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I sat in the study, trying to read one of the journals from my time in the Civil War. When I was mortal, I counted down the days until I turned 18 so I could enlist in the service. My mama taught me that all lies are wrong. Otherwise, I would've just told the enrollment officer that I was 18 so I could go off to be in the glorious battle at the tender young age of 16. I had numerous journals chronicling my two year run in the Confederate army. Everything I wrote seemed to have a very eager edge, even when I was describing the gruesome death of one of my comrades. Perhaps you could say that it was such eagerness that got me promoted to major within eight months of serving in the infantry.

Again, I stress that I was trying to read my journal. Alice was in there, whining and crying. I mean, for God's sake, the woman was literally begging me to pay attention to her and talk about what was bothering me. After being hit by wave upon wave of desperation, I finally snapped.

"Alice! Leave me the fuck alone! I don't want anything to do with you today, let alone talk about my feelings with you! Go away!"

"Jasper!" she wailed. "Jasper, what have I done to you that warrants you being so cold to me? What did I-"

Her eyes got wide and unfocused, signaling that she was getting a vision. Wait, why is she getting pissed about it now? Wouldn't she have seen what Edward and I did the other day? So, what was she seeing now? Alice sees the future… Maybe Edward and I hook up again? I fist pump internally. Her chin starts to tremble and she turns her head to face me. I'm hit with jealously, hurt, betrayal, sorrow, a twinge of lust, but most of all, fury.

I saw her actions less than half a second before she acted upon them. She leaped up, running towards me to try and knock me on the ground. I grab her wrists and pinned her beneath me. Along with teaching me how to be a skilled fighter, my time in Maria's army taught me to always be prepared for an attack. Alice gaped up at me, squirming in a futile attempt to escape.

"Jasper! How could you! How could you fucking cheat on me like that? And with Edward! As if the first time wasn't enough!" I must've betrayed a bit of my embarrassment, because she snapped at me, "Oh yeah, I saw the kissing and dry humping, but I thought it was because you were feeling a certain way! But… How could you? How could you do this to me again?"

While I internally fist pumped again at the fact that Edward and I will indeed have another rendezvous, Alice's sobs made me feel slightly guilty, guilty that I was technically cheating on her, not because I did it with Edward. Well, I felt a little guilty until she started to thrash and tried to knock me off of her. I almost laughed. One, she is fucking tiny. Two, I have a gargantuan amount of training compared to her. She becomes limp and just glares up at me.

"Jasper, what do you think this will do to the family? What about Bella? Did you guys even think this whole thing through before you went off and cheated on us?"

"Alice-"

"What did you think this would do to us? Does marriage and commitment mean anything to you?"

"Alice-!"

"Edward is with Bella now! How could you guys run off and do-"

"ALICE! SHUT THE FUCK UP!"

She did. Her small mouth hung open in shock.

"Alice, I didn't plan for it to happen. It just did. And as for-"

"You guys went hunting together alone! What were you two planning on doing?"

"We were planning on hunting! And we fucking did! Do you not notice how light my eyes are?"

"But why did you two go without us? Without me?" she growled.

"Because," I spat out. "Because I'm fucking sick and tired of you, everyone in the house was pissing me off, except for Edward. You were especially driving me up the wall!"

She rolled her eyes. "Why, because I would rather go shopping than have sex with you all the time?"

Despite myself, I lost my temper. "I didn't ask for you to have sex with me all the time! Jesus Christ! I have needs too! I'm soooo sorry they impeded on your shopping time! And yeah, that was a reason why you fucking pissed me off! But, that's not the only reason."

She began to feel hurt, but quickly pushed it aside and became angry again.

"So, what are you saying? I turned you gay all of a sudden? I seem to recall having sex with you before and you had no problem rising to the occasion! That wouldn't happen unless you had feelings for me!"

I laughed right in her face. "I'm perpetually stuck as a 20 year old. Believe me; it doesn't take much to give me a hard on. And just because Edward and I fooled around doesn't make me gay!"

She opened her mouth to start talking again, but I slapped my hand over it before she could.

"Edward is the only man I've had feelings for. Fuck, he's the only person I've ever had feelings beyond lust for."

Alice started to say something against my hand, and I reluctantly let her talk.

"But what about me? I'm your wife! You have feelings for me! You love me!"

I glared at her. "Were you not listening to me? Did you not hear-" I exhaled loudly and squeezed my eyes shut and ran my fingers through my hair.

"Alice, do you know what I was getting close to doing when you found me?"

"Yes! You were going to…" Her eyes open wider. "You were going to… Volterra. You were going to visit the Volturi… Jasper! Were you going to kill yourself?"

I nodded sharply and replied, "Tell me, Alice, what you would do if you were suicidal and someone came to you promising a new and better life? You'd go with them and feel indebted to them, wouldn't you? You'd go along with them wherever they went, right?"

She stared at me incredulously, but stayed silent. I continued, "Alice, I am grateful that you were able to pull me out of the terrible place I was stuck in, but I do not love you. I have tried, honestly tried, but I don't. I'm very sorry I led you on to believe that. I shouldn't have agreed to marry you or take our relationship past friendship. And for that, I apologize."

Her chin started to quiver again and venom pooled in her eyes.

"Jasper, I love you…"

"I'm sorry; Alice, but I can't return the affection. We need to end this now."

"Are you… Are you asking for a divorce?"

I sighed and nodded slowly. She started the thrash underneath me desperately. She groaned and whined with the effort, but finally gave up, sobbing. I wanted to comfort her, but I didn't think it would help. I got off her, but she just remained on the floor.

"I'm not going to agree to it," she stated a few minutes later.

"What?"

"The divorce, you need both partners to sign off on it. I'm not doing it."

"Alice! What is the point of pretending that nothing is wrong? Why are you going to torture yourself like this? I'm never going to be in love with you!"

"YOU DON'T KNOW THAT!"

"ALICE, YOU DON'T EITHER!"

"Fuck you… Just, fuck you…" she sobbed, curling on her side.

I took the opportunity to leave. Luckily, there was no one else in the house to have heard the fight, no one to judge me or see me run out like a scared cat. I zoomed through the forest, catching Edward and my faint scent. The rain tried to wash it away, but it was still there. I followed it, going back to the clearing, the rain be damned. That's when I heard it, when I felt it.

Agony.

Not just any agony, Edward's agony. He sobbed loudly, the sound ripping every bit of humanity still in me. I fell to my knees, heaving.

His fury hit me and I heard a soft squishing sound. I was able to pull myself up, but I had to lean against a thick tree in order to stay upright.

I needed to help him. Edward… don't cry. I'm here, I'll help you.

I finally regained my balance and I started to push myself away from the tree. I needed to see his face, his beautiful, perfect face. I needed to tell him that I would always be there for him. He didn't need to be alone again.

"Jasper…"

My body reverberated, my mind repeating the word over and over. My name had so much meaning coming from his lips. I walked towards him slowly, trying my best not to scare him. He sat on his knees, eyes never leaving mine. Hope blossomed within him, and filled my head.

"Edward…"

His eyes filled with emotion and I wanted to touch him. I sat on my knees in front of him. All his worry, his pain- I promise, I'd take it away. My sweet, sweet Edward.

He leaned in, closing the distance between us by a few inches. My hand twitched, so I placed it over his. His chin quivered, and unlike with Alice, I felt a powerful desire to comfort him. So I did. I pulled him into an embrace, and the flood gates opened. He clutched at my shirt, nearly ripping it, but I wouldn't have cared if he did. I just held him, running my hand along his back in circles. I would stay there as long as he wanted and needed me to.

The sun, which barely showed through the now dry rain clouds, began to set. Edward pulled back, to my utter dismay. It wasn't in a rejecting way, so I didn't dwell on his absence. His topaz eyes bore into mine for a moment, before he dropped them to his lap.

He brought them back to mine. "Jasper, I…"

I leaned forward, kissing him lightly on the lips. I knew exactly what he needed, because I did too.

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