A/N: Set after Breaking Dawn, this is a Quinn/Jasper story. It features Nessie/Alec, Nessie/Seth, Esme/Carlisle, Emmett/Rosalie, Edward/Alice (Though I love Alisper), Finn/Santana, Quinn/Santana friendship and Quinn/Rosalie friendship. The tense switching is intentional.

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Quinn loves him because he's broken, like her. Quinn loves him because he's misplaced and underestimated, like her. She loves him because he has a secret, and she's tried so hard to keep her pregnancy debacle a secret from and his family. She loves him because he's perfect in her eyes, when he's flawed in everyone else's.

Quinn hates Jasper because he follows Alice like the broken puppy that people keep making him pretend to be. Quinn hates him because he's blind. She hates Alice because she gets to love Jasper. She hates Alice because she can see that Alice loves Edward, but she continues to date Jasper.

Loving Jasper has made Quinn either love or hate everyone. There's just no grey area anymore. She hates Mr. Schue because he's stopped giving partner assignments. She hates Finn because he's trying to date her again so bad. Quinn hates Santana because Santana is pissed that Finn loves Quinn instead of her. Quinn loves Rosalie because Rosalie actually treats Jasper like a human being, which is why she also loves Emmett. She loves Kurt because when Alice is shopping with him, Quinn can be with Jasper.

Quinn hates Edward because she hates Bella (Everyone hates Bella, though) and also because how can Edward not see how Alice feels about him? She hates Rachel because, hello, it's Rachel. She really feels bad about hating Brittany but the girl has almost revealed her pregnancy several times and also almost revealed her infatuation over Jasper.

Alice made her family join glee club, though she and Emmet seem to be the only ones who enjoy it. So Quinn always sits behind Jasper, and today was no different. Mr. Schue walked in smiling, and Quinn felt like she could kill him.

"Back by popular demand, partnering has returned from the grave! Step up to the hat and draw a name. I'll explain the assignment once you are paired up," He announced. Suddenly Quinn loved him. She was so…so happy. Finn walked up, looking at her longingly.

"Santana," he said, making the Latina smile. Emmett walked up, taking a slow breath. He grinned when he got Rosalie's name. Sam got Bella and Edward got Alice. Quinn sat on the edge of her seat. Jasper was walking up to the hat.

"Quinn," his southern lilt hit her like a ton of bricks. She got her wish. She broke into a smile and had to force herself to stop because she knew she was smiling like a total idiot.

"So…you're assignment is to each sing three songs. One song relating to your past, one of your hope for your future and one song directly to the other," Mr. Schue explained. Quinn's mind was already reeling.

Quinn walked out of glee, ready to go to the auditorium with Jasper and work on their project but he was saying his temporary goodbye to Alice.

"Jazz, it'll be fine. Maybe you'll make a new friend. It won't be so bad, maybe you'll have fun," Alice said and kissed him lightly, glancing at him sadly before skipping over to Edward, a beam on her face.

Quinn frowned, what was wrong with being partnered with her? She wasn't so awful, and she could never be mean to Jasper. Quinn walked over to him, her happiness waning slightly.

"Should we go then?" he asked abruptly. Quinn sighed warily; he was so closed off and unattainable. She crossed her arms over her chest.

"Yeah, sure," she said and followed him to the auditorium.

Jasper

He hates himself. He really does. How could this happen to him? Back in September he couldn't hide from Edward the thirst that he'd had for Quinn's blood. It was worse than Bella's blood had been when she was human.

He's attracted to her because let's face it, she's stunning. He's attracted to her because he sees that she's hiding something, and he knows she struggling, like he is. He knows she was pregnant and that she wants to hide it from him. He's attracted to her because he can alter her emotions, but he can't sense them. He's attracted to her because Alice can't 'see' her.

He hates her because she's human, because he doesn't know how she feels. But because of her, everything is grey. There are just no boundaries anymore. He doesn't particularly adore Alice as much as he used to but he's far from out of love. He used to hate and love; now he doesn't know anything except Quinn.

When he got paired with Quinn he was simultaneously happy and scared. His craving for her blood lessened as he grew to care for her. He didn't love her, not at all. But he felt like he could.

His family's very messed up at the moment. Carlisle and Esme were fine, so were Rosalie and Emmett. But he was attracted to a human; Alice was actually being incredibly social in school. But the worst by far were Edward and Bella. They were constantly at each other's throats, fighting all the time. Ever since Nessie got stuck in a love…hexagon maybe? Jacob had imprinted on her but she never saw him as more than an uncle, she'd had a very 'affectionate' relationship with Seth and was almost involved with him but unforeseen circumstances –which Bella had rudely blamed Alice for- had brought another lover into the spotlight. Apparently, Alec had grown a soft spot for Nessie as well.

Jasper had stayed out of it all, picking up on all of the conflicting emotions hurt him physically. Of course, because of his gift Nessie always came to him for advice. She was caught in between Alec and Seth. When the Cullens were about to leave for Lima Ohio, Jacob and Seth begged her to stay in Forks. Alec pleaded with her to come with him to Volterra, or even run away with him.

Nessie had run away in the end, but not with Seth or Alec. She'd each left them a letter though. The only thing she'd left her parents was an apology. The only thing she gave Jacob was one word –'goodbye'- scratched into his wall.

Jasper had tried to stay away even more. Jacob, Bella and Edward had been in three way fights for months. Luckily he didn't pick up on everyone's emotions. He swore to Alice that he'd never read her feelings unless she gave him permission. That's when Carlisle forced his family to leave. Things were getting violent. Rosalie, Emmett and Jasper were eager to leave Jacob and this awful memory behind.

Jasper sat on the stage, watching Quinn intently as his memory faded, she sat at the piano, tapping lightly at the keys.

"So, do you have a song about your past?" Jasper asked. Quinn looked at him with broken eyes that wrenched at his heart.

"I need to tell you something about my past first. In sophomore year…I got pregnant. And I gave her up," Quinn whispered, tears in her eyes. Jasper pretended to be surprised and the tears in her eyes honestly startled him.

"That's…impressive. You're very strong," he said slowly. Quinn smiled at him.

He felt Human again.