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CHAPTER TWO

When she woke up, Julie was disoriented. She tried to remember the last events that brought her where she was and she sat up quickly at the thought of Jason.

"He's dead." Was all she heard from besides her.

She turned to her left and saw Edward sitting there. He had put a comforting hand on hers and she quickly pulled away remembering what he had done last night. She didn't mean to hurt his feelings, but the questions that had remained silent for a while had all come back in that second.

"Don't worry, Julie." This time, it was Bella who spoke and Julie noticed her entering the bedroom. "You're safe here."

"W-What are you?" This time, the question came out though her voice was still shaking.

"It's not important." Bella answered her sitting on the edge of the bed.

"What do you mean it's not important?" Julie yelled this time. "What the hell is going on with you guys? How come he got me here in less than five minutes? He is not human."

"Julz, should only the fact that he saved you matter? Who cares what he could be." Bella replied.

Though she felt like such a hypocrite. Didn't she want to know the truth about him after he saved her from getting hit by Tyler's van? She kept looking at Julie and had to hold the laughter that wanted to come out. Julie's reaction was so different from her own. She guessed that's what the Cullens would call a normal reaction.

"You have to be kidding me." She shouted once more.

"Julz, please listen to me." Bella tried to reason with her. "Just trust me."

Trust them. Of course, keeping me in the dark when someone died tonight. No, someone was murdered tonight. Are they protecting the murderer?

These thoughts invaded Edward's mind and he wondered whether it was okay now to reply without making her doubt more. He had answered her silent thought earlier, but she hadn't noticed it. In the end, the fear and the hurt on her face got to him.

"We are not protecting him. We are protecting you, Julie." He answered her.

She frowned and Edward sighed feeling this was just a replay of Forks, except this time, it was more complicated. Julie's thoughts were running wild in her mind, trying to make sense of what happened. He didn't see her talking about it to anyone, but she was scared, really scared.

He could hear his family talking downstairs as they listened to every word. They were debating about the right thing to do. He was happy to know that none of them had thought about killing her. They apparently trusted her, but even there, Edward wasn't sure if she could handle their secret. Right now, she was in such a panic state that she couldn't keep her thoughts in order.

No matter what now, they would only get to talk to her when she would have calm down.

"I wanna go home." She cried and held her knees.

Though Edward couldn't read Bella's mind, he knew she was about to protest so he stopped her before she would.

"We'll drive you home." He offered.

Julie seemed to be ready to refuse; actually Edward saw it in her mind, but she was starting to change her mind. Now, she just wanted out of this house.

"I'll go." Jasper's voice was heard in the room.

Bella and Julie both slightly jumped as they heard him while Edward remained the same.

I'll be able to calm her down until she's safely in her place.

Edward nodded and very slowly, Jasper extended his hand to Julie. Jasper's power started working on Julie, calming her progressively and she finally took his hand. She had no reaction to the cold skin, but she took notice that the texture of his hand was different. She got up and Jasper finally walked her out of the room.

"Do you think it's safe for Julie to be alone with Jasper?" Bella asked Edward as he wrapped his arms around her.

She knew that Jasper was still struggling with the way the Cullens lived. He was handling it better now, but still, she couldn't help, but to worry about her friend.

"I have a feeling that he's actually the right person for this." Edward answered her.

It was actually more than a feeling; it was a fact. Jasper's thoughts about Julie had been interesting. He was feeling connected to her. Not in a love way like Edward was with Bella, but still a strong feeling. Perhaps, a brotherly feeling was more accurate in this.

"I guess I can only trust you." Bella sighed.

Edward chuckled slightly. Downstairs, he could hear the others talking about different future plans. Alice's visions were blurry about Julie. As if she hadn't made up her about what happened tonight or what she actually believed to be true.

"And you should. Come on, let's go see the others. We have to think about what we are going to do next." Edward replied.

"Is leaving an option?" Bella asked slightly scared.

"It's probably the one that appears a lot in their minds, but at the same time, no one is ready to leave here." He answered as they walked slowly (for Edward anyways) down the stairs.

"I don't want to go either. I believe Julie would be able to keep the secret." Bella let out, knowing exactly what he was going to reply.

"Maybe, but it would be dangerous. Look at our situation? The Volturi will be back and if they see that another human knows about us, who knows what they are going to do and I'm not about to let any of my family make Julie a vampire too." He exclaimed. "Unlike you, she does have dreams that only mortality can give her."

"But we will have to do something than if we want to stay here. Julie will want some sort of answer to the events." She reminded him. "And she'll want it quickly."

"I know, I can read her mind." He agreed. "But for now, I think it's up to Jasper to find that solution."

And Bella frowned wondering what could Jasper actually do or say that would help the situation.

Jasper had driven Julie to a normal speed though he hated it. Julie seemed to be calm enough to talk. He was just happy to be of some help somehow. His gift was really awesome though it had never fully served in its full potential. He always felt like he could be doing more. Alice was very protective about him, but he was definitely the same with her. That's probably why he always felt like he was holding back on things he knew he could do.

His glance was sometimes leaving the road to look at Julie who was looking outside. He couldn't read minds like Edward, but he knew that she was trying to find a rational answer to what happened tonight. This was probably going to hunt her until one of them would give her the honest truth.

That's why he was the one who brought her home. Alice had told him earlier that week that something was about to change. All she knew at the time was that it involved Julie in some point, but her visions weren't specific. It was only today that her vision had gotten clearer about the danger that was going to bring the change.

"It will be up to you to make it work this time." She had told him once they were away from the others. "I know you can do it."

Obviously, she had seen it, but wouldn't tell him. She was really confident about him finding the right way to inform Julie without making her scream that monsters lived among them.

He stopped the car in front of her building where her apartment was. She made no attempt to live like she was expecting him to answer her.

That connection he had with her was strange. Maybe that's why Alice knew he could do it. She also felt that connection between them. He just couldn't understand where it was coming from.

"Julie, what happened tonight was horrible, but you have to get some sleep now." He said to break the uncomfortable silence of the car.

"I'm not going to get some sleep, Jasper. No matter what's going to happen now, nothing will be the same." She cried. "I need to know what's going on. I know I'll just go crazy if I don't get a straight answer."

He looked down at his hand for a moment thinking about it. Sighing, he stopped completely the engine and in the next second, he was opening her door.

"Fine." He only answered her as she was speechless. "Let's talk."

And with that, he grabbed her in his arms and he ran inside her apartment.