Here's Chapter 4! i wasn't planning to write it for about a week, but i figured i might as well. Enjoy!

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EMPOV

OK. So…I was going to leave…but listening in on this conversation was just too great an opportunity to pass up. I got the feeling that Jasper might spontaneously combust at any moment from the battering he was receiving from Edward's emotions, whereas Edward looked just about ready to jump on poor Jazz. Heh heh.

I wished so much to have Edward's ability so I might use their thoughts to my own personal advantage. I'm sure Esme would absolutely LOVE to hear the dirty thoughts of her favourite son and perhaps the more hidden desires of our own little runaway. Unfortunately, I was left to listen from the front porch out of the acute eyes and ears of my fellow brothers in love. Although I spent 90% of the time attempting to stifle my constant chuckles of laughter at Edward's constant teasing of Jasper's thoughts and reactions. He really wasn't going to let the walking morphine off easy. But I knew that already. Edward had told me as much when I quite literally tortured him into telling me what his phone call was about. (All it took was some particularly dirty thoughts and what turned out to be a rather true insinuation about his sexual orientation). It had been rather amusing to watch him squirm as I demanded answers from him, holding him to the floor with less difficulty than I would have thought. Although I suppose we all should have guessed that something was up with Edward when he never even liked Rosalie - not that I'm complaining, but even she found it a strange development not to be desired. A virgin…over 100 years old…obsessed with his hair…I suppose the only real explanation was for him to be gay.

And I loved it!

And, as I continued to listen to the progress of the conversation within the house, I learned that I was not the only one.

"I'll always be seventeen at heart, besides; you could always have changed my emotions if you wished."

In my opinion, Edward was pushing Jazz just a little too far. He was probably in an emotional overload with both himself and Edward. I suppose that was good for my part, though: he was too concentrated on Edward to notice my emotions; probably in the same way that Edward was too focused on him to noticed my thoughts. I had to strain my ears to hear the response from Jasper, a huge grin plastered on my face. I almost expected to hear nothing but a grunt of frustration from Edward as Jasper complied to his unwanted request.

What I heard was so decidedly…un-Jasper, that my eyes widened for a moment. There was the sound of two footsteps, the Jasper's low voice:

"Now, why would I do that?"

It seems our Southern Softy had become more of a Texas badass than I thought possible. I could almost feel my dead heart swelling with pride as I practically heard the smirk which spread across his face to match Edward's.

"I honestly have no idea."

Edward's response wasn't so surprising - after over a hundred years, lord knows he needed all the action he could get. I just suppose none of us thought the 'action' would be from a guy…or from Jasper for that matter!

I heard laughter then, from Edward, for some reason. But I didn't dwell on it.

I wondered what Rose might think of all of this. It hadn't really occurred to me until now that she was still completely unaware of Jasper's return. She had always been close to Jasper in all the years he spent with us - her supposed twin in the eyes of those at Forks high. She had done a remarkably good job at hiding any remorse she felt for losing Jasper, but I knew her inside out. It hurt her as much as the rest of us - but she would always be my Rose; fierce, strong and independent, and I wouldn't change her for the world.

"Everything's changed."

I might have been startled by the sudden presence of Alice if it wasn't for me having already heard her approaching from through the trees. I knew she hadn't been attempting stealth. I forgot about Jasper and Edward then.

I didn't even have to tilt my head back to look at her from my position on the steps. She was almost exactly at my height where she was standing in front of me, her tiny frame frozen, her face a mixture of both horror and sadness.

I frowned as I thought over all of the possibilities of what those two words meant - it took me less than several milliseconds. She had seen something. I knew that much. "What's changed, Alice?" I asked warily, pulling her gently by her wrists to sit down beside me - my large hands almost completely covering her forearms. She looked like a child beside me, small and afraid. "Alice?" I muttered her name again, waving a hand in front of her face. She didn't even flinch. I sighed. "Look, Alice, I'm sorry for being rude to you earlier. You know how I am, if that's a good enough reason for my behaviour. But I really am sorry." She didn't respond so I went on. "You can tell me what you saw, Alice. You have to tell me."

For a moment I thought she wasn't even going to move but then she took hold of my hand, holding it in a grip so tight that her tiny muscles might have found the strength to break a bone or two. Alice's voice was so quiet when she spoke that only vampiric hearing such as mine could have understood her. "I haven't looked at Jasper's future in a long time," she explained, "and I hadn't planned on ever trying again. I didn't want to know where he might go after my vision two years ago…But…when he appeared today without me knowing he would come I was caught off guard. I'm not used to being surprised, you all know that. So…when I left I tried looking into his and Edward's separate futures." Her gaze had drifted to the sky, as if the stars might somehow retell her what she had seen. "Edward's future left little to be desired. Nothing major appeared to have happened, but there was such a sadness in his eyes that I…couldn't actually believe it was him. He was just sitting in one of those trees," She pointed towards the forest ahead of us, "and staring into space. He was so empty, but I couldn't see why…

"And then I looked at Jasper's future."

"What did you see, Alice?" I asked when she paused, turning her face to look at me. I got the feeling that she wouldn't have been able to look at me on her own. "Alice? What did you see in Jasper's future?"

Alice blinked once and squeezed my hand for her own comfort. Her voice was almost completely devoid of life when she answered. "Nothing. I didn't see…anything."

EDPOV

"I honestly have no idea," I answered, taking my own step towards Jasper.

I couldn't help taking pleasure in seeing Jasper grinning back at me, honey-blonde hair falling over his eyes slightly. I noticed that they held the same golden colour as before, if not slightly lighter from recently hunting. I was glad he hadn't abandoned our 'beliefs' the moment he left. I would ask him more about that later.

From the expression on Jasper's face I guessed that my response was the one he'd been hoping for. I wondered what he was thinking…

Stop reading my mind, Edward!

I laughed loudly at that, throwing my head back slightly. He still watched me, a slight chuckled escaping his lips as he slowly shook his head at me. "It never did take much to set you into a fit of laughter," he reminisced in a murmur.

I nodded in agreement as the remainder of my laughter settled into a small smile on my lips. "Not with you anyway. You always did have the best sense of humour…you know, when not concerning resisting human blood…or crushing a human's hand by simply shaking it…"

Jasper rolled his eyes. "All right, have your fun," he muttered.

"I will," was my clever response.

Jasper narrowed his eyes at me, his thoughts seemed to reach me in a lower tone, great come back, genius. I guess being a smartass in biology doesn't mean your quick wit sticks around

I scoffed. "It's a full package, Jazz."

I'm sure I knew what the following comment was going to be from Jasper's smirk and single raised eyebrow, but he wasn't given time to speak a syllable of it. For that was when we heard Alice's choked voice from outside.

"Everything's changed."

I frowned, my mood instantly abandoning the high of talking to Jasper again and shifting into full curiosity. I glanced at Jasper and didn't require empathy to know he was feeling exactly the same. He jerked his head in the direction of the door.

She's probably with Emmett

Jasper's thoughts were the same as mine.

We crouched down by the door, Jasper seeming slightly more interested than me. I was concentrating more on studying his face than listening to Alice, seeing if anything had changed in the few years he'd been gone. It had not.

"What's changed, Alice?"

We heard Emmett's voice perfectly through the door, filled with worry. He went through an apology of his behaviour towards Alice when Jasper first arrived and asked her what she had seen. So she had a vision?

I glanced at Jasper, during a brief silence, who was still crouched beside me. He was frowning deeply, his forehead creased slightly as if he were deep in thought. I smiled toward him, taking an opportunity to trace my fingers along the hem of the back of his shirt, slowly creeping underneath. Jasper glanced at me with a raised eyebrow, flashing me a quick half-smile. I grinned back before he turned back to the door, listening once again. I couldn't hold back my sigh as I slumped backwards, without a single noise. Jasper chuckled quietly but didn't break his concentration. I rejoined him in listening to Alice's voice a few moments later. She sounded pained.

"I tried looking into his and Edward's separate futures." She paused briefly. "Edward's future left little to be desired. Nothing major appeared to have happened, but there was such a sadness in his eyes that I…couldn't actually believe it was him. He was just sitting in one of those trees and staring into space. He was so empty, but I couldn't see why…"

I guessed Jasper had felt my alarm at Alice's revelation, as I felt a sudden wave of calm washing over me. I looked at him and smiled thankfully. He winked in reply.

"And then I looked at Jasper's future."

I found myself listening much more closely knowing that I could hear what would happen to Jasper. He seemed much more immersed in Alice's words now as well. He was leaning forward slightly, as was I as I settled to sitting cross-legged on the floor.

"What did you see, Alice?" Emmet was asking, a worried edge to his voice. "Alice? What did you see in Jasper's future?"

The pause was just too long. I let out a frustrated sigh and resorted to leaping into Alice's thoughts to retrieve my answer. What I heard was not what I expected. I immediately wished I hadn't even stayed to listen to her say it aloud.

I didn't see anything

My eyes widened. After so many years with Alice, I knew exactly what that meant. I instantly reached over and grabbed Jasper's arm, gripping so tightly I knew it could possibly break. But I wasn't going to let go.

He looked back at me, frowning worriedly. But he wasn't worried about me for too long.

"Nothing," Alice confirmed, her voice dead. "I didn't see…anything."

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