A/N: Hahaha. I sense I'm in a bit of trouble with some people! Anyway, here is the revised list for candidates for Edward's father:

Marcus; Demetri; Alec; Felix; Caius. Felix seems to be a very popular idea right now, and I'm guessing you got that off the FPOV bit. Remember that that was only to show FATHER POV, and didn't necessarily mean Felix. I'm not saying it definitely isn't though!

And someone suggested that Jacob was Edward's father! Points for originality there.

Remember that it could be anyone!

And she does love Jasper, of course she does. Stop being daft. Everything will become clear.

JPOV

Edward is closeted with him for over an hour after Bella came back to get him. Edward and Bella then spent some time alone together, after which Bella was plainly very upset and Edward looked almost angry. They assured us all that it wasn't each other they were upset/angry with. But something troubled Bella, and a shield had slammed down behind her eyes, and sometimes it was like she wasn't even in the same room. She seemed miles away.

"Alice, can you see what choice they will make?"

"Bella will be given an ultimatum."

"What will they ask from me?"

"Either Lucas is changed by us, or he will be changed by them - by force. Aro will make you that offer, and you have to have an answer for him. They won't give you time to think."

"It's not my choice -"

"Bella!"

"Let me finish, Jay," she says, reaching for my hand. "It isn't our choice. It's Lucas'."

He looks terrified.

"I'm not ready."

"What?"

"I was going to ask eventually. But I'm not ready! I still want to be able to go out whenever I want, I still want to eat proper food, live a normal life!"

"You were never going to be able to live a normal life, there would always have been an element of us. You don't age, we would have had to move around anyway."

"But I'm still more or less human! I'm not ready to let that go."

"I'm sorry. I really am. I feared this would happen."

"Can't we run? Can't we just leave?"

"No. They would never let us go. We'd be hunted for eternity, and I can't put you through that. This is how Aro works. He screws with you."

"Bella, we need to know exactly what grudge Jane and Caius have against you. They can't have anything to hold against you." Carlisle is gentle as he points this out, but Bella's face still hardens.

"That doesn't matter. Lucas, I'm not making this choice for you. We have six hours, roughly, before they come for us."

"I don't need six hours. I want you to do it. Both of you."

I'm shocked. He's asking us to do it? The people who should have always been there, the people who should have been with him always, but abandoned him instead, and he wants us to do it? He insists that this is his choice. Bella cries without tears, and he kneels at her feet, letting her hug him, stroke his hair, and talk quietly to him.

Edward won't even meet her eyes when we are fetched. Bella's mouth sets at being summoned anywhere, and when she sees who's been sent to fetch us, her lips nearly disappear as she presses them together. Demetri smiles tentatively at her, she sends him back a glare that could have easily ignited him where he stood. His smile disappears, and he ducks his head. What does she know that we don't?

I ask her this question. She shakes her head at me. More secrets. How much do I really know about her?

Apparently, our "escort" shares this complete blankness when it comes to Bella. I take a good hard look at Demetri, trying to spot any of Edward's features in his face. I can't see anything. It gets so that I think I can, I think that his nose is a little like Edward's, his cheekbones like his - and then realise that Demetri has a crooked nose, slightly off centre, where Edward's is straighter, more aligned. Edward's cheekbones are more prominent, more like Bella's. I take up her hand lightly, trying to make it look purely unconscious, but she sees right through me. She smiles slightly, but doesn't wriggle away. Her grip is the one that tightens oh-so-slightly when the doors are opened.

I smile ironically at the sight before us. This time, they are seated and ranged, just as we were. This time, we're standing before them. Bella smirks. With her, the position seemed so natural, with them, it's like they're deliberately putting on a show for us. Bella does not seem even remotely fazed by the role reversal. She's holding my hand still. Having never really been here before, and having been so tense last time, I never really got to have a good look round. The inner chamber of Aro and his cronies is circular, the three thrones near the back, on a raised dais. The ceiling is really high, and, obviously, there are no windows. I feel claustrophobic. I need to be able to see outside. Fine, I need an escape route, need to be able to plan my way out. There's just the one door, the one we've just come through, as far as I can see. If I have to fight to get my family out of here, so be it.

The first thing Aro does is hold his hand out to Bella, who rolls her eyes.

"You know that shit isn't going to work, Aro."

"Perhaps I hoped. May I?"

"Ask him, not me." I expect him to go to Lucas, but instead he turns to me.

"Jasper -"

"It's still Major Whitlock, Aro, even to you."

"May I?" he asks, extending a hand, ignoring my statement of rank, when I know for a fact half the people in this chamber just felt fear stirring at long-dead hearts. The other half felt more than a stirring. I put my hand in his, and deliberately bring every memory of Maria and the Wars to the forefront of my mind. I summon the rage, the bloodlust, the intense desire to kill all who stood in my way. I throw those feelings at Aro, who - incredibly - drops my hand and staggers back.

"It's still Major Whitlock," I say again, and he manages to compose himself.

"Indeed. And what a wonderful addition you would be -"

"No, Aro," I say, emphasizing the negative. "No. I will never repeat that part of my life. My family is my priority now. Maria is dead to me." Aro looks hard at me. Evidently, he decides that I am not worth the hassle of bothering with - or the risk. Instead, he choose Lucas, who asks him, fairly rudely, it must be admitted, what he's going to do.

"He's going to read your mind." Bella interrupts.

"Like you can?" Bella smirks, and Aro scowls.

"Aro has to be touching you. It won't hurt, I promise. He won't hurt you."

"Why do you want to read my mind?" Aro looks shocked. Clearly, nobody has ever asked him why he wants to actually read his mind. "It's a valid question. Why do you want to read my mind?"

"Aro wants to know if you harbour any feelings of resentment against Bella and Jasper. He'll twist it all around, use it against us, probably try and persuade you that we're all bad people and should be avoided at all costs." Edward supplies, while Aro is opening and shutting his mouth in sheer shock.

"Oh. Well, that's easy. No, no bad feelings."

"They abandoned you!"

"For all the right reasons. Anyway, who are you to judge? You killed Marcus' soul mate. Bet you didn't do that for any reason other than you were utterly, utterly selfish."

"The boy has power!" Marcus practically shouts, looking half-pleased, half-saddened.

"Of course he does. He's my son."

"I know what happened in the past. It's getting easier, actually. The more time I spend with the Cullen's, the clearer things are becoming. I used to have to be asleep, but now it just comes to me."

"Now this," Bella says, clearly amused, "is precisely why you couldn't be around me as a baby. You would have been blurting out peoples deep dark secrets all over the place. I bet you know who I was talking to earlier, huh?" He's twenty one. But he still rolls his eyes and pulls a face. Nods. Bella has a quick, silent conversation with Edward, who shakes his head. Aro looks like he's going to explode with fury.

"You are in my home, Isabella. A little respect!"

"When did you ever show me any respect? My choices were not good enough for you, my way of life was something I should have been talked out of. You showed me no respect twenty years ago, you showed me no respect a century ago. You have not changed, and so I will not respect you."

"We have come to our decision about what to do about this…anomaly. We are going to do the following. You have your choice Bella. Either your son is changed by a member of your family, or he is changed by us. And there is the matter of your - ability."

"It isn't my choice, Caius. It is Lucas' choice."

"I want my parents to do it. I want my parents to change me. Can we go now?"

"No." It is not Aro, Caius or Marcus who speaks. They all look surprised, and turn to the source of the noise. A man is shoving his way impatiently through the guard. "You tell them Bella. Your family has a right to know."

"Not now," she hisses at him, glowering. He meets her eyes and she visibly stiffens. She shakes her head. "I hate you." Her voice is calm, clear. "I absolutely despise you and what I saw in you I will never know."

"You could still see it last night."

"And I told you to take last night and that stupid mistake and your hypnotic eyes and shove them up your ass."

"And I warned you what your precious Major might have to say -"

"You couldn't blackmail me then, and you can't now. Tell him if you like."

"Look, I'm sorry, but what the bloody hell is going on?" Emmett demands. "I don't give a flying fuck about protocol and Bella's grudges, but I'm confused as hell."

"This is Edward's father. Yes, I regret it, yes, I want to set my head on fire just remembering it, and I kissed him last night. The only part I don't regret is my son."

"You kissed him?"

"Yes, I know. It's his eyes. It's his power. No, Jay, I am not trying to make excuses. And I am so, so sorry."

We are all still digesting the information, staring at the man in front of us. Bella looks horrified, frightened and angry all at once. Lucas takes a step up to her, and puts his arm protectively around her shoulders.

"Whatever you did last night, you upset my mother. Nobody upsets my mother."

"Oh Lucas, it means so much that you're sticking up for me, but I don't deserve it. Everyone has the right to know the story. Everyone deserves to know why I slept with Demetri."