Time passes. With every tick of the clock time goes on. No matter how much you don't want the future to come, no matter how much you want it to stand still and live in this very moment for forever, time wont wait for you.

Not even me. Riley's birthdays pasted faster than I thought. Of course, with every birthday he got more gifts than I had gotten over my whole human life. He wasn't spoiled, he was just blessed.

I was sitting on the roof of the Cullen home, looking at the horizon. As a vampire, I can see much farther than any human. My mind felt as though it could explode at any second. I was thinking too much.

Alice said that when Riley grew up he would become a soldier. I just could not wrap my head around it. My baby boy, going and killing people. We left Forks to escape the vampire army that was after us. But that was four years ago.

We are now in London. At first I was happy because I thought that we could get away, but Alice kept talking about how Riley was going to become a soldier. Soldiers die, why couldn't she see that? Why couldn't any of them see that? "Bella?" Jasper called out. "Yeah. Up here." Jasper climbed up on the roof and came to sit beside me.

"I'm sorry for the mixed emotions Jazz." I apologized to him. "It's okay. The strongest emotion I feel coming off you is confusion." I chuckled. "Yeah that sounds like me." Even as a vampire I am always confused about something. Charlie was always confused too. I would say it's in my blood, but I don't have any. "You okay?" He asked. I chuckled. "Like you don't know." He laughed a little before getting serious.

"Bella what do you see out there?" He asked me pointing to where I had been staring. "I see happy humans who don't have a clue at the danger that is surrounding them." Jasper looked thoughtful as he said, "You know I come up here a lot. And every time I do, I see the same thing."

"What's that?" I asked curious. "Like you, I see a world of people, who seem happy and who love. But Bella, with my gift I can see so much more than that. I can feel. And when I look out at this world all I feel is hurt, pain, hate. Humans dieing more often than they should. I see small children confused and hurt because their parents fight. I see humans sad and angry because someone broke their heart. I see hatred in the eyes of murderers and rapists, and pain and tears in the eyes of their victims. I see women killing there unborn babies out of confusion and regret. But worse of all," he looked hurt as he said, "I see people calling out for a savior, and not getting one." Jasper closed his eyes, and for the first time, I understood why he thought this life was a curse.

No man, no matter how strong, should feel the weight of the world on his shoulders. "Bella, I feel close to the same thing with our kind. But now, with Riley, our kind just might have a savior .With Riley they have hope." I knew that Jasper lived off of hope. I knew that before he met Alice, he had none, ultimately before Alice, he was alive but he wasn't living. I knew he was right. I knew that I should let go of my now 4 year old son who looked to be about 12 now, but I'm not sure if I can.

"Jasper, but you were a soldier. You know what it was like. How could you be willing to put Riley into all that?" Before I was even finished Jasper was shaking his head. "Bella, being a vampire soldier is the most dangerous thing our kind can do. But do you not trust Alice? She has not just seen that Riley is going to be a soldier Bella. She has seen it all. She has seen that he will come back to us safe. Do you not trust that?" I felt like crying.

"I trust Alice. But Jazz, you don't know the heart of a mother. It's like, well, could you have let Alice go do something like this?" Jasper sighed. "No I don't think I could. But that is probably because I am not as strong as my favorite sister." Jasper smiled. I sighed. Am I really going to do this? Can I really put my baby into this? I have to. That is all I know. I hugged Jasper before standing up. "Thanks Jazz. I think I need to go talk to your wife." Jasper smiled and stood up as well. "Good."

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Alice's POV

Finally, Bella was going to talk to me about Riley! She had been ignoring the conversation for four years! "Come in!" I said one second before she knocked on the door of my room. "Alice. I'm sorry." She sighed. I walked over to her and gave her a hug. "Bella you are just like Edward! So protective. It's alright. I would have done the same. Bella, it's time. He needs his training."

"Okay." She sighed. Then the door opened and Riley ran in. "Thanks mom!" He hugged her than turned to run back out the door. "Uncle Emmett, Uncle Jasper! Mom finally caved in!" Bella and I were chuckling as we followed him out side. Day one of training begins now. Great, we are right on schedule.

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A/N *Peeks head out of cave* Any one there? I've been hiding in that there cave because I know you guys are like so mad at me. I have not updated in so flippin long! I've just been busy and I've had to do this, that and the other. I'm so sorry! And you are probably even more upset because this is a really short chapter. I'm really sorry! Please don't hate me! So, if any part of you still love me at all, please, please, please review! I need feed back! It makes me wanna update much faster knowing that you guys want to read my story. So yeah this is a long enough a/n..okay I hope you liked it!

-Esmefan1-Elissa.