"Belle!" I groaned as the earth shook. No, no, no.
"Gef sdfd!" I slurred at the earthquake, rolling away and curling against the soft pillow. Oh, pillow? Ah, shit. As soon as my thoughts began to clear my blanket was yanked from my body.
"Isabelle Swan! Get up this instant!" I heard Bella scream and Dad's laughing downstairs. I only groaned and flailed around for warmth. Then I was smacked on the ass and I squealed, rolling off the bed.
"Bella!" I screamed getting up to jump at her. She moved out of the way right on time and I went head over heels onto the floor. "Damn it!" I screamed, disoriented. Bella was laughing hysterically, falling onto my bed still holding my blankets. I grunted even as Charlie called up the stairs.
"Don't curse!" He shouted before I heard the door slam and he was gone. I looked at the clock and squealed. I rushed to my closet yanking out some clothes to wear while heading to a shower. I took a record breaking fifteen minute shower before I was out and about; I grabbed a pop tart, a sad excuse for a breakfast before I was out the door, heading to my car. Bella had already left, after making sure I was getting up. I can't believe that I'd overslept. I've never overslept before.
I crawled into the car giving myself a moment to rub my eyes which I had poked new contacts into, before I started speeding off. I was so glad that I hadn't bothered to grab my book bag yesterday in my hurry to go on my date. I started the car and headed off to Forks High, grimacing when I almost got rear ended on the way into the parking lot. I parked in my usual spot but I was rubbing my eye, because it was really bothering me. I groaned when I saw Mike heading my way.
I quickly started walking away. I don't know what he wanted but if he was by any chance asking me to Prom then I was going to kill him. I jumped when I heard Alice's voice call my name. I turned to see Alice and the Cullens smiling at me. I swear the whole parking lot had gone quiet. No, I wasn't exaggerating. I could understand, after all the only one other human they'd been seen even half talking to had been Bella.
I shuffled over to them, happy that I had a reason to ignore Mike. I grinned when Jasper bent down to peck me on the lips right there in front of his family and the humans. "Well, Good morning." I said, amused. "You do know you've probably given half this parking lot a heart attack, right?" I asked him. He didn't glance away from me, only smiled at me.
"Good morning." He said charmingly, grasping my hand and tugging me to walk next to him.
"Yes, good morning." Rosalie said and I heard the gossip central break back into talking with a passion. Rosalie talking to me pleasantly was apparently more shocking then Jasper kissing me.
"Morning, Cullens." I announced and Emmett was still pouting. "Oh shut up, Emmett. I won far and square." I told him. He growled.
"Jasper tripped me, how is that fair?" He yelled at me, really annoyed that he'd lost another thing against me. I guess losing at the baseball game and at dancing was really getting to him. It's not like he hadn't been beat before.
"You are a vampire, you should be able to dance and watch where you step." I taunted. "After all, you should have some grace." I pulled Jasper with me. "Walk me to class?" I asked him, ignoring the fuming Emmett who was in a heated argument with Rosalie now about his level of childishness.
"Yes, ma'am." Jasper replied, walking close to me. I grinned at his PDA and smiled when he sniffed my hair and frowned.
"You don't have the same smell as yesterday." He noted.
"Oh, I put on a perfume yesterday; it smelt like the sun and water right?" I asked him to make sure we were talking about the same thing. He nodded and pulled me out of the way of a group of boys who had been walking in the hallway opposite of us. "That was from a very old bottle of perfume that my real mother made me." I hinted about my old life. His hand squeezed mine.
"Thank you for wearing it for me." He softly thanked me, his hand untangling from mine so that he could place it at the small of my back as we stopped outside of my classroom. I tugged on his jacket so he would bend down and bless me with a kiss that I now crave all the time. He pulled back soon though when the tardy bell rang. I hadn't even known that the first bell had rung.
"I'll see you later?" Jasper asked me, moving to disentangle us from each other but I stopped him for a second.
"Be my boyfriend?" I asked him, smiling peacefully. Jasper blinked and smiled.
"I already thought we were." He answered, pecking my lips again before separating us despite my whine. "Sit with my family at lunch?" He asked me, his mouth twitching into a smile but his eyes were flicking from my eyes to my lips and back.
"Yes." I answered before taking a breath and opening the door to the classroom and trudging in.
"And why are we late, Ms. Swan?" My teacher asked. I stared at her for a second.
"Because I'm drifting back from heaven." I sighed and sat down. Angela giggled next to me.
It was gym when I began to worry. I couldn't find Bella any where. I'd thought she'd only been late for class but then I'd gone to the office and it turns out she was absent. I walked into the lunchroom filled with worry for her. Where could she be? What if she crashed?
"Belle?" Alice's voice cut in. I blinked and glanced up to smile at her.
"Sorry, I've been worried about Bella. She wasn't in class." I said, getting in line with her, seeing as Jasper was already sitting down. He flashed me a smile across the room and I heard some of the other girls sigh around us. I let out my own tiny sigh before shooting him a grin right back.
"Edward isn't here either." My eyes widened and so did Alice's as we realized what was going on. I filled my plate with a few stupid things that I wasn't going to eat anyways. I paid and talked in hushed tones.
"It's about time he told her." I told Alice. "They've been dancing around each other for months now and quite honestly I was about to kill him for watching her sleep." I admitted.
"Oh hush, I think it's romantic that he likes to watch her sleep." Alice argued.
"Oh shut up." I ordered, rolling my eyes. "It's not romantic, it's creepy. If I woke up and found Jasper staring at me while I was sleeping I would have ripped him a new one." I argued, putting my lunch down on the table as I took Edward's seat. Jasper looked at me funny, only having heard half of that sentence.
"What did I do?" He asked me. I snorted but my mouth twitched into a smile when he rested his arm around my shoulders.
"Alice things it's cute that Edward watches Bella sleep. I think it's creepy." I told him. He curled his lip at the thought. "I told her if you'd been doing it I would have ripped you a new one." I admitted.
"Well I suppose it's a good thing I'm not creepy like Edward." Jasper said, solemn. I rolled my eyes skyward. "After all, I wouldn't want to creep you out would I?" He asked me.
"Shut up, honestly it's weird and I think there is something wrong with him." I told everyone at the table.
"He shouldn't even be talking to her." Rosalie growled, crumbling some of the cafeteria cake. "It's bad enough that she's his singer but does he have to tempt himself? She's human; he's going to ruin this for our family if he bites her." Rosalie sneered. I felt a little offended that she talked about my sister but I understood.
"He better not bite her or I'll bite him." I told her. She looked at me in surprise.
"What?" I asked her. "You can be protective of your family and I can't?" I asked her, raising my eyebrow. She smiled and looked down, giving in to my logic. "Anyways, at least he's telling her now. I know its big news and everything but honestly I'm tired of her always trying to dig for information about you guys." I stuck a carrot in my mouth and grimaced before taking it out and putting it back in the plate. I watched as my venom devoured the carrot and fizzled out. Huh…
The bell rang and I blinked. I thought lunch was longer than that. I guess I was looking for Bella longer than I thought. "Don't worry, she'll be fine." Alice promised, putting her hand on my arm, lightly. I smiled at her before heading to class, Jasper with me since we had this class together.
"It'll be hard for me." He muttered to me absently. I was startled since I'd been enjoying the silence before class started. "When Bella knows. Her blood is intoxicating even to people besides Edward and it sounds like she's going to be around us for much longer than a few years." He said. I smiled at him, taking his hand in between the desks. I knew everybody was watching us but we were talking so lowly that they didn't have a chance of hearing.
"It's all right Jasper. You won't hurt her, ever and I know that." I told him scouting closer as he looked at me, his eyes vulnerable. "Jasper. I wouldn't have given you a chance if I thought you'd hurt Bella. I know that sounds harsh but I trust you with my whole heart. You won't hurt her." I told him. The teacher came fumbling in and we had to split to pay attention to her.
I know some of you think that Jasper wouldn't act so in love as he is, but I honestly think that if they are mates, they would act like this. They've waited a long time, so why would they not want to let the other know?