I got into the car with Jasper, and he slowly backed out of the parking space, and pulled out of the parking lot.

"Alice texted me," he said. "She has ordered that I feed you. I am guessing she doesn't mean O negative."

I laughed.

"There is a restaurant the girls talk about called Fairmount. It should be close by."

We cruised down 101 until we found it. Jasper parked, and we walked in. It was a little diner, but it was packed. I remembered that Jasper was not good with a lot of humans.

"Is this okay?" I asked. "We can get like Taco Bell."

"No," he said. "I am fine."

We headed into the restaurant and Jasper walked right up to the hostess.

"Cullen for two," he said, slipping her a twenty.

"Right this way Mr. Cullen," she said, and led us to the back.

We sat at the table, and she asked to get our drink orders.

"Two waters," I said before Jasper could object.

She nodded and took off.

"I can't eat," he said.

"Does Edward not share notes! You order something, I order something. I eat half of both and we get boxes. That is less weird than you not being hungry at eight thirty at night."

"Okay what do I want?"

"You're a teenage guy, pick any burger on the menu."

"Bacon Cheeseburger?"

"Yep. And fries."

"What are you getting?"

"The grilled chicken salad."

"Can you eat all of that?"

"I am a werewolf, remember?"

The waitress came back . "So have y'all decided yet?"

"I think I will have the bacon cheeseburger if you please," said Jasper.

"And I'll have a grilled chicken salad," I added.

"Both delicious," she said, grabbing our menus. "I'll bring that right out."

"Hey what time is it?" I asked Jasper.

"8:45."

"I need to make a phone call," I said, "before it gets too late."

"Okay," he said.

I pulled out my phone and dialed Bella. On the second ring she picked up.

"Hello?"

"Bella it Serinna, are you home?"

"Yeah."

"I need to talk to your father, it's urgent."

"I am not doing anything," she whined.

"It's not about you," I said, laughing. "It's about me. I am not breaking confidentiality."

"Hang on, Dad!" she yelled.

I waited a minute.

"Hello," said Charlie in a gruff voice.

"Hi, Charlie. Sorry to bother you, but I promised a friend I would check in on this. I go to a group for rape and domestic violence survivors, and one of the girls got accosted on campus. She can identify the man and told campus police, but they did not do anything. What can she do?"

"Where did this happen?"

"Peninsula Campus."

"Peninsula that is in Port Angeles. Okay, I will see if I can get something done about it. Its not my jurisdiction, but I know people there. The cops on campus report to the cops in the city. Is this Bella's friend?"

"No sir, my friend."

"How did y'all meet?"

I swallowed. "We are in a support group."

There was silence on the other end. "Is there anything you need me to do for you, kiddo?"

"No. The man who hurt me is not in the states."

"Well, if they get over her. Tell me and I'll shoot'em."

I laughed. "I'll do that. Thanks Charlie."

"Is Bella okay?"

"Yes sir."

"Alright. I'll get on it." said Charlie. "It's late, are you out alone?"

"No Jasper and I are eating dinner. Carlisle does not like it when I go out alone."

"Yeah, there are a lot of nuts out there."

"Yeah," I said, trying not to think of Alex. "Good night, and thank you in advance for all the help."

"Of course," he said, and he hung up.

"So the police are not helping one of the girls."

"Yeah, they said because she is dating the man who raped her it was consensual."

"That's ridiculous," he said.

"I agree," I said.

The waitress brought our drinks, and we ordered.

"Anything else happen tonight?" asked Jasper.

"Well, I got roped into helping a girl talk to her mother. Apparently her uncle hurt her as a child, but she never said anything. I told the mom how to get the uncle arrested and help her daughter."

"That was very nice of you," said Jasper.

"Yeah," I said.

"Is it helping?" he asked.

"Is what helping?"

"The group."

"Oh. um, everyone has such a unique background it is clear that they all get it."

"Comradery."

"Also, I feel like I can tell them so much of what Caius did that it is like I can focus more on being a better therapist for you guys."

"How so?"

"Well take Rose for example. If she talked to me about Royce, I would have been right there being the victim with her. But now that I have my own outlet where I can talk about what happened to me, I can say to Rose what helped me, and what hurt me, and let her pick and choose based on how she is doing. And that is what a real therapist does? They sympathize and guide you out. They don't get swallowed in their own self pity."

"You don't take me as someone who gets swallowed in her own self pity, Sisi."

"Oh, you don't know the depth of my depravity. Shall we go?"

"Sure," said Jasper.