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Here we go! Chapter 4! YAY! I'm really happy to have this up. All of your reviews, and favorites/alerts are filling me with joy. I'm sorry it's so late, but it's still Saturday in mmost places. I hope to update on Tuesday, if not sooner. These next few days will be packed for me so, no guarantees. Sound good? Please check out my poll. My poor baby needs a new name... Next chapter if I've not had any sucess in the poll, I'll post the options. Any ideas are welcome. Also, I know that I said this a few chapters ago, but if you think of a random or funny quote, please tell me through review or pm. OH, OH, OH! I finally got an e-mail address for my fanfiction account, I have e-mail on my cell phone, so I recieve the messages at all hours of the day (except when lose service in the mid western boonies here on vacation), so if you have any special questions or comments, e-mail me at .com.

Once I was into a fresh outfit, I ran back to Bella's house, the light was on in her room, I noticed the eerie yellow glow that illuminated the front of her house. I climbed up the tree like always, and then jumped to the roof. I laid down on my stomach and looked over the edge of the shingles and into her window. She held a phone in her hand, and was biting her lip, a nervous habit, I realized. She pressed a button and held the phone to her ear, flushing a deep shade of red. My phone vibrated, causing a wid grin to spread across my face. I leapt off the roof and ran a quarter mile away before pulling the phone out of my leather jacket, I answered it, "Hello?"

"Jasper?" Bella questioned.

"What's up?" I asked.

"Is it too late too call?"

"No, no. Call whenever. But what's up?"

"I...I don't know. I'm just lonely."

"I'm sorry, do you want to do something?"

"I'm fine."

"No really, I'll swing by and pick you up."

"I shouldn't."

"But you will...Right?"

She thought for a minute, "Yeah."

I smiled, "Good, give me 10 minutes."

"Okay, see you soon."

"See you."

I hung up and began to run home, I called Edward, he answered on the second ring, "What?" His tone was sharp, my brother was known for his constant bad moods.

"Edward, hi, look, I'm sorry, but can I borrow your Volvo?"

"Why?" He sounded exasperated.

"I need a car, just for a couple of hours."

"Fine, the keys will be on the driver's seat, I'll have you know that it has absolutely no scratches, stains, or other damages, and I am confident that it will be in the same condition when you return it."

"Of course, Edward, I will take good care of it."

"You had better..."

"I'll make it up to you, I promise."

He hung up as I turned down the winding path to the mansion. The Volvo sat in the driveway. I hopped into it and Gunned the engine, heading back to Bella's house. Once I arrived, I saw her leaned against a tree in front of Charlie's house. I stepped out of the car, and escorted her to the passenger's side, she bllushed when I closed the door behind her. I walked back to the driver's side, "Where to?" I asked her.

"I don't know."

"Coffee?"

She shrugged, "Why not?"

I sped off towards the cafe, one of the only things still open in Forks. She was nervous, I was saddened by that, "You didn't have to do this." Bella grumbled.

"Nope, but I wanted to. You're a really sweet girl, Bella. You should be happy. You deserve to be happy, and if my company for an hour or two will make you happy, then by all means, let's go." I replied, I wanted her to be happy when she was with me, so I sent her calming waves of happiness. She smiled, rolling my window down a few inches, just to breathe fresh, Bella-free, air. She looked at me curiously, I looked out the windshield and nervously tapped my thumb against the steering wheel, relieved to be only a few seconds away from the coffee shop. Once I parked, I got out and walked over to Bella's side, opening her door for her. She smiled up at me, and nervously licked her lip. We walked towards the coffe house, "What are you going to have?" I asked, looking down at her.

"Just a latt`e, I guess." She replied, "and what about you?"

"Mmm, I don't think that I'll have anything."

"Why not?" She looked perplexed.

"I'm not a big coffee drinker."

"I see, well they probably have tea."

"Thanks, I'm okay."

We stepped up to the empty counter, a bored looking guy stood up from the stool that he was sitting on and reading at. "What can I get for you?" He asked, looking straight into my eyes, as if Bella were non-exsistent, I looked down at Bella, just to make sure that she really was still there. "Bella?" I asked, motioning towards the worker that was still staring at me and absently played with his lip piercing.

"Um, I'll have a soy latt`e." She said softly.

"And what can I do for- erm, I mean get you, what can I get you?" He asked me.

"Nothing thanks." I replied, near the point of gagging at all of the lust that was rolling off of him, it seemed to make Bella nervous.

"You sure?" He asked with a disappointed look.

"Yeah, I'm sure, thank you."

His face fell, "What size latt`e, dude?"

"Me?" Bella asked, biting her lip.

"Yeah, dude, you."

"Don't call her a, 'dude', call her a lady, or 'miss'." I told him firmly, barely restraining myself. No one should show her anything less than total respect.

"'Kay man, simmer down, what size, lady?"

"Small." She said, biting her lip harder.

"Okay, $1.64." He sighed.

"Go, on, get a seat." I told her.

"Wait, I need to pay." She reminded me holding up a small turquiose colored wallet.

"My treat." I countered.

"No, really."

"Bella." I slapped two dollars on the counter, she smiled.

"Well, thank you, you didn't have to do that." I shrugged, and she walked off to a pair of over stuffed chairs.

The worker brought me the drink, "I'm off in an hour." He said softly.

"I'm sorry, that's a kind offer, but I'm just not interested."

"Oh."

I took the coffee and walked towards Bella, I sat across from her, and handed her the latt`e. She smiled, running her small, overly pale index finger over the rim of the mug.

"Why did you move here?" I asked her.

"My mom married a baseball player and he travels a lot, so I thought I would finish out school here. What about you?"

"I've been here for a few years. My family moved from Alaska, we travel a lot too."

"You sure have a lot of brothers and sisters." Bella commented.

"Yeah, we're all adopted, Carlisle and Esme collect kids," I joked, causing her to smile.

"I see. My parents split too soon for me to be a big sister, and I doubt that my mom will have any kids with Phil. My step dad."

I nodded, watching her lips move, venom pooled in my mouth, not because I was enticed by the scent of her blood, but because she was so beautiful, I was nearly drooling. What was I, 20? Oh... right...

"I see. My parents are dead now, I'm lucky to have Carlisle and Esme."

"Are you really not going to have anything?" She asked and took a sip, lucky cup. WHAT? My mind screamed at me. I took a deep breath, get it together, Jazz, you will not take advantage of her. At that moment, she licked the coffee off of her lips, I nearly lost it, so I stood up and excused myself to the empty mens room. Once I was alone, I sunk to the floor, "What are you thinking!" I yelled to myself, careful that my voice would not leave the sanctuary of the beige bathroom. "She's just a child! Only 17! And human, a human! I slapped myself. The only thing in the room that I couldn't break. Aggravated, I slapped myself again, behind me the door opened, I smelled Alice. "Jazz, what are you doing, you've done nothing wrong." She said, barely above a whisper, she sunk down beside me, and grasped me by the shoulders, leaning her head against me. "Go get her, Tiger, I'll come with you." She said, looking at me.

"Okay, won't it be weird for you to have shown up and run to the bathroom and then come out at the same time as me?"

"You go out first. I'll.... fix my makeup."

"Okay, thank you, Alice." I stood up, she pressed a hand to my chest, "What are you-"

She shoved her hands into my hair and moved it around some, repositioning nearly every single strand, "All better."

I smiled at her and went back to Bella, who had tucked her knees to her chest in my absence.

"Hi." I said.

"Hey." She replied with a small wave.

"So, do you think that you would want to-"

"Jasper!" Alice called behind me, good timing.

"Alice?" I replied, craning my neck to see her.

"Hey," I greeted her.

"Hi, Bella." Alice grinned.

"Hi..." Bella looked confused.

"Alice." Alice reminded her.

"Have a seat." Bella smiled.

"Thanks, but I need to go." Alice said as the worker called her name, holding out a foam cup.

"Bye." Bella said.

I waved as Alice walked over to get her coffee.

"You were saying something?" Bella reminded me.

"Oh, yeah, well, do you want to do this again?"

"What, like go on another date?" She blushed, her emotions were everything from embarrassment to shock, and regret.

"Is that what this is?" I asked.

"I don't know."

"Do you want it to be?"

She got a deep look on her face, "Yes. I think I would," she looked down, "Unless you don't."

"No, Bella, I think I would like that too." I replied, also looking down.

"Then let's do it again," I realized my awkward wording and corrected myself, "Date again, let's go on another date."

"That's what I figured that you meant. When? Where?"

"Tomorrow? Movies?"

"Okay. Sounds good." Bella agreed through a yawn.

"You're tired, let's get you home."

"Okay."

We stood up and left the coffee shop. I held the door for her and then held the car door for her when we reached Edward's Volvo.

"Well, goodnight." Bella sighed when I pulled in front of her house.

"Good night, Bella. I will see you tomorrow in school." I said looking into her eyes. I took her small whitish-pink hand in to my own hard, bone colored hand and pressed my lips to her hand. She blushed and shivered, a reminder of how different we were, and how I was playing in a playground that wasn't meant for me. I hated myself for that.

"You're really cold." She chuckled, almost a giggle, the sound that Alice frequently emitted.

"That's me for you, I'm always cold to the touch, sorry."

"I don't mind. I'm slowly beginning to like things that are cold." She blushed even redder.

"Well, you should go, get some sleep."

"All right, thank you, Jasper."

"Well, you are very welcome."

She stepped out of the car and walked into her father's house.

"Where is Alice?" I asked Carlisle when I returned to the mansion, he looked over at Esme and smiled, " She's out hunting with Edward."

"Oh?" It came out as a question.

"How was your evening?" He asked.

"Lovely,"

"Alice made it seem like you and Isabella were getting along well."

"Yes, we decide to go out again."

"You are dating her?"

"Apparently."

"Jasper, you know as well as I do that you have... extra challenges with this lifestyle, you must be careful, the more imtimate that your relationship grows the more difficult restraining yourself will be. You need to be careful, and decide how to go about this with caution. Have you considered telling her?"

"Carlisle! I won't tell her."

"If the pair of you get more involved, she will deserve to know."

"I will consider, just not yet. Let me enjoy my life for just a little while, huh, Carlisle? I haven't felt like this in so long, please just allow me the satifaction of enjoying my life."

"All right, Jasper, I'm sorry."

"No, I'm sorry, Carlisle. I shouldn't have gone off."

"It's fine, go relax. Alice should be back soon."

"Okay."

"And, son, I'm happy for you."

I sighed and went up to the room that Alice and I shared.

It was lonely without Alice... or Bella, not that Bella would ever see it.

It was nearly daylight when Alice returned, with Edward. She seemed happier than usual, which I thought was damned near impossible, she danced up to our room. "How was hunting?" I asked.

"Perfect?"

"Wait, hunting?" She was spilling out embarrassment.

"Yeah."

"Oh, it was okay."

"You don't usually go with Edward. Well, you don't really ever go hunting with him."

"I was... lonely."

"Sorry, I'll cancel tomorrow's date."

"Nah, I'm happy you finally found a girl."

I rolled my eyes, and Alice joined me on the loveseat, wrapping her arms around my shoulders lazily. She seemed dreamy, maybe even spacey, she wasn't having a vision, no she was just out of it but she seemed happy, she felt happy, and to me, that was what mattered.

*AN 2*

Well? I hope you enjoyed it. I wrote part of it during the secret life of bees, which explained the angst, and then ended with 27 dresses, because happy chapter endings are good! I am going to do some soliciting now, (NOT THAT KIND! GET YOUR MIND OUT OF THE GUTTER! ;-) joking) I'm guessing that my readers are most likely Jasper fans, and that means some of you have to be Jackson fans too! For the love of God, no, no, wait for the love of Jacksper, check out the 100 Monkeys which our favorite battle worn Texan (or not so battleworn, but still somewhat Texan) happens to front! Here are some links to a few of their songs. .com/watch?v=OOuHuRkFrlg (and yes, Jackson is singing) the lyrics are out of sequence, and not quite right, but that's the song, here's another (gotta love "the hawk") .com/watch?v=Tg5i22szmAg&feature=channel Okay, I'm done! Let me know if you check out the videos!

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