Jasper
"What the hell was that?" Alice yelled to me when we got in Emmett's Jeep after third hour.
I felt awful. I'd practically spent the whole last hour staring at another girl in front of my girlfriend. But I couldn't help it. There was something about her that drew me in.
"Alice. I-I just..." I sighed defeated. How could I explain this?
She sat there staring at me, hurt full in her eyes. "You what, Jasper?"
"I don't know how to explain it. It was just...magic."
My little pixie scoffed at me, "Magic Jasper? How stupid do you think I am?"
"Alice, I know you're not stupid. I just don't know how to explain it. I felt like if I didn't check and make sure she was there that I'd just...just go crazy. It was like I needed to be sure she was protected and safe. And I know that's not good, well for us anyway. I don't know what it is Alice. I just don't know."
"Jasper, I love you. We're mates. I don't know what happened either, but I just don't want it to come between us."
I nodded, "I know Ali. I love you too."
It was lunch when we finally got back inside of school. We took our usual spots at the table with the rest of our family. Bella and her friend were sitting by Jessica, Mike, Angela, Ben, and Eric. It angered me that the boys were staring at her like a piece of meat. Well, all except Ben. I felt the urge to go over and rip Mike and Eric's heads off.
Edward rolled his eyes, "Jesus Christ Jasper. Control yourself."
"I'm sorry. I don't understand why I feel this way. It's...weird."
Emmett chuckled, "Having trouble controlling things Jasper?"
Alice hit him in the arm, "Shut up Emmett."
"What? He's never experienced the feeling that comes with the presence of a hot lady?"
"Emmett. I swear to god I'll kill you." I threatened him, quietly growling under my breath.
He shrugged and put his head on Rosalie's shoulder.
I desperately wanted to go talk to her. She looked so bored. I longed to put a smile on her face, make her happy. She was perfect, a complete Goddess. Nothing would've pleased me more than to go up and hug her right now.
Edward glared at me and Alice looked sad. Instantly I felt guilty. I didn't mean to hurt Alice. She'd given me so much, helped me through everything and now this was how I was going to repay her? I couldn't help myself. Something pulled me to Bella's mysterious friend.
"It's her cousin."
My eyes flashed to Edward.
"Her cousin?"
He nodded, "Her name's Olivia. She's from Colorado. Her mother was emotionally abusive, father never did anything about it because then he'd get abused. Messed up family."
Anger lit inside of me like someone had struck a match. I wanted to kill her mother for hurting her. Hell, I wanted to kill her father for not doing anything to stop it.
"Because that'll win her over. Kill her parents she'll fall in love instantly."
I hadn't thought of that. The thought of hurting her...it brought on a sharp pain to my chest. My hand instantly covered where the pain was.
"Heartburn?" Emmett joked finding this whole thing rather amusing.
"Yeah. That's quite literally what it is. I don't know why but it hurts." I frowned rubbing right where my heart was.
Edward frowned, "It's like her pain is your pain. I wonder what would happen if physical pain where to happen..."
Before I knew it I was glaring at Edward, a low growl escaped my lips, "Touch her and die."
Emmett's eyes widened at my sudden display, "Wow. You don't threaten us like that when it comes to Alice. What's up with that?"
I sighed relaxing my position, "I don't know. I'm so confused."
I placed my head in my hands. Out of the corner of my eye I could see her watching me. She saw me looking distressed and upset, causing her to pull her own face into a worried frown. Seeing this brought on yet another wave of pain to my chest.
Edward sat back taking all this in. Her thoughts and mine. I looked to him for help, he had to know what this was.
"I don't," He answered me wearing a frown of his own. "but Carlisle might. He's certainly been around a lot longer than us. Surely he's seen it before."
This brought slight comfort to me. Hopefully he understood what was going on and could help me fix it. Alice got up and left the room. This once more made me feel bad. I didn't mean to hurt her. I didn't mean for anyone to get hurt.
"She's fine," Edward reassured me, "give her time."
The bell rang and Emmett and I walked to our AP History class. My mood instantly brightened when I saw she was in this class. Not only was she in the class, she sat right next to me. The pain in my chest instantly went away.
I put on my music, trying to ignore my thoughts so hopefully my head would be clear for when class started. Yeah right.
Olivia
This day couldn't be better. I had the best class with the best guy ever. And I barely knew him! I was such a freak. Seriously, I was becoming a grade A stalker. Every thought I had was about him. It was irritating because I quite literally just found out his name and that was the only thing I knew about him. I saw he was playing Nickelback, my absolute favorite band. When my parents went out (on rare occasions) I would take my moms laptop and blare their music. I still needed to thank the senior boy at my old school who'd play that stuff on his iPod during study hall. He was my hero. Or he used to be.
I looked up from Jasper's iPod to see him staring at me. My cheeks flushed and I looked down embarrassed.
"I-I'm sorry. I just saw you playing that song and I love that song and that band and...yeah." Naturally I stuttered and stumbled through my answer. Yeah Olivia, that was attractive.
Jasper simply smiled, "It's okay. It's a good band. I didn't think anyone really listened to them anymore. They're kind of an older band. Still good though."
"Oh I know. They're older but I swear I'm forever finding new songs that I love from them. Have you heard anything from Three Days Grace? Or My Darkest Days? They're amazing too."
"Oh my God," He slapped Emmett's arm. "see I told you there are still people with a good taste in music still around. I really like Animal from Three Days Grace. My Darkest Days has good ones too. And so does Skillet and Theory of a Deadman. They're both really good too."
"I've only heard a couple songs from Skillet. But the ones I've heard have been good. Hate my Life or Bad Girlfriend has to be my favorite from Theory of a Deadman."
Jasper's eyes got wide, "You listen to Bad Girlfriend? That's a bit of a dirty song."
"So? Ever heard Striptease by Hinder? Love that one too."
"How about Next Go Round by Nickelback?"
"I love that one! I laughed so hard when I heard the part about the John Deere lawn mower!"
Jasper chuckled, "It's such a funny, yet dirty verse."
The bell rang then to start class. Jasper sighed and said something I didn't catch.
"What?"
He smiled at me, "Nothing."
It was the sweetest part of my day. Jasper and I actually had a conversation. A real conversation. And he smiled at me and seemed to really enjoy himself. Oh God this day was amazing. I love my life.
I was shocked I would say that. If you'd asked me a week ago if I loved or hated my life, I would've said I hated it. My mother made my life miserable. I don't have any physical scars, physically she's never been able to hurt me, but the emotional and mental scars are stronger than ever. I just didn't understand how one woman could hold so much hate.
Jasper walked me to Biology which we had together. Even better part to my day, we sat next to each other. The electricity between us was undeniable. It was sensational. My heart racing, palms sweaty, you'd think I was dying of a heart attack. But that's what it was, he was attacking my heart. Needless to say, it was new best part of my day.
We weren't able to talk much during biology on account that we were both taking notes the whole hour. That was semi depressing but just being next to him was enough for me, for now anyway. This tugging feeling wouldn't leave my heart though. It quite literally felt as if my heart was being pulled from chest towards him. I'd never felt like that before. Then again, I wouldn't have had anyone to feel that with before him.
Back at home I wasn't allowed to date. I wasn't allowed to do anything with anyone other than my parents. For a sixteen year old, my social life didn't exist. Yeah, I had a few friends who understood my situation but that was it. No boyfriends, no parties, no sleepovers, no nothing. But now that I was in Forks, I could actually have all of that. It made me smile to think of how much my life can improve by coming here. I was absolutely right, this would be a good thing.
Seventh hour was gym, my least favorite subject. I didn't fall on my face or anything, but I did get hurt a lot. Lucky for me, I had Jasper there to catch me. Wink wink. Well, I didn't fall so there was no catching but he did look pretty cute. Today, I just had to sit on the bleachers and watch everyone else play basketball. Jasper did really well. He score about four points out of nine for his team. Each basket counted as one seeing as everyone was playing in one gym and there were multiple teams. Every once in a while Jasper would look up at me and smile. That made the tugging on my heart even worse. I wanted to run to him. Run to him, jump in his arms, and never let go. It's not too weird to want to do that to a guy you just met, right? Who was I kidding, I "loved" this guy. Sure, he was cute and he seemed nice but I barely knew him! We had something in common, but still. Besides, what would I guy like that want with a girl like me. I wasn't anything special. By next week I'd probably be over him. This whole heart crap was probably just a figment of my imagination. Something I wanted to believe was happening, not something that actually was.
I met Bella and Edward by Edward's car when the final bell rang. Jasper followed me out, staying a few paces behind as if he were waiting for someone. He, Emmett, Rosalie, and that small girl from Spanish all got into the Jeep that was parked next to us. Jasper looked at me one more time and smiled before he got into the car. I opened up my own door, careful not to hit the Jeep, and got in.
"So Olivia, how was your first day?" Edward asked as we pulled out of the parking lot. It wasn't as busy as my old school's parking lot, but still rather crowded.
"It was surprisingly better than I'd thought." I replied looking out the window a smile on my face.
Out of the corner of my eye I could see Bella looking worriedly at me in the rearview mirror. I couldn't imagine why, it's not like we were in danger.
Edward took Bella's hand and rubbed it, "That's good."
The rest of the ride was silent. Edward kept peeking at me in the mirror which was weird. I hoped I didn't look bad. I've spent most of my day around Jasper and looking bad in front of him would be mortifying. When we got home Bella went inside to get the grocery money Charlie keeps in a cupboard in the kitchen. We said goodbye to Edward before Bella drove us to the store in Port Angeles.
"So earlier you said I couldn't date Jasper. Why not?" I asked breaking the ice.
Bella sighed, "Because, there's a lot you don't know about him."
"I know. But that doesn't mean I can't get to know him."
"It's not good for you to get to know him."
I frowned at that. "Why? What's wrong with him?"
"Nothing," Bella said quickly, "It's just that...Jasper has a girlfriend."
My heart sank and I felt like crying. He had a girlfriend? Of course he did. Just like everything else good in my life it would be diminished right before my eyes. One taste at happiness and that's all I could have. That precious happiness was for someone else.
"Who?" I finally asked after calming myself and keeping the tears at bay.
"Alice, the girl he walked in with in Spanish."
I sighed and nodded. Of course. That would explain why he was lagging behind after school. He was waiting for her. My chest hurt right where my heart was. It was like heartburn but more painful. At first I thought I was having a heart attack but dismissed it after it didn't stop when we were on our way home. I thought about telling Bella, but figured I'd just sound stupid.
We got home and unloaded the groceries. Bella and I made spaghetti for supper and cleaned up the dishes afterwards. Conversation with Charlie flowed pretty smoothly as he asked about my day and if I enjoyed the school here. I tried not to be upset in front of Bella or Charlie. It wasn't there fault Jasper had a girlfriend. Still, as I went to bed that night, I couldn't help but feel as if I'd lost a half of my soul.
A/N: Chapter three has arrived! I'd like to thank everyone for favoriting and reviewing! It means a lot to me! I hope you're enjoying it so far, I promise it gets happier and filled with more Jasper and Olivia! :))
