"I have a crush on Alice Cullen," William Robert's proud voice announced to the locker room.
"She has a boyfriend you know," said his right hand man Jim Echols. An evil grin spread across Will's face.
"I know. Jasper Hale, the miserable looking one. He doesn't stand a chance against me though." His minions cheered him on. "I bet I'll have her in bed with me on Friday night!"
"Bet you $50 that you won't," said Jim skeptically. He knew Alice, she was a nice girl. And same with Jasper. They kept to themselves, but they were nice people. He also knew that she would never leave Jasper. They lived together for Pete's sake. This would be easy money for him, and hopefully calm down Will's cocky attitude.
"I'll take that bet Jimmy!" He yelled. They shook hands and made it official.
"Ugh, darn top locker," Alice whispered harshly under breath. She stood on her tip toes to try and reach her chemistry book on the highest shelf of her locker. Usually, Jasper would help her with these things, but he had to make up a calculus test. She heard someone walking towards her: a human. Based on the scent, she could tell he was a male. "Oh no!" she whispered before she felt someone tap on her should.
"Hi Alice, do you need help?" It was William Roberts, notorious lady killer. Before she could say no, he reached up and grabbed it for her. "Here you go." She knew what he was trying to do, for she had seen it already in a vision.
"Thanks Will. Well, I'll be going now," she said hastily. She tried to rush away but he followed her.
"So Alice, how have you been?"
"I'm fine."
"That's great. Hey, you know there's this party on Friday at Greg's house. You should come with me. That'd be fun, right?" He continued before she could respond. "It starts at 8, there will be free alcohol and no parents. I could pick you up first if you want."
"Listen Will, it's very flattering of you to invite me, but-"
"Great, I'll pick you up at 730!" He said, cutting her off. "I'll see you around babe!" He yelled down the hall as he walked away.
"Babe?" Asked Bella, walking up to her. "What about Jasper?"
"That boy is so annoying! I told him I didn't want to go to the stupid party, but he wouldn't listen!" She shouted.
"If you tell Jasper he'll take care of it," Bella said. "You better than anyone else know how he is." They both laughed. Their laughter was interrupted by a worried looking Edward.
"Why is William telling the whole cafeteria that you guys are going out?" He asked her. "He has one of the most disgusting minds I've ever heard."
"I tried to reject his invitation for some stupid party, but he didn't get it," she repeated for Edward. "When Jasper hears about this-" She was interrupted by a loud BANG. "Jasper!" She called out. She recognized his scent, fresh like pine yet also slightly musky. She ran towards him, Edward and Bella behind her.
"Don't spread lies about my Alice!" He yelled out angrily. His Southern accent stronger than usual because he was angry. A chubby sophomore had his body pressed to the lockers, shaking in fear as Jasper once again punched the, now dented, wall.
"Jaz! Stop please. What's wrong?"
"He says you're dating William Roberts. He's making you sound like a cheater! He's destroying your name!" Alice walked up to him, pulling him away from the terrified underclassman. She looked into his golden eyes and sighed.
"It was a misunderstanding I guess. He invited me to go to a party with him, and I tried to tell him no. But before I could he had already walked away. Now, I guess he's telling people. I'm sorry Jazzy." She buried her face in her angry husband's chest. He sighed too and wrapped his long, muscular arms around her tiny body.
"You don't have to apologize for anything. He's just a stupid teenage boy." He said, before lifting her head up and bending over to kiss her lips. "You won't have to worry about this, I'll handle it," he promised her.
Expressions of joy waved across the student body as the dismissal bell rang. Students hurriedly grabbed their materials and shoved them into their book bags before piling out of their classrooms into the crowded hallways.
Jasper, who usually would rush to meet Alice by her locker, made his way to the school's field, where baseball practice was beginning to start. It didn't take long for him to find his target, who was surrounded by his usual followers. Jasper walked slowly, with his head held high very regally, towards Will. The hush fell over the field. The tension amongst the crowd was thick. Some pulled out their phones to text others to come see and others had their phones out, ready to record whatever was going to happen. It wasn't long before Bella, who had received the text, and the other Cullens had reached the field.
"Hey, I need to talk to you," Jasper called out to Will. His strong voice boomed over the crowd, his accent heavy. Will, walked towards him, several large boys walked with him, possibly to protect him from Emmett, who eyed them from afar, even though he knew that Jasper wouldn't need any assistance from him.
"If this is about Alice, I'm sorry man, but she was begging for me. I couldn't resist," he lied, his henchmen smiled. Will was much bigger than Jasper, at least fifty pounds bigger.
"I'm going to ask you kindly to stop spreading lies about my Alice. However, if you refuse, I might have to get violent," he stated in a calm yet authoritative manner. Will and his clones began laughing at him. "I don't understand what is so funny to you."
"You got played, man," he managed to spit out between laughs. "Your girl doesn't want you anymore, she'd rather have someone more in her league."
"I'd rather not have to be violent with someone as useless as you, but I am a man of my word." Will continued laughing as he waved his hand towards a rather large raven-haired boy. The difference in size was remarkable. "This is between me and you, William. I'd rather not have others involved."
"I think you're just afraid that you'll lose to Tiny here," he responded smugly. The Cullens, and Bella, laughed at Will's statement. Jasper smirked at the foolish boys ahead of him.
"Well, if you insist," he said plainly. He walked up to Tiny and very calmly told him, "Hit me."
"Bella," a concerned Angela whispered to her, for she was too afraid to speak to the Cullens directly, "why don't you have Emmett jump in to help!"
"Don't worry, Jasper's got this," she said confidently. Angela gasped as Tiny pulled back his fist. He thrust it forward, aiming straight for Jasper's perfectly sculpted face. Cries of excitement, horror and joy fell over the crowd as fist and face collided.
"Oh shit!" Tiny yelled out. He caressed his now broken hand. "It was like hitting metal!" He claimed, tears welling up in his eyes.
"Stop acting like a bitch, T!' Will cried out. "You're embarrassing me!"
"Forget you Will, I'm going home." Tiny fled from the field with an injured hand and a shattered reputation.
"I really didn't want to do that, William," Jasper said. Will, who wouldn't stand for defeat, signaled for three other followers out against Jasper. However, after seeing what happened to Tiny, they backed down and refused to fight.
"Fine, since no one else is man enough, I guess I'm going to have to handle this," Will said, throwing his book bag to the ground and darting towards Jasper. He aimed for his legs, hoping that Jasper would fall to the ground, but the blonde vampire effortlessly dodged the tackle, causing Will to run into the fence that bordered the field. He angrily stood up, brushing his body from field gravel. He ran up to Jasper, who, in one swift motion, grabbed the cocky athlete by the collar and lifted him off the floor.
"I'm going to repeat this to you one final time," he said, his tone cool. "Stay away from my Alice," he growled. Will nodded violently, his eyes were wide with fear. Jasper smiled and released him from his grip. "I'm so happy that we worked that out William. Have fun at practice." He turned towards Alice, who had been watching him with lustful eyes.
"I love it when you show your militant side," she whispered to him while they walked away, hand in hand, from the field. "Thanks for defending my honor today Jazzy."
"Only for you, darlin," he responded to her.
"Lets hurry home," she said, grabbing his hand and rushing him to their car. "I have a surprise for you for when we get home!" Jasper smirked and raced her to the car.
"Please tell me it involves that black lacey number you bought the other day," he asked eagerly on the ride home.
"If I tell you, it'll ruin the surprise!" She winked at him. When they reached the house they raced up the stairs and slammed their bedroom door.
Downstairs, they heard Edward grunt loudly before shouting, "Please keep your thoughts to yourself!" The two lovers giggled as their irritated sibling slammed the front door behind him.
"I love you Jasper."
"I love you too Alice," he responded to her before crashing his lips onto hers.