AN: So much love to Shadowoftheblackdeat who has helped my with ideas, lettin me bounce ideas off them and flesh other ideas out when I get stuck

Still don't own… do I really have to do this every damn time?

Jasper POV:

As Jasper walked back to his bike, he continued to smirk at Addi's reaction to his flirtation. She started with that damn riding comment, so he was too tempted to respond in the way he did. And, just maybe, he secretly hoped that it was a promise. Not that he would admit that out loud for some time yet. He definitely wanted to see more of the peculiar young girl, everything about her drew him in, not just her past. He was amazed at how calm she had stayed when he went into what Peter had dubbed as 'Major Mode' earlier that day. People who already knew about his darker side even got scared when around it. The only people who didn't were Peter and Char and that was only because they were essentially his siblings and they, especially Peter, had a lot of experience in dealing with The Major.

Her scent also made him curious, why would a human not smell like food? She smelt home-like, safe. If there was one specific thing, he could compare her scent to it would be petrichor. It was a scent that reminded him of his human days, the scent the air always held after a thunderstorm in Texas. He admired how she managed to fit herself into his family's hearts, she hadn't met Edward or Alice yet, but Jasper had no doubt that Alice would immediately love her and that Addi would manage to break down Edward's walls the same way she had done with Rose.

Jasper spent the ride home in quiet thought about the human girl, however, when he was a few miles away he began to hear the shouting of his family. Or more specifically, Edward. He increased his speed to the limit and within in a minute was in the driveway, able to hear the conversation a lot clearer. Edward was still shouting at everyone in the family. Jasper went at vampire speed into the main room to try and work out what in the fuck was going on.

"The fuck is going on in here?" Jasper demanded of the room, The Major was still close to the surface, despite Addi turning out not to be a threat. Once The Major had been drawn to the surface it took about a day for him to quiet down properly.

"I'm trying to work out what on earth happened to you all! It's Jasper too! I can hear none of your thoughts, none at all! What have you all done to make this happen? I know you can hide your thoughts behind less important thoughts, but this is ridiculous!" Edward continued to explode at the room. He was pissed, which was unsurprising.

Vampires' gifts were like having an extra limb, so for Edward to find himself without it working was a shock. But Jasper was not in the mood for these kinds of dramatics right now, the day had been eventful enough. His high from spending the evening with Addi was quickly evaporating. Sure, Edward's gift not working wasn't great, but the shouting match was uncalled for. He had spent the whole day with the younger Swan, Bella, whose mind he couldn't read anyway. So, was it such a big deal that whatever effect Bella had on his brother was lingering?

Rosalie was most likely thinking the same thing as Jasper. After having posed as twins for the better part of fifty years their minds were very similar in how they worked out problems and how they acted.

"Edward you've been with that human you're infatuated with all day. You can't read her mind either, what if that just rubbed off on you? I doubt it's anything important, don't worry so much."

"That can't be it! I've spent time with her before, in school and not! This hasn't happened before. It can't be Bella!" Edward growled at his sister, earning a glare from both blonds and Emmet. Carlisle broke in before the situation could evolve into something more volatile.

"When was the last time you read anyone, son?" Carlisle said placatingly. He tried to speak so that Edward would calm down and yet give the answers he needed. He had had plenty of experience with his patients over the last two hundred years. He knew how to ask questions that were gentle, so the patient would calm down. But it had to be able to get the full story of what had happened to cause the ailment.

"During school, I cant read Bella so when I was with her, I didn't hear anything. But I've spent time with just her before and this has never happened. I can read everyone apart from Bella, even her sister!" Jasper saw as every vampire in the room stiffened, he distantly noticed that Alice still wasn't there, but he didn't pay it much mind. Edward could read the family of vampires but now he can't just after their meeting with Addi. Surely that wasn't coincidence, especially since Edward couldn't read the younger Swan's mind. He turned to his coven leader; his new theory sounded very possible.

"Carlisle… is it possible that gifts can be genetic?" The doctor looked at him curiously, clearly not understanding what Jasper was getting at.

"It's possible Jasper, but siblings don't have the same powers. They typically are opposites, like Jane and Alec Volturi."

"I see, I thought so. I have an idea then. I think both Bella and Addi have a gift. It is my belief that they are both shields. Like you said Carlisle, they complement each other somewhat. Bella can shield herself but Addi can shield other people." Realisation dawned on the other vampire's faces, except Edward. He had never much cared for the older Swan sister. With them being in different grades and the fact that he was so besotted with Bella, Addison had never captured his interest in the least. Instead of talking with the rest of his family on the likelihood of Jasper's theory being correct, he sat in silence. Bella being immune to his gift was frustrating enough but now there was a human who could prevent others from having their minds read… it was horrid.

"We will have to have Addi over again soon, we can discuss if she knows that she has a gift and we can work on the extent of it." Carlisle suggested to the family, all of whom seemed to agree with him.

"I've invited her to the baseball game. Edward haven't you invited Bella?" Jasper asked, Edward didn't respond, only nodded. Carlisle looked at Jasper with curiosity.

"Didn't Addi warn that the game this weekend would be dangerous to bring humans to?"

"She did, but remember she also gave us ways to work around it. I really don't want Addi hurt but she is a smart girl and I know she has the brains to protect herself." Jasper noticed the grins that Rose, Emmet, Esme and Carlisle shared, his eyebrows furrowed but he didn't get a chance to ask what was going on because Edward cut in.

"How would she know it will be dangerous, I thought you thought she was a shield not a seer?" The family once again froze, Emmet began shuffling his feet on the ground. Their eyes darted between each other, silently hoping that someone else would explain to the bronze haired vampire. Eventually, Carlisle stepped forward as the coven leader and asked his son to sit down. Even though vampires could stand for hours, even days, it would be more civilised and calming to the young vampire.

"I am well aware of how impossible this will sound, son, but seeing as we are all vampires the definition of impossible is a bit stretched for this family. You see Addison Swan isn't from this world. Where she is from all of us and our lives are simply a book series. We met her earlier today after she told Rosalie, Emmet and Jasper the truth. When she told Jasper, it caused The Major to appear, so he brought her here so we could interrogate her. The Major projected her emotions, so we knew she was telling the truth." Carlisle explained calmly, however Edward didn't react. He instead sat in stunned silence. His mind was in disbelief. Why would his family believe such a lie? Because surely that's what it was. It had a to be a lie, people could fake emotions.

Feeling Edward's disbelief and slight anger at Carlisle, Jasper growled loudly at the mind reading vampire. This growl seemed to snap Edward out of his thoughts, he growled back. Sensing a fight breaking out, Carlisle stepped between his two children. This didn't deter Edward's now fuelled anger.

"You can't seriously believe this human Carlisle? People fake emotions all the time! That story is so ridiculous, I can't believe that you all support this idiotic idea she has told you all!" Jasper continued to growl.

"You had better fuckin' believe her, boy. She is telling the truth. Unlike your fuckin' party trick my gift can't be tricked, especially by a damn human. I've been alive a lot longer than you and my gift let me live through the war. So, don't you be tellin' me she is lying" Jasper snarled. He didn't know why he was so protective over Addi, he couldn't help it, but the human girl intrigued him so very much. She made him feel safe and her blood didn't call to him as food. Addi was precious to him. She didn't see him or The Major as a dangerous beast, she saw them as not only the same person. Two aspects of what made up Jasper Whitlock. Her eyes showed compassion, kindness and understanding towards him. When she treated him so well, he couldn't help but feel a deep unignorable urge to protect Addi, even with his life if he needed to.

Edward was cowered by Jasper's display of anger; however, it didn't change the fact that he didn't believe the human girl's story. He wouldn't believe it until he either saw it in her mind or she showed some other form of proof. Even then he was sure that that would never happen, it just couldn't. Even though he himself was a vampire and as such supernatural, he had to draw the line of what he believed somewhere.

"I still don't believe you. When I see her, I will believe her. But what did you mean about the game and it being dangerous? I wanted to bring Bella so she could meet the family. But I don't want her getting hurt. What do you think is going to happen?" Edward asked, there was no point arguing the fact considering his entire family believed the human. Where was Alice when he needed her, surely, she would be able to see this girl's future and thus the truth.

"Addi says that according to what she knows, three nomads will be passing through Forks. Two of which are gifted, tracking and evasion. The tracker would take interest in Bella and see her as a prize, hunting her down. Addi has come up with a solution though. If we keep the girls between all of us the wind won't catch their scent. Also, if we have them wear Rose and Esme's clothes the girls will smell like them. So, if the wind does catch them the scent should be of Rose and Esme. We will be able to get them away if we need to." Jasper answered. Edward agreed, albeit reluctantly.

"Fine, but if something goes wrong and Bella gets hurt it will be on you."

"That's fine, I trust my Addi." …wait…his Addi? Why in the name of hell did he say that? He noticed Emmet again with the shit eating grin. "Okay Emmet spit it out. You and everyone have had these shit eating grins since just after Addi got here. The fuck is going on?" The four, excluding Edward, looked at each other before Emmet broke the silence.

"Oh, please let me tell him! Please! I can't wait to see his face!" Emmet begged the family. Jasper just growled as everyone nodded. "Man, I don't know how you haven't noticed. Like you've been around for ages and you were surrounded by mates for ages too! How could you not know man? When you told us about her scent it totally gave it away! Our darling Addi is your mate!"

What?

"She… she's my mate? Addi is my mate?" Emmet nodded with a dumbass grin on his face. Jasper's mind was reeling. He thought about Addi, now Emmet had pointed it out it all seemed so obvious. How he felt drawn to her once The Major had calmed down and stopped seeing her as a threat. How it filled him with elation that she didn't judge him. How her beautiful eyes and smile drew him towards her. It was like pieces of a puzzle connecting. No wonder Alice ended things a few months back, she had said his mate and he would meet soon. He was surprised that he hadn't connected the two dots. And apparently pretty much everyone figured it out except him… and what about Addi? Did she know? But now that Emmet had told him and all the pieces in his mind had connected Jasper nor The Major could deny the now glaringly obvious fact.

Addison Swan was his mate.