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The dark was filled with energy as peoples laughter died down, anticipation charging the air. All were trying to find out what could possibly come next after the beautiful Rosalie and the strong Emmett. Even I was wondering what new and extremely well thought out trick this family could come up with. Would be another trick of the light? Would it be lifting things on strings (as I knew was what happened with Emmett)? Or would it be some new tactic that even I haven't thought of yet?

"Now," came the disembodied voice of the first man, "may I have the pleasure of introducing my son…Jasper."

The lights came up again, slowly and dimly, revealing yet another handsome blonde man. He was standing in a relaxed stance wearing faded blue jeans and a nice flannel button up. His hair was longer than the first mans, and it was hanging freely instead of being slicked back. Yet, as the sleek and distinguished look fit the first man, this laid back posture fit this one just as well.

He smiled at us, his golden eyes scanning the audience quickly. He was silent until his eyes landed on Jessica. Then his smiled widened, and he nodded his head toward her.

"I'll need a volunteer." he said, a southern twang slipping through. Jessica stiffened, getting the hint, and she squeezed my arm quickly before she nodded back and stood up slowly. I smiled a small encouraging smile as she slowly picked her way to the stairs and made her way down the bleachers. Truthfully, I was kind of worried for my friend. After seeing how Rosalie had warned her volunteer about health insurance…Please don't hurt her. I begged silently, knowing that he wouldn't hear.

There was a quiet, hesitant, and anxious applause as she made her way to the center of the ring. Jasper smiled kindly to her

"What's your name?" he asked her sticking his hand out for her.

"Jessica." she answered, grabbing his hand. He smiled and slowly bent and gently brushed his lips against her knuckles. I watched as she blushed and giggled a little.

"I'm happy you've decided to help me out." he said, before standing up straight and turning to us. "There are aspects of the human body that we feel cannot be changed unless the person himself-" his eyes flashed to Jessica, "-or herself- wishes to change it. Things that cannot be revealed unless the person herself wishes to reveal them. That is what I, and my brother, Edward, are here to disprove." He smiled briefly. "Emotions for example."

He turned to Jessica and smiled. " Jessica, how are you feeling right now?" he asked her. The causality of his question was thrown off by the fact that he had begun circling her quietly. A hawk circling its prey.

Jessica swallowed before laughing breathlessly. " Excited and, like, nervous." she said, her answers sound more like questions. Jasper laughed, and nodded.

" That's sort of understandable." As he spoke the word "understandable", Jessica's face began to fall, her eyes began to widen and fill, her entire form began to shake. I straightened up in my seat, alarmed, as she suddenly fell to her knees, tears streaking her face. She buried her face in her hands and started sobbing uncontrollably. My breathing quickened.

Jessica crying was one of the many experiences I hadn't hoped to relive. During and after her "dark period", Jessica spent a lot of nights in my room, crying about how stupid she was and how horrible everything was going and…seeing my strong friend so vulnerable was something I hadn't wished to see once, and never wished to see again.

And here she was before me…crying her eyes out because of something this man-Jasper-had done. I felt a rush of anger coursed through veins at the thought of this guy hurting my friend! Yet, before I could even come close to getting out of my seat and showing this guy a piece of my mind…something strange happened.

Jasper smiled sweetly at her, then Jessica jumped up on her feet and began bouncing in place.

" Oh my god, I love this circus, it's like so weird and like amazing and like COOL!" she was speaking at a speed I knew she only used when she was really hyper and in a really good mood. But…she was sobbing her eyes out just a second ago. "My friend Bella, yeah she's right there-" she gestured over to me, causing me to blush crimson, " she doesn't really think it's that amazing, she thinks it's all fake."

Jasper raised his eyebrows, and suddenly Jessica's face turned red and she stomped her foot. " But why does she have to be such a prude like that?!" she yelled angrily.

WHAT?

"I mean, if I wanna have fun and go to like a circus, then she should just follow and be happy I'm even hanging out with her!!!!!" I felt a coolness spread through my veins as she said this. Wow…after everything we've been through….wow. Suddenly her face returned to its natural color and her face was covered with guilt and horror. " Oh no" I heard her whisper, before she turned and looked at me.

I quickly avoided her eyes, not wanting to see the truth in her eyes. I didn't want to see the guilt and the horror in her eyes that so clearly etched out the truth behind her words.

" Bella, I didn't mean it-" she began to whisper, making her way toward me, but she was cut off.

" I think you all have gotten quite a feel of Jasper's amazing talent." came a voice that wrapped around my ears like a silk comforter. I looked up and saw a man suddenly standing on the opposite side of Jessica. " How about a round of applause?" he suggested, clapping his hands himself.

But I didn't hear the applause begin around me. I couldn't focus on anything other than him. He was…gorgeous. If I thought the first three men were handsome, I must've been blind. This man, though the word itself seemed like so much of an understatement, had disheveled hair that was a copper color. He had bright liquid gold eyes, a face of a god, and… I blinked rapidly and moved my thoughts elsewhere.

Looking back at the center of the ring, I noticed that now it was just Jessica and the godlike man.

" My son…Edward." came the disembodied voice once again, sounding slightly flustered. Edward rolled his eyes quickly and looked at Jessica.

" Would you mind being my volunteer as well?" he asked politely. She hesitated, her eyes darting to me and back quickly before shrugging. Edward smiled crookedly, making my breath leave me and my heart jump. It should be illegal to be this handsome. He turned to us. " My gift is not as…noticeable as my brothers. While he can feel and manipulate emotions, my gift is even more invasive and less comfortable for the other person, though they would never know." He paused, allowing the anticipation in the room to grow before smiling.

" I can read every one of your minds."

A hush fell in the audience and I just stared at him, my heart rate speeding up with each second. He can read our minds? He can read my mind? He's heard every thought that has passed through my head? He knows that I've been checking him out ever since he's appeared? He knows that I'm so incredibly hurt by Jessica's confession? Wait! He can hear what I just thought!

Edward suddenly laughed. Was he laughing at me? It's not funny knowing that someone is in your thoughts all the time.

" I know some are skeptic, which is what I'm here to fix. With the help of Jessica of course." he said, gesturing to her. She giggled and smiled widely, all guilt from earlier gone from her face. He turned away from her, and quickly gathered three objects from out of the ring. When he returned, he smiled and asked Jessica to hold them for him. She nodded enthusiastically.

" Here's what's going to happen." he began, addressing us. I'm going to put on a blind fold, put in ear plugs, and even turn my back on Jessica. Then she's going to type something on that laptop there, that's hooked up to a projector so you can all see what's on her mind, and I'll tell you what it says." he said. Seemed like a solid plan to me. He nodded once before quickly taking the blind fold from Jessica and tying it around his eyes tightly. Then he held out his hands for the ear plugs, which Jessica placed in it.

I couldn't help but notice that she allowed her fingers to linger on his palm for longer than was necessary. I felt a dark fire rush through me at seeing that and felt a strange surge of protectiveness over him. I shook my head, and blinked. What was wrong with me? I don't even know this guy, and I'm protective over him? How does that even happen?

I took a deep breath and forced myself to focus once again on the action in front of me. Edward was now blindfolded and ear plugged, his back to Jessica, and she was typing furiously on the keyboard. I looked up at the far end of the tent to see what she was typing.

HE'S SO HOT!!!!!! I rolled my eyes at that. Of course that's all she could think about.

" Jessica, I would much rather appreciate it if you could control your thoughts and keep them at a PG level, please. Though I'm flattered that you seem to think so…highly of me." Edward said, making us laugh quietly. Jessica blushed and quickly deleted what she had written and was typing again.

SORRY BELLA. She typed, not looking up at me. I sighed. I really didn't want to deal with this now in front of everyone.

"If you know that she hates attention so much, then why did you just force it on her?" Edward asked, a kind of venom leaking in his voice. I jumped. That was close to what I was thinking. Was he combining our thoughts?

CAN YOU REALLY READ MY MIND? She typed, and right after she finished, he laughed.

" How do you think I know what you're writing?" he asked in return. Jessica looked at the back of his head in shock. He suddenly whipped off his blind fold and took out his earplugs, and looked out at Jess. "Thank you Jessica." he said before turning to us. " How about we switch people? So that you all know that this isn't planned or anything…" his eyes scanned the audience, as Jessica began to climb the stairs.

I watched those liquid pools of gold take us in, until the moved and met my boring brown eyes. Just as Jessica moved to our row, and took her seat next to me, watching me with pleading eyes, Edward smiled and nodded toward me.

" How about you, Bella?"

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