A/N: I'm back! Firstly, I want to thank all those who've reviewed and added this story and others to their favorites and alerts. Seeing those are what helped me to finally come up with a new chapter. I'm also sorry it took me a long while, and it's definitely go to be writing again.

This one isn't exactly what you call fluff, but it definitely has your daily fill of Alice and Jasper love. Enjoy, and as always, review! :)

Synopsis: Alice begins to lose hope during her and Jasper's search for the Cullens.

Alice's hand gripped tightly as they sped through the forest. He occasionally intervened, keeping her excitement in check. This was the closest they had come to finding the Cullens in almost two years. Alice had seen them preparing to move, but they weren't planning on leaving for another week.

"We're here!"

Alice came to an abrupt stop with Jasper right behind her. They had approached a small clearing. There was a stone pavement leading from the trees to a log cottage. It was small but cozy and decorated with a wide variety of flowers. Alice mentioned that it came from Esme's love of gardening.

"We're finally here," Alice repeated. She looked up into Jasper's eyes and smiled.

Jasper squeezed her hand as they began to walk toward the house. He couldn't feel any emotions inside but he knew he had difficulty sensing the emotions of those he wasn't familiar with. The only emotions he was ever familiar with were Alice's. He couldn't help but feel slightly on edge and resisted the urge to stand in front of Alice. She had told him repeatedly that the Cullens would become their family and were no threat. He couldn't hear or sense anyone home, but Alice was so sure this time, he let her determination drive out all doubt.

After what seemed like an eternity, they arrived at the front door. Alice knocked gently. They waited for a few moments and were met with continued silence. Alice furrowed her eyebrow in confusion as if something were not going according to her visions. She twisted the doorknob and it opened, revealing an empty house. The walls had blank spots were furniture had recently hung and the smell of box still hung around the room.

Jasper looked at Alice, whose expression was unreadable as she stared at the room.

"I don't... I don't understand. They were here just this morning."

She walked into the house and searched each of the rooms, convinced that perhaps they were hiding or there was some clue they were missing. Jasper slowly entered the living room. It was bigger than he thought, and he wondered what it would have been like as part of the Cullens' home. Alice came back from the kitchen. Her eyes were unfocused and Jasper instinctively went to her side. Her eyes refocused after a few minutes as she returned back to the present. The emptiness in them broke Jasper's heart. "They decided to move a day earlier. Carlisle was called in to start his new job at a hospital today." She smiled sadly as she recalled something she saw in the vision. "Edward doesn't like the idea of moving again. Rosalie is rather excited. She and Emmett are going to have their honeymoon."

She stared at the ground. Jasper felt no sadness coming from her, but a deep feeling of hopelessness. It was wrong. Alice shouldn't be feeling this way. She was giving up hope on the people she already considered as her family.

"I'm sorry."

"No," she looked up at him, the same sad smile still on her face. "I'm sorry, Jasper."

Jasper shook his head. "No, it's-"

"I'm sorry that I have to put you through all of this," she continued as if she hadn't heard him. "We've been chasing them for so long. We were so close this time, I felt it. I knew it." She let out a shaky sigh as sobs began to overtake her body. Jasper arms were around her immediately and gently pulled her down to the floor where she cried tearlessly against his chest. "We were so close..."

Jasper rubbed her back, resisting the urge to make her sadness go away with his power. "It's okay. We'll keep on trying. If they just settled in, I doubt there's any chance they'll be leaving anytime soon."

"I-I... I can't see. It's all blurry now," she spoke in between sobs. "I don't even know what I'm doing anymore."

"It's alright. Take a rest."

"No. I don't even know why I'm still doing this. We'll try looking for them in the next place and before we know it they'll be gone in a poof of air!" She laughed humorlessly. "Sometimes I still try to convince myself they're even real! Why are we still doing this, Jasper? Why are we still trying?"

"We do it because we're trying to get to our family. We do it because we know someday we will get to them."

"You believe that?" Alice looked up at him, almost accusingly.

"I have faith that we will," he replied with the all the conviction he could muster.

Her voice trembled and her body shook with sobs even though her cheeks remained dry. "Why? Why do you have faith, Jasper? After all that's happened to you..."

Jasper smirked. He didn't know why he found the topic of faith and belief ironic, especially with regards to himself. "I'd like to think that I've always had faith. I'd like to think that during my darkest times with Maria, I had even the slightest inkling of hope left. No matter what she forced me to do, I continued to go on because I held on to the idea that someday, if not me, some other creature would come along and deal to her what she rightfully deserves. We have to hold on to things, otherwise we're just going to lose ourselves completely."

"What are you holding on to now?", Alice asked without looking up at him.

Jasper smiled as if he was remembering a distant memory. "I hold on to the hope that I'll never see Maria ever again, or that I'll never have to do her bidding. And I hold on to the hope that maybe one day I'll get used to this new diet and the thirst won't be so strong. Maybe I'll even be able to get through a single day without worrying about killing a innocent human being."

Alice was gazing blankly at nothing as her head rested on his chest. Her emotions were as blank and empty as her expression. Jasper reached down and gently lifted her chin toward him. He smiled. "But above all that, I hold on for you. I have faith because of you, Alice." Her breath shook as she looked into his eyes. "We'll find them. I know we will."

Alice finally smiled. It was her true smile; one of pure happiness. The same smile she gave the first time she saw Jasper. She reached up and kissed him softly. He felt all her hope returning and enveloping them both. She didn't say anything, just as she had said very little during their first meeting; and Jasper understood, because words would never be enough.