The bell rang and singled the end of lunch. Jessica and I walked to History class, it was raining again and the snow was slowly turning to slush, meaning the snowball fight wasn't going to happen after school.
I took my seat in the classroom, Jasper hadn't arrived yet. Mr Townsend started to hand out the textbooks and some worksheets. The chair next to me moved and he sat down but I didn't look up.
"Hello," said a voice with a southern accent. "I'm sorry that I didn't introduce myself last week. My names Jasper Hale, you must be Millie Swan"
I looked up, he was talking to me. His chair was at the far end of the table and his hair was wet from the rain. I tried to think of something to say to him but I couldn't think of anything sensible. What came out of my mouth surprised me.
"How do you know my name?" I asked.
"Oh, I think everyone knows your name. The whole town's been waiting for you and your sister to arrive" Jasper said.
"I guess that makes sense," I said.
Mr Townsend started the lesson. He then told us what we had to complete. We had to work in pairs to match up famous events in the 20th century with the year they happened.
"Ladies first," Jasper said. I picked up the first one.
"The fall of the Berlin Wall" was written on the card. I matched it to 1989
Jasper chose the next card and quickly matched it. We continued to do this until we had matched them all.
Something puzzled me about Jasper today. He facial features looked different.
"Did you get contacts?" I asked.
"No" Jasper answered. I remembered Jasper's eyes from last week the were coal black. Today his eyes were a completely different colour, they were a warm liquid topaz. I didn't know how that was possible.
"It's a shame that most of the snow's melted," Jasper said.
"Not really," I said.
"Do you not like snow?" Jasper asked.
"It's ok," I said. "I like the rain better, it's relaxing. My sister would disagree with me. She doesn't like the cold."
"Why did you move to Forks?" Jasper asked.
"It's complicated," I said.
"I'm sure that I can keep up," Jasper said.
"My mother got remarried," I said. Jasper looked at me, his golden eyes confused me.
"That doesn't sound very complicated," Jasper said. "When did this happen?"
"Last September" I answered.
"Do you like him?" Jasper asked.
"Phil is fine. I think my Mum seems a lot happier when he's around" I said.
"Why didn't you and your sister stay with him?" Jasper asked.
"Phil travels a lot. He plays ball for a living." I said.
"Will my brothers know of him. They are really into baseball?" Jasper asked.
"Probably not. He plays for a minor league team" I said.
We sat in silence for a while.
Do you miss your mother?" Jasper asked.
"All the time, but I know that she's happy and I promised that I would look after Bella," I said.
Mr Townsend called the class back then. He wrapped up the lesson and took our homework in. He also informed us that we would be having a small test on "The great depression" which we had gone over on Friday.
When the bell rang, Jasper was up and out of his seat, just like the last time. I took my time packing my things away. I was in no hurry to get to Gym class.