Thanks for all the reviews. Sorry I haven't updated in a while. I hope you will all forgive me.

A/N – I don't own these guys. I'm just a fly on the wall of their world.

JPOV

Dude,

The other night when I told Kellan that I was planning on spending some time with Ashley this weekend so we could figure the Jasper Alice thing out, he stopped dead in his tracks and turned around and gave me this look from hell. Then I got the third degree about what I was planning, where were we going, etc. Geez, you would have thought I was talking to her father or big brother instead of her friend. He seemed to calm down a bit once I explained that I was having a difficult time figuring out how to portray Jasper's bond with Alice and I needed her insight. Face it, if we stayed at the hotel or with the "family" we wouldn't be able to work anything out what with the constant interruptions. Little did I know I was probably saving my scrawny butt from getting kicked all the way back to LA by not telling him that I was planning on taking her away from the set, the film and everything Twilight.

Kellan cornered me Yesterday afternoon to say that Ashley wanted his advice on whether she should go with me on this exercise. He said he assured her that I would be on my best behavior and then said that if I wasn't, he and some guy named Joe were going to kick my ass. I assured him that I had no intentions of misbehaving and reminded him that He was the womanizer out of the two of us but who the heck was Joe and what did he have to do with anything? His response, "Her big brother". Great! It's not bad enough that the best friend I have on this set is best friends with her, but he talks to her family too? What's up with that?

Now, not only do I have to worry about how I am going to bond with her without getting too involved, but I also have Kellan and her big brother Joe (via Kellan) looking over my shoulder, ready to jump my butt if I make one wrong move. Nothing like a little pressure.

Today, I overheard Ashley asking her PA (Personal Assistant) if she knew any good hiking trails or scenic spots so she could take a few pictures of the area for her scrapbook. Light bulbs started popping at that and I knew what we were going to be bonding over, Photography. It was one of my passions and apparently she liked it too. I was psyched. Finally I'm getting a good feeling about this.

Hang on I gotta call coming in……

Add Peter to the list of potential butt kickers.

I'll write again later if I survive Saturday.

-J. Action

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APOV

Diary,

Jackson wants to leave early tomorrow morning on our Jasper and Alice adventure. Evidently he wants to spend the day exploring the sites around here. He let me know to wear clothes suitable for hiking although he wasn't planning on going on any rough trails. He also reminded me to not forget my camera. I thought it was a great idea since I had planned on taking a similar trip by myself this weekend.

We talked all through dinner about what we wanted to see and where we wanted to go. It was a nice easy conversation between the two of us but I couldn't help but feel uncomfortable with the looks we were getting from the others. Peter just looked concerned which I could understand after having voiced some of my concerns to him earlier this week. Kellan looked like he was watching for Jackson to screw up just once so he could pummel him. And Rob just looked sympathetic whenever he would catch Jackson's eye. The girls were just excited that I was getting to go. They spent most of the time trying to talk the guys into taking them sightseeing too.

I feel a mixture of nerves and excitement over it all. Kellan seems to think that he has to keep reassuring me that I'll be OK with Jackson, despite the warning glances he was giving Jackson all night, but he's misreading the reason behind my nerves; Jackson may not be OK with me. How am I going to bond with this man and not bring my personal feelings into it?

Joe called me tonight to let me know that he and Kellan had been talking some more about this trip Jackson and I are going on. He wanted to reassure me that Kellan trusted Jackson with my welfare but just in case, Kellan was prepared to chaperone us if it would make me feel better. I laughed at him. Joe was just so overprotective sometimes. I really wanted to let him know that maybe Jackson needed the chaperone but I didn't think it wise to bring up the fact that his "innocent baby sister" wasn't so innocent anymore. Nope, do that and I run the risk of Mom and Dad packing up my apartment and moving my things back to Jacksonville before filming is completed in Oregon. To my family, I will stay little, sweet, innocent Ashley. To Jackson…..I'll try to be the same.

I gotta get some rest for tomorrow.

I'll let you know if anything good happens.

--Asher