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Jasper POV
I'm not sure how long I sat there on the ground but I did notice when Esme came home and got into a yelling match with Carlisle. She wanted to run after Edward but Peter had covered their trail so we didn't even know where they went. I think that fact hurt me more than anything else. Someone else was under my mate's shield besides me.

Sometime after dark I stood up and made my way into the house. I looked around at all the rooms but it didn't feel like a home without my mate. Carlisle came back to take me hunting and it was every bit as disgusting as Peter said it was. I tried to remind myself why I was doing this but it was getting harder every minute I was away from Peter. The pain in my chest got tighter with each mile he traveled and I wondered how far our bond could stretch before it would kill me. I drifted through the next few days before the rest of the family came back without noticing much that was going on around me. Carlisle tried to talk to me several times, once he even told me it was a good thing for Pete and I to be separated because it would be safer for us that way. But with the way I was feeling a death sentence seemed like mercy.

Emmett and Rosalie pulled into the yard on the 5th day after Edward and Peter left. They were driving a brand new Oldsmobile with more chrome on it than I had ever seen in one place before. Alice was right behind them in a black Ford pickup truck. The back was piled high with boxes and there was a large wooden cross tied to the back. I was beginning to think Peter's cult idea wasn't that far off the mark.

Alice had apparently filled them in on our missing family members since Peter's shield wasn't in her way anymore. She bounced around like a hyper butterfly, never staying in one place too long. She chattered on and on about decorating the house, clothes she was buying for everyone, and how much fun we were going to have when school started next month.

I ended up in a room on the third floor, with windows on two walls facing the woods behind the house. Esme put a bed in my room, which only reminded me of the fact that I did not need one, and Alice filled the closet with clothes I wouldn't have even stolen off one of my victims. Dress pants and black leather shoes, with high collared button down shirts that she was nice enough to point out covered most of my scars, even though they wouldn't be visible to humans. I really missed my old jeans but they had been trashed in my last battle and I had left all my boots back at camp. I thought I would have to drag myself shopping before school started so I would be able to recognize myself when they called my name on the role.

Life was settling into an uneasy routine; everyone tiptoed around me and no one mentioned Edward's or Peter's name where I could hear them. I was hunting every day to try to get a handle on the thirst that was never quite quenched by the animal blood and my eyes had already lightened to a muddy brown color. it was strange to see after having red eyes for so long. Carlisle had applied at the local hospital and enrolled us all in school; I was using my new name of Jasper Cullen, as Carlisle's brother and Rosalie's twin. I missed my name almost as much as I missed my mate but I had to see this through.

One afternoon about a week before school started, Alice came running down the stairs screaming that we had to have a family meeting. I was getting used to her dramatics by now and I knew her idea of an emergency could be anything from a ruined stocking to a messed up flower arrangement. I was not prepared for what she had to say this time though.

"Carlisle, I had a vision. We have to move immediately. If Jasper goes into town he is going to cross paths with his singer, who is also the daughter of the town mayor. She goes to our school and lives on the road we will use to get there so there is no way for him to avoid her. Her death or disappearance would be too high profile and might bring us under scrutiny so the best thing to do is relocate now before he slips up." Once her speech was done she sat back in her chair with a proud look on her face.

I was stunned. How could she predict me accidentally killing someone? I had mastered my control decades ago! Being in the army you get used to being starved and taunted with fresh blood. If I could resist that how could I not resist a school girl? Carlisle also seemed doubtful as he questioned Alice, "Are you sure about this? We just got everything set up here and I really don't want to leave without Edward." I cleared my throat and he added, "and Peter. Surely something else can be done."

"No Carlisle, I have seen it. If he doesn't go to school he will still see her in town, there is no way to avoid it if we continue to live here. We need to change states and do it quickly before school begins." Alice spoke like her word was final and I waited for Carlisle to chastise her again.

I was shocked when he nodded his head and told us to start packing up. "Wait!" I said, "Don't I get a say in this? I have never once had an issue with my control and I don't want to move away when I have no idea where my mate is! How will he find us if we go somewhere else?" I was starting to panic and thinking of how I could get back to my mate. I thought I might be able to use the mating pull but it had gotten fainter since I changed to animal blood and I wasn't sure how easy I could find him.

"Don't worry," Carlisle said, "We're not selling the house. We'll leave them a note here telling them where we're headed and they will catch up to us without a problem. I have to put the safety of the family first, I'm sorry Jasper."

With my heart breaking I went upstairs to pack what I wanted to take with me. I laid on the bed and began to sob when I picked up Peter's watch that he left behind.

Peter POV
My rage began to fade as soon as I was out of sight of the house. I heard Edward coming behind me so I threw my shield around us, finding it was harder to cover him than it was to cover my mate. "Any idea where we're goin' kid? A city would be better, it's easier to hide the body count with a higher population."

He cringed slightly as I talked about his new diet but responded quickly, "I thought we could go back to Chicago. We'll have to lay low until the others clear out but we have a house there and I have money in the bank I can access easily for clothes and anything else we need. Will that work?"

"Sure," I sighed. Any place was as good as the next and it didn't matter without my mate there. The pain in my chest was excruciating and it didn't get any easier the farther away I got from him. I guess this is a pain I'm going to have to learn to live with. I thought several times about turning around and bringing my mate back with me forcibly but after the second or third time Edward spoke up and asked me if I really wanted to make him be with me. Would I really want him there if he did not want to be? I honestly didn't know.

When we reached Chicago I asked Edward where he wanted to hunt and he took me to a seedy part of town. We stopped in an alley and he closed his eyes, listening for victims I guess. "Listen Edward, I need to tell you a couple of things first. If you don't want your victim to struggle you can snap their neck before you start to drink. It will paralyze them but not kill them before you can get them drained. Make sure you don't put too much venom in or they will start screamin' and that brings people lookin' fast. And always drink until the heart stops beatin'. You don't drain 'em completely and you can end up with a newborn and that is the last thing you want to deal with. Any questions?"

He shook his head and I was impressed with his resolve so far. We'll see how far it continues once he has his victim in reach. I watched as he closed his eyes again and listened for a few minutes. He looked at me and said, "There are three men a few blocks over that raped a young girl last night. They are waiting in an alley for another one to come by because they had so much "fun" with the last one." His eyes were hard and determined so I motioned for him to lead the way. He walked right up behind the group, grabbed the first guy and latched on immediately. I hung back to see how many he would need and he grabbed the second as soon as the first was dry. He stopped after that one and motioned to the third guy with his head so I grabbed him and finally washed that nasty deer taste out of my mouth.

None of the guys had guns on them so we just knifed them in the belly and stole their wallets, leaving them laying in the alley. I watched Edward's face closely to see how he was handling his first kill and he didn't seem phased at all. "I'm not having second thoughts Peter, I actually feel good about that. Those men won't hurt anyone else and for the first time in my immortal life I am not thirsty!" I laughed at that and clapped him on the back. "That's great Edward. Now let's find somewhere to hide until we can get into your house and clean up."

We had been in Chicago about a month when the pain in my chest suddenly got worse and I almost went into a panic attack. Edward noticed my thoughts and ran upstairs from where he had been playing his piano. "What is it, what's wrong?"

I couldn't speak so I just thought to him, It's Jasper. Something is wrong, or he's too far away. I can't breathe, it hurts too bad! We have to go find him!

He didn't argue, just grabbed a bag and put an extra change of clothes for each of us and led me out of the house. We walked at a human pace until we reached the edge of town, then we broke into a sprint headed back to Springfield.

Edward POV
I couldn't follow Peter's panicked thoughts anymore. It was a mixture of images and words and worries and I was really starting to worry about his sanity. I hoped Jasper was ok because I didn't know who else could bring him back and calm him down. For some reason his pain seemed to get worse the closer we got to the house which made no sense to me until we ran into the yard and I realized no one was home.

Peter ran into the house sniffing like a hound dog and made his way to what I assumed was Jasper's room. He let out a wail when he found it empty and I followed him to see him collapse on the bed breathing heavily trying to take in his mate's scent. I left him there and walked through the house trying to see what happened and where they went. They had packed up the personal items we always took from house to house, and about half the clothes as well. I checked Carlisle's desk and the safe to see if I could find some indication of where they had gone but there wasn't a note anywhere. I couldn't understand why they would leave us with no way of finding them. Did they really hate me that much? And what about Peter? If he was this bad, wouldn't Jasper be the same way?

My temper flared at the thought of my former father causing anyone this much pain on purpose. Surely there had to be some other explanation. I searched the house again on the chance I might have missed a note before heading upstairs to check on Peter. He was curled up on the bed with his face buried in a shirt that looked like nothing Jasper would ever wear but it must have carried his scent. His mind had calmed a little but all he was thinking was, He's gone, he left me, he's gone over and over. I was at a total loss on what to do now. I couldn't think of any plausible reason for the family to pack up and move but a little voice in the back of my head kept leading me back to the most obvious explanation. Alice.