Home, A Jasper/Bella Story
(A/N: I thought I'd take my try with a Jasper/Bella fanfiction. Tell me what you think. 3)
Bella's POV
"Bella, he's home." My best friend and sister, Alice, called up the stairs. The he I knew was my best guy friend, Jasper Whitlock. We met in highschool. I was running because I was late for class.
'Shit, shit, shit!' My thoughts were running rapid, much like I was. I was late for class by five minutes. Suddenly, I was falling. I closed my eyes expecting the ground, but it never came. Instead, I felt warm arms around me. I opened my eyes and saw a beautiful face adnored with sky blue eyes and curly blonde hair. He smiled at me.
"Are you alright?" He asked, a southern draw in his tone.
"Yeah, um, thank you for catching me..um..what's your name?" I asked him.
"Jasper, Jasper Whitlock. What's yours?" He asked.
"Isabella Swan. But please, just call me Bella." I said. He held his hand out for mine own to shake.
"Well, Miss. Bella, it's nice to meet you." He said, as we shook hands.
"It's nice to meet your aquantice, Mr. Whitlock." I said, smiling.
"What if might I ask, had you running down the hall?" He asked me.
"Oh! I'm running late for class." I looked at my watch panicked. He chuckled. I started running, but remembering my manners I turned. "Really, it's nice to meet you. But I really have to go."
I set my book down and ran down the stairs and out the front door. As soon as I reached the porch, I saw him. He still looked the same as he always had. Blonde curly hair, it was slightly longer. He was dressed in a white fitting t-shirt and dark blue jeans.
He spotted me and smiled, he opened his arms. I ran and jumped into them. His arms locked around my waist as he spun me around. The smile that was splitting my face never fell.
"I missed you." He said into my hair.
"I missed you too. But we really need to get inside, because I'm freezing." I said. It being winter, I was freezing and I'm sure he was too. He laughed and lifted his bags easily from the backseat, then he grabbed my hand and pulled me inside.
He fell into the couch in my room, after setting his bags in his room. I sat on the arm. He came to live with us after his parents kicked him out. He never told me why, he only said that they had been arguing alot. He supposed that the last fight was the final straw. Alice, Charlie, and I had shared a four bedroom house. Dad, who always approved of Jasper, agreed to let Jasper stay.
A knock sounded from the front door, I walked down the stairs.
"I got it, dad." I yelled to my father, who was watching a football game. My sister was gone shopping again. I opened the door and was greeted by a rain soaked Jasper. He looked worried and as though he'd been crying. I took his hand and led him inside. "What happened?" I asked him.
"My parents kicked me out." He said, my hand flew to my heart.
"Why would they do that?" I whispered.
"We'd been arguing alot. I suppose tonight was the final straw." He said. "Do you think I could stay here?" He whispered. He looked so fragile. It hurt me to see him that way.
"Go change into some dry clothes, while I talk to Charlie about it." I told him, he nodded and did as I told. It didn't take long to tell Charlie of what had happened. The first thing Charlie did when Jasper came down the stairs was hug him.
"You're welcome here, Jasper." Charlie told him. Jasper looked at me, I smiled. He gave me a watery smile. When Charlie had left us alone, he turned to me.
"Thank you." He said.
"No problem, Jasper. I don't mind you staying here. I'm just wondering what Alice is going to do when she gets home." I told him. He laughed.
"Probably going to start begging your dad to let Edward come and live here too." Jasper joked. I laughed with him. "You don't know how grateful I am to you, angel." He said.
"Angel?"I questioned.
"Yeah, you're an angel to me." He said. "You just convinced your father to let me stay in the same house as his two duaghters. That alone makes you an angel in my eyes."
"Yeah, not only because of my persuavise skills but also because my father actually trusts you." I told him, he laughed.
"That helps too." I smiled at him.
"So," I started, "How was college?" I asked.
"God, it was torture." He said, turning his baby blues in my direction. "It just wasn't the same without you around." He said. I noticed the muscles ripping in his stomach as he sat up. He faced me. "How is senior year going?" He asked me.
"It's going." I said. "I'm constantly tired. But I suppose I have no right to complain, huh?" I teased and shoved his shoulder with mine.
"College is murder." He murmured. I laughed. "You think I'm kidding?" He questioned, one eye brow raised.
"No, not at all." I said. "It's just the way you said it." He poked my sides, making me almost fall of the couch. Only to be caught by his arms. I noticed our close proximately at once. He was looking at me and smiling. "What?" I asked, breathless.
"This reminds me of the day we met, Road Runner." He said, joking. Road Runner was one of the many nicknames, he had given me over the years. That one started right after we met.
I was walking to lunch when a fimilar southern voice calling my name stopped me in my tracks.
"Hey, Road Runner!" I turned to see Jasper Whitlock running toward me. My eyebrows rose.
"Road Runner?" I questioned.
"Yeah, at least until I can find a better one." He said, with a disarming smile. I laughed.
"Okay, you do that. But right now, I'm starving. So, I'm going to lunch." I said, walking ahead of him. "You're welcome to sit with us if you want." I said, quietly.
"I'd love that, Road Runner." He said, walking in front of me, now. He held the door open for me. We shared a smile.
I noticed that he didn't let me go. Strangely, it felt good being in his arms. I felt safe. I looked up at him. Then back down at his arms.
"Sorry," He cleared his throat and let me go. I felt the loss as soon as he had.
"That's alright." I said. He smiled at me.
"So, Edward and Alice still dating?" He asked me.
"Yup, so are Emmett and Rosalie." I smiled. The day I met those guys was the first time Jasper sat at the lunch table with my friends and I.
Jasper and I had just sat down at the table, when a booming voice startled me out of my seat.
"Hey, Jasper!" A body-block of a boy yelled. A beautiful blonde following close behind. They sat at the table.
"Bella, this is my twin sister, Rosalie," He said, motioning toward the beautiful blonde, "and this big oaf is Emmett Cullen." The one called Emmett punched Jasper in the shoulder.
"Are they always like this?" I asked Rosalie.
"Pretty much." She repiled.
"Hey guys." Another male's voice reached my ears, accompanied by a fimilar one.
"Hey Bella!" I turned to see my sister, Alice, on the arm of some dude with bronze colored hair and green eyes.
"This is Edward Cullen, Emmett's younger brother." Jasper told me.
"Oh." I said with a nod.
After the introductions, we hit it off pretty quickly.
Jasper smiled. Even after his parents kicked him out, Rosalie still stood by him. Emmett and Rosalie graduated in the same class as Jasper. Edward, Alice, and I were graduating this year.
"So, meet any cute boys?" Jasper asked me, grinning. Every year he asked me the same question to see what I'd say.
"OH yeah! There's this really adorable freshman." I said. He looked at me.
"Becoming a cougar are you?" He asked, jokingly. Pushing my shoulder with his hand. "I didn't say he was in highschool." I said, seriously. Jasper's face turned serious.
"Bella.." He warned.
"What?" I asked innocently. "So, meet any cute girls?" I asked back, hoping to get the topic off me. In all reality, I only knew one freshman in college and he was sitting in front of me.
"Oh no, we're staying on you. What's his name?" I heard him murmur "so I can kick his ass". I laughed.
"Feeling protective?" I asked, tilting my head to the side with a grin on my face.
"I don't want you getting hurt." He said. "Remember James?" He questioned.
I walked into one of my classrooms and saw James all over this one girl, Lauren, was her name. Hurt and anger shot through me. I walked up to them, then tapped James on his shoulder. He turned around a looked of bewilderment crossed his face when he saw me.
"This isn't what it-" My fist connecting with his jaw cut him off. He hit the ground. I looked at Lauren. Her eyes were wide. She ran out holding her button up shirt together. I laughed.
"James," I said looking down at the blonde on the ground, "Don't call, don't write, don't even try to talk to me. I never want to see your cheating, lying face again."
Somehow I ended up at Jasper's door, crying. When he opened it, I was instantly in his arms.
"What's the matter, sugar?" He asked me.
"James cheated on me." I said, through my tears.
"Oh sugar.." He started wiping away my tears as fast as they fell. "He didn't deserve you. He sure as hell isn't worth your tears." I looked up at him. "You know what?"
"What?"
"I can kick his ass for you." He said, making me laugh. I hugged him tighter. "What that a yes?" He asked me, I laughed again.
"I'm not giving you an answer, seeing as you'll probably do it anyway." He chuckled at my answer.
"Yeah, proabably. I just don't like to see you cry." He said. I smiled. "Are you okay now?" He asked me.
"Yeah. I probably need to go home. Dad's probably wondering where I am." I said, he let me go. I kissed his check. His eyes widened in shock.
"What was that for?" He asked me.
"For being there." I said.
"Yeah, I remember." I said. "I also remember you threatening to kick James' ass." I smiled at him, as he laughed. "Then about a week later, James came to school with two black eyes and a busted lip."
"I told you that I'd do it." He said.
"I never doubted you." I said. He smiled.
"So, who is this guy?" He asked me.
"Oh my god! You won't let that go will you?" I asked playfully.
"Nope." He said.
"Why won't you?" I asked him. "Are you jealous?" I said, not really expecting him to answer.
"Maybe." He said, looking out the window. My mouth fell open, he looked back at me. He pushed my jaw back up. "I am." He said. My eyes widdened. "I liked you since the day I met you, Bella."
"Then why didn't you say anything?" I asked, my voice falling into a whisper.
"Because I was afraid that you didn't feel the same. But I realized that you needed to know. Girls hit on me at college. Slipping their numbers into my pocket or bluntly asking me out." He sighed. "I tried to say yes so many times," Irrational jealous shot through me. "But I felt like I was cheating on you if I ever told them yes. So I turned them down." He said. His eyes never left mine. He stood up from the couch and started walking toward the door.
"Jasper!" I said. He turned and I ran up to him. I grabbed him by the shirt and pulled him down. I kissed him, trying to show him all that I had felt over the years. Finally we pulled away. That damn need for air got in the way.
"Damn." He whispered. I laughed.
"What?" I asked.
"That was what I'd been missing all these years?" He questioned. I laughed again.
"I know how you feel." I said. He smiled. "And to think we could have saved one another all this uncertainty." I said.
"Does that mean that you feel the same?" He asked me.
"Um, duh! I wouldn't have just kissed you if I didn't." I said. He laughed.
"Yeah, I guess you're right." He said. I went to smack his arm, only to have my hand grabbed and to be pulled into another kiss. As my lips met his for another time, I realized that my heart had found it's home. With Jasper Whitlock.
