We arrived at the school and my nerves started to kick in again. I followed Rosalie and Alice towards our lockers. I was lucky that mine was in the middle of Rosalie and Alice. I would have been at the end of the hallway since my last name started with S, but with Alice's dad as principal and Rosalie's dad as head couch of the football team, no one bothered them when they asked for something.

I could hear Jasper and Emmett down the hallway. I looked down to see them walking towards us with their varsity jackets on. I saw someone with them that I had never seen before. He was about the same height as Jasper. His bronze colored hair was all over the place, it looked like he just got out of bed. He had a very defined jawline that had just a little stubble on it. I followed his neck to his chest where I could see he was lean but also very muscular. As my eyes trailed back up they came to emerald color eyes. My breath hitched and I could feel my cheeks burn. I looked away, down at my feet.

I saw Jasper's shoes come into view in front of my beat up Nike's. "My Bells, how you doing?" I tore my eyes from the floor to look up at him. His was smiling that incredible smile. I smiled back at him, "I'm fine. Thank you for asking." My eyes went start to the boy standing to his left. His emerald eyes were looking at Alice, but came back to mine. He smiled and I could feel a pull towards him. I blinked a couple of time and looked away.

"Oh I'm so rude, you guys don't know Cullen. Rosalie, Bella, Alice, this is Edward Cullen. He came from Port Angeles last year." Rosalie and Alice said hello as I continued to look at my feet. "Hello, nice to meet you all." I didn't look up, I was to embarrassed by my blushing when he looked at me. I felt a arm come around me and I smelled the familiar aftershave, Jasper. "Come on Bells, I'll take you to class. I'll see you guys later."

Jasper pulled me towards the opposite direction that I needed to go, but I didn't say anything. I needed to get away from Edward Cullen. I placed my arm around Jasper's waist as he lead me around the corner. We didn't talk as we walked down the hall but we were getting some really funny looks. We came around to the front hallway of the school and there stood Lauren and her cronies. She was the same year as Jasper and she has been after him since grade school. She was head cheerleader and she thought that her and Jasper were suppose to be together.

"Oh my god Jasper, what is that thing on your arm? You should have it removed before it becomes cancerous." The girls surrounding her laughed. I went to pull away but Jasper held on to me. I looked up at him and he had his eyes on her with his eyebrow cocked. "What Lauren and put a skunk like you on my arm instead? You could learn something from Bella, like keeping your legs closed instead of sleeping with every football player." I heard some snickers from a couple of the cheerleaders and some people around the hall. She gasped and glared at me and then at him.

"That's it Jasper Hale, I'll never again try to screw you on the bus." She stormed away and Jasper yelled at her, "That's fine, I don't want what your carrying in that pussy of yours anyway." I heard more snickering as I looked back to see Angelia waving at me whispering sorry. I waved back, even though Angelia was a cheerleader I had known her since kindergarten and she was one of the sweetest people ever. She didn't care how much money you had or who you hung out with, she liked you for who you were. We have always been friends but just didn't hang out. Which was fine with me.

I threw my arms around Jasper, hugging into his side. He chuckled and kissed the top of my head. "Damn bitch, when will she learn." I laughed as he walked me to my first class, Algebra. He grabbed my hand and kissed the top of it. "I'll be back out here to walk you to your next class okay?" I shook my head, "You don't have too." He smiled and whispered, "I want too." His southern accent seemed heavier than usual, almost husky. What the hell was going on?

I turned away from him and walked into the classroom. Everyone was staring at me. They must have seen the high school quarterback walking me to the classroom. I sat down in the last seat that was available which was beside Mike Newton. I looked at him puzzled because he was never that great in math. He smiled at me and the bells rang to begin.

After ever class, Jasper was outside of the room waiting on me, and would walk me to class. Sometimes he would put his arm around my shoulder, others he would walk beside me asking how things were going. He's just being a big brother, that's all.

Lunch time rolled around and we walked in together. "Bells! Hale! Over here!" I saw Emmett standing up on the seat of the table to wave us over. I shook my head and followed Jasper over to the table. As I walked over I didn't know where to sit. Jasper whispered towards me, "Sit beside me." I nodded. It was always like that. It seemed like Jasper knew either what I was thinking or feeling. I didn't know how he did it but he did.

I sat down to Jasper's left. There was still a seat opened as I looked around to see that Alice, Emmett, Rosalie, Jasper, Tyler, Mike were already there. Angelia came over for a quick second to say hello and wish the guys good luck at practice. As she walked away I saw the bronze hair coming towards the table. "Cullen, over here my man!" Emmett bellowed towards him.

I could feel my breathing hitch, he was coming over to the table and the only place that he could sit was beside me. Edward came over to my side of the table, "May I sit here?" I looked up at him unable to talk. Rosalie kicked my leg, "Ouch, damn it Rosalie, those heels are killer." Rosalie glared at me and then looked up at Edward, "Of course you can set there Edward. Bella is just shy." I blushed as I started to play with my food.

An arm came around my shoulders again, "She's not shy around me." Jasper said then Emmett chimed in, "Nor me." I could feel my cheeks burning from embarrassment. How dare they do this to me. "Well, she's known you guys for a while. I'm the new person remember." Edward spoke softly. I inhaled slowly taking in Jasper's smell along with a new one. It smelled like a fresh forest that was just covered with rain. I looked over to Edward and saw his profile. He could easily be a model. He must have felt me staring because his emerald eyes hit me. I didn't look away this time. He smiled a very crooked smile and I could feel my heart sputter.

I looked back down to my lunch and I suddenly wasn't hungry. I didn't really listen to the lunch discussion between everyone. I was still trying to calm down my heart and try to think clearly.

"Are you not hungry darlin'?" Jasper whispered into my ear which sent chills down my back. I shook my head no and went to get up. "No! I got it, sit." Jasper grabbed my tray and took it to the lunch lady. I didn't know what to do with my hands all of a sudden.

I felt the table seat shift and I looked to my left to see Edward squirming. I didn't really look up at him but noticed that his eyes were staring at either Rosalie or Alice. All I know is I felt a bit of jealousy. I wanted him to stare at me with those beautiful eyes. I guess the bell rang, but I didn't realize it until Rosalie snapped her fingers.

I snapped out of my trans and realized that Edward was gone. As I got up, Jasper came to my side. "Come on, I'll walk you to your next class." I looked up at Alice and I could see the hurt in her eyes. "Jasper you don't have to walk me to every class." He smiled and placed his arm around my shoulders again, "No I don't but that's what big brothers are for." I looked back to Alice sympathetically but she had a smile on her face. She didn't look so upset then and I realized why. He said, 'big brother'. I smiled and wrapped my arms around him again looking around to see if I could find Edward. I saw him up ahead talking to Alice. Now I knew where his attention was. I looked away and followed the crowd out of the lunch room.