"Are you going to bed now Ali?" Jasper asked seeing her eye lids dropping.

She looked up at him and shook her head. "No. I'm not going to bed, I'm going to stay up...then I can stay with you right?" she nodded slipping her hand into his.

They were both sat in the lounge alone, Emmett and Rosalie had gone to bed and Carlisle and Esme were having some alone time in the conservatory.

He sighed pulling his hand away but wrapping his arm around her, hugging her close. "You have to sleep Ali." He said gently, looking at the cast on her arm seeing all the drawings and writing there; mostly from Emmett. "I'll speak to my parents alright? See if they'll let me sleep with you." He pressed his lips to her cheek then got up heading through to the conservatory seeing his parents cuddled up on the couch there, kissing.

"Oh please!" he exclaimed putting his hands over his eyes, jokingly.

Esme leant back and smiled towards her son. "Our romance doesn't have to die just because we have kids." She laughed.

Jasper rolled his eyes but went to sit on the other side of his Mother. "I want to talk to you." He said.

"Your Mother...or both of us?" Carlisle wondered, resting his hand on his wife's thigh, looking to his son.

"Both of you." He said staring over out the window. "Can Alice stay in my room tonight? Please?" He asked and as he spoke he could see them both ready to say no. "Please...she's really scared about sleeping alone! She's been through a lot...surely just until things get a little better letting her sleep with me would be fine?"

Esme sighed listening to his son; it was obvious how much he cared for Alice. "We don't want her getting too dependent on you Jasper. It's not good for her; she needs to stand on her own two feet."

He shook his head quickly. "She won't get dependant on me...I won't let her." He insisted. "I just hate seeing her sad." He mumbled glancing down at his knees. He was always embarrassed when he was talking to his parents about his feelings for Alice. "Please Mom, Dad?"

Carlisle thought about it then looked to his wife. "I suppose until she gets a little better in herself she can stay with him, what do you think love?"

Esme nodded keeping her eyes on her husband. "I guess you're right." She said finally looking back at her son. "Right, she can stay with you but I'd rather she be on a camp bed than in the same bed as you."

"I'll go get the camp bed." Jasper grinned jumping up, kissing Esme's cheek. "Thanks Mom. Thanks Dad." He smiled going quickly into the lounge before they changed their minds.

Alice looked up when Jasper came running in. "Hey." She said, liking how happy he looked. "Can I stay with you then?" At his nod she jumped up and ran close to him, wrapping her arm around him. It was a little hard to hug him with her arm being in a cast but she managed it. "Good!"

"There are conditions though Ali, you have to sleep on the camp bed." He said leading her up the stairs. "But you can have my bed; I'll sleep on the camp bed." He promised, not really liking the thought of Alice having to slump it especially with her bruised side and broken arm.

They went up to his bedroom and got the camp bed out, setting it up. They both changed for bed then Jasper climbed into the bed on the floor whilst Alice got into his.

Not long after they went to bed they heard Esme and Carlisle going up the stairs, seems they were going to sleep too.

Alice stayed quiet, just watching Jasper's chest rising and falling. She smiled to herself hearing a little snore escaping.

He was so cute...she was pretty sure he wouldn't be too happy hearing her calling him cute though.

Around midnight she climbed out of the bed and moved to his side, squeezing into the tiny little camp bed with him.

"Alice." He grunted being awoken by her trying to cuddle up to him. "Al what're you doing?"

She looked up at him, shocked she'd woken him. "Sorry." She whispered, sitting up in the bed. "I wanted to be with you." She whispered, leaning up to kiss his cheek. "You're not mad at me are you?"

He chuckled sitting up. "Ali, I could never be mad at you." He grinned getting to his feet. "Come on, let's get into my bed, it's bigger than this crappy thing." He said helping her to her feet.

They climbed into his bed together and he hugged her to his side, being careful not to knock her broken arm. "Sleep well." He whispered.

"I will now you're here." She smiled her eyes already closed.

Jasper had to wake early for school which he wasn't too pleased about, he wanted to stay home with Alice, wanted to make sure she was alright, make sure she wasn't hurting in anyway, but he knew he had to give her space; his parents were right it'd be wrong if she got too dependent on him.

He climbed out of the bed quietly and got himself dressed, packing away the camp bed.

She was still fast asleep by the time he had to leave so he pressed his lips to her cheek and smiled down at her. "See you later." He whispered, stroking his thumb over where he'd kissed, before heading off to school with his siblings.

Alice slept for a while and when she did wake the house was empty! That was odd.

She got out of bed and headed down stairs seeing a note on the kitchen top;

Alice.
The kids have gone to school, Carlisle's at work, I've got a few errands to run.
I should be back before they get back from school.
Call me if you need anything sweetheart.
Esme x

She read the note before going through to make herself some breakfast.

After eating and getting herself dressed she didn't quite know what to do with herself.

"I'll go out." She decided, she fancied some chocolate raisons, she adored them, could eat them all day!

She put her coat on and took the money out of her bag before heading out into the cool air.

It wasn't far to walk to the shops but she rather liked being out; the air cleared away all her worried thoughts and she actually found herself smiling.

She practically skipped into the local store and moved towards the aisle that held all the little snacks.

Instantly she found the chocolate raisins and picked up a few packets, she used to eat this all the time when her Father was late home and she was waiting for him for dinner.

"Excuse me?"

She turned around hearing a woman speaking and saw her stood a few feet in front of her.

"Um...yes?" she asked taking in her appearance, her hair was long and dark and she had bright green eyes reminding Alice of her own. She was starting to get a little worried now, the woman was grinning at her but she could see the tears in her eyes. "I...have to get home." She lied, wanting to get away from this strange woman.

She tried to get past her but she put her hand on her shoulder, stopping her.

"Wait! Please...I think you're my daughter."

She froze hearing that and looked back up at the woman, shaking her head. "No...No my Mom left...I don't know where she is..."

"You are my daughter, my little Alice, aren't you?" she nodded sure of herself. "I got in touch with the social services... they told me about your Father, about your accident." She pointed to her arm.

"Why did you get in touch with them?" Alice asked quietly looking down at her feet, not wanting to believe this woman.

"A friend of mine told me about you Father...she heard from a friend of a friend." She shrugged lightly. "Word of mouth, I didn't believe it but I rung up the services here, guessing they'd have the information...if you still lived here that was, which I'm glad you do." She smiled again putting her arm around her daughter.

Alice tensed and pulled back. "Get off me." She demanded, not caring if this woman was her Mother, she left her. "I'm going home." She insisted, walking past her, shoving the raisins back on the shelf, she just wanted to get away.

She ran out of the store and made it about half way up the road when she had to walk due to the pain in her side where she'd bruised herself.

So much for the cool air clearing her mind...she had so many thoughts now.

That woman...was she really her Mother?

How would she know her name though if she wasn't? How would she know about her Father? She had to admit she did look a little bit like her...just a little bit.

She thought of the only photograph of her Mother she had and frowned a little...she was a lot younger in the image but she could notice some similarities.

When she reached the house she went straight into the lounge and picked up the phone, dialling Esme's number, hearing it ringing.

"Hello, Alice is that you?"

She smiled hearing her familiar voice and settled down on the sofa. "Yeah it is." She said. "I've just been to the store...I saw this woman and she insisted that she was my Mom."

"What? Your Mother. Alice are you sure?"

"Yes! She said to me that she thought she was my Mom...she knew my name, knew about my Father. I'm confused." She groaned leaning her head back. "What if she is my Mom? I don't want anything to do with her." She admitted, pulling her feet up onto the sofa.

"Don't panic Alice darling, I'll call Carlisle and then I'll come straight home. I won't be long. Speak soon sweetheart." With that she hung up.

Esme set her shopping basket down and dialled Carlisle's work number, knowing he didn't really answer his mobile when at work.

"Esme sweetheart, is everything alright?"

"Yes love, I'm fine...it's just Alice met some woman today, she said the woman said she was Alice's Mother." She frowned still finding that hard to believe. "Should I get in touch with the services? See what they have to say about this?" she wondered then suddenly had a terrible thought. "What if they give Alice to this woman if she is her Mother? They already think we're bad parents after her accident."

"Oh my love we don't need to worry about that. They've been in touch with me this morning, said they have been reviewing our case and came to the conclusion that Alice is perfectly safe with us."

"Why didn't you tell me sooner?" Esme gasped, she had been worrying all morning.

She heard his chuckling and frowned.

"Darling I'm sorry, I've been rather busy this morning, I was going to call you the second I had a free moment...but you called me first."

She nodded to herself and had to understand that being a doctor her husband would be busy most of the time.

"I'll be home earlier tonight darling; I don't have any appointments after three. I can do the rest of this work from home, don't let Alice worry too much it's no good for her, we'll sort this out alright my love?"

"Thank you darling, I best get going; poor dear sounded rather confused earlier." She sighed lifting her basket back up and making her way to the cashier. "I love you." She said before hanging up.

She paid for her shopping then made her way home.

When she arrived she saw Alice slumped on the sofa, staring up at the ceiling with a photograph of a young couple and a dog in her hand.

"Look!" Alice announced sitting up and holding the photograph out. "This is my Mom...that woman looked like her." She frowned having been thinking about it all afternoon. "But people can look like people right? I mean Jasper looks a bit like Jackson Rathbone don't you think?" Only not as good looking in her opinion but she daren't tell Jasper that.

Esme laughed a little at the comparison, she didn't really see it but didn't say anything. She sat down beside Alice and put her hand on her shoulder, squeezing it gently. "Carlisle says not to worry. He'll be home by four." She smiled. "Everything will be fine." She said kissing her cheek.

Alice glanced down at the photograph and nodded slowly. "Right. You're right." Esme was always right; she knew everything. "Thank you." She whispered looking up at him. "My Dad would be so happy that I have you to care for me." She admitted with a little sad smile.

She looked at her adopted daughter and hugged her close to her side. "It's my job to care for you Alice." She smiled. "I've cared for you for a long time, you're my daughter in my eyes sweetie, I won't stop looking after you, no matter what."

"You're the only Mom I want." She whispered. She didn't care if this woman was her real Mother; Esme had been more of a Mother to her than she ever could be.


So sorry it has been a very long wait for an update! I had a busy weekend, then I went to see Taylor Swift on Tuesday so I was exhausted on Wednesday...but here it is now! Hopefully it was worth the wait?
Review please :)