A/N A special thanks to my beta twilightaddict71484 for making this better, and my pre-reader OoJasper'sAngeloO for helping me come up with some of the details in this chapter. This chapter is entirely my own. Hope you continue to enjoy the story.

I do not own Twilight or any of the characters.

Bella's POV

I knew that Jasper would probably go to my room, and I was going to take my stuff and find out what Jasper was going to do. Something about the thought of him leaving made my chest hurt.

Sure enough he was sitting on my bed waiting for me. He smirked at me when I shut the door. The thought of what we had just almost done, along with the fact that he was now sitting on my bed had my heart racing, and my lust shot up. I swear this vampire was going to kill me.

Before I could even walk across the room, he had me pinned up against the wall,"Darlin', if ya keep up with those feelins' I'm gonna have to do somethin' about it. That lust ya keep throwin' at me makes me want to take ya right now, right here."

He started kissing my neck and I forgot what he was saying. Finally, I remembered what I wanted to say, "So why don't you then?"

"I can give you a very good reason in just one sentence. You're dad is here, and wondering why you're still up here. So, unless you want him comin' up here and findin' ya naked, with me, then we need to stop, and ya need to behave yourself, darlin'. "

"What about you, mister? You're the one who pinned me to the wall. You still are!" I told him.

He let go of me and then told me that him and Peter were going hunting. Char was staying behind to watch over the house. If I had to go anywhere, for any reason, Char would go with me. He made me promise to call him if I needed him for any reason, and then gave me his cell phone number.

He gave me one more passionate kiss before jumping out the window. I know its sounds stupid but I missed him already. With a heavy sigh I went downstairs to find something to fix for dinner.

Once in the kitchen I realized that it must have been awhile since dad had gone shopping. I would have to go to the store if we wanted a home cooked meal. I knew that I could probably just order pizza, but I also knew that dad probably had pizza a lot since I wasn't around to cook for him.

I would have to go out after all. I told dad that I would run to the store and that I would be right back. He offered to go for me, but no telling what he would end up getting. Beer, pretzels, peanuts, you know junk food. So I grabbed my coat, and purse and headed out to my truck.

Char was supposed to be watching the house, so I whispered to the trees knowing she would hear me that she could stay, I would be right back. When I got to my truck she was already sitting in the passenger seat waiting. She actually scared me!

She wanted to come with me to go to the store. She hadn't ever had the chance to go shopping with another female so she was excited. Even though it was shopping for human food she didn't care.

The trip there was filled with both of us asking each other questions, just like two regular women our age would do trying to get to know each other. It was mostly questions like what our favorite music is, our favorite movies, what we liked to do for fun, that kind of stuff.

We both were starting to enjoy each others company. She even started to tell me things that her husband would drag Jasper into. Like the time he wanted to know what it felt like to be drunk.

He dragged Jasper to a bar just to watch the humans until they found one that was really drunk. Then Jasper did his mojo shit as Char called it, and kept it up, "That was the funniest fuckin' shit. Peter was singin', or what he thought was singin' but actually sounded more like a Banshee wailin'. Jasper was laughin' his ass off, and refused to pull the feelin' back until I slapped him upside his head, which is pretty scary in itself. No one hits the Major without getting ripped apart."

"I'm sorry, who is the Major?" I asked.

"That's the name we always called Jasper. It wasn't until later that we learned his real name. But that's his story to tell ya." she replied.

I just nodded as I already knew her well enough that she was like her mate in that if it had something to do with Jasper she wouldn't say anything more. That made me both even more curious about Jasper's past, and I also had more respect for Jasper's friends. They genuinely cared about him. He had always seemed to stay in the background when I was around.

I was starting to wonder if there was a reason that Edward and Alice had always kept us apart. I always knew there was more to him than what I heard and saw. We never really talked, it was mostly saying hi, and bye. But it was Jasper that was there trying to comfort me when we were running from James.

I still remember clearly the words he spoke to me in the hotel room, "You're wrong you know. You are worth it. Our only fear is in losing you."

I know he was trying to comfort me, but it only made me feel worse. Because of me, the whole family had been put in danger. At the time, I would have gladly given up my life to make sure they were all safe. I loved them, at the time.

Now, it was different. They had all abandoned me. Left me and my dad in danger because Victoria was still trying to avenge James' death. While she is dead now, she still took the lives of my mom and Phil, as well as Sam, and Jake. I could never forgive them for that, and I blamed Edward the most.

I knew that if Edward came back right now, my only reaction would be to try to rip him apart and burn him. I was pretty sure that it was Edward's doing in getting the family to up and leave without even so much as a "fuck you."

I had never blamed Jasper. I was pretty sure that he would follow Alice because she was his mate. That thought alone made me question this tugging sensation in my chest, as well as why was he here, fighting to protect me now. I was also wondering why in the hell was I finding it so hard to not want him.

The problem with that is that I just don't care enough about the vampire that told me we were going to be best friends, and then just up and tell me that I didn't matter to any of them. Surely, if they had been mates then they would still be together, but then Jasper did say that they weren't mates and he knew they never were.

I knew that if he stayed around that I would want to ask him what happened. I didn't want to, because I knew that if I did ask him to tell me, then I would have to talk about what happened after they all left. I wasn't ready to talk about that yet.

I also knew that with the wolf pack here, I would have to tell Jasper as well as Peter and Char. They needed to understand why most of the pack especially Paul is so angry with vampires, especially with anyone associated with the Cullens; as well as why they were so angry with me for hanging around them, again.

I was brought out of my thoughts by Char who had been talking for the last minute or two. Turns out she was asking why I was passing the store I was supposed to be going to. I laughed and told her I had been thinking so hard I wasn't paying attention.

She smiled and said,"Yeah, Jasper has that kind of effect on most females. Even though he hasn't even looked at another female, except as food, since he left the "manipulator". You're the first woman he has taken a shine to. Ya know, I happen to believe that you'll be good for him, and he for you."

I blushed. I haven't blushed in years. I told her that it wasn't like that between us. We were just old acquaintance's getting to know each other. We hadn't even had the chance to become friends, when we were with the Cullens.

She smiled and said, "Of course. And the two of you practically dry humpin' each other is just part of getting to know each other?"

She had me there. Nothing else was said, but the smile on her face told me that she didn't believe a word I had said. I finally pulled into the parking lot, and we got out.

The shopping went quickly and I soon had enough to last us a few days at least. Char seemed to be both intrigued, and disgusted with the food in the store. She really couldn't understand how humans could stand to eat things like the pickled pigs feet. On that one I had to agree.

I had noticed that Char seemed to be in pain, she kept rubbing her chest. I wonder if she was feeling a tug as well. When I asked her about it, she went quiet. She finally, just said that the bond with Peter sometimes made her uncomfortable when he was away.

I just looked at her. Then I asked her,"Is it like a tugging?" Again, she just looked at me for a minute or so.

Finally, she spoke up and asked me what I was talking about. I guess that I could talk to her. So I told her about the tugging sensation in my chest. I also told her that I was having feelings that I had never felt before even with Edward.

With him, it was just plain old teenage hormones. With Jasper, it was like I needed to be near him. I felt safe, more at ease. At least as at ease a person can be with vampires after her. But somehow, deep down, I knew three things as absolute truth.

I knew he would kill to keep me safe, die trying to do just that, if necessary, and there was something that made me to never want to be without Jasper. The thought right now of him leaving me, made me feel true fear, and my chest hurt like never before. I needed him, and that thought alone, scared the fucking shit out of me.

I just couldn't handle it again if Jasper, Peter, and Char left. Yet, I figured that they probably would once the newborn threat had been dealt with. While they may call me family, I knew that I was just probably a distraction for them. I remember Edward once told me that vampires are easily distracted.

Jasper would leave as soon as the threat was taken care of. The worst part of it was that I was quickly loosing my heart to these three vampires, and I had no clue as to how to stop it. Deep down though, there was a part that didn't want me to. I decided that I needed a few minutes alone. I needed to decide what to do with my feelings.

I told her to go on back to the house. The newborns were in Seattle so it should be safe for me to drive back to Charlie's house. It was only a fifteen minute drive. She could wait for Peter to come back from his hunt, and see him much sooner. She argued with me at first, but I told her I would drive straight back and not stop. She told me to call her if any problems came up. After promising her that I would, she left.

I was half way home when the truck sputtered and then stalled. I tried to get it to start again, but it was dead. I knew nothing about engines so I wouldn't even bother to look at it. The real problem was that I had about seven miles to walk to get home, I had several bags of food, and it was dark.

If it was just me I would have just walked, but dad and I needed the food. Char had no car so she couldn't come and get me. I wasn't about to call the wolves, I was still pissed at Paul. I sat there just thinking, trying to decide what to do when the door was suddenly ripped away.

I was suddenly ripped out of the truck and landed up against the base of a tree. I had hit my head and was trying focus on what was going on around me. I could see a figure headed in my direction, but they were blurry.

Suddenly, there's a strange vampire standing in front of me. He pulls me quickly back up to my feet. I tried to struggle, and he pushes me hard enough to hit my head against the tree again. Everything went black. . .

A/N Please let me know your thoughts. Especially since this is my first chapter that is written by me. Just don't throw flames at me, you know how I love making it interesting enough for you to want to come back for more. If I can get another chapter written, I'll try to post before its been a week. Thanks to all who reviewed, and added this story to their favorites and alerts. I didn't reply, as I was told to write instead of reply, but I did read and love every single review. Thanks guys.