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A/N: Well I don't have much to say today so…enjoy! The chapters are beginning to get longer!
I reached to my left and grasped Rose's hand. "Rose," I whispered, "that's him. He's here." I nodded my head in his direction. He was still standing in the doorway, scanning the room.
"That's him?" She softly yelled. "Dang he's gorgeous!" I should've known that would be the first thing Rose would say.
"Tell me about it. But what do I do?" I had no idea why I was so freaked out about just seeing a guy. Granted, he did save my life, but still!
"Let him come to you, girl! Don't be chasing him, let it be the other way around!" Rose instructed. "Now quit worrying about him and come on!" She began to make her way to an empty table in the corner, every male eye following after her. I looked back toward the doorway, but he was gone.
"May I sit here?" I heard a tinkling voice say behind me. I turned around and saw the pixie-like face of Alice. I looked over at Rose and raised my eyebrows, silently asking if it was okay with her. She nodded slightly in agreement.
"Sure!" I smiled. She walked around to sit on my left. "We haven't met yet," she grinned, looking at Rose. "I'm Alice."
"I'm Rosalie, but just call me Rose. By the way, I absolutely love that outfit." Oh, yeah. I knew right then they were going to get along very well.
"Thanks! We should so go shopping together sometime!"
"That would be totally awesome!" Rose agreed. I could already see the gears turning in her head. Before they could drag me into this little trip, I stepped in.
"So, how's your first day been, Alice?"
"Oh, it's been alright I guess. People around here seem nice enough. Not many cute guys around here though, are there?"
"Tell me about it." Rose and I said simultaneously. "Don't you have a couple of brothers here too?" I asked, wanting to learn more about this boy.
"Oh yeah. Emmett is a senior and Edward is our age." Bingo! So his name is Edward….I like it. Old fashioned but I liked it. "Oh that's pretty cool." Rose replied. I looked up and saw Jasper making his way to where we were seated.
"First day of school and we are already being let out late." He sat down with a huff.
"Oh get over it, you big baby." Rose replied, rolling her eyes. She gestured to Alice. "Jasper, this is Alice. Alice, this is my older brother Jasper." They looked up at each other and both broke into wide grins. Rose and I exchanged a look. Uh-oh. Has our Jazzy found him a girl to crush on? I was going to have to have a talk with him later.
The rest of lunch was spent talking about classes and teachers we liked and disliked. Eventually, the bell rang though, warning us to get to class.
"What do you have next?" I asked Alice as we made our way to the hallway.
"Umm…gym." She replied, having to look at her schedule.
"Oh, me too!" Rose piped in looking excited.
"Shoot, well I have Biology, so I'll catch you guys later." I said, turning to walk the other direction.
"Bye!" I faintly heard them call behind me. I walked down the hall until I reached the Biology room. I walked to the desk in the middle, which was currently empty. There were still a couple of minutes until the bell rang, so I began to draw random loops and circles on a piece of paper.
"Mr. Cullen, you may take that empty seat over there, beside Ms. Swan." I heard Mr. Banner say. I looked up at the sound of my name and saw him—Edward—coming toward the desk I was sitting at. I quickly glanced around the room and saw that all the other seats were filled. Oh boy.
He pulled out the chair next to mine and swiftly sat down. I didn't even hear the teacher while a hundred thoughts went through my head, debating whether I should say something or not. Stupid, Bella. Get ahold of yourself. It's not that hard to tell him thank you. That's it. I would just tell him thank you and get on with things like normal. That seemed to be easier said than done, though.
"Thank you." I said, barely audible. Way to go, Bella. He glanced over at me.
"Pardon?" He asked, with a voice like velvet. Confusion was written on his face.
"Thank you." I repeated, a bit louder. His face was still confused.
"For what?"
"You saved my life. From a train." I explained, casting my eyes down. "I never got to say thank you."
"Oh. You're welcome." He turned back around to face the Mr. Banner and didn't look at me again.
~*MUH*~
I made it through the rest of the day easily. Alice, Rose, and I walked out toward the parking lot to wait for Jasper. I glanced over at Rose and gave her a look that said 'We need to talk'. She immediately understood and nodded.
"Well, it looks like Edward and Emmett are waiting for me, so I better go. See you guys tomorrow!" Alice chirped, then took off for the other side of the parking lot.
"I like her!" Rose said after Alice walked away.
"I do too. I have a feeling we'll all be good friends pretty soon."
"I'm cool with that." We both were laughing when Jasper finally made it to the car. He slumped into the front seat, looking exhausted.
"Tired, Jazz?" I teased.
"You have no idea. Being a senior is going to be hard work!" He gave me an exasperated look. I couldn't help it—I burst out laughing and Rose quickly joined in. Jasper glared at us and started the car.
"You two go ahead and laugh. We'll see who's laughing next year when I've graduated and you're complaining about your seniority!" He told us with a smirk.
"Oh whatever, because next year you'll be complaining about how hard college is!" Rose retorted. That wiped the smirk off of Jasper's face quicker than a bullet out of a gun.
"And Jasper, you seemed to be looking—well more like staring—at Alice all through lunch huh? Do we have a crush on Ms. New Girl?" I asked him, winking at Rose. I saw a blush creeping onto his face.
"No, I was not and I do not have a 'crush' on her. I don't even know the girl." He tried to defend himself.
"Alright, sure." We said, smirking but letting it drop. By now, we were pulling into my driveway.
"You guys staying for a while?" I asked before getting out of the car.
"I don't see why not." Jasper said while Rose nodded in agreement. They followed me into the living room where we plopped down onto the couch.
Without waiting for any invitation, I told them both every detail on what happened in Biology. Once I was finished, there was silence for a couple minutes.
"Weird." Jasper said at the same time Rose said, "Now I'm confused."
"So am I!" I flung my hands up in the air. "What am I going to do?"
"I don't know, Bella. Give it a couple of days and see what happens. He might have just been nervous to talk to you." Rose told me calmly.
"But why would he be nervous?"
"I don't know! I'm just giving suggestions here!"
"I know, sorry."
"It's ok, just calm down a bit."
"Not trying to break a moment here, but mom's going to be home early tonight, remember Rose?" Jasper broke in.
"Oh, shoot, I forgot. Alright, let's go. I'll call you later if I can, Bella." Rose called, heading toward the door.
Once they were gone, I went into the kitchen to fix supper for tonight, trying not to think of Edward Cullen. That wasn't working out for me very well though. When my parents got home we ate and had the normal, "How was your day" conversation before I excused myself and made my way upstairs.
"I was about to crawl into bed for the night when my phone started going off. I picked it up and saw Jasper's name flashing across the screen. That's weird, I thought to myself, Jasper doesn't normally call me. I hit the talk button anyway.
"What's up Jazz?"
"Can you talk for a few minutes?" He sounded oddly serious for once.
"Sure, something wrong?"
"No, not really. You know in the car earlier when you asked me if I had a so called 'crush' on Alice?"
"Uhh…yeah why?"
"Well…I kinda do like her a bit…and I was wondering if I should ask her out or not."
"Oh, Jazzy does have a crush! Does Rose know?"
"No, that's why I called you. And please don't tell her yet. But do you think I should?"
"Hmm….give me a day or so to see what she thinks of you and I'll get back to you on that. Oh, and I won't tell Rose. Not yet anyway."
"Thanks Bella," he sighed. "I'll talk to you tomorrow."
"See ya." I hung up the phone and set it back down on the dresser.
They would make a pretty dang cute couple…And this is the first time Jasper has expressed interest in a girl in a while…I hope something works out for them…if only I could have that kind of luck…I thought as I drifted off to sleep.
~*MUH*~
1 Week Later…..
Jasper! Just ask her out already! It's not that hard!" I whisper-yelled at him. Why did he have to be so difficult?
"But what if she says no? Then I'll just look stupid!"
"She won't say no! Trust us on this." Rose told him with a pleading look.
"Okay, but if she does say no—you two are going to get it."
"Oh, whatever. Just go!" Rose gave him a slight push toward Alice's locker was. We watched and giggled quietly as we watched him lean against her locker, attempting to look cool. He stood there a few minutes looking around nervously until she finally walked over to him. Rose and I watched as they talked, anxious because we weren't close enough to hear. Jasper bent his arm while Alice grinned and slipped her arm through his. As they were walking away, Jasper put the arm that wasn't linked with Alice's behind his back and gave us a thumbs up sign.
"YES!" Rose and I yelled at the same time, giving each other a high-five.
~*MUH*~
"Here come the love-birds." Rose whispered as Alice and Jasper walked up to our table at lunch.
Rose gave Alice one of her serious looks. "You. Me. Bella. My house. Right after school. Got it?"
"Okay…" Alice said, slightly leaning away.
"Great!" Rose became instantly happy, changing topics. I looked up and saw none other than Edward Cullen walking toward a table where some other junior boys were sitting. He still pretty much ignored me during Biology, only speaking to me when we had to work together on something. I've told Rose that I'm over it, but on the inside, I'm really not.
I snapped out of it when I saw a huge, muscular guy walking toward our table. He tapped Alice on the shoulder and she jumped, slightly startled.
"Here's the rest of your money, Al." He said, handing a few bills over to Alice.
"Oh, I forgot. Thanks. Em, this is Bella, Rose, and Jasper." She pointed us all out in turn. "Guys, this is my other brother Emmett."
"Well, hello." He said pretty much only looking at Rose. Oh boy. Here we go again…..
~*MUH*~
"Alice! Would you please quit fidgeting and sit still! You are about to make me mess your hair all up!" Rose again yelled at Alice. We were sitting in Alice's bedroom getting her ready for her date with Jasper tonight. Well actually Rose got her ready and I just sat there and watched them with an amused grin on my face.
"I'm sorry! I'm just kinda nervous!" Alice yelled back at her.
"Well you still need to calm the heck down!" They were still arguing when I felt my phone vibrating in my pocket. I slipped out the door unnoticed and hit talk.
"Hello?"
"Hey, Bella."
"Oh, hey Jazz. Everything alright?"
"Yeah, I guess so. I'm just really nervous about tonight…."
"Just be yourself! As long as you be your generous, kind, cool self you'll be fine! Then you're gonna fall in love and get married and have pretty little babies!"
"Whoa there, Bells. One thing at a time. And thanks."
"You're welcome. Now hang up this phone, get your butt off the couch, and go get yourself ready! You have one hour!"
"Alright, alright, I'm going. Bye, Bella!" The phone clicked. Oh, yeah. I thought. They are SO gonna get married!
I walked back to the bedroom where Rose and Alice had finally stopped arguing. Alice was completely ready, with now ten minutes left until Jasper should be here.
Ding-dong. Rose looked at her watch. "Eight minutes early. He did good."
I laughed and handed Alice her purse. "You go get him girl."
She smiled and took a deep breath. We pushed her out the door then ran to the window to watch. Jasper offered his arm then opened the passenger door for her. Perfect! Rose and I exchanged high fives.
We went over to Rose's house to chill until Alice got back so we could hear how it went.
"So I saw you staring at Emmett pretty much all through lunch." I teased her. She blushed. Rosalie Hale actually blushed!
"Well can you blame me? He's hot!"
I laughed at her. "Whatever you say, Rose."
"Hey, any progress with Edward?"
"Nope, absolutely none. He does not talk to me unless he has to."
"Oh. Well things will work with you two. I promise." A mischievious smile creeped upon her face. "Speaking of Edward….I just remembered something.
I raised one eyebrow in confusion. "What?"
"Remember a few months ago when you thought he might've been a hobo and I said when we found out he wasn't a hobo that I would laugh in your face and tell you I told you so and you would kneel at my feet, say you were sorry and get me pizza?" She said with that grin getting wider and wider.
"Um Rose I don't think that's exactly how it went…"
"Oh well, I don't care. Go order my pizza while I go get my camera!"
I groaned and got off the couch, knowing she would get her way. By the time I got the pizza ordered, Rose came along the corner with her camera.
"Okay, Bella, come here." I rolled my eyes and made my way over to her. She began laughing creepily and yelled "I. TOLD. YOU. SO!"
"Now get down on your knees and say, 'I am sorry, oh great Rosalie! I will never doubt you again!'" I rolled my eyes again and did what she said, feeling extremely stupid the whole time.
"You know, I'm gonna make you do that again when you and Edward get married." She told me with a serious look.
"Sure Rose," I said sarcastically. "If I ever marry Edward Cullen I will gladly do that for you. And you will do it for me when you marry Emmett!"
"Okay, fine! You got yourself a deal!" She held out her hand and I shook it, confirming our deal. We had just sat down on the couch when my phone began to vibrate in my pocket. I scavenged it out and saw that it was Alice.
"Hello?"
"I'm home! Are you guys coming over?" The doorbell rang. Rose raised an eyebrow at me. 'Pizza.' I mouthed at her. Her face lit up like a child's on Christmas morning and she all but ran to the door.
"Of course! And we wanna hear everything. We'll be there in about five minutes okay?"
"Alright, alright, I'll be here." Click. I put my phone back in my pocket and shoved my shoes on. I heard Rose shuffling around in the kitchen.
"Rose! Put that pizza back in the box!" I yelled, knowing what she was doing.
I heard her groan and slap the pizza back down. "But Bella! I'm hungry!"
"So am I but you can wait until you get to Alice's! Now get your shoes on and let's go!" She groaned again and reluctantly put her shoes on and grabbed the box.
"Well if we're going let's go!"
We walked out to the car and I made Rose drive so she wouldn't start eating. We ran up to the door and pressed the doorbell at least ten times. It swung open revealing little Alice.
"Gosh you two. I heard you the first five times!" She scowled.
"Oh you'll get over it." I rolled my eyes, "Where's the rest of your family?" I asked, glancing around at the empty home. Oh I don't know some dinner or something. They won't be back for a while."
"Oh, okay cool." I was both relieved and disappointed that Edward wasn't there.
"Okay." Rose walked over to the couch with a piece of pizza in her hand. "Start talking, Alice."
"Alright, alright." She walked over to where Rose was sitting, with me in tow. She began a detailed description of the date, saying how Jasper was the perfect gentleman and he kept her laughing.
"We're going out again Sunday." She concluded, grinning from ear to ear. "I have a feeling this relationship will last…"
"You two are like perfect for each other! There's no way it couldn't last!" Rose yelled, finally done eating.
"Well, I sure hope that's true!"
"Oh it's true. I just know it." Rose told her while I nodded in agreement.
~*MUH*~
I woke up to the sun shining on my face for once. The sun hardly ever shines around here. I sat up and stretched, looking around. I was on the couch with Alice sleeping in the chair, and Rose out cold on the floor. How she ended up on the floor—I have no idea. I heard footsteps and looked up quickly, seeing none other than Edward Cullen walking down the stairs.
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