Chapter One
It's been six months since we left Forks, Washington. Alice has been sulking around here, upset that she lost her best friend. Edward stayed locked in his room for a while before he ran off. It isn't hard to tell that Carlisle and Esme miss Bella and Forks, but they carry on with their lives, not showing too much emotion, at least on the outside. Emmett and Rosalie act like they don't care, but I can feel their emotions say otherwise. Emmett truly missed his little sister while Rosalie just misses Forks. I know she's glad that we're out of Bella's lives. I, on the other hand, don't miss either; I personally don't care where we live. I also don't care about Bella, to be honest. I just really don't like the effect it's had on our lives. Edward is nowhere to be found. Everyone is monitoring my control even more than they did before the accident. And I never thought that was possible. And lastly, Alice and I are growing further apart. I don't remember the last time since we've shared even a kiss. On the night of Bella's birthday party, I felt Alice's disgust towards me. I haven't gotten that feeling off my mind ever since. I tried making it up to her. But of course, nothing took away the fact that I took her best friend away from her, her only friend from the human world.
With a sigh, I stood up from the rock I was sitting on. I closed my eyes and inhaled the scents around me. I let the small breeze blow through my hair, smiling ever so slightly at the peacefulness of the night. I opened my eyes just a second too late…
*Whack* Alice's small hand struck across my face. I stood there and stared at her, completely unharmed. In fact, I found it kind of funny. She growled at me as I chuckled, which only made me raise an eyebrow at her.
"It's your fault! All your fault," she growled. I rolled my eyes at her.
"That so?" I don't know what the hell she's talking about, but whatever it is, I don't really care. I rolled my eyes once more and started to walk away. I don't have time for this game.
"She's dead because of you!" I stopped walking for a second. Who the hell… I shook my head and resumed my walking.
"You know Alice, it would be helpful if you would stop playing these stupid guessing games and explain," I said, sarcasm lacing through my voice. I heard her hurried footsteps come up behind me.
"Bella Swan! Bella killed herself! And it was all because of you. It's your fault that my best friend is dead!" I could feel and hear her pain and anger with each word. I abruptly stopped walking and spun around to face her. I grabbed her shoulders in my hands and leaned down.
"Don't you dare blame this on me," I snarled. "It isn't my fault at all. If you want someone to blame, why don't you blame yourself?"
Alice looked back at me, fear being her main emotion before it quickly flickered to anger.
"How the fuck is it my fault?! I'm not the one who tried to take a bite out of her!" she screeched.
"No, but you just had to throw a birthday party. If you weren't so stubborn, the whole thing never would have happened!"
"Well, if it weren't for your pathetic control, the party would've gone smoothly without any problems!" That set something off in me. An animalistic growl rumbled through my chest. You fucking bitch! I squeezed her shoulders tightly, not caring about the fear and pain on her face.
"S-stop…it," she ground out through her teeth. It only caused me to tighten my grip. Venom from my mouth leaked down my chin as I bared my teeth at her. I drew my hand back and slapped her across the face, just as she did to me. Before anything else could happen, something knocked into my side, shoving me to the ground. I looked up to see Rosalie standing protectively in front of Alice. With the raged expression on her face, I knew that I'd be a pile of ash if looks could kill. I returned her glare with just as much fury boiling inside me.
"What the fuck, Jasper?!" I could imagine what the scene looked like to her. Not that I care… I picked myself up from the ground.
"I never thought that you, of all people, would be abusive to a woman!" I gaped at her.
"It isn't like that, Rosalie! Could you at least listen to my side before judging?!"
"And what is your side of the story? That you felt the need to hurt Alice just because you're all butt hurt because of something she said? You need to control yourself, Jasper!" Here we go again! Why does my self-control always come up in these situations?!
"You too?! So you're going to throw my poor control in my face, also? Why am I even here?!" I threw my arms up in frustration.
"I was wondering the same thing," Edward's voice suddenly came from behind me. Oh, now he comes back…
"How dare you hit Alice," he hissed with narrowed eyes. A small tinge of shame seeped in before I quickly dismissed it. I stood there with my mouth hanging open. C'mon, Jasper! Don't let them do this… I shook my head and blinked a couple of times. No. Not today. Get it together…
Alice stepped in front of me again and looked me in the eye with a hurt expression on her face, "Why, Jasper? Why would you hit me," she sobbed. I had a strong urge to roll my eyes at her again. Oh, Darlin' I can give you a long-ass list of reasons. I could just swear I saw the corner of Edward's mouth twitch. My gaze flicked to him for a second with an eyebrow raised. He just pressed his lips together and shook his head slightly. I looked back to Alice.
"'If it weren't for your pathetic control…'," I quoted in a slightly higher pitched voice. I heard a scoff coming from Emmett, who I just noticed was leaning on a tree close by.
"And everyone has just perfect control in this family," Emmett mumbled. "If this isn't the most ridiculous thing I've heard…" he trailed off, shaking his head. "Looks like someone doesn't remember their first time around a human's exposed blood." Alice's head snapped towards him. Now it was her turn to stand there, gaping at this fact thrown in her face.
"Emmett, that has nothing to do with this," she said. But I could see that both Edward and Rosalie kind of agreed with him. Kind of.
"Oh, but it does. I know you people think I'm dumb. But I'm not. Not really. I know what you're referring to. Strange how you two never noticed I was in this tree, watching the whole conversation," he replied, motioning to the tree he was leaning on. Alice narrowed her eyes at him. Emmett just shrugged. She turned back to me once more.
"So, what was the purpose of this little chat?"
She looked down as she thought for a minute. She then looked back up and stared me straight in the eyes before whispering three words, "I hate you." Without changing the expression on my face, I nodded and then took off running in the direction of a place where I knew I'd be accepted.
Yay! I finally found time to try writing my first fanfic ^_^ Hmm, what do you think? Is it worth continuing? Let me know! :)