Chapter 2 ~ See you around
~Alice POV~
3rd March, 10.15AM
"Miss Cullen?" Mr Daniels, my History teacher, interrupted me from my thoughts.
"Yes, sir?" I asked
"Your answer?" He asked
"Um, sorry, what was the question?" I asked
He sighed, "Well as you haven't been listening all lesson I wouldn't expect you to know the answer, but my question was; When did women in Europe get the vote?"
"Trick question." I said, "It depends which country you lived in. English women gained the vote in 1918, whilst other countries had to wait longer - for example in Spain, women didn't get the vote until 1931, and in France it was 1944, so we cannot categorize a date when women in Europe gained the right to vote."
Mr Daniels stared at me for a second, surprised that I knew not only that it was a trick question, but that I knew the exact dates. Truth was I'd been in England 1918, Spain in 1931, and France in 1944. I'd celebrated each time women had achieved the vote in each country, each life I'd lived. We moved around a lot - there was only so many years you could stay in one place and not age a day. It was easy to fool people when we first moved to a new place - Edward was 18, Emmett was 16, and I was 15 - then we pretended to age each year and hoped no one noticed that we didn't look any older. After a few years, however, it was hard to carry on the lie, and we were forced to move somewhere new. We would return to old places after a century or so - which I'd only experienced once, moving back here to Fawkes.
I hadn't been changed until 1901, so I'd only been a vampire for just over a century. Carlisle had turned me, after I had almost died from yellow fever. He'd saved my life, and taken me in as his own daughter. Edward and Emmett were already living with Carlisle and they helped me control my hunger in the first few years as a newborn.
Of course, in those years, I didn't stick to animal blood like the others. Carlisle discouraged me, but I used to sneak away and feed on human blood. That stopped a long time ago, and I don't think about it anymore. It repulses me to think about what I did, and what other vampires still do, but it's okay now. Living in Forks with Edward and Emmett and Esme and Carlisle was great.
Admittedly, having been alive for over a century did give me a slight edge in my History class, but technically I wasn't breaking any rules, so I didn't feel guilty when my papers were returned with A+ scrawled at the top.
"Well done, Miss Cullen." Mr Daniels said, turning away.
The bell rang out shrilly and we all gathered our books into our bags and filing out of the classroom. Being jostled around in the corridors wasn't a new thing for me - sure, when I was with my brothers, people stepped out of our way, but when I was on my own I blended into the background. No one noticed I was there and so people walked through me rather than around me. Some people may find it annoying that my brothers got masses of attention (mostly from girls) whilst I was invisible, but I was used to it. It was the way things were supposed to be. Which is why, I was so surprised at what happened next.
So, I crashed into someone - no change there - and dropped the books I had been holding.
"Sorry." I muttered, bending down to pick up my stuff and expecting the person to carry on walking. Instead, another pair of hands reached out and began picking up my books. Our hands brushed together, and in a true movie-moment, we looked up at each other and locked eyes. I couldn't help but gasp. It was quiet, but he heard it, and raised his eyebrows at me, standing up. He offered me his hand and gently pulled me up, handing me back my stuff.
"Are you okay?" He asked, in a calm lilting accent that I couldn't quite place. I stared at him for a moment. He was 6'3", and I felt tiny standing next to him in all my 5'2" glory. He had honey blond hair that fell just above his collar, and his eyes were odd somehow. They didn't look quite natural, and yet they were the most beautiful eyes I had ever seen. I realised he was still waiting for an answer and shook my head slightly, clearing my thoughts of beautiful eyes.
"Yeah I'm fine." I said, "Sorry about that."
"Entirely my fault." He said. I blinked at him, his fault? "I'm Jasper."
"Alice." I said
"Well, I'll see you around Alice." He said, flashing me a smile before moving on to his next lesson.
See you around.
Heyy,
So yeah I know the whole dropping of the books thing is kinda cheesy, but I thought it was a good way for them to meet fleetingly. Anyway this is where the drama starts, and it's going to get better!
Also, I know that Alice's past in this story is different from in the books, but I had to do that due to the lack of Jasper in her past :( :(
See you soon
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"Touché." Jasper said, a smile twitching at his lips, as if he knew something I didn't. He was still holding me and, as we both realised this, we blushed and pulled apart.