A/N A huge thanks to my friend and beta OoJasper'sAngeloO. Thanks for all your help girl. We finally get to hear more about what happened with the Cullens. We hear from Emmett and Rose. Hope you enjoy.

I do not own Twilight or any of the characters.

Jasper's POV

While holding my mate as she slept last night, I made a call to Emmett. She had decided to at least listen to what they had to say. I knew that Emmett wasn't going to be happy, but he needed to understand that Edward forcing us to leave had had a domino effect on her.

I quietly explained that she had agreed to listen to them, but that didn't mean she forgave them. I told him that he would have to wait to hear everything that had happened from Bella. I did tell them about fact that she was indeed my mate. Since they were already gone when I found out what Alice had been doing I had to explain that as well.

To say they were pissed would be an understatement. Even Rose said that she always knew that Alice and I weren't mates. None of the mating instincts were there between us. Emmett asked how Bella was and I knew he wasn't asking about her physical health.

Carlisle had called and told them about Charlie. Em was more worried about how Bella was doing with all of the bullshit that had gone down. It broke his heart to know that Bella had lost her father all because of the fucking boy that said Victoria wouldn't be a problem. He had been on my side when I wanted to hunt her down and destroy her before she could hurt Bella.

For that part I can only blame myself. I listened to both Edward and Alice. I have been part of an army for almost a hundred years. I have seen first hand what happened when a mate was killed. Yet I too chose to turn my back on my own mate.

I told Emmett that I had no clue if Bella would forgive him. I truly hoped that she would. Emmett loved Bella deeply and it tore him apart to leave her and yet he wanted to give her a chance to move on with her life. I hated having to cause him more pain, but he needed to be prepared for her rejection.

Rose asked if she should leave and let Emmett and Bella have time to talk. I told her no, she needed to see and hear both of them. I had a feeling that Rose would see how much Bella had changed and that she would like the new and improved version. Yeah, my mate was a spitfire now. I could tell that she wouldn't take shit from anyone. Not even from me.

There's a part of me that would love to see her reaction to seeing Edward. I have a feeling that the shit would be flying everywhere. I know he still insists that she is his mate. I also know that she won't take the bullshit that he would spew out of his mouth. I couldn't wait.

Bella's POV

I wasn't sure if I was ready for this. As we drove down the long winding drive way I was reminded of another one that used to bring excitement when I was traveling down it. I'm not even sure how I'm feeling right now. I think of out of all of the family that it was Emmett's leaving without a word that hurt the most.

I was surprised that they had left the family because they were listening to the asshole. At least it sounds like they stood up for me. Even though they never came back, at least right away. If only they had come back sooner, maybe the people in my life who have lost their lives because of me would still be here.

I was broken out of my thoughts when we pulled up to a huge ranch style house. It was beautiful and yet had a rugged look to it. It fit Jasper perfectly as well as Peter and Char. It had the largest wrap around porch I have ever seen. It was secluded and it was perfect.

I saw Emmett and Rose standing in front of the door waiting for us. Of course they looked the same and I could feel the pain of their abandonment coming to the surface. Jasper could feel it and sent me some calm. I turned and glared at him letting him know that I needed to feel what I was feeling. I needed to heal and this was the only way, to face those who had hurt me the most.

While most of the bruising was healed the cuts on my cheek and lip were still healing and were obvious. My body still was stiff especially after having spent the last few days in the car. We had stopped often and always at night so I could rest in a bed. I tried to argue that I could sleep in the car, but Jasper wouldn't listen. He insisted that I rest in a bed, and I was still too weak to argue.

Jasper helped me out of the car and then wrapped his arm around my waist and led me towards the house. He leaned down and whispered in my ear, "If you're not ready to talk to them then you can go upstairs and come down when you're ready. This is your house just as much as it is mine, you get a choice as to who comes in and who you see. Don't worry about upsettin' me, just tell me what you want."

Did I want to see them? Am I ready for another roller coaster ride with my emotions? No, but I decided to get it over with. So I told him just that. It was still early morning and we had stopped an hour ago so I could eat before getting here. It was a good thing too because I wasn't sure I could have eaten right now.

It was Rose who spoke up first, "Bella, you are looking tired, would you like to rest before letting us talk to you? I know that you think I hate you, but its not as simple as that. I would like to explain that as well, if you'll let me that is."

She sounded sincere but then so did Edward when he told me that he loved me and then when he told me he didn't and that I was just a distraction. But I had promised Jasper that I would listen to them before shutting them out of my life. Although, I wasn't really sure if I could do it, shut them out. I missed Emmett so much, but he had left me as well.

We went into the house which was furnished in such a way that it spoke of a couple living here and not vampires either. It was simple, without being cheap, looked both masculine and feminine at the same time. I could see Char's touch here.

Jasper led me over to the couch and sat down with me next to him. He kept one arm around my shoulders and the other held my hand. I watched as Emmett and Rose sat on the love seat that faced the couch we were sitting on. Jasper was the first to speak, "Before anyone starts I think that we should come to an agreement. Its simple, Bella needs to tell the two of you everything that has happened, includin' what Edward really said to her when he left her. You two need to tell her what happened with you. She can go first, whoever is sharin' should be allowed to talk until they're done. Then questions can be asked if needed. I'm seein' this from both sides and its goin' to be hard on everyone here. So no interruptions, and no askin' questions until after the story is finished."

Emmett and Rose nodded their agreement and then Jasper told me to go ahead and tell them everything. So I told them about Victoria, the death of Renee and Phil. While they already knew of their deaths they didn't know the specifics. Then about the death of Sam and Jacob. They already knew about Charlie's death so I didn't have to talk about that. I was grateful as the pain was still too fresh.

Then I told them what Edward had told me when he left. They were both extremely angry, but they kept quiet until I told them that was everything. Jasper went over everything he had told me about Alice even though they knew some of it.

By the time Jasper was done Emmett had his head in his hands. He was torn between feeling so horrible for not being there for his little sister and being angry at Edward, Alice, Carlisle and Esme. I didn't have to have Jasper's gift to know that.

We sat in silence for a few minutes. I watched as Rose tried to comfort her mate. She was rubbing his back. I could see the pain on her beautiful face at her mate's pain. I had to give her credit for one thing, she loved her mate deeply. There was also anger that I could see in her eyes. For once, it wasn't directed at me.

Rose was the one that started talking, "Bella, I would still like to talk to you privately after you have heard our side. Did Jasper tell you what Edward told us?"

Shaking my head no, I turned to Jasper, "Darlin' this will be new to me as well. I never heard what he said to Rose and Emmett. Alice and I left before he even broke up with you. We left after the blow up between Emmett, Rose and Edward, and that was right after he got home from takin' you home. I was only there long enough to hear Emmett refusin' to leave. They never told me what Edward told them."

"Jasper you know I don't like you to manipulate my emotions, but if you feel me getting overwhelmed, I want you to help me this time. I need to hear everything, you know like ripping the band aid off all at once. I can take the time to deal with the emotions later. I have a bad feeling that I'm going to end up getting even more pissed off before this is over. Please continue Rose, and don't leave anything out." I warned her.

"Of course Bella, you should know one thing about me, I don't lie and I don't color the truth. You need to understand something though. You can see how badly Em is with knowing how our leaving like we did affected you and your family. He has been hurting badly since we left. He had actually stopped smiling. It hurt him deeper than anything I have ever seen to leave you. We left after everyone else was gone, but we didn't go far. He wanted to stay close.

We moved to Oregon with plans to check on you after five years. The only reason we were going to wait so long was because of what Edward had told us. We weren't going to contact you unless we had to, you know like if you were in danger. Either from well. . .I'm sorry Jasper but well. . .Edward and Alice both led us to believe that you might come back to finish what you started. Or if the Volturi found out she knew about our kind. We would have come back and turned you if that had happened." I felt anger at this, but I also could feel it pouring off of Jasper.

Jasper had growled but finally got himself under control. Emmett picked it up,"Rose and I had talked it over and while the pain of not having you in my life was there, we both wanted you to at least try to have a human life. I was still convinced that you were made to be one of us. We didn't know about Alice, we did know that Jasper wasn't her mate. Any mated vampire could watch and tell right away that they weren't meant for each other.

You both need to know exactly what Edward told us. It was probably the same thing you heard Jazz. Bella broke up with him, telling him she was tired of being in danger every time she came around us. Jasper's attack had made her realize that since Edward wasn't going to turn her she needed to remove herself from the danger, us. She told Edward that she wanted a clean break, with no reminders of us left behind. She didn't even want to say good-bye. Bella you have no idea how much that hurt me. I was so sure that you would want to at least say bye to your big brother. I tried to go and see you, but Edward refused to allow me to go. I was going to go anyway, but Carlisle told me that I should respect your wishes. It was the last thing I could give you. I listened to him.

I argued for hours with Edward and Carlisle that you wouldn't have done that and that I needed to see you, hear it from your own mouth. When I saw that they weren't going to back off or let me try to see you, I got so fucking pissed off. I told them they were no longer my family, because family didn't just up and leave a family member. We left. I did call Jasper and tell him we were no longer a part of the family.

He kept in touch with us and we finally got the call we had been expecting to get from him. He left Alice. He never told us why and we tried to get him to come and stay with us, but he needed to get away from the whole family and even though we had left, we were reminders of that family. He did promise to come and visit, but he never did.

We didn't last five years. When it had been four years we went to see how you were doing. You were gone and we found out that you had gone off to collage. You were safe and living your life. If we had known about Victoria we would have stayed in Forks. We only found out about you being in collage because we checked the mail and saw your letters to your dad. We never saw anyone, not even the wolves.

We moved here to Texas close to Jasper. We never talked about you, or anything that had happened. It was a taboo to even mention you. I did that one time and Jasper went into a depression. It was bad. Then something caught our attention, something that also perked Jasper up.

We started hearing about the attacks in Seattle. It wasn't hard to figure out is was vampires. Peter told Jasper that his knower was going off like crazy and that they needed to go to Seattle to check it out. At first he wasn't going to go. Said he was tired of the fighting and he just wanted to stay here.

When I told him that I knew for a fact that you had been living in Seattle he still didn't want to go. He was sure you hated him and blamed him for the disastrous birthday party as well as Edward leaving. The pain of seeing the hatred in your eyes for him that he was sure would be there kept him from going. Peter finally convinced him to go by reminding him of the possibility of the Volturi showing up and finding out about you.

Bella, I know that you have every right to hate us. We should have come back right away as soon as Edward was gone. We never thought that Victoria would still be around. Edward told us she wasn't that close to James and Alice said that she didn't see her coming back, ever. We truly thought we were doing what you wanted, staying away. I'm so fucking sorry I wasn't there for you. Please, can you forgive me? I'm not leaving you ever again, unless you tell me to that is. Even then, I'll only stay out of sight, but I'll stay close. Please, I need you to be in my life."

I sat there looking at him. I could see that if he was human he would be crying. The venom in his eyes told me as much. I'm not sure how long I just sat there. I had to think. Without saying a word I got up from the couch and turned to Char who had been sitting in a chair across from us, "Which room is mine. I need to think, ALONE."

Char led me up to what I assumed was Jasper's room. There was a huge bed in there. It was so far up that there was a step stool to climb up onto it. I just climbed up on it. I knew that Em was hurting, but so was I. I needed to think, without Jasper or anyone else.

Of course I felt the pain of Jasper's absence. Even though I knew he was downstairs. I knew that my actions had probably hurt him. I hated that, but hearing everything had brought up the pain of losing my parents and friends to a psychotic vampire who was hell bent on destroying everything good in my life. All because of the stupid ego of thinking he knew what was best for me, Edward fucking Cullen. The hatred was going deeper into my soul and I knew that if I ever saw him again that I would kill him.

Then I realized that after talking to everyone that he still loved me or thought he did. Maybe it would be better if he lived, knowing that his actions not only destroyed six very good, loving and honest people, but led me to finding and being with my true mate.

After a few minutes, there was a knock on the door. It was Rose. She told me it was just her and I and that everyone had gone hunting. She asked if I was alright and then apologized for how she had treated me when I was with the asshole. She told me her story of how she was raped, beaten and left for dead by five men including her husband to be. She had lost everything she had ever dreamed of having and while it might have seemed selfish, she didn't want to see me give up the chance to have what she couldn't.

I could see that she really wanted to try to make amends and be friends. I was willing to try I guess. I understood her reasons for her actions and I could see that they had been lied to and therefore, had made decisions based on those lies. Would it be so wrong to forgive them and try to start over? Maybe.

Then she said something that surprised me, "Bella, I can see that you and Jasper are true mates. You should have seen him when you left the room without even acknowledging him. He could feel your pain and you wouldn't let him help you. I've never seen him with that much pain in his eyes as he was when you walked out earlier. You need to understand that when a mated vampire sees their mate in pain whether its physical or emotional, they will die, go to the ends of the earth to stop that pain. I highly doubt that he's really hunting right now. You basically rejected him and the ability he has to help you with your pain."

I sat there for a minute before saying, "He can feel me right? Would, would he come back if I let the pain out? I can't let him hurt either Rose, but I just needed to be alone for a few minutes. Please, can you call him back?"

"She doesn't need to darlin'. I'm here." he replied while walking towards me. Now, I'm truly at home. . .

A/N Please let me know what you think. Next chapter will see another enemy come into the picture, and one pissed off mate. Thanks to everyone who reviewed and added this story to their favorites and alerts. Love you guys.