Ok, so I actually wrote that really quickly, but fanfiction wouldn't let me update, so you're getting it now :) Reviews still welcome :P :)

I tried not to think about my talk with Jasper in the woods. I didn't want questions arising from Edward, even though I knew it was probably inevitable. After our talk I returned to the woods most days. Sometimes Jasper would be there, sometimes he wouldn't. Sometimes he would talk about Alice, sometimes we would talk about my dad. Sometimes we would sit in silence, just giving each other company.

I didn't tell Ruby or any of the Cullens. I knew they would just go looking for him. They would beg him to come back, but I knew he didn't want that.

It was Wednesday evening, and I was on the phone to Lucy. I saw her less and less due to my contact with the Cullens. I was normally there or in the woods.

'Do you want to go to the cinema on Friday? Apparently there's a new film out, Izzy's dragging us along.' She asked me. Ruby had told me I had plans, I just didn't know what they were. She often made plans without telling me. She often said she felt lonely being the only one in the family not paired up and liked having a best friend, so I couldn't refuse all her crazy plans.

'Sorry Luce, me and Ruby have plans.' I told her.

'When don't you have plans with your new best friend?' She snapped at me. I instantly felt guilty. 'Are we not good enough for you Beth? You know what? Forget I even asked about the cinema!' She shouted down the phone. That was too far. I was being there for Ruby, nothing to do with anyone being good enough ever came into it. Before I could say anything else to Lucy there was a long beep. She had hung up on me. I screamed to myself in frustration.

'Oi, Beth, dinner's ready!' My brother shouted up the stairs. I threw the phone at my bed with as much force as I could before stomping downstairs.

Spencer had made lasagne. He never cooked, so I should have been grateful, but I wasn't in the mood for grateful. I stabbed at my food forcefully, jamming it into my mouth, all the while glaring at my glass of water. Spencer picked up on my mood.

'Well someone's in a bad mood.' He teased me. I narrowed my eyes at him, daring him to carry on. 'C'mon, what's up?' He asked. I decided to vent all my anger into ranting about it.

'Lucy thinks I'm ignoring her because I made a new friend. How ridiculous is that? I mean when Ruby joined, Lucy was all up for being friends with her, and now she's all angry about it!' Spencer was looking at me with an amused look on his face. 'What?!' I glared at him.

'Ah, the good old days of high school.' He said, still chuckling to himself. My mum came in from the utility room.

'You know, Beth, I think Lucy may be right. I haven't seen her round here in a long time, but I've seen plenty of this Cullen family. It's not really fair, is it?' She looked at me from the washing up. I glared back at her and groaned.

'You too, huh? I see Lucy everyday at school, plus I'm on the phone to her every night! I'm not ignoring her!'

'Well maybe you're not putting everything into that friendship,' my mum said to me seriously. I couldn't believe her! But before I could reply she carried on. 'I haven't seen you doing a lot of work recently either Beth, maybe your priorities need sorting.' She sighed.

I couldn't take this. My mum was supposed to be the one who was there for me when I argued with my friends, not side with them. I stood up, leaving my food unfinished.

'You are so frustrating! You're supposed to stand up for me mum, not someone else! I'm your daughter! You don't even care how I'm feeling!' I threw down my knife and fork and they clattered loudly in the now silent room. My mum and Spencer were both staring at me in shock.

I left the kitchen as quickly as I could, heading straight for the door and slamming it behind me. I let my feet guide me, not caring where I went, I just couldn't be around my mum when she gave me a lecture about the things I was bad at or didn't do. As I ran I felt my phone vibrate in my pocket. It was a message from Izzy.

What you said to Lucy wasn't fair, you should say sorry. X

Great, Lucy had told everyone about our little row. I hadn't even said anything I should have to apologise for! I said I couldn't go to the cinema! I snapped my phone shut and carried on walking through the darkness.

I had realised there were trees around me, but hadn't noticed I was heading to the clearing. When I stopped I looked around me. This was a bad idea. It was well past nine o'clock, it was pitched black. I was lucky enough to have found my way to this spot, but I doubted I would get back. It was cold and I hadn't grabbed a coat. I was an idiot.

I leaned against a tree on the edge of the clearing, letting myself slide down it until I touched the floor. The cold spread through me, but I didn't care. Everyone was angry at me, so I would sit here and wallow in my own self-pity. It was stupid and I knew this but I couldn't move.

The moon was out and cast an eerie light through the forest. It suddenly illuminated something on the opposite edge of the clearing. A face, pale white was growing in size as it neared me. Jasper.

'You know, you shouldn't really come out to these woods on your own at all, but at night? I think you must be crazy.' He said stopping a foot in front of me.

'Maybe I am.' Was all I could whisper before tears streamed down my cheeks. Jasper lowered himself onto his knees so he was at eye level with me.

'No you're not.' He whispered back, before scooting round to sit next to me. He pulled me into his arms and I cried onto his shirt. I didn't cry for long before my emotions started to calm. This calmness brought with it sleep and I couldn't stop my eyes from drifting shut as I lay on the forest floor.

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I woke to sunlight spilling through my window. It was any normal morning, but there was something different. I sat up in my bed and looked across my room. Jasper was sitting in the chair by my door.

I gasped, but managed to stop myself from screaming. He looked up at me, smiling. Last night's events came back to me in a rush. Lucy's argument, my mum's rant, my weaknesses revealed to Jasper. He was still looking at me.

'I was just checking you were okay. You pretty much passed out on me last night, just making sure it wasn't permanent.' He said chuckling quietly. I remembered falling asleep against the tree and Jasper. 'I was a bit worried when you didn't wake up when I brought you home. I didn't realise how small your window is; there was really no chance of me fitting us through it...' He looked over at my window. He was right, it was tiny.

'But I'm going. I have... uh, things to attend to...' He said, avoiding my gaze. He was out of my room in a split second and I wondered what he meant. It suddenly hit me. He must have been here all night to see if I was okay – he must need to hunt. I grimaced at the thought. My alarm clock suddenly broke my attention. I glared at it as it rang.

I would have to face Lucy today.