Carlisle speeds down the driveway, his hands clenched around the steering wheel that Jasper is surprised he's not causing any damage to it. Jasper drops his eyes to his knees and wait for Carlisle to start talking, but he doesn't say anything until they drive past the city limits.
"Do you realize how bad of a situation you put yourself in?" Carlisle says in a stiff, uptight tone. Jasper look up at him, unsure of whether the question is meant to be answered or not."Damn it, Jasper."
"I'm sorry. It was stupid of me." He apologizes with a sigh.
"Why? What in the world would make you think coming to the hospital was a good idea?"
"I thought we had permission."
"Jazz," Carlisle groans. "I've never given any of you kids permission to come to my work. Hell, I don't even like when Esme visits the hospital."
"I'm sorry." Jasper repeat.
"Buddy, don't take this the wrong way, but the hospital is nothing but a temptation hell. I wouldn't ask you to push yourself in such an extreme way. That would be ridiculously unfair of me, unfair to you, and unfair to our family. If you would have lost control in the hospital, we would not be able to keep that from the Volturi. We wouldn't even be able to cover that up to the survivors. A slip in there could have caused an end to our family."
"I know. I shouldn't have done it."
"Please, just so it's clear, explain why all this transpired."
"Well, it started when Emmett and Edward made plans for spring break. They wanted to tell you about them, but I said we weren't allowed to. They rigged their phones so when Emmett text Edward, it would show up as Esme's name. They made it look like Esme said yes, and that she wanted me to go so I could get out of the house." Jasper explain nervously, his uneasy attitude rolling off of him. With Carlisle's anger and annoyance with his boys, though, it doesn't take much for him to resist Jasper's influence. "So I went with them. In the parking lot, they told me I should be the one to go find you because you and Esme want me to become part of the community. I kept saying no, but then Edward said you would be disappointed by me not trying to live like the rest of you. So that's when I went into the hospital."
Carlisle doesn't respond right way. He keeps his eyes plastered on the road as if he didn't even hear Jasper.
"I know I shouldn't have done it. Hindsight is twenty-twenty, I guess." Jasper murmurs.
"If I am ever going to give you special permission, I will call you. Or you can call me." Carlisle says.
"Edward and Emmett can mimic your voice to a T." Jasper admits.
"Of course they can. I swear, those two can't even define what 'limits' are." Carlisle huffs. "Listen, if something happens where I have to give you special permission, I will tell you in person."
"Okay." Jasper nods.
"And don't you ever do something you're not ready to do, especially if it involves putting yourself around human blood. I will freely admit that a majority of the trouble caused today was provoked by your brothers, but you should not have let them talk you into anything. You are responsible for what you do."
"You're right, sir."
"Were you comfortable going into that hospital?"
"No sir."
"I cannot stress this enough." Carlisle says, his muscles clenching as he speaks. "Don't ever let your brothers, or anyone else for that matter, talk you into doing something that you now is a bad idea. If you don't hear the orders straight from me and they seem like unusual requests, don't do it. Understand?"
"Yes sir." Jasper nods.
"You realize that I'm going to have to spank you, don't you?"
"I know." Jasper sighs ruefully. Carlisle looks over at his sad son and claps one hand on Jasper's shoulder.
"I'm sorry, Jasper, but I can't let this easily-influenced, poor decision making behavior slide."
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