Great news! Since my motivation to write increases as soon as I set up my laptop, I decided to put my TV and Xbox away (My biggest distraction) and replace it with an open laptop so no more video games for me….yay. This does mean I will now spend every non-working hour typing away.

After a long time of writers block for this story, I have finally figured out how to end this story but…..how can you end a story without a big finale?

Disclaimer: I know I haven't updated in a while but do I really need to remind you that I don't own twilight?

Carlisle's POV

The past few weeks have been great compared to before. The counselling sessions that I have been giving Jasper every day after work began to show an improvement in Jasper's behavior. He hasn't inflicted any more pain upon himself and his flashbacks have decreased. By decreased, I mean he will zone out for a mere 30 seconds before returning back to reality.

Peter and Charlotte left a week ago after they figured they weren't needed anymore although Peter agreed to visit him often to see how he is holding up. I enjoyed their presence as it helped me see the more relaxing animal side of Jasper. The only 'animal' side I was used to seeing before was the aggressive side.

Esme was currently accompanying Alice with one of her long shopping trips since she surprisingly hasn't been for a while but then again, that had something to do with worrying about leaving Jasper alone but today he insisted that he would be fine so she went.

Edward went back to his own home to spend missed time with Bella and his daughter while Rosalie and Emmett are probably….you know what? I don't want to even think about what they are doing right now since they are the only ones left in the house. I dread to think what state it will be in when Jasper and I return.

Which bring me back to where I was now. Since Peter was now away and Alice was gone for the weekend, I had taken Jasper out for a hunt; just the two of us. It was what he needed and I wouldn't miss father/son bonding with Jasper for the world, even if it was to just catch a few mammals and talk a little in-between. Jasper was the one child that I found difficult to bond with but I viewed recent events as god's way in showing me that there was a way in spending time with him and I was making the most of it. I needed him to know that he wasn't a burden to us.

Because Alice would be gone for the whole weekend, Jasper had no reason to rush back so we had decided to travel far to hunt. In the end, there didn't really seem like much point because deer appeared to be an over population everywhere so we just hunted them rather than any other animal. As vegetarian vampires, I felt like it was our responsibility to control what kind of animal we fed off. For an example, I knew that Emmett loved his grizzly's and Edward loved mountain lion but if they had them every time we hunted, they would have both driven them to extinction by now so we tend to go for more of the popular animals. After all, if we didn't kill them, human's would and they would only go to waste.

After I had fed, I went to look for Jasper but moved slowly so I wouldn't startle him as soon as I find him. I found him crouched by a tree, still feeding. Despite my attempt not to scare him, his eyes had darted to mine which was followed by a low growl. I knew it was nothing personal, I was used to it by now. It was a vampire instinct; one given to him with his up-bringing. I remember how Peter told me one way he had gained Jasper's trust. He protected Jasper while he was feeding as back in the South, they were surrounded by newborns who were huge threats; willing to kill another vampire in order to steal their prey.

Although there wasn't another vampire in sight, I decided to try this method for myself. I lowered myself into a crouch and turned my back on him, looking on guard. Jasper told me that he no longer feared me but that didn't necessarily mean that he trusted me and I wanted to earn that trust; even if it meant protecting him from newborns that weren't even there.

After a few minutes, I heard Jasper slowly approach behind me before appearing by my side and crouched with me as he leaned his head against my shoulder. No words were said. In fact; no words were needed. Just because I have a very human behavior considering I am a vampire, it doesn't mean that I don't understand vampire language. He was gesturing his thanks as well as radiating appreciation.

The gesture was something that I had saw him give more recently with Peter or sometimes with Alice but never had he appeared so relaxed with anybody other than those two, especially within such a close distance within each other.

Since he seemed so calm, I returned the gesture by resting my chin on his head. Even by doing that, I thought that he would've at least tensed but he didn't even do that. Instead, he did what I had least expected him to do, he began to purr.

"Can I ask you a question?"

I looked up at Jasper as his voice broke the silence. We were burying the deer we had drained not so long ago in order to avoid raising suspicion to the humans. What would they think if they found a dead deer that appeared perfectly healthy before but now had been drained of blood? They would let one go but if they kept finding them like this, questions will be raised so I taught my family to bury the animals once we had fed from them.

"Ask away" I replied shortly, curious as to what to expect.

He thought for a moment, probably trying to think of a way to put his words in a sentence since I knew he sometimes had trouble with that.

"Why did you so easily accept me and Alice into your family? I could never understand why" Jasper asked.

I stopped what I was doing and thought about my answer. I had always been rather protective of my family but when Jasper and Alice showed up, I just couldn't view them as a threat. Alice had already claimed herself as one of us and despite Rosalie's judgement and Edward's cautions, I doubt that Jasper was a big danger either. In the end, Rosalie warmed up to him and Edward became more aware of the reasons behind Jasper's behavior. The only thing that was ever dangerous about Jasper was if we ever posed as a threat to Alice which we were careful about. But deep down, I guess I just wanted to help him heal, even if I didn't know what to do at the time.

"There were plenty of reasons; the most important one being that you were both willing to try our diet. Alice's eyes were already gold and yours were getting there. It was nice to know that there were others out there that wanted to spare the human's lives" I told him.

I didn't intend to tell him the other reasons since I knew he hates being pitied. My answer should do for now.

"But didn't we pose as threats?" Jasper questioned.

I shook my head. I recall Alice telling me how much she had to convince Jasper that we would be safe to approach but he had feared that we would attack; in fear that he would take over our 'coven'. None of that was true of course but it wasn't surprising that Jasper would think that anyway.

"Not at all. I don't like the idea of violence so I like to refrain from doing it. You would have only been a threat if you had planned to attack; which you hadn't" I noted.

"I've attacked you before" Jasper mumbled to the ground.

I frowned at his reminder. It was true but it was never his fault. It had either been because of a flashback like the time he ran into Emmett during one or he was generally startled by suddenly being approached by his brother's or I. It had actually amazed me how, despite the gender of his abuser, not once did he ever attack one of the girls. He always appeared submissive towards Rose, gentle around Esme and attaching to Alice. No, it was always us males that seemed to trigger his aggression but he had never attacked any of us personally.

"But it wasn't intentional. You felt vulnerable and it was in your instinct to protect yourself" I told him.

There had been few occasions where I had to intervene when Jasper's aggression is triggered. His flashback during a wrestling match with Emmett was an example and Jasper had forgotten where he was. Emmett appeared as a threat and then the wrestling match had turned into his battle ground. I had rushed out and pulled Jasper off a pinned and startled Emmett but it earned me a bite mark on my shoulder. Now I think of it, that was the first flashback that I had been in the presence of but at the time, I thought no more of it.

(A/N: I wrote a one shot about this, check it out. 'Too soon'.)

"Intentional or not, I'm still a danger to all of you" Jasper replied.

I sighed at him, knowing that whatever I would say, he would just keep on making points to make himself sound like the bad guy. He may be making an improvement in a few areas but he still failed to give himself much value. On the other hand, if I didn't reply, he would think he would have won this disagreement, and I was not willing to allow the fact that my son believed that he was the greatest danger to the family.

"Jasper, you are as much danger to us as we are to you. You are as dangerous as Edward, Rosalie, Emmett, do I need to go on? If your aggression was intentional, your knowledge on how to fight makes you more dangerous than us but, I highly doubt that you are doing any of this on purpose. No matter what you think about yourself, the safety of the others when they are around you doesn't concern me unless you are having a flashback. In that case, I would also be concerned for you, understand?" I questioned him.

I ought to be the one confused about this. It was as if he had stopped feeling emotions but I guess he just pushed them away. Or maybe he thought that the concern he felt wasn't for him. After all, he may be able to feel emotions but he has a difficulty being able to tell who they are aimed at.

Jasper didn't say anything else as we finished replacing mud over the drained deer. It either meant he still didn't understand my concern for him or he didn't accept the fact that he was wrong. After we had finished, Jasper climbed up high into a tree and sat on a thick branch with his back leaning against the trunk.

With no reason to do anything else, I sat down and leaned my back against the same tree but on the ground. A vampire may not need to rest but it was certainly relaxing and I was willing to stay here for as long as Jasper needed to.

It was another long hour with silence which had suddenly been disturbed by an unexpected sound of whimpering. I stood from my spot and looked up at Jasper in the tree to find that he was shaking with fear.

"Jasper?"

The sound of my voice only caused him to shake more violently. Was he having another flashback? His eyes weren't pitch black like they usually were when he had one. His eyes weren't even distant. They just stared ahead like he was waiting for something to appear.

"Jasper" I called again.

With that, he bolted from the tree and ran as fast as he could past me, his eyes still focused ahead. I followed him without a second thought, not wanting him to put himself into any danger. He was faster than I was so I thought that I was going to lose him but he stopped as quickly as he started.

I stopped by his side when I suddenly realized I had been so focused on Jasper, I had failed to take in our surroundings, or more accurately, pay attention to the unfamiliar scent that I had just smelt. My eyes shot to the vampire far ahead of us.

A female, long black hair with a grim smile spread across her face. Jasper tensed as he tried to hide his fear. He distanced himself away from me but I moved closer, uncomfortable about allowing my son to make himself more vulnerable.

Unfortunately, doing so earned me a growl from Jasper as he moved away from me again. I didn't like where this was going.

"Jasper, you have no idea how long I have been looking for you" the black haired devil spoke with fake happiness.

As much as I liked it when he did, I hated the sight of the small smile that appeared on Jasper's face as he moved closer to her.

"Maria"

Just a little reminder, Jasper still doesn't accept that what happened to him was Maria's fault. He still sees good in her.

I beg you to review! Please! What do you think about this chapter? What about the way Carlisle used Peter's method to form trust in Jasper? Or Maria returning? I promise you that you will not wait too long for the next chapter.