Jasper would never admit it to me but I knew he was a little afraid of what Riley would do now that he had seen him with his new boyfriend. We spent the weekend holding each other. We agreed whatever happened if anything with Riley that we would stick together. Jasper is the love of my life and I wasn't willing to lose him now or ever. I knew Jasper was embarrassed after telling me he was beaten, and pleaded with me not to tell Emmett. I had to explain to him that Emmett thought of him as his brother, and would be angry if he wasn't told about Riley and he was allowed to be inside his club. After much discussion it was agreed that I would tell Emmett and Rose.
Monday I woke up to my alarm clock chirping at me. I looked over at the clock that said 7:00am. I had to be at school at 9:00am so I needed to get up and get in the shower. Jasper however didn't need to be at school until noon, so he would most likely sleep in. The problem was, Jasper had his left arm laying across my stomach and his left leg thrown over mine. His head was laying on my chest and he was snoring lightly. I chuckled and kissed the top of his head. "Jasper" I whispered running my hand up and down his back. He didn't even flinch. I brought my hand up and pushed the hair off his face gently. "Jasper, baby wake up" I tried again. "mmmm" was his only response. I chuckled again. "Jazz I need to get ready for work, Just roll over and go back to sleep."
With a groan of protest, Jasper rolled off me slowly onto his back. I rolled over next to him and pushed the hair back kissing his forehead. "I wish I didn't have to go baby, but temperamental teenagers await" I said with a small chuckle. With his eyes still closed the corners of his mouth came up into a beautiful smile. "I was thinking, how about I make us a special dinner tonight just you and me?" Jasper always loved my cooking. I remembered back to the day he met my parents. Jasper told my mother he was only moving in with me because of my cooking. My mother threw her head back and laughed so hard she had tears in her eyes.
Jasper's eyes came open after hearing that. "Only if you make something gooey, and cheesy and really bad for us, so we can work it off later" he said with a sleepy smile. I threw my head back and laughed. "You have only been awake less than a minute and already having dirty thoughts, what am I gonna do with you?" I said looking down in his deep blue eyes. He smiled and pulled me down for a soft kiss. "Can't help it your just too sexy" he replied stretching his limbs. I smiled and kissed him once more "OK well I have to get going, go back to sleep and I will see you tonight. I love you." I crawled out of bed and headed to the shower. "I love you too" I heard him say as he rolled over and fell back asleep.
The morning went pretty fast. The first day of a new semester was always easy, most teachers spent the first day just learning names and giving introductions. When the bell rang to signal it was lunch time I waited for the kids to file out before locking the music room and headed to my office. I brought a small bag of carrots so I could stay at my desk and call Emmett to explain about Riley. When I told Emmett about Riley had was angry, and asked for a description and promised to make sure Jacob and the rest of the bouncers knew he was not allowed in the club anymore. I thanked him but asked that he not tell the whole story about Jasper's past because he was embarrassed. I knew Emmett would protect Jasper's secret, and defend him like a brother.
J POV
I set the alarm to wake me again up at ten so I had time to shower before heading to practice. The weekend I spent with Edward was very emotional, but it felt good to have someone else know what happened to me. I never told a soul, not even my parents that Riley had beaten me up. Everyone in my family thought Riley and I would be together for the rest of my life. He was always extremely kind to my family and friends. We had been together since High school. Being gay in High school was hard, but having Riley with me was always a comfort and I loved him passionately. He was my first everything.
The hate and Fury I saw in his eyes that day he beat me up was surprising. Never once had he ever looked at me that way or anyone else for that matter, At least not that I saw. He left me bleeding and bruised on my dorm room floor. I cried alone for hours. I cried because someone who was supposed to love me could hurt me that bad, I cried because I thought it was my fault. I was ashamed. He told me nobody would ever love me again and that I deserved the beating he gave me. I spent the rest of the week in my room not going to classes, going back and forth from crying to being angry. My body hurt all over and my face was swollen around my right eye. I only left my room when most of the kids in my dorm were gone at class.
The end of that week I found Edwards number on my desk. I stared at it for a few hours, contemplating calling him. I picked up the phone a few times but always ended up ending the call before it went through. Edward was beautiful and brilliant and sweet. I ended my relationship for him and I couldn't even call him because I felt ashamed. When I did finally call him he was excited and needless to say we ended up together. When I saw Riley outside the club Friday night my whole past came flooding back to me and I knew I would have to tell Edward the truth.
I got to School a little early and made my way to my office. Edward was going to talk to Emmett today at his lunch period and I hoped he would call me before I had to start practice. I sat down and started looking over the roster for this year s Soccer team. The team s first game would be this coming Thursday and I thought we had a good chance at winning. Most of the kids knew who I was before I started as their coach. In college, I was on Scholarship and lead my team to the College Championship game three years in a row. Two of the three years we took the title.
I didn't get a call from Edward before noon practice started so I made my way out to the field where the team had gathered. I took attendance and had everyone spread out while my assistant coach Tim led them in stretching exercises. When stretching was over I split the team in two and made teams so we could have a practice game. Other than a few tips to the younger players the game had gone well and I let them head to the locker room around two. They had two practices today and were told to be back here and ready by four for the second practice game.
I had two hours to go over the rosters and make changes with my assistant coach before I would be heading back to the field.
E POV
Three o'clock came and the bell sounded for the school day to be over. I said goodbye to the students and straightened up the music room before heading to my office. I sat down at my computer to answer some e mails before I packed up and headed to the grocery store. I had a list of ingredients I needed to pick up to make my mother s famous lasagna that Jasper loved so much. I also picked up a bottle of red wine and some strawberries for the dessert I would be making.
An hour later I arrived home. Setting the groceries on the kitchen table I went to the stereo in the living room and put on some slow Jazz music while I prepared dinner. By five dinner was in the oven and dessert was chilling in the refrigerator. Jasper would be home in less than an hour so I decided to take a quick shower and change clothes.
A half hour later I was freshly showered and back in the kitchen checking on dinner. I put a little more cheese on the lasagna and set it back in the oven for a few minutes to melt. I opened the wine and let it breath while I set the table so Jasper wouldn't have to do anything but sit down and eat once he got home. When six had come and gone and Jasper wasn't home I was starting to get worried. I thought about calling his phone, but figured he was still on the field and that practice had run long. When it was half past seven I was really worried and picked up the phone to call him. When I didn't get an answer I left him a message to call me. I decided to call the Athletic Department at the college to see if anyone had seen him. The man who answered hadn't seen him, but told me he would walk down to his office and see if he was in from practice yet, and have him call me back.
Sitting at the empty table with plates and wine glasses, I had a bad feeling something was going on. I tried to remain calm and wait for Jasper's call to let me know he was alright, but I was getting restless. Jasper was almost never late, and if he was he always called me. I was pacing around the living room when the phone rang. I ran for the phone almost knocking over the lamp when I answered. "Is this Edward Cullen?" the man on the phone asked. "Yes, who is this?" I asked pointedly. "My name is Tim. I am Jasper's Assistant coach" he answered sounding a little hesitant. "Oh, sorry" I apologized for my tone. "Have you seen Jasper? He was suppose to be home almost two hours ago." I was starting to get frantic now.
"Edward, I'm sorry to be the one to tell you this...." My heart rate kicked up and my hands started shaking. "What's wrong" I almost screamed. "Um...I...came back to the office a few minutes ago because I had forgotten my jacket and I found Jasper on the floor. It looks like he was beaten pretty badly" I couldn't breathe. I fell to my knees. "Edward, he was bleeding pretty badly so I called 911. The paramedics just left with him..." I didn't listen to the rest. I dropped the phone and sprinted to the bedroom. I threw on a pair of shoes, grabbed my keys and ran out the door. My first thought was Jasper...my second was Riley.
