Jasper held Elizabeth close. He could feel Elizabeth's feelings radiating from her like the heat from a fire. Jasper could feel her sadness and her happiness that she hadn't ruined their relationship. These feelings began to overwhelm Jasper and he had to take a deep breath to hold himself together. He didn't want to risk having to explain what was going on. That would lead to the eventual talk about what he and the rest of the family were. Jasper then began to tell her a story. "Elizabeth, I never disliked you. From the moment I met you, I liked you. I have grown to love you over these past few months. You remind me a lot of me at your age. I haven't decided if it scares me yet or not. I think it does. It scares me because I don't want you to end up in the same situations I did. I want you to be happy. I could have handled everything better and should have helped you. All I did was hinder you and throw obstacles in your path. Unintentionally, of course. For that, I am so sorry."
Elizabeth leaned over and hugged him. "I have never had an older brother. My parents only had me."
Jasper nodded and felt a wave of nervousness crash over him. What could he do? He couldn't tell her the real reason he was so upset. He could only hide their family's secrets for so long. Lying made him feel sick. Jasper could hear her heart beat slowing down and it made him feel worse. She was accepting his lie. He could only hear her heartbeat faintly. Elizabeth was leaning against him with her eyes closed. She was taking deep breathes to calm herself down; she was trying to avoid a panic attack. Jasper held his breathe. Everything she was doing reminded him of what he had lost the night Maria had turned him. Elizabeth had no idea that she was driving him crazy. He wanted to go back to the time when he couldn't feel every person's emotions. The stronger the person was feeling it, the more it affected him and Elizabeth had been having mood swings like no other human he had encountered. It made him crazy, unsure of what to do. He didn't know if he should calm her, help her feel happy. Sometimes her mood changed three or four times within an hour with no reason that he could see.
Elizabeth opened her eyes and looked at him. She asked, concerned, "why are you holding your breathe? Am I upsetting you? What's wrong?" Jasper shook his head and said quietly, "Nothing's wrong." Elizabeth gave him a look and he knew that she knew he was lying. She pushed himself off his bed and rushed off. Jasper sighed and walked downstairs to talk to Carlisle and Esme. Maybe they would know what to do.