I shouldn't have worried, Alice caught on as if she had been waiting her whole life for it. She didn't get stressed over any of it; she made her mistakes as calmly as she did things properly. She seemed to be enjoying herself, in fact. She liked driving, and was soon doing better than I could have.

She nearly panicked, though, when Emmett slipped in through the backseat. "Augh! How did you do that?" She nearly screeched. I'd never seen her surprised by our family before.

Emmett, surprisingly, was not amused. "We need to go home. Now. There's a problem."

Alice frowned as she turned the car back towards home. "So are you going to tell me how you did that?"

"We came looking for you. Edward pulled up beside the car, and I slipped out of his into yours." Emmett said simply. "I thought you could see the future."

"I don't see everything." Alice grumbled. "And anyway, it changes based on people's decisions."

Edward was already back at the house when we got there. Alice and I followed Emmett silently into the house.

I could pick up anger, irritation, resignation, concern, and worry from those inside. I wondered what had happened as we joined the others in the living room.

Emmett took one look at Rosalie's angry face and groaned. "Not again! I just graduated high school! I don't want to go back already."

I frowned. Beside me, Alice sighed. She must have seen something. I looked from her to the others and began sorting out the emotions in the room.

Rosalie was furious. Edward was annoyed, but resigned to what was coming. Esme and Carlisle were both worried and concerned. Emmett, now, was annoyed as well.

Carlisle spoke, his voice as calm as ever, despite his hesitancy. "There's a problem." He said, and I realized that this was only for my benefit. Everyone else already understood. "The police think they know who attacked the campers. They want to take you in for questioning. They're almost certain it's you."

All I could do was stand there in shock as my world came crumbling down around me. I couldn't breathe, couldn't think, couldn't move as I realized what this meant.

I would have to leave.

"No!" Alice shrieked, whipping around to glare at me. "Absolutely not." She insisted.

I couldn't bring myself to say anything. I didn't want to cause them anymore trouble, I didn't want to cause her anymore heartbreak. I wouldn't, anymore.

I couldn't stay.

"Stop it, Jasper!" Alice snapped, her eyes wild. I tore my eyes away from hers. I felt her step closer. "You can't do this." She pleaded, misery taking hold of her entire being.

I closed my eyes, trying to block out her pain; mine was bad enough.

I jerked my eyes open in surprise. Someone had slapped me. I blinked at Rosalie, trying to understand why she was suddenly even angrier.

"Don't be such a stupid, noble jerk." She snapped at me, her eyes flashing. "Nobody expects you to go into exile. We're all leaving, idiot."

I stared at her numbly. What had she just said?

"She said that we're all leaving." Edward repeated. "We're all involved in this, we're all at risk. We're implicated simply by being family."

Emmett spoke up. "When people start getting suspicious, and it's not safe to stay any more, we move on. It happens. We just weren't expecting it to be so soon."

I didn't speak; I couldn't believe they would uproot their lives just for me. Edward rolled his eyes at me.

"We're moving. Don't try to leave us. You're one of the family now. Go pack your stuff, we're leaving tonight."

I let Alice lead me into my room, but stood numbly as she began pulling my clothes out of the drawers. "You don't have much." She said as she threw everything onto my bed. "This won't take very long." She ducked out of the room and came back a second later with a suitcase. She threw all my clothes in there. "Done."

She turned to glare at me. "Sit." She pointed to the bed. She was furious; I didn't know what else to do. I sat. "Now, let's get one thing straight right here and now, Jasper. I don't care what or who you were, I don't care what you've done or what you do in the future. I don't care who you kill or what kind of trouble you get into. I can't live without you. So don't ever, ever, ever think about leaving me again. It won't make things better, it won't protect me. It'll break my heart and leave life not worth living. I love you, Jasper. And I can no more live without you than you could without me. Understand?"

I nodded mutely, terrified to say even a single word. She was right, I realized. Whatever happened, we would both rather die a slow, agonizing death together than live for an eternity without the other.

She flung herself into my arms with a sob, and I held her close. "I'm sorry." I said. "I'm sorry for even thinking it. Never again, Alice. Never again." I leaned down and kissed her on the cheek. She smiled and leaned closer into me. We stayed like that for several seconds.

"We should finish packing." She said, pulling away from me. I followed her into her room, and watched as she quickly packed her own things. I tried to help, but she simply moved my hands out of her way with a giggle. "The others are waiting." She said. "Go get your things. Don't forget your guitar. It would break Esme's heart."

We left under cover of darkness, traveling who knew where to our new home.

Disclaimer: I still don't own this, just in case you mistakenly believed I thought I did.