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~28~

JPOV-

"Um so what did you want to talk about Jasper?" Edward asked after we sat in silence for about five minutes.

"Edward I heard you this morning." I said as I watch for his reaction. "I wasn't trying to spy on you or anything, but I heard you crying and when I got to the bathroom door I could hear you speaking to yourself." I could hear myself rambling as I spoke and I paused for a moment to compose myself.

"Jasper," Edwards's voice was so quiet it almost didn't hear it. "What all did you hear?" he asks when I look at him.

"Lies," I state as I meet his eyes. "I heard a bunch of lies. Edward you are not any of those things. "You are far from repulsive, horrible, and ugly…"

"But my scars." Edward interrupts me.

"Your scars are a testament at how strong you are." I say reaching for his hand and holding it in mine. "You are not worthless, Edward you are one of the smartest guys I know. Ruined and used? Edward do you really see that, do you really believe the lies that he has told you?" I could feel tears forming in my eyes as I talked. It's highly unlike me to act this way yet somehow I find myself staring at Edward trying to get him to understand that he is none of those things. "And Edward you're not unlovable. Carlisle and Esme love you, so does Emmett and Alice; I think even Rose likes you. And well…. I, I really um like you." My face was now red as I break eye contact and stare at the floor.

"Jasper," Edward whispers as he gently pulls my chin up to look at him. He said nothing else as his lips meet mine and all thoughts of talking goes out the window.

"Thank you Jasper," He says a little breathless when we break apart. "You're too good for me." I hear him whisper as he stands and I'm almost sure that I'm not meant to hear the last part.

"Edward how can you think that?" I say as I grab his arm and turn him towards me.

"You don't know anything!" he practically yells as he twists out of my grip

"Then explain it to me." I say as I attempt to stay calm.

"This was my entire life." He yells as he pulls up one of his sleeves to reveal his bare arm with a ton of scars. I can see the burn marks on him wrist.

Before I can comprehend what I'm doing I had reached out and started tracing the long jagged scar that ran from his wrist and under his rolled up sleeve.

"I don't know how to be normal, I'm ruined." He quickly crumpled to the ground as tears freely flowed from him. "It's all I've ever known. It's all the memories I have."

I wrap my arms around him as I gently lay a kiss on his neck.

"Then you'll just have to make new memories," I whisper into his ear as I relish in the feel of his body curled into mine. "Good memories."

"You think I'll be able to do that." Edward says as he twists in my grip in order to look at me.

"Yes, I know we'll be able to do that." I say as we end with a kiss.

Carlisle POV-

When Esme and I arrived at the house we politely made it known that we needed to talk as a family. I watched through the window as Jasper and Rose took off.

"Daddy what's wrong?" Alice says as she skips over towards the kitchen table where Esme was just placing dinner onto the table.

"I'll explain everything once everyone sits down." I say as I go to sit down. "Ali where are the guys?" I ask when I see no sign of them.

"Oh my brothers will be down soon, Em's just finishing up a level on a game of his and Edward is back in the bathroom staring at his scars like he's been doing lately when he's alone."

I frown at the last bit of Alice's information, Esme and I have noticed Edward slowly starting to withdraw into himself when alone. Although when not alone he seemed to be coming out of his shell, talking and laughing like any regular teenager. Esme's room was quickly becoming the piano room that Edward has taken a great liking to, spending hours playing the piano while Alice and Emmett are at school.

It only took a few more minutes before both Edward and Emmett join us at the table.

"So dad what is the news?" Edward shyly asks as he starts piling food onto his plate.

"Yeah daddy-o what's up?" Em says his mouth full of food already.

"Esme and I spoke to our lawyer yesterday. He has informed us that Elizabeth and Phil have pleaded insanity, they are being emitted into a hospital as we speak."

"WHAT?" Alice's yell cut me off. "How could they get away with that?"

"Apparently Elizabeth suffers from a genetic mental disability, Elizabeth is extremely bipolar. But I had something better I wished to discuss. Edward, how would you feel about filing for emancipation?"

"What? Dad what is eman….emaci… what is that?"

"Emancipation, I could file a request for the courts to proclaim me a legal adult." Edward says answering Emmett's question. "It's so she can't get custody of me again isn't it?" He asks meeting my eyes, his voice slightly shaky as he spoke.

"It's a precaution Edward. You don't need to worry, they're never coming near you again." I say as I try to reassure my youngest son. He's come so far from the scared little kid that had come to live with us so many months ago.

"Ok, so what do I have to do?" I was slightly shocked at the strength in Edwards's voice.

"I have all the information in my office, all you have to do is look over it and fill in the information."

Edwards POV:

The next day Carlisle and I read and reread through all the information his lawyer was able to give him on emancipation.

Two weeks later Carlisle and I were inside a small court room as he reviewed my file and came up with a decision.

"Edward Anthony Cullen, I hereby grant you emancipation from your parents and legal guardians Elizabeth Marie Mason and Carlisle Alex Cullen. Does anyone have any questions?" I figured the judge asks this question every time since he seemed like he didn't want to ask it.

"So, that's it?" I couldn't help myself as I ask. It almost seemed too simple.

"Yes, that is it. You are legally an adult." With that the judge stood and left.

~Time Pass~

The days and weeks that followed stayed relatively the same, I continued to attend therapy sessions twice a week, I spent as much time as I could with Jasper and I had to keep pushing myself to interact with everyone in an attempt to stay normal.

Normal, like I could be normal.

My nightly dreams hadn't stopped. Though I stayed quiet about them, I didn't want Carlisle to find out about them. I didn't want him to worry about me too much more.

~Time Pass~

Lingering memories from my past,

Voices that continue to haunt my waking hours.

The scars that littler my body,

Never ending reminders of what happened….

"Hey Edward have you seen…" Alice says as she walks right into my room and I quickly close my notebook. "Oh are you writing again? Can I read it?"

"No, it's nothing. Did you need anything Alice?" I say as nice as I can, wishing she would stop to try to read my poems and dig in to my past.

"Yes, have you seen my history book?"

"No Alice sorry I haven't seen it." I reply, she gives me a short smile and skips off back down the hall.

I gave a soft sigh as I look at the clock again.

10:05 a.m.

I still have over seven hours before my first official date with Jasper. Just the two of us, he's picking me up and we are going to dinner.

AN: Thanks again to all the reviewers. Have a happy thanksgiving :) Please let me know what you thought of this chapter. Not everything I have mentioned is correct, I'm not entirely sure about all the laws and I know some that I mentioned are not correct. This is a work of fiction and has plenty of fiction in it. I have three big finals coming up December 13, 14 & 15… I can't promise when I will update next, though I'll try to update next weekend, but I can promise I will at least update that weekend. :)