A/N: Hey all! Thanks again for the reviews. I love hearing your thoughts on the story. Sorry it took me awhile to update, I was playing around with ideas that spanned over a few chapters. I hope you enjoy this one and remember, if it doesn't make sense right now it may be explained in a later for reading! Enjoy and review please!

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Jasper's POV

I was sitting in my study area just plucking away at my acoustic guitar, learning some new songs. I wasn't sure what time to call Bella. I told her I would but I knew Carlisle headed over there about an hour ago. He said he needed to speak with her about her upcoming change. I wasn't sure how that will go. I figured I would at least wait until Carlisle came back. I thought it might be quicker than this though.

I decided to get out of my study. I needed a change of scenery and to stretch my legs. So I decided to head to my bedroom. I opened the door only to find my room not looking any different. My closet however was now over half empty. Alice collected her things earlier. I thought maybe I would see a different room when I walked in but she only took what she needed. The pictures on the wall remained in place as well as the ones on the dresser were still there. The only thing missing was Alice and her clothing. She took a few things from the bathroom but nothing that made it drastically different. I walked around the room and almost everything had some sort of memory with it. The pictures around the room, Alice and I picking out the bedroom set, the sheets, curtains, so on and so on. I decided it was time to change things since I had time on my hands.

The first things to go were the pictures. I picked up a box from the garage and it seemed to be the perfect size I needed. I got back to my room and started taking them down from the wall and set on the bed. I cleared the dressers and bathroom of pictures as well. Once they were all down, I sat on the bed. I contemplated taking them out of the frames and then replacing them with other pictures from my life. I turned each picture over to look at them. Every picture together we seemed so in love. What a lie that turned out to be. She was always smiling looking at the camera and I always faced her smiling. To anyone else this might be a picture perfect couple. The love always seemed to emanate from each snapshot of our life. I ended just placing all my pictures straight in the box. I only took out a few pictures. There were ones of me as a soldier in the Confederate Army and a few shots from various times that I loved. Those were the pictures I wanted to see when I walked in here. Once the pictures were in the box I looked for other things that were Alice's that she left behind or they reminded me too much of her. I added a few décor pieces to the box but it wasn't much. I took another look at the room. I decided I would get a new comforter set later on when I went to town to see Bella. Something I picked out and Alice didn't have to talk me into. I was done for the moment so I took the box and placed it in my closet. I laid down on my bed and tried to relax. I had nothing else to do today.

About the same time I laid down, I felt this unprovoked anger start to emerge within me. I didn't know what brought it on so I assumed an angered person was in the vicinity of me. I decided to check it out. I heard Carlisle's office door slam. I went and knocked on the door.

"Carlisle?" I said through the door. There was no answer but the shuffling behind it stopped.

"Carlisle, what happened?" I knew he went to see Bella but I couldn't imagine him getting angry over what he had to say. Something must have happened. The knob wouldn't turn and I couldn't get in. "Carlisle, open the door! Are you okay?" I said slightly raising my voice in worry. The door swung open suddenly.

"Bella is fine, just confused right now." He growled.

"What do you mean by that?" I felt my own anger rise a little bit.

"What do you think I mean Jasper?" He said. The inflection in his voice said he didn't want to talk about it.

"Did you hurt her?" I said slowly through my teeth but very territorially. My stare was firm and unwavering towards him.

"I would never hurt her intentionally Jasper, how dare you accuse me!" He said. His anger and my own combined were off the charts. I couldn't stand in one spot any longer. I began to walk around the room, not exactly pacing but looking at various things while waiting for an explanation.

"So why are you so upset then Carlisle?" I said. He didn't exactly deny that he didn't hurt Bella, just 'not intentionally'.

"She just didn't see eye to eye with me, but I would like to have some time alone to think about things. How I am going to get Bella to trust what I say." He said. He went and sat behind his desk.

"Why wouldn't she trust you Carlisle? You aren't making sense, she loves you or did. Are you sure nothing happened to break this?" I was accusing him off things I couldn't imagine him doing but I needed to know what went down. I was not going to let this go.

"I don't want to talk about it now, Jasper. Please leave my office now." He said. He pulled out papers to make him look busy. I was not buying it. He was playing calm, cool, and collected but he was furious on the inside. He was trying to get me to leave.

"I am not naïve, tell me what happened. Now." I demanded. He stared at me.

"Are you forgetting who is the leader here Jasper? I asked you to leave my office." He said. I heard the underlying threat but I didn't budge.

"Story now, Carlisle." I retorted. I bent over his desk placing my hands on it, leaning into him. It was a threatening pose and I was going to stand there until I got the story.

He stood up and put one hand on the desk almost mimicking my own. He pointed to the door. "Leave." He growled through his teeth.

"Why won't you tell me? What happened to Bella? How bad is it?" The protectiveness I felt was overwhelming.

"She refused to see things my way. I had to become forceful with the issue." He said. Then, before I knew it, I was over the desk pinning him to the ground.

"If you have hurt her, I will retaliate. She may not be strong enough to do it but I am." I grabbed him and slammed him into the ground. Someone opened the door behind us and gasped. Before I knew it Emmett was pulling me off Carlisle and Rosalie and Esme were helping Carlisle up.

"What's going on here?" Esme asked. "Jasper, what's the meaning of this?" I felt confusion, anger, and surprise coming from everyone.

"Why don't you ask Carlisle?" I said trying to shake off Emmett. He held my arms behind me. Of course, I couldn't budge in his steely grip.

"Carlisle?" Esme spoke. She sounded more like a mother trying to figure out why her kids were fighting amongst each other. Eyes darted back and forth between Carlisle and I.

"I went to see Bella and try to explain the situation we found ourselves in with the Volturi. She didn't see eye to eye with me." He responded. He was trying to calm down since others became present but I could still feel the anger pouring out from him.

"Okay, so how does that lead you two to fighting on the floor in your office?" Esme questioned. I stared at Carlisle, not saying a word.

"I had to use some force and gave her an ultimatum: One week to decide a date for her change or I will do it for her. I grabbed her arm to get her to listen to me. I might have used a little more strength than necessary." I heard gasps from everyone around me.

"You what?" I struggled against Emmett and finally got out of his hold. I darted out of the house to go find Bella. If he left her injured he would pay.

I was at her house in a matter of minutes. Before I went to the door I opened my mind up. I wanted to see how badly she was shaken by Carlisle. When I started feeling the plane of emotions, I noticed she was happy. Someone else was there as well, spilling the same emotion with a hint of worry. I didn't see anyone's car except her truck so I had no idea who was with her. I had calmed down a bit and was not as furious with Carlisle as I was, solely based on the fact that she was not hurt and happy at the moment.

Bella's POV

Jake and I were having a great time. We were catching up on old times and he was filling me in on some of his adventures, being a wolf over the last couple of months. I heard a knock on the door. I was getting up to answer it when Jake said he would answer it for me.

I couldn't hear who he was talking to but it sounded like they knew each other. My curiosity was getting the best of me. I was about to ask who it was when Jasper walked into the room. I wasn't sure how I felt about another visit from the Cullen house today.

"Hey Bella." He said.

"Jasper, what are you doing here?"

"I just wanted to stop by and see how you were doing." I felt an underlying meaning coming from that but I wasn't sure of it.

"Oh, well, I'm better now than I was earlier." I didn't know how much he knew but I would rather not get into it now after having such a pleasant time with Jake.

"I'm glad. Do you mind if I join you two? Or should I come back later?"

"I'm fine with you being here, you might smell the place up a bit but what else is new?" Jake said half laughing.

"You should talk wolf boy!" Jasper laughed. I was abashed by this friendliness between them.

"So what have you two been doing this afternoon?" Jasper said.

"Just catching up. I have been telling her about my travel adventures. We have also talked about a few good laughs we had last year." Jake said nonchalantly.

"Cool. So, are you going to talk at all Bella? You are awfully quiet over there." Jasper said. I was too stunned by the interaction.

"I—well, uh—I'm shocked that you two are getting along." I had no idea if hell froze over or not but I never thought these two would ever be friends. They both looked at each other and laughed.

"Bella, we can get along because we found some common interests." Jake finally said. I'm glad they can laugh at my confusion of the situation.

"Common interest huh, what happened to you two being 'natural enemies'? You and Edward never got along, not that it matters now." I still couldn't process what was happening before my eyes.

"Maybe we should start a revolution and see how many vampires and werewolves can become friends, Jacob!" Jasper said teasingly now. I'm glad they could bond over this. At least I wouldn't have to split my time anymore.

"Thanks, you two. Just make fun of me." I muttered.

"Bella, you know we don't mean it." Jake said.

"Well, I hate to break up this party but I have to get dinner ready for Charlie and finish cleaning. So we should all get together and do something later that is if you don't kill each other by then…" I said getting up.

"Can I come see you later? I need to talk to you about something." Jasper asked.

I hoped he didn't want to talk about Carlisle. "Okay, just call me around 8ish. I should be done by then."

"Sounds good. Have fun with Charlie until then." He said as he walked out the door.

"Yeah, I will text you later, but you should come by the house too. I'm sure Billy and the pack would love to see you." Jake added as he started out the door.

"Sounds good. I'll call you." I said watching them go off into the woods. It was so odd and mind-boggling to see them together without trying to kill each other. They actually laughed together. Was that possible?

I shook off the thoughts and went upstairs. I had to hide the bruise from Charlie. I didn't want to explain to him. I picked out a three-quarters sleeve shirt. I headed back downstairs to make dinner.

Jasper's POV

I walked with Jacob into the woods. It was definitely weird how we instantly fell into this friendship pattern. We were already joking around with each other. It was like it was a natural fit for best friends. I couldn't wrap my head around it but I was going with the flow.

"Jacob?" I said as soon as we got deep enough in the woods.

"Yeah?" He said stopping.

"I need to talk to you about Carlisle. I don't know if you heard what happened or not but…"

"I know what happened, she called me. I am not too happy with him." I could hear some anger in his voice but I could tell it wasn't directed towards me.

"I know I am furious with him. I actually attacked him. If it weren't for Emmett coming in I don't know what would have happened." I said trailing off at the thought. Carlisle didn't give me any information and who knows how far I would have gone to get it.

"So what did you want?" He asked. I didn't realize I was lost in thought.

"We need to talk to Bella about changing. She doesn't understand the severity of the situation we are in."

"You can't change her against her will, I won't allow it!" I couldn't get a clear read on his emotions but I felt spikes of anger becoming more prominent among the fluctuations of emotions I felt around werewolves.

"I don't want it either but you have to realize what the Volturi would do if they checked up on her and she is still human." I said. I didn't want to fight with Jacob. I was trying to control my temper but I knew why Carlisle thought it was important to approach her. The Volturi were not to be messed with.

"Why would they check up on her? She's just a human to them." He said.

"Well when she went after Edward last year, she saved him from the Volturi. They are kind of like our government. They make sure we aren't too conspicuous. They would kill anyone who was. When she was there, the only reason why she walked out alive was because Alice saw a vision of Bella becoming a vampire. She showed Aro, the leader, and he spared her life and Edward's." I paused letting the information sink in for a moment before continuing.

"You see, humans aren't supposed to know about vampires. The Volturi would kill them if they knew too much. Bella is one of those people. They don't give second chances Jacob. If they came back to make sure she was changed, especially after they saw her still human in the clearing this summer, they would take her out." I heard a subtle growl come from his chest. He was starting to shake at this point. I took a few steps back.

"We have to protect her." Jacob finally said.

"I know. However, there is more you need to know."

"What else is there? If they come, we will fight them, they won't stand a chance!" Jacob said. I could tell he was ready for another fight if it meant keeping Bella human.

"You see the Volturi don't fight fairly. They are a collection of vampires with various abilities. One will cut off all your senses so you won't tell what's coming. They are swift and effective. If they come here it won't be just for Bella and Edward. Everyone who knows them would be in danger. They don't leave loose ends. Charlie, Renee, Phil, you and the pack, everyone would be on the chopping block, especially my family. Forks would be in danger. We have to talk to her. I know she doesn't want to become one right now. She is hurt, but we have to change her mind." I said. I was furious with Carlisle and how he has handled the situation but I switched to protecting mode. Bella was now one of the most important things in my life.

"Everyone would be in danger if she doesn't turn? What if we hid her?" I could tell he was trying to keep her from changing but he didn't want to do it at the expense of others.

"They would find her. They have trackers. We need to make a plan that is foolproof, for Bella's sake."

"I'm in. We have to protect her and everyone. Let's meet up tomorrow to figure things out. I should get back home."

"Alright when can you meet?" I asked him.

"Give me your number and I will call when I can." He replied. We exchanged numbers and agreed to meet sometime tomorrow. My ally was informed of what I knew would happen if the Volturi came. Now we had to come together to make a plan. Then we would approach Bella once we figured everything out.

I didn't want to go home quite yet, so I decided to go shopping for things I wanted earlier to change up my room. I headed back to the house to get my car, then into town to retrieve those things.