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Chapter twenty-five.

Edward's POV.

I pulled Jasper from Evangeline, the thoughts running through his head had been ridiculous. He was confused and frustrated - torn between killing her and apologizing. Myself and Emmett dragged him far into the woods, kicking and screaming; so to speak. It was more like hissing and flailing.

"I wouldn't have killed her!" Jasper hissed as Emmett held him against one of the larger, stronger trees.

"Yes you would have Jasper." I replied as calmly as possible.

"You have no idea…she does something to me." Jasper rambled, his pitch black eyes wide and confused. I attempted to read his thoughts, but they were cloudy. Like Evangeline's usually were.

"I do have an idea, keep in mind I have Bella. I don't go stealing and destroying cars…almost killing her in the process." I scoffed. Jasper was silent for a second and in that second, I was sure that if Jasper could cry; he would have been in tears.

"It's different. She's different." Jasper dropped himself to the ground, head in hands. I noticed Emmett flash me a worried glance of which I nodded; reading his thoughts to go and get Carlisle. He left seconds later.

"How?" I asked.

"At least with Bella you don't have to spend every minute of every day trying to picture life without her. You know she wants to be turned, it's no secret. But Evangeline. I know that in a short few years she'll be dead and I'll have nothing. And in the midst of that I cant control myself around her…she's got this hold over me like nothing else it's…" His voice faded, and in his thoughts then and there…it was only Evangeline. Nothing else, but her face, her smile, her eyes, her skin, her blood. And then there was them together, in the car. I blocked the visual from mind the second I realized what it was.

"You have to go." I hissed at Jasper, appalled by just how ridiculously stupid he had been. How irresponsible. Evangeline should be dead right now, at his hand.

"I cant leave her, there isn't enough time." He frowned up at me, he may be 166 years old, but at that moment he was like a child.

"Jasper if you don't go you'll kill her." I said the words with such knowledge that Jasper immediately clicked.

"Did she see something? Alice?" He asked flustered, standing quickly from the ground.

"Yes. I don't feel it necessary to explain to you exactly what she saw." My voice was cold, but there was no other way. "It's pretty obvious."

"I'm going to kill her aren't I?" Never, in my years of knowing Jasper; had I heard his voice so empty. "For definite?"

"If you carry on the way you're going. Yes. But as you know Alice's visions are…they're never certain. If you leave now she'll be safe."

"I'll feed and…I'll say good bye." Jasper stated sternly before running back into the woods. His thoughts were clear. He leaves, he suffers. But Evangeline will be safe.

Evangeline's POV.

I sat on the large sofa in Jasper's room as Carlisle placed an ice pack on my collar bone. Hours had passed.

"It's bruised but it should be fine, I'll give you some pain killers to help with the discomfort." Carlisle smiled.

"Thanks, but I'm good." I replied.

"It hurts…yes?" Carlisle smirked slightly.

"Yeah but…"

"Then you'll take the painkillers."

"Jasper doesn't like how I smell when I take painkillers." I replied before standing from the sofa.

"Perhaps that's a good thing." He smiled.

"Of course…I'll take the meds." I nodded and Carlisle exited the room.

I fumbled for my large duffel bag, taking out the pack of cigarettes and the lighter from the pocket; lighting one and inhaling as deep as I could. This was a bad day. A very, very bad day. I was so concentrated on breathing I didn't notice the slight thud behind me.

"Evangeline?" Jasper's velvety voice was low, quiet. And overly controlled. I turned to see him stood, his honey blonde hair was disheveled and he was still topless. He walked towards me, he still didn't frighten me. And that was disturbing.

"Are you okay?" I asked.

"Darlin'…" He began, taking a slight step forward, keeping his hands behind his back as he spoke. "I'm going to tell you this once. And you have to listen." I didn't like the tone of his voice, I put the cigarette out and nodded. Folding my arms protectively around myself.

"I'm leaving. I have to get away from you, otherwise you'll end up dead." The words echoed around me as I listened to his voice. So soft, but incredibly cold.

"You cant leave."

"Do you wish to die, Evangeline?" Jasper asked, his perfect brow furrowed.

"I'd die for you." I muttered, I couldn't look at him. I felt his cold hand brush the hair from my face.

"You should not be burdoned with this." He stated, his eyes were sincere but he had moved away from me.

There was no way I was going to listen to him. I couldn't. I moved away from him, walking across to my duffel bag sat across the room - I zipped it up as he studied my every move with confusion. I abruptly pulled off his shirt and put on one of my own t shirts.

"What are you doing, Evangeline?" He asked in a warning tone.

"I don't want anything of yours near me or on me or…oh god." I rambled as I pulled the hair comb from my hair and threw it onto the floor. There was an awful feeling in the pit of my stomach, like nothing I had ever felt before. It felt as if everything was aching.

"Evangeline." Jasper warned as I made my way out of the room; but just as I reached for the door handle he was in front of me.

"Don't bother."

"I'm an empath, Evangeline. There isn't any point in trying to act fine because you aren't but…I have to go. I cant control myself around you and I'm endangering my family…everything they've worked for. I wont do that to them and I refuse to responsible for your death, I couldn't live with myself." He stated.

"Move." I replied with slight scoff.

"Not when you're like this."

"What do you expect me to be like. You're leaving, I'm leaving. You're conscience is clear." I hissed but he didn't move one inch.

"I'm sorry…I cant let you go like this."

"Make up your god damn mind, Jasper!" I shouted gruffly, but still he didn't budge.

I had to get away from him, I couldn't stand to look at him anymore. I shuffled through my duffel bag as he watched, pulling the small, spare pocket knife out and flipping it open.

Jasper watched me with saddened eyes as I held the blade close to my throat, it was ridiculously over the top - even for me, but desperate times call for desperate measures. And if I didn't get away from him then and there, I would remember the image of this moment for forever.

"Move or kill me. Your choice." I stated sternly, I had no capability of emotion; not now. The minute I allowed myself to feel anything, it'd be too much.

Jasper frowned and stepped reluctantly to the side. I made my way down the stairs but I was only half way down them when the tears began to sting at the corners of my eyes. Jasper was all I had left. I had nothing now.

"Evangeline?" Someone's voice sounded from the sitting room as I reached the bottom of the staircase. I recognized it as Edward.

"It's your fault. You've done nothing but scare him for months. Forcing him away from me." I stated, my voice was weak as I tried to hold back the tears that were stinging my throat.

"It's for the best." Edward replied, he almost sounded sorry. Carlisle, Rosalie and Emmett made their way across to where we stood.

"No, it's not. You convince him that he's this complete monster; reckless and incontrollable but…he isn't. Think about it, you spend all your time trying to control yourself enough to get slightly close to Bella. Jasper…" His name made my whole chest feel as if it were about to cave in. "Do you have to make everyone as miserable as you?" I choked before turning to Carlisle. "Thanks for letting me stay." My voice was undeniably flat.

Rosalie's POV.

Evangeline slammed the door shut as she exited, each of us had our eyes on Edward, furious.

"Edward…" Carlisle sighed.

"He has to leave. Alice saw him kill her." Edward argued.

"Alice saw you kill Bella, on numerous occasions. Her visions are subjective Edward and it is Jasper's responsibility to choose how much attention he pays to them." Carlisle exited the room at vampire speed before returning just seconds later.

"He's gone." He stated before exiting the room, most likely going to break the news to the others.

"You screwed up Edward." I hissed just as Sebastian entered the room.

"Alice had a vision…it's Jasper. He keeps changing his mind but she thinks that she knows where he is for now. We could still stop him." Sebastian stated, flustered.

"No one stops him. If he feels he needs to leave, he should be allowed to do so." Edward argued before exiting the room. If anyone, I would've thought that Edward would understand the situation. But he was too wrapped up in trying to protect his own world he couldn't pay attention to the rest of his family. He had grown selfish, and it was tiring.

"I'm going to go and find Evangeline." I said quietly to Emmett, he gave me a swift kiss and looked deep into my eyes before letting me go.

I exited the house swiftly, I knew Evangeline's scent - so it wouldn't take me long to find her. I couldn't put my finger on why I felt so protective of her lately, she had just sort of grown on me the past few weeks. I suppose in a way I was just thankful that Jasper had finally found someone who could make him happy, even if it was just for a while.

Following Evangeline's scent was easy enough, it led all the way to Dan's home. She didn't have anywhere else to go and I was relieved she made the relatively sensible choice of going home. No matter what the situation with her family. There wasn't much point in me sticking around, it wasn't as if I could check on her - we weren't technically friends. Me turning up at her bedroom window probably wouldn't go down too well.

I listened to the voices inside the house as best I could, there wasn't any shouting. But there was crying. Hysterical crying, I recognized it as Evangeline. She hadn't wanted to cry in front of us. It made sense, if I could cry - I wouldn't want to do it in the ever so joyful presence of Edward, either. In a way, my respect grew for Evangeline then and there.

I carried on listening to her cry, the sobs coming thick and fast. I couldn't help myself, I made my way to her bedroom window, opening it and climbing delicately in. Evangeline was lying curled up on her bed; her knees tucked up underneath her chin. She was tiny, fragile looking. I hadn't realized just how much of a child she really was, having just turned 17 a few months ago.

"Evangeline?" I made my voice sound as soft as possible , something I wasn't used to around humans. Sitting down on the side of the bed next to where she lay, I watched her. Her uneven breathing and her trembling; and I couldn't get over how ridiculous Edward had been. To dismiss Jasper like that without a second thought as to how Evangeline would go on. I watched her shudder and tremble, it was like watching a lost child - no doubt it. That must have been why I felt so protective of her…the innocence.

"Is he really gone?" She mumbled; feeling nothing but pity, I stroked softly at her hair. But her crying didn't stop. Not even slightly.

"He's gone." I replied quietly, and another shudder ran through her body - her heart beat quickening. She was distraught, and there was nothing that could be done about it. I flipped my phone open, making sure to keep stroking at Evangeline's hair; like a mother would with a child. I dialed Carlisle's number immediately and pressed the phone to my ear.

"Carlisle, how far could Jasper have gotten in an hour?" I asked.

"I'm not sure, he's fast…he could be near Seattle perhaps, I don't know Rosalie, we don't even know what direction he went in." He replied with a loud sigh.

"What about Alice, if anyone; she'll know where he'd go."

"Rosalie…he's gone, and he's making sure that his path keeps changing; so that we cant pin point his where abouts." There was a long pause, and I knew what Carlisle was about to say. "Jasper obviously wished to leave on some level."

"And leave Evangeline like this? He wouldn't dare, you and I both know that Edward played a huge part in this mess." I replied sternly.

"Edward has his reasons, Rose. Are you with Evangeline now?"

"Yes." There was no point in being polite now.

"How bad is she?" I had to admit, Carlisle sounded seriously concerned. We had all discussed Jasper and Evangeline relationship from the beginning; having tried to decide whether or not it was wise to allow them to grow closer. I voted against the idea, along with Edward - much to my own disgust. But I had been petrified it would be Bella, round two. Carlisle, Esme, Alice, Emmett and Sebastian had all believed that Evangeline was the right person to get Jasper out of the rut he had been in since Alice and him ended.

"She's distraught, Carlisle."

"I'll be over in a few minutes." Carlisle replied.

"No, Carlisle. Dan and Stella don't know I'm here and I want to keep it that way. I can handle it for now, if she gets worse I'll call you. Make sure Esme knows that Evangeline is okay, I know she worries." And with that I hung up.

My full concentration was required.

I didn't know if Evangeline would be thankful for my presence, as such. But I did know that she needed someone, and right now that someone just happened to be me.