A/N:

So how many people went to the midnight showing last night? I did and I can't believe how long I waited in line! I got there at like nine or something just to exchange my ticket for a wrist band so I wouldn't have to wait in a long line, but low and behold...there already was long line. It was only nine and there was like fifty people in line. I enjoyed the movie very much and will probably go and see it again this week. After watching Jasper on the silver screen, the muse hit me and I've been daydreaming about Remy and Jasper's story. Hopfully it will all come together as I see it in my head. Enjoy chapter four! AND REMEMBER TO REVIEW!

Chapter Four: Warm Gazes

It was Saturday and I had kept my promise to Jasper. I have been staying away from him and avoiding him just like he asked.

Tonight was the night I was going to the movies with Cole and I was hoping it would cheer me up from the gloomy atmosphere I had been walking around in since Wednesday afternoon.

Besides Jasper, my mind has been wrapped around the red eyes that I saw the night I met Cole and his family.

They hadn't appeared again, but they had been troubling me. This wasn't the first time I saw a pair of red eyes like that. I had seen them before a couple of times, in my dreams.

It was always the same dream.. Although I could not distinguish the actual appearance, I could tell that it was a man. He never spoke to me or approached me; he only stared at me with those hypnotic crimson eyes.

I never told anyone about this constant dream; I didn't want to worry Grandma Elsa or Grandpa Will, and I didn't want to look like a freak for constantly dreaming of this shadow man.

It was strange to say the least.

Bella had tried to cheer me up after noticing my mood. She offered to spend the day with me today before the movie with Cole, but I told her she didn't have to cancel her plans with Edward.

She said it wouldn't be a problem, but I knew she desperately wanted to spend more time with him.

I ended up pushing her away physically and shewing her away from my house, which she was hovering over.

"Go away Bella! For the thousandth time, I'll be fine. Enjoy your day with Edward."

She bit her lip, unsure if she should really leave.

"Okay…but call me if you change your mind."

Sighing, I leaned my head against the doorframe of my front door and said, "Fine Bella."

We hugged and I waved as she climbed into her truck and took off.

Closing the door, I turned to climb the stairs up to my room but Grandma's voice stopped me.

"Remy, would you like some peanut butter cookies?"

I saw her walking towards me with a small plate of three peanut butter cookies, my favorite.

I took the plate and smiled at her, "Thanks Grandma. I think I'm just going to take a nap before the movie, okay?"

"Okay sweetie."

She brushed a copper curl away from my face and walked into the kitchen, leaving me to resume my climb up the stairs.

Once in my room, I set the plate on cookies on my desk and flopped down on to my bed where I curled up into a ball and closed my eyes.

As I laid there, I realized I wasn't going to be able to fall asleep, not with Jasper's heated gaze locked in my memory.

I still can't understand why he and his family appear the way they do, nor why Jasper looks like he has been mauled.

I almost gave it away that I could see those scars of his on Wednesday when I reached out to touch one.

Those golden eyes of theirs strangely reminded me of the shadow man's red ones I had seen in my dreams. I knew that those eyes in the darkness were not animal eyes.

Sitting up, I looked over at my laptop and made my way over to it, sitting down in the cushioned chair.

I tapped a letter key and the screen came to life, a picture of a field with poppies as my background filled the screen.

I brought up Google and typed in, "red eyes" and began skimming through the different pages my search brought up.

I wasn't even going to go to Wikipedia, so I kept scrolling until one article caught my eye.

What You Should Know About Vampires

"No way"

Clicking the link, a page with a stereotypical vampire in the background popped up My eyes scanned the page until a knock came to my door, causing me to jump.

I clicked the little x in the right corner and turned to see Grandma Elsa walk in, my cell phone in her hand.

"You left your phone downstairs sweetheart, Cole called."

She handed me my phone and shut the door behind her as I sat on my bed, "Hello?"

"Hey, it's Cole."

I smiled and said, "I am aware of that. What can I do for you Cole?"

He was silent for a moment before saying, "Remember when I said that I didn't mean for the movies to be like a date?"

"Yeahhh?"

He cleared his throat and his voice became nervous, "W-well, I lied."

I sat up strait as my heart began to beat faster and my palms became sweaty, "What do you mean?"

"I mean, well, that is, I mean that I…did want it to be a date; you looked so beautiful that night and I was nervous and didn't want to seem too, I don't know, forward? Does that make sense?"

I bit my lip as a blush crept on to my cheeks, "You thought I was beautiful?"

He chuckled, "How could you not be?"

My blush deepened and I giggled!

Yes, I just giggled!

I covered my mouth in embarrassment as Cole said, "So I was wondering, if it's alright of course, that we could add dinner before the movie tonight. To make it an official date."

I didn't know what to say except, "I'd like that."

His voice became excited and he was tumbling over his words, "Great, I-I'll see tonight, I mean, I will see you, tonight! Is seven thirty alright?"

" Sure…bye Cole."

I hung up and ran my hands over my face and through my hair before jumping from my bed and racing downstairs, "GRANDMA!"

As I flew down the stairs, Grandma Elsa ran from the kitchen, her hands soaked with water and suds, "What is it?"

A huge, uncontrollable smile was on my face as I grabbed her wet hands, "Cole wants to take me out to dinner, as in a date! I don't know what to wear!"

She clutched her chest and smacked my arm ,"Don't scream like that! You nearly gave me a heart attack. I miss your grandpa, honey, but I'm not ready to join him just yet."

I crinkled my eyebrows and interlaced my fingers with hers, "Sorry."

She shook her head and guided me back to my room and helped me pick out an outfit.

"What about this one?"

She held out a v-neck shirt and I immediately said no. She looked down at it, "Why not?"

I took it from her and said, "Grandma, this thing shows off my boobs way too much."

She took it from me and gave me a smirk, "That's the point."

My mouth fell open and blushed as I crossed my arms, "Grandma!"

"What?" she shrugged and said, "Baby girl, I'm old, not dead."

I pointed to my door, "Get out you, I don't think I want your fashion advice anymore."

She kissed my cheek and pulled out my favorite dress. "I think this will be wonderful."

I took it and said, "We'll see."

She left me alone and I looked down at the dress. It came down to just above my knees and was made out of cotton. It was gray in color with olive and yellow tiny flowers etched on to it. It was spaghetti strapped and a thin tie in the back. The bottom of the dress was slightly ruffled, but not extreme or anything.

I hung it on the back of my door and began searching for a pair of shoes to go with it. I immediately chose to wear a pair of brown flats and set them by the door before racing to the bathroom to shower and get ready for my date.

I stood in front of the mirror in my room and stared at my reflection. The dress had been a good choice and looked wonderful on me.

My normal curly hair had been straitened with much difficulty and fell down past my shoulders. I didn't have much makeup on except for a little lip gloss.

A pair of earrings dangled from my ears, including a stud in my upper right ear. Grandpa Will had not been happy when I got that done.

I ran my hands over the dress once more before grabbing my purse and walking out and downstairs.

"Oh my goodness!"

Grandma Elsa hugged me and then twirled me around to look me over, "You look so pretty sweetheart. Can I take a picture?"

I rolled my eyes, "Grandma it isn't prom yet."

She sighed, "Alright, but I get to take even more pictures when your prom comes up to make up for it."

I nodded, "Fine Grandma."

I looked at the large grandfather clock that stood in the corner of the living room and saw that it was seven fifteen.

Cole should be here in fifteen minutes.

As I walked to sit on the couch, Grandma Elsa stopped me, "What are you doing Remy? You're suppose to make a grand decent down the stairs when the boy arrives, I thought you knew that."

I help my hands up in surrender and walked past her and up the stairs, "Relax Grandma, okay? I'll make a grand decent down the stairs, alright?"

She patted my back as I walked up the steps and disappeared from my view once I was at the top. I walked into my room and sat down at my desk.

I suddenly remembered that I had been doing some research on those mysterious red eyes and had come across a page about vampires.

Surely, there was no such thing as vampires…right?

I couldn't fight temptation and booted up my computer.

"Remy! Cole's here!"

I looked up from the notebook I had been taking notes in and looked at the small numbers at the bottom corner of my computer; it was seven thirty-five.

I had become engrossed in my search that I forgot the time. I jumped up and pushed down the top of my laptop and looked myself over in the mirror and suddenly became nervous.

I walked down the stairs slowly as to not embarrass myself and fall in front of Cole.

Once I was at the bottom I saw Cole, who was wearing a pair of jeans and a nice, green dress shirt and a light jacket over it.

I smiled nervously and he did the same. Taking a step towards me, he said, "Wow, you look incredible."

I blushed, "Thank you. You look pretty good yourself."

Grandma excused herself and told us to have a good time and to me back by eleven.

"Okay, love you Grandma."

I reached on to the coat rack and pulled my light brown sweater from it to put on, when Cole took it from me and opened it for me.

I turned around and with Cole's help, pulled it on over my arms. "Thank you,"

He took my hand and opened the door at the same time, "No problem, Remy. Ready to go?"

I nodded and walked out before him. He walked me to the passenger side of the hummer and helped me into it, due to my short stature of course.

Once he was in the car, I turned to him and asked, "So where are we going for dinner?"

"Well, there's this place near the movies that I thought you might like. It's walking distance from the theater, so I thought we could take a walk after dinner to the movies."

"That sounds nice."

He gave me a small smile and started the car before pulling out on to the road slowly. He was a much better driver than Alice.

The ride over was relatively quiet. Cole said he didn't want to run out of things to ask me before we even got to the restaurant.

Once there, Cole quickly ran around and opened my door for me, helping me out of the large vehicle.

The restaurant was nicer than I thought and I felt slightly underdressed in my simple summer dress

I stood uncomfortably next to Cole as he talked to the hostess about reservations.

Reservations?

Was Cole that confident that I'd say yes to dinner? He sure didn't seem like it on the phone.

"Right this way Mr. Doyle."

Cole turned to me and as we followed the hostess, placed his hand on the curve of my back, near my hip.

I blushed but said nothing as we reached the table. Cole pulled out my chair for me before sitting down himself.

"Thank you." I said as I took the menu from the hostess.

She smiled before returning to the front of the restaurant.

I looked around the restaurant and felt even more out of place when I noticed one woman wearing a long, flowing gown.

Looking down at my dress I ran a finger over one of the tiny buttons near the top of the dress and bit my lip.

"Something wrong?"

I looked up to see Cole looking at me curiously. I licked my lips and leaned forward, "I didn't realize it was such a nice place. I would have worn something more appropriate."

He smirked and shook his head. "It wouldn't matter what you wore, Remy. You'd look gorgeous in anything."

I laughed dryly, "Sure."

He had looked back at his own menu, but at my comment, looked right back at me, this time not smiling.

Instead, he looked curious. He dropped his menu gently on the table and crossed his arms over it before leaning forward, "How can you be oblivious to the fact that you are beautiful?"

I didn't know what to say. I had never thought of myself as beautiful. In fact, I thought I was very plain. I had never had a real boyfriend before in my seventeen years of life and no one had ever called me beautiful before.

I normally dressed in jeans and graphic tee's with converse shoes. I only occasionally wore girly clothes, and never wore makeup.

"I guess I just don't see it."

Cole reached across the table and enveloped my smaller hands in his larger ones. Looking at me with severity, he said, "You are without a doubt, the most beautiful girl I have ever seen Remy, and I'm going to remind you everyday until you agree with me."

I couldn't help stop the radiant smile that broke from my lips.

After dinner was over, I had learned that Cole had originally been born in Boston, but his parents had moved to Forks after his father had been offered a position as a lawyer for a firm in Seattle when he was two years old.

He told me that we had been playmates when we were little until my parents death. It was funny that I couldn't remember being friends with him. I mean, my parents died when I was nine years old, I should remember being friends with Cole, but I don't.

After my parents died, m grandparents gained custody over me and moved to New Mexico. Cole said that the chief of police, Bella's father, had investigated the case but nothing was found to point to anything but an accident.

We were currently walked out of the restaurant and were making our way down the walkway towards the movie theatre for the nine o'clock showing.

"So you really are going to be coming to Forks High School?"

Cole was walking close to me, his arms brushing against mine as his hands were stuffed in his pockets.

"Yup! Starting in two weeks, I'm going to be an official student of Forks High School."

Looking down at me, he said, "Guess that means you'll be seeing a lot more of me."

We stopped in front of the movie theatre and Cole said he would go and pay for the tickets and to wait for him outside.

A sudden chill filled the air and I shivered. My dress wasn't meant for the cold and I only had my light sweater to keep me warm.

The wind blew my hair in my face and I choked as a strand of hair became stuck in my mouth. Coughing, I wiped at my face, pushing my rogue hair behind my ears.

"Remy?"

A familiar bell-tingling voice called out from behind me and I turned to see Alice walking towards me.

She was wearing a green bow in her hair and was wearing a matching green dress made out of a material I couldn't even name.

"Alice!"

She gave me one of her bear hugs, which was surprisingly very strong and made it hard to breathe when trapped in her grip.

Standing back, she asked, "What are you doing here?"

She sounded surprised, in the way she did sometimes when we ran into each other sometimes. She acted as if she was suppose to know where I was all the time or something.

I pointed to the theater, "I'm seeing a movie with a da, a friend of mine."

I caught myself but she obviously heard the slip and burst into excitement. She squealed momentarily as I quickly covered her mouth.

Pulling away, she gave me an apologetic smile and leaned it to whisper, "Your on a date?"

I nodded timidly and said, "Yeah, he's really sweet."

Alice suddenly stopped smiling and turned around just in time to see…Jasper, walking out of the theater, a scowl on his face which darkened even more when his eyes set on me.

He stopped mid-stride and stood still as he stared at us.

Alice looked at me and gave a half-smile, "Just a second," and danced over to her adopted brother.

Even as Alice looked at him and spoke with a concerned look on her face, his eyes didn't waver from my form.

I looked away, unable to stand being looked at in such a way as he was doing. It was like he was torn. He looked like he was about to flee and at the same time, charge at me.

Alice pulled at his arm, causing him to pull his sight away from me and to Alice.

As I looked away, I saw Cole walking back with two tickets in his hand. I was relieved and at the same time disappointed that he was back so quickly. I felt strange and slightly out of place when I was with Cole, but couldn't help but feel flattered and noticed with his compliments and declarations.

But, when I'm near Jasper, I feel…safe.

It's strange, I know. I mean he's never done or said anything to me that should make me feel safe, but he does.

And I feel terrible that I want him to notice me, and not Cole.

But Cole was noticing me and complimenting me and telling me I was beautiful.

"Okay, I got the tickets. Ready to go inside?"

I was about to answer, when Jasper began walking towards us. I closed my mouth and watched as he took what I could only describe as a predatory stride towards us. Alice glided after him, both glowing in the shimmering light that I was beginning to become comfortable with.

He did not stop until he was within touching distance between me and Cole and just about ignored me as he spoke to Cole.

"I don't believe we've met. Jasper Hale, "

He stuck out his pale, granite-like hand and shook Cole's. I noticed Cole wince as he pulled his hand away and rubbed it with his other hand. A smirk appeared on Jasper's face as Cole hissed in slight pain, "Sorry about that, don't know my own strength sometimes."

Cole chuckled, "I guess you don't."

Alice bumped her shoulder against Jasper's arm, but had a happy look on her face as she asked me, "So, what movie are you and your date, going to see?"

Jasper's eyes darted in my direction and looked at me, unblinkingly. I turned to Cole and said, "I'm not sure…we didn't talk about it so I guess whatever Cole picked."

A dry scoff came from Jasper as he looked away before returning to me and Cole. I bit the inside of my mouth to keep myself from telling him to get lost if he was going to be a complete ass again.

Alice seemed to sense the tension in the air as she grabbed Jasper's arm and began pulling him in the opposite direction, "I guess we'll see you on Monday, then? Hope you enjoy your movie. It was nice to meet you Cole."

Cole nodded and took hold of my hand, squeezing it gently, "Ready?"

I nodded as another cold breeze rushed over me, causing me to once again shiver, my teeth chattering involuntarily.

Cole noticed my body shaking and wrapped an arm around my shoulder, "Are you cold?"

I shook my head, "No, just a cool breeze is all."

"A gentleman should offer his coat to his date if she's cold, don't you think, Cole?"

I nearly jumped when I heard Jasper's voice again. He was looking at Cole with haughtiness as Alice gripped his elbow as she tried to pull him away.

He looked down at her and whispered something, something that made Alice look up at him sharply. Her look of worry morphed into a serene smile and she let go of him and rubbed his shoulder before waving at me merrily and dancing off around the corner.

Jasper stood there, waiting for Cole to say or do something, his hands behind his back as he stood perfectly still.

Cole cleared his throat and looked down at me, "Do you want my coat, Remy?"

I reached out and stopped him as he began to pull off his coat, "No, it's okay Cole, thanks though."

Jasper stepped forward then and peeled off his own coat. "Allow me then, Cole. We wouldn't want you to catch cold either, now would we?"

My breath hitched as he stepped into my personal space and draped his coat around my shoulders. I felt his cold hands linger on my arms through the material and felt my heart skip as his eyes seemed to turn from the taciturn glaze his eyes normally had, into a soft, warm caress that ran over my entire being.

He stepped back and took a deep breath, his eyes closing as he did. Opening them, his mouth formed that almost unnoticeable smile he would give sometimes, and bowed his head in my direction.

"Have a wonderful evening Remy."

His amber orbs were liquid warmth as they glided over me. The chilled air was forgotten as Jasper looked at me in a way that made me feel like I was the only person on the street.

He blinked and looked away, but not before glancing at Cole with his normal cold, distant expression.

He left then, disappeared around the same corner Alice had only a moment ago. Cole pulled me into the theater without a word, which made me wonder if he was upset about meeting Jasper.

As Cole handed the usher our tickets and we made our way into the theater, I couldn't help but think about what had just transpired outside. Jasper had never looked at me like that before. He had never looked at me with such warmth before.

He had actually spoken to me without being rude, well to me anyway. He was only rude to Cole. Was he…was he jealous?

No he couldn't be, why would he? He told me to stay away from him after all, why would he care who I spent my time with?

The lights deemed and the previews began to role. But, even with loud explosions from some up and coming action flick, my mind was still focused on one thing.

The butterflies that danced in my heart when Jasper Hale looked at me with those warm gazes.

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