Hello ladies and gents, sorry that the chapter is so late. I had to rewrite it twice and I have been busy with school. I can't say that the next chapter will be on time either, but I hope you enjoy this chapter :) Thank you to everyone who has favorited, followed, and reviewed this story. It's nice to know that people like reading this story and want more :)
I woke up feeling awful. There was an awful headache pounding in my head and I had large bags under my eyes. Luckily, with one of my fantastic pain meds I could fix at least one of those problems. Along with my under eyes, I also couldn't fix the overwhelming urge to just sleep until I eventually started to decay away. However, I had already told Charlie and Bella that I would go to school today and I didn't feel like staying at home when at any time the phone could ring again. So, instead of sleeping the day away, I got my ass up and tried to make the best out of my appearance.
I tossed my knotted curls up into a messy bun and then washed the tear streaks off of my face. Then I threw on a large hoodie and a pair of leggings before grabbing a pair of boots. Once the boots were on my feet, I started to make my way downstairs.
Bella was eating cereal at the dining room table and she smiled at me softly. "How are you feeling?" She asked and I just groaned in response. She nodded and then gestured towards the kitchen, "I already put on a pot of coffee for you. I figured you would need it this morning." I nodded thankfully and then entered said kitchen. I poured out some coffee into a travel mug and then went back into the dining room. I took a few gulps of my lovely coffee and grinned when the warm liquid started to wake me up.
"Aren't you going to eat something?" Bella asked as she finished up her cereal.
"No, I'm not hungry." I told her and Bella just raised an eyebrow at me before putting her bowl and spoon in the sink.
"Well, we better get going before we're late for school."
On the way to school Bella had played one of her classical music CDs, so we didn't talk much. I was thankful for this because as much as I loved Bella, I really didn't want to talk to her. She was fairly good at finding out when something was bothering me and I had no intentions of letting her figure out that Renee had called. Bella knew Renee and I didn't have the best relationship, but she didn't know how far Renee would go in order to 'teach me a lesson' and I wanted to keep it that way. Bella loves Renee and that makes both of them happy, which means that both of them generally leave me alone. And as long as Bella stays happy and healthy then I barely have to talk to Renee.
When we got to school, Bella gave me a cute little reminder that if I don't feel well then I should tell her because she could drive me home. Of course, I would not being doing that even if I did feel sick, but she didn't know that. After that, we went our separate ways and I went to my first hour class.
There wasn't many kids in the class yet, so I went to my usual seat and immediately put my head down on the desk. My pain medicine had yet to kick in and I was still feeling the urge to crawl back into bed, so I tried to block out the sounds around me. It went fairly well until I felt a light touch on my shoulder and jolted upwards. The motion sent a sharp jab of pain through my head, but I tried to ignore the pain.
I looked in the direction of the touch and saw the concerned face of Edward Cullen.
"What?" I asked in a tired voice.
"Are you alright?" He asked me and I shrugged. He frowned at me and his eyebrows formed a crinkle between them.
"You were almost hit by a car and you have a severe concussion. I'm not even sure you should be at school right now. Are you sure that you're fine?" I was almost touched by his concern, so I decided to kinda tell the truth.
"You are right, I'm not fine. I have a killer headache and all I want to do is go back to bed. However, I don't want to be home alone, so here I am." I told him in a frustrated voice. He seemed to understand what I was saying because he went back to his seat and proceeded to leave me be for the rest of the hour.
The rest of my classes before lunch went pretty similar. Everyone left me alone except for a few brave souls who asked me how I was feeling and promptly got their heads bitten off. My headache was not going away and the pain was making my temper slowly rise.
When the bell rang and dismissed the last class I had before lunch I was extremely happy. I was looking forward to just sitting in the lecture hall and enjoying the quiet.
I made my way through the crowded hallway and almost made it the lecture hall before I was stopped by Bella. She was looking at me with worry and she offered to have me sit with her, but there was no way that I was going to sit in the noisy ass lunchroom.
I didn't stop to get food either because the pain medicine that was not doing its job was also making me nauseous as hell. There wasn't many people in the room, so I made my way to a corner and sat down on the floor with my head against the cold wall.
Being in the lecture hall again reminded me about the incident with Jasper when he had tried to help me. Even thinking about it made me cringe a bit considering it wasn't my best moment and I had been very bitchy. I had already apologized, so I didn't feel as guilty about it. However, the memory of it then turned my thoughts towards Jasper. I started to wonder why he came to help me. He barely knew me and all he knew was that I was angry. Any person in their right mind would leave an angry stranger alone and yet he came to help. It was very odd, just like everything else about him and his family.
Questions came to mind about the accident. How did he get to me so fast and how did he stop the van? At first, I was prepared to let it go because I was grateful and felt sorry about being such an ass to him, but now I was curious. It was obvious and yet insane that first explanation that came to mind was that they weren't human. It couldn't have been any drugs that I had heard of and it wasn't like he has just really fast. Something was different with him and his family. They all looked strangely alike with their pale skin and gold eyes, even though they were adopted. Plus, they each were annoyingly gorgeous. Unless they were weird governmental experiments then they were probably not human.
Before I could think more about it the door to the lecture hall opened with a creak then made my head pound. And speak of the devil, Jasper was there opening the door.
He had an awkward grimace on his face, but he quickly turned it back into a neutral expression when he saw that I was looking at him.
"Hey." I said and gave an awkward hand wave. The corner of his mouth (and boy was that a mouth) twitched upwards and he started to make his way the corner I was in. A few of the people in the lecture hall looked at him in shock, but then they went back to their own worlds.
"Hey." Jasper repeated as he sat down a few feet away from me. He was oddly far away, but I decided to shove that thought to the back of my head. "How are you doing?" He asked and I raised an eyebrow at the question.
"Good for almost being hit by a car." I responded with a smirk and he frowned.
"Are you sure? You're not in pain or anything?" He continued with an expectant voice, as if he knew I would answer yes. My brows furrowed slightly before I answered.
"Well, I'm sore as hell and my head is pounding, but other than that I'm peachy." Jasper looked at me worriedly for a second before responding.
"I'm not making it worse, am I?" He asked in a slightly softer voice and I let out a small chuckle, ignoring the way it jostled my head.
"No, you're fine. For some reason your voice isn't bothering me as much as I thought it would." I said jokingly and Jasper smiled. His teeth were perfectly white and his smile sent a jolt of excitement up my spine.
"Well, that's good." He said with joking relief before his smile dropped. "I just wanted to make sure you were alright. I didn't see you in the lunchroom and I kn...thought that you might be in pain still." He caught himself from saying that he 'knew' I was in pain, but he didn't catch it quick enough. This brought up more questions in my head. However, I decided to not voice them for the sake of being not nosy to the guy who saved my life. "Also, Alice was pretty worried as well." He added and I frowned at the thought of the little brunette being anything but excited and happy.
"Well, make sure to tell her that I'm perfectly fine. I don't want her worrying about someone like me." The last thought slipped out of my mouth before I could stop it. I had a moment of hope that Jasper hadn't payed attention to the last part, but the frown that appeared on his face dashed that hope. Shit.
"What do you mean by that?" He asked with concern and I decided to fake ignorance.
"What are you talking about?" I asked in a fake oblivious tone, but it shook a bit at the end. All of the comments Renee had made were coming back to the forefront of my mind. I frowned as I felt guilt and depression start to weigh down on me the more I thought about what Renee said. I started to drift off into a down spiral of negative thoughts when suddenly I felt a cold hand on my shoulder and a peaceful calm. My eyes shot open in surprise and I stared at Jasper whose hand was now on my shoulder.
"Are you alright?" He asked in a worried voice and it took me a few minutes to figure out if I was.
"...Yes?" I said in a confused voice before staring at Jasper with a frown. "How did you do that?" I asked and he flinched away from me and then dropped his hand.
"I have no idea what you are talking about." He said with a frown before standing up and moving away from me slightly. I felt the calm slowly start to ebb away and it was replaced with my own curiosity. I stood up as well and crossed my arms in stubbornness.
"Yes, you do know what I'm talking about. What did you just do?" I asked in a serious tone and he glanced away from me towards to the doors. Then he glanced back at me with a frown. I opened my mouth and was about to question him further when the doors suddenly opened. I glanced to them out of reflex and was surprised to see the little pixie dashing out of them and towards me. She collided with me and gave me a bone crushing hug that had me struggling to breath. I lightly tapped her shoulder to get her to release me and she let go shyly.
"How are you doing?" She asked immediately with concern etched on her face. Her concern made me smile softly.
"I'm fine Alice." I told her with a smile and Jasper frowned.
"She's been having headaches." The little bastard ratted me out and before I could set him on fire with a glare, Alice pinned me with a look.
"Oh really? So, you aren't fine." Alice raised an eyebrow at me and I opened my mouth to defend myself, but was quickly cut off. "I bet you haven't even eaten today, have you? And here you are, lying to your new best friend that 'you are fine'. I see how it is." Alice dramatically turned away from with a huff and I had to cough in order to hide a laugh at her antics.
"The headaches are to be expected and my pain meds makes me slightly nauseous." I sent a glare towards Jasper who was conveniently looking away. "I am fine, really." I said the last part as sincerely as I could and Alice seemed to have believed me. She gave me a bright smile and was about to say something when she was interrupted by the bell.
She gave me another bright smile before grabbing onto Jasper's arm. "Well, we should go now. I'll see you later!" She said with a wave and started to drag Jasper out of the room with her. Jasper glanced at me before he left and I didn't understand the look in his eyes.
It was another hour of class before I realized that Jasper had completely avoided my questions.