-1A/N Another all human story featuring the Cullens. . I know…everyone does them…but they're so much fun to write!!!!!!! JALICE!!!
Disclaimer- I own nothing twilight related.
Chapter One
Double My Heartache
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APOV
What a way to start a new school year. With a party. The college I was attending, with my new roommate Bella Swan, was throwing the biggest outside bash ever. Excited by the prospect of meeting new people, we had dressed in our finest. Accompanied by Bella's boyfriend, Edward, we had met up with my brother and his girlfriend.
The music was deafening, and Emmett's loud voice boomed as he picked me up and hugged me. As if he hadn't just seen me at home. He was a year older than me, starting his second year. His girlfriend, a tall Amazonian blonde, smiled at me warmly. I had known Rosalie for years. And Emmett had been with her for five years. He was ready to marry the girl.
Emmett set me down and kissed the top of my head. "So, how'd the move go?"
I smiled at my brother. "Good. Edward did most of the heavy lifting for us. We rearranged the layout."
Edward introduced himself to Emmett and Rosalie. Rose's eyes glazed over momentarily at the extreme handsomness of Edward, but she quickly snapped out of it. Her blue eyes drifted over to me, her frown deepening.
"How are you holding up, Al?"
I frowned. A subject had been touched that I didn't feel like touching. "I'm fine."
I saw Emmett exchange a glance with Rosalie, his hazel eyes worried. Rosalie didn't know when to give up though. "Well…I don't want to be the snitch…but you should know…he's miserable."
Emmett scoffed. "He damn well should be. Rose…he didn't even try."
Rose growled under her breath. The object of our conversation was Jasper, her half brother. The man I had dated for almost as long as Emmett and Rosalie…about 4 years. I felt myself getting upset, and tried to pull myself together. Bella placed a comforting hand on my arm. I had been talking to her since we had been assigned as roommates in May…so she knew the whole story.
I forced a smile on my face and pulled away from my circle of friends. "I'm going for a walk."
Emmett nodded, and made no attempt to stop me. He pinched Rosalie to stop her from saying something, and then…as if nothing was wrong…he and Edward started talking sports.
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Walking by myself, I drifted farther and farther away from the party. The campus had a cute little pond in the center, and I found myself there. Sitting in the grass, I pulled my knees up to my chin, and watched the ripples in the water.
The moonlight was casting its light over the water, and I felt oddly at peace. A tear slid down my face. I could feel it trace a path over my cheek and hit the corner of my lip. The saltiness surprised me. I hadn't cried in over three months.
And with that single tear, the floodgates opened, and I cried silent tears. Tears that, for the first time, were cried for the man I had let go to protect my own broken heart.
We had been inseparable. He had been a freshmen in high school when he had moved to our little town, his mother marrying Rosalie's father. I had been in eighth grade, and had developed the biggest crush on him. My freshman year, we had become the cutest couple. Even our parents had approved.
He had graduated, and had attended college a year before me. Everything had been okay, until my last semester in high school. He had stopped calling as often, had stopped coming to visit as much. And when we were together, he had seemed preoccupied. Like there was something big on his mind.
So…after a strained prom night, I had cut him loose. I remembered the shock on his face. His perfect features strained with surprise and grief. But he hadn't argued his case…he hadn't tried to change my mind. He had stood up, stroked my cheek one-last-time, and had left. My Jasper…my beautiful, strong Jazz…officially gone.
From Rose, I got updates…apparently Jasper had been pretty miserable these past few months. Almost as bad as I was.
I wiped a tear away from my cheek and sighed. Looking up I froze as I saw a figure approaching me. News bulletins flashed in my mind of young college girls getting raped and killed on campus. I cursed myself for being alone.
The figure stepped into the moonlight, and my world stopped. Jasper leaned against a tree, looking tired, his face concerned as he watched me with wary blue eyes.
I took a deep breath, surprised at how weak it sounded. "Jasper."
He approached me, sitting down a few feet from me. "Alice."
Well…that cleared up introductions. I mentally eye-rolled. "How have you been?"
He shot a sidelong glance at me. "How do you think I've been? My girlfriend of almost four years broke up with me over the summer."
I sighed. "You were changing." I hadn't counted on having this argument. Not so soon.
Jasper sighed too. "Damn it Alice! I was in college…what did you think was going on in my life? I had exams, studying. I had you to keep happy. Excuse me if I seemed a bit preoccupied."
I felt myself rallying against his anger. "Hey! I would have understood. But you just withdrew. Even at my PROM you seemed so preoccupied. Was it another girl?" My voice rose an octave.
And then he exploded. "Another girl?" His face mirrored the shock in his voice. "Do you honestly think that any other girl would be better than you, Alice? Fuck…I thought you knew me better." He ran a hand through long blond hair. "I fucking loved you! I still do. But you gave up on me. I was going to ask you to marry me, Alice. Marriage. And you thought I was with another girl? You're crazy." He stood up, clearly pissed off. "You were my life, Alice. And at your prom, I WAS preoccupied. But it wasn't about someone else. It was about you. I wanted YOU to be part of MY life, even more than you already were."
My tears started flowing as his words hit me. The knife in my heart turned. "Jasper…"
He held up a hand. "No. I'm not done. Were you really that suspicious of me?" He laughed; a short, rough sound. "You know…when I saw you today, I thought that maybe…just maybe…I could win you back." Jasper sighed again. "I was going to give you this…" He tossed a small box at me. "Now I see that it would have been a mistake."
And with that, he walked away, leaving me staring after him…box in hand, a dazed look on my face. I had just doubled my heartache. Curiosity killing me, I opened the box, and fresh sobs hit me as my heart shattered when I saw what was inside.
TBC. What is in the box? I haven't decided yet .