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Jasper made it through the afternoon classes easily and when Rosalie led him into their last class of the day, History, Emmett had already secured them three seats at the back of the room. Rosalie led Jasper over to Emmett and waited as he sat down in the middle seat before sliding into the seat beside him.

"How's it going bro?" Emmett whispered.

"Not too bad," Jasper nodded, his eyes darting around the room as the human students moved about and chatted. The teacher entered the room and called for attention and Rosalie reached over under the desk and squeezed Jasper's hand as the humans settled in their chairs.

"Only one more," Rosalie whispered and then they turned their attention to the teacher. The class passed without incident and when the final bell rang Rosalie stood up and looked at Jasper with a huge grin on her face.

"You did it Jazz, I am so proud of you," she commented.

"Thanks," Jasper smiled. "It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be."

"Let's get out to the car and find Edward and Alice," Emmett suggested.

"I told Alice I would meet her at her last class," Jasper replied. "She has gym."

"I'll walk you there," Rosalie offered.

"I'll go meet up with Edward," Emmett added. "We'll wait for you guys at the car."

"Okay babe," Rosalie smiled and as Emmett slipped out of the room Rosalie tucked her arm around Jasper's.

Jasper reached over and took Rosalie's books for her and she didn't protest, knowing it was in his character to be chivalrous. They walked out of the room and headed down the hallway towards the gym as Rosalie watched Jasper carefully. Just as they reached the gym door Jasper stopped abruptly and his eyes went wide as he turned to look at Rosalie.

"Rose, do you smell it?" he hissed. Rosalie took a deep breath in and was instantly sorry she had.

"Blood," she groaned. "Someone must have hurt themselves. Maybe we should go wait for Alice outside. She'll see where we are."

"It's coming from in there," Jasper growled. "Alice is in there."

"Alice has better control then you," Rosalie pointed out. "Why don't you go wait outside and I'll go in and get Alice?"

"No, something is wrong," Jasper hissed and pulled away from Rosalie's grip. Rosalie's eyes went wide and she realised that Jasper could feel Alice's emotions.

"Is Alice in trouble?" Rosalie asked quickly. "Should I get Emmett or Edward?"

"Alice!" Jasper growled and raced into the gym and Rosalie groaned and quickly followed him. He bypassed the main room and headed towards a small storage room to the left and Rosalie could tell that was where the stench of blood was coming from.

"Jazz, wait!" Rosalie called after him but even as the words left her lips she knew it was pointless. Jasper was now intent on getting to Alice and nothing would stop him. As she followed him into the room he stopped cold and she almost bumped into him.

"Jazz?" Rosalie murmured as she stepped up beside him and her eyes went wide at the scene in front of them. Blood coated the walls and the equipment shelves of the room and Alice knelt in the middle of the room, her lips against the gym teacher's neck as she drank deeply.

"Alice, sweetheart!" Jasper groaned and took a step towards her and Rosalie quickly grabbed his arm.

"Jazz, don't," Rosalie hissed. "She's in the feeding frenzy, she may turn on you."

"It's Alice, Rose," Jasper whispered.

"I know Jazz," Rosalie nodded sadly and moved her arm around his waist to stop him from rushing to Alice or succumbing to the bloodlust which was bound to be filling him with all the blood in the room. "Just wait, we can help her when she is finished."

Inside her head Rosalie was screaming for Edward, hoping he was close enough to hear her thoughts. Despite the situation she felt relief fill her when she sensed the approach of two vampires and moments later Edward and Emmett walked into the room behind them. Rosalie turned to look at them and when her eyes met Emmett's she shook her head sadly. Emmett moved quickly to the other side of Jasper and grabbed him and Rosalie realised Emmett had assumed that Jasper had slipped. As soon as he had a clear line of sight of Alice his eyes went wide and he glanced at Rosalie. She just nodded her head sadly as Edward stepped up beside them too.

"Oh no," Edward sighed softly as Alice pulled back from the teacher and crumbled back against the wall. Rosalie could already see sense returning to Alice and she knew while the feeding was over the hard part was just beginning. When Alice let out a sob Jasper pulled away from Rosalie and she let go quickly so he could go console his wife.

"Alice, sweetheart?" Jasper murmured softly.

"Go away," Alice sobbed in a muffled voice against her hands.

"No baby," Jasper sighed and carefully manoeuvred around the dead human and knelt down at her side. "It's okay sweetheart. We'll fix this."

"How?" Alice snapped and turned her face to him and he could see her eyes were still wild although they also had a hint of sadness and it looked strange with the red tinge that didn't normally grace her eyes. "Can you bring her back to life?"

"No," Jasper admitted. "But we can cover it up."

"That doesn't fix this," Alice snarled with a wave of her hand. "I killed her, I'm a monster."

"No sweetheart, you could never be a monster," Jasper said softly.

"Look at her, look at what I did!" Alice screamed and she turned her eyes back to the dead woman in front of her and she started to dry sob again.

"Jasper, why don't you get her home and we'll take care of things here?" Edward suggested quietly. Jasper nodded his head as he reached for Alice and although she tried to push him away he was stronger than her and pulled her into his arms. She tried to resist him as he pulled her to her feet but then she crumbled against him and buried her face on his chest as her sobs started again.

"Its okay sweetheart," Jasper murmured as he held her tightly and led her past their family. Once they had gone the other three stood in silence for a moment, still shocked at the turn of events.

"What should we do?" Rosalie asked finally.

"We need to clean up in here and get rid of the body," Edward sighed.

"Any ideas for covering it up?" Emmett asked.

"We could make it look like some of the equipment here fell on her?" Rosalie suggested.

"That could work," Edward nodded. "But there wouldn't be this much blood from an accident like that."

"Why don't you guys stage the accident over there?" Rosalie suggested as she pointed to the other side of the room. "While you do that I'll clean up this blood."

"Rose," Emmet warned softly.

"Its okay babe," Rosalie assured him. "It doesn't tempt me like it does the rest of you. I can handle it."

"She'll be fine with it," Edward added.

"Okay," Emmett agreed reluctantly. Edward and Emmett walked over and lifted the body over to the shelves on the other side of the room and as they pulled heavy equipment from the shelves and staged the accident Rosalie found some old towels and began to clean the blood off the walls and floor. When everything was spotless she found a garbage bag and shoved the stained towels into it before tying it shut.

"All done?" Emmett asked as he walked over to her.

"Yeah, it's finished," Rosalie nodded.

"What do you think?" Emmett asked as he nodded towards where the teacher's body now lay under a pile of sports equipment.

"It looks real to me," Rosalie smiled sadly.

"Good, then we better get out of here," Edward suggested.

The other two agreed and they walked out of the room, across the gym and slipped out a side door that led directly to the car park. They managed to get the car unseen and Rosalie quickly shoved the garbage bag in the trunk before they all climbed into the car and Edward drove away from the school. Once they had left the busy city streets Edward pulled over to one side and Rosalie took the bag from the trunk and carried it into the forest. She dumped it by a tree and Edward appeared beside her with the cigarette lighter from the car. He tossed it onto the bag and the two of them stood together as they watched the bloody evidence burn.

"Okay, let's get home," Edward sighed sadly and together they walked back to the car and headed back to the house.

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When they arrived back at the house, Emmett, Rosalie and Edward walked inside without a word. Esme was sitting in the living room, eager to hear about their first day, but as soon as she saw their faces she knew something was wrong.

"What is it?" she gasped as she jumped to her feet.

"Alice slipped," Rosalie whispered.

"Alice?" Esme asked, her eyes going wide.

"Alice," Edward nodded sadly.

"Oh no, where is she?" Esme demanded.

"Jasper is bringing her home," Edward told her. "They won't be far now. I guess they needed some time alone."

"I better call Carlisle," Esme whispered.

"That's probably a good idea," Edward nodded. While Esme rushed off to make the call the other three disappeared upstairs to get changed and by the time they returned back downstairs Carlisle was home and sitting in the living room with Esme.

"Esme told me what happened," carlisle sighed as the younger ones joined them. "Did you clean up the scene?"

"Yeah we did," Emmett nodded. "Edward and I staged an accident and Rose cleaned up the blood."

"Good," Carlisle sighed.

"Alice and Jazz are outside," Edward murmured. "They will be here in a moment." Carlisle nodded his head and a short time later the front door opened and Jasper led Alice into the house. As soon as they got inside Esme jumped to her feet and rushed over to them, unable to stay away from Alice a moment longer.

"Alice, sweetheart, are you okay?" she gasped, her voice etched with concern as she pulled the woman she considered her youngest daughter into her arms.

"I'm so sorry Esme," Alice whispered as she snuggled into her.

"Nonsense!" Esme scolded lightly and pulled back to look at her sternly. "It happens to all of us. Well except Rose and Carlisle. You don't have to apologise to us, we all understand."

"Do we need to move?" Alice asked softly as she turned to look at Carlisle.

"I think to be safe we should," Carlisle nodded.

"I don't think it will be traced back to us," Edward murmured.

"We staged an accident in the gym," Emmett added as explanation for Jasper and Alice. "When they find her they will think a pile of equipment crushed her."

"But given that it happened on your first day there I think we should disappear just in case," Carlisle decided. "Esme, we aren't in a great hurry but if you could organise a new home for us we will move. Maybe in a week or so."

"Anywhere particular?" Esme asked.

"Maybe America," Carlisle mused. "I think we should get out of Alaska for a while and I don't want to risk Canada yet. They may still be looking for Alice after what Maria did."

"Not in the south though," Jasper said firmly.

"No, not in the south," Carlisle agreed.

"I'll get right onto it," Esme nodded and jumped up and raced out of the room to start making calls. Carlisle offered Alice a sad smile and followed Esme and once the younger ones were alone Edward looked pointedly at Alice.

"Alice, stop beating yourself up over it," he said gently. "Remember what you said to me when I slipped in Juneau? We aren't monsters when we can feel the regret and shame after we have killed."

"I knew that would come back to haunt me," Alice smiled.

"But you were right Alice," Edward said firmly. "As long as you feel the sadness you are feeling you are still a decent person. Don't be too harsh on yourself. From what I can see in your memories of it I think even Rosalie and Carlisle would have had a hard time resisting."

"Why?" Jasper frowned.

"The teacher slashed her arm open on a jagged shelf when she was putting the balls away," Edward explained. "The blood gushed out and some of it splattered on Alice."

"Oh Alice, no wonder you slipped," Rosalie gasped.

"It doesn't make it okay," Alice snapped lightly.

"No, but it makes it understandable," Emmett added. "Don't beat yourself up little one. It's over and done with now and you can't change it. Use it to make you a stronger person." Rosalie turned to Emmett and raised her brow as she smirked at him and he shrugged defensively.

"What?" he asked.

"I just can't believe something so smart and sensitive just came out of your mouth," Rosalie grinned.

"I appreciate it though," Alice added softly and reached over and took Jasper's hand and pulled him to his feet. Without another word to the others she pulled him out the house and as soon as they left Edward got up and walked upstairs. Once they were alone Rosalie moved to snuggle into Emmett and he wrapped his arms around her, drawing her against his chest.

"You okay babe?" Emmett asked in concern.

"Yeah I'm okay," Rosalie nodded softly but stayed resting in her arms and he settled back, content just to hold her after the excitement of the day.