Title: Shot Down In Love

Pairing: Alice/Jasper

Rating: M

Summary: Jasper Hale is in a gang with Maria and he is sentenced to help take care of Alice when she caught in the middle of a gang war and shot. Will feelings make an appearance? What does Maria think of Jasper's new friend? *Collab with JaspersLittleMonster*

Disclaimer: We do not own anyone or anything from Twilight!

AN: So JaspersLittleMonster and I decided to write a story together and this is what we came up with. I will be writing the first half of the chapter which is in Jasper's POV and the second half will b ewritten by JaspersLittleMonster and is in Alice's POV. We hope that you like this story. There will be a side pairing of Leah/Edward as well though the main pairing is Jasper/Alice!

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Why Maria wanted to go to a movie Saturday was beyond me. She usually hated to do what she called couple stuff. She would rather stay at her apartment and get high. I usually did whatever she suggested since I always enjoyed myself. I figured she must have a reason as to why she wanted to go out and it did not take me long to find out. The theatre she was interested in going to was in James territory. Since his gang and ours did not get along I could see why Maria wanted to go here. It would only serve to piss him off once he learned we had been there.

Ever since we kicked Riley's ass for being in our area James had been looking for payback. It had been this way for years. Ever since I moved to Washington from Texas eight years ago it had been a war between my-self and James. We fought over girls, friends, whatever you could come up with and we fought over. As we got older the fighting became more violent. People were stabbed and some even shot. I had been grazed in the arm when I was thirteen by a bullet and the scar would always be there below my elbow. My arms and chest were covered in stab marks, though most of them had not gone deep and were only scars of what could have been. Yet that is gang life and you get what you get. I'm lucky to still be alive at this point and so the scars are something I can live with.

The theatre is packed by the time we get there. I recognized a few people from school. I was a senior this year and the way my grades were going I would be again next year. I did not really care about school. The only reason I still went was because my mother was always begging me to finish school. She did not want me to end up like my dead beat father and I did not have the heart to tell her too late. What she did not know wouldn't hurt her. I was really getting good at hiding my second life from her. Mom had no idea what I did in my spare time and if she did it would probably kill her. I would not let her find out since I did not want to responsible for another death, especially not hers.

My arm was carelessly thrown over Maria's shoulders as I looked at all the people. They were actually going to pay to get in. I found it hilarious since I was getting in for free. Everyone around Forks and the surrounding towns were frightened of me and so I got anything I wanted for free. I hardly ever had to pay for groceries and that was a relief since mom and I did not have a lot of money. I had money that I got from selling drugs, but my mom obviously did not know about that. If I came out of the blue with a bunch of extra cash she would be become suspicious almost instantly. I did give her some of it by claiming that I got paid to tutor other students. The idea was a laugh in itself considering I was barely passing my classes.

"Oh would you look at them?" My attention was brought back to Maria and I turned to look at whatever had annoyed her.

I noticed she was looking at a group of kids. Oh I knew of them. They were the Cullen kids. I shared a few classes with them. We did not hang in the same social circles if you get my drift. They were rich and well I wasn't. I felt no need to get to know them because to be truthful they were probably nothing more than a bunch of snobs. I bet one pair of their jeans most likely cost as much as my crummy second hand car and a part of me resented them for having it so fucking easy. If only I could've been adopted by a rich doctor and had all my problems wiped away then life would be peachy.

I knew that Emmett who was in my grade and star football player was actually their biological child. The twins though, the one with bronzed hair and who I had a strong suspicion was gay, and his odd little sister who looked like she had gone on a caffeine binge as a child were adopted. I did not know much about them other than the fact they were really close. Some people suggested they were closer than was the norm, but if I went by what everyone said then I would be the next Jack the Ripper in training. They seemed like the stereotypical rich kids to me and I felt no need to examine any further.

Out of nowhere a car horn blared and caught the attention of everyone on the street waiting to get in to the movie. I looked up as did everyone else to see James hanging out of his window. For a second I did not realize why people starting screaming until I caught sight of the shiny black gun and suddenly my instincts kicked in. I tackled Maria to the ground in order to get her out of the way. Glass started exploding around and I started to army crawl on the sidewalk as I tried to get away from the bullets flying my way.

The attack only lasted a few seconds and as soon as I heard tires squealing in an effort to get away, I stood up and checked my body for bullet holes. I let out a sigh of relief when I found none. The next thing I did was look around for Maria, but I didn't find her. What I saw was the little Cullen girls whose name I did not even know laying on the ground with her twin next to her. Blood pooled out from underneath her and my instincts kicked in again. I sprinted over to them and tore my jacket from my body and pressed it against her shoulder where the blood was coming from.

"You need to keep pressure on the wound." I told them as she cried out against the pain. "I know it hurts, but if I don't put pressure on it then you are going to bleed to death. I think the bullet went all the way through which is good news for you."

"It hurts." She whimpered and looked up to her brother. "Make it stop Edward."

"It's going to be alright Alice." Her brother assured her and I wanted to laugh had the situation not been so damn dire. Nothing was ever going to be alright. Life was one shit ball after another and as much as you wished it would change it never would. I had learned that the hard way. "I called 911 and Carlisle is on the way. He is going to meet us at the hospital and you are going to be alright."

So her name was Alice was it? I looked down at the girl who took a bullet that should've belonged to me. I could already hear sirens and knew I needed to get out of there. I grabbed the bronze haired boys hand and placed it over the wound. "You need to keep pressure until they get here. Keep the jacket since blood is not really my style anyways."

I went to leave when a tiny hand took mine in a vice grip and refused to let go. I knew that if I pulled it would only end up causing her even more pain. Big blue eyes blinked up at me and I cursed myself for feeling guilty. It wasn't my fault she hadn't been quick enough to dodge a bullet. I should just jerk my hand from her grasp and made a break for it, but her words made me decide to stay. "Please don't leave me."

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Alice's POV:

"Edward!" I whined tugging on the sleeve of my favorite brother. Edward and I had both been adopted, so we had gotten along swimmingly since the day we met. Emmett was the only biological child of my adoptive parents, Carlisle and Esme.

Edward groaned and looked up from his book. "What is it now, Shortcake?" He asked, a teasing edge to his voice. He knew I didn't like it when people made fun of my height.

I folded my arms over my chest and rolled my eyes. "Okay, first off, that was really rude. And secondly, we're going to see a movie tonight!" I exclaimed excitedly. I loved going out and seeing movies, almost as much as I loved to shop.

Edward groaned again, but louder this time. "Alice…" He whined. "No! You know I don't like to go out. Besides, I just started this book, and I want to really get into it…" He trailed off.

I put on my best puppy dog eyes and added in a few fake tears for effect. "Please Edward?" I asked in the sweetest voice ever.

Edward ruffled my hair. "You do realize I can't turn you down when you look and sound like that, right? You are a major pain in the ass for being so incredibly tiny. Grab you coat, then meet me at my car in five. I'll call Emmett and ask him to go." Edward stood up, setting his book down on the coffee table.

I started to jump up and down excitedly. I LOVED going out to movies, especially with Edward and Emmett.

As instructed, I skipped up the stairs. I knew it was going to be quite chilly, so I decided to change from my dress into something a little more warm and comfortable. I got to my room, and then skipped over to my closet. After grabbing my favorite comfy pair of jeans, and slipping them on, I changed into a half cut sleeve tee shirt, and slipped a comfortable sweater over that. I also grabbed a dark green jacket and slipped it on, just in case.

After seven minutes, I skipped back down the stairs all ready to go. Emmett was putting his sneakers on when I got downstairs.

"You are in a world of shit when we get back, Ali…" Emmett said. He must've been playing the Xbox and Edward must've interrupted him. He gets weird like that sometimes.

I just shrugged it off though. Emmett never followed through with his plans after a large soda and popcorn, and some candy. Emmett just loves to eat… and yet he only gets muscle, not fat! I just don't understand how he works…

I was dragged out of my thoughts when Emmett grabbed my arm and literally dragged me out to Edward's car.

"C'mon, squirt. Eddie Boy is probably already mad. You know how impatient he is…" Emmett just chuckled as he dragged me into the backseat with him.

"'Bout time you two showed up." Edward said in a mock irritated voice as he looked over his seat to back out of the driveway.

"It was all Alice's fault!" Emmett said, actually believing Edward was irritated. I gave him a good, solid punch in the arm. He probably didn't feel it even though my poor knuckles did…Emmett was built like a cement wall. He could take a good kicking and hardly bruise. At least if I was stuck being this short, I had Emmett to protect me. "Wow, squirt." Emmett said mockingly. "That hurt so bad…" He laughed. I laughed along with him. Emmett could be such an idiot sometimes.

The rest of the drive to the movie theatre was uneventful. Edward turned the radio on to my favorite station, and five minutes before we reached the movies, Emmett and Edward had to suffer through me shouting Pocket Full of Sunshine as loud and off key as I could. That's what they get for making short jokes.

When we finally reached the theatre, Edward pulled around to the back parking lot. He pulled up as close as he could, apparently feeling too lazy to walk a far distance.

Emmett, Edward, and myself all filed out of the car. We started to walk around towards the ticket counter when I spotted Jasper and Maria, two gang members that went to our school. Jasper is a senior this year. Don't ask me why I knew that…

Jasper seemed like such a mysterious boy. He was very shut in, and a lot of people thought that was because of his "dead beet" father. Hell if I knew anything better. I didn't believe all of the lies people fed, but I usually stayed away from Jasper and Maria, they weren't seen exactly good influences. Maria did drugs, and Jasper sold and bought them. It's quite sad really. He seemed like a kid with so much potential…

I looked more closely at Jasper and Maria, and I noticed his arm was slung lazily around Maria's shoulders. Wait…were they a thing? Not like I cared…sort of…

I didn't realize I'd been staring until I heard Maria scoff and say "Oh would you look at them?" in a rather annoyed voice. Look at whom? US? As in Edward, Emmett, and I? What had we ever done to her? She must think we are just a bunch of stuck on snobs, we aren't really though! Never judge a book by its cover…as in clothing…

I just shrugged off Maria's comment and kept walking towards the ticket booth. I had no intention of looking back at Jasper and Maria, until a loud car horn blared behind me. I whirled around and saw a window roll down and a gun sticking out!

I heard Edward shout over to me, "ALICE! Watch out! GET DOWN!" But I heard him too late. Before I could even react, the trigger was pulled, glass was shattering and exploding around me, but I couldn't see what had happened to the bullet. All I felt was a very sharp and horrible stinging pain, the worst pain I've ever felt, ripping into my shoulder.

I collapsed to the ground, screaming out in agony. Had I just gotten shot? I looked over to where I'd clamped my hand over my shoulder, and saw blood gushing out over my fingers, running down and staining my shirt and jacket, and bleeding so much, it even dribbled onto my jeans. I felt the juices in my stomach churn at the sight of all the blood gushing out of my shoulder. I didn't have the gumption to look at my shoulder, I was sure the bullet had gone clean through, and there would be a hole.

Edward rushed over to me and knelt down to me. I looked up at him with pained eyes, as tears started to escape and roll down my cheeks. I then felt another body kneel down to me, so I looked over to see who it was. To my surprise, it was Jasper.

What's he doing? I thought to myself as he shrugged off his jacket. He leaned forward, slapping both my and Edward's hands out of the way. He pressed his jacket to my wound and I winced against the searing pain, and let out a loud, screeching wail. Oh my God did that ever hurt!

"You need to keep pressure on the wound." I heard Jasper say as I tried to move away from the hard pressure he was applying. I had to summon all of the will power in me to avoid screaming again. "I know it hurts, but if I don't put pressure on it then you are going to bleed to death. I think the bullet went all the way through which is good news for you." Jasper sounded very professional, as if he'd done this before. I'm sure he had…

I didn't know what to do, so I just looked up at Edward and whimpered out weakly, "It hurts!" Edward only stroked my hair, trying to calm me. "Make it stop, Edward." I whimpered again.

Edward had a very torn look in his eyes as if he was going to blame this whole thing on himself. "It's going to be alright, Alice." Edward told me in the most calming voice he could muster in light of the present situation. "I called 911 and Carlisle is on the way to take you to the hospital and everything is going to be alright."

I heard Jasper scoff as he stood up as he stood up and replaced his hand with Edward's where he had been applying the pressure. "You need to keep pressure on it until they get here. You can keep the jacket blood really isn't my style anyways." Jasper turned on his heels to leave, but suddenly, my injured hand got a mind of its own, and I reached my hand up and grabbed Jasper's. My shoulder was really protesting in pain, but I didn't want him to go. I was surprised to find that Jasper didn't pull his hand back.

"Please don't leave me." I whispered out, my eyes meeting Jasper's. I didn't want him to go, I wanted him to stay with me. I wanted to know about this mysterious boy, even if my injured shoulder was still protesting and causing me great pain. The pain didn't seem as bad when I saw Jasper sigh and turn to stay with me. I smiled in spite of myself. Maybe this boy wasn't as bad as people said…

TBC…