a marathon around my head.

Alice had her head down staring at her hands, shaking slightly from dry sobbing. She looked in pain, something that would have had me forgiving her immediately ten minutes ago. Now though I just wanted to know why?

"Alice, you knew before and just let me go? Why?" I asked sounding slightly detached.

"It… it wasn't something th… that I could stop." She got out through sobs. I stayed silent as she took a long unnecessary breath. "If you would have stayed with Edward, you would have lost. If you would have broken up with him, that would have led to your accidental transformation and life of misery. The only way was for you to run. It was the best way. This path, you going towards New York, was the only way you would have survived. Any other way, death, a final death would have happened. I didn't see how you would have died or who was going to turn you until the moment that man decided to go after you."

How is it possible that had I taken any other route it would have been my demise? I thought about the moment I stepped into that store, the time when he actually attacked me, to when Peter came at the perfect time to rescue me. It all swam through my mind until something just clicked.

"This was my destiny. To be here, live here. The path you told me to take was the only way I would have found my new family. Had I gone to Phoenix, or any other place, there would have been no way to even cross paths with them. I am where I was always meant to be." I said taking her hands in between mine. It wasn't her fault fate was pretty twisted sometimes; at least she took the best opportunity. She sent me a bright smile before giving me a hug.

"But what about Jasper? Did you know what would happen between us?" I asked when we finally let go of each other.

"Not until he decided to take a vacation here, then slightly blurry images of you two together came out. I always knew though that he would end up with a woman that had brown hair, and look at that here you are." She said giggling quietly.

"The text? What did you see happening?" I asked thinking about what I was actually considering on doing before the text.

"You would have run and you would have been empty. Jasper would have ended up the same. Both of you would have been emotionally lifeless." She answered sadly, probably recalling the vision.

"So, what will happen now?" I asked plucking grass from the ground.

"We are going to have family time, of course. By the way, Emmett isn't going to be too happy that you and Jasper are together." She said shrugging.

"Why?" I thought Emmett and Jasper were close.

"You know Emmett; he is just being overprotective when it comes to you. He doesn't want another guy to cause you to run again, especially another brother." I nodded. Emmett and I were going to have to have a long talk about everything when I got back.

"That's a great idea Bella, but Jasper is going to want time with you so maybe you and Em can talk tomorrow." Alice suggested.

"That's fine with me. Jasper and I haven't gotten to be alone since we got together so it's probably better." I replied shrugging.

"Oh it's going to be better." Alice said smirking and having a devilish look in her eyes. That can't be good.

"Allie, what's that supposed to mean?" I asked cautiously.

"You'll be finding out soon enough." She said getting up and brushing dirt off her pants.

"Okay." I said following suit.

Feathery clouds decorated the setting sky as we shot off like torpedoes through the silent forest. Some deer had crossed our path allowing us to have a quick meal just before reaching home. The door swung open just as we neared the end of the forest, standing there smirking like a man that just did something sinfully delicious was Jasper. He enveloped me into his arms just before rushing straight back towards where Alice and I had just came from. He set me down when we finally reached our Cliffside. The skies orange-pinkish hue caused the river below to sparkle as much as one of us on a sunny day. A light breeze swept through the air, making thousands of particles to dance elegantly across the view.

Jasper took my hand causing me to look away from the scene and shift my attention to him. His eyes were on our joined hands as he started to lightly graze my forearms. Tingly warmth caressed everywhere that he would touch.

"Jasper." I gently whispered.

"Bella, we haven't had any time alone since we confessed ourselves." He said finally looking up. "I just really needed a moment of you and me." His hand came up palm against my cheek causing me to lean into his touch. He pulled my face closer so our noses were hovering over each other. His breath fanned my face making me close my eyes and wait for his next move. I felt his lips brush mine before he pulled me closer and firmly but softly began to kiss me. My hands snaked around his neck while his arms wrapped around my waist. We were flushed together but wanted to be so much closer.

Darkness seeped through everything when we finally stopped. Our foreheads were touching and our gazes on each other's eyes. Fireflies floated around us making our moment much more special.

"Bella, I love you." Jasper whispered not dispelling the silence.

"I love you." I said just as quietly. "My heart belonged to you way before I knew."

"Ditto." He said before kissing along my jaw and down my neck causing me to moan lightly. He started to nip at my collarbone; my hands went to his hair to make him closer. His hands caressed from my stomach to my breasts making me gasp. He kneaded them over my shirt while still attacking my collarbone and neck with his mouth. His hands began to move back down towards my stomach before sliding them under my shirt and moving up again. His hands went under my bra, where he began to caress and pinch, making new feelings travel throughout my body and shoot straight to my core. His mouth moved slowly up and captured my lips in his with a hungry kiss. As he kissed me one of his hands started to move lower to the top of my jeans and began to unbutton it.

All of a sudden I wasn't too sure if I wanted to do this yet. I mean when I was with Edward, my first boyfriend, it was always chaste kisses it never got this far. I felt uncertain and insecure about what Jasper wanted to do. I was pretty sure Jasper had a few ladies, and I was still a virgin. What if I couldn't satisfy him? Would he not want me after that?

As questions and worries began to plague my mind, Jasper stopped his ministrations and placed both hands on my shoulders trying to get my focus on him.

"Bella, what's the matter?" He asked worried.

"I don't…think I'm ready." I said quietly keeping my eyes closed to avoid his gaze. I felt his palm cup my cheek and his thumb lightly rubbing my eyelid.

"Bella look at me." He said softly yet firmly. When I opened my eyes he spoke again. "Darlin' don't be worrying about it. I will wait for you, forever if need be." He said with love shining in his eyes that I couldn't doubt. "Though I hope I don't have to wait forever, to tell you the truth." He joked.

"No, not forever. Just for a little while, but you could keep trying." I encouraged. I knew that it would take time, but that didn't mean that I couldn't have him trying if anything that might speed up the process.

"Is that so?" He asked his hands sliding from my shoulders, down my curves, on my hips, and up my stomach towards my breast giving them a squeeze and starting the process all over again. My eyes were closed relishing in the sensations that he kept creating in my body, moans slipped between my lips causing a lone melody in the air. My body desperately wanted more, but my mind was content for now. My bottom lip was pulled in between Jasper's teeth, before he plunged his tongue into my mouth causing both of us to moan.

"We should head back now." Jasper said after one last chaste kiss.

"You're probably right." I said.

We ran hand in hand towards the house. When we reached the forest end, Jasper stopped. At my confused look he answered my unspoken question.

"Remember, I will wait for you forever." He said squeezing my hand.

"As I would you." I responded catching that he didn't just mean sex, but anything that could interfere.

When we turned around we found a not to happy Emmett. Damn, I thought I had until tomorrow to deal with this. I looked quickly at Jasper who looked like he was trying not to laugh and slightly scared at the same time. I probably looked panicky as I looked for ways to escape, but before I found one Emmett spoke.

"Bella, I need to talk to you." He said in a very protective tone as he stared at my hand joined with Jasper's.

"Good luck, Bella." Jasper said laughing and making a quick getaway around the house to the back door, probably staying far away from Emmett's hands.

"Bastard." I mumbled under my breath which only had Jasper and the others laughing in the house.

"Come on, Bella." Emmett said taking my hand and dragging me back into the forest. What was up with everybody dragging me back into the forest all the time? I looked at Emmett's face and it was set in stone, a side of Em I never had the chance of seeing. I could only worry as Emmett let go of my hand and paced in the clearing. I think I'm in trouble.

Don't worry people I am already half way done with the next chapter so it should be out very soon, if not tomorrow.

I was thinking of redoing the first couple chapters, what do you think?

Reviews make Jasper wearing only a cowboy hat and boots.