Jasper's POV

We are graduating…again, but now in a small town in Kansas, and I was completely bored out of my mind while I waited for my brothers and sisters to arrive for the pre-graduation gathering. I sat in the auditorium, all the way in the back, with my hood drawn up and one of my Civil War books in my lap, when I heard a teacher ask a sophomore to come over and sit with me.

"Oh hellnaw," I muttered, but I didn't move, oddly enough, with Alice and I separated, I was now the odd one out. She found her real soul-mate about ten years back, and Hawk joined the ranks of the Cullen coven. He looked exactly like Rosalie, with his wavy blonde hair, so we said that he was our younger brother, since he was seventeen as well when Alice was forced to change him.

"Hey, I'm Raven, Mrs. Brady asked me to sit with you to keep you company, since you're new and all, which is complete bull-crap, because you're graduating, you're old enough to sit by yourself." The sophomore said, inhaling before continuing. "So, I have a proposition for you, how about we just sit next to each other, and we don't have to speak. Is that okay, Cowboy?"

I looked up at the young female, and was shocked at the goddess that stood before me. She had an athlete's body, and with her hand on her hip, made my mouth water. Long, brown, wavy hair went down to her shoulders, and green eyes speared me with her emotions, making me feel drunk and dependant on seeing her again for the rest of eternity, and that's when it hit me…this sixteen-year old girl was my soul-mate.

Raven's POV

I was dragged here to serve for the seniors and their families, not to babysit Jasper Hale, the blonde god that was in all of my extra-curricular classes and my American History class. I was working on putting the silverware in the right position when Mrs. Brady walked up to me, practically demanding that I go sit with the object of my fantasies for two weeks, since he moved here.

So, following my orders, I waltzed up the stairs of the section of the auditorium he was in and stood right next to him, and he refused to acknowledge me, so I started off the introductions. "Hey, I'm Raven, Mrs. Brady asked me to sit with you to keep you company, since you're new and all, which is complete bull-crap, because you're graduating, you're old enough to sit by yourself." I inhaled before continuing. "So, I have a proposition for you, how about we sit next to each other, and we don't have to speak. Is that okay Cowboy?"

Oops, my bad, I think I offended him, I thought to myself, due to the fact that he snapped up to look at me like I had grown two heads. After about a while, the silence had started to take its toll on me and I rubbed the back of my neck, trying to loosen the knot of tension that was forming, and I felt a wave of heat come over my body before it centered on my cheeks, making me blush in embarrassment. "Okay, I'll just go, then, seeing as you don't want me here. Congrats, though."

I turned to leave, but a cold hand gripped my arm, and I didn't find it off-setting at all. It felt nice. "Wait, you can sit with me until my family comes." His deep, tenor voice, with a slight twang to it, sent shivers down my spine, and he let go of my arm, letting me free to sit next to him. I noticed the big-ass book in his lap, and I cocked my head.

"What are you reading?" I asked, looking at the pictures, and the link between them made me smile. "Are you reading about the Civil War, Jasper?"

He smiled, before saying, "Yes, is that offensive you Darlin'?" I smiled at his endearment, shaking my head 'no', before he continued speaking. "Good, as a matter of fact, I know you do too, don't say no, because I see you every day in that section with me. Or are you there for a different reason? Maybe you're there to stare at me while I find my books."

I blushed before saying, "It's both, actually. I like going to the library, it helps me think, but you can't expect me not to stare at you, you have to appreciate your good looks. I appreciate all good looking people whenever I see them."

"Oh, yeah?" he asked, sitting closer to me. "How do you do that?"

I smiled, "I go to their house and start clapping to their parents, saying, 'Great Job, you guys, great job."

He laughed, "When you see my parents, and they're good looking, are you going to hunt down my grand-parents and congratulate them on such a good job as well?"

I smiled, "You never know."

Jasper's POV

Oh, I'm in trouble. This female is amazing, better than words, now I understand that depth of emotion that all the couples in the Cullen house possess for their mates. I was in awe of this little female.

We sat there for another ten minutes, before Mrs. Brady shouted up to us that Raven had to get down here and help with the food, the guests have started to arrive, and I grunted in disapproval, causing her to smile and laugh. "Don't worry, Jasper, I'm a server, you'll see me around later tonight."

As she took off, my cell-phone vibrated, and I opened it, seeing it as a text from Alice, I opened the little envelope to read it:

So…how to you like you're SoulMate?

You knew about this?

Of course, I can See the Future!

I rolled my eyes at her last text and shut the phone, putting it back into my pocket, and looked around before I spotted my family already sitting down at the tables, occupying two tables with our large numbers, even Jacob was here, and he had his arm around Nessie's waist, and a grin embraced his face.

I came down and sat down next to Bella, who turned to look at me with a smile. "Do you know why Alice has been blocking Edward for the past half-hour?"

"How do you know she's blocking?" I asked Edward.

He rolled his eyes to stare at Alice's back from where she sat, in between Esme and Hawk. "She's singing 'Jingle Bells' in all the languages that she knows."

Everyone at our two tables started to laugh.

Raven's POV

"Hey, were you sitting with THE Jasper Hale?" Sparrow, my older sister by 14 months, whisper-shouted to me when I entered the room where all the servers stood, waiting for Mrs. Brady come in.

"Mrs. Brady asked me to sit with him. He seems nice." I said, grabbing my apron and putting it around my waist, holding out the strings, in which Sparrow tied for me.

"Yeah, but that family doesn't talk with ANYONE!" she gushed, and I rolled my eyes.

"Maybe he's different; he talked to me for over ten minutes."

"Raven, he hasn't talked to you for the two weeks he's been here. I think he just wants you as a summer fling, and then when he goes to college, he'll leave you heartbroken and alone." Sparrow said, turning me around to fix my shirt. "I don't want to see you hurt, and neither does Eagle, Falcon, and Griffin."

"I know you're looking out for me, Sparrow, I do, but I don't know about this one, he really seems different to me. Not the player type." I frowned when I said this, and Sparrow nodded.

"I won't tell our brothers about this, Raven, I promise, or else they'll do the 'what is your interest with my sister' speech." She sighed, before going off to Kimberly, her best friend since pre-school.

Mrs. Brady walked into the room. "Okay, people, crunch time, now, since we have two families that take up two tables, Herring siblings will get the Cullen tables and Turner twins and Whaley sisters will take the Zavala tables, they take up four, so be ready."

"Go and have an experience to last a lifetime." She said, before ushering us out.

AN: Tell me what you think!