A/N: So here is the third chapter of the story, and I really hope you all enjoy it! This departs from Stephenie's original scene in Twilight, but this outcome suited the story better, so just go with it. Also, this is the penultimate chapter, so only one more after it. PLEASE review, it means a lot to me and constructive critisism is welcomed (no flames though!), even if it's just a few words I'd appreciate it! Enjoy!

Disclaimer: Unfortunately, no.

The four Cullen's watched as Edward and Bella entered the cafeteria, immediately lining up to buy food, or as they preferred to call them, props.

Jasper narrowed his ability in on his sibling, trying to make sense of his current frustration and disbelief. Beside him, Bella was clearly nervous, wringing her hands together as Edward collected them a tray. Something had obviously happened between the two, though his gift allowed him no insight as to the cause of their emotions. He would just have to wait and see if they mentioned anything during their conversation.

As the pair moved towards a separate table, Jasper brought his attention back to his family. Emmett was distracted by a car magazine which he would occasionally scoff at, though his arm rested around his wife's waist comfortingly. Alice was using her plastic fork to push around her salad, having now perfected the art of 'eating', and keeping a watchful eye on Edward. Rosalie simply stared down at her tray, barely moving to the point of being too vampiric, though he didn't have the heart to say anything.

"I had another vision during P.E.," murmured Alice at vampire speed, tapping one of her small red nails against her temple unconsciously. "It's almost the same one as before – almost. This one seemed more certain somehow…"

"So something's changed?" asked Emmett quietly. Though he appeared to be taking an interest in the magazine in front of him, Jasper could see that his eyes were unmoving, his full attention on Alice.

"Yes, and now there's an even greater chance that Bella will be in our future."

He noticed Rosalie's eyes snap up at this statement, the anger flowing from her having grown even stronger now, and attempted to calm her slightly.

"Don't even think about it," she hissed at him, before turning to Alice once more. "How could last night have encouraged that outcome?"

"I don't know what has triggered it, but the future has changed. Perhaps Bella feels safe with Edward, and so she's contemplating staying close to him. Or maybe Edward considers it necessary to keep protecting her. Whatever has happened, it's drawing Bella to us. I still saw her there, writhing on the floor…"

"Alice, stop it," Jasper demanded, feeling the anguish begin to overtake her again. Everytime she had a vision of Bella being changed, he would experience his wife's grief at being forced to watch someone in the pain she knew too well.

"Sorry," she mumbled quietly in reply, her gaze turning back to Edward and Bella. His eyes followed hers, eager to understand the reasoning behind the emotions that resonated from the pair. Jasper had always found himself somewhat frustrated by that particular loophole in his ability, though could hardly complain.

The next thing he heard come from Bella's mouth shocked him to the core.

"What would you do if someone dared you to eat food?"

Each of his siblings' heads whipped around at the question, eyeing Edward incredulously. That type of question held no credence outside of their kind; she knew.

Trying to contain his own shock from spreading, Jasper was forced to close his eyes from the onslaught of emotion now overwhelming him. He had found last night difficult, however the more intense anger and alarm that they all felt combined with the usual insanity of the high school students surrounding him meant Jasper could barely stop himself from moaning aloud in pain.

He felt Alice's hand wrap around his tightly in support, and despite her attempts to regain control of her emotions for him, their physical connection now made it even harder for Jasper to clear his mind. This bond accentuated certain tenors that Jasper unconsciously sought whenever around Alice, and he found a sliver more control over his physical reaction with the discovery of happiness beneath the underlying shock. While this was comforting to him, Jasper could not understand his wife's reaction – they had been discovered. It was only a matter of hours before they would need to leave Forks for fear of word spreading. They might even need to eliminate that possibility…

He felt as much as heard Edward's warning growl from across the room, indicating that he was paying as much attention to them as they were to him. His face betrayed nothing as he continued his conversation with Bella, though Jasper could clearly see the muscles in his arms tensing involuntarily as he prepared for the reactions of his siblings.

The next set of events happened quickly, even for a vampire–

Alice's emotional line slipped away again, her grip on his hand loosening as another vision took over. But just as soon as she disappeared, Jasper felt her struggle to fight off the images entering her mind, her emotional line returning with a heavy wave of fear. Whatever she had seen, if only for a second, would not be good.

"Rosalie, no!" Alice whispered just as a low snarl radiated from her chest. Rosalie's hands were gripped tightly around the lunch table, almost enough to leave visible finger-marks, and the look of pure hatred on her face as she glowered at Bella was nothing compared to her emotions. For the first time since Edward's speech last night, the devils completely disappeared from Rosalie, being replaced with hatred and disbelief directed towards her brother and Bella. Now visibly shaking with anger, Jasper immediately sent her as much calm as he could conjure up, extending this to his other siblings while attempting not to project his own emotions.

This required a significant amount of concentration on Jasper's part, and so he failed to notice the small number of humans now watching the family's exchange with curious eyes. They could have never seen Rosalie that angry, or Alice that scared, and so eyes quickly turned towards the Cullen table until most of the cafeteria were trying to watch them without being caught.

Being the first to perceive the attention, Emmett quickly alerted Jasper to their audience before prying Rosalie's hands from the table as discreetly as possible.

Jasper began thinking of any story that could explain their behaviour to the humans. All it would take would be one human to overhear a conversation and then they would go back to being school gossip instead of a performance. They did not need this sort of attention right now, and any distraction would be welcome.

Before any logical story would come into his head, Jasper made sure to tend to Rosalie's emotions further. He continued to send her as much calm and love as possible, trying to distract her from Edward and Bella enough to get her away from the humans.

This shift drew her minutely from her haze of emotion, now suddenly recognizing their location, and moved her glare towards Jasper. She allowed her emotions to take over again as she swung her arm back, hissing "don't manipulate me!" before letting her hand move forward and come into contact with his face with a resounding crack.

The entire cafeteria went quiet for a moment before filling with gasps and whispers, students asking their friends what had just happened and if they really just saw Rosalie slap Jasper. Even Bella was drawn from her conversation with Edward by the sound, and watched in shock as Rosalie drew up from her chair and stalked away all whilst glaring at her.

Jasper instantly jumped into action, placing a mask of pain on his face before turning to his wife. "Fabricate something; I'll stop her from doing anything stupid."

He felt Emmett place a hand on his shoulder, silently thanking him for his quick thinking, though to any human he would appear to be consoling his brother. They rose together and moved towards the door Rosalie left through, ignoring the incessant stares from humans as they left the cafeteria.

As soon as they were out of sight, Jasper searched for Rosalie's emotions and tried to ignore the dull sting in his cheek where she had released some of her anger. He and Emmett moved a little too quickly through the school halls, still able to hear Alice's tinkling voice as she relayed the made-up story to those humans brave enough to ask.

Seconds later they stood at the edge of the parking lot, watching warily as Rosalie stalked around Edward's car with a large rock in her hand. She did not acknowledge them, throwing the boulder between her hands as easily as a ball while she eyed the car.

This would not end well.

"Rose, baby..." Emmett began carefully, moving towards her with caution. "How about we put the rock down and go, just you and me. We can go hunting up north where you like it, or we could-"

Her glare was answer enough, though she did put the boulder back in its place. At least she was thinking enough to listen to their logic.

"Why should I even try anymore? Why should any of us even bother with this charade if he's willing to throw away everything for HER?" she shrieked, moving towards the boulder again. "I mean, now that she knows, why not let everyone else in on the little secret? It won't make a difference; we still need to move! How about we put on a show for all the stupid little humans!"

Or maybe she wasn't listening to logic.

Emmett got to her before she could pick up the boulder again, gripping her arms across her body tightly and pulling her away from the car as she struggled. Jasper knew better than to influence her emotions again, but by not doing so, they were running the risk of Rosalie losing control.

"Come on, Rose, we need to move," Emmett said firmly, walking her as best he could towards her M3 while Jasper followed. He lifted her effortlessly into the car but kept his arms around her to prevent her from evading them, and Jasper moved around to sit next to her.

They were silent for a long time, Emmett and Jasper monitoring Rosalie watchfully until she began to calm down. Jasper felt the steady change from blind anger to fear and apprehension, and eventually instructed Emmett to let her go.

As soon as she was free, Rosalie grabbed Jasper's hand with one of hers and Emmett's with the other, leaning back in the seat and clamping her eyes shut as she whispered "I like Forks." That was all she said, gripping them tightly as they all silently mourned the imminent departure from the small town that had become their home.

There it is, sincerely hope you enjoyed it, and the final chapter will be up soon! Review=love people, so please let me know what you think of it! Lucia-Swanne :)