Chibi-Kari: Another chapter. This time full of answers. I still don't own.

Chapter 10

The words hung in the air heavily and Charlotte walked towards the large man. She lifted her hand tentatively before placing it on his bicep and squeezing gently. He had a good soul and Charlotte couldn't help but feel sympathy for him. She knew when she had been talking the younger vampire into working with her he gave in easily, but to hear him actually say that the woman he thought of as a sister hated him anyway broke her heart. She instantly felt bad for dragging him into the situation. But Bella would understand. She had to.

Peter watched his wife with a measured gaze. She was feeling bad about the entire situation and that was obvious. Hell he felt bad for the big lug, but what was done was done and frankly it needed to be done. Jasper could bite himself for all he cared.

"How-" Jasper shook slightly as he searched for his words, "How could you disregard everything she wanted to do this? If you loved her you wouldn't have done this."

Emmett shook off Charlotte's hand before stepping forward and taking Bella's hand. He ran his thumb over her hand several times before looking up at Jasper and narrowing his eyes, "No. I did this because I loved her. She didn't want to die. No matter how much she said she did I can tell you she didn't. She just didn't want to be in pain anymore."

"She's an adult. You can't just make decisions for her! She has a right to do with her life what she pleases! You removed her choice!" Jasper's voice rose to a low roar as he stepped forward closer to Bella.

Charlotte and Peter both moved forward incase Jasper decided to do something stupid. The man that was once called the major knew several different ways to stop a change. Neither of them were willing to let him stop this, especially if the cost was her life.

"This wasn't the same." Emmett's voice was deadly and stopped Jasper in his tracks. "This isn't what Alice did to you. This isn't what Edward did to Bella. These weren't things like where to go that day or what is the right lifestyle for you. This wasn't a choice. This was her trying to force her way out. Controlling and saving are two different things. It's sad that you can no longer see that, brother. That you've become so disillusioned."

Jasper looked down and balled his fist before turning abruptly towards the door. He slammed his fist in the wall before speeding out the door and into the darkening forest.

Peter looked through the door a moment longer before training his glance to the man in front of him once again, "Is tha' why he divorced 'er?"

Emmett closed his eyes briefly before nodding his head, "Alice got really bad at the end. It changed from his clothes and lifestyle to what he should say or when he could talk at all. I can't explain what happened to her. She seemed like she was losing control of everything around her so she tried to stay in control of him. In the end it was Carlisle that put a stop to it. It wasn't healthy and we all knew it. The tension was getting worse. It didn't help that Edward felt the need to harass Alice every few hours about not looking for Bella and not trying to contact her. Alice did love her like a sister." He shook his head slightly. Everything was wrong. Everything went wrong, but this he knew was right. He would have his sister back.

Charlotte blinked slightly. The first thought that had crossed her mind was how glad she was that Jasper had obviously realized that Alice wasn't right for him, but as his story went on she started to feel for the other vampire. Only slightly and God knew the moment that she saw her she would immediately regret even thinking that. The woman was the most annoying thing on the planet. But right now she could see how the stress of the situation caused her to demand control. She was in a mental facility when she was human. The need for control was common in situations like that. The thing was you couldn't control another person, especially one like Jasper. And him letting her for so long only fed the bad habit.

"Wha'd the good doc do?" Charlotte tried to smile slightly when she asked, but the situation was weighing on her. Jasper wouldn't have appreciated the invasion on his life by the other man. He was a lot like Peter. He was a man's man. He liked being in control or at least pretending. Having an intervention wasn't something that was his style.

Emmett sighed as he looked down at Bella. He focused hard like she held the key to everything. "He separated them one night after a particularly bad fight. Alice took off and Carlisle approached Jasper. He reminded him of what he thought when he looked at Edward and Bella's old relationship. Jasper had gone to Carlisle to try to get him to say something to Edward when he got controlling over where she was and who she was with. There are some werewolves in Forks and Bella in her ability to pick out only supernatural creatures got mixed up with them. Edward wasn't very fond of her attachment to a particular one. At the time, though, Bella wasn't aware what they were. I'm not sure she knows even now. But it bothered Jasper to see how Edward treated her and tried to control every aspect of her life. He couldn't seem to leave her to fend for herself for a moment. She wasn't an invalid. She survived for years without him." Emmett shook his head slightly. He was getting off topic, but it had bothered him too, not to mention Rose. "Jasper being the southern gentleman that he was thought of it as mistreating a lady and being disrespectful. Carlisle pointed out to him that Alice was treating him like Edward had treated Bella. He reminded Jasper that it wasn't right for anyone to be treated this way and that it wasn't something that was going to be fixed. I think because Carlisle had gone as far to say the relationship was over really rattled Jasper. I mean Carlisle is more than old fashioned and a firm believer in eternal love and here he was advocating the end to a relationship. I think that's what really ended things. That and Alice's parting words of 'You won't last a minute without me.' That was the end of things." Emmett shook his head again. "I probably shouldn't have said anything. I just seem to be ruining everything lately."

"This" Peter gestured to Bella and all over them, "isn't ruined. This was a right decision. Ya didn' ruin this an' we needed ta know about Japser. He's family. Ya'll are family."

Charlotte nodded and grasped Emmett's other hand in her own. They would be there for each other. That was all they could do right now. This wasn't exactly how she wanted things to work out, but they would. She always got her way in the end. Jasper would come around eventually. And Bella. Well, she would feel better in a few days after they got some blood in her.

Charlotte paused momentarily as her train of thought halted at the thought of blood. What they would do about that was a big question. Emmett had allowed her to be turned, but he certainly wouldn't approve of the food choice that both Peter and Charlotte lived off of. Changing her was one thing, but feeding her would be something else entirely.

"Shit." Charlotte mumbled to herself.

Peter looked up at his wife at the sound of her expletive. Within seconds he understood what caused that lapse in vocabulary. He had thought Japer and Emmett were hard to deal with before. They were going to be impossible, now. Dealing with Bella wouldn't be the hardest thing they had to do anymore.

"Shit." Peter mirrored his wife as he looked over his shoulder into the still open door. At least he had a few more days.