Chp.4

"What is your next class?" I ask him when we are far away from Edward and his stupid friends.

He mumbles something incoherent. I sigh loudly. I swear I might just tell Emmett for the sheer amusement of seeing Edward weak and defenseless. I stop Jasper and turn him towards me. He is avoiding my gaze.

"Look at me, Jasper. I do not know what Edward told you or threatened to do to you. But I am an individual with my own thoughts. I can decide who I want to be friends with. You seem like a decent enough guy to understand that I am dating Edward and I just want to be friends with you. I will ask you again, what class do you have next?" I tell Jasper sincerely.

Jasper takes a settling breath. "AP U.S History." He replies.

"I do too." I say as I loop my arm through his and lead him to the social studies hallway.

Jasper looks at me wide eyed. I sigh at him. Did he not just hear anything I say to him? Boys and their stupid macho behavior.

"So Jasper, what do you like to do?" I ask him trying to make conversation.

"I play the guitar, write music and I played baseball at my old high school." Jasper replies earnestly.

"I hope you are good. Our school has a good football team and lacrosse team. But our baseball team needs a lot of help." I say with a smile.

Jasper smiles back at me. Finally, I am breaking through that hard exterior shell he has placed around him. I wonder what happened to cause him to be like this. Other than my boyfriend throwing a ball at his face. We reach the classroom and Jasper and I take seats next to each other near the back of the classroom. Angela comes in, see me smiles and sits down in front of me.

"Who is this, Alice?" Angela asks me.

"This is Jasper. He is new here and I am showing him around for the day." I reply.

Her eyes bug out of her head as she nods in response. Angela is really shy and originally was friend with Bella only but she is so sweet. She works for the yearbook and school newspaper. Her and her boyfriend Ben ate lunch with us last year. She isn't a total bitch that flirts with my boyfriend like Lauren and Jessica so she is good in my book.

Angela turns back around to start a conversation with someone else in the yearbook.

"What do you like to do, Alice?" Jasper asks me.

"I am captain of dance company, so I obvious enjoy dancing. I really like art mediums which is why I love dance so much. You can incorporate lights, sound, movement and costumes to evoke a certain emotion. I draw and sketch some. I take photographs as well. But dance and other after school activities take up a majority of my time along with a full course load of homework." I feel myself rambling.

What is it about this guy that makes me feel so comfortable around him? Jasper smiles and opens his mouth to reply but the bell cut him off. Our teacher walks in and all the girls sigh. Mr. Anderson, the apple of all the girls' eyes. He has been teaching AP U.S and A.P Gov for a few years and you know all the girls take his class just to stare at him. He is like thirty five and if I wasn't sitting next to Jasper I would probably be throwing myself at him as well.

I feel myself start to doze off as Mr. Anderson goes over the course syllabus and course requirements. Why is history so damn boring? I can already tell that this class will be my Achilles heel to ruin my GPA. I feel myself nodding off as my left cheek rests on my left hand. I feel something sharp hit my right elbow. I look down to see it is a note from Jasper. I open it.

Dozing off already? It is only second period. – J

I smile and reply to his note. I never thought I would be passing notes outside of a middle school classroom.

I am not tired. But history is so boring. How do you look so interested? – A

I pass the note back to him as not conspicuous as possible. I do not need Mr. Anderson to take it and then more rumors will be going around about me and Edward. Jasper passes the note back.

History is not boring. It is fascinating. This teacher has some flaws in his teaching style but I can still tell I am going to like this class a lot. Especially the people in the class- J

I reread the note twice to make sure I am not imagining what it said. Is he flirting with me? No less than an hour ago, he could not look me in the eye because of Edward and now he is openly flirting with me. I am about to reply but the bell rings.

"What is your next class?" I ask him.

"I have Spanish next then AP Calc and then lunch." Jasper replies with a smile.

"Well sadly I have AP Stat and the AP French. So it looks like I will not be your tour guide again until lunch." I reply.

I give him directions to Senora Vega's classroom. I wish him good luck in his next two classes. I sit down next to Garrett in Stat class. He is the only one of Edwards's friends I can tolerate. He is not a sexist pig like the others. He is dating a girl named Kate who graduated last year and is studying Biology at Brown. Stat goes by in a blur. Compared to Calc last year which kicked my ass Stat seems relatively easy. I mean I get to use my calculator for everything. How hard can this be? Plus I heard Mr. Mitchell does not teach and gives you the answers for everything.

The bell rings and my heart starts to beat faster. One more period until I see Jasper again. Why am I acting like this? We are just friends. I am dating Edward. I am taken. But he was flirting with me earlier. What the hell is wrong with me? My brain says one thing whereas my heart says another.

French passes in a blur as well. I am pretty sure Madame called on me twice but I was not paying attention enough to respond. our first assignment is writing an essay about yourself and your summer to warm back up your French. I finish the essay in twenty minutes later. I stare out at the window trying to think of choreography I want to do this year. But my mind keeps wandering back to Jasper. The bell rings and I jump out of my seat. I rush to the cafeteria. I see Rose and Bella in line. I cut the line to be with them.

"Finally, I get to see you. I thought you did not exist any more." Bella tells me.

"What do you have after lunch?" I ask her not really engaged in the conversation. I am too busy looking around the cafeteria.

"AP Lang, AP Bio then gym." Bella replies with a shudder.

"Well, it seem you me and Rose have Lang together." I reply as I get to the head of the lunch line. I order a salad and a diet coke.

After paying for it, I head over to our usual table. A round one in the center of the cafeteria. I sit down next to Edward who is talking with Garrett about something related to Lacrosse. Bella sits down next to me, Rose next to her. Ben and Angela fill in two more seats with Kate gone we have an extra chair at the table. I see Jasper coming out of the lunch line.

"Jasper!" I call out to him. His head snaps up at the sound of my voice.

"What the hell do you think you are doing?" Edward says his voice filled with venom.

"He is my friend and he does not know enough people to sit with anyone. I am being nice and we have an extra chair. Unless you want Newton to take it. You should be more worried about him. Didn't one of your goonies who have been watching me all day tell you that he was flirting with me after our fight?" I reply with a bitchy smile.

Garrett laughs at the goonie comment. I see Edwards nostrils flare.

"Newton, did what" Edward says.

Jasper comes up to the empty chair between Garrett and Ben. He looks at it sheepishly.

"Is it okay if I sit here?" Jasper asks politely.

"It is a free country you can do what ever you want. As I was saying, Edward, your favorite person Mike Newton was flirting with me this morning. Maybe you should get your priorities straight. Oh how rude of me, everyone this is Jasper Whitlock." I say as I start to eat my salad smugly.

If there is one thing I knew how to do, it was how to distract Edward properly from the situation at hand.

A/N: So what do you think? Is it going to slow for you? I only plan on doing the first full school day then there will be some big plot twists heading your way.