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"Jasper Whitlock is staring at you again," my best friend Alice announced sounding rather annoyed; I rolled my eyes letting them slightly glance at the blonde-haired beauty of Forks High School.
"You'd think he would just man up and talk to you already," Rosalie almost snickered as she plopped down next to Alice.
"He's not staring," I said letting my eyes wonder back over to my two best friends, Alice is everything you would expect a cheerleader to be.
She was always full of pep, especially on game nights. Alice has short choppy black hair, baby blue eyes, and a scrawny figure; she's pretty. Rosalie however, she's nothing like you would expect.
Rosalie is the definition of beauty; she looks like she belongs on a runway, and not in high school.
"What is he doing? Gazing." Alice enunciated the words gazing while fanning herself making Rosalie and I both give small giggles.
"Oh Bella. Jasper Whitlock - the southern cutie of Forks High, the boy who is going to win us the play offs - is gazing at you," she went on making Jessica Stanley glare in our direction. "He is staring Bella."
"Is not," I automatically replied while taking a sip of the lemonade that sat on my desk, Alice gave me her best disbelieving face before giving a devilish smile.
"I can prove it," she said looking over to the table. "Eddy!" She just about screamed across the lunch room wiggling her fingers beckoning her twin brother to come over to the table, Edward Cullen is his real name.
He and Alice could not be more different.
Alice is the kind of person who cares about everyone; she's funny, smart and kind-hearted.
Edward on the other hand is an absolute dick.
Although, I suppose that earlier events could be impairing my judgement on that.
"Ladies," he announcing sitting down at the table flashing us all one of his famous crooked smiles.
"What do you want Alice," he questioned taking a bite of her apple.
"Are you throwing a party while mom and dad go out-of-town this weekend?" she questioned innocently batting her eyelashes at him, anytime their parents went out-of-town Edward threw an under the radar from his sister party.
"Who told you," he questioned narrowing his eyes at Rosalie.
"You're not very sneaky, Anyway, are you going to invite us or not?" Edward rolled his eyes almost glaring at Alice.
"If you don't invite us I will ruin the party," she warned him before he finally caved.
"Fine," he snapped rolling his eyes, "The party's at the beach house," he said getting up from the table.
"Tonight at ten," Alice gave a devilish smile.
"Invite Jasper," she said even more casually.
"Already done," he shot back before actually leaving.
"Perfect. Bella, you're coming over to my house after school, I'm going to do your make-up, hair, and pick out your outfit,"
I slightly groaned I wasn't like Alice of Rosalie; I didn't go out of my way to dress up every day, most the time I came to school in whatever pair of jeans my hands touched first.
"No arguing," Alice announced as the bell rang signalling that it was time to go back to class.
The rest of the day passed in a blur, I was too nervous about the party to really concentrate on anything else.
What was Alice's plan to prove her point? Knowing her the plan called for embarrassing me, not that she would do it on purpose but normally that's just how it works out.
I'm not like her, I don't thrive to be the centre of attention all the time, actually I prefer to be anything but that.
I walked in to my last class of the day seeing Alice gave me a wicked smile before beckoning me over to her.
"Rosalie is sitting with me today, we were thinking that you could just go and sit with Jasper today," she announced with a huge smile.
"Alice," I groaned watching her purse her lips.
"Go," she warned me before I walked over to the lab table and sat down.
"My Rosalie how you've changed," Jasper announced with a slight smile before sitting down, Jasper had short choppy blonde hair, a set of gorgeous blue eyes, and had the body of a model. You could tell, even if he wasn't shirtless in gym nine times out of ten.
"Sorry, Rose wanted to sit with Alice today," I apologized immediately before he snickered taking out a notebook.
"I'm not complaining," he said with one of the sexiest smiles I had ever seen. "Did you hear about the party the Cullen's are throwing?" Jasper asked making polite conversation before the bell rang.
"I'm being forced to attend," I announced making Jasper smile.
"I guess I'll be going after all then," he said as the bell rang and the teacher walked in yelling at us to settle down - because we were just so out of control.
The class went by in a blur all the while I was sneaking glances at the boy who sat next to me, when the bell rang it made me slightly jump before I collected my things.
"Jasper, are you coming to the party?" Alice questioned standing next to me.
"I wasn't going to, but I'm probably going to make an appearance tonight after all," he informed smiling right at me.
'No way Bella, this is not one of your fantasies where Jasper Whitlock is in love with you, This is real life, He's probably going there to see Rosalie and Alice,' I thought trying to reason with myself while Jasper talked to Alice.
"Bella here wasn't going to go either," she said making a pouting face. "I told her my brothers cute friends would be there, now I can safely say to her that there positively will be cute boys there, Right Bella? Jasper here is incredibly handsome," Alice gushed trying to get me in on the conversation.
"Right Bella?" Alice asked a little more impatiently as we stood in front of her car.
"You aren't lying," I muttered with a scarlet red blush before getting into the car. Alice said bye to Jasper before hopping in the car.
"I'm so hooking you two up tonight. He couldn't keep his eyes off you," Alice informed driving out of the school parking lot.
"Are you sure he wasn't looking at you?" I questioned with the roll of an eye, It's not that I didn't want Jasper to want me.
It just didn't fit together like he and Alice would, First of all, Alice is gorgeous just like Jasper. I'm just plain-looking, nothing to brag about if you have me on your arm.
Alice is a cheerleader, and loves to play sports. I'm way too clumsy to play them.
Alice can flirt like a champ, I start blushing and getting all quirky when I'm even talking to the opposite sex.
"You've got to give yourself more credit," Alice muttered getting out of her car and walking into her castle like home.
"I'm home!" Alice yelled probably to get her parents attention before they leave for their conference in Seattle.
"Hi Bella," Esme announced gathering me into a hug as if she hadn't seen me in a year, in reality I saw her last weekend when I was here.
"What are you two going to do tonight?" She questioned as Alice walked to the fridge.
"We're going out with Rose," Alice offered not exactly lying to her.
"We'll probably go to dinner or catch a movie. It's a girls night," Alice said with a wink in my direction.
"Bella's being my personal Barbie doll since Rose won't let me though, Have a good time in Seattle," she shouted as we walked into her room - which happened to be the size of my whole living room back home.
"Sit," she commanded pointing to the chair.
"Nothing over the top," I warned as she began poking and prodding at me with eyeliner, mascara, eye shadow, and god only knows what else, One thing I have to say about Alice is that she's got one serious eye for fashion.
I sat in that chair for what felt like an eternity before Alice ran into her closet throwing out options.
"You're wearing a dress by the way," she said picking out shoes. "But no way are you wearing heels, you can't even walk on the floor," she complained throwing out two pairs of shoes on her bed.
She held up each dress to me before settling on a black number that had lace in the back.
"This, now go change," she informed shoving me out the door, I walked into her bathroom taking a look at myself in the mirror. For once in my life I didn't look average, I looked like someone who didn't dwindle in comparison to Alice, I slipped on the dress walking out of the room seeing Edward, Emmett, and Jasper stand in her doorway.
"Wow, you look like a girl," Edward snickered; I only rolled my eyes knowing from him that wasn't a complement.
"Be nice Eddy or you're getting kicked out," she warned putting on her make-up.
"You look amazing," she gushed looking over to Jasper with a sly smile in my direction.
'Kill me now,' I thought when she looked over to him.
"What do you boys think? Besides my jack ass of a brother," she warned him slitting her eyes at Edward.
"You look hot," Emmett said bluntly giving me a wink before turning his attention to Alice. "Was that nice enough for you babe?" He questioned Alice walking over to her and kissing her on the cheek.
Alice and Emmett hadn't been dating more than three weeks, and yet they were the cutest thing ever.
"Jasper," Alice prodded making my face turn the brightest shade of red that was humanly possible.
"You look nice," he said shrugging his shoulders before turning to Edward. "You got any food in this place?" He automatically asked walking out of the room with Alice.
"Go get me a juice box Bella," Alice said in her pretty please voice; I followed the boys down the stairs walking over to the fridge.
"Are you following us Bella?" Edward asked blocking me into a corner with that crooked smile that everyone thought was just so attractive, After a while it just got annoying.
"Get out of the way," I said, I was a little more than annoyed with Edward at the moment.
"Now is that any way to talk to me Bella? After you begged to get invited to this party?" He asked making me settle for a glare before picking his arm off the counter and grabbing two juice boxes.
"I never asked to come to your stupid party. Alice wants me there," I informed him stopping at the stairs and flashing him an evil smile. "You're an ass Edward," I said walking up the stairs throwing Alice her juice box.
"I hate your brother," I sing sang as Emmett walked out of the room.
"You learn to love him," she said shrugging her shoulders as we walked down the stairs to join the boys, it's not that me and Edward hated each other.
Most the time we just didn't make an effort to get along, Edward and I dated our freshman year, it ended on bad terms, and so did we.
"Yea, you learn to love me," he said with a slight giggle looking me up and down before shaking his head. "You know if you're trying to get my attention you don't have to go to such lengths," he said making Alice roll her eyes.
"It's not your attention I'm trying to get," I said immediately hating myself for that sentence.
"So you are trying to get someone's attention? I knew there was a reason Alice wanted to go to this thing," he said looking around.
"This party's a drag," I announced to Alice and Rosalie making Rosalie giggle as she handed me a drink.
"Drink up baby-cakes," she almost shouted, her breath smelled like a mixture of Vodka and Tequila.
Alice only rolled her eyes playing the babysitter for the two of us even though she knew it was rare for me to even think about drinking.
"What the hell," I muttered taking the punch that was surly spiked by this point.
So far, the most talking I'd done with Jasper is what was said at the house, The rest of the night he spent flirting with other girls.
Alice was wrong about one thing; I looked over seeing Jasper leaning up against a wall flirting with a definitely drunk Jessica Stanley.
"Looks like Alice was wrong about something," I sing sang grabbing a drink. "Drink up Bella," I said walking away from the two of them bitterly.
Honestly, I tried not to get my hopes up about the Jasper thing, what he had said in Bio and Alice telling me he was into me was two signs that he did like me.
"Looks like you're not the one getting his attention tonight," I heard Edward whisper in my ear.
"Fuck off," I immediately said on the verge of tears throwing a rock into the ocean.
"Jessica does look better than you tonight," he said with a hint of laughter.
"Go away," I said taking a huge gulp of the punch.
"If I were Jasper, I wouldn't take a second look at you. You're ordinary looking, even on your best days," he whispered with a cocky smile on his lips.
"Just stop!" I yelled calling attention to us. "Ok? I get it. I'm an ugly, worthless piece of shit in your eyes. You don't need to fucking remind me every day," I continued yelling watching Edward stumble back a step looking slightly shocked.
"You're a prick," I muttered throwing the now empty cup of punch at his feet before storming off.
"Bella!" Alice screamed running behind me. "I can't chase you in these shoes," she muttered a little louder.
"Where are you going?" she yelled still trying to keep up with me.
"Edward you are such a fucking ass hole," I heard Alice scream at her brother.
"Wait up," I heard a familiar voice yell before a coat got slung over my shoulders. "Let me walk you home. It's dark and that dress is way too low," I turned around to see Jasper with his hands in his pockets.
"I'll be fine," I said slinking the coat off my arms trying to hand it back to him. "You don't have to do me any favours," I muttered watching him shake his head.
"Just let me walk you home," he said with a slight eye roll.
"I'm not going home," I announced trying to get him to just go back to the party.
"Where are you going?" He wondered out loud watching me point to the furthest end of the beach. "Alice is my ride. Besides if I go home now, my dad will murder me," I shrugged my shoulders.
"Alice will know where to find me," I said as I started to walk away from him.
"Well I'll sit with you then," Jasper said stubbornly walking with me in complete silence.
"What did he say to you to make you freak?" He wondered sitting on the log next to me.
"It was stupid," I said shaking my head watching him give a slight smile before motioning with his hands for me to continue. "He just reminded me how silly I looked tonight," I said shrugging my shoulders.
"How trying to get the attention of some guy wasn't working for me because even on my very best days I'm simply ordinary," I said shrugging my shoulders.
"Ordinary doesn't apply to you," Jasper said in a voice so low I wasn't sure I heard it correctly. "Honestly, do you not see yourself?" He wondered out loud slightly blushing.
"You're one of the prettiest girls at that party," he said shrugging his shoulders.
"No he's right," I said rolling my eyes knowing Jasper was being the good guy, He was saying anything to make me feel better. "I know I'm nothing in comparison to super model like Rosalie and the always gorgeous Alice, Compared to them I fall into the category of ordinary, even looking like this," I motioned down my body. "He just get's to me sometimes," I admitted shrugging my shoulders.
"He isn't right," Jasper said turning his body to face mine. "And you shouldn't put yourself down like that, I look at you and I see a girl just as beautiful as Alice or Rosalie," he admitted with a slight smile.
"Whatever you say," I said to make him stop trying to make me feel any better. "You really can go back to the party; I don't want to get in your way of picking up Jessica." I muttered turning my attention back to the waves that were crashing up on the shore.
"You saw that?" He asked his smile immediately fading.
"Yea," I said shrugging my shoulders.
"Whose attention were you trying to get tonight?" He asked making me look over to him again.
"Nobodies," I lied. "I mean, there was someone," I admitted knowing he was just going to push me. "Now there's not because hints I had before are perfectly clear now. He was just being nice," I said shrugging my shoulders.
"So it wasn't mine?" He questioned raising an eyebrow.
"Who told you that?" I stuttered out my eyes now the size of saucers.
"Rosalie let it slip. She had one too many cups of punch." Suddenly I felt like I was going to break, Great he followed me over here to finish making me feel like crap.
"Well I get it ok?" I said fighting back the lump in my throat. "You want Jessica or some other bimbo at the party, not me. Anything I thought, I misread and you don't have some silly little crush on me, I mean, why would you have a crush on me when you could easily have any girl at that party? You'd never pick the girl that's just so plain-looking and who could never be held in comparison," I rambled getting to my feet. "Does that cover whatever you were going to say?" I questioned refusing to look over to him.
"You've got it completely wrong," he muttered sounding more than a little irritated. "But you've got me all figured out right? You know who I want because you saw me talking to some chick? Now I know what Edward warned me about," he grumbled storming off back in the direction of the party before I sat back down on the log letting the tears I had held back fall down my face.
"I need my coat back," I heard him snap making me just about jump out of my skin before I slinked out of the coat handing it to him making sure not to look at him. "Why is the sleeve wet?" He asked sounding really irritated now.
"Sorry," I mumbled trying not to speak to loud so my voice didn't give out wiping the tears that were still falling.
"Shit," I heard him curse softly sitting down next to me again. "I'm sorry," he apologized lightly making sure not to touch me. "Look I didn't mean to freak out. Please stop crying," he almost begged making me get off the log.
"If Alice asks tell her I just decided to go home," I muttered getting off the log watching Jasper stand up.
"Let me walk you home at least?" He asked lightly making me bite my lip.
"I'd rather you didn't," I said shrugging my shoulders.
"Well I can't let you leave alone," he said shrugging his shoulders. "Besides I need to clear some things up still," he said motioning for me to sit down.
I rolled my eyes before taking a seat on the log refusing to meet his gaze. "Please stop crying," he pleaded scooting closer to me whipping away a stray tear from my face.
"You weren't misreading the signals earlier today," he admitted his fingers tracing along my jaw line. "After practice, Edward and I got to talking, mostly about you," he admitted shrugging his shoulders.
"I asked him what you were like, and he told me that you weren't interested in anyone but him and that I shouldn't waste my time with you, When I heard you screaming at him I figured it wasn't true, then Rosalie let it slip," he shrugged his shoulders.
"Why don't you just come back to the party with me, It'll make me feel like less of a jerk," he asked nicely with a smile.
"Only for a bit," I warned getting off the bench while we started walking back.
"Want a drink?" He questioned already grabbing two cups of punch as we sat in the less crowed area of the party.
"Where did you move from?" I wondered out loud as he slung his coat back over my shoulders and sat down. I had no clue what to talk to Jasper about or even how to talk to him. I'm not good at making conversations.
"Texas," he admitted with a smile. "That's where my mom lives, but I wanted to spend some time with my dad before he gets hitched," he explained with a smile. "You've lived here for a while right?" I snickered before shaking my head.
"I've lived here all my life," I rolled my eyes watching him turn his head in confusion. "Don't get me wrong, it's a nice little town, but I want to see more than just my backyard," I announced making him smile.
"I get that," he admitted as I took a sip of my drink.
"Who got you into football?" I questioned although more of my focus was on his lips then the real conversation.
"Friends," he simply answered before Alice ran up dragging Rosalie with her.
"There you are," she said sounding a little annoyed. "I'm taking Rose home, and then I'm going back to my house. Are you coming or do you want to find a ride?" She asked looking from me to Jasper.
"I can take you to her place," he offered almost immediately.
"You two crazy kids have fun, first help me get boozy into the car please," she whined making Jasper and I get to our feet.
"She drank way too much," Alice complained as we got Rose into the back seat of the car. Once Alice drove away Jasper and I awkwardly stood next to each other in silence for about a minute.
"Want to go get some food? I'm starved," Jasper offered walking me over to his car opening the passenger door for me.
"Anywhere but the diner," I said with a slight smile as he started up his engine and drove over to the nearest Denny's.
The rest of the night was filled with conversation, we talked about his mom, and how she was worried about Jasper and made him call her every week three times a week. We talked about my mom, how she teaches kindergarten and how she is a little too involved in my life.
We just talked about everything in a matter of hours while we sat in the restaurant.
"What's Alice's address?" Jasper asked turning on his GPS I shrugged my shoulders punching in the familiar number into the system.
"I had fun tonight," I said before getting out of the car.
"Me to," Jasper said walking me up to the door. "Do you want to hang out tomorrow?" He asked sticking his hands in his pockets looking like he was actually nervous about my reply.
"It has to be at a decent time," I laughed looking at the phone seeing that it was a little after three.
"That's fine. Can I pick you up at seven?" I bit my lip before nodding my head.
"It's a date," he said kissing my cheek before walking away.