Chapter 1: Fight

Jasper♥. Jasper♥. Jasper♥.

I wrote his name continuously on my notebook paper when I heard a familiar voice, "Hmm, either someone is thinking about Jasper or you're a bit obsessed, Alice." I recognized it as my best friend, and soon to be sister, Bella Swan. Embarrassment arose inside of me and my face became flushed.

"Shut up!" I yelled at her, surprised by my reaction. Everyone in the classroom, yes we were in school, turned to look at me and I blushed furiously. The teacher coughed to get the attention of the class back to her and I shrunk in my seat.

"Ms. Cullen, do you have something to share with the class? Or do you wish to discuss it with the principal?" My teacher asked me and I shook my head. One of her eyebrows rose into an arch and I spoke up, "No, ma'am." She nodded and with a look I knew she was saying to not do it again. Then she returned to teach and I sighed. English was my least favorite class with my least favorite teacher but the only class Bella and I had together without the guys.

When we finally got out of that hell hole they call class, Bella and I immediately hurried to the lunch room. On the way, I saw Bella glance over at someone in the hallway and point at them while looking at me, "Hey, Alice! I think that guy over there is checking you out!" She said, a bit more loudly than I would have liked, though I giggled in good fun.

"Alright then. He'll be coming over to us in three, two, one..." And at the exact moment, the flirtatious guy walked over to us with a charming smile.

"Hey." He said with a warm smile.

"Hello." I said politely back to him.

"My name is Dem and I'm new 'round here. I was just wondering if you two gorgeous ladies would care to show me around." He finished, flashing a dazzling smile.

"Sure, that'd be fine." Bella answered for the two of us, not that I minded. He seemed nice enough.

"Here, come with us. We're on our way to lunch and you could sit at our table!" Bella said, seeming to come up with the idea as she said it.

"Mmkay, that'd be great." He replied. And at that, we walked into the lunchroom with Dem and sat at our usual table where the boys were already seated. Edward and Jasper eyed Dem curiously but didn't pester too much, only asking a simple question.

"Who is this, love?" Edward asked, directing his question towards Bella. Dem didn't seem to notice that Edward had said 'love' because he kept glancing at Bella with a certain look in his eyes... "Oh, this is Dem. He's new here so Alice and I decided to show him around.' Bella answered with unusual happiness. Maybe since it was getting closer to the wedding she was having a lot of different feelings. An unusual giddiness currently.

Interrupting my thoughts, I heard Edward say, "Oh, well, welcome to the school, Dem. It is nice to meet you." He said it with his usual politeness but something about his tone was different then usual, though only I seemed to catch it.

Dem glanced down at Bella's hand, finally noticing the huge, beautiful diamond ring belonging to Edward's mother that sat on her finger. His mouth gaped open slightly but he quickly covered it and asked, "So, Bella. Where did you get that massively beautiful ring?" Bella looked up, surprised by the question, no one usually asked about it.

"Oh," She began, "Edward gave it to me. We are officially engaged and are to be married soon." There was an easily noticeable disappointment flash in Dem's eyes but he quickly recovered and got up saying, "Well, I must take a quick bathroom break, please excuse me for a moment." As I watched Dem go, I felt a slight tug in my head and slipped into a momentary unconsciousness.

"No! Please, don't do this!" I screamed in a pain worse than injuries.
Jasper looked at me with an impassive face but I could see the internal battle flickering in his eyes, "You shouldn't have been leading in him on then, Alice."

"You should know that he doesn't mean anything to me! You should know, Jasper! Please understand!" I pleaded, my heart tearing slowly, painfully.
"Look," Jasper said, his tone becoming a bit guttural, "I can see you would want to be with him more than me. I accepted it, its fine." He said, the last word emphasized.

"Alice? Alice, are you okay?" I heard a voice in the darkness that now surrounded me. Was this how it felt for Bella when Edward left her? Did it feel as if your heart were ripped in half slowly and torn out of your chest? It was horrible. It was a pain more than I had ever known. I then felt familiar arms help me out of the lunchroom without anyone noticing and then a click. A cool breeze blew on me and helped me to wake up. Thankfully being sat down on the ground, I finally opened her eyes. Jasper was directly to my left while Bella and Edward crouched in front of me. Rosalie and Emmett were still 'at college' in Africa and would be back tomorrow.

I looked around to finally come to the conclusion that we were near the back of the lunchroom outside against the wall. I was still breathing slightly heavy, "Alice, what did you see?" I heard Edward ask and looked down.

"Jasper---" I cut myself off, not wanting to continue.

"What is it, my love?" I heard Jasper say to me, concern filling his voice and I smiled to myself, he still loved me.

My movements were so fast and unexpected that I accidentally punched Edward on my way to hug and partly tackle Jasper.

"Ouch..." Edward said quietly, rubbing his chin. I paid little attention as I found comfort in Jasper's arms and he hugged me tight but with a caring gentleness.

"Don't ever...leave me." I whispered, silent sobs between each words.

"Why would I, darling?" He asked softly, kissing my hair.

"N-Never mind." I stated, afraid I'd already said too much. We all went back inside the school with a few curious glances from Bella, Edward, and Jasper casted towards myself.

As we sat down, I saw Dem walk in at the exact same moment. That's good, I didn't want him to think we had deserted him. I heard Bella ask him, "So Dem, where did you live before you came to live here in Forks?" It was strange for Bella to be so talkative and I saw in my peripheral that Edward's jaw had tightened.

"Dallas, Texas," Dem replied, "It's nice here but I prefer and miss the warmer weather." I didn't have to see the future to know what Bella would say to that so I shifted my eyes to turn and look at her.

Bella's eyes had widened considerably and she grinned, glad to have someone who agreed with her on that, "I know what you mean! I wish it was like that in Forks, I came from Arizona so I rarely saw weather like this when I first moved here..." She said but was cut off by that blaring sound that they called the school bell.

"Bella, you go on ahead, Alice and I need to talk to Dem." I looked at him curiously, only needing to ask him We do? in my head. He responded with a slight nod of his head and Bella turned after looking at the three of us wearily.

As she left, Edward and I turned to Dem and Edward said coldly, "Alright. If you are to be friends with Bella then we need to lay out some ground rules. First off, you aren't to try anything on her. She is my fiance and I expec---" Edward was cut off by Dem who was smirking.

"Why would that hot of a girl even end up with a pussy like you?" Dem laughed and Edward growled threateningly and Dem faked fear. I put my hand on Edward's shoulder to calm him down but that wasn't going to do anything. And Dem continued to push his luck, "Hell, maybe I will make some advances on her. I can't pass up something that gorg-"

Edward snapped.

Before I could say anything, Edward was on top of Dem, raising his fist meaning to hit Dem. I screamed, "Edward! No! Stop!" My voice echoed across the walls of the cafeteria and luckily, no one was near enough to see what was happening. Just as Edward let his fist go I rammed him off with all of my strength. It was enough to force him off and I smacked him right across the face. "Get a hold of yourself!"

"You don't understand! He...I...Be-" He said, rage still burning in his eyes.

"No!" I cried out and he looked at me. "Just stop, go to class." Edward hesitated and, glaring one last time at Dem, turned to walk off, muttering unintelligent words under his breath as he went. I sighed and turned back towards Dem. Crouching down, I held out my hand for him to grab a hold of. Once he did and I pulled him up, I asked, "You okay? He get you at all?" Dem rolled his eyes and answered, "Hell no, I could've taken him but he caught me by surprise." Now it was my turn to roll my eyes and he asked,

"Are you okay?" I smiled and answered, "Not a scratch..." I just noticed how close are faces were, inches away. I heard a soft scuffling of shoes but there were no students or lunch caretakers around. Dem hadn't heard it and I looked up...