Rose stopped on the last step with her proud head slightly bowed.

"I can't do this," she whispered quietly to herself before her mother's hand came to rest gently on her shoulder to give her a reassuring squeeze.

"Yes you can, darling." Esme responded in a calm quiet tone. "And the sooner you do so the sooner this episode can be dropped." With that she gave her daughter a gentle nudge to encourage her on her way.

"Are you okay, Rosie?" Emmett quickly stood and went towards the stairs only to be warned away by his mate's sharp hiss. Taking a step back the bruin's eyes grew wide at the unusual display. "What's wrong, Babe? Tell me and I'll fix it."

"I think you've done quite enough, Emmett," the flaxen haired beauty growled angrily.

"What did I do?"

"Well you sure didn't defend me when that..."

"Rosalie." Esme's voice carried a warning which caused her daughter to rein in her attitude slightly.

Clearing her throat, Rose continued. "When Jacob hit me on the back of the head with that bowl. All you did was laugh it up right along with Edward like a pair of hyenas. Do you really think that is how a husband should act? Or a brother for that matter?"

Edward glanced away from his sister and busied himself with tending to his own mate while being silently bombarded by a barrage of words that he knew Rose would never dare to utter in the presence of their parents.

Emmett lowered his head in shame, but glanced up at his wife with a sheepish grin on his boyish face. "Sorry, Babe, but it was kinda funny. Besides, I knew that you could handle things and didn't want to get in the way."

"Emmett just because I can handle it doesn't mean... Oh, never mind."

Rose threw her hand up to silence her mate before he could say anything else that might increase her irritation. This was already not going well and she didn't need it to turn worse. All she was required to do was to apologize to the mutt and then she would be free to return to her room and some much needed peace and quiet.

I can do this. Taking a deep breath, Rose took the final step off the stairs when a barking comment from the mongrel caused her to freeze in place.

"Sounds like somebody is sleeping in the doghouse tonight. " Jacob slapped Emmett on the back. "Dude, you better start doing some serious sucking up to Blondie if you want to hit ..."

"Jacob Black, don't you dare finish that sentence," Esme scolded from her spot still on the stairs.

"Too bad he had already finished the thought." Edward's face took on a look of utter disgust as he shook his head in a vain attempt to clear it. "Came with visuals, too. Thanks a lot, Jake. I owe you big time."

"Not a prob," Jacob answered with a satisfied smirk.

Rosalie suddenly turned her piercingly cold glare on Jacob. "Well, you would know all about being in the doghouse; wouldn't you, Fido?"

"Rosalie Lillian, you will mind your manners or your next stop will be my study," Carlisle quietly reinforced his wife's previous warning from the upper landing before quickly descending the stairs to stand with his mate. When Rose continued to glower angrily at their guest Carlisle gave a subtle cough to gain her attention. "Kitty, do you and I really need to have this discussion? I suggest you think for a moment before you say or do anything else."

Closing her eyes, Rose exhaled a held breath before shaking her head slowly as a rush of calm came over her. "No, Father; we don't need to discuss anything." Glancing back towards Carlisle and Esme, Rose noticed Jasper and Alice standing at the top of the stairs. Seeing a worried expression in her brother's dark eyes, the blonde gave him a faint smile and nodded once in acknowledgement of the soldier's assistance causing him to dip his head in return.

Put on his guard by Rosalie's formality, the patriarch watched his daughter carefully for any signs of residual hostility. Finding none, he allowed his defensiveness to fade as he wrapped an arm over his mate's shoulder and felt her relax as she leaned against him. "Good. Then I believe your mother has asked you to do something. I think it would be wise to acknowledge her wishes."

Fine! I'll throw the damn dog a bone. "Yes, Daddy."

Edward snickered softly, but not soft enough to avoid drawing attention.

"Do you have something that you wish to add, Son?" Carlisle inquired as he cocked a brow at his first born while noticing the pleading look that Rosalie was giving her brother.

The gifted bronze haired boy shook his head. "No, Carlisle. I think you guys have everything wrapped up just fine and hardly need my two cents. I'll gladly stay out of this conversation." Bella whimpered quietly in her sleep commanding his attention for a moment before he added, "But there is something that I need to say to Rose." Lifting his gaze from his charge, he caught his sister's eye." Rose, I really need to apologize. I'm sorry that I laughed. You are absolutely correct; that isn't how siblings should act and I hope that you forgive me. I think that you should also know that Em was not really amused at your expense. For him it was much more of a stress reaction because he wasn't sure how to react and didn't want to possibly make the situation worse so please don't hold it against him."

Edward found himself suddenly punched hard in the upper arm. His bearish brother was standing next to him in a spot that was empty moments before with a broad grin on his face. "Thanks, Bro."

"Don't mention it, Em," Edward replied as he rubbed the sore spot on his arm. "You could do me a favor though."

"Anything, Eddie. Just ask."

"Could you edit your thoughts a bit when I'm around? Some of the things that go on in there…." Edward shuddered.

"Can I help it if my mind is an adult only zone? Rated X, Bro."

"More like rated Y as in 'why' would you even think of something like that?"

"Eternity is a long time to just suffer the same old, same old. Gotta spice it up. Know what I mean?" Emmett wiggled his eyebrows as his smile grew even wider.

Edward lowered his head and covered his eyes with his hand. "Unfortunately I do which is why I would prefer you not to share your thoughts so freely."

Carlisle cleared his throat. "If it makes you uncomfortable, Son…."

"I know. I know that I should give him his privacy, but he pretty much screams these things at me. It's hard not to see them."

"Try harder," was the elder's simple advice as he dismissed his son from further conversation by returning attention to his fair haired daughter. "Kitty?"

Rosalie rolled her eyes briefly before giving in. "I forgive you, Edward and I'm sorry that I railed at you. It was just … upsetting."

"What about me, Babe? Forgive me?"

Rose sighed. "We'll talk about it later."

Emmett smirked as his eyes lit up with mischief. "Kiss and make up? Hmm? We could do that sooner rather than later."

"Later,Em," Rose stated a little more firmly as she heard Edward groan.

"Then I guess I'll just head up stairs since I'm not needed down here right now. You know where to find me when you want me, Babe." Emmett pouted as he headed past his wife, but stopped to give her a kiss on the cheek before mounting the steps to slip by his parents.

"That boy is incorrigible." Carlisle shook his head as he heard the bruin's bedroom door shut.

"They all are, Carlisle." Esme smiled. "They take after their father."

Carlisle made a move to protest, but his mate quickly sidelined him as she quietly encouraged their daughter to complete her task after all the interruptions.

"Jacob, I would like to apologize for my rude behavior. I should have been more sensitive to your feelings and it was wrong of me to try to feed you from the floor. Rest assured that it will not happen again." Rosalie allowed her focus to drop from the young man's face towards the floor as she added in a whisper, "Since it seems that you will be something like another extension of our family, I should treat you as such. Bella finds comfort in you being here and I respect that so it is only right that I show that respect towards you. Friends?"

Rose extended a hand towards Jacob in a gesture of peace as she glanced back up into his warm brown eyes.

Jake cocked his head to the side as he watched Rose intently before glancing at the offered hand as he spoke. "You can put that away. I have no interest in touching you, Ice Queen and I sure as hell don't want to be thought of as an extension of your family. I know that you don't mean a word of what you've said. The only reason that you apologized is because Esme lit into your ass and you don't want another dose. You're not sorry, so don't insult my intelligence in thinking that you can convince me that you are. You only feel sorry for yourself. I don't mind bickering with unfeeling cold hearted bitches like you, actually I find it entertaining, but I can't begin to imagine a world where the two of us could ever be friends so don't even bother."

The Quileute boy turned away from Rose without noticing the glistening of tears in her eyes, but her distress was clearly noted by another one of the observers.

Jasper raised his head a bit as he stiffened. "Jacob, I hardly see any reason for that sort of attitude. Rose just offered you a heartfelt apology and a legitimate ceasefire agreement. I believe that you would be wise to accept and offer your own apology in return."

The young shifter snorted as he waved his hand dismissively. "As if. Blondie doesn't have a heart to give a heartfelt apology. She doesn't feel anything one way or another. Isn't that right, Oh Princess of the Frost?"

Jacob glanced back at Rose as a tear rolled down her cheek. The boy was momentarily shocked by the show of emotions, but recovered quickly. "Oh please, Blondie. No one here is buying that act. You really should go take some theatrical lessons; maybe then you'd be believable."

"Jazzy, don't." Alice reached out to grab her mate, but he easily slipped through her fingers.

In a blur of motion, Jasper leaped from the second floor landing and was in the shape shifter's face before anyone else had a chance to react. Jacob took a stumbling step back as the soldier invaded his personal space.

"What the fuck it your problem, Jasper?"

"I could ask the same of you. You will retract your previous statement and humbly ask Rosalie to forgive your blatant boorishness."

"Or what? What are you going to do?" Jacob shoved both hands against the southerner's chest, pushing the soldier back.

Ignoring the physical affront, but not the verbal challenge, Jasper growled a challenge of his own. "Try me and find out."

"Jasper! Son, that's quite enough." Carlisle grabbed his boy's upper arm to try to draw him away from the source of his annoyance, but was quickly shaken off.

Without acknowledging his father in anyway, the Major took a step closer towards Jacob. "That was uncalled for, Wolf. Maybe you never learned any better so let me educate you now. You NEVER talk to a lady like that. Now apologize and pray to God that she has the grace to overlook your ignorance and accept your apology."

"You know something; you're right. That is no way to talk to a lady, but I wasn't talking to a lady now was I? I was talking to a spiteful bitch."

"Jacob!" Esme's admonishment was drowned out by the sound of the back of Jasper's hand colliding violently with Jacob's cheek.

Within seconds a large russet wolf stood snarling in the middle of the room with its hackles raised glaring dangerously at a battle hardened soldier who crouched down prepared to fight.

"Jacob?" A weak voice muttered from the couch. "What's…."

Edward calmly hushed Bella as he slid down on the sofa and cradled her against him.

"Edward, please take Bella upstairs. She doesn't need to be witness to this spectacle. The very last thing she needs right now is additional stress. I'll be up to check on her momentarily."

With a nod Edward gathered his mate in his arms as he easily rose to his feet and headed towards the stairs just skirting the brewing brawl. With the jumble of Jake's angry hurt thoughts and Jasper's ranting buzzing around in his head, the mind reader was only too happy to accept his father's order even though he knew he should stay to help get things sorted out. Taking to the steps as quickly and as carefully as he could, Edward bumped into a descending Emmett.

"Ed, what in the hell is going on?"

"Get down there quick. Dad is going to need all the help he can get. I have to get Bella out of the way."

No further explanation was necessary to send Emmett barreling down the steps to the rescue.

At least Emmett should be able to hold Jacob back and then Carlisle can control Jasper. Carlisle's firstborn sighed softly while he climbed the final flight up to his bedroom as his wife began to drift off again in his arms losing her battle for consciousness against the painkilling chemicals. Edward lowered his head to place a soft kiss on her brow. "Sleep, Bella. Everything is okay now. It was all just a bad dream." Otherwise known as just your run of the mill day at Masion Du Cullen.

Jacob lowered his head and growled loud enough to shake the glass in the window panes, but Jasper only snarled back with contempt of his own.

"Come on, if you think you're man enough. It's about time that someone teaches you some manners."

"Jasper Whitlock Cullen, you stop this instant. You know better than to behave like this." Esme cried over the cacophony of bellowed challenges and responding growls while watching the soldier and the wolf slowly circle as each sized the other up.

"Jasper! Jacob! You've done enough. Cease this insanity instantly." Carlisle stepped between the combatants at the very moment that Jacob charged.

The wolf checked the fair haired elder with his massive shoulder while he bore down on the waiting soldier sending the patriarch flying into Emmett who had just arrived on the scene. At the last second, Jasper slid down on his back upon the carpeted floor and caught Jacob in the stomach with both booted feet sending the animal crashing into the far wall; shattering the flatscreen in the process.

Thick black claws ripped into the carpet as Jacob sought footing to renew his attack.

"Aw, Man! I just cleaned that!"

Carlisle reached out a hand to help his brutish son back to his feet. "I'm afraid that the carpet is the least of our worries." The elder watched as the battle continued with Jasper soaring into the plate glass window after being tossed like a rag doll by the slavering beast who just moments ago had been a fairly well-mannered teen.

Shaking the shards of shatter glass off of himself as he arose from the debris, the Major turned and charged the snarling predator. Ramming a fist hard against the wolf's sensitive nose, Jasper grinned in satisfaction when Jacob yelped in pain and pawed at his muzzle while backing away. As the soldier was drawing his arm back to deliver another powerful blow a sudden foreign sound filled the room.

"ENOUGH!" Carlisle's gentle voice had given away to the Coven Leader's forceful authoritative bellow causing every living creature within ear shot to freeze in its tracks.

"Jasper, Come." The doctor pointed to a spot directly before him as he fixed his son with a hard jet black stare before crossing his arms over his broad chest.

Carefully the boy disentangled himself from the wreckage of the room and slowly made his way over towards his father with his head hung low.

No one drew a breath as Jasper took the final step that put him directly in his father's presence. The room was deadly silent with the exception of Jacob's ragged panting until a broken shard of glass fell free from its casement with a deafening crash which caused the Major to cringe.

Carlisle watched the boy for a few more tense moments before he inhaled deeply. "Is this how you were taught to behave?"

"Nah, Sah."

Jacob kept his head lowered towards the ground, but lifted his eyes to watch the interaction of the two stone-still men as his ears twitched at Jasper's odd enunciation.

"Is this how you show respect towards your mother and I or for the home which we have provided for you?"

Jasper swallowed hard. "Nah, Sah."

"Is it EVER advisable to fight between ourselves?"

"He was insultin' mah sistah." Jasper raised his head and met Carlisle's dark eyes.

"I am well aware of that fact and I am also well aware that you did not answer my question. Must I repeat myself?"

"Nah, Sah." The Major squared his shoulders and clasped his hands behind his back while focusing on a spot just past his leader's shoulder. "We are nevah ta come ta blows."

Carlisle's voice softened while retaining every ounce of authority. "Then what do you call this, Son?"

Jasper chewed on the inside of his cheek as he quickly searched for the best possible answer before settling on a quietly uttered, "Disregard of tha rules, Sah."

The patriarch exhaled in a gentle sigh as he nodded in approval of the boy's answer. With a slight jerk of the head he commanded, "Upstairs. Your room. I'll be up in a little while to finish this discussion."

"Yesh, Sah." Jasper quickly passed Carlisle half expecting a blow that never came before mounting the stairs to disappear from view.

"Daddy?"

Carlisle closed his eyes and rubbed at his temples before responding with a light nod. "You may go to him, Alice."

Emmett looked around the room before issuing a low whistle at the amount of damage the house has sustained. "And here I thought I was the destroyer."

"Jacob and Jasper will be cleaning it up." The elder had turned his focus on the cowering russet wolf. "Since it will take them some time, I suggest that for the sake of comfort, everyone stay in their rooms for the time being."

Emmett snickered as he wrapped an arm around his mate's waist. "I can totally get behind that idea, Pops."

Without having taken his eyes off the wolf, Carlisle ignored his son's innuendo and addressed the animal instead. "Jacob, you will go to the garage and stay there until I come for you. I'll see to it that you have some clothes to change into and I will expect you to return to your human form and stay that way. Jasper is not the only person with whom I will need to have a talk. Now go on."

Jacob whined and flattened his ears to his head as he lowered his body further against the floor. Glancing towards the direction of the garage his whine turned into a pitiful whimper.

"I'll lend a hand, Buddy." Emmett walked over to the door leading into the garage and opened it allowing for Jacob to slink out of the house with his tail between his legs tucked tightly against his belly.

Slithering carefully between the cars, Jacob looked out of the garage window before Emmett's voice called to him and banished the thought that was just beginning to take form.

"Oh and Dude, do yourself a favor and don't even think about running off. Trust me; that is the worse decision you would ever make. We have all been there and some of us have learned that nugget of wisdom the hard way." Unconsciously, Emmett rubbed his backside at the memory as he quietly closed the door leaving Jacob alone with his thoughts.

The bruin returned to his wife's side and began to lead her towards the steps when she stopped and placed a hand on her father's arm.

Carlisle looked away from the ruined room where his lovely mate was busily picking through the debris to retrieve whatever remained salvageable and gazed at the small hand before glancing up to meet his daughter's eyes.

"It was all a misunderstanding. I'm certain that they didn't mean for this to happen. Please try to bear that in mind, Dad and go a little easy on them."

The patriarch smiled gently as he patted Rosalie's hand. "Go easy on both of them?"

The blonde haired beauty nodded. "Jacob is not accustomed to having me apologize to him so I think that caught him off guard. I don't think he completely meant what he said."

"What did he say?" Concern suddenly darkened Emmett's features.

"Nothing important,Sweetie. I'll fill you in once we're alone."

"Something tells me that I should have beaten the stuffing out of Rover."

"Emmett Dale, no one is going to beat the stuffing out of anyone in his house." Esme retorted sharply as she brushed some crumbled bits of porcelain off her hands. "There has been more than enough of that sort of attitude for one day. We are all family and I expect everyone to start acting like it."

"Does that make Jake the family pet?"

"Emmett."

The bruin grinned broadly as he scooped up his mate and raced up the stairs calling out, "It was just a joke, Momma. Just a joke."

Esme shook her head in dismay. "Carlisle what are we going to do?"

"Well tomorrow morning I'll call the glass company to replace the window. The children are simply going to have to stay upstairs until the work is completed. I really hate the idea of bringing humans to the house right now, but there just is no other option. I guess we could simply board it up."

"That's not what I'm talking about. What are we going to do about the tension and the constant bickering? It we can't get a handle on it, they will tear the house down around our heads." Esme covered her face with her hands as tears of frustration sprang to her eyes. "What's happening to our family?"

Carlisle wrapped her arms around his mate and gently led her to one of the few remaining undamaged bits of furniture, an overstuffed arm chair. Sitting down he pulled her into his lap and cuddled her close as he quietly shushed her.

"Our family is strong, A chuisle mo chroí. We've all had our shares of adversity and overcame them. This is just one more challenge for us to conquer together."

"But the pack keeping us from hunting and you running yourself down trying to find some solution for Bella. Then there's Edward. My God, Carlisle, what will happen to him if you can't…?"

"Shh. Don't think on it, Esme. I have to look at things realistically, but I need for the rest of you to try to keep positive. Half the battle is believing that you can win it because as soon as you start to think otherwise, you have already lost. We must stay positive for Bella's sake."

He kissed his beloved's brow and hugged her tighter against his chest.

"We will overcome this, grá mo chroí, and be stronger for it."

A quiet cough drew Carlisle's attention to the foot of the stairs where Alice stood with an armful of clothes. "I didn't mean to disturb you, but I just wanted to make sure that it was okay for me to bring these to Jacob. It's just a few of Jazzy's things that I had put in the giveaway pile. I figured they would fit Jake well enough."

"Of course, Princess. That was very thoughtful. Thank you."

Alice nodded and began to trip lightly towards the garage when she stopped and turned back to her parents. "Momma, don't worry. Everything will be alright."

"Did you have a vision?" Esme's inquiry was hopeful, but her heart sank as her pixie of a daughter shook her head.

"I can't see anything because of the wolves, but I just know that it will be so try not to worry so much." With a glimmer in her eye and a light smile she quickly added, "It will give you wrinkles."

At Carlisle's chuckle, Alice returned to her task and headed out the door into the garage in search of a naked wolf-boy to play dress up with.

"Let me see how it looks."

"Alice, they are too tight."

"Jacob, come out from behind the Jeep or I'm coming over there and I won't care if you're decent or not."

With a groan, Jacob stepped away from the cars wearing a forest green pullover and black jeans that looked like they were painted on his body.

"Hmm. Can you bend over?"

"Not really."

Alice squinted slightly as she pinched her bottom lip between her teeth before she sighed. "I guess that really doesn't matter anyway. If Daddy decides to blister your bottom it's extremely unlikely that he will let you keep your pants."

Jacob's eyes grew wide as he stared at the helpful little pixie. "He wouldn't really do that, would he?"

"Have you bare your bottom?" Alice gave a little laugh. "After what you did? Of course he would."

"No, I mean spank me at all. He wouldn't really do that."

Alice huffed softly. "I honestly don't know. Since I can't see anything with you around I can only guess, but I know that if it was one of us there wouldn't be any question at all." A look of sadness glazed her eyes before she blinked it away and went back to work. "Maybe you should just go with the sweats. They are more forgiving anyway."

"Is that what's going to happen to Jasper?"

A little of the brightness left Alice's eyes as she nodded. "He knew what to expect the moment that he touched you."

"And he's okay with that? I mean it's not like he has to just roll over and take it. I'm sure that he could put Carlisle…."

The young woman raised a hand to cut the shifter off. "Daddy sets the rules for our wellbeing and if we break them we have to accept the consequences."

"But we're talking about Jasper here. Jasper is a badass. I can't imagine him rolling over for anyone."

Alice giggled. "I'm sure that he would appreciate hearing that you hold him in such high regard, but right now my Major is not so much a bad ass as he is just a bad boy. You heard how nervous he was. Even when you know that it's deserved, facing the fact that you're going to wind up with a sore behind will make anyone at least a little scared."

Jacob ducked behind the cars and peeled off the tight jeans while Alice tossed a set of navy blue sweats in his direction.

"Jasper is scared?"

"Aren't you?"

Jake thought for a moment before deciding that he didn't like the direction his answer would take. Quickly he shifted the conversation back to Jasper.

"I didn't think anything could scare Jasper."

"Not much does, but when Daddy gets onto him he gets as nervous as the rest of us. I think it's cute because it's one of the few times that he regresses back to his youth. That's why his accent comes through and I get a reminder that I'm married to a true southern gentleman."

Jacob walked away from the cars once again and handed Alice the rejected clothes as his head drooped. "Who will defend his family regardless of the cost to himself or to his pride." He turned his rich brown eyes to Alice. "I'm such an ass. This is all my fault. He shouldn't have to suffer because of me. I need to go talk to Carlisle."

Alice shook her head. "Emmett said that Daddy told you to stay in the garage and that's what you need to do. He needs time to calm down. You can talk to him when he comes to get you."

"But what if he gives Jasper a licking before he comes to talk to me? Then it will be too late."

"Daddy is always fair and will listen to what Jazzy has to say before he decides how to handle him. While I really don't understand why you were so mean to Rose, you didn't force Jazz to disobey. That was his decision."

Jacob sat down on the floor and rested his head in his hands. "I didn't intend for her to get upset. In some twisted way, I thought I was doing her a favor. I was trying to keep to our status quo. I thought that she would be more comfortable with that rather than with being made to feel like she really did something wrong. She didn't owe me any apology, Alice. It never occurred to me that Rose actually meant what she was saying."

Alice placed a hand on the boy's shoulder. "That is something that you need to tell Daddy. He will help you make it right."

The pixie suddenly cocked her head to the side. "Jake, I have to go. Daddy is heading up stairs to his study and I want a moment with Jazzy before … well. I'm sorry to leave you, but my husband needs me right now." Cupping his chin in her hand, Alice gently raised the boy's head until their eyes met. "Everything will be okay. Trust Carlisle to take the pain away and do what he says. He will probably recommend that you try to make up with Rose. It won't be easy, but if you tell her what you just told me, you just might find how forgiving my sister can be."

Brushing his hair out of his face, Alice gave Jacob a kiss on the cheek before heading towards the door. "It's natural to be nervous so don't worry about it. I promise that you'll be alright." With those parting words, the dark haired pixie was gone in a blink.

Jacob stared at the door for a minute before he laid down on the concrete floor and stared up at the ceiling. "Trust Carlisle to take the pain away? It sounds more like he wants to put me in pain. Pacifist my ass."Maybe you deserve it, you fucking fool. You made Rosalie cry. If she was your sister, would you have been able to stand by while some asshole insults her? Dad would skin you alive if he knew how you just behaved. Why do you have to be such a dumbass?

The boy's keen wolf hearing picked up on the sounds of footfalls on the second floor before he heard a soft knock.

"Jasper, I would like to see you in the study in ten minutes."

"Yesh, Sah."

Apparently he's still nervous. Jacob closed his eyes and tried not to think about what would happen in the next ten minutes let alone when it was his turn to face the vampire leader.Yeah Alice, I am scared. I don't know that I would ever admit it, but I'm scared as hell and it is taking everything that I have not to run out that door. Big Bad Wolf, scared of a spanking. Jacob groaned, completely disgusted with himself. God help me, but it's true.

AN: So much for a three shot. Pfft. Carlisle and the boys had other plans. Carlisle also had planned on pretty much letting Jazzy off the hook due to the situation, but once the Coven Leader had to make an appearance... well things don't look as positive for the Major. Poor thing was only making a guest appearance for Jasper1863Hale benefit and now look what's happened to him. He can't hang onto his pants to save his life.

Thanks for all the adds, favorites and just overall continuing support. You guys make it all worth while. As usual, special thanks to Splinter, my tireless beta who does her best to keep me from putting my foot in my mouth; a much more difficult task than trying to keep Jasper's pants on.