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Over the course of the next few weeks Jasper saw less and less of Alice due to all the publicity the show was bringing in. If she wasn't doing a lightly performance than during the day it was interviews, photo shoots, and whatever else was required of her. The masked man was happy for her because when Alice was happy Jasper was happy, but he was starting to get lonely and the rumors in the papers had started to anger him to the point he knew he would soon not be able to control the monster inside of him.

Take right now for instance. His love had dropped by before having to flee off to practice in order to give him breakfast and bring him the morning paper. Jasper had started taking clippings of her and tacking them up all over the walls of his little home in the basement. He had been looking at the latest reviews when he saw the picture. It was a black and white photo of his Alice with her not blood related brother. The boy who thought himself to be a man had his arm around her with a smile on his face and the caption underneath the photo read as 'Are they or aren't they? The world wants to know!' and upon seeing it the phantom of the Forks Opera house saw red.

He wasn't angry with his pixie that had the voice of an angel because if she said she had no feelings for her brother then he believed her, but it was clear this Edward wanted her and that was not alright. He'd put up with this bronze haired menace for longer than he should have too. The only reason the other male was still breathing was due to the fact that if he mysteriously vanished Alice would be broken. Family was extremely important to her and she is what was saving Edward from a painful death. The only problem was the honey blond had no idea how long he would be able to fight back the beast fighting its way to the surface. Eventually the monster would resurface and when that happened there was no saying who would or would not walk away.

"Insolent boy thinks he can love her." He hissed before tearing out the picture and ripping it in half. He crumpled the half with Edward's face up before tossing it carelessly to the floor. His expression softened as he help up the half with Alice's face. One of his gloved hands came up to caress her picture in the photograph. "Doesn't know what love is that boy. He will never love her as I do. Silly fool he is for thinking himself worthy of her. My Alice is worthy of no man let alone me or him, but I will become worthy of her. I will become worthy of my love in a way he never can be."

With that out in the open he spun on his heel and headed to one of the many tunnels he used to get around during the day. He needed to see her and he didn't care if it were risky or not. He had not been discovered in all the years he lived here and so he had doubts that anyone would notice him now and even if by the chance someone did see him they would never live to tell the tale. His secret was too important to keep hidden because if he were to be discovered Jasper knew they would take him away. They would take him away from Alice and he would die first before ever letting that happen.

His cape swirled behind him as he made his way deeper in to the tunnels. The honey blond knew his way around these tunnels like the back of his hand or the scars on his face. He could navigate his way through the entire opera house with his eyes closed. The darkness had long ago become his best friend. It did not take him long to reach his destination which happened to be a rusty looking ladder. He saw his cat had followed him and he nudged him away with his foot. That cat loved Alice almost as much as Jasper himself did.

"You cannot come along today Mr. Fuzzy Boots." He said as the cat meowed in protest. "Go feast on the rats of the tunnel and I will be back soon."

Making his way up the ladder he found himself in the upper balcony nobody dare used. He stood letting his eyes sweep over the stage and the actors practicing until he found Alice. A smile graced his lips when he set his one good eye on her. She was in the corner talking with Angela and she was laughing. She looked so alive that all he wanted to do was go down there and sweep her in to his arms. The smile remained on his face until Edward came up behind her and set his hand on her shoulder. Jasper tensed when he saw this and a growl got stuck in his throat. That boy was starting to annoy him and he wasn't sure how much longer he could put up with it. She was not Edward's to touch and laugh with. She did not belong to him she belonged to the scarred man currently watching from afar.

It was when Edward kissed her cheek that Jasper knew he could no longer take this. He had to do something to get the other male away from his Alice and he had to do it now. With a quick nod of verification he walked over to the wall and pulled hard on a knot that controlled the main curtain. A whoosh filled the theatre as the heavy velvet curtain fell from the ceiling and some of the people screamed running to get out of the way. Edward had managed to get out of the way while at the same time ensuring both Angela and Alice were alright, but Alice was not focusing on him. She was looking straight at Jasper and even with the distance separating them he could feel her disapproval burn in to his very soul.

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Alice could not believe what she had just seen. Jasper had purposely tried to hurt the cast of the play and she was included among those people. The petite girl was not sure if he had targeted her or if she was simply part of the casualties, but no matter it still hurt. It hurt knowing he had done that and not knowing why. Well her mission was to find out why. As soon as she could she left and headed down to the basement. Her face was red by the time she got there and yet she did not stop to catch her breath and instead started right in on her mini rant.

"What was that and don't try to deny it because I saw you!" She hissed not caring that he was much bigger than her and could probably hurt her if she angered him too much. She was much too upset to think rationally right now as she pounded her small fists against his chest shoving him back as much as her limited strength would allow. "What could you possibly have been thinking? Someone could have been hurt! You are just lucky that nobody was hurt because if someone had been they would be looking for you. You are also lucky that I am the only one who saw you. Someone could have been killed and so you better say something to defend yourself so that I can understand because I want to believe it was an accident."

"It was no accident." Jasper told her his face dark with emotion she had never seen before. "Also I would watch my tone if I were you Alice. In case you have forgotten I can be very dangerous when I want to be and while I don't wish to hurt you my patience grows thin. You seem to have forgotten that hurting people is what I do best and you knew this before you fell for me. You know the things I have done and the blood on my hands. Did you really think you could redeem a monster? I try to be the best I can be for you, but I cannot change my instincts."

Her expression melted from anger in to sadness and understanding. "You don't have to be a monster. You are better than that and you were doing better. Tell me what happened to set you off and we can work on fixing it together. Are you angry because I haven't been able to visit you as much? I know it is hard, but you know I have been trying my best. Living in two worlds is a lot harder than it sounds you know."

Jasper let his eyes lock with hers. The words were on the tip of his tongue and before he could stop it they came spilling out. "Perhaps you should choose one world to live in instead of trying to survive in both. Perhaps you have a decision to make."

"What are you saying?" Alice asked even though she knew exactly what he was saying. "You want me to choose between you and everything else? How can you ask that of me?"

"I cannot live in your world so you must decide if you can live in mine." He stated simply turning his back on her. "I think it would be best if you left me alone for a few days until you make your decision. I will be here when you have made your choice and as always I will be watching."

TBC…

AN: This is the part of the story that changes everything. I am so sorry I haven't updated in a few days I am not doing so well, but I wanted to update today so I hope you are happy with this. Let me know your thoughts on this chapter since you know that I love hearing them.

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