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The first day of school seemed to be going pretty well for Jasper at least until he had been called out of class claiming Alice was having some sort of breakdown and would not let any of the staff get remotely close to her. Jasper had gotten up and left the history class before he was even given permission by his teacher. As soon as he was out in the hallway the counselors pointed down the hall towards were her locker was. The honey blond sprinted in that direction and found the tiny girl had somehow managed to stuff herself in her locker, though it was obvious the teachers had forced the locker door open since she had somehow been able to close the door. She was banging her head against the inside of her locker as tears streaked down her face ruining her black mascara and causing her eye liner to run.

"Ali what is wrong?" He said as he reached inside the locker to try and pry her out, but she wouldn't let him. She continued smashing her head against the inside of the locker until Jasper stuffed his hand inside and placed his big hand against the place she kept smashing her head. He did not want her giving herself some sort of brain damage. He was used to handling her breakdowns by now since it happened a lot. She had been placed in many different foster homes, but because of her odd personality they had all sent her back and it caused her have many mental collapses. "Who hurt you?"

The small girl, who happened to wearing a black and pink tutu with bright orange tights underneath, sobbed uncontrollably. She had dressed up especially for her first day at school and even put multicolored streaks in her hair. She had overnight ordered a bright pink and green lace up corset top in her excitement. She had been so happy to be starting a new school and now it appeared every bit of excitement had been replaced by tears. "I want to go home."

"Jasper what happened? I was pulled out of class and it was very important that I be there for the test today-" Edward had come out of nowhere. It was obvious he had been annoyed to have been taken out of class until he noticed Alice in tears stuffed in her locker. At first he thought maybe someone had put her in there as a cruel joke and then he realized the position she was in made it seem more like she had put herself inside. Why on earth would she do something like that? Worry clouded his anger over being called out of class as he reached inside to try and touch his new sister's arm, but she jerked away to the very back of her locker in an effort to get away from him. "Alice, are you alright? Why are you crying?"

"I want to go home." She cried and fought when both Jasper and Edward pulled her out of the locker. Jasper pulled her in to his arms when he saw how badly she was shaking. All he wanted to do was kiss her and tell her it would be alright, but with Edward there he did not dare. He and Alice had agreed not to tell their new family the truth for fear of being rejected and sent away.

The bronze haired teen nodded as he reached in to his pocket to pull out his cell phone. He and Alice had gotten very close these last few days. He had to admit she was not as bad as he had first thought she would be. Seeing her so upset when she had been so excited that morning bothered him. He figured it was just his new brotherly instinct kicking in. "Okay we can take you home right now. I will call mom to let her know we are leaving school early."

"No I want to go home to the group home." The gothic like pixie continued to sob and cling to Jasper. She had her face buried in his chest as he rubbed her back in a soothing manner hoping to get her to relax. It must be really terrible for her to want to go back to the group home. "I don't fit in here. Everyone thinks I am a freak."

Jasper tensed when he heard the word freak. Back at the group home everyone had called her that and she hated it. He clenched his jaw and made a fist one hand. His fist was closed so tightly he could feel his nails cutting in to his skin causing little drops of blood to leak down his fingers and drip to the floor. "Who called you a freak Ali?"

"Some girls in class and a boy who wanted me to come out to his car. I thought he wanted to listen to music and I had a free period. He didn't want to listen to music though and he got mad at me. He told everyone I am a slut and that I had sex with him, but I swear I didn't!" More tears fell from her eyes and leaked through his shirt. She almost jumped when she felt Edward put his hand on her shoulder. Suddenly she moved away from Jasper to hug her new brother who seemed startled at her sudden movement as she wrapped her arms around his waist and continued crying.

Edward patted her back trying to get her to calm down. He wanted to tell her that maybe if she did not dress like that people wouldn't assume she was some kind of tramp and yet he refrained since he knew it would only make her feel worse. Instead he hugged her back and kissed the top of her head. She smelled like strawberry scented shampoo and roses. It must be the perfume she wore. He had thought she would wear something that smelled like death since the way she dressed reminded him of something gothic or were it the emo kids who were obsessed with death? He never could remember properly.

"Name?" Jasper said the one word in such a frightening tone it was clear he was going to kill someone. The way his eyes sparked with anger and his whole body convulsed made it seem as if he were giving off a danger signal to anyone and everyone around him.

"Mike Newton." The small girl sniffled and pointed one shaky finger in the direction of a boy with dirty blond hair who happened to be standing in the middle of the hallway with a group of girls who laughed when he whispered and pointed towards Alice.

The honey blond southerner took one look at the boy who had made his Alice cry and quickly decided he would make the boy cry in return. It would an eye for an eye or in this case a tear for a tear. Nobody ever hurt Alice and got away with it once Jasper found out. He had the reputation as a trouble maker for a reason. He always tried telling his teachers that he wasn't the one who started the fights he just threw the first punch. No one ever seemed to want to believe him. Rolling his shoulders until his neck cracked he took one step in the direction of the group. He would not touch the girls, but this boy who thought he could first try to fuck Alice and then make her cry would be hurting real badly in a short amount of time.

"Whoa where are you going?" Edward asked as he stepped in Jasper's way to stop him from moving forward. It was pretty damn clear what his adopted brother planned to do and he would not allow it. He would not let Jasper start a fight since it would be bad for his family to be associated with a trouble maker. He may not like seeing Alice cry either, but fighting would only get everyone in trouble and that was not going to happen on Edward's watch. "Fighting isn't the answer here."

The taller and older boy stood rigid as he looked at his copper haired brother. With his left hand he motioned to a still sobbing Alice who had fallen to the ground and put her head against her knees. She covered her ears and rocked back and forth. If her reaction alone wasn't enough to make it clear then he would. "He made her cry."

"And he will pay for it, but right now we need to get her home and calmed down." He tried to reason as he moved away from Jasper to kneel next to Alice. He patted the top of her head as she once again clung to him. "There are better ways to handle this situation than by fighting. If you get suspended that is just going to be added stress to this whole situation. Mom and dad hate fighting and you getting in to a fight will not solve anything. As I said Mike will get what is coming to him. He is like that with all the girls. He did the same thing to Angela last year and he will do it again tomorrow if he can to someone else. Can we just get her home? She is having some sort of panic attack."

With a sigh the blond nodded and reached down to scoop Alice up and in to his arms. When one of the teachers he had yet to officially meet tried to stop him from leaving the building all it took was one well-placed death glare to get him to back off. He strode out of the building not bothering to get his bag or hers either. All he wanted to do was get her home and make sure she would be alright. Mike Newton would end up hurting for what he had done, but today would not be that day. He would have to wait until his goody goody adopted brother was nowhere in sight to try and stop him.

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It had taken Esme hours to get Alice calmed down enough to convince the girl to stay here and not go back to the group home. Even when she was finally relaxed Alice chose not to have supper and just go to bed. That is why Edward was up at a quarter to eleven and heading to her room. He was surprised to see Jasper there with his hand on the nob looking as if he had been about to walk inside and go see her. The way he jumped made it obvious he had not expected to see his brother at this late hour.

"What are you doing up so late?" Edward asked as he came to lean again the door frame.

"Checking on Alice." Jasper said as he ran his hands through his hair. It was a good thing Edward had seen him getting ready to go in instead of coming out. Jasper had been very careful these last few days not to get caught leaving her room. He was still a little freaked out he hadn't heard his brother coming this time. He would have to be extra careful in the future. "She has nightmares sometimes and with the stress of today I wanted to make sure she is alright."

"You love her." The younger of the two males nodded and then frowned when he saw Jasper's reaction to his statement. It was deer caught in the headlights kind of look and for the life of him he did not understand the reasoning behind such an expression. He chose to ignore it and continue on with what he had been saying in the first place. "You're a good brother to her. She is lucky to have someone like you watching out for her."

"Well it is Alice after all." The blonde stated before realizing talking about Alice may not be the smartest move and so he changed the subject. "Speaking of being up late what are you doing awake at this hour? Are you sneaking out?'

Edward took great offense to that suggest and crossed his arms over his chest. What kind of guy did Jasper think he was? Did he honestly seem the sneaking out kind of guy? "I would never do that!"

"Sorry I didn't mean to offend you or anything." The southern teen said with a shrug. He would never have thought boys sneaking out would be such a sore topic with the bronze haired male. "Lots of guys at the group home would sneak out at night to see their girlfriends and I just assumed you and that girl from the party were doing the same."

"Angela?" Edward said nearly choking on laughter at the assumption. Since he held no romantic feelings for Angela the very suggestion sent him in to rolls of laughter or it would have if he had not caught himself in time to stop himself from laughing. He did not want to risk waking everyone up at this hour especially his mother and father. "Angela and I are just good friends. I am not seeing anyone right now because I think academics are more important than a high school love life. I actually came here to make sure Alice was going to be alright. I know I haven't known her as long as you, but she is my sister now and I protect my family. Seeing her cry bothered me greatly. Someone as sweet as Alice should never cry."

"I agree with you completely." Jasper agreed as he mentally wondered if Edward had ever done anyone wrong in his entire life. Someone like him never would have fit in at the group home. That place screamed out trouble makers and outcast. It was not a place for perfect people like his new brother. "She has cried too much in her short life as it is."

"I take it neither of you had a great home life before you were taken by the state?" Edward questioned not sure if this would be alright topic or not. He had so many questions out Jasper and Alice's past, but he never felt right bringing it up in a conversation.

The topic of the past was never something Jasper liked to talk about. He had enough bad memories as it were and he did not need to add more on top of that. Neither he nor Alice had a fairytale life and the only one he had ever felt comfortable sharing his past was with Alice. He had opened up to her in a way he had never done with anyone else. Usually he tried to block out everything which had ever occurred in his life before he met her. The small pixie had been his saving grace. He would either be dead or in jail if not for her. She was like his guardian angel and always tried telling him he was a good man and he wanted to believe her. He wanted to be a better man for her.

"That does not mean we need pity." He hissed out harshly on reflex. He hated pity almost as much as he hated anyone who had and ever would hurt his little Alice. Just because he had a hard life did not mean he wanted people to feel bad for him. He wasn't one for pity and he would not stand for it now. His life had brought him to Alice and for that he would always be thankful.

"I wasn't offering you any. I did not mean it to come off that way." The bronze haired boy said holding up one of his hands before running in his copper locks. He knew he had to change the topic. He took a moment to try and think of something when he realized Jasper was not wearing his usual style of clothing. Tonight he had on black jeans with holes in the knees and plain white t-shit. The only thing he had on which he usually wore was the little skull earring. "Hey you aren't wearing your usual clothes."

For the first time since coming to the Cullen home Jasper let out a genuine smile. It was a contrast from the usual scowl he wore twenty four hours a day. "Alice is the one who insists I wear them. She says they make me look tough."

"Well she would be right." Edward could understand that since Alice was a very demanding person and always got what she wanted. She had expression nobody would ever be able to resist her pout especially not Esme or Carlisle. They already adored their new daughter and would do anything to make her smile. Not that Alice would ever abuse their kindness since she was not that kind of person. As the thought of Alice crossed his mind he remembered what he was doing awake at this hour. "Look you should go to bed since you have had a long day as well. I will check on Alice and then go to bed myself."

Jasper looked torn and yet he nodded because he did not want to raise suspicion. Alice would most likely come to his room anyways if she woke up and realized he had yet to join. She was a smart girl and would figure out he probably had a good reason for not risking an attempt at sneaking in to her room again. He outstretched one of his arms as if he were going to go in for a man hug, but then he simply extended his hand for his brother to shake. Jasper had never been comfortable with physical contact with anyone other than Alice anyways. Still he wanted to show his appreciation towards Edward and so a handshake seemed like good middle ground.

After the southern bad boy had retreated to his room Edward knocked on Alice's door. He got no response and so he opened the door and stepped inside. "Alice?"

He realized she was sleeping and so he decided he was going to leave and yet for some odd reason he couldn't. He found himself staring at her as she slumbered. She was beautiful when she slept, well she was beautiful all the time, but void of all her strange clothing he realized how pretty she truly was. He found himself walking to the edge of her bed and looking down at her. She was dreaming or so he guessed with the way her eyelids fluttered and she twisted around on her bed trying to comfortable in sleep. He smiled and pressed a kiss to her for head before his eyes landed on her big pouty lips. She had wiped off her black lipstick and in the light of the moon she looked so adorable. He couldn't stop himself from pressing his lips to hers in a soft kiss.

When he understood what he had done he was on his feet and racing out the door for the safety of his bedroom. He had just kissed her and a not in a brotherly type of way. What had he been thinking? She was his sister for crying out loud! Okay so maybe they were not related by blood, but still related now none the less. He shouldn't have done that. He hoped sleep would clear his mind, yet to his dismay his dreams were filled with her and her pink lips. Oddly enough that had been his first ever kiss.

TBC…

AN: I was tired when I wrote this and yet I wanted to get it out. I hope that you all liked it. Thank you to everyone who has reviewed and commented so far and I hope that you all enjoyed this chapter. The next chapter takes place the next day and Edward confronts Mike Newton and gets in to the first fight of his life. The second part is Edward/Alice and she plays nurse as you will understand when you read the chapter. Let me know if you all liked this or not since you know I love hearing you're thoughts.

Please R&R like always!

Preview for the next chapter:

"Hey Edward did you hear the news?"

"What news?"

"That I banged your new sister." "I guess she is not as perfect as you all think."

"That is lie you know. Mike made it up because she wouldn't sleep with him."

"Is that what she told you?" "Little whore is a good liar. She was screaming out my name as I made her cum for the first time in her life."

AND

"Why would you do that?" "Angela told me you had never been in a fight in your life and yet you got in a fight for me. Mom and dad are going to be so angry with me."

"They don't need to know the truth." "The principal let me off with a warning since I have never been in trouble before and well I did it for you. I did not like the things he was saying about you."

"You still shouldn't have fought for me." "I need to learn how to deal with rumors since I am sure this will not be the last one people make up about me."

"You're my sister and so I am going to protect you no matter what."

"You are a good brother Edward." "There your hand is all better or as better as I can make it."

"Looks good from here nurse Alice."