"I thought you loved me," I said, a moment away from bursting into tears.

"I do! More than anything on the planet. But I could not stop myself. It was impossible," he said, patting me on the cheek.

"I'm… confused."

He sighed. "You know how werewolves imprint on people?"

I nodded.

"A few weeks ago, Alice and I were hunting together when suddenly I saw her in a new light. It was like my entire universe had shifted and suddenly she was the one that I knew I was meant to end up with, " he looked at me, "for eternity. I don't know what sparked it."

When I didn't say anything he started again. I was furious. Edward was meant for me.

"I knew I had to tell you at some point. I couldn't just go on and feel good about it. I was getting more and more guilty as the infidelity continued. I couldn't think of how to do it!" He shook his head. "I wanted to tell you, but I couldn't figure out how without hurting you. And now you're more hurt than you would be if I had told you right away."

"How could you keep something like that from me?! You kept that secret for weeks!" I screeched. Thank god for Charlie's uncanny ability of sleeping through anything and everything. Angry tears spilled down my face.

"I'm sorry, Bella!" He yelled a little quieter than I did, obviously caring what would happen to both of us if Charlie woke up and discovered him in my room. "What else do you want from me? I could not help it! I'm sorry, okay?"

"That's not good enough!" I got out of bed and pointed to the window. "Get out! Now! Tell everyone who knew about it never to bother me again!" I was sure I was turning red in the face. It wasn't from embarrassment, for once.

"Everyone but you and Jasper knew," he said, slowly getting up from the bed.

That hurt. An entire family that I trusted and loved had betrayed me. "Tell them to stay away from me. You stay away too," I whispered.

He walked slowly to the window. "I love you, Bella Swan," he said before exiting my room.

I hardly made it to my bed before I collapsed in a dead sleep.

I awoke in the late morning the following day. I sat up while my eyes adjusted to the light. I stretched and happened to notice someone standing by the window, their back facing me.

"Edward! I told you to leave!" I yelled, leaping out of bed. Before he could turn around I ran to the window and pushed on his back as hard as I could. He spun around, surprised by my outburst.

"Jasper!" I gasped. He wasn't Edward at all.

"Good morning to you too," he grinned. His smile was contagious, and I couldn't help but smile back. It seemed crazy, smiling after a night like the one before.

"What are you doing here?" I asked. I thought he'd be gone forever by now.

"I thought I'd see how you were doing. I know that Edward came last night and I thought that maybe you'd need a little cheering up," he replied.

"That's thoughtful of you, but I really don't want to talk about it right now," I said softly, my eyes falling to the floor.

"Well," he started, stroking his chin. "I do have a place we could go. Only if you trust me enough to be alone with me, that is," he said, lifting my face with one finger so our eyes met.

"I promise that I won't hurt you," he added.

"Okay," I said, giving in easily. How couldn't you trust a face like that?