A/N: OK, usual thing. I own nothing to do with twilight, I borrow Alice on weekends. Stephanie and I have joint custody over her. Well anyway, jasper finds out about Alice and Bracken, stories from Bracken's past and other stuff. This chapter is kind of writing it's self, and sorry if I don't post very often but I'm also working on my novel and so I'm trying to juggle my time between the two. Anyway, enjoy.....

Chapter seven: Love lost

Alice walked into Jasper's room, she knew how this was going to turn out and that comforted her slightly. Jasper looked up from his book and smiled "what do you want my love?", Alice sighed "I need to talk to you Jas, and I need you to listen until I'm finished". Jasper nodded and put the book on the table to give Alice his full attention, Alice moved over to him and sat and another chair facing him "something has happened between Bracken and myself, through spending so much time together we have both developed....... feelings for each other". Alice looked at Jasper to judge his reaction, he looked calm so she carried on "the one thing I never wanted was to hurt you, which is why I'm telling you this. I want to be honest with you, but Bracken and I feel so strongly towards each other and maybe even love each other". Jasper looked at Alice and could feel she was sorry, he could feel her nervousness and above all he could feel the love she was talking about when she mentioned Bracken. "Alice, I know. To be honest I think I've always known but never wanted to admit it. But I can see now that my attempts to keep you with me were wrong and I should just give you my blessing and stand to the side. So I will" Jasper said with a pained tone in his voice that he couldn't mask. Alice went over to him and hugged him "please don't tell anyone Jas, we're trying to work things out ourselves. I want you to know I do still love you but as a brother now".

Jasper nodded and returned the hug "I know, and I love you like a sister Alice. I won't tell anyone about this, It's not my news to tell. And just so you know, whatever happens in all this. I'll always support you and be there for you, I love you too much to lose you completely". If Alice could have cried she would have in that moment, Alice nodded and left Jasper to his thoughts, knowing that he was hiding his true emotions and needed to let them out in private. Alice walked into the room and Bracken smiled "he was cool about it" Bracken said, Alice nodded "it's gonna be so annoying having two people in my head" she joked as she moved to the bed and sat on the edge of it. "He wasn't too happy bout it but he's gonna deal with it for your sake" Bracken clarified for her, Alice nodded "plus he promised not to tell anyone about it so we have time to figure things out for ourselves". Bracken lent back on the pillows and sighed "how will everyone else take it?", Alice watched Bracken worry and shrugged "I don't know, we haven't made our minds up to tell them all yet". Bracken's eyes fluttered closed and she slipped into a deep sleep, Alice moved to the chair in the corner of the room and opened a book.

"So, what's Russia like?"Alice asked, Bracken smiled "cold, very cold". Alice smacked Bracken on the arm lightly "be serious Bracken",

"I am serious, it's seriously could there"

"I was talking about Russia in general, what's it like as a place?"

"well I lived in Siberia, middle of nowhere"

"kinda like here then"

Bracken nodded and prepared to tell Alice all about her first home "I went to Moscow quite a lot, I have an uncle and aunt there. They have kids now so I have cousin's there as well, but I grew up out of civilisation. Siberia is extremely cold, and constantly snow covered. We were never bothered as no one would cross the frozen planes, it was peaceful most of the time". Alice listened to Bracken and noticed that her accent was changing slowly to a Russian one, Bracken carried on "I was born 180 years ago, My brothers are all a lot older than I am and I was considered the runt of the pack, we lived in a large mansion but other pack members all had houses near to us. We had our own little community and no one even noticed we existed, my immediate family and close relatives lived in the mansion. One of my uncles on my fathers side with his children and mate, my Grand papa and my uncle on my mothers side lived with us also as did a close friend of my father with his mate and child"

"We lived there until I was 10 werewolf years, 100 human years. There was an attack on the house, the Russian Army noticed strange things about the little village and the government decided to destroy us without finding out who or what we really were. I missed my home I never wanted to leave, but we knew we had to go or the Army would get us. So we fled in different directions we split up but kept in contact in case anyone of us needed the others. We travelled across Europe, through Italy, Spain, Germany, Bulgaria, Belgium, France, Amsterdam and Great Britain. Once there we moved over here to America where we travelled across this country until we reached here, we have never been able to stay in anyone place longer than two or three years. But now that I am no longer part of that family, when I get better I will not have to worry about anyone blowing my cover" Bracken finished. Alice looked thoughtful for a second "or.... you could live here with us", Bracken look at Alice and searched her eyes. Seeing that Alice was being honest she replied "If the rest of your family accept it then yes I will stay".

Two weeks later......

Alice loved hearing stories of Bracken's adventures in Russia, hunting the Arctic animals and playing in 3 foot snow in wolf form. The stories about her mother and grandfather and learning about music and art from them, the balls they held every year in the mansion. The Adventures Bracken had while crossing Europe and all the mythical creatures they found along the way. Alice would sit on the bed every night, enthralled by Bracken's stories right up until Bracken fell asleep. Alice found herself falling more and more for the young wolf and realised that she didn't really care, although they felt they should still keep it a secret from the family. Alice spent more time in school and brought Bracken homework back so she could continue her studies and hopefully graduate with the rest of the class. Everyone else started spending more time with Bracken, except Rosalie and Edward, Rosalie and Emmett went back to Africa with a promise from Emmett to return and kick Bracken's ass in Tekken. Esme spent the daytime caring for Bracken, Making her meals and helping her with physiotherapy, Carlisle spent time in between work and research helping Bracken as well. Bella came by as much to see Bracken now as she did to see Edward, something that bothered Edward greatly.

"Just a few more steps and I'll carry you back to the bed" Alice encouraged as Bracken slowly stepped across the room, Bracken moaned in pain as she moved "but it hurts".

"It has to hurt to work, means your leg muscles are working"

"No I mean it really hurts, I need to rest"

"Don't be a baby, I thought you were a big bad wolf"

"I'm a big wolf in a great deal of pain"

Alice sighed and gave in to Bracken, they turned around and made it back to the bed. Bracken collapsed on it and moaned, they had just done 5 lengths of the room and Bracken was exhausted by it. Alice watched Bracken with worry "you should be healing by now, but your just as bad if not slightly worse", Bracken lifted her head "I know, I don't know what to say". Alice helped Bracken sit up on the bed "I should go get you something to eat, you need to build your strength back up. Wait there", Bracken nodded as Alice walked out of the room, Bracken knew exactly what Alice was up to but kept her mouth shut anyway.

Alice needed answers and she needed them fast, she headed to the smartest person she knew. "Come in" came the voice on the other side of the door, "Carlisle, I need your help" Alice said as she walked in. Carlisle nodded and watched as Alice paced frantically "why isn't Bracken getting better? She's doing physio everyday, eating lot's of meat". Carlisle thought for a few seconds "I've been looking into this, the blood tests show nothing unusual as far as I can tell. Mind you though, Bracken's blood is something that I have not had the fortune of coming across before, this is all speculation. I simply do not understand why she is not getting better". Alice sighed and nodded "thank you Carlisle", Carlisle watched as Alice walked out of the room and went back to studying Bracken's test results. Alice's phone rang as she walked into the kitchen, she answered the phone knowing who it was before she answered "hey Emmett", "how's my favourite little wolf doing? Any better?" Emmett asked. Alice shook her head "nope, I don't know why Em",

"she'll get better eventually Alice"

"I don't know about that Emmett"

"I do, your doing a great job looking after her"

"I know something is up Emmett, I just don't know what"

Alice hung up and grabbed some meat stew, heating it up on the stove, she grabbed some bread to go with it. Bracken ate slowly as Alice tidied the room around her, Alice kept glancing at Bracken to see if she was still eating. Bracken finished and looked up at Alice "come sit with me", Alice moved over to the bed and sat in front of her. Bracken placed her left hand on Alice's cheek "I'll be OK my love, you don't need to worry so much", Alice placed her hand over Bracken's and held it there. Breathing deeply Alice sighed "I worry because I love you so much, I want you to get better, Bracken looked down "I know, I am sorry. I never wanted this". Alice looked Bracken in worry "want what? Us?", Bracken shook her head and looked deep into Alice's eyes "Of course now, Alice this between us is the best thing that has ever happened to me. For the first time I truly feel alive". Bracken lent in and kissed Alice softly, Alice deepened the kiss, placing her hands on the sides of Bracken's face and holding her tightly.

Edward walked into the room and stopped dead in his tracks, Bracken and Alice pulled apart quickly. "What the fuck!" Edward shouted as he stood there shocked, "Edward" Alice said in shock. Edward shook his head and stormed out of the room just as Bella walked in, Alice walked after Edward "stay with Bracken Bella". Bella looked at Bracken who just shook her head, "not good then" Bella said as she walked over to the bed. "I can't believe this Alice, your with Jasper" Edward said angrily as he stormed downstairs into the living room, "Not any more Edward and it has nothing to do with you" Alice answered back. Edward turned on Alice "If it affects the family it's all of our business", Alice felt the anger rising inside her about to erupt "Edward, my life is my life and no one else's" she spoke in a deadly quiet voice. "It's wrong Alice!" Edward yelled throwing his hands in the air, Alice crossed her arms "why exactly is it wrong Edward? Because Bracken is a wolf? Or is it because Bracken is a girl?". "Both" Edward replied, Alice looked like she was about to attack Edward, something everyone was worried about. "Edward, son, you need to calm down" Carlisle said in his usual calming voice, "Alice is right, it is her business and no one else's" Esme joined in with the attempt to solve the argument. "What about Jasper, doesn't anyone care about how he feels? Alice has stomped over his heart!" Edward exclaimed angrily, "actually, Edward, I know about them and I'm fine with it" Jasper said quietly.

Edward looked at Jasper in shock as Jasper carried on "they love each other Edward, I could have forced her to stay with me, but who am I to do that?". "You knew? And your OK with it?" Edward asked in shock, Jasper smiled a pained smile "I just want Alice to be happy, even if it's not with me". Edward turned back on Alice with pure anger in his eyes "HOW COULD YOU ALICE! IT'S JUST WRONG YOUR GOING AGAINST EVERYTHING WE ARE AND KNOW!" his shout was like a roar. "Stop this Edward" came Bracken's voice from the top of the stairs, everyone turned and saw Bella helping Bracken downstairs. Alice looked at Bracken with worry "Bracken, what are you doing? Go back to bed", Bracken shook her head "no Alice, I won't let you go through this alone". Edward scoffed and glared at Bracken "oh look, it's the guard dog", "Edward, I know you may not agree with our relationship. but Alice is still your sister, isn't her happiness still important to you?" Bracken said. Edward just stared at Bracken as she carried on "we never planned any of this, we started out just as friends. But, as time went on and Alice spent more time with me than anyone else here, we grew closer. But hurting anyone was the last thing we wanted, I love her Edward". "Edward, they love each other. It wasn't that long ago that people didn't like us being together" Bella said, Edward knew he was outnumbered, everyone seamed to support them.

"You don't know what Alice has given me" Bracken said so quietly that Bella could hardly hear, Edward looked at Bracken in confusion as did everyone else. Bracken looked at Alice with a week smile "for the first time in my life I have felt love, and been able to love back. For the first time in my life I've been given hope, something I never thought I'd experience". Bracken sighed and looked to Carlisle who nodded, knowing exactly what Bracken had to say. Bracken looked back at Alice and looked deep into her eyes "I need to be honest about something, there's something I've been hiding from you and I'm sorry about it. But first I need to sit down". Alice helped Bracken sit on the sofa and Bracken started "OK, when I moved to Forks, it was only to finish high school. One last human experience......before I die", Alice's eyes went wide with shock "what?". Bracken breathed deeply "I have what we call the curse, but it's really a genetic disorder. It means I heal at normal human rate and I'm a lot smaller than other wolves, I wasn't expected to live past 200. The attack on me has reduced that time significantly, I only have a few weeks now. Alice I'm so sorry for not telling you, I never thought I'd fall in love here".

Alice shook her head "there has to be something we can do, has to be a cure somewhere. We'll find it", Bracken looked down "there is one. But I'm not telling you", Alice grabbed Bracken's face and pulled it up to meet her eyes "Bracken, I can't lose you now. I've only just found you, please tell me what it is". Bracken turned her face away "no, it's too horrible. It's not something I could ask you to do", Alice grabbed Bracken's shoulders "whatever it is, I'll do it. I'll do anything for you please tell me". Bracken sighed "you have to turn me. Bite me and infect me with your venom", "how the fuck will that help" Edward scoffed. Bracken looked up at Edward "it'll make me a werevamp, a cross between a vampire and a werewolf" she looked at Alice "but it's not easy, I've only saw it once. My uncle got turned and he was rolling on the floor, he started tearing at his chest to dig out his own heart. Callum had to kill him. It was horrible". Alice looked deep into Brackens eyes and whispered "I'll do it. I'll turn you".

A/N": OK so I know it's been ages since this update. But I've had so much on at the moment. Well next chapter will be about Bracken being turned, it'll be an intense chapter. Hope you all enjoy it