"The greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places." ~Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
Chapter 55-Edward's Secrets
CNN broke the story first. Edward and I sat and watched the news the next morning, and because of an earthquake in South America, and a political kidnapping in the Middle East, it got very little screen time.
"Alonzo Calderas Wallace, suspected serial rapist and murderer wanted in the states of Texas and Oklahoma, was apprehended last night in Portland, Oregon thanks to an anonymous tip. Wallace was found unconscious in an alley early this morning, just a few yards from the police station. Officials are unable to tell us at this time whether he will be extradited to Houston or Oklahoma City to stand trial."
An old mugshot filled the screen. It was Alonzo Wallace, but he had a thick beard which he had shaven off sometime before last night.
"The coverage here in town will be light," I said. "It's too far away to be considered of local interest. It was a good call to have Carlisle take him out of state."
He nodded, then the two of us didn't say anything for a brief moment.
"Alice do you mind—"
I saw his question before he asked it, and cut him off. "Rosalie will drive. She'll act pissed, but you know she'll enjoy the excuse to show off her car."
I laughed and Edward turned to grin at me.
"I'll see you at school."
I sighed and his grin faded away.
I know, I know. Not yet, I'll wait until you're ready for Bella to know me. You should know though, this isn't just me being selfish. Bella will like me too.
He didn't say anything. He just simply hurried out the door.
I sighed. I don't think Edward understood why I liked Bella. Her similarity to Harry was most of it, but she made Edward happy.
As I was putting on my jacket, Emmett, Jasper, and Rosalie came down the stairs.
"Why am I driving?" Rosalie asked.
"Bella and Edward are going to ride together," I said.
Her eyes flashed, but she grabbed her keys, and I could see the excitement in her face.
Jasper put an arm around me as I grabbed my bag from the couch.
"He's not ready for me to meet her yet," I said, as we walked to the car.
"Patience, Alice," he said, as we slid into the back seat. "Tell me why she reminds you of Harry."
"They're both kind," I said, as we walked out to Rosalie's car. "And from what I can see, they are both incredibly stubborn. They're both smart."
The more I talked about Harry, I became a little bit more upset, and my thoughts strayed from Bella.
"It's going to be okay, Al," Jasper said, squeezing my hand. "I want to believe that you will see him again some day."
"Maybe," I said, closing my eyes. "But I miss them all everyday. I just you all could have known them. They would have liked all of you."
Emmett turned and his seat.
"You know, from the stories you tell, we already feel like we know them."
I smiled.
"I wish I had been changed under different circumstances. Then you could meet them."
"There's still a chance," Jasper said. "Keep hope, Alice."
I smiled.
"I'll try."
Jasper kissed my temple, before starting to hum quietly.
We made it to school before Edward. None of us waited for him. Jasper walked me to class, like always, and we moved through the day. When gym came, Edward and I were partners. We were both bored, but we got through it. We didn't talk much though.
Coach Clapp sent us out early. He made the decision to break off of his diet, and go find something to eat, seeing as he hadn't eaten breakfast that morning.
Edward didn't walk with us. He planned on walking with, and sitting with Bella.
Enjoy yourself, I said, walking away from him to meet Jasper, who stood waiting nearby. Just a few days more to be patient. I suppose you won't say hi to Bella for me, will you?
He shook his head, I saw that as I looked quickly over my shoulder.
FYI, it's going to be sunny on both sides of the sound this weekend. You might want to rearrange your plans.
Edward sighed, and paid no more attention to me, as I finally got to Jasper. When I got to him, I took his hand, and squeezed it.
"Will Edward be sitting with us today?" he asked as we walked towards the cafeteria.
I shook my head. "He plans on sitting with Bella. I think it's safe to say that Edward won't be sitting with us anymore."
I kept what I knew secret, keeping my promise and not saying anything to Jasper. It was hard, but I got by.
When we got in the cafeteria, Rosalie and Emmett were sitting at our normal table. Jasper and I stepped into the line, and quickly went through, grabbing a couple things each. I paid as Jasper started heading back to the table.
"No Edward?" Emmett asked as we sat down.
I shook my head. "No."
We all sat quietly for a moment. Edward had came in not long after Jasper and I got into the line, although he waited for Bella so he didn't get anything.
"Hello," Edward said. I looked up, knowing it wasn't at me. From where I sat, I saw Bella standing in front of him.
Her face brightened, and I smiled. "Hi."
Edward got up from his seat, and he and Bella got in the line.
"Are we going to be listening to their conversation?" Jasper asked with amusement.
"It couldn't hurt," I said. He smiled, and kissed my temple.
"If it means that much to you," he said.
"How was your classes," I asked, as I waited for Bella and Edward to return to their seats.
"They were fine. Just really slow," he said. I traced the dark circle under his eyes. "Al, I'm fine. It wasn't that bad today."
"Do you want to hunt tonight?"
He nodded. "Esme, Carlisle, and I are scheduled to hunt tonight anyways."
I thought of the day. "I suppose you are, aren't you."
He smiled and nodded. "Then you and Edward go on Friday."
I smiled and nodded. "Are you sure you're going to be okay without me on Friday?"
He groaned, and tilted his head back behind the seat.
"I'm going to be fine, Alice. I've done it before."
"I know that," I said, brushing his hair out of his eyes. "I just wanted to be sure. You know if you need anything to call me and I'll come home."
He put his head against my temple. "I know, Darlin'. But don't worry about me. I got this. I'll have your rings, and when I get home I'll have plenty of books to last me until I get back."
"Don't worry," Emmett said, smiling at me. "We'll make sure he's okay.
Around me, I could hear the loud whispers of everyone. Bella and Edward's name were scattered through all of them.
"Out of all the girls in the school, he chose Bella Swan!" a girl a few table over said. I glared at the girl. She looked over, and when her eyes met mine, they quickly dropped. I smiled to myself and turned back to Jasper, who stared down at me with amusement.
"So small, yet so frightening," he murmured.
I smiled up at him, and gave him a quick peck on the cheek.
"Take whatever you want," Edward encouraged Bella. I turned back to them, as Bella took an apple.
"I'm curious," Bella said, spinning the apple in her hands. "What would you do if someone were to dare you to eat food?"
Rosalie and Emmett stopped talking, and their eyes, as well as Jasper's eyes snapped to Edward and Bella. I froze.
"What'd she say?" Jasper whispered.
"You're always curious," Edward said as he picked up a slice of pizza. He took a slice of pizza from the tray and took a bite.
We didn't speak as Bella watched with wide eyes.
"It was probably nothing," Rosalie said quietly, and she and Emmett turned back to their conversation. Rosalie didn't look entirely sure of her decision. Her eyes kept flashing over to Edward and Bella.
"If someone dared you to eat dirt, you could, couldn't you?"
"I did once….on a dare. It wasn't so bad," Bella admitted.
He laughed, "I suppose I'm not surprised."
Jasper squeezed my hand as I started to fidget in my seat.
"What's wrong, Alice?"
I shook my head. I fought to keep my emotions from being guilty as they always were when I lied to him. That was how he always knew when I was lying. "Nothing. People just started staring over here," I lied. The lie must have been convincing, as Jasper didn't press it any further.
"Jessica's analyzing everything I do," Edward told Bella. "She'll break it down for you later."
When Bella didn't answer, Edward continued. "So the waitress was pretty, was she?"
Bella raised an eyebrow. "You really didn't notice?"
"No, I wasn't really paying attention. I had a lot on my mind."
"Poor girl," Bella said, smiling.
Edward didn't speak for a moment. But when he did, you could hear him fighting to keep the conversation casual.
"Something you said to Jessica," he said, "Well it bothers me."
"I'm not surprised you heard something you didn't like," Bella snapped. "You know what they say about eavesdroppers."
I laughed quietly and leaned onto Jasper, who had moved his hand to having his arm around my shoulders.
"I warned you I was listening," Edward reminded her quietly.
"And I warned you that you didn't want to know everything I was thinking."
"You did. You aren't precisely right,though. I do want to know what you're thinking—everything. I just wish….you wouldn't be thinking some things."
"That's quite the distinction."
"But that's not really the point at the moment."
"Then what is?"
I turned my attention to Jasper, who still watched me.
"It's going to be sunny this weekend," I told him.
"Do you want to go stargazing," he teased.
I shook my head. "No. Maybe just spend time away from the house together."
Jasper smiled. "That sounds nice."
We both turned our attention back to Edward and Bella.
"I'm absolutely ordinary," Bella was saying. "Well, except for all the bad things like all the near death experiences, and being so clumsy that I'm almost disabled and look at you."
"You don't see yourself very clearly, you know," Edward said.
"Reminds me of you in the beginning. And even still now," Jasper grumbled. I glared at him, and he smiled as he tightened his hold around me.
"I'll admit," Edward said, "You're dead on about the bad things." he laughed humorlessly. "But you didn't hear what every human male was thinking on your first day."
Rosalie, Emmett, and Jasper all froze. They all finally pieced together their conversation. They knew, that Bella knew. I saw flashes of Rosalie destroying Edward's Aston Martin and burning it.
"Alice, what has he done!" Rosalie growled as Jasper dropped his arm from my shoulders.
I quickly filled them in on everything. Rosalie hissed, and then the hiss turned into a snarl.
Emmett wrapped his arm around her, restraining her from getting up. I saw Edward flinch, and I knew that he knew.
I'm sorry Edward, I thought guiltily. She could tell Bella knew too much from your conversation….and well, it would have been worse if I hadn't told her the truth right away. Trust me on that. I showed him the vision of Rosalie burning his favorite car.
Jasper wasn't much happier than Rosalie. I could feel the fury rolling off of him. I flinched away.
"I'm sorry Jasper," I whispered.
"You didn't tell me," he hissed.
"I promised Edward," I said, my voice no louder.
"You could have told me!" he said. I shook my head. "You didn't have to keep it from me!"
"I was afraid of this," I told him. I felt hurt at the idea of Jasper being upset with me. Not that I didn't deserve it though. But then I felt guilt, because I could have told him. I knew I could trust Jasper. But I focused on keeping my promise to Edward.
I hid my face in my hands, moving away from Jasper. The anger still rolled off of him.
"Alice…." he started. I stopped him when he trailed off.
"No, don't apologize,it's okay. You're right. I should have told you."
"He's endangered us all!" Rosalie hissed.
Please don't tell her about me….not just yet. If she ever asked, tell her the story I created for James. That I don't remember. Please. I begged Edward. He nodded to quickly for the human eye to see, and I knew he was answering my request.
"She guessed," I said. "Edward never told her."
Suddenly, the visions of a field where only Edward went flashed into my mind.
Edward! I called. I showed him the place where I had seen. It reminded me of another vision I had seen. It's the same place.
He shook his head, pushing the other visions out of his head.
He wasn't going to listen to me. I knew that now, so I stopped trying. I moved my hands, and looked back to my family. I sat further from Jasper than I had in a very long time. He still had anger rolling off of him.
"Jasper, I'm sorry," I whispered.
He looked at me. Hurt was apparent in his face.
"You hid this from me, Mary Alice. After what I said yesterday, about you being able to tell me anything, you kept this from me."
Hearing him call me Mary Alice took me by surprise. I hadn't expected it.
"We have bigger things to worry about,Jasper," Rosalie hissed. "What are we going to do with her?" She gestured over to Bella.
"We'll have to tell Carlisle, of course," I said, pulling my knees to my chest.
"We'll have to move again," Emmett said.
I shook my head. "She loves Edward too much to tell anybody anything."
Edward scowled at me, as I gave him a warning look. A few minutes later, my eyes flickered to Bella, and she met my eyes. I watched as her eyes glanced to Jasper, who still sat far from me, and to Rosalie and Emmett. All three stared at Edward. I offered her a small smile, which I don't think she saw.
"Alice," Jasper asked as shaking my shoulder. I turned to face him, but I didn't meet his eyes. "She won't say anything will she?"
I shook my head. "I swear."
"At any sign that she will, swear to me that you'll tell me."
"Jaz, she won't say anything," I complained.
"Promise me," he said. I sighed.
"Fine, I promise."
He turned back to Rosalie. "We'll talk to Edward and Carlisle when we get home. If Alice sees any immediate danger, she'll find me."
As far as I knew, Jasper stayed angry for the rest of the day. He still picked me up from English, but he was quiet.
"Jasper, please, I'm sorry. I don't know what to say to make it better."
"I'm not angry with you, Alice," he said, taking my hand. "I'm hurt."
"I promised him," I said, shaking my head. "He swore he was going to tell you guys. I respected his wishes."
He stopped and pulled me to him.
"I'm not mad anymore, Al. It just hurt. But I understand why you did it."
"You called me Mary Alice," I said, smiling up at him.
"I did."
He leaned down and kissed my forehead.
"I still love you though," he murmured against my ear before dragging me to French.
When French ended, we met up with Emmett, who waited outside.
"Rosalie still mad?" Jasper asked him.
He shrugged. "I'm sure she is. But she'll get over it. What about you?"
Jasper shook his head. "Not so much. Alice insists that Bella won't say anything."
Emmett smiled. "Well we all trust Alice."
I smiled. "That's not always a good thing."
Jasper rested his chin on the top of my head, as we all waited for Rosalie.
When Rosalie joined us, from where I stood, I could see the convertible being crowded by a group of people. Jasper tensed as he saw it too.
"We'll wait here for a few more minutes," I told Jasper. I then turned to Rosalie. "You two go ahead. We're going to wait here for a second."
Rosalie nodded, and started walking with Emmett. I turned to look at Jasper who had tightened his arms around me. I moved my head and pulled his down to me.
"It's okay," I said, as he looked down at me. "It's okay. Tonight, you're going to hunt with Carlisle and Esme, and you'll be alright."
His eyes focused on his face. "I'm okay," he said quietly. "I'm going to be alright."
His grip loosened, and we slowly walked to the car. When Emmett came through, a good deal of the crowd scattered.
"There we go," I said.
Jasper quickened the pace. He was very eager to get to the car. More people scattered as Jasper and I came through. Jasper jumped into the back seat, me sliding in next to him.
"Go Rosalie," I said. She quickly pulled from her parking space, and out of the lot. Before long, we were heading to the house.
"We'll make it there before Edward," I said. "We wait until he gets home before we say anything to Carlisle."
"Alice—"
I interrupted her. "No. We wait for Edward, then we walk to Carlisle."
She shrieked in frustration. I grinned, hidding my smile behind mine and Jasper's hands that were locked together.
"Don't push her, Alice," Jasper scolded.
"I'm not pushing her," I said smugly. "I'm simply telling her that we will wait for Edward before anything is said to Carlisle."
Rosalie didn't speak to me for the whole ride home. When we did make it to the house, she stormed angrily inside.
"What's wrong with Rosalie?" Carlisle asked when I came inside.
"When Edward comes home," I said. "It's easier for him to explain."
Carlisle didn't question it any further. Instead he turned to Jasper. "Me and Esme agreed to leave at about seven tonight. We'll be back at around seven tomorrow."
Jasper's eyes flashed over to me, then back to Carlisle. "That works for me."
Carlisle turned to me. "What time will Edward be home?"
I settled onto the couch next to Jasper.
"Soon. About thirty minutes I'd say."
"Well then when he gets home, we will talk to him about whatever has angered Rosalie."
When Edward came in the door, grinning from ear to ear, Carlisle called for Rosalie, who came storming down the stairs with Emmett trailing behind her. Jasper and I stood, watching as Rosalie backed Edward against the wall.
"You complete jackass!" she snarled. "How could you do this?"
"Rosalie," Carlisle said sharply. He turned to Edward. "Alice didn't tell us anything. She said it was easier for you to explain."
Edward looked up at Carlisle, then over to me.
"Bella knows," he said quietly. "She guessed, and she guessed right."
"She knows about us?" Esme gasped. Edward nodded, and set into the story of what had happened the previous night.
"I'm sorry," Edward said to Carlisle when he finished.
"You knew this was going to happen," Rosalie said as she came in my direction. Jasper tightened his grip around me, moving back. He snarled as she stepped closer.
"I knew it was a possibility. When I saw that it happened I swore that I wouldn't say anything. Not even to Jasper. I made a promise. I keep my promises."
"But now we're all in danger!" she hissed. "I bet you if it was Harry or George that were in danger you would have said something the second you knew!"
I shrank away from her.
"Rosalie!" Carlisle said again. He turned to me. "Alice you did the right thing in keeping your promise to Edward. But this is serious. Are you positive she won't say anything to anyone."
"Yes," Edward and I said together. He gave me a small smile.
"What are we going to do?" Jasper asked.
"For now, we can stay here, but if things start to look bad…." Carlisle trailed off.
"She already knows she can't say anything," Edward said.
Carlisle nodded and turned back to me. "Alice can you see her saying anything?"
I shook my head. "She won't say anything. I looked when I found out that she knew."
"Okay. Well I'll trust that. But you have to tell me if you see even the slightest possibility of her saying anything. Understood?"
I nodded. "Understood."
The thing I liked most but also hated the most about Carlisle and Esme, was that they were like actually like my parents. But sometimes, I wondered whether Carlisle and Esme felt the same way about me, as I did them. Especially knowing what I did about Esme. In England, I didn't really have much of a mother, seeing as she died when I was young. I didn't remember much about her, but even know, I could clearly remember the night that she died.
Green lights flashed behind my eyes. he anniversary was coming up soon. May 17th to be exact. In this time, she had only been dead for twenty four years. But to me, she had been dead for a lot longer. Knowing that she was buried in the same graveyard as my tombstone was, made it more difficult, because I knew I could never go visit. Not until everyone I knew was dead. Which would still be several more years. Or until James was dead, although I was sure that my entire family dying would come first.
Things like this was hard for me. Edward, Carlisle, Esme, Rosalie, Emmett, and Jasper could all go visit the graves of their family. In fact, Jasper and I had went to Texas recently. He showed me the graves of his mother, his father, and even his own. Of course, I had the grave in Biloxi, but it wasn't mine. And it wasn't my family.
As for me, I went from 1998 to 1948. In that time, I watched everyone I knew before, being born, and even when people like my parents, James, Lily, Fred, and Remus die. But people like Harry, Molly, George, and so many others were still alive, and while James was alive, I could never go back. But I could never kill him promise to Helen, Tobias, and Jasper aside, I didn't know what he or Victoria looked like.
Don't let Jasper follow me, I begged Edward before darting out of the room. Tell him I'll be back before he leaves.
"Alice!" Jasper called after me.
I paused outside of the forest.
"Don't follow her. She wants to be alone. She thought how much like Carlisle and Esme were like her parents. Then that led her to think of her family in Britain. She'll be back before you leave."
Once Edward filled Jasper in, I darted to the field where Jasper and I came so often. It wasn't like the one I saw Edward and Bella in, in my visions. In Edward's field, it was filled with various wildflowers. Mine was filled with a lot of green. Grass, and the surrounding trees.
I stayed there for a while and gathered my thoughts. Jasper didn't come, just like I asked.
I cried. I couldn't help it as the memories began to flash in my head. It was like my life was playing on a screen, except somebody chopped the happy parts.
When the flashing stopped, and I had pulled myself together, I made my way back to the house. I stopped outside of the trees. I could see Jasper sitting on the front step, his hand covering his face. I quietly walked to him and knelt down in front of him. I placed my hands under his and pulled them from his face.
He looked up at me, before pulling me into a hug.
"You didn't want me there," he said in a quiet voice.
"No," I said. "But I wanted to say goodbye before you went hunting. I know you'll only be gone for under a day, but I wanted you to know that I was okay."
"I can stay," he said, not letting me go. "If you need me here, I can go tomorrow, or with you and Edward on Friday."
I shook my head. "No, Jasper. You go. I'm okay now."
"I'm so sorry, Alice," he said. "I know you can't go back home. Not now."
"When James dies," I said through clenched teeth.
"What about Victoria?"
"She posed no threat to my family. Besides, when James dies, I don't think Victoria will be too long after him."
He didn't let go of me, but he moved me to where I was sitting in his lap.
"Carlisle and Esme are worried about you," he said, as I laid my head on my shoulder. "You should go talk to them."
"Why are they worried?"
He looked at me in disbelief. "Well it's close to the anniversary of both your parents death–"
"I still have over two month for my mother, and over three months for my father," I said. He put a finger up to my lips.
"Either way it goes. They always worry about you during this time. Edward told us what you were thinking. They were really upset when he told them that you often questioned if they thought of you as their daughter."
I hid my face, suddenly feeling guilty.
"No, Alice," Jasper said, pushing back the feeling of contentment. "Don't feel guilty, and please, don't hide your face."
He put a hand under my chin, and tilted my head back.
"I better go talk to them," I said. He nodded.
"You should."
He leaned down, and kissed me. Suddenly, everything felt better.
"Better?" he asked when he pulled away.
"Much," I said, with a small smile. He smiled back and dropped him arms.
"Go talk to Carlisle and Esme. They are in Carlisle's study."
I nodded, gave him another quick kiss, and jumped to my feet.
"I'll come see you before you guys leave," I said. Jasper smiled and nodded, while I darted through the house and up the stairs.
I paused outside of the door. Suddenly I felt guilty and ashamed.
"Come in," Carlisle said softly as I reached up to knock.
Carlisle sat on his desk, while Esme sat in a chair in front of him.
"Alice," Esme breathed when I stepped inside.
"Are you feeling better?" Carlisle asked.
I nodded, and kept my eyes on the ground. "I had the time I needed to think."
"Please," Carlisle said, gesturing to the empty chair. "Sit."
My eyes never met theirs as I moved across the room.
"Alice, why do you think we don't think of you as our child?" Esme asked, leaning closer towards me.
"I don't have a complete answer for that," I said, fidgeting with my wedding band on my finger.
"Why do you think that you feel that way?" Carlisle asked.
I shrugged. "I guess it's because I don't remember what it was like to have parents."
"You had parental figures growing up, didn't you?"
"Yes and no. Yes, because I did have Molly who was like a mother to me. She treated me the same way as she treated the rest of her kids. But no, because I never truly felt like I belong. And here, I'd like to think of you guys as my parents, but when you asked me about Legillimency, I heard a thought I wasn't supposed to hear."
Esme looked at me, confused.
"What thought."
I closed my eyes.
"You think more of Edward than the rest of us. He was your first child. Rosalie was your first daughter. The way I see it, I will never have the bond with either of you that you have with them."
I finally looked up at them. Esme's eyes were sad.
"I didn't know that you heard that," she said, "and that's not at all what I meant. I love all of my children the same. Edward was my first child, that's true. But I had just lost my baby, so for me, Edward was everything that my baby could have been. That doesn't change the way I feel about you or Jasper."
"Alice, we've told you several times, you and Jasper will always be our children. No matter what," Carlisle said.
I knew that of course. But that small piece of me, still didn't know for sure.
"Can I ask you a question?" Carlisle asked.
I nodded.
"How much do you remember about your parents? I know your memories work differently."
"I remember what I was told. But as far as my memory goes, I remember the night my mother died. As for my father, the memory extends the same way. He went to jail not long after Mom died. The night she died, something in him switched. I think he blamed me...I saw it too late, but you guys already know that. I remember what he was like when he escaped. It was the same, but it was different. He favored Harry. It was almost as if I didn't exist. To him anyways. That's why I took that thought so hard. I don't want to be more important than anyone else, but I don't want to be a second choice."
Esme pulled me into a hug. "You will always be my daughter. I never want you to feel like I don't think of you that way, and Alice, you are not a second choice."
"I'm sorry," I whispered, looking at Carlisle over Esme's shoulder.
"Don't be sorry," he said, pulling me into a tight hug when Esme let go. "We just wanted to understand."
I smiled at them both.
"Thank you for listening."
"Of course. Next time, come to us. Don't run."
I nodded.
"Of course."
"How much longer until you guys leave?" I asked.
Carlisle looked at his watch. "About a half an hour. That was all we wanted to talk about. I'm sure Jasper is waiting for you."
I smiled. "He is. He's at the bottom of the stairs."
"Jasper was worried about you," Esme said, watching me. "He didn't stop pacing. He almost decided not to go with us."
"He offered to stay with me earlier, but surely you weren't going to let him stay here."
"There would have been no way to stop him," Carlisle said.
I opened the door, and from downstairs, I could hear Edward and Jasper talking.
"She's okay, Jasper. She's going to get through this like she always does. Just give her some time."
"I just wish there is more I can do for her," he said.
"We all do. But here in a minute she is going to come back down here as good as new."
"I know," Jasper said. "But can you blame me for being worried? Maybe I shouldn't go tonight."
"I'd better go," I said, rising to my feet. "He'll worry himself into not going hunting. And him not taking care of himself won't help me."
Carlisle and Esme smiled, and I darted from the study down the stairs.
"You're going," I said, as I sat on the stair next to him. "I'm alright, I swear."
He groaned, and pulled me into a hug. "I can always go tomorrow."
I shook my head. "Nope. Not a chance. You are going tonight if I have to get Emmett to drag you."
He smiled, and I turned to Edward.
"Thank you for helping."
"Of course," he said with a grin.
"Come on," I said, standing and pulling Jasper to his feet. "Let's go for a walk before you go."
Jasper let me pull him through the house and out the door, into the woods.
"Are you sure you don't want me to stay?" Jasper asked.
"Yes, Jasper. I am absoultley sure. You're going. End of discussion."
I stopped walking, pulling Jasper in front of me. "I'll be okay Jasper. Don't worry about me. Just focus on taking care of yourself."
He pulled me into a hug. "I will always worry about you. Just as you will always worry about me."
"I don't always worry," I mumbled.
He laughed.
"Of course not, Al."
"I don't!" I said, pulling away from him.
Jasper chuckled, as he ran a hand through his hair.
"I suppose you don't worry all the time," he said. "But you do a good portion of the time."
Jasper and I walked through the outskirts of the forest. I did feel a lot better now. Having Jasper there helped. Even when it was time for him to leave, I was still in a good mood.
Edward, Emmett, and I sat in the living room doing various things. Emmett was watching a baseball game, while Edward and I played a game of chess. Rosalie was in the garage, tuning up her car.
How's Jasper doing? I asked Edward, as I moved a pawn forward.
Edward frowned. "You're around him more than I am."
But you see what's going on inside his head. I can't. Not without him noticing anyways. I'm never sure if he's just telling me what I want to hear or not.
"He's doing okay. He's really trying. For you. A lot of what he does, is for you."
Is that a good thing? I asked, suddenly becoming worried.
Edward nodded. "It's a very good thing."
Is he happy here?
Edward nodded again. "He's happy wherever you are I'd say. You make a difference in his life."
I thought of myself in the days after my father's death leading up to the end of my life. I compared that to now. I thought of mine and Jasper's wedding, and the two of us watching the stars a few nights ago.
I looked up at Edward and smiled. He's made a huge difference in mine. I can't imagine what I would have become without him here.
Edward grinned, and moved a piece.
"Checkmate."
Hey guys! I hope you enjoyed the chapter. I want to talk a little bit about Jasper in this chapter. So we all know that Jasper loves Alice very, very much, and because of her history, he worries about her. That is why he gets so upset when she keeps things from him. He spends his days worrying that Alice is going to try and find James to kill him. So it upset him that she didn't tell him about something that could put her in danger of the Volturi. As for Alice in this chapter, she ran because she still believed Jasper to be upset with her, so she wanted to fix it on her own.
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