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Monday morning found Edward Cullen waiting for one Isabella Swan next to her locker. She had three minutes until the first bell and if she did not show up soon she would be late. The bronze haired boy had done a lot of thinking this past weekend and he had come to a decision. His feelings for Alice did not matter. He would not let them affect his judgment when it came to the whole situation with Alice and Jasper. He wanted to have a cool head and if he let whatever he felt for his adopted sister come in to play then it would affect his judgment and so he had decided to not think about his feelings as he tried to make sense of the whole mess.

If he had just been her brother and saw this situation through a brothers eyes then how would he react? He would be angry that much is for sure, probably not as angry as he was currently, but angry none the less. He would be protective of his little sister and want to do whatever he could in order to protect her. This is what a brother should feel for his sister if he found out she was dating. Maybe he was supposed to be happy as long as he was happy and yet he ignored this thought because no matter what he did he knew that he would never be able to be happy for her and Jasper. Until they were only Jasper and Alice the siblings and not Jasper and Alice the lovers only then would he ever be able to be happy for them. After a while he realized what he would have to do.

Bella showed up to her locker about a minute before the first bell would ring. She was in a rush as she tried to put her stuff away and gather up the books needed for the first class. Edward never gave her a polite hello or anything. There was no use in pretending that he actually liked this girl. He would state the facts and if she did not agree to his terms he would just have to persuade her. "I want you to seduce Jasper."

"What kind of girl do you think I am?" Bella asked as she shut her locker and chose to lean next to Edward. The first bell rang and they had about five minutes to get to class before it actually started.

Both of them knew exactly what kind of girl she was. Everyone in school knew what kind of girl she happened to be. It wasn't anything she was ashamed of or that she tried to hide. Bella is very proud of the girl she is and nothing would ever change that. Her motto was whatever you want you do whatever it takes to get no matter what others think. It was that way of thinking which got her the reputation she has.

"I know exactly what kind of girl you are. You are the kind of girl I do not date unless you do this for me." Edward stated with a cocky smirked as he started walking down the hall. He knew she would follow him because her personality would not allow for any other type of reaction. She would follow him because she needed to know exactly what he was talking about. "What you have to ask yourself is how badly you want to be with me."

The bronze haired teen had come to the conclusion that the only way he would ever be able to tear Alice and Jasper apart was if one of them became interested in someone else. Since he wasn't exactly jumping at the idea to get Alice interested in someone else he had settled on going for Jasper. What kind of girl wouldn't want to be with the 'supposed' bad boy who had a troubled past? Girls ate up that kind of shit because they always thought they would be the ones to help the guys deal. Since a lot of the bubbleheads attending Fork's as the female population had a crush on the honey blond Edward knew it would be a piece of cake to get a girl to follow along with his plan. The reason he went to Bella is because in the end if he needed to manipulate her in to doing something then he would be able to based on her feelings for him.

She sighed and rubbed her hands on her jean covered thighs. Just by looking at her you could tell she was highly interested in this. Probably because she wouldn't have to pretend to be something she was not. "What do I have to do?"

"I want you to fuck him and make sure Alice finds out, but she can't hear it from me. Nor can she know I had any part of this." Edward told her with a smile, though he made sure to keep is tone serious. He couldn't help, but imagine how grateful Alice would be when he got her away from the rotten apple that was Jasper Whitlock. She would be beyond the moon and the bond they shared would all that much thicker. "I will set things up so you will be invited to dinner Friday as a date for Jasper. Don't worry about anything all you have to do is fuck him and let me worry about everything else."

"That is not a problem." Bella stated with a wicked smile as she looped her arm in his. "I will have to do a little research to figure him out so that I can seduce him all the better, but I am sure you can help me there considering he is your brother and all."

"He is not my brother!" The copper haired teen hissed through his teeth before he even realized what he was doing or saying. "He is just some guy my parents felt bad for and wanted to take in. He is not a part of my family, but like you said I do know him somewhat and so I will give you whatever information you will need in order to succeed in your task. Come find me tomorrow after lunch and we will talk details."

With a low whistle and skip in his step Edward headed for his first class. The smile stayed on his face for the rest of the day and phantom Alice as he had started calling the fake Alice in his head, kept making appearances and assuring him he was doing the right thing. She kept feeding his insanity towards tearing Jasper and the real Alice apart. Phantom Alice was haunting him and making him believe that this plan to get Alice away from Jasper honestly was because she secretly wanted him to do it.

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"Hey mom." Edward called as he entered the house after arriving home from school.

Alice and Jasper had decided that since it was a rare sunny day outside they would walk home and he did not object like he wanted because it would give him time to talk to his mother and set his plan in to motion. The sooner he could get this started the sooner Alice would be free of his scarred brother and he would…No, he would not let his thoughts take such a turn. Right now all he wanted to do was focus on the main part of his plan.

"Hey baby!" Esme beamed at her son as she pulled out a bunch of plates and silverware before setting them down on the table. "Can you get me the big serving bowl please? I need you to toss the salad while I take the roast out of the oven."

"Sure thing mom." The bronze haired green eyed boy told her with a genuine smile as he pulled down the salad bowl from the top shelf. He remembered how the other day he had walked in on Alice jumping up and down as she tried to get the bowl, but could not reach it and she had been too stubborn to ask for help. One he had set the bowl on the counter and gotten all of the ingredients for the salad, Edward finally decided to bring up the topic of Jasper to his mother. He would have to word this exactly the right way if he wanted her to play along. She could never know why he was really doing it because it would break her heart. "So I have something I wanted to talk to you about."

"You know you can talk to me about anything." Esme stated truthfully as she set the roast on the top of the stove to cool off. She pulled off her oven mitts and turned in the direction of her biological son. "I know things have been stressful these last couple of weeks because of Jasper and Alice moving in, but I am still here for you if you ever need anything. I wanted to tell you how proud I am of the way you have been looking after Alice. That poor girl had such a hard life, well both she and Jasper did, but Alice's story just killed me when I heard it. I am really glad you are taking care of her."

"Well you know how Jasper's therapist says he needs to talk to more people and start having more of a social life?" Edward could not meet his mother's eye after hearing what she had said about him. He felt horrible now knowing what his mother thought. If she had any idea what his true motives happened to be then she would be sending him to therapy instead of Alice and Jasper. "Well I was thinking about inviting Isabella Swan over to dinner Friday if you can convince him to have her as a date. You see she has a crush on him and I think getting to know her and dating would be good for him. It cannot be healthy for him to spend all of his time with Alice and me. He needs to get to know more people. Would that be alright with you?"

His mother brightened instantly and clapped her hands together. "Oh that is just a lovely idea! I worry about Jasper more so than I worry about Alice because Alice can connect with people in a way that he cannot. He is a very distant young man and I think meeting a nice girl would be very good for him. Isabella Swan? Isn't she the Police Chief's daughter?"

Edward nodded running his hands in his hair. "Yes that is the same girl. She is in our grade and I have a few classes with her. She approached me today about him and I thought I would clear it with you first. Oh and please do not mention to Alice or Jasper this was my idea. I would not want them to feel as if I went behind their backs. I think Jasper would handle it better if he thinks it came from you."

"Well it is officially cleared dear." Esme said with a wink. She took the salad from her son and finished tossing it. "Now all we have to do is find a nice boy for Alice to date. Too bad we could not find her someone like you. She is such a loving child and I think she needs someone who would appreciate her. The two of you would be adorable together, but I know you don't date. You are too focused on your studies."

His brow crinkled when he heard his mother. He definitely would not be telling his siblings what Esme had said since it would make it seem them being together was alright. "That wouldn't bother you? I mean if I did have feelings for Alice and she had feelings for me?"

His mother shook her head. "Why would it? It is not as if the two of you are actually related or anything. Your father and I may be apprehensive at first, but that would quickly pass. Your happiness is what matters to use the most."

Edward left the kitchen as he thought about this. His mother had said she would not mind if he dated Alice. She had never said anything about Jasper dating Alice. As he made his way to his room he pushed the door open with a grin. It wouldn't be wrong for him to be with Alice. "Soon Alice my love, we will be together as soon as possible I promise."

TBC…

AN: I am sorry this chapter is shorter than usual, but I just got home from Boston and I wrote this on my way home. I was flown down around 4am Wed morning because I had a bad liver attack and the pain was horrible. They thought I was going in to liver failure, but I am not so that is a good thing. Anyways, I may post slow the next few days. I hope you liked this and please let me know since you know I love hearing your thoughts.

Please R&R like always!

Preview for the next chapter:

"He has a date!" "Jasper has a date!"

"He broke up with you?"

"No of course not, this is not a real date or anything." "Mom set him up with some girl at girl and since she doesn't know about us he had no choice other to say yes."

"Well if he loves you he would have said no."

"He did this because of me. He said yes because I told him it would be alright and it would make mom happy."

AND

"I want you."

"I can't Bella I am sorry."

"Try." "All I am asking is that you try. There is no harm in that is there?"

"My heart is somewhere else right now."

"I'm not asking for your heart." "I am asking for this."