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Speech has been used from Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer.

Chapter One – Jasper

I was trying very hard not to breathe. All the delicious, blood filled humans around me were severely testing my restraint. My brothers and sister, and my beloved Alice, were sat around me, but they did not seem to be having the same problems. I tried very hard not to look around at the mortals sitting so very close. I glanced at the table, pressing my lips together and clenching my fists. I could sense Alice's distress on my behalf, and I knew she would be sharing her worries with Edward. He was probably reading my mind now. I tried very hard to put all thoughts of the surrounding humans out of my mind so Edward and Alice would not worry.

Just as I had managed to concentrate on the smell of the forest as oppose to the smell of blood, a human moved to stand next to our table. She had sandy hair and pale skin, but that was not what captured my attention. The heaters in the cafeteria blew her scent over to our table. That was all that needed to occur for my true character to come to life. My muscles tightened, I was ready to spring. Her scent was delicious, but any scent to me was delicious, especially now. I had not hunted for two weeks, and I was thirsty. I imagined myself brushing the girl's hair from her neck, bending down, sinking my venom-coated teeth into her skin, breaking through the veins and bathing my throat in the warm crimson liquid...

I felt my chair move, and that brought me back to reality. Edward was glaring at me, eyes narrowed meaningfully.

"Sorry," I said. Shame took over as the dominant emotion in my body. I was horrified at myself. I thought I was able to control my thirst better than that. But it had been too long, much too long.

"You weren't going to do anything," Alice said, her cool breath tickling my cheek. "I could see that."

I tasted Edward's emotions. Alice was keeping something from me. But I trusted her. I had to trust her.

"It helps if you think of them as people," Alice said in her beautiful voice, even more beautiful to me. "Her name is Whitney. She has a baby sister she adores. Her mother invited Esme to that garden party, do you remember?"

I hated it when she did that. I hated feeling that I was letting her down. I loved Alice, and I didn't want to hurt her. "I know who she is," I replied, taking out my anger on her. I regretted it instantly. I'm always angry when I'm thirsty, but I'm rarely angry with my wonderful Alice.

I stared out of one of the windows, turning away from Alice so I couldn't hurt her any more. After a few minutes, Alice left. She could tell I wasn't responding well to her encouragement. I watched her go out of the corner of my eye. Her little figure danced gracefully off, but only I could tell how upset she was. I could tell by the way her back was stiffened, and the way her step wasn't as light as it usually is, although she was still more graceful than anyone else in this room, vampire or mortal.

Alice and I know each other's moods extremely well. Even without my extra sense I would be able to read Alice's mood. Alice is my true soulmate. Sometimes, when I am angry with her, I think to myself how lucky I am to have someone as wonderful as her, and how sorry I am. I honestly do not know what I would do without Alice. She is my life.

I could hear Edward and Emmett talking to each other under their breath, but I ignored them, filling my thoughts instead with Alice.

After a few more minutes, Rosalie - the vain and shallow Rosalie - said, "Shall we?"

Together, we rose and walked out of the cafeteria. Edward and Emmett were still whispering, and I deciphered it was about the new addition to the school. Emmett was finding out if she was scared of us yet. After Edward left us, we walked together to our next classes. Emmett was in every one of my classes, and I wasn't stupid enough not to realise he was in all of my classes so he could keep an eye on me and if necessary, remove me from the classroom if I became a danger to the children around me. I laughed inwardly. I was always a danger to the children around me.