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Chapter 2 – Disappearance

"No!" Alice was suddenly in her own world, one minute she was flipping through a fashion magazine in the room she shared with Jasper and the next she was getting a vision.

Jasper heard Alice's denial followed by silence and raced up the stairs. He wasn't sure what was happening, but he had the feeling he needed to check on her. The closer he got to the room, the more he felt her agitation and what could only be described as shock and hurt. What he saw when he entered their bedroom gave him pause for the first time since she had entered his life. Alice was using her vampire speed to go back and forth from the closet and dresser to the bed and back again. She was packing her bags. "Darlin' what's wrong?" Jasper asked trying to instill calmness into the air.

"I have to go," Alice said. Her voice brooked no argument and she did not look at her husband.

"Ok, where are we going?" He was confused. He didn't know of any trip they needed to take. They had just gotten back from an extended absence from Forks.

"We are not going anywhere Jazz. I am leaving. You are staying." She finished packing her bags and zipped them up.

"I don't think so! You want to tell me what's wrong because you are not leaving here without me," Jasper was feeling agitated himself and he couldn't believe that Alice was about to leave without him again. The first time she left, he dismissed it. She needed to check on Bella because she saw her jump off a cliff and then she needed to save Edward from killing himself in Italy. Fine whatever, but what was her excuse now for leaving?

"A vision that only I can take care of and you need to stay Jazz. I'm sorry that you can't come with me, but I need to go," she said not quite meeting his eye.

He felt the guilt and the hurt rolling off of her. He was confused by her feelings and wanted to understand, but she was not explaining herself, "Why?"

"Because this is the way it has to be Jasper! I have to go now." She grabbed her bags and tried to skirt around him.

"When are you coming back?" He asked her quietly. Something in her feelings, the way she wouldn't look him in the eye and her voice said he did not want to know the answer to the question, but he had to ask.

"I don't know if or when I will be, I'm sorry," she said just as quietly and kissed him on the cheek. She quickly walked down the stairs and out the door leaving the Cullen's, her friends, and Forks behind. Jasper heard the engine to her car roar down the road and he fell to his knees to the floor of the bedroom they once shared. She was gone and he didn't understand why.

Rosalie ran up the stairs when Alice ran out the door with no word to anyone in the living room. "Jasper, what happened?"

"She left Rose and I don't really understand why," Jasper whispered. "She said she got a vision and she had to leave, but that is all. She said she doesn't know if or when she will be back and I can't be with her."

"Jazz, oh Jazz I am so sorry." Rosalie placed her hand on her adopted brother's shoulder to show her support, but she was at a loss at what to do to help him. She turned when she heard Carlisle and Esme run up the stairs and into the room. They looked from her to Jasper and back to her. She knew they were looking for an explanation, but what explanation was there? "She told Jazz that she got a vision and had to leave and he had to stay. She may not come back."

"What? What was the vision?" Esme asked. This didn't make sense to her.

"I don't know. She didn't say," Jasper whispered. He sounded so broken to her. He was like a son to her and she wanted to comfort him and tell him it was going to be okay, but heartbreak is never easy and she knew that is what he was feeling. She kneeled down on the floor beside him and pulled him into her embrace. She tried to show him that he was still part of the family, he was loved, and she was there for him.

"I am sure there was a good reason for what she did and she will return as soon as possible Jasper," Carlisle said trying to be positive. He placed his hand on his son's shoulder and tried to offer his comfort also.

The four vampires upstairs heard the front door open and close with a loud bang. Carlisle went to see what was wrong and he found Edward looking heartbroken as well, "What happened?"

"Bella and I decided it was best if we broke up. Nothing has been right since we have been back and she said she was tired of the yo-yo of our relationship. I don't blame her, she deserves more than what I gave her, but it still hurts. I love her, but she needs better," Edward said looking like he wanted to cry. He knew why they broke up and he agreed with the reasons, but it still hurt to lose your first love.

"I'm sorry Edward. Maybe coming back wasn't the best thing to do."

"No, it was the right thing to do. We need to be here. I will get through this." Edward tried to give a small smile, but he didn't quite make it. Then he heard the thoughts, "What's wrong with Jasper and Alice?"

"Alice left and Jasper is upstairs. She said she had a vision and had to leave. We don't know more than that."

"What do you mean she says she isn't coming back?" Edward had heard that thought in Carlisle's mind.

"That is what she told Jasper. We still hope she will be able to take care of whatever this is and comes back though. He is going to need us though."

Edward nodded and went up the stairs to check on Jasper. Carlisle and Emmitt were behind him. Carlisle was right, together they had to band together and help their brother through this. Surely Alice would be home soon and this is nothing more than a short trip. Alice had to come back.

Jasper may not be able to read minds or see visions of the future but he could feel what others felt and he could project feelings. He felt the pity his family felt towards him. He felt the empathy and the pain they felt at losing Alice also. He didn't want to feel everything he was feeling and everything they were, he needed to be alone. He stood up and walked to the other side of the room, "Can you leave me alone for a while please?"

They understood that whatever they were feeling, he must be feeling a hundred fold. They left the room and everyone went downstairs except for Edward who went to his room. He needed to be alone also. Heart break abounded in the Cullen family this night.