Ok, I'm a little sad, both chapter 6 and 7 had 11 reviews each, and then my last two chapters only got 6. What's going on, my lovely reviewers?! I'm planing on another sequel but I'm hesitant on posting it if people aren't going to give me any feedback.

Chapter 10

Alice woke up from a peaceful night's sleep. She had spent a week with Jasper and no one had been attacked. Alice was hoping this was a sign that Lutz and Laurent were backing off, but Jasper was more on edge than usual, jumping at every sound, nerve wracked with every call.

"Morning, sweet pea." Jasper smiled.

"Morning." Alice whispered. "Where did my sun go? I was going to lay out and tan while doing homework."

"Sorry, I can control emotions, not the weather." Jasper whispered. "But I was thinking that since it's not sunny, yet still decent, we could go to the zoo."

"That sounds fun!" Alice smiled, sitting up.

"Yep." Jasper walked over and kissed Alice softly, pulling her close. "I love you, Alice."

"I love you too." Alice whispered, she wrapped her arms around Jasper's neck and pulled him close. Jasper laid down and pulled Alice close to him, loving the feel of her warm hands on his bare chest.

"Alice." Jasper whispered against Alice's lips.

"I'd prefer to stay in bed, right now." Alice whispered before kissing Jasper again, hand snaking up and grabbing Jasper's hair.

"Works for me." Jasper whispered as he kissed down Alice's neck.

The two stayed there for hours, slowly shedding their few clothes. The sex went by, what felt like, quickly, and the next few hours were spent talking, Jasper holding Alice tightly, stroking her hair as he laid soft kisses on her forehead.

"It's hazy, but I remember my mom brushing out my curls in the summer." Jasper mumbled as he curled a lock of Alice's hair around his finger. "She smelled like peppermint, and was so sweet. Esme reminds me of her." Jasper whispered. "Well, only in the way that she is just as doting as my mom was, my dad said I was going to turn out like a girl if my mom didn't stop. I joined the Confederate Army to prove my dad wrong."

"What happened?" Alice whispered.

"He said I'd never last a day, and then was killed on my first day of service. I was mad that he couldn't see me succeed so I threw myself into the war, took my anger out on the other Army, and even after I was changed I was still angry, angry that if I got to cheat death why couldn't my father. I felt like I made him proud yet I was cheated out of hearing it." A flash of anger shown in Jasper's eyes. "Yeah, my mom said she was proud, but a boy needs his father."

"Everyone needs their father." Alice whispered. "I'm lucky in that way." Alice giggled. "He'd use to dress up in our play clothes and play tea party with us. We have some pictures of him letting Rosalie put make-up on him."

"That sounds like Rosalie." Jasper laughed. "Once upon a time I wanted a little girl of my own. A daughter to spoil and protect."

"I guess we can't have kids of our own?" Alice whispered.

"I've never heard of it happening, and I don't even know if I have the ability to." Jasper said, hoping Alice got his subtle hint.

"Yeah, that could be problematic." Alice sighed. "Are you mad? That you were changed, I mean."

"Yes and no." Jasper said, before quietly thinking to himself. "It would have been nice to have had the choice, to be told what I was getting into. But if I had had the choice I wouldn't have gone through with it." He stops and looks down at Alice, caressing her cheek. "Which means I wouldn't have met you and I don't know if I want to think about that life."

"I was always jealous of Bella and Rosalie, the fact that they could go out with guys and be close to them without freaking out. I never thought that I could be close to a guy again, let alone be as close as we are now." Alice blushed. "I was actually so nervous to go out with you, I freaked out on Rosalie."

"I'm just glad you didn't run." Jasper whispered.

"I'm just glad you let me set the pace. Yeah, it was kind of scary to ask for a kiss, but I preferred that to you just trying to kiss me." Alice sighed.

"I thought you had had a stressful enough day, you didn't need me adding to it." Jasper said. "Though I would have watched you sleep even if you hadn't invited me."

"Really?" Alice asked, cocking an eyebrow.

"Well, since I don't have a daughter, I need someone to spoil and protect." Jasper smirked.

"I don't mind the protecting, but you don't have to spoil me." Alice laughed.

"They come together, sorry, you get both." Jasper leaned down, kissing Alice deeply. He maneuvered Alice gently so they were chest to chest, allowing them both better access to each other.

As they both were going deeper into their physical side Jasper's cell phone began to ring. Jasper groaned and pulled himself away, reaching over Alice to grab it. He hit the button to answer it and screams exploded from the speaker.

"It's mom." Alice shot up and sprang out of bed, throwing Jasper's clothes at him. "Go! You have to help her. You promised!" Alice had tears already falling down her cheeks, fear radiating off of her.

"I'm not leaving you here alone." Jasper said as he got out of bed, throwing on his jeans, carefully zipping them over a certain sensitive part.

"I'll go to the apartment than, just go, run, help my mom!" Alice yelled as she grabbed Jasper's car keys. Jasper nodded before running out of the room. He ran and jumped off of the deck, trying to force the images of Alice out of his mind.

Within a few minutes he was bursting into the front entryway of Alice's parent's house. He rushed up the stairs and quickly found Carlisle, laying, out cold, in the hallway, what looked like claw marks in his neck. Jasper quickly checked to make sure he was breathing and his heart was still beating before continuing on.

"We've been waiting for you." Laurent smirked as he saw Jasper walk in. Esme was crushed in his grasp, make-up smeared from tears. "Haven't we, dear?" Esme flinched as Laurent leaned in and kissed her forehead.

"Just let her go. I know you love Esme, you don't want to hurt her?" Jasper tried.

"Says the man who left his new fiance alone, after knowing Lutz is going to get her." Esme's eyes widened in even more fear.

"You don't want to hurt Esme." Jasper tried again, he was hoping that he could make it just between Laurent and him, but he had his doubts.

"You have no idea what I want." Laurent spat. "No, you couldn't know."

"Try me." Jasper whispered, taking a small step closer to the other vampire.

"How about I just show you?" Laurent chuckled as he pulled Esme's hair behind her ear.

"Stop!" Jasper lunged at Laurent knocking him to the ground, but not before his teeth sank into the flesh of Esme's neck.

Laurent rushed from the room, playing on Jasper momentary lapse of concentration. The sudden scent of human blood stunned Jasper, before he was brought back to reality.

Esme was screaming, shouting at the top of her lungs as she contorted in pain on the floor, her neck bleeding uncontrollably. "It burns!" Esme cried.

Jasper kneeled next to Esme, grabbing her hand as the options quickly flew through his mind. He could go after Laurent and protect Alice from his attack, what he wanted to do, or he could risk his small speck of humanity and suck not only the venom from Esme's body, before it did too much damage, along with her blood. He pushed everything but his promise, to Alice, from his mind as he leaned over.

"Forgive me, Esme." Jasper whispered, before lowering himself further and closing his lips around her wound. Jasper began the well learned task of feeding, the sweet taste of human blood tainted by the sour tang of venom. When the sour tang was gone he ripped himself away, hanging out the broken window as he gasped for air. The taste of her blood had almost been too much for him, almost taking him over the edge.

Esme's screams had subsided and she had slowly fell into unconsciousness. Once Jasper got ahold of himself he picked up the phone and called the police.

He waited until they were at the house before sneaking into the forest and calling Emmett.

"Jasper?" Emmett sounded confused as he answered the phone.

"Emmett, just listen." Jasper whispered. "Carlisle and Esme were attacked by Laurent. He bit Esme, trying to change her. I prevented it, and called for an ambulance. I need you to bring Bella and Rosalie home now, meet the police here. They both should be ok, but I can't be involved."

"Alice?" Emmett whispered coldly.

"She's safe, away from harm." Jasper whispered.

"Ok." Emmett said before hanging up.

Jasper stayed hidden in the top of a tree and watched as paramedics wheeled Esme out on a stretcher, another paramedic escorting Carlisle out. Carlisle had awoken, and had managed to limp out of the house after his wife.

Just after Carlisle had started walking out of the house an SUV pulled up and Bella and Rosalie rushed out, running over to their father. Jasper just sat and watched as Carlisle forced a smile and tried to calm his girls, but nothing seemed to be working.

After the ambulance left Jasper stayed in the tree, staring at his hands. The taste of Esme's blood still lingered on his tongue, tempting him to give into everything he built a wall against. The animalistic lust for human blood was now stronger than he remembered, and it scared him. He suddenly had the fear that Alice wouldn't be safe around him, that he wouldn't be able to control himself.

Jasper picked up the phone and took a deep breath as he pressed and held his first speed dial number.

"Jasper! Is everything ok? How's mom?" Alice said quickly as she answered the phone.

"She should be ok, on the way to the hospital now. I have some stuff I need to take care of. You should go and be your family though." Jasper whispered.

"Ok, will you meet me there, or should I meet you back at the house after?" Alice asked, the edge of anxiety easing from her voice.

"I'll meet you back at the house, but call before you leave the hospital."

"Ok. I love you, Jasper." Alice whispered.

"I love you too, Alice." Jasper whispered.

Alice sighed as she heard the phone click, Jasper had hung up. She slipped the phone into her pocket and wiped her eyes. She had been crying out of fear and was suddenly so relieved to hear that her mother would be ok, she didn't care how Jasper did it, she was just glad he saved her.

Alice rushed to the hospital as fast as she could, thankful to see her mom awake when she reached the hospital room. She felt a wave of tears come over her as she ran to her mother and hugged her tightly.

"I'm so glad you're ok!" Alice half cried, half whispered. "I saw you as one of them and got so scared."

"You saw me." Esme whispered, voice rough, pulling back to look down at Alice. Alice bit her lip and looked around the room, once she saw she was alone with her family she decided it was time to spill her secret.

"This is kind of out there, but so is Jasper's secret." Alice whispered. "I see the future. Well, kind of. I think I see what will happen unless someone decides otherwise." Alice bit her lip. "I saw Jasper coming to our high school, the night before my date with James I saw me hiding in the woods, the night before the attack in high school I saw myself laying, bloodied, on the bathroom floor."

"And you saw me as a vampire?" Esme whispered

"I saw the attack, and Laurent biting you. Dad had been unconscious, but when he woke up he cleaned your wound and put you to bed. When you woke up you literally attacked him like a wild animal." Esme gulped as she touched her neck.

"It burned." Esme whispered. "Like it was on fire."

"Jasper says that to become a vampire a vampire must inject venom into it's victim through a bite. He says that it burns, that the venom is like fire in it's victim's veins." Alice explained.

"One of the last things I saw, that I felt, was Jasper at my neck, he made the pain go away, but I felt so weak, the blood was leaking out faster." Esme whispered. Alice felt her stomach muscles clench as she put the pieces together.

"Oh God." Alice whispered, tears stinging her eyes.

"What?" Carlisle asked.

"The only thing that made Jasper feel like he wasn't a monster was the fact that he didn't drink human blood. But I made him promise to save you." Alice started at Esme. "I forced him to turn his back on everything he believed in." Alice jumped up and ran to a trash can, her stomach emptying in a few quick heaves.

Alice sunk to the ground in a daze of guilt and fear. She couldn't believe she forced him to do that, she can't believe she was so selfish. Though the fact that she felt happy that Jasper did it sent her more into the sea of guilt that was washing over her. To add to it she had no idea if when she saw Jasper again if he would be the same as he was before if he would be able to keep his control anymore. If she lost Jasper over this she didn't know what she would do, she didn't think she would be able to survive.

"Alice?" Carlisle said, kneeling in front of his daughter. When she didn't respond he shook her a little, repeating her name. Eventually she came around, just staring at him while she remained silent, her tears falling slowly down her cheeks. "I'm going to take her to Jasper's, she needs to see him." Carlisle whispered.

"He's going to hate me." Alice whispered as her father carried her to her car.

"He could never, he loves you." Carlisle whispered, setting his daughter in the front passenger seat before walking around and slipping into the driver side.

The ride was silent, Alice curling up in her spot and watching as the clouds darkened and rain drops began to fall.

"Where is the switch for the headlights?" Carlisle asked as the rain began to fall harder. Alice turned to show Carlisle when she saw lights quickly approaching.

"DAD!" Alice screamed.

Carlisle looked and saw the car barreling towards them. Carlisle jerked the steering wheel, causing the car to go off the road and crash into a tree.

"Dad?" Alice whispered. Somehow while the car went off the road Carlisle had flung himself over and covered Alice, hitting his head in the process. He was now unconscious, blood seeping out onto the back of his shirt. "Daddy, please." Alice whispered as she began crying. "DADDY!" Alice screamed, not listening as an on star operator came on and started asking random questions.

"Hello, Alice." Alice looked out her broken window, eyes quickly focusing on the gun barrel in front of her. "Get out of the car, love." Lutz spoke gun still pointed at Alice's head.

Alice moved slowly, not wanting to hurt her father anymore. As she slowly got out of the now mangled car she suddenly felt the pain that rocketed through her. She stood up out of the car and collapsed on the ground, her leg unable to hold her up.

"Get up." Lutz barked.

"I-I can't." Alice cried. Lutz grabbed Alice by the front of her shirt, pulling her up.

"I have been planning this for years. I love you, Alice." Lutz brought Alice in close and caressed her cheek. "But you refuse to love me."

"Please!" Alice whimpered.

"I'm sorry, my love, but if I can't have you than no one can." Lutz whispered.

"Please, can't we talk about this." Alice whispered, reaching her hands out and touching Lutz's chest. Alice forced a smile and leaned in, eyes closing as she went in to kiss the former teacher.

"BASTARD! Leave my daughter alone!" Carlisle had somehow managed to awaken and stumble from the car. He struck Lutz in the back with something he had found in the wreck, distracting Lutz from his daughter.

"You were suppose to be taken care of!" Lutz screamed, dropping Alice and turning his gun towards Carlisle. "Looks like I'll just have to take care of you myself."

"No!" Alice cried, trying to crawl over and cover her father. Alice screamed as she heard the gun shot ring through the air. She stared at her father, watching as blood began to flow from his chest, soaking his shirt quickly.

"Freeze!" Police had flooded the scene, guns out and pointed at Lutz.

Lutz acted quickly, picking up Alice up and holding her back to his chest, gun barrel resting against her temple.

Everything was starting to crumble in front of Alice. In her mind her father was dead, Jasper hated her, and she was about to die at the hand of a crazy man. She was almost glad that Lutz was going to shoot her. She felt like she had nothing left to live for, and that a quick death might even be more peaceful than the rest of her life.

Alice was rocked back to reality by the sound of gun shots blaring around her. She felt her shoulder erupt in pain, before she fell to the ground, Lutz's body pinning her down.

Alice was so confused. Her body was in so much pain and black was rapidly pressing into her field of vision. The pain quickly became unbearable and her mind became fuzzy from blood loss. Soon Alice grew numb and gave in, letting her body go out from under her.