"W- wh- what?" I stuttered out, as Amethyst gently pushed the ring into my hand.

"I understand, Jasper." The words fell out of Amethyst's mouth, before she slowly began backing away. I watched as she shook her head, before turning around, and running out the front door.

For some reason, I didn't follow her. I knew I could've in an instant, but I just couldn't bring myself to do it. I shook my head, and fell back onto the couch, my eyes staring at the ceiling, without seeing anything. *What've I done?*

***AMYTHYST'S POV***

"I understand, Jasper." The words came out of my mouth, before I could think about what feeling I was trying to put behind them. I just knew that I had to get out of there. I slowly back away from Jasper, until I got to the front door. From there, I turned around, went outside, and ran. I knew that this wasn't helping anything, that any of the Cullen's could've caught up to my in a heart beat, but I wasn't thinking straight.

Tears were pouring from my eyes by the time I ran by Edward and Emmett wrestling. They both stopped and looked up, watching me run by, but I just shook my head, and kept running. I had no idea where my feet were running, but I felt like no time was passing in half an hour. I found a spot to curl up, and just cried.

***Jasper's POV***

"Dude. What did you do to her?" Emmett asked as he walked inside, standing beside Edward. "She ran by crying, and she seemed really upset, so I figured it had to do with-"

Emmett never got to finish that sentence. Quick as a cheetah, I lashed out, leaping over to where he was, and tackling him. "SHUT UP!" I didn't recognize my own fury, or my voice. "SHUT UP! YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING! YOU CAN'T TALK ABOUT ME OR AMETHYST LIKE THAT!"

I felt Edward trying to pull me off of Emmett, trying to defend him, but my rage was so deadly that nothing could stop me right now. I was intent on hurting Emmett, and would not stop until I succeeded.

"Stop!" Rose cried out from where ever she was, and she came over and tried to help Edward, but also tried not to get hurt.

"Jasper! Control yourself!" Bella yelled, but she wouldn't come near.

Out of all the mayhem, it was one quiet voice that caused me to control myself. "Enough." Our father's voice swept the premises, and seemed to make time pause.

I looked up, and saw that everyone was staring at me. Alice, Esme, Bella, Edward, Rosalie, Emmett, and finally, Carlisle. They were all looking at me. Edward picked up on what was going on from my mind, Rosalie, Carlisle, Alice, and Esme had heard, but Bella and Emmett didn't understand. I quickly stood up, and ran off, not sure where I was going.

***AMETHYST'S POV***

"Are you ok?" A male voice asked, but not one I was used to. I looked up from where my head had been buried in my knees, and saw that it was a relatively young looking boy. He had shaggy light brown hair, and inviting brown eyes.

"Are you ok?" He repeated.

"Not really." My voice was barely a whisper, but he appeared to have heard it. He sat down next to me.

"Want to talk about it?"

"Not really." Once again, I was surprised by the quietness of my own voice.

"Is there anything else you can say?"

"Not really." We both let out a chuckle with that last statement.

"By the way, I'm Seth. Seth Clearwater."

"I'm Amethyst. Amethyst Ashford, but I preferable go by Em."

"Amethyst. Nice to meet you." He said, and held out his hand. I let a chuckle escape from under my breath.

"Likewise. And, no offense, but where are we?"

"Well, we're at the La Plush beach. It's on the reservation outside of Forks."

"Wow. I came a long way." I murmured in amazement.

"How'd you get here anyway?"

"I ran."

Seth let out a low whistle. "You must've come a long way to have come this far across the border."

"The border?"

"Oh, I just thought, you were, I mean, you smell like, I mean, you don't smell bad, it's just, I thought…"

"I was a vampire?" I put Seth out of his misery.

He turned to face me sharply. "But how?"

"I live with the Cullen's." Was my simple reply.

"Oh. That explains a lot."

***JASPER'S POV***

I ran around town, searching for Amethyst. After finally catching her scent, I followed it down to the border line.

"Oh, no." I murmured, staring into the reservation, knowing I couldn't cross it the line. I quickly pulled out my phone, and hoped that Amethyst had brought hers. I quickly punched in the number, silently praying.

After the fifth ring, I heard a click, alerting me that someone had picked up.

"Amethyst, you didn't give me a chance to explain. I needed the ring for a completely different reason that what you think I meant. Please, please, please come home. I know where you are, and I'm waiting right outside the area that I'm allowed. Please, come. I love you, very much."

"I'm sure Amethyst appreciates that, however, you don't have to tell me this."

My body froze at the male voice on the phone.

"Seth?"

"Yo."