AN – ok, so I'm sorry for being evil leaving it where I did. Ok, so really I'm not that sorry, it was awesome to read your reactions.

This is a bit short I guess, but it's full of awesome content.

A massive thank you to everyone who reviewed the last chapter, in particular, this chapter goes to kagochan13, who faithful went through and read my stories after finding one and loving it. Those made me feel awesome!

Ok, on with the chapter – please don't complain about the length? Hmm... That sounds a bit wrong. You get what I mean.

Alice's POV

"Larissa...why don't you come in and talk about this?" Rosalie was trying to stay calm, because tears were now threatening to pour over. I had joined Jasper and Emmett just a moment after Jasper had left. I had a feeling something was wrong.

"Ms Whitlock, please, come inside, and talk about this, otherwise these boys are not going anywhere with you" Carlisle had intervened now because Jasper's mother looked thoroughly pissed off at the audience this was drawing.

Edward and Bella were standing about 10 feet behind us. Bella looked worried, while Edward kept his arms around her, pulling her tight against him. I wanted Jasper to hold me like that right now.

Larissa, as Rosalie had called her, stepped inside the house and turned toward me.

"Jasper has a new girlfriend I see." She said nonchalantly as she shrugged off her coat, throwing it on the suede couch by the door.

I saw Esme's eyes widen and nostrils flare as the snow melted on her new couch.

"Actually, Mom" Jasper spat the word Mom, as if it were dirt in his mouth "this is Alice, and she's not new, and won't be being replaced any time soon. So if you would kindly not treat her like a whore, I would appreciate that." Jasper walked over to me and snaked his arm around my waist.

Jasper's mother just huffed and looked around the room.

"Well, let's have this talk so we can get out of here then"

I saw Emmett narrow his eyes at his mother, presumably trying to figure out what was going on. Rosalie took Emmett's hand and gave it a loving, and Emmett pulled her into a hold identical to the one Edward had Bella in, and kissed her hair, whispering something in her ear. It was too quiet for me to hear.

"Follow me to the dining room"

Carlisle head out his hand indicating for us kids to go first.

He gave Jasper a small encouraging smile, that didn't quite reach his eyes, as we walked past him. Esme looked like she was close to tears.

We all started to settle in the lounge room when Larissa looked around at everyone.

"I don't think we need anyone except my boys here." She spat pointedly towards Rosalie and me.

I was about to stand up and leave, as were Edward and Bella, when Esme spoke up this time.

"I think it's entirely necessary to have everyone one of MY children here. Every person in this room has an opinion on what should happen, and EVERYONE in this room gets their say. That includes Alice, Bella and Edward."

Rosalie would never have left anyway, so Esme didn't include her, but it was unspoken that Rosalie was to stay as well.

"Your children? As far as I'm aware only Edward is your child."

"Esme, Larissa, sit down, and we'll talk about the issue at hand. I must warn you however Larissa, if you bring up how these children are NOT ours again, we will make you leave, without your sons."

Larissa stared at Carlisle for a few moments, trying to find any bluff in his eyes. There was none. Carlisle was just as angry as Esme, but we more collected when it came to dealing with that anger. He would never make someone leave without hearing why they were here in the first place.

Personally I wished she would just go back where she came from. She had no idea how Jasper and Emmett had felt for the first little while that she just didn't come back. Now everything was going ok, and she comes back.

It was exactly the kind of thing Jasper had described to me once.

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"So let me get this straight. You want to take Emmett and Jasper away, because you're not getting anything to look after them from any support agencies anymore?" Rosalie asked, bluntly.

"I never said that"

"Reading between the lines Mom" Emmett looked disgusted, and stood up, walking out. Rosalie sat still for a moment, before rising and walking after him.

It had taken an hour to get this far, whenever we tried to figure out what was going on in her mind, she'd change the topic quickly. Steering her back on course was more difficult than you could imagine. Quite frankly, everyone had lost what scrap of patience they had with her about 10 minutes into the conversation.

"OK, it is clear Emmett had made up his mind. What do you think Jasper?"

Jasper looked at me for a moment, and my heart started racing a thousand miles an hour.

Please don't go. Please don't leave me...

I begged him silently, but knowing in the end it had to be his decision.

I looked down at the floor when he turned his head away.

"No."

My head shot up, not daring to smile yet.

"No what, Jasper?" Larissa asked.

Jasper looked at me.

"No way in hell I'm leaving Alice to live with you when you weren't here for the past months. You weren't here when I nearly died. You weren't here for me to talk to when I thought I'd lost Alice. You have never been here, for either Emmett or me".

AN – ok, it's short, but it had the detail y'all wanted. So what did you think?

I just wanted to say in the upcoming chapters we'll have the following topics covered, after a small poll I conducted.

1 – what happens with Jasper and Emmett now

2 – The kids back at school

3 – Bella's adoption, and how exactly does that lead into Alice's story? Other than of course, Alice having a sister...

Are there any strong objections? Ideas are welcome, but the outline for the next two chapters is written up, so only nips and tucks here and there can be done really to those two.