Prologue
It was raining. It seemed perfect that the clouds had decided to cover up the sun today. A growing feeling of anticipation swelled up inside of me. What for? I asked myself. It's not as if I've never been inside a diner before. The only reason I was going inside was to avoid any attention I would get from standing out in the rain. This time was somehow different, though. Something was going to happen inside; but what? All of my questions were answered as a petit young vampire slid off her stool and hurried over to me as I walked in.
"You've kept me waiting a long time," the young woman's voice was music to my ears. I was trying to come up with a response to that, but I had so many questions in my head that I couldn't think.
I ducked my head quickly and said, "I'm sorry ma'am."
It was the best I could think of. Then, however, she did something that surprised me at first. She extended her arm out, and I grabbed her hand. Yes, this was fate.
I closed my eyes as rain sputtered against my window. I felt Alice gently slide onto the bed. Her hand slowly entwined in mine and I opened my eyes. There she was. My angel was lying right next to me. I moved my free hand up to play with her spiky black hair. She smiled at me, and opened her mouth to speak to me.
"We should get going, Jasper," she said, looking at me with black eyes. We needed to hunt. Today would be particularly difficult for me. I nodded though, propping myself up, and Alice followed suit, our hands still clasped tightly together. By the time we got downstairs, Edward, Emmett, and Rosalie were waiting by the car. We said our quick goodbyes to Esme before driving off to school. Of course we did not need to go to school. We already knew everything they taught us in high school, but, for cover, we all were forced to attend Forks High School.
The day dragged on particularly longer than any other, and by the time we got to lunch, I had to hold my breath to keep from attacking an innocent student. Alice could sense my pain; the thirst I felt. She reached for my hand and I took it gladly. Alice's hand in mine always calmed me in the worst of situations. I had to hold on tight as a girl; a young tenth grader, ran her fingers through her hair, flipping it to the side. I could not help but think of getting up and strolling over to her. From her point of view, I would be leaning in for a kiss. At least I would not feel too much fear emitting from her. It would be too easy. I would-
At that, Edward kicked me under the table. I looked to Alice, and her face was strained. I immediately felt awful. Seeing her features twisted with pain; feeling her anguish, it tortured me. I looked away. We sat in silence for another moment or two before Alice got up and threw her untouched lunch away and came to sit down again. I looked at her apologetically, and she smiled at me weakly. It was then that I noticed Edward was concentrating very hard on something.
The bell rang, and we all got up without a word, separating to our different classes. I knew Alice would be checking on me carefully thought the day, so I would hold my breath until we were out of the parking lot.
"I love you," she whispered softly before entering her classroom. There was no need to tell me that…I could feel it inside. I sent a wave of calm over her before turning in the opposite direction.
Later that day, Edward and Alice went on babbling about some new girl, but my thoughts were elsewhere. I would later learn that her name was Bella, and that she was going to be a very important part of Edward's life from then on.