As Jasper Hale walked down one of the long corridors of Forks High he could feel people looking in his direction...even though they weren't looking at him directly, he didn't like it. Not one bit. As he and his sister continued to walk along the corridor they passed a large group of boys –who were most likely in their final year of high school-, he couldn't help but see how they looked at his younger sister. Not that he cared too much...everyone looked at his sister that way.
They were both very beautiful teenagers -more so than other kids their age-, but whereas Jasper tended to play down his looks by wearing shirts, sweaters and trousers that somehow did and didn't suite him...his sister Rosalie, made the most of her looks by wearing very girlie cloths, make-up and letting her long blond hair dangle down around her.
They both stopped outside the door at the end of the corridor on the left side. Class A6. Rosalie looked over at the boys further up the corridor and smiled at them. The two at the front then seemed to start arguing about who she was smiling at. Rosalie then turned back to face her brother smiling almost proudly.
"You're an animal..." Jasper told her.
Her smile turned into a mischievous one. "I don't know what you mean, big brother."
"Yeah, I bet you don't..." He said and turned to look through the classroom door. There were so many people in the room...most of them were crowded at the front and the centre of the room –talking and laughing-, there was only one person sat at the back row. The boy sat at the back caught Jasper's eyes immediately; he was tall, russet skinned, muscular, and had long black hair.
"Hey, Jazz...you okay?" Rosalie asked; pulling at her brother's shoulder.
Jasper turned to look at his younger sister. "What...y-yeah..."
Rosalie gave him a concerned look. "I know you don't like the crowds and stuff...but you'll be okay." She smiled; it was soft and sweet.
He looked at her suspiciously. "What do you want? I'm not lending you money."
"Whatever. Anyway, you'll be fine..." She said and turned to walk away in the direction of the boys they passed earlier.
"Hey, Rose..." Jasper started; she turned to face him. "Don't get impregnated by a jock...Dad'll kill you." He said with an amused expression. She sighed angrily and spun round, walking towards the boys. Jasper shook his head and walked into the classroom; he paused for a moment near the door...a few people turned to look at him. He could feel his face getting hot as it turned red; he looked down at the floor and walked quickly up the outside isle of a row of tables–closest to the door- to the back row.
He sat down on the chair at the end of the desk; it was the only desk on the back row that was for two people instead of three of four...so he figured sitting there would mean no one would sit next to him, they would sit with their friends on another row. As Jasper sat looking at the front, waiting for the teacher to come in, he could hear some of the kids talking.
"Isn't that the new guy?"
"Yeah...did you see his sister? She's beautiful! But he's..."
"Not." Someone said and they started to laugh.
Jasper looked from the front of the classroom down to the table he was sitting at; he could feel people watching him again. '...I hate it here...I wanna go home where Alice is...and everyone else...' Jasper was snapped out of his thoughts as he felt someone sit next to him. He lifted his head up and looked at the person next to him.
It was the boy who had -until moments ago- been sitting at the other side of the back row, the person who had caught Jasper's eye.
"Hey..." The boy said and grinned at Jasper. Up close the boy looked even taller, more muscular and looked older than sixteen or seventeen –the age of the rest of the people in their year group. His eyes were dark...they were staring straight into Jasper's and then he realised the boy was waiting for him to say something.
"Err...hi..." Jasper said quietly. He realised how big the other boy was...with him been so muscular they were sat very close to one another; they were almost touching.
"You're the new guy, right?" The boy asked.
"Err...y-yeah..." Jasper said; he moved his gaze to the front of the class.
The boy folded his arms on the table and leaned to the side closer to Jasper. "You should ignore those people..." He told Jasper.
Jasper looked at him out of the corner of his eye. "...W-what do you mean?"
"Those who were talking about you...just ignore them. They're assholes."
"Erm...I-I wasn't listening to them..." He lied.
The boy grinned at him. "So you always look down at the exact moment someone says something about you...because you weren't listening to them." Jasper was speechless; he turned his head to face the boy. The boy laughed lightly. "I'm Jacob."
"...Jasper." He said as his face turned red.
"So...err, was that your sister...the girl who was standing with you outside?" Jacob asked.
'No wonder he came to sit next to me...' Jasper sighed and turned in his seat –as much as he could- to face Jacob; their legs brushed together. "Yes she is, but be warned she may look beautiful...angel like even...but as soon as she gets the chance, she will destroy you...use you, rip your heart out and completely destroy you..." He told Jacob; his face was bright red –due to their contact- as he turned back to face the front. "So now you know that...you can move back over there now." He put his elbows on the table and used his hands to cup his face.
Jacob stared at the blond boy wide eyed. "Erm, what? Why do I have to move?" He asked almost defensively.
Jasper tilted his head to look back at Jacob. "That's the only reason you moved over here, right? To ask me about Rosalie."
Jacob's eyes narrowed; a hint of something that looked to Jasper like playfulness. "Actually I was just going to tell you she should watch out...girls like her'll get a lot of attention from the guys here...well, most of them...but if you want me to move, I'll move." He stood up from the chair he was sitting at.
Jasper's eyes widened and he looked up at Jacob. "Wait...you didn't sit over here because of Rose?"
Jacob sighed and sat back down facing Jasper; their legs touching again. "Why would I do that?"
Jasper was taken back a little. "W-well, I just figured you sat next to me to find out who she was...it wouldn't be the first time it's happened."
Jacob frowned at him. "Well that's not why I moved over here..."
"Then why did you?" Jasper asked before he'd even thought about what he was saying.
Jacob stayed silent for a moment and then grinned widely. "What would you say if I said it was because I think you're cute?"
Jasper's eyes widened and his face turned a dark shade of red. Jacob's grin widened. Before Jasper could say anything the teacher came into the room. "Sorry, I'm late...everyone sit down, I have a test for you all!" The teacher then walked around to every table and handed out a test to each student. He didn't even seem to realise Jasper was a new student. "Okay, you can all begin!"
Jasper was half-way through his test when he realised Jacob's arms were on the table with his head resting on them; his dark eyes were staring straight at him. It made Jasper nervous...he didn't like been stared at by people anyway, but with it been someone he found quite attractive it made him feel even worse. His eyes flashed nervously from his paper to Jacob and back to his paper. Jacob grinned and sat up, as he pulled his hand off the table it slid across and brushed against Jasper's groin; Jasper's face turned red and he tensed from Jacob's touch.
"Oops..." Jacob said; the way he said it made Jasper think it was an accident...but then when he saw the wide mischievous smirk on the boy's face, he realised it hadn't been.
Jasper found himself feeling angry at Jacob...it wasn't because he had actually touched him, no, it was more because of the fact that he had tried to make it sound like an accident when it clearly wasn't.
The bell rang and everyone in the class started to pack up. Jasper grabbed his bag and slung it over his shoulder before he walked out of the room as quickly as possible. He was walking down the corridor –shoving past the huge crowds that occupied it- when he felt someone's hand on his shoulder; the hand's grip was so tight, Jasper found himself not been able to walk forward as it pulled him to a stop. He turned to look over his shoulder and was about to yell at the person it belonged to...when he saw who it was. There was a tall russet skinned boy, his face grinning widely down at Jasper. It was Jacob.
"Why ya' running off, eh Jasper?" Jacob asked as he pulled Jasper around to face him. He bent forward; his face only a few inches in front of the blonds face.
Jasper could feel his face burn red again. "...Err...I have to get to my next lesson..." He said distantly as he tried to pull free of Jacob's grasp.
Jacob pulled his face away from Jasper's; his hand still holding his shoulder tightly. "Is this because I touched you?" He asked; a grin on his face. Jasper stopped trying to pull away and he looked straight up at Jacob's face. "...Because really, my hand only brushed against it, It's not as if I sat there and grabbed a hold of your dic-!"
Jasper pressed the palm of his hand against Jacob's mouth in an effort to shut him up. "What are you doing?" He said quietly as his face turned an even darker shade of red. He felt something wet against his hand and pulled it away quickly from Jacob's mouth as he realised he had licked him. "What are you doing? Can't you see how many people are around!?"
Jacob continued to grin down at the shorter boy. "So? And anyway all I was going to say was that I didn't grab your dic-!"
Jasper's hands flew to cover Jacob's mouth again. "Stop. Talking." He said as he felt Jacob's lips moving against his palm, when he felt them stop moving he moved his hands. Jacob's grin widened. Jasper looked away quickly. "Is there something you want? Or can I go now..."
"Well...I wanted to ask you something..."
Jasper looked up at Jacob; a confused look on his face. He could feel people watching them as they walked by. "Can't you ask me later? I really need to go..." He said as he tried to pull away again.
"Wait a minute...stop trying to pull away from me." Jacob said loudly. He sounded irritated and nervous, Jasper realised. Jasper stopped moving immediately. "Err...I'm sorry...I didn't mean to shout at you..." He said looking down at Jasper's face. "...I just wanna ask you something..."
Jasper could feel more eyes watching him after Jacob had yelled. "Can't you ask me after school?...Please...people are watching..."
Jacob looked around the corridor and realised people were watching them. Jacob didn't care...he couldn't explain how much he didn't care...but Jasper did seem to care, so he let go of his shoulder. "Meet me at the field behind the school at the end of the day."
Jasper nodded weakly. He wasn't sure whether he should leave now or not...Jacob's voice and expression had changed...they seemed to have darkened almost, but Jasper could feel more eyes on him and Jacob so he decided to leave. As Jasper got to the end of the corridor, he turned to look to see if Jacob was still there...he was; he towered over most the kids in the corridor so it was easy to see him as he stood watching Jasper.
******
The rest of the day seemed to drag...or at least Jasper thought so. He hadn't seen Rosalie since this morning or Jacob since first lesson, which kind-of worried him. He hadn't made any other friends...not that he had tried; he was still thinking about Jacob.
Jasper was walking slowly around the school towards the field. 'Why am I even going to meet him?...It's not as if we're friends or anything, although he is really good look-! Stop thinking like that about him...there's no way he's not straight...' Jasper stopped his thoughts and tried to walk the rest of the way without thinking about Jacob or anything else.
"Jasper!" A voice yelled; Jasper recognised the voice immediately, he turned to look behind him and up the hill to where Jacob was standing. He made his way up the hill and Jacob walked down to meet him halfway. "Hey, thanks for coming...I wasn't sure you were going to show up..."
"Yeah, me either..." He said, although he knew he had been going to meet him ever since he had asked him to this morning. "So, what is it you want?" Jasper asked.
Jacob looked away for a moment before grabbing hold of Jasper's shoulders and pulled him closer; he hesitated for a moment before crashing his lips against Jasper's. Jasper's eyes widened in shock...but he made no attempt to pull away from Jacob. After a few moments Jacob's arms moved from Jasper's shoulders down the bottom of his back; pushing so Jasper was pressed up against him. Japer was now kissing back and his hands worked their way up Jacob's body to his neck, wrapping his arms around him and pulling himself closer to the taller boy. Jacob's hands moved to Jasper's waist as he pulled away; Jasper's face was red –it seemed to be red every time Jacob had seen him today- and his breathing was deep and ragged.
Jacob ginned widely down at the shorter boy. "I knew you were gay..."
Jasper pulled his arms away from Jacob's neck; a confused and...hurt expression on his face. "You...you...I need to go..." He pulled out of Jacob's grasp and turned to walk away.
Jacob grabbed his wrist and pulled on it with such force, it made Jasper spin around to face him. "What's wrong?...What'd I do? You kissed me back, you can't be mad at me for that!" He yelled –almost- angrily.
"Let go!" Jasper shouted and pushed at Jacob. Jacob let go and watched as Jasper ran down the hill and around the school.
"What the-?" Jacob stayed at the hill for a moment before running down it.
******
Jasper was laid on his bed in his bedroom...where he had been since he came in from school. He was on the phone with his best friend.
"So, he actually kissed you?" Asked a soft but high pitched squeaky voice down the phone.
Jasper found that his friend's voice was strangely excited about what had happened between himself and Jacob. "Yes, Alice...that is what I said."
"Don't talk to me like that! I don't know and I was here thinking Rosalie would be the one to get a boyfriend on the first day..." She laughed. "So then what happened?"
"Well..." Jasper hesitated for a moment. "He said he'd known I was gay and I got mad, yelled at him and ran off..." He told her quietly; in a somewhat ashamed tone.
"You did what!?" Alice yelled angrily down the phone. "Why did you do that? What did he say?"
"...He said, 'I knew you were gay.'"
Alice sighed heavily. "Jasper...this...this guy, Jacob...just because he said that doesn't make him like that guy...you need to forget about that..." She said softly.
He knew Alice would say something along those lines...but then again, that was what he wanted to hear...especially from her. Alice had been his best friend for years...they were close and always had been; they were so close that when he figured out he was gay, she was the first and only person he'd told.
"Yeah...I know Alice...thanks for listening to me go on..."
She laughed lightly. "Anytime...and you'll figure out what to do about this Jacob guy...anyway, I need to go...I think Edward's shouting me...talk to ya' later..."
"Yeah, bye." As soon as he hung up the phone he could hear his sister shouting him. He climbed off the bed –lazily- and made his way out to the hallway. He could hear her shouting him again, so he walked down the stairs to see her standing at the front door.
"You've got a visitor." She said with a sly smile on her face.
Jasper frowned in confusion, but as she opened the door wider, his eyes widened. Jacob was standing at his front door. "Hey..." He said; his usual grin was nowhere to be seen on his face.
"Err...hey..." Jasper said slowly.
"Well, I'm going out. You can come in now if you want..." Rosalie said quickly and pushed past Jacob. "Oh, tell Mum and Dad I'm at a new friend's house!" She said and ran out of the garden.
"Wait! Where are yo-!" Jasper shouted after her, but stopped when he realised she was gone. Jasper sighed and looked up at Jacob...who had at some point walked into the house. "What are you doing?" He asked the taller boy.
"Your sister said I could come in...didn't you hear her?" Jacob said pointing towards the door.
Jasper sighed again. "What do you want?"
"To talk." Jacob answered simply.
Jasper waited for him to elaborate on what he said...but he didn't. So Jasper turned and headed for the stairs. "You might as well come upstairs...my parents will be home soon and if they see you standing in the hall they'll think we're been robbed." He said and looked over his shoulder at Jacob.
Jacob grinned. "And what is that supposed to mean?" He asked as he followed Jasper up the stairs.
Jasper walked over to sit down on his bed; looking at Jacob who stood in front of the door. "So...what is it you want?"
"Like I said, to talk." Jacob answered; he walked over to Jasper's desk and started to look at the photos that were set on it. One caught his eyes more than the others. It was a photo of Jasper with a girl on his back; he was giving her a piggy-back. Jasper's hair was slightly longer than it was now and the girl's was short and brown, she also looked very small and pale...her skin was a lighter shade than Jasper's, Jacob couldn't help but notice. "Who's this?" He asked as he picked the photo up.
Jasper climbed off the bed and took the photo out of Jacob's hand; their fingers brushing together. "A friend."
"Your girlfriend? Is that why you-..." Jacob was cut off as Jasper spoke.
"No...she's my best friend, her name's Alice." He put the photo back down onto the desk only to find that Jacob had picked another one up.
Jacob was holding a photo in his hand...it was a photo of Jasper in a dark blue blazer, grey trousers and a blue tie, it was a school uniform, he looked younger and was standing with the girl named Alice and another boy who was standing in the middle of the other two with the same uniform. The boy in the middle had red-brown hair and pale skin –the same shade as Alice's. They were all standing close together, but he had his right arm around the girl's shoulders and his left arm around Jasper's waist; gripping at it tightly and holding him close to his own body. Jacob frowned at the photo. "Who's he?"
Jasper sighed irritably. "Edward...he's Alice's brother." He reached to grab the photo from Jacob, but the taller boy moved it out of his reach.
"I thought you said she was your best friend."
"She is..." Jasper told him with a confused look on his face.
"Then why's his arm around you and not hers?"
Jasper frowned at him. "I told you...we're best friends..."
"Oh, I'm sorry, that makes perfect sense why her brother's arm is around you..."
Jasper went to grab the photo out of his hand again, but Jacob moved again. "Give me the photo...it has nothing to do with you whose arm is around me, anyway...now give it back." He went for the photo again...but Jacob moved around him –moving to stand in front of Jasper's bed.
"What's it worth?" Jacob grinned widely and playfully.
Jasper grinned back up at him. "Give me it...and I won't have to hurt you."
Jacob laughed; it was a loud and roaring noise. "Like you could short-ass!"
"I'm not short compared to most people!" Jacob just continued to grin. Jasper pounced at Jacob; knocking him over onto his bed. Jasper was shocked that he had moved Jacob at all...never mind completely knocked him over.
Jacob was laid on the bed; his eyes were wide in shock...but then he just started to laugh. Jasper reached for the photo, again Jacob moved it out of reach –further above his head- and the blond boy moved further up Jacob and managed to grab the photo out of his dark-skinned hand. He laughed in triumph down at Jacob. Jacob just stared up at Jasper and then he realised what position they were in. Jacob was laid on his back and Jasper was on top of him...his body pressed against the taller boy's...their faces inch's apart.
"S-sorry..." Jasper pushed himself up –by pushing on Jacob's chest- and stopped all of a sudden as he realised his groin was pressed –and had just been rubbing- against Jacob's. His face turned red. "S-s-o-..." Jacob grabbed Jasper's wrist and pulled on it; making Jasper fall forward onto him. Jasper placed his hand at both sides of Jacob's head and looked down at him; he could feel Jacob's hand trace over his bum and up to the bottom of his back, pushing him harder against him. Jasper moved closer and let his lips hover over Jacob's for a moment before the taller boy lifted up and crashed his lips against the blond's.
End of chapter 1!
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