A/N: Sorry it took so long to update. I've been busy with school. I hate homework. But it's Christmas break so I can update more often! Oh, and I have a Miracle poll on my profile for you guys to vote on. It's a little important, ya know?

Edward paced back and forth in the living room of his house. Esme looked up from the drawing she was currently working on to determine her son's source of anxiety. If he kept up with the pace he was sure to wear a track in the floor.

"Sorry Esme. It's just that Bella isn't answering her phone and Jasper is blocking his thoughts from me. I don't know what's going on with either of them." Edward sighed and sat down beside her.

"I'm sure Bella is fine Edward." Esme assured. "Why don't you go over to her house and see if Charlie knows what is happening." Even though he doesn't particularly care for you.

Edward gave Esme a look. It was no shock that Charlie doesn't like him, but hearing it from his mother figure was quite annoying. Alice floated down the stairs singing some Adele song in her head. Rolling in the Deep, Edward figured by the sound of it.

"It won't be any use to go over there." Alice said. "She took off with the dog earlier."

"How earlier?" Edward practically yelled. "Alice if you don't tell me I swear-"

"Oh, calm down! You are way too protective. She is fine Edward!"

"How do you know?"

"Because she is going to walk through the door in three seconds."

Sure enough Edward heard the front door open and shut. It was accompanied by the sound of a beating heart. Bella's beating heart. There was something else with her. It wasn't Jacob Black, there was no wet dog smell. In fact, there was no smell at all. But something was with Bella. He could sense it's thoughts. They were focused solely on Jasper. Dear Lord, what had Bella done now?

Bella walked in the living room looking apprehensive. "Where's Jasper?"

Edward took a deep, calming breathe. "His study. Why?"

She shrugged. "No reason. Just curious, really. I have a surprise for him." Bella turned around. "I think it's okay for you to come in now." She walked over to Edward and took his hand in hers.

A woman with long black hair came in the room. She was breathtakingly gorgeous with huge silver eyes, thick eye lashes, and blood red lips. Her skin was vampire pale and smooth, but it wasn't as cold. Edward felt like he knew this woman. Not only from her thoughts but from Jasper's as well. The blonde vampire thought of her often, dreamed about her on a nearly daily basis. Edward's eyes were drawn to faint pink splotches on her exposed shoulders, face, and neck.

"What-"Edward began. He didn't want to offend the woman by asking what the hell had happened to her. That would be extremely rude.

"The sun. It burns her. She isn't like normal bloodsuckers." Jacob suddenly appeared next to the young woman. Edward took in the wolf's protective stance with amusement. It also intrigued him. All thoughts for the woman, her name was Miracle he gathered from Jacob's mind, were filled with a pure love so heartbreakingly beautiful it made Edward a little uncomfortable. It was like he was intruding on something private and meant only to be shared between Jacob and Miracle.

"She isn't a vampire Jacob." Carlisle descended down the steps to stand by Esme. Rosalie and Emmett followed close behind. "I am not completely sure what she is. She, and please do not take offense to this Madame, is a cliché for the time being." Carlisle slipped back into his British gentleman ways when he was trying to make a situation more comfortable for all involved.

"That explains the imprint." Jacob muttered.

Bella glanced at Jacob. "What imprint? Oh my God, Jake! You finally imprinted! That's amazing!" Her lips curved upward in a brilliant smile. The smile faded quickly though. "No, wait, this isn't right. Miracle is Jasper's! I brought her here so they could see each other again. I didn't have you help me so you would imprint on her Jake!"

Edward saw Alice flinch in his peripheral vision. True, Bella had done something that could potentially ruin Alice's life but her heart had been in the right place. Jacob's had too obviously. Edward chuckled at that little thought.

"What's so funny?"

Jasper's deep voice made Edward turn around. Jasper was wearing a pair of blue plaid pajama bottoms and white socks. His sculpted, pale chest was bare of any form of clothing. Again Jasper asked, "What's so funny Edward."

Alice hurried forward. "Nothing. We, well I, was just thinking of something funny to get Em for Christmas."

Emmett's face lit up like a young child's. "Really? What?" He caught Alice's glare and looked down at his feet. "Never mind." He muttered.

Jasper moved with vampire speed down the steps to the living room. Jacob turned, facing away from all the others while simultaneously hiding Miracle with his massive frame. He put a hand on her shoulder and begun guiding her to the back door.

"What are you doing?" She asked with confusion coloring her tone.

Jasper froze. He was a stone carving. Cold and unmoving. That voice. It was her voice. It was Miracle's voice. He could recognize that hypnotizing, melodic sound anywhere. But there was something different about it now. He could not only hear some dark undertone to it, but he could sense one as well. Jasper pushed Jacob to the side with his vampire strength. Standing there, still dressed in her ivory burial gown was Mrs. Miracle Whitlock.

"Miracle." He breathed. Jasper reached out his hand to pull her close to him.

But he couldn't touch her.

As soon as his hand made contact with her skin a jolt of electricity shot through his entire body bringing him to his knees.

This doesn't make any fucking sense! He yelled in his mind. Jacob touched her so why can't I?

"She isn't yours, Jasper Whitlock. She belongs to another." Alice said.

Edward shook his head. That was exactly what Aro had said in the vision Alice had seconds before. He could clearly still see all the blood, all the danger soon to happen in all of their futures. For the second time Edward asked himself what had Bella done.