A/N: Hello everyone! Welcome to my very first Twilight Saga Fic. I just wanted to take the time to thank y'all for taking the time to read this and I wanted to let y'all in on a few things before you decide this is the next story you want to read.

This WILL be AU and there will definitely be non-cannon content, so if you hate that, I wouldn't read this because it'll just piss you off.

Also, this fic is rated M for a reason. There will be cursing through out the story as well as sexual content and violence in later chapters. If this bother's you, then I apologize but again this story is not for you.

If you find any misspelled words, incorrect phrases, or bad grammar please let me know so that I can fix it ASAP so that the chapter reads as smoothly as I can get it. I do try my best to proof read but there is only so much my own eyes can see, even when I read it out loud to myself.

As far as my OC is concerned, I'm modeling her looks and her singing voice after Carrie Underwood, and her Gran is modeled after Sookie's Gran from True Blood.

DISCLAIMER: I own nothing from the Twilight Saga. I only own my characters and any plot lines I introduce. The songs that I use are not mine and the ones I write as Caroline's own created songs are songs that didn't exist yet since they were created by artist in later years. They also do not belong me, I'm just borrowing them.

Enjoy!


Chapter One: Sweet Caroline

June 21,1987

Jasper sat beside Alice on a park bench, the sky overcast and gray, as they had yet another one of their long and deep conversations. It'd been a while since he'd felt the harsh sting of loneliness overtake him. He sighed once again as he felt Alice take his hand, patting it in reassurance. "You wont be alone forever Jasper. I can feel it." Jasper glanced at his adoptive sister with desperate hope clinging to his golden eyes. Hoping with all his being that she was right as she always seemed to be. "Until then though, you have me." Alice was smiling at the blonde man when she gasped and stared off into seemingly nothing. Images of an infant girl being born flashed before her. They evolved into the child growing into a beautiful young woman with long honey blonde hair and friendly ice blue eyes. Alice saw the young woman introduce herself to an uncomfortable Jasper.

"Hi, I'm Caroline," the girl drawled in a southern accent holding out her hand in greeting as he took it gently in his own much larger hand.

"It's nice to meet you, Caroline."Jasper responded, a hint of relief and awe playing behind his stiff exterior as their eyes finally met, a smirk eventually resting across his features the longer he held her hand in his own. The world came back into focus as the vision ended. Jasper looked on with concern at the surprised look running across Alice's face.

"Are you alright?" Alice nodded at Jasper's question before a wide grin adorned her lips. "What did you see?" Jasper pressed.

"Jazz, I just had a vision of you meeting your one." Jasper's eyes widened to the size of saucers as he took in this new information.

"What's her name?" Jasper asked somewhat timidly. He couldn't believe it, he had a mate out there somewhere. Alice became even more excited as she turned to fully face Jasper, grasping both his hands now as she leaned in.

"Her name is Caroline." The name rolled around is the Texan's mind bringing him warmth and small sense of peace that he hadn't felt since his days as a human. A soft smile flickered across his features. A worried look danced across Alice's face quickly, but it was gone as soon as it had appeared though Jasper had caught it.

"What is it Alice?" Alice grimaced at what she was about to tell her adoptive brother.

"Jazz…Caroline…is human."

August 28, 2004

A muffled sleepy groan spilled from beneath the mass of white blankets and pillows on the queen sized bed. Caroline's blonde head poked out from beneath her warm cocoon as she glared at the rays of sun filtering through the white lace curtains that adorned her bay window. Sitting up completely she ran her hand through her waist length honey blonde hair, brushing it away from her face. She glanced over at the digital alarm clock that sat on her bedside table and gave a huff of annoyance. ' 8am…' She had to meet her friends in two hours in La Push. She stood smoothing her tank top and PJ shorts that had become twisted in the night while she slept before moving into her bathroom across the hall to shower and ready herself for the day.

An hour later Caroline trotted down the stairs dressed in a pair of light blue denim shorts and a white crochet tank that covered her neon pink bathing suit top. She was pulling her wavy hair into a high ponytail when she entered the kitchen, the smell of fresh coffee washing over her. Caroline hummed in pleasure at the smell. "Mornin' Gran," she greeted.

"Morning Care Bear." The gray-haired woman smiled at her granddaughter as Caroline poured herself some coffee and sat down at the small round kitchen table. "How are you feeling this morning honey?" She asked as she set a plate of bacon and eggs down in front of the young woman. Caroline shrugged, trying to pass off the indifference that she didn't truly feel as she nibbled at her breakfast.

"I feel fine Gran. It'll be nice to get out of the house though. Been keepin' myself cooped up for too long." Caroline said, her ice blue eyes cast down at her plate. She looked up when as hand rested over one of her own.

"It's okay to mourn, Caroline. It's only been a month since your parents passed." Caroline stood and hugged her Gran nodding into her shoulder.

"I know Gran. I just feel like all I've been doin' is cryin' and sleepin' and I'm just sick to death of it…and it ain't gonna bring 'em back." Caroline pulled away from the hug, giving a small smile as she backed away, hands in her back pockets. Glancing at the clock she made a slight squeak of panic. "Oh crap! I gotta go Gran, I promised Jake we'd all hang out and now I'm gonna be late!" Caroline rushed to the front door slipping on her flip flops while grabbing her purse that sat on the table by the front door. "Bye Gran, love ya!" She called over her shoulder and rushed out the door.


The sun felt amazing as it caressed Caroline's tanned skin even as the cool wind blew across the ocean water. She'd debated actually going when Jacob Black, her best friend, had called her and asked to hang out. "Get out of the house," he'd said. "It's not good for you to lock yourself away from the rest of the world." "We all miss you." The we all miss you was what had done it. It had sparked guilt deep with herself, feeling as though she'd basically abandoned him for four weeks. Something she'd promised herself she'd never do again. The phrase was Jake speak for, "get over here before I drag you over here". She'd almost said no, but now she was glad she'd said yes.

Caroline watched her friends playing football in the shallows of the water, laughing when Jake or one of the others would get tackled. Care would have played, but the way they were throwing themselves at each other? It was a little too rough, you could hear the impact of bodies even from where she sat. Caroline didn't mind playing rough, she'd played volleyball through out her middle school career and most of her high school career as well, and she'd fallen off a horse or two over her life. She was no stranger to injury, but getting tackled and snapped in half by a guy twice the size of her 5'6" 115 pound frame? Not on her bucket list of things to do before she died.

Jake jogged over to her plopping down onto the towel beside her, breathing heavily and soaking. Leaning over he hugged her tight to him making her squeak from the cold ocean water contrasting with her hot skin. He laughed as she whacked him in the arm, a playful scowl on her face. "Jacob Black, what the hell do you think you're doing ya twerp?" She laughed as he continued hugging her while leaning most of his weight on her. "You're crushin' me."

"I can't show my affection towards my best friend who, by the way, I haven't seen in literal weeks," Jake mock scowled at her as he continued to hug her. Caroline poked him in the side just below his ribs making him catapult himself away from her. "No poking Care." Caroline grinned wickedly as she remembered just how ticklish he was. A look of playful panic crossed his features as she gave chase running across the beach after her friend.

They'd met one summer when her parents had brought her up to Forks from her hometown of Charlotte, North Carolina to visit her Gran when she was six. Harry Clearwater, a good friend of the family, had invited them over for a cookout on the reservation and Jake, being a star struck four-year-old, followed her around like a lost puppy. Caroline loved Jacob immediately. She dragged him around by his little hand everywhere with her, protecting him from some of the older boys who picked on him a little. Every time she'd visit Forks, no matter what, she always tried to make time for Jake. Nothing changed as they got older, they were the siblings neither had known they'd needed.

Embry and Quil clutched their sides in laughter as they watched Jake sprint back and forth along the beach trying to escape Caroline's tickling fingers. It wasn't working very well as she'd managed to launch herself at him and attach herself to his back, gripping on like a koala bear would a branch. They carried on like that for the next ten minutes before they stopped and Jake lowered Caroline, who still clung to his back, and himself to the sand. Detaching she let herself fall onto her rear before crawling back over to her own towel just as out of breath as Jacob who had pretended to collapse from exhaustion dramatically. "I'm glad you're here Care. I'm not happy about how you came to be here obviously, but I am glad you're closer now. I missed you while you were in North Carolina."

Caroline gave a sad smile, thinking back to the day she and her grandmother had gotten the phone call about her parents. They had decided to go on a vacation of their own while she was in Forks for the summer. The planes engines failed….no one survived the crash. "I'm sorry for bringing it up Care Bear, I didn't mean to make you feel bad," Jake pulled her into another hug and rested his chin on the top of her blonde head. Caroline hugged him back, burying her head in his shoulder trying to escape from the sadness she felt swell within her.

"It's okay Jake. I'm glad that I'm here. I don't know how I would get through this without you and Gran. I missed you."


The week had passed by rather quickly as August turned into September, the beginning of Caroline's junior year of high school arrived too fast for her liking. With a little dread in her heart at being the new girl, the blonde oozed herself out of her bed. Going to the window, she looked out into the rainy Monday morning and groaned a little as she slipped on her workout clothes. This was a typical weekday for Care. After waking up at 5am she'd jog, shower, get ready for the day, then eat or go to the local coffee shop before school depending. Weekends were the only days that she let herself sleep in. Granted, this was her routine in Charlotte, but she was sure it wouldn't change much now that she lived in Forks.

Standing by the front door she grabbed her keys, a headlamp so that anyone out and about at 5 in the morning could see her in the dark, and her mp3 player that strapped to her arm underneath her waterproof workout jacket. Pressing play she stepped out onto the front porch pulling her hood over her messy bun and turned, locking the door before taking off towards town. Care loved her morning runs. They helped her get right with the day, even if she woke up in a not so great mood. It pumped her full of energy and helped work off any anxiety she had for the day ahead.

When Caroline stepped back into the house her Gran was already sleepily milling around the kitchen making herself some tea. Caroline smiled to herself and headed upstairs to get rid of the hot mess she was sure she had become on her run. She showered quickly, not wanting to take much more time than she already had with her jog, then returned to her room to get dressed. Pulling her closet door open she looked at her options grabbing a pair of dark wash boot-cut jeans, a black racerback ribbed tank top, and a blue and purple plaid button up, throwing them on as she made her way over to her small white vanity table that sat next to the window. Caroline slapped on some mascara, liner, and some sparkly champagne colored shadow before calling it good and loosely curling her hair. Care sighed setting down her curling iron after turning it off, running her fingers through the curls to break them up and make them look more natural. She stood grabbing socks and her dark brown cowboy boots and jogged down the stairs.

Gran smiled at her when she entered the kitchen to grab a bottle of water to carry with her through out the day. "Good morning, Care." Gran kissed her on the cheek as she scurried by throwing on her boots.

" Mornin'."

"Are you excited for your first day?" Caroline shrugged grabbing her light blue jean jacket.

"Kinda nervous actually, I've never been the new kid before." Gran gave her a mock look of scolding.

"Caroline, you'll be fine. You could charm birds out of trees if you tried." Caroline laughed at the expression, giving Gran one last hug before she had to be heading for the door.

"Thanks Gran, I needed that. I'll see you later." Walking out the door Care got into her black Jeep Wrangler and drove off in the direction of Forks High.


She was early…the bell wasn't due to ring for another fifteen minutes. Which meant awkwardly leaning against her Jeep and sipping at her hazelnut coffee until it wasn't weird to be walking through the halls. She scanned the parking lot, watching other students arrive and start conversing with their friends. She started wishing she could have gone to the res school with Jacob and the guys. At least then she would already have friends to show her around. ' Five minutes, I think this would be as good a time as any.' She thought to herself while she locked her Jeep and began the ever awkward walk of the new kid.

Caroline made it to the office alright. She'd managed to get her schedule and a map of the school, so she was desperately hoping she wouldn't get lost. Care looked over her schedule for the day. 'History first thing, awesome. Spanish, okay..study hall, and chorus and band for the last class. Yes!' Caroline made a slight fist pumping motion. Music. Band. Chorus, whatever the school called it Caroline was in it. She did everything in her power to make sure she got in. She'd been taking guitar and violin lessons for as long as she could remember on top of voice lessons as well. Music was her life, her passion she'd been known to even swear she'd die without it. Caroline was never without it her mp3 player and an ear bud hanging out of one of her ears.

Feeling eyes on the back of her head Caroline looked around spotting a small pixie like girl looking over in her direction, she seemed to glow with excitement once Care's eyes landed on her own golden amber iris'. The girl waved in greeting and walked over to her, though Caroline could've sworn she'd danced over instead she was so graceful when she moved. The pixie like girl smiled wider when she stopped in front her. "Hey, you're the new girl right, Caroline?" Care grimaced a little but smiled politely and nodded.

"Yep that's me. Am I that obvious?" The girl laughed and held out her hand to shake Caroline's.

"Only a little, I'm Alice Cullen. It's nice to meet you Caroline." Alice giggled. Caroline took Alice's hand in her own, not flinching at the coolness of her hand at all. She figured her own hand probably felt a bit the same as it was a lot cooler than it had been a week ago at the beach. Alice motioned to a guy behind her and introduced him as well. "This is my adoptive brother, Jasper Hale." Caroline moved her eyes to the guy standing just behind Alice and observed him as he stepped forward slightly. His eyes were the same color as Alice's the beautiful gold color of his eyes contrasting nicely with his blonde hair and pale skin. He seemed uncomfortable but a little excited as he nodded at her in silent greeting. She felt almost entranced by him, he was definitely very handsome.

Deciding to stop being rude she beamed up at him holding her hand out to shake his as well. "Hi, I'm Caroline." Jasper held in a small gasp and tried to keep his face neutral as he took her small hand, gently shaking it.


It was happening just as Alice had told him time and time again over the years. Every once in a while his adoptive sister would have another vision of Caroline and he couldn't help but ask for the details. He'd wanted to know her the moment Alice had the first vision of the blonde girl from North Carolina all those years ago. She'd told him that Caroline was only a toddler at time and then ten-years-old when he'd asked again. Definitely not old enough to start knowing a never aging twenty-year-old vampire. So he waited…for seventeen years. He'd existed for over century and he'd never felt time the way he had those seventeen years. He'd been a little worried about her being a human though, he'd tried to work on his self control ever since he'd found out about Caroline. Since converting to animal blood he'd had few slip ups and he didn't want that to happen to Caroline. He'd never be able to forgive himself if he hurt her.

The moment he saw her from across the parking lot that morning, leaning against her lifted, mud covered, black Jeep Wrangler and sipping her coffee he knew it was her. His mate, he could feel himself being drawn to her even from across the large parking lot. It was confirmed when he looked into her eyes as Alice introduced him. Her golden tanned skin felt warm in his own cold hand and again the feeling of peace swept through him, stronger now than before. He felt Alice bump him slightly and he began to realize that he'd been staring at her for a good thirty seconds now. He began to worry that he might have creeped her out a little, but when his eyes returned to her face the bright smile still remained. The genuine happiness and kindness radiated off her in waves, as well as heaps of gratefulness. It melted his heart and if it had been able to, the organ would have jumped straight out of his chest.

They both retracted their hands as Alice asked what classes Caroline had for the day. Jasper frowned when he heard her read off the list. He only had one class with her today. At least maybe she could sit with he and his siblings at lunch. 'No,' he thought, realizing that would be putting his families secret at risk as well as putting Caroline at in potential danger. His need to protect her was growing within him already. She couldn't know, at least not yet. Not until he and his family had gotten to know her and they all agreed to let her in.


The bell rang signaling that everyone needed to be on their way to their first class of the day. Caroline looked at the map in her hands trying to figure out where to go when Jasper cleared his throat to get her attention. Caroline's blue eyes met his golden ones and she blushed as a small smirk formed on his face. "If you'd like, Caroline, I would be more than happy to escort you to the class. We do have it together." Jasper gently reminded her as he politely offered his help. Caroline's nervous laugh rang out causing Jasper's smirk to grow.

"Oh that's right. Sorry, I'm a bit scatter brained today."

"Not at all, I completely understand. It wasn't long ago that my family and I were new to this town." Caroline and Jasper said goodbye to Alice as they walked together towards History.

"Y'all are new too…were new?" Care asked looking up at the handsome man walking beside her, too grateful for the company to notice the stares and whispers as they walked down the hall. Jasper nodded.

"Yes, we moved to Forks in 2003 from Alaska." Care's eye sparkled with curiosity. Jasper chuckled quietly to himself as he felt her rein it in. She felt like it would be rude asking him so many questions all at once, though she wanted to know everything about him right here right now. He felt her decide on a question she felt would be appropriate to ask someone she'd just met three minutes ago.

"Alaska? I detect a slight Texan drawl there Mr. Hale." Jazz's smirk turned into a full blown grin and he nodded in her direction. Her own North Carolinian drawl washing over him. Caroline grinned back at him, her heart fluttering. 'He has the most amazing smile…' Caroline frowned inwardly as she listened to Jasper tell her how he came to live with his adoptive family. 'Stop it Care, you just met the guy rein it in. At least get to know him before you start swoonin' all over the place.' Jasper was intrigued by the range of emotions flying off of Caroline in quick succession. It ranged from genuine curiosity and and happiness all the way down to a small pang of sadness that had the man frowning, not liking that something was causing her pain.

They arrived at the class and Caroline stopped by the teachers desk to get her slip signed, thanking Jasper for being her "gallant escort" she called him. Jazz nodded telling her it was no problem before making his way to his seat, watching her speak with the teacher and eventually sit in the empty desk in front of him. As desperately as he wanted to know her inside and out already he knew he had to take it slow. He didn't want to risk coming on too strong and scaring her off. It would make getting her back all the more difficult later, especially when he finally told her who and what he really was. The slow pace wasn't solely for her benefit though, because even now after working harder than he'd ever worked to control himself around humans and blood, he could smell Caroline's intoxicating sent as she sat fiddling with her hair. She smelled like jasmine and honeysuckle and the warm sun. She had no idea just how much danger she was in as Jasper gripped the table of his desk so hard it left an imprint on the wood as he tried to control himself. He was going to need to go for a hunt tonight because if he didn't…he could see himself slipping. He growled lowly at himself. No he would never hurt her, he'd die before he left himself. But a little extra precaution never hurt anyone.


A/N 2.0: Thank y'all so much for taking the time to read this I really hope you liked it! I'm going to try my best not to turn this into an insta-romance, I want it to take a little time (not a lot but a little) for Caroline and Jasper to become more than just friends.

I also have a pinterest board full of stuff for inspiration and pics of what I want certain outfits and hair to look like if y'all are interested in seeing it so you have a clearer picture let me know and I will slap a link in my bio!

Don't forget to tell me review and tell me what you thought, the only thing I ask is please no flames ^_^ Thanks again!