A/N- Happy New Year! I thought I would update one last time before the 2008 was over. I have no life, so what better way to ring in the New Year, then with FanFiction. Thanks to everyone who reviewed/favorited/alerted me! I love you all! (In a non creepy stalkerish way.) So here is the final chapter of the year. Sorry if it's a bit dark and depressing, but it had to be. Enjoy anyway!!! Oh, and I would love some reviews from all you nice readers.

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Look After You

Chapter Five

Edward's Point of View

Alice was still locked in her room. Her thoughts were, well, somewhat disturbing. It was like she was no longer the same person. Her thoughts were dark, depressing, and of no actual substance. With all my being I wanted to destroy Jasper for crushing my pixie of a sister's unyielding spirit, but I knew it wasn't his fault. No matter how hard it was going to be for all of us, I knew that Jasper would only leave if he absolutely had to, and I knew that it was probably just as hard for him, much worse even, but still…

"Any changes," said Carlisle as he walked into the family room to sit next to me. He and the rest of my family have been checking with me periodically throughout the past few days since Alice, along with Rosalie and Emmett returned from London. I was the only one that could possibly know what was going on in her head since she wouldn't speak with anyone.

"No," I replied. "Nothing at all. It's almost as if her mind has disappeared. It's still there, just it's not the same. Almost dead, but not quite. It's scary actually. I don't think I've ever heard anything quite like it."

The thoughts I heard from upstairs were really strange, even by my standards: every once in a while, I would hear Jasper's name, and then some sort of heart-breaking comment. Everything else was next to blank, except for a few scattered objects that would register in her mind. Comparing this next to Alice's normal mind, which was always flowing with happy, exciting thoughts, this was completely opposite.

I thought back to any time in my life where I had heard anything similar to this. Only one thing came to mind. When I left Bella, all of those years back. I remember just sitting around for days on end, not doing anything, just dead weight. The difference, of course, was that I had chosen that separation. Somewhere, in the back of my mind, I knew that if I really, desperately needed to, I could go back to Bella and make everything right. In Alice though, it's different. She has no idea when, or if Jasper will return. There is no hope.

I glanced over at Bella. Is this what she went through when I left? This hopelessness I could hear in Alice. I stood up slowly and went to sit next to my Bella.

"Is this what it was like for you?" I asked.

"What do you mean?" She replied.

"Remember back when I left you. This sense of lost hope and nothingness I hear from Alice, is that what you were like?"

"Not quite," she replied. I raised my eyebrow, waiting for her to explain. "You see, when you left, I was still human. I still had to go through the day to day motions. However minimally it was, I had to interact with others. What Alice is going through, it must be ten times worse. Just sitting up there, more or less lost without Jasper, it must be next to impossible to bear."

Bella, after finishing, let out a dry sob. I pulled her closer to me, and held her there, stroking her hair. It was all knew to do now. I couldn't fix anything, none of us could. We had not only lost Jasper, but Alice too. Our family was falling apart, and none of us had the power to pull it back together. We could always go looking for Jazz, but we could never willingly bring him back; he would have to make that decision on his own. Until then, I don't know what will happen.

I listened around to the thoughts of the rest of my family. All of them were sad and broken. Except Alice; hers were just dead.

A/N- So, what'd you think? Review with your thoughts please. And a happy new year to anyone who is reading this. I hope yours is much more festive then mine, and if not, have fun anyway! Bye! (One hour left until 2009!)