Chapter 3

Jasper POV

When Bella finished her speech, the emotions coming off her were ranging from pain to horror, and love.

I could barely move let alone talk.

"Alice, will she get home safe and unharmed by anything, even herself, if we don't take her?" I asked almost at a squeak

She looked far away for a second. While she did that, the rage in the room came over me like a tsunami.

"She'll be fine, but she will be crying herself to sleep." She said glaring at Edward.

I could only imagine what he was hearing in his head.

"Okay, I think we should go to the table." Carlisle said knowing what was about to come.

We all filed into the dining room and sat at the table, Carlisle at the head of the table, Esme next to him holding his hand, Alice sat next to her, then myself to Edward at the other head of the table then Rosalie and Emmett. Once seated, all hell broke loose

"How did she find us?" Rosalie yelled. Hitting her hand on the table, making everybody jump, Esme was looking at her table making sure it wasn't broken.

"Who cares, I want her back in this family." Emmett said grinning.

"Why are you pretending she doesn't exist, Edward?" Alice was fuming.

"How could you just stand there?" Esme was not happy either.

"Why is she here? I thought we had gotten rid of her." Rosalie said getting angrier. "Isn't it enough we had to move once, now she shows up again. And apparently this time she's going to break up the whole family. And I don't believe for one second her appearing out of nowhere is just a "coincidence."

"You love her, and her showing up at the same college, how is that not fate?" Carlisle said calmly, but hurt in a way only a father could sound.

"We can't leave her, or leave each other. She's right. This is our family just as much as it is hers, and it hasn't been the same since we left her." I said, trying to remain calm but failing.

"We left her to keep her safe. We can't go back on that now." Edward growled.

This went back and forth, and back and forth, with no answers only yelling and anger, till I realized, okay the room was so tense for the first 30 minutes and I was so angry at Edward that I didn't even think about the influence I was having on everyone. I got control of myself and started sending out calming waves. Finally, everyone start calming down. Carlisle caught my eye and he nodded.

"First, she didn't find us, I found her at the hospital. I wasn't assigned to her, but when I caught her scent, my father side got the best of me. I didn't even realize what happened, really, 'till the door was open and she saw me and passed out." Carlisle said almost with a laugh.

"I told her when I left her in the woods that it would be as if I'd never existed." Edward said, the look of a tortured man across his face.

"I didn't know what to say or do, Esme. What was I supposed to do, snatch her up and hug and kiss her like the last year never happened?" Edward was getting tenser as the words came out of his mouth; I sent another round of calm his way.

"Maybe you should have, Edward, she still loves you. I know that, I could feel that and the agony she felt when she told us what happened to her after we left. She didn't want you to be in pain, she loves you." I figured if I kept saying it, he'd get it.

"Gotten rid of her, Rosalie? She is my best friend; she is his mate, when he's man enough to admit to himself, anyway. She's in the med school program here. She didn't come here in some misguided search for us, she came here in search of herself." Alice said so furiously I thought we might have to restrain her. She looked like she might go for Rosalie's throat. I had to send calm to both of them.

"I'm going to say it again, you love her and her showing up at the same college, how is that not fate?" Carlisle asked with exaggerated patience.

"Edward, you need to say something!" Esme said, disconcerted with his quiet.

"I-I just don't even know what to say or do." Edward whispered, "Wait, my mate?"

"Oh, for the love of …, Edward, you don't have to see the future to know that." I said smirking.

"But how?" Edward said confused. This poor boy is oblivious.

"Edward, you and Bella are soul mates. We've all seen it. We saw you change in the only way we can. You fell in love. She changed you, brought out the humanity in you. She is your mate. I know you could still marry someone else, but I doubt you will. You've not even looked twice at a girl, mortal or immortal since you left her" Carlisle said all too amused with his own theory.

"You think Edward is destined to be with Bella? Like for eternity or just her life?" Rosalie said not amused in the least.

Oh my god, I thought, she really did not just say that. Everyone, including Edward, were shooting death glares at her.

"Rosalie, stop right now, or so help me." Emmett hissed baring his teeth.

"Just so everyone knows, Bella is home safe." Alice chirped. She loves Bella so much, I would stay, even if Bella hadn't forgiven me; but since she did, well, I'm just as thrilled as Alice to stay and protect her.

And again, this went back and forth and back and forth for what felt like an eternity.

"I am going to stay and your mother is staying, so now it is up to you kids to decide if you're staying also. You know if you leave, there will always be a home for you here, but Bella will be as much a part of this family as the rest of you: be it as a daughter-in- law, or a daughter." Carlisle said steadfastly and Esme nodded confirming his every word.

"I'm staying." Alice sang out.

"As am I." I was thrilled.

"I'm glad I get my little sister back." Emmett was grinning like an idiot.

"So am I. I may not love Bella, but she brought us all closer. And since the moment we left Forks, everybody has been at each others' throats." Rosalie said this with conviction, stunning us all. She wasn't happy, but she meant it.

"I don't know what to do." Edward said, agonizing.

"You need to just figure out how to deal with this situation. Personally, I think you should go over there and tell her you have not been a person since you walked away from her last year, and that you love her." I said grinning as stupidly as Emmett.

"I just don't know…I just don't think she could ever for-g-give me," Edward choked, "I walked away from her. I left her broken, she went into a catatonic state, Jasper, how am I supposed to get her to forgive me for just that?" He was breaking my heart. I could, quite literally, feel his pain. Maybe I was feeling guilty, too. I was remembering how I had walked out on Maria; I hadn't even said goodbye. It made me wonder what I had put her through. Not my finest moment.

"Edward how will you ever know if you don't try?" Esme asked.

"What am I supposed to say? Sorry I walked away from you. It was the worst decision of my very long existence?" Edward asked, pain seeping from him into the air, sometimes it's hard to be an empath. To feel your own brother in so much pain.

"Rosalie?!" Alice gasped. It caught all our attention

"What?" everyone asked at the same time. They must be blocking Edward, because he looked as completely confused as everyone else.

"Nothing…it's just a decision she made. It surprised me is all." Alice said thoughtfully, a bit of the pixie showing through.

"What was that, Rosalie?" I could feel her tumultuous emotions.

"Rosalie? You're blocking your thoughts, why?" Edward asked, really annoyed

"It's nothing. Emmett let's go. We have a family to fix." Rosalie was actually almost smiling. Emmett shrugged, he was as lost and confused as everyone else. Of course, he still had his usual stupid grin plastered on.

"Where are you going?" Edward demanded, but it sounded kind of like a whine. It was funny. Really it was hilarious, and we all had to laugh; well except Edward. For some reason, he didn't find the humor.

"We will be back." She sang out and ran upstairs to change with Emmett barreling after her.

"Alice, where are they going?" Edward asked as Alice smiled, got up and walked away.

She was probably already planning their wedding and he was clueless.

"Well I need to get ready for work." Carlisle said, standing up and pushing back the heavy oak chair. His smile was dazzling and infectious. "I'll see you all later."

"As do I." Esme sighed, getting up and following him out. She had a big job to finish today. She had mentioned it to me earlier.

"Come on, bro, let's hunt. I have a class later…" I was saying as Alice came flouncing down the stairs, "And you have something that involves blood later as I recall," Alice wagged a finger at Edward, planted a kiss on my check and headed for the door, keys jangling in hand.

"Alright, let's go." Edward grumbled running a hand roughly over his face.

"Bye, guys." Emmett bellowed cheerily from the door.

Well, just maybe our world was going to get turned right side up again. Wouldn't that be something.

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