Jasper's POV

The light streaming through my window woke me up. The shower running should have did it, but it didn't. My Friday night hadn't been the best. And with the shower on, it just let me know that last night hadn't been a dream and I had yet again slept with another girl I knew nothing about. Hell, I was drunk last night; I don't even remember her name. I waited until she got out, just laying down, staring at the ceiling.

"Jasper?"

"What?" I looked at her. She looked hurt by my tone. I instantly felt bad.

"Um, I was just gonna go. I guess I'll talk to you later," she said, putting on her shoes.

"Yeah, sure…" I said, knowing that it wouldn't happen.

After she left, I got up and took a shower myself. I needed to get out the house and clear my head. It was a Saturday morning and I wasn't doing anything. After I got out, I brushed my teeth, my hair, put some clothes on and drove off. Where to? I didn't know. I just drove. After about ten minutes, I ended up at the beach. I got out and just walked along the coast. It was beautiful in the morning. Also, it wasn't over crowded. I had been walking for about 15 minutes just thinking everything in my life through when I heard laughter. I looked up and saw 3 girls walking my way. They, of course, weren't paying me any attention. There was a tall blonde, a really short, black haired girl, and another girl who was taller than the pixie-like one, but still really short to my 6'3. She had long, thick, and shiny brown hair that fell in waves down her back. She was laughing really hard and started running away from the other two. She didn't watch where she was going and ran right into me.

I caught her in my arms and looked down into two pools of melted chocolate. She blushed, and smiled a little. I smiled back at her and set her upright.

"Thanks," she said, and straightened her top out. He voice was beautiful.

"You're welcome," I said to her. By the time I finished my sentence, the other two had caught back up to her.

"Bella! Since when could you run that fast? And you are-…Who's this?" the pixie one stopped her fast talking and asked.

"Um, this is…" Bella stopped, looking at me.

"Jasper. Nice to meet you all," I said, smiling.

"I ran into him, running away from you guys," Bella said.

"Mmhm, so are you gonna introduce us, Bella?" the blonde one said.

"Well, Jasper, I'm Bella, and this is Rosalie and Alice," she said, pointing to them both.

"Nice to meet you," I said, again. I looked to Bella who seemed to be trying to control her breathing. Well she wasn't the only one.

"So, what brings you to the beach, Jasper?" Alice asked me.

"Um….just trying to clear my head," I mumbled.

"Oh! Well we're here to have girl talk. Rose got engaged last night!" she exclaimed.

"Congrats," I said.

"Yup, we're looking for Bella to be next….so do you have to get back to your girlfriend?" Alice asked me with a mischievous look in her eye.

"Um…no. I don't have one," I said.

"Good! You know, Bella doesn't have to get back to her boyfriend either. She doesn't have one!"

Bella hit her on her arm and turned back to me. "I'm sorry. She's got a few screws missing," she said. I smiled, and laughed at her.

"Well, what do you say we please her and just exchange numbers? Sound good?" I offered.

"Sure," she said, and smiled. She had the most beautiful smile I had ever seen.

After we got each others' numbers, she bid me a due and dragged Alice by her arm back to the way they came from, almost literally kicking and screaming. Rose just shook her head at the two and followed, waving goodbye to me.

What a morning….

BPOV

Oh. My. GOD. Jasper had to be the most charming man I had ever met. He had a great smile, white, straight teeth; his honey blonde hair was cut short but was beautiful, and he had these hazel eyes that made you want to eat a mango or something. And when he spoke to me, I could hear a faint southern accent slip out. Boy was I glad I got his number.

After we walked away from Jasper, we decided to go back to Alice's house, and call the guys over for a mid-day hang out. We made it there in 10 minutes. Alice's boyfriend David was there early, and helped us set up the living room with pillows, blankets, movies, and snacks. The guys came about 15 minutes later, and I went to get the door. I opened it and was momentarily shocked. It hadn't even crossed my mind that Edward could show up. But here he was, in all his glory.

"Hey Bella," he said, smiling.

"Hey Edward, hey Em," I said to Emmett as they both walked in.

"SO! What movie are we watching?" Emmett asked, jumping over the couch and pulling Rose onto his lap in 5 seconds.

Sometimes I swear I think that man is a vampire or something…

"Let's watch Titanic!" Alice said.

"NO!" everyone in the room screamed, and then we all laughed while Alice pouted, and went to David.

After 10 minutes of debate, mostly from Emmett and Alice, we settled on The Hangover. We were about half an hour into the move, all laughing our heads off, when my phone rang.

"Sorry guys," I said, and looked at my phone. It was Jasper. "Oh my God!" I exclaimed.

Everyone looked at me quizzically, and then recognition lit up on Alice and Rose's faces.

"It's him, isn't it?" Rose asked.

"Yes! Let me go answer this," I said, and went into the other room. But before I did, I caught Edward's expression. It wasn't good.

EPOV

Him. Who the hell is him? And why is he calling Bella? And why is she so happy about it? I knew it could be anybody. Hell, it could be a brother she hasn't spoken to in 3 years. But girls don't get excited like that for family. I had to find out who this guy was.

"Hey Alice, where's your bathroom?"

"Down the hall, to the left," she said, and turned back to the movie.

Luckily, this was also the way Bella had gone. Right next to the bathroom was a spare bedroom, in which I saw Bella laying on her back on the bed, with the door slightly pushed up. She was speaking softly, and couldn't see me. I knew I shouldn't do this, but I was too curious for my own good.

I leaned against the wall and listened in on her conversation.

"No, Jasper; I don't. I think that's a great idea," Bella was saying.

She paused for a bit, and then laughed her beautiful laugh and sighed. "1 hour or one year. How do we know this couldn't progress? Or what could come out of it? It could be the start of a great friendship or….something more."

After that I stopped listening. I was a fool to think Bella even liked me. I didn't deserve her. I hope whoever she was talking to knew what they had.