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Jasper POV

"Bella…"

"I can't Jasper, I just can't right now. I am sorry." With that I turned and ran out of the house to my truck. Turning it around as quickly as I could and leaving.

What was I thinking? She must have felt my lips brush her forehead and that is what caused her to run. Why would she want to be here with me anyway? The pain and fear that was coming off of her almost sent me to the ground myself. But who can blame her the last time she had seen me I had attacked her and caused everyone to leave. It didn't matter that Alice said that Edward was leaning towards leaving anyway.

He wouldn't have decided to leave if it hadn't been for me attacking her. The only thing that has been eating away at me is would I have attacked her if Edward hadn't of thrown her back? I thought I had been in control. But maybe he read something in me that I wasn't able to see and that is why he did it.

It doesn't matter now though. I don't even know why I am letting myself worry about it. Everything is done and over with. So why did I feel the urge to kiss her forehead? I don't even understand my own way of thinking. I wish there was someone I could call and talk to.

I can't call the family, Alice asked me not to. Wait! Peter, I can call Peter. At least he will give me someone to talk to about all this mess. I picked up the phone and started to dial, but stopped. Was I sure that I should call him? Alice had said that this was my path, that I had to follow it on my own. Before I could decide if this was a good idea my phone started ringing.

"Hello Peter." I looked down at the caller ID before answering.

"Jasper. How are you dealing man?" How the fuck did he always know?

"I'm dealing. How did you know?"

"Jasper, you know that I can't tell you. Not because I don't want to but because I can't. I just know." Right, he just doesn't want to tell me. I can see the evil glint in his eye that he always gets when telling me this, as if he is right here in front of me.

"Right, so tell me, what advice do you call with this time?"

"Give her time Jasper." How the fuck?! "She is in more pain than you can imagine. Seeing you brought it all out in full force. She is strong though she will come talk to you."

I was speechless. How does he know about Bella?

"Jasper, I know you are confused and frustrated but you have to let her find her path. Just like Alice told you." How does he know? Damn this shit can get annoying!

"She has her own path to follow?"

"Of course Jasper. Everyone does. I cannot tell you where her path will lead. But I can tell you to be patient and that when she is ready she will come and talk to you."

"Alright Peter. Thank you for calling. Though you were cryptic, and gave me more questions than you answered. I still somehow feel slightly better. I will talk to you soon."

With that I hung up the phone. I didn't want to be rude to Peter. He was my brother in so many ways. But he was always so cryptic in everything that he said.

I decided to go for another hunt, just so I would be prepared in case Bella decided to come back.

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It has been a week since Bella showed up at the house. A week that I have sat here agonizing over every detail of our encounter. A week that I haven't been able to get her off of my mind. When I wasn't going over that I would go over every detail of my conversation with Peter. There was something there, I just couldn't figure out what it was.

But no matter how many different ways I looked at the conversation I couldn't find what I was looking for. I also knew that there was nothing I could do about my run-in with Bella until I could speak with her again.

So many times I had started out to my car and stopped myself remembering what Peter had said. I have to be patient, she will come to me. Be patient that is the same thing that Alice had told me. Are the two related, or… So many questions, so few answers. I just hope that when I do get to talk to her, she will give me the chance to explain, to tell her how sorry I am for running the people she loved out of her life. Then maybe the chance to be a part of her life again, a friend.

On top of these worrying about all of this, the people in town have been talking about bear attacks. I have heard a few people talking about it when I get close enough to town to hear them. I don't want people knowing I am back so I have been getting close enough to listen and see if they are suspicious. But when I heard about the attacks I started going to listen more.

After listening to the people in town and not being able to get a straight answer I had decided this morning to start listening to Chief Swan while he was at work. I left the house and headed straight for the station. When I got there he was talking to his deputy.

"Bella, without my knowledge, went into the woods on Saturday. I don't know what she was thinking."I could feel his fear at this thought. I just didn't understand it.

"She didn't see the bears did she?"

"Well Mark that's just it. She did see some large animals but she said they weren't bears. She said what she saw was large wolves. Huge wolves she said and 5 of them." Now I understood the fear in his voice. Is Bella ok, I mean I know she got away but is she ok? Mark asked for me.

"Is she ok?"

Yeah she was just shook up a little. She said they didn't come after her."

After hearing that Bella was ok, I took off running. I had been running rounds over the land since I had heard about the attacks, but couldn't catch whatever this thing, or now things, was. Every time I thought I was getting close I would hit the treaty line and have to stop.

So I ran around the woods where I could again, but again the only scent I could find led to the treaty line. So I went back to station to listen to Charlie and see if I could catch something else. This conversation gave me my first good lead.

"Mark, we have to head out to crescent lake. I just got a report of two hikers going missing off a trail up there. The person who called it in thinks it may be the wolves. They said there were some large tracks."

I had taken off up to crescent lake to see if I could catch the scent of whatever these things were, and catch them. As soon as I got there all I could smell was the disgusting scent that I have been following all week. But as I got closer, I realized I had gotten here early enough this time. The scent was still close. I was getting ready to follow it again when I caught another scent.

Victoria! Her scent had been so obstructed by the other creatures before that I couldn't smell it. What would she be doing back here in Forks unless….. Bella! Shit, she has come back for Bella.

I followed the scent as far as I could, in some places having to really smell to catch her scent still. I followed it all the way to the treaty line, and stopped.

"DAMN IT!!" I would catch her, I wasn't going to let her get near Bella. I turned to head to Bella's to check on her, but before I could get far I heard something behind me. I turned back around and couldn't believe my eyes. A large black wolf, the largest I have ever seen in my long life, was standing at the edge of the forest. It was angry, really angry. I could feel the anger coming off the wolf, but I have never felt emotions like that from an animal.

No… A wolf that big with emotions like that could only mean…. Why hadn't I caught this sooner? The scent always coming back to the treaty line, and then today… But Carlisle had said that they had died out with Ephraim Black. Could the werewolves really be back? If so what had brought them back?

I just stood here watching the black wolf, going over all this in my head. After a few minutes of staring at each other, he turned and went a little ways in to the forest, but I knew he was still there. I could still feel the anger. I wasn't yet ready for another surprise, but after being gone a few seconds, a tall russet-skinned male walked out of the forest in just a pair of cut off jeans.

I waited where I stood for him to speak first, I didn't want to give him the wrong idea about me and break the treaty. He was already emanating anger and hostility. It was not in my best interest to make a bad situation worse. Finally after a few more minutes of silence he spoke.

"You are a Cullen, yes?" I could hear the anger in his voice as well.

"Yes, I am from the Cullen family. I am Jasper. I came here following the scent of another vampire. One that I know will not follow the rules of the treaty." I spoke as calmly as I could about Victoria, but even the thought of her made me want to growl. I sent him some calm in hopes that we could get through this peacefully.

"I am Sam Uley. We know of this leech that you speak of we have been trying to catch her for weeks. We have noticed your scent but only mildly in comparison to hers. We thought you were with her until yesterday, when we got a bit more information on the situation. It is my duty to tell you that we have been on your side of the treaty line, chasing the red-haired leech while you have been here."

He was telling me this because it broke the treaty. But if they were after Victoria when they crossed the treaty line, I saw no wrong in it.

"The way that I see it, you have done no wrong. I only wish that you would have caught the foul Bitch." Wait, more information where did they get more information?

"If you don't mind me asking…. What information were you given? And who did you get it from?"

"Where we get our information is none of your business!" He spat at me. He was getting angrier. I sent him some calm and tried to think of a way to diffuse the situation.

"The only reason I ask, is I know what she is after, and I intend to protect her with my life. I just wanted to make sure we were on the same page."

"You know as well that she is after Bella?" This confused me. How does he know she is after Bella?

"Yes, I knew as soon as I caught her scent? How do you know she is after Bella?" Wait information…. Bella. Edward had said that she found out about us from one of the Quileutes. She must still be friends with him, and now that he was a werewolf she had told him about Victoria and James.

"Bella herself told us. We are going to do all we can to protect her. She is also how we knew that you were back." I could feel his protectiveness of Bella as he spoke about her. I could also still feel his anger towards me, though it wasn't as pronounced since I had mentioned protecting Bella.

I was in awe of Bella's courage and stupidity. Courage for not fearing most of us mythical creatures, but stupidity for actually hanging around with us. Especially young werewolves. But if she could trust them I would try.

"Sam, I know we are enemies, but right now we also have a bigger common enemy. I will do everything I can to protect Bella, and I know you will as well. Do you think that we might, just until Victoria is taken care of, be able to settle on compromise to work together?" I could feel his anger rise when I first mentioned my idea. But I stayed quiet as I let him think about it, and I could feel his anger calm but just slightly.

"I will talk to the elders. I am not comfortable working alongside a leech. But as you are back, it does make it hard for us to watch Bella, without a compromise. I will let you know when we have come to a decision." With that he turned and left.

I turned and ran towards Bella's house I didn't know if they would have someone watching the house with me back, and I wasn't going to let anyone near her.

While I was running I was debating. Should I call the family? They definitely would not give the wolves the chance that I was. But it wouldn't hurt to have more people here watching Bella. But if I call them, then they will feel they need to let Edward know. If he comes back I will never get the chance to talk to Bella.

The family has never shown me much trust when it comes to Bella. And I doubt that they would trust her opinion of the wolves. I am not exactly comfortable with her around young wolves, but I know all too well how it feels to not be trusted, so I am trusting her opinion.

I debated over this while sitting outside her house. In the end I decided that for now I was not going to call them. If things get worse I will call them, but for now we can handle it. The smell of the wolves hung in the air, they had been here recently. Maybe they knew I would come here, and that is why they weren't here anymore. Probably all of them had been called together to think over my proposition. So I just sat, watched, and waited.


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