BURNING LOVE

Chapter 1

I awoke to the usual rain and clouds of Forks. The house was quiet as I made my way downstairs.

A quick look around tells me that my dad has left for work and my mom was probably grocery shopping, my sister, Lord only knows.

I rummaged through the fridge to make something for breakfast. Its times like these that I thank the Lord for my mom making me learn to cook, I don't have to have cereal every day.

I make myself a western omelet and turn on ESPN. A quick look at the clock tells me I have about 40 minutes until I have to be at baseball practice. I call up my best friend Emmett and see if he wants to drive or ride today. He decides he wants to drive. I finish my breakfast and shower. It's kind of redundant, since I'm going to be sweaty anyways, but you never know which ladies will be around or when these new kids we're supposed to get this year will show up.

Rumor has it, we're getting a new Police Chief and he's married with teen twins. No word on if they're boys or girls, I'm hoping for girls, I need to get laid soon.

I'm dressed and ready when Emmett comes barging in with his girlfriend Rose in tow and her brother Edward. Edward is a nice guy, but he's into guys, which is funny because half the girls ask if they can make him straight, to which he laughs at them. He's got a boyfriend, they are public and Edward is obviously the girl in their relationship, because Jake is a fucking HULK, but incredibly sweet.

We leave for school, only to get to practice and the coach says we'll be running laps, sprints and exercising today, because it's raining to bad.

This suits me just fine, I get to check out the cheerleaders as they practice.

We head to the locker room to change and a new guy enters, I sigh because that means the new kids are male, I'm not getting laid anytime soon.

Before we head out, the coach wants to introduce us to the new guy.

"Guys, this is James Swan, he'll be on the team this year. Now before you start complaining about him trying out, his old school sent me his file and videos of him, he's the best damn first baseman I've seen in a while. Whitlock, he'll work great with you. I will set you two separate practice times for the first few weeks, I want you to be able to predict each other's moves." Coach finished and dismissed us to run laps.

I was on my third lap, when I saw this incredible ass in the air and tripped over my own feet, making everyone look at me, they didn't dare laugh, well, Emmett did, but that's him.

I see two feet and the sexiest legs I've ever seen stop in front of me and hear a sweet giggle.

"Are you OK? Is anything broken?" the angel's voice asked.

"No, nothing broken, except my pride and smooth introduction." I smiled.

"Jasper Whitlock." I held out my hand.

"Bella Swan. I think you met my brother already." She smiled and I nodded.

"Bells, I see you met Whitlock." Her brother smiled.

"Yeah, I wanted to make sure he was OK." She smiled again. I wanted to see that and hear her giggle again.

"Bella! Come on, we want to show you the routine!" Rose yelled. Damn cockblocker!

She ran off and next thing I know, I'm getting slapped on the head. "That's my sister! Don't think about it." James warned. I shook my head and continued with practice.

"Bree, come here." I yelled for my sister.

"What!" she snapped. I swear I am going to choke my own sister one day.

"What have you heard about the Swans?" I asked.

"Well, they are both the new 'Most Fuckable', word has it around town, but she, Isabella is UNTOUCHABLE." my sister says with a roll of the eyes.

"What? Why is she 'untouchable'?" I ask.

"Because of her dad. He's some hot shot EX Military guy. He was a shark or something." She shrugged and continued. "He has her on a pedestal and her mom too, they're treated like gold, she's totally spoiled and gets whatever she wants, and she drives a Range Rover, for the love of GOD! Her mom drives some Mercedes, the brother drives a Dodge Challenger and the dad drives a Dodge Ram 3500. They've got money, obviously and Alice is already excited because she'll have a shopping partner, Rose is happy to have a new friend and UGH!" my sister screamed.

"Jealous much? And he was a Navy Seal." I smirked.

She threw a book at my head and stormed out. I decided to call Emmett and find out the scoop, he wasn't that dramatic and maybe he knew of a way we could all get together.

"Hey Jasper, what's up?" he asked as he answered.

"What's the deal with the new kids?" I asked.

"WOW! Got it bad do ya?" he joked.

"No! Bree just came in spewing out shit and I don't know which is true." I sighed. "James seems pretty cool and I think he'll fit in with our group well." I covered my tracks.

"I got his number today, I know Rose wants to hang out with Bella, maybe we can all got to the Port for pizza and a movie." He suggested.

"Yeah, give them a call, that sounds good and let me know." We hung up and I finished with my weights and hopped in the shower. By the time I got out, there was a text, Rose, Emmett, James, Irina (Rose's cousin) and I were all going to the Port and Bella was driving.

I rummaged through my closet for something to wear, I wasn't the type to dress to impress, but I had to look a little good. I finally decided on my dark wash jeans, a light green button down with the sleeves rolled up and my boots.

They arrived and I ran out to the truck, jumped in. I took in Bella's outfit or lack thereof and swallowed hard. How the hell did she get out of the house if she's so 'precious'… She had on a short denim skirt, it looked like her brothers flannel button down with a black tank top underneath and black cowboy boots. Could she be any more perfect?

Dinner was a blast!

We ate pizza and laughed, got to know the 'twins', they had lived all over and their parents had them at 18, that's why her dad joined the military. He was semi-retired, he was still a reservist, he couldn't give up his adrenalin rush, is what Bella said and we all laughed.

I found out she and James along with her parents all got up at 5am and went running together, every day.

And that her mom was opening a dance/gymnastic studio. James and Bella both did that with their mom.

I had naughty images of her in my head after that. This girl was going to kill me!

She may seem innocent and sweet, but I couldn't wait to find out if she had some fire too.

James and Irina had hit it off great and looked like A & F models.

As we were waiting for the movie, my ex decided to walk over and be her wonderful self.

"Jasper, you look hot tonight." She said as she trailed her finger down my chest. Everyone was watching.

"Maria, leave." I snapped.

"Now Jasper. After what we shared, you're kicking me to the curb." She pouted.

"Maria, that was a while ago. Leave." I snapped again. I was trying to watch Bella, Mike Newton was here and flirting it up with her.

"Jasper, I can't believe you're dumping me, especially since you were my first. I know I wasn't yours, but that's OK." She smiled. I removed her hand off mine to walk away. "Maria, we broke up after almost a year together! It's not like I fucked you and left you." I said as I walked away and into the theatre.

The rest of the night was a bust, Mike and his idiot friends sat with us and Bella had her body angled towards him all night. If I wasn't brought up right, I'd of choked Maria.

The ride home wasn't totally quiet, everyone was talking, except Bella and me.

I was surprised when she dropped everyone off at Emmett's, but said she'd drive me home, which come to find out, we all lived in the same neighborhood.

"Look, I don't know what I was expecting to happen or not tonight, but it's clear that you'd just end up walking all over my feelings, so let's just be friends." She smiled as she stopped in front of my house. I just nodded and got out.

How the hell was I going to win this girl over?

AN:

I hope you'll enjoy this new story…

It just bit me tonight, so I'm hoping that it'll turn out OK…

Thanks for reading!