Jasper's POV

Alice had told me of her vision and that she wouldn't be able to help Bella if she went to Edward. I didn't like being separated from Alice, especially since I didn't know if I could convince Edward to listen to reason. I knew that if I couldn't get him to come back Bella wouldn't survive. The emotions she was feeling were way too intense for anyone, human or vampire, to handle.

Alice had given me some direction on where to find Edward and I could smell his scent on some of the surroundings. It wouldn't be too long now. As I neared him, I tried to block my thoughts of everything but finding him. I didn't want to scare him off by thinking of Bella.

I knew I wasn't off when I began to feel severe pain, longing, and immeasurable suffering. I steeled myself for the emotions to get more intense. They were similar to what Bella had been feeling, but Edward's weren't nearly as powerful. His didn't know my off my feet.

As I ran up the stairs of the hellhole he had decided to inhabit I could feel annoyance adding to his other emotions. He knew I was here. Well at least he hadn't run away yet. Maybe it wouldn't be a completely helpless mission.

I walked into his room and yet again had to strengthen my resolve. If it wasn't an emergency I don't think I could have been able to put myself through this. I tried to block my thoughts as much as possible. I didn't want to scare him off before I had a chance to explain the situation to him.

He was sitting on a pathetic excuse for a bed and his eyes looked a bit hollow. He definitely needed to hunt and shower before he could be exposed to anyone. He would also need some new clothes. Wearing only a few sets of clothes for months hadn't left them in that great of shape.

"What are you doing here Jasper?" he said in an almost dead voice. I could sense a bit of annoyance and irritation mixed in too, so he wasn't completely lost.

"We need you to help us Edward. There has been an incident and you're the only one who can fix this."

I tried to keep my mind blank but Bella's face flashed through my mind. I saw him wince and felt the shot of pain that jolted him. I tried sending some relief to his pain, but that only made him angrier.

"Jasper, just tell me what the problem is. I'm sure you guys can handle whatever the problem is. If this just some kind of trick to get me to join back with the family, it won't work. I can't go back. It hurts too much."

"I know Edward. Don't forget that I can feel what you do. I wouldn't try to do that to you. I wouldn't do that to myself. I don't think I could handle being around you for long periods of time."

He gave a dark chuckle and attempted a half hearted smile, but it couldn't break through the pain.

"Jasper, I'm sorry for what I'm putting you through. I wish there was another way, but there really isn't," he said in a very desperate tone.

"Actually there is Edward. You may not want to face that choice, but you don't really have a choice. Not at this point."

I still hadn't unblocked my thoughts from him and I could feel his anger rising. He still thought that this was about us not wanting to see him in pain. If only that was it.

"What do you mean 'if only that was it'? What other reason could there be?"

I cursed myself for not blocking my thoughts better. Well I would have to tell him eventually anyway and we didn't have a lot of time. I knew what I was about to tell him would hurt him, but there wasn't a way around it.

"Bella," he flinched and tried to ignore what I was saying, "is having some trouble. Alice and I almost didn't make it in time."

At those words he almost tore my head off. His anger skyrocketed and his outburst seemed to channel all of it at me.

"What!? I specifically told every single one of you that you weren't to see her again. You all even promised me that you would respect my wishes. What the hell is wrong with you? Did you even listen to a word I said!?"

His anger was fueling my own and as hard as I tried I couldn't seem to keep it in check. He didn't know what was going on, I knew that, but I told him Bella was in trouble and all he could do was rip into me. What was wrong with me? What was wrong with him!?

"We all heard you Edward! And you know what? If you weren't being a complete ass then maybe you would know what was going on. Maybe you could see that your actions aren't just hurting you!"

His rage was mixing with mine. His for the fact that he needed an outlet for all of his pain, mine because I wanted him to smarten up and fix the problem that he created.

"Oh, I see, so whatever problem you guys have caused is my fault? Yeah right. I don't see how I could have caused it this time. I haven't been around for months. How is it my fault? Why don't you enlighten me!" he said in a dark, sarcastic tone.

I was beyond furious that he couldn't see reason and his rage and pain pushed me over the edge. I gathered together the pain, hopelessness, and all the other emotions Bella had been feeling and sent it all at him full force. He sunk to his knees just as I began to yell at him.

"The problem we created! No, the problem you created! You feel that Edward? Do you want to know where I felt these feelings? Do you want to know who felt this before she tried to kill herself? Do you want to know who we barely made it in time to save? Do you want to know who is lying in a hospital bed suffering through this unbearable pain because of you?"At this point Edward was writhing on the ground moaning and the sight was dulling my anger towards him. My voice got softer but was still just as hard as I told him what I'm sure he had already figured out.

"Bella, Edward. Bella is the one who tried kill herself. Bella is the one who felt this pain when she swallowed all of those pills. She is the one who is lying in the hospital still feeling this pain. She is the one still contemplating how to off herself. Yeah, you haven't been around for months, and that is the exact reason why all of this is happening."

I had begun lessening the pain throughout the time I was talking and now I cut it all off from him. I waited for him to say something. His emotions seemed to be changing to those of regret, pain, and anger. The anger puzzled me a little. Why would he be angry at Bella?

"She promised me that she wouldn't do anything reckless or stupid. I'd say that this constitutes as both," he said as he gave a dark chuckle.

"Edward, we don't have a lot of time here. We may have stopped her once, but we can't hold her off forever. Alice has seen her trying to make a decision on how and when to try again."

His pain increased exponentially.

"Why would she do this? I left to help her. She is supposed to be living a normal life. She is supposed to be happy!"

"Edward, you felt what she was feeling. Both you and I weren't able to handle it enough to even stand, and we're vampires. Tell me, would you have been able to survive it. Wouldn't you have tried to take your life if you saw no way of escaping it?"

He didn't answer, but we both knew I was right. We both also knew that he had to go back. I knew at this point he wouldn't fight us, so I called Alice. He and I hunted while she went to buy him some suitable clothing. After we had everything ready we began our journey back to Forks.

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