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Leah's POV-

I am only doing this because I like the smallest Cullen kid. She is a little hyper and way to optimistic, but sometimes you needed that. Sometimes you had to stop and realize that life didn't totally suck and that there were bright spots. Alice was the kind of person who could turn any bad situation in to something better. I admired for being that kind of person even if I would never be like that. That is why I was allowing her stalker brother to pick me up on my day off so that we could go and talk to her.

I could relate to the pull of the dark side as I liked to call it. Her attraction to Jasper Hale was understandable. He was a bad boy and girls loved that. When I had been her age I had my version of Jasper Hale. Sam Uley and I had loved that boy with all of my heart. I didn't care what others said about him. I didn't want to believe the truth about him. That had left me digging my way out of a hole of drugs, debt, and so many other things I did not want to remember right now. I did know that I wanted to stop something like that from happening to Alice Cullen.

Now contrary to popular belief I did not hate Jasper Hale. I guess the reason I am so cruel to him is because I know he has brains and is smart enough to do something with his life and yet he doesn't. The fact that he could be doing something with his life bothers me more than the fact that he lives the life he does. He has a choice when some don't and the dumb kid is choosing wrong! Talking to him doesn't work because I tried that the first time he came in to the E.R. for a stab wound and the arrogant little punk hit on me. He hit on me and that alone freaked me out to the point I did not want to risk talking to him again. I don't go for high school guys, which is a message Edward Cullen does not seem to be getting.

Anyways, the car ride back to his house is oddly quiet. The bronze haired weird kid keeps looking at me, but thankfully he isn't saying anything. I was afraid he would start reciting bad poetry or worse he may try flirting with me. I turned on the radio for backup in case he did work up the nerves to say something. I put it on the nearest heavy metal station as loudly as I could without cracking the glass of the windshield. I did not like the music, but it did what I wanted and kept the car silent of any awkward conversation. We arrived at his house without so much as a hiccup and for that I was pleased. It did get a little to teenage romance movie for me when he tried to open my door for me and yet I let him because hey it was nice to have a guy do that for me. Even it was a teen boy who couldn't take a hint that I was not interested.

I wanted to open my mouth and say something snarky when he knocks on the front door instead of just walking in, but after thinking about it I figure it is probably wise to knock in case they were doing something I wouldn't want to see. I have a horrible curse of walking in on couples in intimate moments all you had to do was ask my brother Seth he could tell you what bad timing I seemed to have.

When Jasper left I walked in to the house and first gave Alice a pill for pain. I could tell her shoulder was hurting her and my inner nurse kicked in. I went to the kitchen and got a glass of water for her to swallow it with. When she was finished we all sat down on the couch and Edward opened his mouth. I knew he was upset, but I had never realized exactly how angry he was.

"How could you be so stupid Alice?" He snapped and my eyebrows shot up. Oh yes call a girl stupid that is the way to get her to listen. You could tell he did not have much experience with girls. No wonder he was single. "Do you have any idea what kind of trouble is attached to someone like Jasper Hale? What did he say to convince you that he is a good guy? Did he weave out this story about a hard life?"

Alice's eyes were watering with tears as her bottom lip quivered. Oh god she was doing the Disney eyes thing. "He is a good guy Edward! You are not giving him a chance and only judging him over what you have heard."

Edward rolled his green eyes. Green wasn't exactly the way I would describe them. Green is too simple. I thought they were more emerald so bright and wait what the hell am I doing mentally gushing over his eye color? "I am being realistic Alice which is something you can't seem to do right now. You are way too caring a person and he is going to take advantage of that. I know we aren't blood related Alice, but I see you as my sister. I do not want you to be hurt because you to gaga over a guy."

She flinched at his words and then grew angry. Her face turned a scary red color and I could see a tantrum heading our way. "Do you really think that I have such bad judgment when it comes to personal character? I know who he is Edward because I am not narrow minded!"

Her brother stood up and I did as well. "No you are just allowing yourself to be-"

My hand flew over his mouth before he could finish that sentence. His green eyes glared at me and I started to pull him out of the room. "Trust me when I say that you do not want to finish that sentence. I have a brother and I know what you were going to say. You do not want to say it if you ever want her to talk to you again. Now you are going to leave the room and I am going to have some girl talk with Alice. Since you are not a girl you need to leave. Go and write some bad poetry or whatever it is you do during day light hours."

When he left I turned to Alice and sighed. Great now I would have to do girl talk and that was never something I had been good at. That is why I didn't have many friends of the female variety. Why couldn't she be a guy? Guys I understood while women I still did not get and I was one. I guess all I could do was put on a smile and do my best. My story with Sam would help her see the dangers of a relationship with someone who lived a lifestyle similar to Jasper Hale's.

Jasper's POV-

When I got home my mom was out. She left a note saying that Edna the lady next door had invited her out to dinner. I smiled at the thought because it was nice to know my mother had friends. It took some of the strain from my shoulders. I went up to my room and slung my jacket over my bed as I fell face down. I was contemplating just falling asleep here when my phone vibrated in my pocket. I groaned and yanked my cell from my jeans pocket to see Alice was calling me. A frown came to rest on my lips. I had a horrible feeling about all of this.

"Hello?" I answered as I flipped the phone open and clicked the green call button.

"Oh Jasper I hate Edward!" Her voice was cracked as if she had been crying. "I hate him so much! Stupid ass thinks he has any say when it comes to my life."

I tried to hide a small smile when she bashed her adoptive brother. "Come on darling you know you don't really hate him. I don't think you have the ability to hate anyone. That would mean that you have to have a mean bone in your body and you are made of sunshine and smiles."

I could hear her sniffle on the other end and I figured she was fighting a smile as well. "Well maybe hate is a strong word, but I am very angry with him. He thinks that I am being stupid for hanging out with you and then he made me talk to Leah and she used a lot of big words before showing me scars on her wrists she got from an ex-boyfriend of hers who used to be in a gang and tried to kill her. I couldn't be mad at her after that because I felt bad for her. She says you are not a bad kid, but that you are being stupid. Then Edward came back in and told me that he didn't want me to see you anymore unless you were doing your community service."

I listened to what she had to say and I could actually see it all in my mind. I could see Edward trying to play big brother and Leah awkwardly giving her advice on what to do. I had expected nothing less actually. I mean I know that I am not good for Alice, everyone else seems to see it as well, and yet she is blind to it. Alice thinks that in some bizarre world we belong together. Sometimes I wish it could be that simple. I wanted to meet a nice girl and marry her without the threat of becoming my father looming over my head. I figured Alice would not want to hear that though and so I answered in a way I knew she would accept.

"Well then I guess the only answer is for us to spend more time together." I state casually. "You can use one of two excuses if anyone questions why we are spending so much time together. You could go with the one that says you are doing it to piss Edward off because he tried to control you and the situation or you could go with the one which says you are spending more time with me because you want everyone to see that I am a good person. I would go for the second one if you parents ask. The first one is good to use with your friends who will no doubt support you."

A faint giggle could be heard on the other line. "Where do you come up with these ideas Jasper?"

I chuckled once and leaned back against my pillows. "On the days that I skip school I watch a lot of daytime television. It's a secret that not many people know about me."

"Well I guess I can't lecture for skipping school since it gave you that stroke of genius." She said and I could hear her moving around her room. I wondered what she was doing. "Do you want to spend the night?"

"What?" I responded sure that I had heard wrong. Girls like Alice did not ask guys like me to spend the night. Either that or we had different ideas on what the words spend the night actually meant. Maybe she wanted a weird girly like sleep over and maybe I was just a pervert for jumping to the other meaning so fucking quickly.

"You heard me." She chirped back and I could hear the nervousness in her next words. "Do you want to spend the night tomorrow night? We could have a movie marathon or something. My parents won't be home and Edward never comes home before midnight on weekends. I think he has a poetry reading in Seattle and that means it will be you and me. Emmett stays over at Rosalie's house on the weekends."

My mind was screaming that this was a bad idea and for the first time I ignored it. We were friends and we could have an all night movie marathon if we wanted. "Sure darlin' I would love that. I don't feel right leaving you in that house all alone."

Her tone was smug when she responded. "Whatever you have to tell yourself Jasper. I will see you tomorrow. Thanks for listening to me earlier when I was upset. You're a good guy and I am going to prove that to you no matter what."

We hung up and I felt a smile creep up on my face. I was going to spend the night with Alice and not in a perverted kind of way. Wait how on earth would I ever explain this to my mother? Do I say 'hey mom I am going to spend the night with a girl I am not dating.' Somehow I could not seem that conversation going well. I would have to figure something out. Maybe I could lie to her or maybe she wouldn't ask too many questions. I prayed for the last one. Right before I went to shower I got a text from Alice. Don't worry Jasper I promise to keep the bed bugs away!

Alice's POV: Later the next day

I was so excited for tonight! So excited, in fact, I'd almost completely forgotten about Leah and Edward's bitch fit. Jasper was coming over and spending the night, and it was not only for my sake, it was for Jasper's as well. I was determined to prove his is a really great guy, and the more time I spend with him the better. It was also kind of petty, Edward told me to stay away. So what do I do? Exactly the opposite, and just spend more time with him. Seems fair enough, I'm a big girl now, I can take of my damn self. I didn't need Edward to babysit me and take control of my life. He knew I was independent, and he needed to just stay the hell out of my business.

I sighed as I felt the anger start to bubble up inside me as I thought about the stupid lecture, and Edward and Leah. I sighed, took a deep breath, and then pushed all the thoughts of the other night into the back of my brain. I had time to stew over that later. Right now, I needed to focus on being happy, and setting up the living room for our sleepover.

I had brought down about six blankets and two sleeping bags downstairs into the living room, and set all of that up, along with a few pillows from the couches, onto an air mattress. Sure, Jasper and I would be sleeping on the same bed, but we would be in sleeping bags, and that would be a space definer. I have to say, I was pretty proud of myself, which was quite a bit of work especially blowing up the air mattress, and it looked comfy. I was even pretty sure Jasper would approve. We were just two friends having a movie night. Nothing weird or romantic about that. I sure hoped Jasper would be comfortable with all of this, he sounded a little unsure on the phone. But, I was kind of scared of being in my house all alone. I lived in a nice area, but my house was the only one on the block, and anybody could easily break in, and do terrible, terrible things to me. I shuddered, and suddenly felt like I was being watched. I tried to push all those thoughts out of my mind, and continued to set up the living room.

When I was finished setting up the sleeping arrangements, I went up to Emmett's room to raid his movie stash. I'd forced Jasper to watch a Disney movie last time, and I guess it was only fair we watched a movie he'd like. I'd rummaged through Emmett's collection of horror and action movies, and settled on four zombie movies that even the cover scared the living breath out of me, and a few action looking movies with hot babes on the fronts. I had never seen any of these movies, and they were all rated R. I hoped there weren't any sex scenes in these movies, how awkward would that be?

I gathered the movies in my good arm, and descended down the stairs. The movie stack was a fair size, and it impaired my vision. I couldn't see where the last step was, and stupidly I guessed. I lost my footing, and then fell. The movies all came crashing down on me, and I hit the floor at the bottom on the steps, and landed on my injured shoulder. I let out a wail of pain, and rolled onto my other side, gripping my shoulder. Oh my God did that ever hurt!

My shoulder started to throb, and I continued to lie on the floor, surrounded by the many cases of the movies, and whimpering because of the pain in my shoulder. I moved my arm, and thankfully, it didn't hurt. I was glad I didn't want hard enough to injure my arm. I'm sure the sling helped with that a bit.

I pulled myself up into a sitting position just as I heard a knock on the door. Oh crap! Jasper must be here. I held my shoulder tightly to my body, and stood up, then raced over to the door, being very careful not to trip over, or step on, any of the movies scattered all over the floor. When I got to the door, I opened it with a warm smile. Jasper returned the smile, but raised an eyebrow in question as I noted me clutching my arm.

I motioned for him to come in, and he did. "I was walking down the stairs with a bunch of movies, and I sort of tripped on the last step and fell…" I said, looking down. Great, that night has just started and I'm already embarrassed.

"Are you ok?" Jasper asked, coming over to me, and looking my arm over. "Did you land on your shoulder?"

I sighed. "Yeah. And I dropped the movies all over!" I laughed at myself for being such a klutz.

Jasper smiled. "Alright. Good to know you're okay. I didn't want to call in your warden and have her look at you and ruin our night." Jasper threw me a smirk, and I laughed. "Anyways, let me go and pick up the movies. Just sit on the couch, and I'll be there in a sec."

I nodded and went to sit on the couch, as I heard Jasper pick up all the movies off of the floor. He came over a moment later and set the stack on the coffee table. "Wow, Alice. You did all of this just for tonight?" Jasper asked surveying the living room. I nodded proudly. "Wow…you really know how to outdo yourself. I could've just slept on the floor on a blanket you know…" Jasper trailed off.

I scoffed. "Hell no! If we are going to have a movie marathon sleepover, we're doing it damn right!" Jasper smirked.

"Whatever floats your boat, darlin'. Well, at least let me sleep on the couch. You can have the mattress."

I nodded, saddening a little. "Okay. When you're ready to go to sleep, I'll move your blankets onto the couch. But at least promise me you'll stay with me while we are watching the movies…I might get scared!"

Jasper laughed. "Alright. I promise. What are we watching anyways?" Jasper asked, picking up a movie from the pile. His eyes widened. "You have Insidious? This movie scared even me a little!" Jasper put that movie down, and picked up another. "And you have The Exorcist? Wow, I'm very impressed. I didn't know you'd watch these kinds of movies. Nice picks, darlin'." Jasper threw a wink at me.

I shrugged. "What? Did you expect that I didn't own a movie rated over PG-13? C'mon, man, that's just sad. Just because I like Disney doesn't mean I don't like getting scared out of my shorts every once in a while." I laughed as Jasper shook his head, chuckling. "Anyways, pick a movie and let's get started." I surveyed Jasper's clothing. "But first, you need pajamas. You did bring stuff with you, right?"

Jasper scoffed. "Duh, I brought stuff! Did you hit your head when you fell darlin'?" Jasper laughed a teasing edge to his tone. "I dropped it in the hall when I first came in. You are really unobservant." Jasper chuckled. "Why don't you pop a movie in, and I'll get changed?"

I nodded. "Ok, but hurry up!" I said in a mock serious tone.

Jasper laughed, then did an army salute, picked up his bag, and headed towards the bathroom. I laughed to myself, and then put in a movie. I watched through a few previews, and Jasper came back, dressed in a pair of grey sweatpants, and NO shirt. I gasped quietly, Jasper must've heard it because he laughed.

"Like what you see?" Jasper said smugly, gesturing a hand to his very sculpted torso. I nodded, smirking. Jasper laughed. "Well, looking is free, darlin', so enjoy the view. Anyways, lets' get on with this thing. What movie did you put in? I saw a few zombie and action movies in with the scary ones."

I picked the case up off the table as I seated myself comfortably on the couch. "Something called Knight and Day. I heard it was pretty good and it had Tom Cruise in it. After this, we can watch a scary one." I patted the spot next to me, and handed Jasper the case as he sat down, reading it over.

"Never heard of it. But it looks okay." Jasper shrugged and put the case onto the table. "I get to pick the next one though!"

I laughed and hit the play button. "M'kay! Now, shush! The movie is on!" Jasper laughed, and then the movie started. I started fidgeting again like I'd done the last time. I could never get comfortable. I heard Jasper clear his throat to get my attention. I looked over to him, and he was rolling his eyes, his arms open, like the last time. I smiled, and scooted over into Jasper's side, and rested my head on his shoulder. I folded my legs under me, as I leaned into Jasper. He lazily slung his arm around me, almost in a one armed hug.

About fifteen minutes into the movie, my stomach started to rumble, and I remembered something. I paused the movie, and then jumped up off the couch. "Crap!" I whined, running towards the kitchen.

Jasper got up followed me to the kitchen as I was starting the microwave. I couldn't believe I had forgotten the popcorn and snacks!

"Alice?" Jasper asked peering in the kitchen. 'Are you ok, darlin'?" He sounded worried.

I laughed. "Yeah, I'm fine. I just forgot the popcorn and soda and snacks and stuff. Wow, that was a major move marathon fail on my part! Haha, oh well." I just smiled, and Jasper smiled back. I began gathering all kinds if candy, and putting it in little dishes like I usually did when our family had family movie night.

"Can I help?" Jasper asked.

I nodded and handed his a few bags of candy, and a few small bowls. "Sort these into bowls please. If there is anything that is in those bags that is already in the bowls I've sorted out, just put it aside, and then put it in the bowls. Okay?"

Jasper nodded. "So just sort. Got it." And he began to sort the candy.

I went over to the microwave and retrieved the popcorn, and then opened the top cabinet. I couldn't quite reach the bowl I needed. Damn my shortness! "Hey Jasper?" I asked as he looked up from sorting. "Could you do me a favor? Could you lift me up so I can get that bowl up there? I'm too short!" Jasper laughed, and put down the candy.

"Sure. I'll always help midgets in need, I'm just kind like that!" Jasper laughed and I did too. Then, he grabbed my waist, and picked me up. I reached up until I grabbed the bowl. When I got the bowl, Jasper placed me on the floor, but didn't remove his hands from my waist. I was turned so I was facing him, and looking into his eyes. Jasper's eyes were doing this weird smolder thing, and it was really amazing. I was so captivated in Jasper's eyes, I dropped the bowl. It hit the floor with a loud clatter.

"Alice, I've been thinking about…us." Jasper said seeming nervous. "And I know no matter how much I try to deny it, there is an attraction between us. It's strong, like a magnetic pull. I can never seem to get away from it. You know how I've told you I don't want to turn into my father? Well, when I'm around you, I forget about him. I see myself as an ok kid, and, quite frankly, it's the best damn feeling. I like being the man I am when I'm around you. I've always wanted to meet a nice girl, get married, and start a family, the whole nine yards. I knew I had to meet a nice girl first, before any of the rest of that happened. I never thought I would. I never thought I'd meet anybody who could see that I'm not my father. And then, I met you, Alice. You have changed my whole outlook on life. You've changed me, for the better of course. You even gave me money to help me. I can't give you any of that back. But, Alice, I CAN give you all of me. I can give you my heart. I know this is so wrong, but when I'm with you, cheesy as it sounds, everything is right. I shouldn't do this, but Alice…" Jasper said, his voice soft now. "You are that nice girl. The one I want. And you are right. Denying my feelings is bad. It makes me my father, and I'm not him. I'm Jasper. And I want to be with you, Alice."

With that, Jasper smashed his lips into mine. I sighed at the feeling of his lips against mine, and his words. I had finally gotten Jasper to admit his feelings! Jasper had just told me everything I've wanted to say to him since the day we met. I let my eyes slip closed as I took everything in.

Jasper's hands rested on my waist, and he pulled me closer to him I sighed as I could feel Jasper's naked torso though my pajama shirt. I wound my fingers into Jasper's hair and tugged lightly, pulling his lips towards mine, wanting more of him. Jasper sighed, and traced my bottom lips with his tongue. I sighed now, at the feeling of Jasper's mouth on mine, and his large hands on my small waist. I opened my mouth, and Jasper's tongue tangled with mine. We both half sighed, half moaned into each other's mouths.

We continued to kiss for a very long time after that. I never wanted this to end. I was so happy, I was radiating exuberance. I could feel every inch of my body come to life, and I felt my heart swell as Jasper's words ran through me head.

Eventually, we both needed to catch our breaths, so Jasper pulled away, but pulled me into a hug. I pushed his back so his back was against the counter. Then, I hopped onto his chest, wrapping my arms around his neck. Jasper supported me by holding onto my legs. I started crying as I buried my head into Jasper's neck.

"Alice? I'm so sorry, darlin'… I know that wasn't right to say…" Jasper was about to set me on my feet, but I clutched onto his neck tighter. He didn't let me go.

"No, Jasper! You didn't do anything wrong! You just made me really happy! Oh, Jasper!" I gushed, kissing Jasper on the lips once more. "I want to be that nice girl for you! I promise I will be!" I said as Jasper set me on my feet. I looked up into his eyes. The smolder had become a fire. I was smiled so much, my cheeks were starting to hurt.

Jasper smiled back. "Thank you, darlin'… So…" He began. "I guess we're sort of official?" Jasper smiled widely.

I nodded happily. "Yes, Jazz." I said, thinking of a new nickname for Jasper. "We are!" I laughed. "Imagine the heart attack Edward is going to have!" I laughed and Jasper laughed along with me.

"Let's not tell anybody quite yet." Jasper said, and I nodded.

"Yeah, it is for the best, for right now." I smiled. "Now, let's go watch the movie!" I said, letting go of Jasper and grabbing the bowl off of the floor, and putting the popcorn in. When I was finished with that, I grabbed a few bowls and carried them out to the living room, and then settled into the couch.

Jasper came in and sat down, wrapping his arms around me. I smiled and snuggled into his side, felling as happy as ever.

Then rest of the night went very smoothly. Jasper and I occasionally shared a kiss, and I was internally exploding with joy every time. Towards one in the morning, I fell asleep on Jasper, and felt him carry me to the air mattress and lie me down very gently. I sighed when I felt him lie next to me. I felt like the huge hole that had been drilled through my heart had finally been filled. I fell into a very deep sleep, smiling.

TBC…