(Bella's POV)

There was that shy smile again, which caused me to blush furiously.

As is expected with me, I tripped on my way over to the desk and reached out to grab onto the edge of the table to catch myself. I missed and fell flat on my ass.

Jasper reached over and held out a hand to help me up. I grabbed it and almost let go. His hand was ice cold!

He pulled me to my feet and pulled my chair out for me to sit.

I sat down carefully, not wanting to trip again. "Uh... th-thanks," I stuttered.

"No problem," he answered quietly. His voice was like honey, absolutely perfect. I suddenly found myself wondering if he sounded this good when he sang.

I momentarily forgot my sadness as Mr. Banner started class. But as soon as I glanced at Jasper and saw his shirt, it brought back so many memories of my mother, and the sadness returned.

I could feel the tears welling up but I blinked them back.

I felt something being pushed towards me. It was a note. I glanced over at Jasper and he nodded as if to say, "Read it".

I looked up at Mr. Banner, who was writing something on the board.

I turned my attention back to the note and opened it up carefully.

'Why are you so sad?' His handwriting was amazing, way better than mine.

I hesitated before scrawling back, 'Is it that obvious?'

He read the note and nodded at me. So I wrote, 'Can't talk about it now.'

He nodded again and then wrote, 'What's your name?'

'Bella.'

'Pretty name'. He wrote a small happy face next to his last note and I blushed as I read it.

"Miss Swan!" Mr. Banner's booming voice brought me back to reality. "What's your answer?" He was looking at me accusingly, because he was sure I didn't know the answer to his question, which I didn't. I didn't even know the fucking question!

"Krebs cycle," Jasper murmured.

I didn't question it. I just said it, "Krebs cycle." And Mr. Banner's accusing face turned to one of bewilderment. He quickly let the whole thing go.

I turned to Jasper and mouthed. "Thank you!"

He just smiled.

(Jasper's POV)

I found myself smiling a lot more than usual today. I can't exactly say why, it was something about this human girl though.

Her blood smelled delectable, but I knew in my heart, that I would never be able to kill her. She'd suffered from so much already, I didn't want to be responsible for her death.

It was her emotions, not her blood, that caused me to notice her in the cafeteria. The emotional atmosphere had been a mix of the usual teenage emotions: excitement, some depression, happiness, etc.

But then her overwhelming sadness hit me and I almost fell over from the impact.

And now, looking over at her now and again, I could still feel that sadness she tried to cover up. I knew I could make her tell me, but I wanted her to be able to tell me herself.

I've experienced so many emotions from other people, but her's affected me the most.

I was determined to find out what had happened to this beautiful girl, Bella, to make her this sad.

As Mr. Banner put on a video about the process of osmosis, I glanced over at Bella to see her crying silently.

Something told me not to say anything.

The bell rang before the video clip ended and Bella tore out of the room so fast, she forgot her iPod. Knowing how important my own iPod is to me, I tucked hers into my pocket and decided to return it after school. I knew where Chief Swan lived.

School ended soon and I shuffled outside to meet my siblings at Edward's car. Alice was the first to show up after me and she squealed and wrapped her arms around me.

I was surprised, to say the least. "What are you so happy about?"

"I just had a vision." She beamed. "You and Bella were so happy together!"

"Wait. Me and the new girl? Together?" I'd never shown interest in any girls, human girls especially. The temptation to kill them was too great. But, now that I thought about it, that temptation was almost nonexistent with Bella.

Alice nodded. "You talked to her, didn't you?" Of course she knew. Alice always knew.

I nodded this time. "Yeah. She's in my biology class... she's my lab partner."

Everyone else showed up and we got in the car. I told Edward, "Drop me off at Chief Swan's house."

He turned to look at me. "Why?"

I held up Bella's iPod. "She left it in class."

He shrugged but did what I said. With Edward's speedy driving, I was sure to make it to the house before Bella.

He dropped me off and sped off.

I stood in the rain for a few minutes, letting myself get soaked. The iPod was tucked away safely in the pocket of my ripped up jeans.

After standing there and staring for awhile, I made my way to the door. Bella wasn't home yet, there were no cars in the driveway. I sat on the porch swing to wait.

A faded red Chevy pickup rolled into my line of vision within the next few minutes. It was Bella, and from where I was, I could see and hear her crying.

I stood up and walked up to her window silently. She had her arms crossed over the steering wheel, with her head buried in her arms. Her shoulders shook with sobs.

I opened up the cab door and she looked up. "What are you," she sniffed, "doing here, Jasper?"

I didn't say anything. I just motioned for her to scoot over so I could climb in.

She didn't question it, she just cried and let me into her truck. I closed the door behind me and held my arms open. She crawled into my embrace and cried on my shoulder. I hugged her tightly, though not too tight, and let her sob all she wanted.

(Bella's POV)

What was I doing? I was not only crying on the shoulder of a guy I just met, but a really really hot guy who I just met!

I try so hard to not cry in front of anyone, let alone let them comfort me. So why was I so willing to open up to Jasper?

I sniffed a few times, inhaling the amazingly amazing smell radiating off his skin in the process.

Over the course of what seemed to be an hour, though it was really probably just minutes, my tears subsided. But I didn't dare look him in the eye at that moment. I just let him hold me for a couple more minutes.

"What's wrong?" He said this so quietly, I had to strain to hear him over the pounding of the rain on the roof of the truck.

I didn't say anything. And he didn't push it.

"I should get you inside." He opened the cab door and scooped me up into her arms, carrying me to the front door.

I didn't protest. I was too exhausted from crying.

He let himself into the house and made his way upstairs. My room's not hard to find, seeing as how there's only two in the house.

He carried me to my room and sat down in the old rocking chair in the corner with me in his lap. While he was carrying me upstairs, I had locked my arms around his neck and now that we were sitting, I knew I should probably let go, but I didn't.

He rubbed my back softly and asked once again, "Bella. What's wrong?"

I sighed and forced myself to look him in the eye. "You really don't know?"

He shook his head.

I told him everything, every last detail, and I didn't even know why! What was it about him that made me want to tell him my deepest darkest secrets?

I hadn't realized it before, but Jasper's presence seemed to have a soothing effect on me.

He rubbed my back and just listened as I spilled every last detail of why I was in Forks and why I was so depressed. I was crying by the end of it.

I didn't even notice how cold I was, being wrapped up in Jasper's arms, until I started shivering.

He reached over and pulled the top quilt off of my bed and wrapped it around me before once again wrapping his arms around me. I rested my cheek against his shoulder and let the tears continue falling.

"I'm so sorry, Bella."

The words sounded different somehow when he said them. I could tell he really meant them.

This just caused me to sob harder.

He started rocking back and forth in the rocking chair, which helped to calm me down.

Once the tears subsided, I had that random thought again of whether Jasper was a good singer or not. "Hey. Jasper?"

"Yeah," he said quietly.

"This might sound weird, but could you... sing to me?"

I looked up at him to see him smile. "Sure."

I rested my head on his shoulder again.

He took a deep breath before he began:

The time is near when I don't need this phone
And we'll stay home alone and watch the twilight zone

I was in shock. His singing voice was better than I could ever have imagined. Indescribable. I recognized the song too, "You're Not Alone" by MxPx.


We're still young and I know your afraid
But I don't regret all the plans we made

Drive-in movies always make you sleep
You end up copping Z's in my backseat

I've seen it in your eyes a thousand times
I see you young again, I see the way you shine

He moved onto the chorus and I could feel my body relax with each passing verse.


You're not alone anymore
Nothing will be like before
You're not alone anymore

You're not alone anymore

Read your book while I make some hot tea
I love it when you fall asleep on me

I'm still me and I know you're still you
Together we're in shock, together this is new

By this time, I was having a hard time keeping my eyes open, and he must have sensed it because he stopped singing. "You're sleepy." It wasn't a question, it was an observation.

"No I'm not," I cut myself off with a massive yawn and he smirked.

"Not tired, huh?"

I shook my head.

He stood up with me in his arms and set me down on the bed. "You should probably change and take a shower before you get sick."

I sighed. "Yeah. I should." I was sad because I knew that that meant that he was leaving.

He must have noticed my change in tone because he smiled apologetically and said, "I'd stay longer, except that I'm pretty sure Chief Swan'll be home soon, and I need to get changed."

It was true, his clothes were soaking wet.

He reached into his jeans pocket and withdrew a small item.

"My iPod!" I exclaimed. I hadn't even realized that I'd lost it.

He smiled. "Yeah. You left it in biology today. That's really why I came by." He held it out and I took it back before standing up and hugging him.

He hugged me back before pulling back. "You should really take a hot shower."

I nodded and he let himself out of the room. "See you tomorrow, Bella." He smiled and me before shutting the door.

I found myself getting weak at the knees at the sound of his beautiful voice. Life was really starting to look up.

I flopped down on the bed and smiled a real smile in what felt like years (which it probably was).

I think I'm in love, I thought before drifting off to sleep.

A/N: So, here's chapter 2! What'd you think?? Song was "You're Not Alone" by MxPx and I just fell in love with in so I think everyone reading this should go buy every MxPx CD and fall in love with the band too (or maybe just the song. But the band as a whole is amazing)! Once again, this fic is dedicated to BlessedBeACullen for letting me bring one of her ideas to life!

Disclaimer: I own nothing!!