A/N Thanks to my friend and beta OoJasper'sAngeloO for her awesome work. This chapter is all in Rose's POV, and the girls have some bonding time. Not really much going on except that Rose tries to explain a few things to Bella. Hope you enjoy.

I do not own Twilight or any of the characters.

Rose's POV

To say that we were all shocked by Bella's outburst would be an understatement. This was not the same girl we had left behind. Oh no, the one we left would have just let us keep making plans and just gone along with whatever we told her to do.

I found myself liking her. She didn't care that we were all vampires. She stood up to us and let us know exactly what our actions or as in Jasper's case, no action at all, was making her feel. The thing is, she was right.

We had been discussing what we were going to do and what would be the best way to protect her. We came here because we knew the place was run down, we just hadn't expected it to be so badly run down that there was no way Bella could stay here until it was fixed up. This was the one place that Edward never knew about and since no one else knew about it he couldn't find it, or even track us through names.

It was actually Jasper's place. He had bought it about five years ago, wanting a place to get away and maybe raise some horses. He had told Em and I about it as well as Peter and Char. He said that once it was fixed up that we could go and spend some time there.

He didn't want Alice to find out about it because it would be where he would go to get some space away from her and the family. It was the same for us. Sadly, though right after he had purchased it, we moved.

We had been living in Colorado and while it wasn't that close it was much closer than it was from Forks which is where we moved to. He never had a chance to come back and do any work on it, as Alice always kept him busy. None of us had actually seen it since he bought it. Until now.

Right now though we needed to find a safe place for Bella and Jasper needed to take care of the needs of his mate. I knew that they hadn't been together yet, she had been injured and needed to heal.

The problem with him though is that he's so fucking intense about protecting her that he's ignoring her and ignoring her needs. I find it interesting that she, being human, could see that as well. I'm glad she called him out on it, shows she's not going to let even her mate walk on her.

But I do need to be honest here and say that he has never really had a mate and therefore doesn't really understand certain things about females. Like how we need to be told that we are loved and shown by actions that we are very much desired.

Yeah, he's an empath, yet he thinks that just her feeling his feelings for her will be enough. Like most men he's fucking clueless when it comes to females. Oh he knows how to bring pleasure to them, but not how to love them. He can only go by the two that used him.

I would have to have a conversation with him, but first I would need to talk to Bella. I wasn't an empath, but even I knew there was no fucking way she would allow Jasper near her right now. She had turned her back as soon as she was inside the truck.

I could tell that Char wanted to talk to her as well. I told the guys to stay away, to go hunt until we had talked to Bella. She wouldn't like it if they could hear the conversation. I also thought that it might be a good idea if maybe Em and Peter could talk to Jasper and explain a few things about us females.

It took Emmett a long time to figure out that what I need as a woman is to be told that I'm loved, as well as to be shown it and not just through sex either. I didn't really need the romance, but it didn't hurt to put a little in our relationship.

I whispered quickly to Em that maybe him and Peter should talk to Jasper and explain a few things. I also wanted them to let him know that we would watch their backs if he decided to take her out for dinner and maybe a little private time to just be together, without having to look over their shoulders or be alert.

After they were gone, which pissed Jasper off big time as he wanted to talk to Bella, but I knew that right now he would only make things worse. She wouldn't be receptive to anything he might say as she would see it as him doing it just because he didn't want her mad at him. Its the way I would have seen it had it been Em and I.

Char and I both approached the truck and asked if we could talk to her. She was so fucking angry that she snapped, "Aren't you afraid that I might be attacked while talking to you? I'm sure the guys would be pissed at me for making you talk to me and not protecting me."

She was hurt. That much was very clear. I could understand, because my brother was an idiot when it came to women and their needs, mate or not. He had been so focused on wanting to keep her safe, that he has forgotten that she has needs too.

He's a pro at protection, but again a total idiot when it comes to love. Oh well maybe the bear of a husband of mine as well as Peter can help him realize just where he made his mistake. In the meantime Char and I would have to deal with Bella.

"Bella please let us talk to you. I know you're angry and hurt and I know why. Just please can we sit inside with you and talk to you?" Char asked.

"Well its not like I can stop you, you are vampires after all. I'm sure that I will have to listen even if I don't want to. Its not like I'm in charge of my own life. Just get it over with and leave me the fuck alone!" She cried out.

She was trying to sound strong, but we could both hear she was crying. It broke my heart to hear how badly our actions had hurt her. I really hated Edward now. I hadn't until this happened. He had done a real number on her that's for sure.

We both got in the truck, but Char got in front to start it so that we could turn on the ac. Bella was sweating badly and was flushed from the heat. I sat in the back with Bella. I was going to try to get her to understand some things about Jasper.

I told her about how all of the females that Jasper has been involved with had used him. Neither loved him and both were easily able to manipulate him into thinking that they were in love with him. Since he just basically had to go along with them in order to keep them happy, he has no clue how to treat someone that actually does care for him.

I could see her face soften just a little bit and knew that I was on the right track. I told her that as her mate, it was his duty to keep her safe. He has tremendous experience at keeping others safe and protecting them, but has had no experience in showing love because he doesn't think that with his gift he needed to.

I explained that if anything else happened to her that it would kill Jasper. He's so worried that someone would get to her and take her away that his only concern has been for her safety. Yeah, he knew she was needing him in more ways than just sex, but he was too focused on her safety.

That didn't make it right that he wasn't showing her affection, or at least touching and kissing her. As a female she needs more than just being held at night and chaste kisses. Right now, I needed her to understand that she would just have to be patient with him.

I did tell her that we needed to find a motel for her to stay at while we fixed the house up. I knew just from looking at the outside that it might take a couple of weeks to get it up to the point of being livable for at least a human. I also told her that from now on, she would be included in any conversations that had to do with her.

It was then that Char came up with an awesome idea. Jasper could hire someone to do all of the repairs and we could all go to Las Vegas and just relax and have fun. No one could track us right now and with Bella around Alice wouldn't be able to "see" where we were.

She and Jasper could then take the time to just be with each other and get to really know each other without fear of anyone finding us. I knew that this is what she really needed. To just be able to be with her mate and not be worried if she would be found.

She actually started to feel better as Char and I talked about the things we could do there. We would need to get a fake ID for her. Not because she wasn't old enough, but because we didn't want to use her real name or any of ours for that matter.

That would only take a couple of days. In the meantime, we could stay at a hotel or something and plan what we would do once in Vegas. The more we talked, the more she became excited.

Shortly after that the boys came back. Jasper looked like he was in tremendous pain. I suppose he was as they had to go into the nearest town to hunt and that was about fifty miles away. I also had a feeling that he had been told about what his actions, or lack of, was saying to his mate. He didn't want her, not really.

He stopped about thirty feet from the truck and just looked at us. I asked Bella if she was ready to talk to Jasper. I watched him as she looked up at me, and saw the intense pain in his eyes when her answer finally came, "I'm not as mad as I was, but it hurts that he doesn't want to be with me. I'm just so fucking tired and I'm tired of running, only to have to run again. On top of that I have a very sexy mate who refuses to let me in. I understand that he's been hurt badly in the past. At one time he couldn't keep his hands off of me, now he won't even kiss me like I want him to. What's wrong with me, Rose? Is it because I'm a fucking human and he realized what a mistake he almost made? Edward did the same thing, if that's the case then change me right here, right now!"

I hadn't realized it, but she was right. Jasper had been treating her the same way as Edward had. The only difference being that Edward didn't want to lose control and Jasper wanted to keep control in case some of the vampires after Bella caught up to us.

She also didn't know that the boys were back. Char spoke up and said that the boys were back and she was going to go and talk to them about the plan. Bella wouldn't even turn to look at them.

I could hear them talking and it was obvious that both Peter and Em had indeed spoken to Jasper about a woman's need to have affection. He kept saying, "I didn't know, I didn't understand. Please tell her how fucking sorry I am."

I listened as the guys heard about the plan and started to get excited. We had all been on high alert and I have a feeling that all of us could use a vacation. Jasper didn't though. He was upset that his mate had been hurting and he hadn't even noticed and she probably thought he didn't care.

He hadn't taken his eyes off of the back of her head since they got back. They needed to talk, get this out in the open between them. I told Bella that she needed to talk to Jasper and we needed to plan the next step in operation Las Vegas vacation.

I told her that the guys had been told and were all for it. We needed to find someone who could fix up the place so it was livable. Make the arrangements and then head out to Vegas.

She nodded that she would listen to what he had to say. I told her to look behind her and look at Jasper. I knew that the sight of pain in his eyes would be enough to convince her to go easy on him. That's one thing about being mates, it hurts worse than anything to know that you're responsible for causing your mate pain.

It worked and she opened the door to let him come inside. I made my way out of the truck on the other side. I quickly made my way to the others and we walked further away to give them at least a little privacy. I just hoped that they could work things out. They just had to, they were mates after all. . .

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