A/N: Before I begin this chapter, someone questioned my about the last chapter and I wanted to address the question. The pack did not disown Jacob, the exiled him, yes, but did not disown him. They still consider him their brother and make regular contact with him. The exile was just a way to punish Jacob for breaking the treaty without actually punishing him. They had to put on a show for the Cullens and the treaty. There wasn't any real feelings behind it. I hope that clarifies things. Now on to the chapter.

JASPER

I was laying next to a now sleeping Bella with my arms wrapped tightly around her. She had her head buried deep into my chest.

It had taken me nearly an hour to convince her that she needed to sleep. She kept refusing because she was worried that I was going to leave if she did. I promised her a million times over that I wasn't going anywhere. She didn't believe me and I could understand why. She loved Edward almost as much as she now loved me and he left her alone. Whether or not it was intentional.

In the end, I had to use my gift on her. I had to do it in small doses, of course, or else she would've caught on. She had now been sleeping peacefully for about a half hour.

I was surprised at how well I had adapted to her scent after everything what had happened the night before. I mean, a couple years ago, it was utterly painful for me to be in the same room with her, let alone snuggling with her while she slept. I should've ripped out her throat by now. However, the insane burning that was once in my throat, when I was close to her, was nothing more than the slight discomfort that was always there.

I laid there watching her sleeping form. She just looked so vulnerable and innocent. I now knew why Edward found watching her sleep so fascinating. Not only did she look beautiful in that adorable human way, but she made so many adorable little faces as she slept on. I found myself wishing that I could see what she was dreaming about.

She had even mumbled a few times. Mostly she said my name followed by a declaration of love. The feelings of love and elation that rolled off of her in those moments, filled my heart with an immense joy that I had never felt in my life. I loved that feeling and never wanted it to go away.

However, she was also muttering Edward and Alice's names just as often as mine. At those moments, I felt nothing but guilt coming off of her in those moments. It broke my heart to feel that she felt that horrible about it. I wished she would stop feeling that way about it.

It's not like we were doing anything wrong. Alice was breaking up with me so that we wouldn't have to go behind her back. She knew how much we loved and needed each other and was willing to give us what we needed. There was nothing to feel guilty about because Alice wanted it for us as much as we wanted it for him.

And as for Edward. Well, everyone knew that all he ever wanted was for her to be happy. I'm sure that wherever he was now, he was happy that she was finally allowing herself to move on. Her happiness meant everything to him and if he no longer could make her happy, he'd just want someone to come along who did and would take care of her.

I promised myself in that moment that I would be the one. I would be the person who would make her happy and give her everything that she needed. And I would do everything in my power to make her see that we weren't doing anything wrong and would help her get rid of this pointless guilt she was harboring. She didn't need to deal with it.

A soft knock on the door pulled me out of my thoughts.

"Come in." I whispered knowing that whoever it was could hear me.

I slowly and carefully disentangled myself from Bella- I didn't want to wake her- as the door opened. When I got fully turned around, Carlisle was standing in the doorway. I could feel tension and anxiety coming off of him in waves. He was slightly paler than normal.

"Is she asleep?" he whispered softly.

"Yes, why?" I replied just as softly.

"Alice had a vision a little while ago. She and I have discussed it and we think that the rest of you should hear it as well. We're having a family meeting in about ten minutes." he explained.

"Shouldn't we what until Bella wakes up?" I questioned.

I always hated that Edward had kept some of the more important things for her. He was always worried about how he'd react to whatever the problem was. I think sometimes he underestimated her strength. She was a lot braver than he gave her credit for half the time.

"I don't think that's such a good idea." he replied calmly.

"And why not?!" I yelled a little angry about this decision. "She's part of this family and has as much right as any of us to hear this!"

"I know, son. I completely agree with you, but look at her." He gestured to the bed and I looked back.

She was lying there as beautiful and peaceful as ever. However, the were still remnants of the nights events, apparent in her features. She had yet to completely regain her color from the blood loss and her gauzed up arm was still sticking out. The bag of blood that was pumping more blood into her system was hanging on the IV stand and flowing down the tube into the vein in her hand.

I had only just realized how bad this whole thing truly was. Yes, I had known that we almost lost her. However, it was the first time that I truly looked at her tonight and realized just how close we had come to it being over.

"Think about everything she's been through in the past few months." Carlisle continued. "Everything with you, her, and Alice. It's stress her out beyond anything else that has happened in this last year. And it nearly killed her. She hasn't even had a chance to get over any of this yet. She doesn't need anything else to stress her out, right now. If we do, she'll end up right back here. I don't wanna see that happen and I know you don't either."

"Of course, I don't." I replied still staring at my beautiful, sleeping angel. "I just don't wanna lie to her. She deserves better than that."

"I know, but it's what's best for her right now."

I sighed and nodded, knowing that he was right.

"We were tell her, though, eventually, right?" I asked.

"As soon as she's in a better condition to handle something like this." he answered. I nodded again. "I'm going to get the rest of the family and we'll meet you downstairs, alright?"

"Okay." I replied.

Carlisle turned on his heel and walked out the door. I slowly walked back to the bed and watched Bella's peaceful, yet vulnerable face turn up into a grin as she once again mumbled my name. I smiled as I leaned down and tucked the sheets tighter around her. Then I leaned over her ear and whispered,

"I'm sorry, I have to break my promise love. But Carlisle says it's important. I'll be back soon."

I, then, kissed her forehead and walked down the stairs and into the dining room, where my family was waiting for me.

They were all in their usual seats at the dining room table when I got there. I could feel and see the tension coming off of all of them in nearly crushing waves.

"Sorry." I muttered as I went to sit in my usual seat, beside Alice. "I had to make sure that Bella was comfortable."

"Of course, dear." Esme replied. "How is she?"

"Better." he replied. "She's sleeping, right now, but I had to practically force her to."

"That would be our Bella." Rosalie muttered.

Everyone let out short humorless chuckles. The tension did not lift from the room in the slgihtest.

"So, Carlisle, what's going on?" I questioned after a minute.

"Alice had a vision a little while ago." he sighed. "And it wasn't pretty. Alice?"

Carlisle nodded in her direction.

"I know this is going to sound almost impossible, but you have to believe that I did see it. Because, it's the only way we can fix it."

"Alice," I whispered placing my hand over hers. "In all these years, you've never given us a reason not to trust you. You've always told us the truth of what you've seen. If you saw you've seen it, then will believe it."

I could feel the gratitude that replaced the fear and worry over us not believing what she said.

"Thanks, Jasper, that means a lot, coming from you, right now." she replied.

"So, what do you see?" I questioned.

"I saw the wolves attacking at Rosalie's and Emmett's wedding." she answered. "They were killing all of our friends and family, not caring who they took out. Just that they got rid of as many of us as possible. Sam went after Bella, I have no idea why, but you stopped him from getting her, and he killed you instead."

I closed my eyes and let out a breath. I was relieved to hear that someone had saved Bella in the vision. I didn't even care that it was me and I had to die in order to save her. As long as she got to live a long and happy life. That's all that mattered to me.

"Wait." Rosalie stated. "They attack at the wedding? Why? I don't understand. We haven't broken the treaty or anything."

"We haven't yet. However, according to the signs in Alice's vision, Bella's a vampire by the time they attack."

"But why would we do that?" I asked. "I mean, we agreed that we wouldn't change her unless it was absolutely necessary, because Edward wouldn't have wanted that."

"That's true. However, there is evidence in Alice's vision that Bella will be attacked by something. And we believe that something is Jaocb Black."

"But he's already gotten his revenge." I stated confused. "I mean, wasn't that the whole point of killing Edward?"

"Jasper, I'm sure everyone in this room knows that Jacob wasn't trying to get revenge on Edward." Carlisle replied. "It wasn't Edward who decided that Bella should stay with him."

"I know, but I hoped it was over." I answered.

"We all did. I don't think that he expected Bella to get over it and move on. And now that she has, he has to find another way to hurt her. He may just decide to kill her and be done with it."

"I will not let that happen." I growled.

"And neither will the rest of us, man." Emmett replied.

"But how are we gonna stop him?" Esme questioned. "Jacob always gets what he wants in the end."

"We'll just have to keep our eyes, ears, and noses wide open." Carlisle answered. "If we catch any sign of him, we'll do anything in out power to keep him away from Bella. I don't want Bella left alone, not even in the house. She is not to go anywhere alone, either."

Everyone nodded their agreement.

"What about Charlie?" Alice asked. "Do you think that he'd hurt Charlie?"

"I don't know, Alice." Carlisle replied shaking his head. "I didn't think that he was capable of hurting Bella the way he did. However, now anything's possible. Which is why I want at least one of you tailing Charlie at all times. While he's at work and home."

"What about when he goes fishing in La Push?" I asked knowing that he'd be exposed to the wolves and possibly Jacob.

"There's nothing we can do when he's there. We just have to hope that nothing happens then." he answered sadly.

"That's all very good and well," Emmett stated. "But what if we can't stop him from hurting her? And we end up breaking the treaty anyway? Should we change the wedding, again? To keep our friends out of danger?"

"No, I can't ask you two to do that again." Carlisle replied. "You've already had to push it back nearly a year. Any longer wouldn't be fair. I do, however, have to ask you to change the location. It might be better if we had it here as opposed to the Denali's."

"Are you sure that's wise?" Rosalie asked. "What if that's something that they'd be expecting?"

"How could they?" Carlisle questioned. "I mean, they wouldn't have any idea that we'd know they were coming."

He sounded so sure. I, however, didn't miss the significant look he exchanged with Alice. Not to mention the concern that was radiating off of both of them. There was definitely something they were keeping from us.

"We will, of course," Carlisle continued, "Warn all of out friends and family of the possibility of an attack. We don't want any of them caught of guard."

"Of course not." Rosalie replied.

I was surprised at how well she was taking the interference on her big day. She had always hated when Bella interupted our lives. However, this she was taking this in an amazing stride. I guess a lot had changed since the day Bella left this family.

"I guess the only questioned now is, what do we do about protecting Jasper?" Alice asked once everyone had agreed about the wedding.

"Nothing." I stated. "Im going to be there if and when they attack. I'm not going to let them kill her. I'd rather die than see her in any kind of pain, or worse dead."

"We feel the same way, Jazz." Alice asked pleadingly. "But why does it have to be you or her? Why can't we try to protect you both?"

"Because, Alice, while we know the when and where of the attack, we have no idea of the how. We have no idea what their tactics are going to be. There is no way to ensure anyone's safety. And if it going to come down to me or Bella, it's gonna be me. And that's all there is to it. I refuse to allow anyone to hurt or kill that inoccent girl up there." I fought.

"I understand how you feel Jazz, I do." she replied. "But think of everything Bella's gone through in the last year. Edward, someone she loved very dearly, was ripped from her. Look how she handled that. Then she discovered how she felt about you, but didn't want to act on it for my sake. She nearly killed herself from all of that. If she loses you now, after finally being able to be happy, she may not survive it."

I though about the words and Bella laying up there in that bed. I thought about how we had almost lost her and how terrible that made me feel. I thought about how I made her and how she made me feel completely hole again. I thought about how I couldn't bare to see her hurting herself.

I knew Alice was right. If Bella lost someone else she cared about, she wouldn't be able to make it through this life. And even if I was dead, I couldn't bare the thought of Bella dying too. It would be too horrible.

"So what do you suggest we do?" I asked her slowly.

"I don't know, Jazz." she whispered. "I don't know."

She looked to Carlisle for the answer.

"Unfortunately, Jasper was right. Even knowing when and where they will attack, we don't know there tactics. Which means that we can't plan an accurate counter attack. And we'll just end up having to let the pieces fall and hope everything works out on it's own. We know a little of what to expect, so it'll be a little easier to defend ourselves. However, we won't be able to garuntee anybody's safety. We'll just have to hope for the best." Carlisle replied.

I nodded knowing that he was right. As badly as we all wanted to do something, there was nothing we could do until the time came.

"Is there anything else?" I asked once everyone had been silent for a few moments.

"No." Carlisle said. "We just have need to keep our senses open and keep an eye on Charlie."

Everyone nodded their agreement and Esme offered to take the first Charlie shift. Everyone went there seperate ways after that. I, of course, went straight back to Bella.

She was sitting up, wide awake, in the bed when I got back up there. Her eyes were filled with tears of panic and sadness.

"You left." she accused in a panicked tone.

"I know. I'm sorry." I replied. "Carlisle needed to speak to me. He said it was important."

"Oh," she answered as I crawled back into the bed next to her. "Is everything alright?"

"Yes." I answered. I hated lying to her, however, I knew it was for the best. She didn't need the stress and guilt of another life threatening experience weighing her down. She needed a chance to truly recover from everything.

"Are you sure?" she pressed snuggling into my chest as I wrapped my arms back around her.

"Yes." I answered. "You should go back to sleep. You need as much rest as you can get."

"I don't think I could sleep anymore." she answered.

"I would feel better if you tried." I replied sending her a small about of exhaustion.

She yawned suddenly responding to it. She snuggled herself closer to my chest.

"I guess I am a little more tired than I thought." She responded. I smiled and sent her another small burst. She yawned again. "Promise you won't leave this time?"

"I'll be stay here all night, if that's what you want." I answered sending a bigger burst.

She yawned again and I chuckled softly.

"I love you." she replied and finally let me win.

"I love you too." I stated kissing the top of her head.

I laid beside her all night thinking about everything that had happened. I knew I had to do everything in my power to protect her. And by the end of the night, I had vowed to muself and Bella that I wouldn't allow Sam Uley, Jacob Black, or any of the other dogs, for that matter,lay so much as a claw on her.

A?N: I hope this one turned okay. I was really struggling with it tonight. I don't know what was so hard about it. I think because it was another transition. I don't know, though. Please review and tell me what you think.