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Jasper had left the house feeling pretty damn pleased with himself. His throat was burning and made breathing unbearable, but it was worth it. Judging by Harriet's emotions, he was sure she was kind of confused by how she acted towards him. Jasper reasoned that it was probably the link between mates - it kind of made resisting each other near impossible. Not that he minded. At all.

He hunted quickly before he headed home, quickly finishing off a couple of small elks and burying them. He felt slightly like a dog hiding a bone. He conversed a little with the family before Emmett launched into an all-night gaming session with him. Jasper had to let the poor guy win, otherwise he sulked for days.

Jasper was itching for Harriet's company by the morning, which resulted in Edward mocking him jokingly. He couldn't help it if she was all he thought about.

Once they finally arrived at school - Alice had told Jasper to take his motorbike instead of driving with them, and didn't specify why - Jasper leant against his bike, bored and impatient for Harriet to arrive. As soon as her scent infiltrated the area, he looked up from the rock he had been studying to pass the time.

He watched as she moved across the parking lot, hips swaying seductively. She had on a skirt today, light and black, which reached just above her knees. Again, she wore a band T-shirt. This time it was a Green Day one, tightly fitted to her body with a list of tour dates on the back. Her hair was tied up in a ponytail, her fringe perfectly straight. On her feet, she had black Doc. Martins. Black studs and rings decorated her ears, cheeks and nose, the same heavy dose of eyeliner around her cat-like eyes.

She looked over her glasses around the lot, eventually finding Jasper. A smirk slowly crept across his face. She didn't realize how much of a minx she was.

"You look lovely." He commented as she approached. His siblings had parked two cars down, and he knew they were eavesdropping.

"So does your bike." She retorted, staring the bike in awe. "Sheesh, is that a custom paint job? Looks top end - holy shit, look at those wheels!" Jasper laughed at her she continued to flurry about the bike, making comments on everything.

"Maybe we can take it for a spin after school." He proposed, and she got a wicked glint in her eye.

"Can I drive?" Harriet moved towards him slyly, one hand running across the leather seat gently.

Jasper looked down at her, grinning. She really was quite cute.

"Maybe in a million years."

"I'll still be alive then. You won't." She made a grab for the keys, and Jasper moved them up higher, now holding them above his head.

"Maybe I will be, too." He said cryptically.

"Are you hiding something from me, Hale?" Harriet stepped closer to him, and her scent washed over him. His mouth swelled with venom, and he swallowed it down before talking.

"I might be. Guess will never know." He turned and made his way toward the building, shrugging out of his leather jacket to reveal a white button up. "Now let's get to class."

She continued to ask and pester him about his words, even in the doorway of her first class. He had left her with a few jokes and a smirk, before he allowed her to think for herself.

By lunch however, Harriet's human mind had been distracted by something else entirely. She repeated her actions like she did every day, wait in line, grab an apple, leave and eat outside.

Well, almost. As she reached the doors, Jasper got in her way, opening the door for her and leading her out.

"Don't you have other people to talk to?" She joked, as they slipped onto the wooden seats. They were damp from the rain - as always - so the two had laid down their coats before sitting.

"I'm keeping an eye on you. Don't want you running off with my bike."

"But we'd be so happy together!" She whined, tone filled with humor.

Jasper laughed at her, leaning forward and resting his arms on the table between them. Between quiet giggles, Harriet did the same.

They went silent for a moment, just grinning, before Jasper spoke up.

"So, what sort of things do you get up to when you pause time?" He asked, tilting his head to the right.

"Lots of stuff. Pranks, like I did with Jessica, or sometimes I just walk about. I went to New York once, and paused everything there." Her eyes became bright and excited, and Jasper admired her subtly. "That city is amazing, the way that I can just capture it all like that, and walk around as part of the story. Some things I see I try to forget. But it just adds to the experience, I suppose."

"It must be cool. Being able to pause people's lives like that." He responded.

"Yeah. It gets me out of some horrible situations, too. If I'm in a fight or in trouble, I can just pause time and get away."

Jasper asked his next question carefully, watching Harriet's response. "What about... If you die. Like, whilst time is paused. Does the world just... stop?" She shook her head.

"No. It carries on, and my... Ability, is passed on to someone else. When my Grandfather stopped using it, it was carried through his genes, skipped my mother and for some reason, sparked in me. he hadn't have stopped using his power, I may not've been able to do it today."

"So it's quite complicated, then?" Jasper smirked, and she laughed.

"Hell yeah." Their conversation moved to a more normal topic, moving from books and films to music.

By the time the bell went and the two had separate classrooms, they missed each others company.

So, this one is shorter than the others, sorry guys. I just want to build up their relationship, because that'll make drama much more interesting.

I wonder if Jessica has something up her sleeve...

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