A/N: NOT MEANING TO VIOLATE ANY COPYRIGHT LAWS, JUST HAVING FUN TORTURING POOR JASPER.

A/N: THESE KIDS ARE DRIVING ME CRAZY, JUST SAY SOMETHING ALREADY.

The next few months crawled by. I tried everything in my power to distance myself from her. If she sat on the couch I sat on the recliner. She kept asking to hang out so I started a band with Emmett and Rose. Bella asked to join and my traitor sister agreed. Every time I looked at her I could see the hurt in her eyes. I just had to make it to spring break then I could be out of here.

"Jas, she misses you." my sister said passing me some new songs. I sighed and took the papers from her.

"Mom says you're thinking about moving in with grandpa." She kept trying to talk to me. I pretended to be absorbed in the pages. I nodded and gave her the love song duet back. We weren't going to do this one. Rose played the drums and refused to sing. So it would be me and Bella singing it.

"We had a lot of requests for this song, it's for prom." She said handing me the pages back. I shook my head and gave them back.

"You're going to have to talk to me eventually." She pouted putting the papers down and going to the fridge.

"You're going to have to sing then, I won't be here for prom." I said taking the from her.

"So you are running away, god forbid you say something to her." She sniped back.

"Too late now, I've already transferred my transcripts to the on line school, I start in three weeks. I leave after spring break." I said sitting back down at the table. She had a stunned look on her face. She sat down in front of me.

"You're really going, without talking to Me." she looked hurt, I reached out and took her hand.

"You're my brother, you've been an asshole lately but you're still my brother. Did you even think about me or where so focused on how much you were hurting?" She said her voice gaining a little bile towards the end.

"Rose, I'm sorry it just I can't take it anymore, it's killing me to still be friends with her. To watch you and Emmett kiss and be so happy together while I'm wishing she'd notice how much I need her."

She still looked upset but got up and hugged me. I put my hand around her waist and tried not to cry.

"Okay, brother I get it. You've been pushing her away from you anyways." She said releasing her hug. I felt ashamed for my actions.

There was a knock at the back door. It was Bella she had a small smile on her face. Rose let her in and she sat down next to me. I got up and went to counter picking up an apple then jumped up to sit on the counter. She looked disappointed.

"Rose said you two were going to pick some new song for our set Saturday. I thought I could help." She said looking at me with those big brown eyes. Part of me wanted to hop off the counter and hold her in my arms. Instead I bite into my apple and shrugged.

"That'd be great, what do you think of this one." Rose said sweetly as she pushed the love song to her. Bella's hand started playing the notes on the table while she read the pages.

"I love it, its' pretty simple we could probably have it nailed by Saturday." She said looking at me again." What do you think Jasper?"

"I think Emmett and Rose should do it." I stated taking another bite to prevent anymore words from coming out.

"Too bad brother there is no way I could have these note nailed within four days." Rose replied hopping up on the counter next to me. "I think we should do, I think it would make for a good final gig." Her face turned to me with a shocked look. Most likely mirroring my shocked face. I hadn't told Bella yet. We both looked at Bella she looked confused.

"What do mean final gig?" she choked out looking at me for answers. I took a deep breath, wasn't planning on telling her yet. Don't think I was going to tell her to be honest.

"Yeah, I'm um." I paused and pushed my hair out of my face. "I'm going to stay with my grandpa for awhile."

"This summer yeah, we're going with you." she said without hesitation. Crap I forgot about that, how am I going to get out of that.

"Um, no I'm leaving during spring break." I whispered slightly hoping she wouldn't hear me.

"So you're leaving in six day and you didn't think I deserved to know." She raised her voice and started to glare at me. Her face was turning red making her freckles show up more. She was so cute when she was mad. I shrugged and looked at the ground. I heard her chair move and then felt her hand hit my face. It stung but the fact that she hit me hurt more. The door slammed shut bringing me back to reality.

"Wow, didn't think she had it in her." Rose said slinking off the counter, she opened the door and chased after Bella.

I just sat there rubbing my face; I heard the house phone ring. I hopped off the counter and answered it.

"Hello." I said still in a state of shock.

"Jasper, hey son. Well I am getting packed right now. Should be there Saturday morning, you have everything ready to go?" Papa asked.

"Yeah, got everything packed up and the school has transferred everything already." I was biting my cheek hoping he wouldn't ask me again.

"You sure about this soon, it's not too late. I can still just come visit." He said with a hopeful voice. I took a couple deep breaths and rubbed my cheek.

"Yeah I'm sure, see you soon." I hung up the phone without saying good bye.

Rose dragged me across the lawn to the Swan garage for rehearsal.

"This is a bad idea." I said trying to dig my heels into the ground.

"Yeah it probably is but we already agreed to this gig. They can't find anyone to replace us in time, and you know all the male songs." She said gripping my wrist tighter.

"Fine." Agreeing with the she devil. We entered the garage and Bella was sitting on a stool with her guitar. She glared at me and looked back at the guitar tuning it.

"Guess you decided to grace us with your presence." She mumbled never looking up. That stung more than the slap did.

"Okay well let get this rehearsal over with." Rose interrupted the awkward silence. She passed out the song.

"They are going to do this. Together. After what happened?" Emmett whispered to Rose, we all heard him though.

"That's the plan." Rose said kissing his forehead. He smiled and read the pages.

"Let's just get this over with." Bella said as she started playing her guitar.

"I run from hate." She started, her voice sounds like an angel. "I run from prejudice, I run from pessimist but I run too late." Her voice was echoing inside my head making me miss her more and more. Rose had highlighted my part she wanted me to do the next verse.

"I run." But before I could finish the line Bella jumped off her stool.

"Yeah you do" she screamed as she stormed off into the house. Rose stopped drumming and chased after her again.

"Dude, what the hell are you doing to my sister?" Emmett grumbled putting his guitar down.

"Don't worry about it, I'm leaving soon." I said putting my guitar in the case. Rose came back down to the garage.

"She said she'll practice on her own and for you to be ready on Saturday." She went over to Emmett and they went back into the house leaving me alone again.

A FEW DAYS LATER

"Papa!" Rose screamed as she race over to him. "I missed you so much." Wrapping her arms around his neck.

"Rosie posie let an old man catch his breath." He laughed giving her a big hug back. He offered me his hand and I shook it.

We drove back to our house and Rose was telling him all about Emmett and what she has done this year.

"Are you going to come watch us tonight papa?" Rose asked as we helped him inside. I'm not sure how tonight was going to go so I didn't want him to be there.

"Perhaps, might be fun." He said putting his bag down. Mom came in and stood in place.

"Maddy, good to see you." He said walking towards her.

"Oh Jack it's good to see you." she said pulling him into a big hug. "Glad you came to see us." She showed him to the guest room and went up to my room. I was practicing the dreaded song when he knocked on my door.

"Hey son thought I'd come say hi before you're sister drags me off to dinner with her and her beau." She said as he sat down in my desk chair. "So Rose says you and Bella aren't talking anymore." I nodded and put my guitar down.

"You gave her the ring?" he asked. I nodded again. "What happened?"

"We drifted apart." I said. "It happens."

"You still love her?" He asked.

"Yeah."

"Then tell her, son you have to tell her." He said getting up and headed to the door.

"It's too late I pushed away, I'll be lucky if she ever talks to me again." I whispered.

"It's never too late." He said closing the door.

I had dinner with mom and then drove to the underage club we were playing at. I helped Emmett set up while the girls were backstage "getting ready" otherwise known as avoiding Jasper. They introduced us and the girls came out. Bella was wearing one of Roses' red dresses and took her place on the stage. The audience erupted in cat calls and whistles, mostly from the men. Rose started on of our faster songs that Bella sung. I kept glancing over to her; she was so full of life on stage. In real life she was shy and quiet. Once you put her on stage she became a force, something so strong and beautiful. We went back in forth, a few songs for me, one song from Emmett and a few more from Bella. The audience was yelling and clapping.

"I just want to say thank you for coming out and seeing our last show." Bella said with a smile on her face. The audience started saying no and what. She motioned for me to come over. I stood beside her side, my arm wanting to hold, so I clenched the neck of the guitar. "We hope you all enjoy this next song." Rose started the beat and I began to strum the notes out.

"I run from pain" she started softly feeling the room with her voice, the crowd quieted down to hear her. "I run from prejudice, I run from pain but I run too late. She looked at me and gave me a smile.

"I run my life, or is it running me. Run from the past, I run to fast." I realized I had been looking at her the whole time, blushing I look into the audience. "Or to slow it seems, when lies become the truth, that's when I run to you."

"This world keeps spinning faster into a new disaster so I run to you, I run to you baby." We were singing together and I thought it sounded perfect. She turned to look at me and I couldn't help but do the same. "And when it all starts coming undone I run to you, I run to you." Her words seemed to be directed to me and only me. She looked back into the audience and took over the song.

"We run on fumes, your life and mine like sands of time slipping right on though." There was a tint of sadness in her voice, she was quite the performer. I joined her for the last line. "And our loves the only truth, that's why I run to you." We did the chorus part twice more, once we spent the entire chorus looking at each other. After the last verse Rose and Emmett joined us at the front and took a bow. Everyone was screaming and whistling. Bella smiled and said thank, she looked at me then ran off stage. I went to chase after her, I was tired of this. Emmett stopped me.

"Don't even think about it man." He growled still smiling at the audience. I stayed with him and helped him load the instruments into my truck. Grandfather came out and pulled out a cigar and lit it.

"Don't tell your mother, she gets cranky." He said as he took a puff from it."So that was the beautiful Bella?" I nodded as I put her guitar in the cab to keep it safe.

"She is everything you said about her, I noticed she was wearing the ring you got her." He said. She had, I hadn't noticed. I shrugged.

"You too look good together, sound even better." He said his mustache twitching from a small smile.

"Thanks." I said leaning against the wall he was leaning against.

"Son, I'm going to be honest with you. You're not staying with me long." He said without looking at me. "I need you to stay until December I think, after that I'm sending you home." He dropped the cigar and ground it with his boot.

"Why?" I said feeling betrayed.

"Because son I'm not going to let you run from your problems. I need to show you how the ranch works in case something happens to me. But after I get the ranch ready for winter you're coming home to deal with the mess you made."

"Okay" I said. This made me feel better, I just needed some space. A few months away from her and my feelings for her. "Thanks papa."

"For what son?" He said walking towards my truck.

"For being smarter than me." I said as I got in. I drove us home.

We spent the next few days catching up and listening to mom lecturing papa on me picking up bad habits. Rose and mom sent me out for errands on day. I think I was gone about four hours when I got home papa and Bella were on my porch. She saw me and stood up.

"It was great meeting you Mr. Whitlock. Thank you for the talk." She said sweetly as she shook his hand.

"Now I told you to call me papa Jack, and it was my pleasure. You're coming to visit me this summer?" he said without releasing her hand. She smiled and a small blush went across her nose.

"If you want me there." She replied. "I need to head home now." She looked nervously at me.

"You are more than welcome darling." He said as Bella skirted off the porch like a scared jack rabbit.

"Son, you have to be the luckiest son of a gun on the planet." Jack said sitting back down in a chair.

"Papa you didn't?" I asked collapsing in the chair next to him burying my head in my hands.

"No I didn't confess you undying love for her. I just talked to her, she is a wonderful girl. She reminds me a lot of gran. She's a great listener, she let me go on and on about the ranch, even asked questions about it. If I was fifty years younger you'd have some competition young man." He had a smile under his mustache.

"Yeah you'd be added to the long list. I think the list has tripled in the last few months." I said leaning me back looking at the ceiling.

"Yet she doesn't seem to see anyone but you. It's hard to find that kind of loyalty these days."

Mom came out and told us it was dinner time. We went in and dinner. The next few days flew by; Bella was at my house whenever I was in the back yard or out running errands. I think papa fell in love with her too. Anyone who meets her does. It was finally the last day and mom and Rose couldn't stop crying. I finally went upstairs; I glanced in Rose's room. Bella light was still on. When I got into my room I opened the window and climbed onto the tree and made my way down. I snuck across the back yard and used the tree next to the garage to get unto her roof. I slipped a little but kept my balance. I made it to her window and tapped on it gently. It took a few taps before she opened her curtain. She saw me and scowled. Rolling her eyes she opened her window and let me in. She stood in front of me not saying anything just looking angry.

"Japer Daniel Whitlock you better get out of here before." I interrupted her by wrapping my arms around her holding her tightly. She hit my chest once then wrapped her arms around me. We stood like that for a few minutes; she rested her head on my chest. I felt myself finally relax after so many months.

"Bells, I'm sorry I was an ass, I'm so sorry. I promise to tell you one day just not today." I whispered into her hair. I kissed the top of her head and squeezed her a little tighter. "You have every right never to talk to me again, but I had to apologize before I left."

"I'm still mad, but you're still my best friend." She whispered looking up at me with her eyes filled with tears.

"You will come stay with us during the summer, please." I asked still not letting her out of my arms.

"If you want me there I'll be there." She said burying her face into my chest.

"Okay, then I'll see you in a few months okay?" I said finally releasing her from my embrace.

"I promise, now get out of here before Charlie hears you." she smiled at me and helped me outside.

"I missed you Jasper." She said as I left the window. I leaned forward and kissed the top of her head again.

"I missed you more." I slowly made my way back down and ran back to the back porch, where grandpa was sitting on the porch puffing his cigar.

"Glad to see you came to your senses." He said with a hint of laughter in his voice. I nodded and smiled and head back upstairs.

The next morning we packed all the stuff in his truck while mom and Rose started crying again. Mom gave me a big hug and told me to call her when we get to the ranch. I promised. Rose punched me in the shoulder.

"I hate you, you know." She said wrapping her arms around me. "You better call me every day." I was getting in the passenger side when a heard a door slam shut. A white and brown blur came speeding towards me before launching itself on me.

"I'm going to miss you" she whispered in my ear then kissing my cheek. "You take good care of him papa Jack. I'm trusting you with my best friend." She said loudly as she walked over to him and gave him a hug.

"No problem darling." He said giving her a hug back. We both got into the truck and I waved at them and saw Bella had my mom on one side and Rose on the other. They were both hugging her and she was being strong for them. This was going to be the longest two months of my life.

A/N BY THE WAY I DON'T OWN THE LADY ANTEBELLUM SONG, JUST THOUGHT IT FIT THE ALMOST LOVEBIRDS. PLEASE DON'T HATE JASPER FOR RUNNING AWAY. HE JUST NEEDS SOME SPACE SO HE CAN COME BACK AND WOO HER.