The sun was starting to come out. It hadn't done that for a while. I had been on bed rest for two weeks and this was the first I'd seen it.
After my stress induced stroke the Cullen's moved back to town. The hospital gave Carlisle his job back without hesitation and also allowed him to treat me in his home so I wouldn't have to stay in the hospital. This meant I couldn't see Jacob and Emmett wouldn't leave my side. Because of this I had completely forgotten about my feelings for Jacob. I would have forgotten about Edward too if he didn't walk past my door so often. His haunting gaze and tense muscles twisted something inside me almost to the edge of breaking, but I would turn to Emmett again and that feeling would go away.
Jasper had been doing my homework for me and sat with me often. During his time away from his family his self control around humans had gotten a lot stronger. His eyes once stressed, now lovely and kind. We even began talking like friends would.
"Bella, what is the square root of-"
"No, no, no. No way, no how, no sir!" Emmett boomed as he stormed in the room. I covered my ears from the noise. Jasper flinched a bit too from absorbing emotions.
"Emmett, do you have any common sense? She just had a stroke! Do you want to give her another one?"
"Of course not, Jasper, but she doesn't need to be worrying about school right now. You've been doing this for a hundred years, why can't you just do it?"
"First off, I'm one hundred fifty two. And second, and most importantly, I don't want her to be completely lost when she goes back to school."
"No, no, don't go back to school..." Emmett groaned as he climbed into bed with me. "Never go back." He kissed me.
"You don't need to graduate high school. I'll just steal everything you will ever need." I laughed at him.
"Emmett, c'mon. She needs to at least try." Jasper scolded.
"Fine." He moaned. "I'm hungry. Are you two good?" I responded with a nod.
"Okay, just call if you do." He leaned down to kiss my cheek. "I love you, Bella."
"Love you," I called out to him as he flitted off.
"He's a lot happier with you around." Jasper smiled with his eyes on my math book.
"As opposed to?"
"When you're not here. When you're at school or running around with werewolves."
I have to admit, Jasper mentioning Jacob did stir something inside of me. He was the last piece of warmth I had and I knew for the rest of my life everything would be cold.
"Charlie just pulled in." He said as he began writing on the notebook that rested at the foot of the bed.
"Whoa," I exclaimed, noticing him do something I had never seen him do before. "Since when are you left handed?"
"I'm not, I'm ambidextrous." He started tossing his pen back and forth between both hands, which made us both laugh.
"I hope I'm not interrupting anything." Charlie said as he tip toed through the door.
"Chief Swan," Jasper stood up, as any southern gentleman would, to shake my father's hand. Charlie, obviously forgetting Jasper's name simply nodded.
"Sounds like you two were having fun in here."
"Just working on some math, sir."
"Yeah, Dad, he's really smart. I wouldn't doubt if he's been reading math books for one hundred and fifty two years." I looked at Jasper after he sat back down trying to control the urge to laugh but he only made it worse. We both let out a roar of laughter that left Charlie confused.
"Okay, then. Uh, Bells, is there anything I can do for ya? I stopped by the school and you didn't have any homework and I've got twenty or so minutes left on my lunch break."
"Not that I can think of, no."
"Okay. I guess I'll be heading out then. Oh, wait..." Charlie turned before leaving the door completely. "Jacob called. Sounds like he misses you, Bells. I talked to Carlisle and he said anytime he wants to visit he can. So if I were you I'd pick up the phone pretty soon. You haven't spoken to him since he found you. I'm sure he'd love to hear that you're still breathing."
"Okay." I nodded. As soon as Charlie left I turned to Jasper. He sensed my fear and discomfort.
"I can't have him here."
"No, it's not wise."
"But why would Carlisle tell Charlie it was alright?"
"Not sure." Jasper sighed. "I think we're done with math for today, agreed?"
"Definitely."
"Alright. Well I've gotta get you to eat. What would you like? Some southern cuisine perhaps?"
"Surprise me." I said tucking myself under my thick white blanket.
"Be careful what you wish for." He laughed as he left the room. The gentle noise of his feet shuffling in the kitchen just down the hall put me to sleep.
AN: I want to thank everyone real quick who has added me to their favorite authors or put me or any of my stories on alert. First chapter of 'Fire Rising', the sequel to 'Everything Unexpected' is here! Tell me what you think(: REVIEW!REVIEW!REVIEW! .