Hey everyone. i have started to write a new story. it is my first Bella and Jasper story so give me a while to get use to it :P i have only written the first 2 chapters and those are the 2 that are being put up tonight. FYI if no one reviews these chapters, then i'm not going to update them anymore, even though i will probably continue writing it because i have some really good ideas :)

Anyway, I'm going to let you get on and read this now and i will see you at the bottom where you can tell me what you think :)

Bella's POV.

I walked through the streets of Seattle one night on my way home. it had been a long day and even though I knew it was impossible for me to be tired, I felt like I needed to stop and relax for a bit. My name is Bella Swan, I am a English teacher in the local high school. it was my birthday a few days ago. I turned 137. I know I shouldn't count birthdays after such a long time but I did. And yet again, I was on my own for it.

I am Vampire, so I wasn't very sociable with humans, because lets face it if one of them smells too good to resist then I know for a fact my self control would not be able to contain it self. I try my best not to eat off humans. I feed of animals, and so far it has worked for me. With this diet I can go through my school day without wanting to kill any of the children that are in my class.

It was coming close to the end of the semester now for summer so I only had a few days left with my class. Actually it was my last few days of teaching in that school. I had been there for a few years now and people were starting to notice that I wasn't getting any older. So it was time that I moved on from where I was now, but I had no idea where I would go, but I would figure that out as I went along.

When I got back to my apartment, I realise that I needed to hunt. My eyes had been turning black when I went into work this morning, so I needed contact lenses in, but even they were unable to hide the face that my eyes were as black as coal at this point. I changed from my school clothes, which today consisted of a skirt with a blouse and a Jacket, and changed into something more comfortable that I could really run in. Once I had found a comfy pair of Jeans and a shirt that I could wear, I jumped out of my window and into my car. I didn't have the luxury of living close to a forest where I could hunt easily, I needed to drive everywhere so get food. So I took off for the short drive to a large covered area of trees. I wondered what I would catch tonight. I was hoping for something large like a bear or a wolf or something. But knowing my luck I would be stuck with a heard of deer or something. Oh well.

Over the next few days I found a small apartment that I could move into in Boston. it was far away enough that no one who knew me here would see me but it was still in the US so I wouldn't have to go over seas or anything. I packed up all my things and arranged for a mover company to take all my possessions to my new place. All my thing would be there before I was so I had time to finish up in work and stuff.

Finally the last day of school was over and I went back to my now empty apartment. All that was in there was a bed and a sofa. Not that I needed those, but I would get a newer set when I got to my new place. I had checked the weather for the next day and realised that that would be the best time for me to go, as it would be very over cast and possibly rain too. I didn't really need to hunt tonight, but I knew that I would tomorrow. I spent the rest of the evening reading books that were still in my apartment. I loved to read book. That was why I became a English teacher. I loved the old stories and plays. Jane Austen was my favourite author, and I couldn't pick my favourite story of hers. I pulled out "Emma" that was in my bag from school and read.

By the time that I got lost in the old English world that I knew as I human I realised that it was time for me to go. I put my book in my handbag and headed out to my car so that I could drive to Boston.

It was going to be a few hours driving before I got to my new home, and I knew that I would have to stop soon to hunt.

Once I got into my car I started to drive along the highway out of Seattle. As I drove, I started to regret not going hunting before I left my apartment. It wasn't too late so there were a lot of humans of the road, and because I was so thirsty I could smell every single person that drove past me. Once a had drove past a large forest I had to pull over and realised that I was very thirsty and I needed to hunt. I knew that I would need to go hunting when I was travelling, but I didn't realise that I needed to do it quite as soon as I had. I parker my car in a covered area so that no one would find it and got out and ran into the forest.

I was running for about 10 minutes before I caught the scent of a large animal, as soon as I realise that it was there, I let my instincts take over. I pushed myself faster so that I would be able to catch the animal before it got away from me.

I found out that the large animal that I was chasing was a large cat that was doing exactly the same thing that I was. I watched as the cat stalked three deer that were drinking at a watering hole in the middle of forest. I didn't let the cat pounce at the deer before I came out of the forest and jumped onto the big cat. The cat didn't have time to register what was happening to it, before I sunk my teeth into the large vein in his cat's neck. As soon as the cats blood started to run down my throat, my throat instantly started to cool down and no longer burn. It didn't take very long before I had drained the animal and its limp body fell to the ground.

I hid the body of the animal before I started to run again. I knew that I needed to hunt for something else again, as my thirst was no where near satisfied.

It wasn't too long before I caught the scent of something else, but I knew from experience that it wasn't an animal. I slowed down so that I would be able to see who was coming. I knew I recognised the smell, but I didn't know where from.

It wasn't long before the scent was joined by the sound of some running. I slowed until I had stopped and waited until I saw where the sound was coming from. I was surprised when I saw who it was that came through the forest towards me.

A tall vampire with blond hair came through the trees in front of me. he hadn't changed a bit since I saw him last over 120 years ago.

"Carlisle!" I said in surprise when I saw who it was.

I don't think it took Carlisle too long to realise who I was, when he did a huge smile spread across his face and he laughed out loud.

"Bella. What are you doing here?" he asked as he came over and gave me a hug.

"I was just hunting. Im moving to Boston, and I needed to hunt before I got to far. Shouldn't let myself get this thirsty when I'm travelling." I told him.

Carlisle looked at me with a strange look on his face when I said I was hunting in the forest.

"You don't hunt humans?" he asked confused.

"No. I don't want to take peoples lives away. I cant take out what I am on them. Its not fair, so I hunt for animals instead.I can see that you do the same as I do." I pointed at his eyes. His eyes were the same colour gold as mine were.

"Yes, me and my family hunt animals. It is something that we feel strongly about. All my children go to high school and socialise with humans everyday." He told me.

"How many are actually in your coven then?" I asked Carlisle.

"7 of us in total" he told me. Just as he had finished talking to me, I heard someone else coming towards us. Suddenly, a women came through the tree's. Her caramel coloured hair, curled slightly and rested on her shoulders. She came over to Carlisle and stood by his side.

"Bella, this is my wife Esme. Esme, this Bella Swan." Carlisle introduced us. Esme smiled at me sweetly and reached out her hand so that I could shake it.

"Pleasure to meet you Bella. How do you know Carlisle?" She asked, looking at me.

"I met Carlisle years ago. I had only been a vampire about 15 years when I say Carlisle last. Last time I saw him he was on his own though." I told her.

"How old are you Bella?" Esme asked me.

"137. but I don't look a day over 20." I smiled at her.

"Would you like to come and meet everyone else Bella. I'm sure everyone would be interested to meet someone who has the same lifestyle as us. There aren't that many of us you see." Esme asked me.

"If you don't mind. I wouldn't like to impose." I told them.

"No, you have been invited so you are certainly not imposing. Follow us, the house isnt far away." Esme said as she turned around and ran back into the forest. Carlisle followed her and I followed him.

I was interested to see how many other vampires lived the way that I did.

It didn't take long to get to the house, and I don't know what I expected, but it wasn't this.

The house was huge. Well of course there were 7 vampires living here so I knew it was going to be big. The front of the house was manly glass, so that all the light was able to be let in. the house looked very modern from the outside, and from what I could see, so did the inside.

"You have a beautiful house." I said as we got closer to it.

"Thank you. I do my best, I like my family to be comfortable." Esme said as she walked in through the door.

I followed Carlisle through the door and into a large what looked like a living area. As soon as we walked though the door, a small dark haired girl came from the living room and smiled widely at me.

"Bella this is Alice and Edward." Carlisle pointed to the girls with spiky hair and a boy with bronze hair. The girl called Alice smiled at me and hugged me. This surprised me a little, I didn't know the girl, but I hugged her back as if I had known her for years.

"I'm Alice, this is Edward my husband." Alice pointed to the bronze haired man behind her.

"It's a pleasure to meet you Bella." Edward as he shook my hand.

"Where is Emmett and Rosalie?" Carlisle asked Alice.

"They went out. Jasper was stressed about something and it was annoying them." Alice said.

"What is he stressed about?" Esme asked.

"I don't know. he hasn't had a very good day." Edward said.

I guessed that Jasper was one of the other siblings of the family. And I was guessing by the fact that they mentioned him on his own, that he was the only one in this family without a mate.

I didn't have to imagine Jasper for very long because as soon as we stopped talking about him he came from downstairs.

As soon as I saw him, I was drawn to him. His honey blond hair framed his perfect face. I could see that he had a number of different scares on him, they were most defiantly his most dominant feature. He was lean and muscular, not unlike many of the other vampires that I have met. He stood on the stairs and looked at me for what seemed like forever. Finally Carlisle broke the silence that was in the room.

"Jasper, this is Bella Swan. She is an old friend." Carlisle introduced us.

"It's a pleasure to meet you." Jasper said as he came down the rest of the stairs.

I noticed that Jasper eyes were a lot darker than the rest of the families were. I guessed that he needed to go hunting. My suspicions were proven right when he told everyone that he was going out. I then realised that I was still thirsty, as I hadn't finished hunting when Carlisle met me.

As if he read my thoughts Edward spoke to Jasper about what I had just been thinking about.

"Jasper, maybe Bella would like to join you, because I don't think she had finished hunting when Carlisle met her. you must still be thirsty Bella?" Edward asked me.

"I am, but I don't want to impose. Ill go when I leave." I told him.

"No, you shouldn't let your self get thirsty again. I have no problem with you coming with me I you want to." Jasper said as he stood in the open door.

"Thank you." I said as I walked towards him.

"Ill see you later Bella." Alice called over our shoulders as we left the house and headed for the trees.

Right, what are we thinking at this point? i will up the second chapter up now and this is in Jaspers POV. I hope this is going to be a slow romance rather than one where they fall in love almost instantly. i want to drag it out a bit. tell me what you think about this chapter by clicking on the little bottom on the bottom of the screen. i know everyone can do that because you have done it numerous time on my other stories, so please don't disappoint me.

hopefully will hear from you soon.

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