"Sit, Jasper." Carlisle says as we enter his office. I keep my head bowed, but more because of embarrassment than respect. How could I really believe Carlisle would do something like that? I go to sit in one of the three chairs in front of his desk, but he pulls out his big leather chair from behind the desk and gestures to it. I sit there.

"I cannot believe those two." Esme sighs. Carlisle rubs my shoulders from behind the chair.

"I can't believe it either! They know what he's been through! Why the hell would they do this?" Alice rants and starts pacing. Between her and Carlisle, the anger in the room is dangerously high.

She and Carlisle start this back and forth rant. She keeps pacing and expressing her anger, and he keeps scowling and grumbling about how much trouble they're in. I just put elbows on the edge of the desk and put my head in my palms.

"I'm so stupid." I mumble to myself.

"You're not stupid, Jasper." Carlisle says firmly. He squeezes my shoulders and softens his voice. "If I would have known they were the reason you were acting like you were, I wouldn't have busted your tail like that."

"I deserved it." I mumble.

"Not for protecting your mate."

"I'm such an idiot. I knew you wouldn't do that. I knew they were lying to me."

"You're not an idiot, Jazzy." Alice sighs. Esme sets her hand on my arm.

"Do you want to just stay home from school today?" Esme asks Alice. She nods.

"I don't know if I could keep myself calm if I see those-" she stops herself before she curses again, then clenches her jaw and balls her fists. I've never seen her this angry. "Ugh! I can't believe them!"

"Trust me, they're not getting away with this." Carlisle promises.

"I'm so stupid. I don't know why i believed them." I groan and hide my face in my hands.

"Because you've gone through shit like that with other leaders." Alice sighs and sits on the edge of the desk. It's still so weird hearing those curse words from her.

"You're the only one here who thinks that way, son." Carlisle says. "No one else thinks you're stupid."

"I trusted them, and they lied to me. And I actually believed it." I scoff.

"They will be sorry they did this." Carlisle promises with a harsh tone to his voice. He releases my shoulder and wonders over to the window of his office. Nothing but pure anger rolls off of him. "Esme, when school is released, will you take the three behaving children out while I deal with the other two?"

"Of course." Esme nods quickly and runs her fingers through my hair. She's angry, but nowhere near as angry as Alice or Carlisle. Instead, she pities me. "Where would you like to go, Jasper?"

"The woods for a hunt." I mumble.

"Then that's what will happen."

oOoOo

Edward's POV:

"I thought you were paying attention to him!" Emmett hisses at me as he flies down the road home.

"I was! He wasn't thinking about tell Carlisle. He must have decided once I was out of hearing range." I sigh.

"Carlisle is going to kill us."

I groan and sink down farther into my seat. Alice never came to school, and it didn't take long for us to guess why. The principal is already annoyed with Carlisle for him taking us out of class so often, so we all know he wouldn't keep Alice home unless he had a good reason. And the only good reason he could get would be hearing about what we told Jasper.

"You guys deserve it!" Rosalie spits bitterly from the front passenger seat. She glares at Emmett, then me. "That was just hateful to tell him."

"It was just a joke, babe." Emmett huffs.

"Real funny joke, babe." She replies, her voice coated in sarcasm and annoyance. "And I bet it will be a real funny joke when Carlisle busts both of your asses."

They argue back and forth, and I dread our arrival home. We've never done anything like this before. Carlisle is going to be seriously pissed. Maybe we can get out of it somehow. The thought of running comes to mind. Maybe I can blame it all on Emmett. Or maybe we can convince him that Jasper is exaggerating the truth. It would be a real stretch to convince him Jasper is flat out lying, so that's out of the question.

As we pull into the garage, Carlisle is standing against the wall with his arms crossed and his mind blocked. Alice is inside, her thoughts racing about how much she hates Emmett and I. Esme is thinking about a hunt and Jasper is just insulting himself for believing us. I can't get any idea about what Carlisle is planning for punishment.

Emmett opens his door, and Carlisle is right there to pull him out of the Jeep. He smacks Emmett's butt so hard that he makes him cry out. Emmett rarely cries out when he's spanked. I hesitate getting out because I know I'll get one too, but Carlisle is on the other side of the vehicle in no time. He opens my door, yanks me out and lands the hardest single swat to my ass that I've ever gotten from him. He's never hit us that hard with one smack like this.

"I heard what you boys told Jasper." He says angrily and jabs one finger at the house. "Change out of your jeans and into a pair of flannel pants, then wait in my bedroom for me. We have a lot to discuss."

Emmett and I look at each other with wide eyes as we both rub our throbbing rear-ends. This is a day full of firsts. He's never asked us to change our clothes for a whooping, and he's never administered one in his bedroom. I can count the times I've been in his and Esme's room in this house on one hand.

"You better go now before I take my belt off and bust your tails right here!" He threatens. We're both out of the garage in an instant.

Holy shit, Edward. Emmett directs his thoughts to me. He's seriously pissed.

I sigh. He's not telling me anything I don't know already. This is going to suck.

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