A/N A huge thanks to my beta twilightaddict71484 for her awesome skills. Also a huge thanks to my pre-readers and very special friend OoJasper'sAngeloO, and sinfulroad69. Without them this story wouldn't be any good. Here is the chapter that will explain things. You'll also see Bella's reaction to the Major's kiss. I had to use several POV's but it was necessary. Sorry about this being late in posting, I tried to post it last night but as usual FF was messed up and it wouldn't let me post. Hope you enjoy this chapter.

I do not own Twilight or any of the characters.

Rose's POV

As soon as the Major was headed up the stairs, I headed straight for him. I was going to give him a piece of my mind, and then maybe I don't know, rip his dick off!

How fucking dare he. I don't fucking care who he is, no man has the right to be with another woman other than his wife, and then turn around and fucking force a kiss on the wife. Unfortunately, for me, Em had seen my intentions and had both arms around me pinning my arms to my sides.

After I was done with Jasper, I was going to deal with Em. I was so fucking pissed at Jasper, and now my own mate. There is just something about a male taking something from a female that just makes me go into a rage.

It was Bella's actions that shocked me so much that I calmed down, slightly. She came right up to Em and asked him if she could speak with me, privately. She did make me promise Em that I would NOT go after Jasper.

We went into another room, and she found a pen and some paper. It took her a minute to finish writing, and then she gave me the paper to read. There was something she wrote that she needed to do, but needed the help of a vampire in order to do it. I agreed not only to her plan, but to help her.

It was risky though, and could have the potential to start a fight. I wrote, asking her about that and she just wrote out that she wouldn't allow it to get that far. Something had changed in Bella. I'm not the empath in the family but I could feel there was something different about Bella, it was deeper than just surface stuff. I have a feeling that whatever Esme had said to Bella was what was causing this change in her demeanor.

She promised me that there would be no retaliation against me for my part in what she wanted to do. I was only acting as her muscle for lack of a better term. I wrote back telling her that even if there was I would still do as she was asking.

When we got back into the living room where everyone was waiting, Jasper, or should I say the Major came downstairs to join us. We all knew he was wanting to speak with Bella alone, and sure enough he said one word, "Leave."

It was Bella who spoke up, "Before anyone leaves there is something I need to address. Rose would you mind staying for a couple of minutes?"

I nodded. And then turned to Em and told him to go on, I would join him as soon as I was finished here. The Major wasn't liking this at all and was softly growling. He wasn't used to not having an order obeyed, but that was before he met his mate. I was starting to like her more and more.

I could tell that the Major was about to let me know that I was not wanted here when Bella spoke up, "No, Major. You don't get to make her leave until I have had my say first. I have something that needs to be addressed, and you will fucking listen to me. I asked Rose to help me so I wouldn't get hurt."She turned and nodded to me.

I walked up to him and slapped him as hard as I could. He went to lunge for me but Bella did two things at once. First she threw her shield up, and secondly, she jumped in between the Major and I.

She got right up in his face and yelled, "Now you need to fucking settle down Major. I had Rose slap you because I couldn't without getting hurt. The reason for the slap is simple. You kissed me without my permission. You took from me something that was not yours to take. I may be your wife, and your mate, but that doesn't give you the right to have your way with me in any manner you chose. You kissed me knowing full well that I didn't want you to touch me let alone kiss me. I don't fucking care who the fuck you think you are, but you WILL treat me with respect, and make sure that I want you doing it before actually doing it. Is that fucking clear?"

To say he was shocked would be an understatement. He stared at her for a few seconds, and finally nodded that he would do as she had asked. Once that was settled she asked me to leave. Either her or the Major would text someone to let them know it was alright to come back.

I couldn't wait until we could come back because then maybe we could get some answers. I knew Carlisle knew something that he wasn't saying, but probably would once we were all back together. I had a feeling that whatever it was had something to do with the reason for getting Athena out of here as quickly as they did.

Bella's POV

To say things were awkward once Rose had left would be an understatement. I knew it was still the Major in charge, yet it was as if he was Jasper as well. I knew for sure when I looked into his eyes.

I could see the guilt, and pain. I could also see a fierceness in his eyes that told me that it was both the Major and Jasper. He just stood there staring at me, and I had the feeling that his emotions were warring with each other.

I remembered what Esme had said to me, so while the pain from what I had witnessed was still there I knew that there was more to it, there had to be. The man that had been with Athena is not who my husband is.

Esme had reminded me of all that Jasper has done for me, since he found out I was not the enemy. The man I had come to know, and fall in love with could never do what I saw him do, not on his own.

My mom had known about Jasper through her friendship with Peter and Char. While most vampires feared Jasper Whitlock, he was also known for his honesty, and keeping his word. If he gave it, he never took it back. Giving his word was a very serious thing with him, and if he wasn't sure about something or someone, he said nothing.

I was ashamed that I had tried to end my life. Esme reminded me of why I needed to live, to fight, to survive. The real enemy, who was the Volturi needed to be stopped, and according to my mom, we needed our child to be able to do that very thing.

She also shared with me what Jasper had gone through. Fighting to save my life, and trying to get me to feel his love. How he sobbed, and yet kept working, kept begging me to come back, and to stay with him. He also had kept telling me how sorry he was for everything, especially for hurting me.

I decided to start with that, "Major, before you say anything there's something I need to say to you. I need to ask you to forgive me for being so weak as to want to end my life. Don't get me wrong, the pain of seeing you with her is still there. I like to think that I have gotten to know you, and the man I know would never have even considered being with another female, no matter how much pain you are in. I should have stayed, and started to fight. Forgive me for being too weak to stand and trust that you would always do what's right by me."

"You have no need to apologize. You saw what it looked like, and your human nature took over. I will tell you that it is I who should apologize for even allowing myself to be put in a strange situation with another female. The only thing I can offer is that the female did something to me. Its hard to explain, and will most likely be painful for you to hear, but I'm a man who believes in being totally honest. I only ask that you hear me out before making a decision, and hear what Carlisle was able to find out about her."

I nodded for him to continue, and he sighed heavily,"I have to say that what she was doing to me I was letting her do so willingly. I wanted her to do it. I can't say that I wanted her, because I didn't want her, I just wanted her to do what she did. Is this even making any sense? I can also tell you that you must have put your shield up before leaving the room. I didn't even know you had come up there until Emmett told me. All I knew is that suddenly, I was brought out of whatever the fuck she was doing to me, and horrified that I had been kissing her and allowing her to touch me. It was then that I pushed her away, grabbed some clothes, and ran."

"I will admit Major, that doesn't really make any sense. Wanting her to do that to you, but not wanting her. I'm thinking that she has some kind of mind control. Let's hear what Carlisle has to say. Where is the bitch by the way?"

"She's already on her way back to Aro. She was sent here actually by Demetri to break us up. She was to bring you back to Italy. That's all I really know, except that there is a plan that your mom, Felix, and Carlisle all came up with. Its a really good plan, but only if you decide to stay with me. Once we know everything, then I think we should decide if we should go on with the plan. I'm thinking that even if you decide to leave me, we'll keep the plan anyway. It will keep you safe at least." he told me.

I wanted so badly to tell him that I had no intentions of leaving him. But, for now I would keep quiet. If this did turn out to be something he did on his own, which I was doubtful of, I wasn't sure if I could stay with him. But the thought of being without him, caused extreme pain in my chest. What in the hell was I going to do?

I went to get a snack of blood. I was still feeling a little weak. In the meantime the Major called Carlisle to have everyone come back. It was time to find out what had happened, it was time to hear the truth, all of it.

Jasper's POV

Carlisle said that they had all gone hunting and were still waiting for some of the others to get back. He promised to be back within the hour. In the meantime, I had to do something to let my mate know how much I loved her. I needed to think of a way to not only show her how much she means to me, but also to use the plan to help seal our relationship.

It only took me a few minutes to come up with the perfect plan, and it would work beautifully with the main plan. I could only hope that Bella would say yes, and go along with me. It would be perfect to show her how much she means to me, and how much I love her. Yeah, I knew exactly what I needed to do, and started working on it while waiting for Carlisle and the others.

It was almost an hour later when everyone got back. Bella had been in the kitchen eating, and I had stayed in my study working on my own plan. I would have to wait until she went to bed to finish it, but I needed some of the others to hear what I had done so far, and tell me their thoughts. I felt hope once again.

Carlisle had everyone come into the living room. He had not only talked to Athena at length but had spoken to Aro as well and found out that everything he had been told was true. Renee, and Felix backed up the story.

He asked Bella to sit next to me, he wanted to be able to see both of us as he told us what he knew. He moved so that he could address us directly, "Bella, Jasper, I don't know if you know what happened to us, but we have something that happened to us before anything happened with Athena. We were having a meeting with her and we, when I say we, I mean all of us, suddenly got up and took off running. We all ran for an hour then turned around and ran back. We have no idea why we did it, or even how it happened, until I asked Athena about it. The only reason for it was to get us out of the house so Athena could use her gift on Jasper and hopefully break up the two of you.

That's why she was here to break up the two of you and take you back to Volterra, Bella. She was sent by Demetri and backed by Aro. If he couldn't have you, then Jasper wasn't going to have you either. So, he recruited Athena. She has a very special gift, but it does have a drawback."

He sighed before going on, "The best way to explain her gift is to say its a form of hypnosis. She can make a person, vampire or human "want" to do something, or have something done to them in your case Jasper. I believe you said that while you wanted her to do what she was doing to you, you did not want her, is that correct?"

I just nodded yes and he quickly went on, "Yes, first she had to get us out of the way, she made us want to run for an hour and while we were aware of what we were doing, we had no clue as to why, or how. It was the same for you Jasper. While you knew what you were allowing her to do to you, you wanted her to do that yet did not want her. She didn't need you to want her, she just needed Bella to see you and her naked, and kissing. Jasper did you tell Bella that Athena never touched you sexually, except to kiss you?"

"But, I saw him rocking his hips like she was, well, you know. He was also moaning, like she was making him feel so good." I interrupted.

"I see that you didn't tell her everything then. Bella, remember I said that she only needed it to appear for her to be touching him and making him feel good. She made him want to moan and make it appear that she was touching him. Excuse me for being so blunt in front of the family, but, well, he wasn't even hard, he didn't need to be. It was all a show to get you to want to leave him. Unfortunately, it backfired on her, as well as Aro now. She never expected you to try to kill yourself. That's where the plan comes in now. We should actually thank Athena for her actions as now we have a plan that not only might keep us, Renee, and you Bella safe, but will have a better chance of working to stop the Volturi."

"If it was all just an act, why did Jasper run and feel guilt and shame?" Rose asked.

"Because he was kissing her, and they were both naked." Bella replied.

Carlisle then answered questions from the others including why didn't Edward see Athena's thoughts. He said he could read her but never saw anything about seducing Jasper or anything about her gift. Of course the main question was what was the drawback to her gift? Carlisle smiled before answering, "She could only influence a person or persons one time, after that it was useless against them."

The meeting broke up after that with everyone hugging Bella and glad that it turns out it wasn't as bad as even I had made it out to be. I still had my plan to put into effect, and that meant getting Rose to help. I wanted Bella to think that this was Rose's idea at least until after it was over.

I quickly pulled Rose aside telling Bella that I needed to apologize to Rose for my behavior that she was right, I had no right to force a kiss on her. I knew just how bad things like that effected Rose.

I did apologize to her and then quickly told her my plan. She fucking loved it. She also said that Bella would love it as well and went immediately to start the ball rolling. I couldn't wait to see if she would agree to go, and see the look on her face when she saw what I had done. I only hoped that she could get past everything and I was really believing that she would now.

Still, it didn't mean I still didn't want to throw her down and have my way with her, but I would wait. Yeah, I would wait for her as long as it took. I loved her, and I would spend the rest of my existence showing her how much. . .

A/N Please let me know what you think. Thanks to all who reviewed, favored, or added this story to their alerts. Next chapter, Bella hears Jasper talking to King again, and she tells Jasper why she was going up to his room, she bares her heart to him.