A/N: I am sooo sorry that I am taking so long with this, like I said before, there is a lot going on so I have less time to write. And I am kind of scatter-brained at the moment so if this chapter isn't up to par, I am very sorry. Feel free to unleash your fury!

Bella's heart-rate picked up, and as used to her scent as Jasper was, it was still intoxicating. All he could focus on was calming down, and making sure he realized what situation he was in.

This is Bella, you have to fight this. Jasper kept telling himself in his head. God, please don't let me hurt her. He begged silently. Bella remained in her spot watching Jasper, his eyes were closed and you could tell by the expression on his face that he was fighting an inner battle. The whole ordeal took seconds, but felt like a lifetime to her.

After a few more seconds, Jasper exhaled and opened his eyes again, which were back to the topaz color, just slightly darker.

"How could you do that to me?" Jasper asked, clearly hurt. His voice even broke, and when it did, Bella's heart broke as well.

"Jasper I am so sorry! I didn't even stop to think about what I was doing." Bella apologized, feeling truly disgusted with herself. How Selfish am I? She thought. She quickly wrapped her finger with a tissue she had shoved in her pocket, and returned her hand to her pocket trying to keep it out of Jasper's way.

Alice pulled up a moment after, explaining that she was packing some clothes for Bella that didn't have her scent on them. After she did so, she realized that something was wrong. Jasper was looking at Bella with such a hurt expression; you would have thought she murdered his dog or something.

Jasper snapped out of his mood and opened Bella's door and motioned for her to get in. When she did, Jasper got in the passenger seat and Alice drove off towards the hospital.

"What happened back there?" Alice asked. Bella was looking ten shades of guilty, Jasper looked like he was about to cry, and neither were talking. Jasper and Bella met eyes through the side mirror of the car for a split second. Bella started to talk, but Jasper cut her off.

"Nothing." He answered with a tone that left no room for questioning.

When they met up with Carlisle, Edward had already called and explained the whole situation to him. He guided them into his office, and shut the door.

"We need to find a way to get to this guy and take care of him," Jasper said tightly. Carlisle noticed the tension in Jasper's eyes, and the look of guilt Bella had. He asked what happened as well, with the same answer from Jasper.

"Lying isn't going to help the situation. What happened?" Carlisle asked. Again, Bella started to speak but Jasper cut her off.

"Bella accidentally scraped her finger while we were waiting for Alice to come around with the car and started bleeding. I almost lost control and I feel terrible for it, so bringing it up again isn't really helping," Jasper said, looking down. Carlisle felt bad instantly and apologized.

There were no words for how terrible Bella felt. She knew Jasper was almost as weak as Edward when it came to the bloodlust, and she used it against him. She didn't think of it that way at the time, but that's definitely how it looked and felt. Jasper wouldn't even look at her, and she felt like crawling into the corner and dying.

The next few minutes were spent planning. Edward didn't want to take any risks so he wanted Bella away from Forks for the time being, at least until they could find James and get rid of him. Bella zoned in and out of the conversation, unable to think of anything other than how to apologize to Jasper. Jasper could feel her sadness and guilt, but he was also hurt so he couldn't tell where his feelings stopped and where hers began. He looked over at Alice who went completely still as her eyes glazed over.

In Alice's vision, she saw Bella's decision to apologize to Jasper for what she did. Alice nearly gasped when she saw what happened. How could Bella put herself in danger like that? Alice didn't completely blame Bella because she could see that Bella's intentions were good, but she couldn't help but feel a little bothered by it happening to Jasper. When Alice's vision stopped, everyone was looking at her to see what she saw. She didn't feel like it was her place to unveil Jasper and Bella's situation so she fibbed.

"I can't really see anything. James keeps changing his mind," She said convincingly.

"Okay, then we should get Bella out of here as soon as possible. Start toward Oregon until we call you with details," Carlisle said, returning to his "all business" attitude. He would die before he let anything happen to any of his children, and because Bella was still human, he worried about her more than he did the others, he couldn't help it.

"Something tells me that I need to stay here. Jasper can take Bella, and I will be here to help. Is that okay?" Alice asked Jasper particularly. Jasper nodded without delay which gave Bella some hope that he didn't hate her after all.

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It had been twenty minutes of silent driving until Bella couldn't take it anymore. Jasper had never been angry with her before and it was excruciating.

"Jasper, why didn't you tell them what really happened?" Bella asked. Jasper didn't take his eyes off the road when he answered.

"Because I don't want anyone to be angry with you," He said.

"You don't have to believe me, but I really wasn't thinking about the consequences when I did that, I was just trying to keep everyone out of danger," Bella said quietly. She knew that was no excuse, but it was true.

"I know that, Bella. But you have to think about the consequences with us. With the exception of the James thing, I have never lied to you, so you know how hard it was for me when you first came to live with us. It took me a long time to get used to your scent, and you have always been very careful so if you ever had a cut or anything, you knew exactly what to do. But you did this intentionally, with me right in front of you. I'm not even worried at the prospect of what Edward would have done to me. But I would never be able to forgive myself if I did anything to hurt you. That is why I am so upset," Jasper answered, unleashing all of his hurt. He didn't mean to, but he couldn't keep it in.

Bella was in tears, she knew he wasn't saying any of that to hurt her, but she still felt completely guilty, which she was.

"I can't put into words how sorry I am. But I know you can feel it." Bella said very quietly. It was true. Jasper felt every single bit of remorse and hurt she was feeling. He pulled the car over to the side of the road and hugged her tightly.

"Bells, you're my little sister, and I love you. But don't ever do anything like that again, okay?" Jasper asked, squeezing her once more.

"I swear," Bella answered. He got back onto the road feeling much better.

They talked a little through the drive, but because of the danger they knew they were in, it was still pretty quiet. Jasper's cell phone rang, and he answered, and then handed the phone to Bella.

"Hello love," She heard Edward say. Her heart skipped a few beats, and for that moment, everything was better again.

"Is everything okay?" Bella asked. Jasper could feel the love radiating off of Bella, and he smirked knowingly at her. She lightly hit him and waited for Edward to answer.

"We've lost James. Alice isn't getting any visions, and none of us can seem to catch his scent. You and Jasper do what Carlisle said, and we will come to you guys and figure out where to go from there," Edward said.

"Okay. Edward?" Bella asked.

"Yes love?" He asked. Bella hesitated.

"Nothing, I love you," She said. Bella wanted to pour her heart out to him, and explain that he was her everything, her center of the universe, her reason for being. But she couldn't do that over the phone, it would have meant very little. She wanted to be in his arms and staring deeply into his loving eyes when she finally expressed all that she had been holding back.

"I love you too, so much." Edward breathed. He was beside himself with fear, she was his life, and she was in danger because of him. Silly vampire, thinking he can keep a human safe. He sighed in disgust.

"Be careful." Bella said. They hung up, and Bella wiped the tears away before they fell from her eyes.

"It will be okay, Bells. We'll catch him. And when we do, you can run into Edward's waiting arms, and be as gushy as you want," Jasper teased. For the first time in hours, Bella had hope.

Sooo James is sneaky which is never a good thing.... Review my pretties!