A/N: WARNING!!!! This chapter is filler. I know where I'm going, but I needed this chapter to get there. Nothing really happens, promise.

JASPER

Bella cried in my arms for a long time that night. I did the best I could to comfort her by stroking her hair and whispering comforting things. I didn't want to use my gift on her because I knew that she had been keeping this all inside for the last five months. Which is what led to her current problem. In order to get completely past this, she needed to let it all go. She couldn't even begin to heal if she had all this pent up emotions swimming around inside of her.

I had learned a few things in my conversation with her. Things that made me understand her cutting a little bit better. Some of the things she said, made me realize that she was turning her own anger and guilt inward and using it to cover up for something else completely. I don' t even think that she realized that she was doing it.

She was blaming herself because some subconcious part of her didn't feel she had a right to be angry at a certain someone else. She was, however, very wrong. She had every right to be angry and I would show her that tomorrow. There was a special visit that we needed to make.

A visist that Bella would be extremely unhappy about. She'd have to face a lot of facts that she didn't want to face. However, it was something she'd have to do if she ever wanted to properly get over what happened.

I wanted nothing more than to take her there now and get it over with, but I knew that she couldn't handle it at the moment. She was to emotionally spent from the little we had just talked about. She didn't need anymore stress added to that tonight.

I wanted her to have a goodnight's sleep before we did that part. I knew it would be hard enough on her emotions without putting physical exhaustion on top of that. I'd let her have tonight, then we'd finish these first steps into her real recovery.

I just hoped she didn't hate me after it was all over.

Bella cried into my chest for a couple of hours before she pulled away and looked me in the face. It was then that I realized why Edward had been so attracted. She was one of the prettiest humans I'd ever seen.

She even looked beautiful now. Even though her big brown doe eyes were red and splotchy while tears streaked her cheeks and clung to her eye lashes. More tears glistened in those beautiful eyes and her bottom lip quivered like it took everything she had not to continue crying.

She was still one of the most gourgeous woman I had ever seen. Somewhere along the way, I found myself wondering what it would be like to kiss those big beautiful....

WOAH! Wait a minute! What the hell was I thinking? This was Bella, my friend, my sister, my dead brother's fiance! Not my mate! Alice was my mate and I loved Alice with all of my heart. I didn't want to kiss anyone's beautiful lips except hers. Sure, Bella was beautiful but Alice was so much more than that, right?

Thankfully, Bella spoke before I could contemplate my feelings anymore.

"I haven't been sleeping well lately." she stated. "Do you think that you could stay until I fall asleep?"

"Of course." I answered, "And I'll do you one better. I'll stay all night. That way, if you wake up, you won't be alone."

"Thanks, Jasper." she stated and buried her head back in my chest. "You're the greatest."

I couldn't think of anything to say to that so I simply wrapped my arms tighter around her. We sat like that for about five minutes before Bella shivered. I immediately pulled the blanket off the bed and wrapped it around her. After making sure that my body wasn't in any danger of touching hers, I held her close to me and rocked her. She continued to sob quietly for the next couple hours until she finally fell asleep. When she did, I gently laid her down on the bed and covered her with the rest of the blankets.

I knew it'd be a good idea to call Alice and tell her what had happened. Of course, knowing her she already knew. I'd still have to tell her that I as staying the night, though, and mention our little trip for tomorrow. I'd also have to let her know that I wasn't going to take Bella back to the house until she was ready to see them again. I didn't want to risk losing any progress before it reallky began.

Not wanting to wake Bella, I slipped out into the hallway before pulling out my phone and dialing Alice's phone.

ALICE

I was sitting on the couch in mine and Jasper's room reading my favorite novel, A Tale of Two Cities, when I was pulled into the vision.

The entire family was sitting in the living room. Everyone looked relieved, happy, and slightly uncomfortable. All of our attention was focused on a familiar voice coming from the couch.

I looked around it to see Bella sitting there. She was wearing a long sleeved black shirt with a pair of blue jeans. He hair was wet and pulled back into a messy bun. She was staring at her hands as she spoke. I couldn't make out the words but the tone was unsure and apologetic. The part of her face that I could see was streaked with tears.

She was sitting in between Jasper and I. I had my arm around shoulder while Jasper had placed his gently on top of hers. It was a comforting and encouraging gesture.

As the vision faded out, I felt a small pang of sadness and jealousy at the idea of having less time with Jasper than I thought I would. However, the excitment over what the vision had meant overcame the jealousy. Bella was coming back to the family. Which meant that Jasper had to have gotten to her.

I was so excited that I didn't even bother to pick up the book I dropped during the vision before I ran full speed down the stairs. Unfortunately, when I got to the living room, half a second later, only Esme and Carlisle were there. Carlisle was flipping through channels on the T.V. while Esme, curled up next to him, was reading A Midsummer Night's Dream.

I didn't want to say anything until everyone was there so I skipped in front of Carlisle.

"Where's everyone?" I asked bouncing up and down on the heels of my feet.

"Well, Rose is working on her baby and Emmett was bored so he went out for a hunt." Carlisle answered. "And you know Jasper's watching over Bella tonight."

Jasper was doing a little more than watching over her tonight. He was convincing her to stop trying to do this by herself. Carlisle, however, didn't know this yet.

"Oh well, I have something to tell all of you, but I want to wait until everyone is together." I stated.

"Well, Jasper is planning on staying outside Bella's all night, so we might have to wait until tomorrow." Esme answered.

"Actually, I pretty sure that Jasper already knows what this is about." I replied. "So if you could just get Emmett back here while I go get Rose, then I can tell you."

With that I bounced out of the room and headed to the garage, leaving a confused and shocked Carlisle and Esme in my wake.

When I got to the garage, Brittney Spear's Piece of Me (A/N: Should be Rosalie's theme.) was blaring out of the radio. I made a face that Rosalie couldn't see then turned the radio off.

"What was that for?" Rosalie asked outraged, appearing out from under her BMW.

"I have some news for you guys, so we're gathering in the living room and waiting for Emmett to come home." I stated wanting nothing more than to blurt out what I had seen. However, my hatred of having to repeat myself won out and I kept it in.

"Fine." Rosalie answered wiping grease off of her hands. "But it better be quick, I want to finish this before morning."

"If your husband hurries, we won't be long." I responded.

We only had to wait about ten minutes for Emmett. He was on his way back when Esme called him.

"So, Alice, what's this about?" Emmett asked as he sat beside Rose on the couch.

"I had a vision." I stated.

"We figured as much." Rosalie stated in a teasing voice. "What was it about?"

"Bella's coming back!" I yelled.

My announcement was met by a shocked, yet semi-happy, silence.

"What do you mean?" Esme questioned.

"I mean my vision was the seven of us sitting in the living room talking." I replied. "I think that Bella was trying to apologize for what happened five months ago. You know, walking away from us and all."

Every nodded and we fell silent. I knew that they were all happy to have Bella coming back into our lives. Even Rosalie who doesn't like to show how she feels. However, I also knew no one could understand what caused the change in her.

They had no idea that Jasper was working his magic on her right now. Jasper and I decided not to tell them about our talks about helping her because we knew that Carlisle would give us the whole, she-needs-to-figure-it-out-on-her-own speech.

It wasn't that he didn't care. He hated knowing that she was hurting herself as much as the rest of us. However, his experiences with these situations told him that if we tried to force something she didn't want on her then she would only get worse.

We had just discovered that Bella was a exception to that. If we had told Carlisle, he might not have given us the chance to try.

"I don't understand." Esme said after a minute. "As glad as I am to know that she's on the road to coming back to us, why now? It's been five months and I didn't think she was ever going to come back. What changed her mind?"

I but my lip and looked to the floor.

"Alice, what did you do?" Carlisle asked with a sigh.

"Jasper and I were having a very hard time just watching her hurt herself. We didn't think the whole leaving her alone thing was working very well. In fact, we thought it was making her worse. We couldn't take it anymore, so Jasper agreed to try to get her to open up to him. And by the looks of the future it worked." I explained.

Carlisle nodded and smiled.

"I agree with you. My way wasn't working." he stated. "I just wasn't sure of the best way to approach her with this. I didn't want to push her further away, you know? But I'm glad the two of you did that."

"So, do you have idea when she's coming?" Esme asked. "I want to have things ready for her when she gets here."

Now that the tension and confusion had subsided, Esme allowed her excitment to come out. So much so that she didn't Carlisle and I a chance to finish our conversation. I knew she'd want deatails, too.

The mother inside her would want to have everything cleaned for Bella, as well as, a big dinner for her. Even if Bella was the only one going to eat it.

"I'm actually not sure." I stated. "Not enough has been decided yet. However, Jasper is going to be calling in about five minutes to fill me in on the details. I'll ask him then."

"Okay." Esme replied.

We lapsed into silence as we waited for Jasper to call. When he finally did, I flipped the phone open without even looking at the ID.

"Hey, Jazz!" I said unable to contain my excitement. "See, I told you, you'd be able to get to her."

He chuckled.

"I figured you'd have seen something pertaining to what just happened." he stated. "But yes, I don't know how, but I got to her. I think that her subconcious reacted to finally having someone she could talk to, and took advantadge of that. We talked about everything from Edward to her cutting and the family. She's promised to stop and she wants to be a part of the family again."

"Good." I stated. "Opening up must've been hard for her. How is she?"

"She's sleeping, right now, but yeah, it was pretty rough. She cried for like two hours." He answered. "I told her I'd stay all night, just in case she wakes up and needs someone."

"Of course. Um, Esme wants to know when she'll be coming to see us."

"I don't know about that. What happened tonight was hard enough. I don't want to push her so we'll just have to wait until she's ready."

"Of course."

"I do have to take her somewhere tomorrow, though."

"Where?"

"I really don't want to say. However, it's a major part of helping her, but she's not going to like it at all. Who knows, she may want to be around people who love her when it's over. But for right now, it's touch and go. I want her to be ready before we try to bring her back to the family."

"Right."

I heard him start to say something but my vampire hearing picked up Bella.

"No, Edward, don't fight! I need you here for me! Don't do it, please!" she yelled.

"I gotta go." he said quickly.

"Right." I replied. "Take care of her. I love you."

"I will. I love you too." he answered then the line went dead.

I sighed and flipped my phone shut.

"So that's what's going on." I state knowing they all heard the conversation.

"So what do we do until then?" Rosalie asked.

"Well, I think that a celbration is in order." I stated.

"Alice, I really don't think that she'll want a party or anything right now." Esme responded. "It might be a little too overwhelming for her."

"Why not?" I asked. "It's just going to be us and her. Maybe some flowers, food, and cake for her. Nothing big. I promise."

Esme looked unsure but it was Carlisle who answered.

"I think that a party would be good for Bella. It would help her to remember that we care about and support her as well as take her mind off of other things." he stated.

"Thank you, Carlisle." I stated jumping up and down.

"Just make sure it's nothing too overwhelming, okay?" he added.

"Of cours not." I stated.

I bounded up stairs. I tried to read so more but I was too excited to sit still. Instead, I began planning the small celebration for Bella's return. This was shaping up to be the best night of my life.

A/N: Like I said, filler. Anyway, I hope you like. Please, review.