I had nothing better or important to do and I couldn't wait to update so here it is.

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Chapter 3.

"Jasper." I couldn't believe my eyes. He stood infront of me, smiling easily.

"He came into the station wondering if there was any jobs going, he wants to train to be an officer. Gotta say Jasper, we need some more young lads like you to join the force, we might not get much bad stuff happen around here but we need someone that could take over for me when I retire." Charlie sat down at the table and took his boots off, speaking all the while.

"Dad your not going to retire for ages ." I spoke smiling at my father.

"Yeah well, I'll still need someone to take over for me." I rolled my eyes and started dishing out the food. "Sit down will ya lad your making the place look untidy." Jasper sat across from Charlie in the place that I usually sit in. I wasn't sure whether or not to put out a place for Jasper, I mean, Edward already told me that vampires can't eat human food, it tastes disgusting to them. But, being brought up with manners I offered anyway.

"Jasper, would you like to eat with us?" He turned at the mention of his name and grinned as he looked at the food in my hand.

"I would love to, thank you Bella." I was slightly astonished. How would he be able to handle the taste if it was as repulsive as Edward made it out to be. But I set him out some anyway and placed it infront of him as I gave Charlie his dinner.

"Thanks Bells." Charlie spoke as he began loading his fork. Jasper nodded to me politely and smiled.

I hadn't seen him smile this much since I'd met him.

I sat with them to eat, observing them as they caually spoke about being on the force, Jasper asking questions and Charlie gladly answering them.

"I must say Jasper," Charlie began as he cleaned his plate. "Your much better company than your brother."

"Yes, well Edward always was the funny type when it came to social interactions." This made me giggle. The Cullens always made it seem like Jasper who was the awkward one.

"Whats so funny?" Charlie started moving towards the living room, there was probably a game on that he'd be missing.

"Nothing dad." I started to wash up waiting for them to continue their conversation. Charlie had other idea's.

"Where is Edward anyway?" I took a deep breath. I hadn't figured out what to say to Charlie about the Cullens and with Jasper staying behind it even confused me a little. Thankfully Jasper came to my aid.

"Actually my family has left town. Carlisle was offered a job in L.A. as a professor, its something he's always wanted to do so he took it. But I don't know what that means for Bella and Edwards story." Jasper looked at me inquisitively. My dad copied him.

"It means that the story of "Bella and Edward" is over." Charlie must have noticed how uncomfortable I was as he ended the conversation there and offered for Jasper to watch the game with him which Jasper politely declined. Instead he came and helped me with the dishes.

Picking up the dry cloth he started to wipe the water from the dishes and then placed them back into the cupboards he'd seen me retrieve them from earlier.

"How are you Bella?" His tone was so casual, anyone else would not have felt the smooth atmosphere of Jaspers unnatural calm wash over and stick to the room.

"I'm alright, can't say I wasn't expecting it from the way everyone's avoided me and Edward was acting. How come you didn't go with them?" I tried not to look at him, keeping my eyes on the dirty dishes in the bowl instead.

"Two reasons. Number one, Carlisle asked me to stay and keep an eye on you, he made you a promise before they left and he intends to keep it."

"Okay, and reason number two?"

"I was worried about you. I felt Edwards emotions when you cut yourself on your birthday and when he proposed that we leave town..." His words faded and his face got cold.

"Jasper? Are you okay?" He snapped out of it extroadinarily quickly.

"Yes, sorry." He continued drying the dishes and putting them back in there places but did not continue speaking, which made me curious.

"You were saying?" I had finished cleaning the dishes and now I stood watching Jasper's face as he worked.

For the first time since I'd met the Cullens I saw, quick as a flash, his expression change. He closed off from me.

"This isn't the time or the place to discuss everything Bella, we ought to leave it for another time." His tone said that he was talking business, but to me this was completely personal.

"No. We'll talk now or not at all, your choice." A small, cocky smile lit up his face.

"Fine, but we'll need to go somewhere private." He put down the cloth he had been using and walked towards the door.

"One sec," I walked to the living room door and leaned against the frame. "Hey dad, we're going for a walk, I won't be too long." Dad just nodded, so engulfed in the television that he barely heard me.

Jasper handed me my coat as I got to the door.

"You might wanna put that on, its getting cold outside." I noticed a southern drawl enter his voice as his worlds flowed out. I put the coat on then opened the door and stepped out. Making my way towards the woods I let Jasper follow me. He was by my side quickly and we walked together in a comfortable silence stopping just a bit further in from the place Edward left me.

"Talk." The one word I spoke echoed throught the ancient tree's. It was night now, the moonlight bounced off Jasper's skin making him look paler than normal, more inhuman.

"What do you want to know." The first thought that came to me was something Edward said, "Carlisle is making me" . I couldn't understand. Jasper says that Carlisle wanted him to stay but Edward said the opposite.

"Edward said that Carlisle was making him leave yet you say that Carlisle wants you to stay, which is the truth?" Jasper looked confused for a second but his eyes lit up and that smile appeared again.

"What did Edward say to you? His exact words."

"'I have to be honest Bella, Carlisle is making me, I don't love you anymore and I think it would be better if we end it here rather than me stringing you along'." I was surprised that recalling his words did not hurt but maybe I was just too focussed on his brother to feel right now.

"I think you are mistaken Bella, Carlisle's words to Edward were, 'be honest with her, do not tell her lies, let her know the truth about your feelings', I think you misinterpreted what he said, or maybe he meant for you to."

"Okay, so before you were talking about Edwards feelings when I cut myself, and when he suggested you all leave, you left your sentence unfinished, what was its end?" He sighed a small resigned thing. I waited patiently for him to speak.

"From his emotions I could feel his desires, and his deepest desire since your blood was spilt was..." Again he left his sentence unfinshed, probably testing my emotions to see if I could handle what was coming next.

"Yes?" Jasper sighed again. He clearly didn't want to tell me but I wanted to know.

"His deepest desire was to drain every drop of blood from your veins." I had to roll my eyes, I mean, how typical vampire is that.

"Okay, I already knew that Jasper, what's the big deal?" he shook his head.

"No Bella you don't understand, his thirst for your blood was magnified by not hundreds but thousands." Jasper took a quick step closer to me. "Every time he was near me all I could feel was this deep desperation to tap into your veins." A few more steps closer to me, our chests were almost touching. " I have never felt that kind of hunger in my entire existance. The essence of life that runs through your veins is like the most perfectly aged wine." He brought his hand up and touched my neck, curling his hand around so his thumb traced my jugular. "A wine that is waiting for someone to drink." His eyes were black as they focussed completely on the blood beating through my veins. My heartbeat accelerated with fear as his eyes took on a menacing glow. He opened his mouth into a distorted grin and so suddenly he snapped his face towards my neck, trying to rip my throat out to get to the sweet nectar that keeps me alive.

If I had been human I would have died. But I was no longer completely human. And my new insticts kicked in.

As Jaspers teeth scraped at the skin that was keeping him from my blood, my hands found his chest. Before he had time to cut me with his teeth I pushed at him with all the strength I could find.

I threw Jasper away from me. It was less than seconds and he was crashing thirthy feet away into a tree. The tree groaned at the sudden impact, as did Jasper, and a crack appeared down the length of the wood. Jasper lay against it, a crack running down his forehead around his eyes.

As the crack in Jasper's marble skin began to fade, the crack in the tree grew. The tree groaned one last time and I watched in shock as the old wood fell with a loud crash to the ground, taking Jasper with it.

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