The Possibility

Alice

The place was not set . . .The decision not made. But there was a possibility. There's a possibility that Jasper is going to tell me that he's fallen in love with me. I've been very careful around him, trying to not let him know that I know. But he is so good at reading my mood and my expressions that it has become very difficult over the last couple of weeks since it became a thought in his head. The last few months have been amazing with him and my new family, and then the last week or so I started seeing varying images; him and I walking by the river, him laying next to me on my bed, or the two of us driving along a dark empty road.

I asked Edward to tell me what Jasper was thinking, but no luck. He was keeping it a secret. Completely unfair. I share my visions, he should share Jasper's thoughts. But I've learned in the short time I've lived with him that Edward tries to keep everyone's thoughts as private as possible and believes it would be a breach of unspoken trust to divulge anyone's secrets without their approval. What a goody-goody.

Of course I knew this would happen. I knew I was meant for Jasper the moment I saw him in my vision. I wavered slightly when I wasn't sure if the family would accept him, but even then I was still eighty percent sure they would and I wouldn't have to choose. I just had to wait for him to come around.

Jasper

"So you knew the minute you saw her?" I asked skeptically.

"Well, not the first minute. That first minute I was just confused and thirsty. But once I had my bearings and understood a little about what was going on. . .I saw her and she was like my guardian angel and I just knew that we'd always be together." Emmett explained.

"You just knew?" I questioned again.

"Yeah, it's not difficult to understand. She loved me. She saved me. She's gorgeous. I fell in love. Very simple. You are over thinking it with Alice." He shook his head and smirked.

"Alice? Who said anything about Alice? I just asked how you and Rosalie got together." I snapped a little too defensively.

"I can't read minds but even I know that you've got a thing for Alice." He responded.

"I really wouldn't put it that way." I said. It sounded juvenile. The way I felt about Alice was more than physical, more than 'a thing'.

"How ever way you put it, you want to be a couple with Alice. Like me and Rose, or Carlisle and Esme. Just tell her, so the fun can start." He raised his eyebrows and gave me a knowing look.

"Yeah, we are not discussing this ever again."

"Who are you going to talk about it with? Edward? No need to talk, he already knows everything and trust me, he won't understand. You can try Carlisle but it's kind of weird to talk to your adopted father about girls. Trust me, I tried and it was definitely awkward." He laughed.

"Well, just don't be vulgar about it. She should be like your sister!"

"She is! She's my crazy sister who has a thing for a battle vamp. Hurt her, I'll kill you. Very simple." He shrugged. Even after only a short time he was protective of the little pixie.

"I'd love to see you try that." I snarled half-joking, half warning. Then I thought about what he said. "So you think she likes me?" I pondered.

"Of course she does. How did you not pick up on that? Seriously, Jasper, how is it that I'm he smartest one in the room right now? Listen, women who stick to you the way Alice does are there for a reason." He explained.

"She's trying to keep an eye on me. Make sure I don't slip."

"She could have Edward do that, or Carlisle or me. But she doesn't. She takes the responsibility all on herself because she wants to be with you." He explained this as if I were a child. I guess he was seeing something that I had been oblivious to.

Alice

"Emmett!" I called out and waved him over to me. He was walking back from the storage shed. I beckoned him to join me on the roof. I'd come up here to "sun-bathe" with Rosalie, but she had long since left to do something with Esme. Emmett swiftly climbed a tree on the side of the house and leaped up to the roof.

"Alice." He greeted me skeptically. I smiled, he was so easy to be around, so lighthearted and easygoing. He complimented Rosalie's stubbornness well.

"Did you speak with Jasper this morning?" I asked innocently.

"Yes." He walked around the roof, looking far into the distance. He was avoiding my eyes.

"Did he mention anything about me?" I tried to tread lightly. I didn't want to seem like I was using him.

"Not really." He stared off to the west.

"Really? Nothing?" I pressed.

"No." he still couldn't meet my eyes. Well this was ridiculous. Now he is just out right lying to me.

"Emmett."

"Yeah, Alice."

"I know when you're lying." I smiled ruefully.

"No you don't." He challenged. "Edward knows when I'm lying; you only know the future of a decision. You may have thought Jasper came to me to talk about you, but he could have changed his mind at the last minute and may not have seen it in time." He looked at me and shrugged. "So lie detection is really not in your wheelhouse."

Oh yes. They definitely talked about me.

"You are absolutely right Emmett." I smiled and cocked my head to the side. "Thanks Emmett, see you later." I hopped off the roof to the ground.