Monday at school everything went well, it was the next few days of school that were excruciating. Monday I had a conversation with Jasper after lunch. We talked about how our weekend went, our classes, and books we wanted to read. Alice and Bella asked if I wanted to join them on a shopping trip. Emmet made fun of me when the teacher asked me to answer something in Spanish. By Tuesday everything changed. I still talked to Bella during gym class but she seemed some what distant…kind of like she didn't want to say the wrong thing. Emmett didn't help me in Spanish class anymore, Alice didn't seem to smile. Jasper didn't say one word to me, he didn't stare like he used to, and he didn't even glance. I thought they may have been offended that I didn't stay and watch them play baseball, but that didn't seem to sit right with me. I guessed it might have been my fault for jumping to the conclusion that I may have made a friend or two. I kicked myself for also thinking a guy might actually be interested in someone like me. Each time I had made an attempt to talk to Jasper he had said the same thing.

"It is better if we don't speak for now." I was getting sick of hearing that so I decided to give up.

"Sara, are you okay?" Chase asked as I picked at my food during lunch.

"Yea I'm fine…just not hungry." I answered.

He looked at me but didn't seem to believe that nothing was wrong. I was grateful that he didn't press the subject. I tried to figure out what I had done wrong but I couldn't think of anything that made much sense. By the time school was almost over I wasn't sad anymore, I was irritated.

I walked out of gym to use the bathroom after I had asked the teacher. I wasn't in the mood to play any games today, I felt like ripping some ones head off truthfully. As I turned the corner I bumped into that wall again. I knew it was him, I didn't even look up…I just moved to the side and continued down the hall.

"Sara." He said from behind me.

"What!" I yelled.

He looked taken back by my tone for a moment. "I wanted to know if you wanted a ride home today."

"No thank you." I said before turning around.

"I'm sorry…I couldn't talk to you." Jasper said quietly.

"Why is that?" I asked turning back toward him.

"It would have been too dangerous. I don't want to hurt you." He explained.

I rolled my eyes. "How could you have hurt me by speaking to me?"

He sighed. "I shouldn't tell you, I won't tell you…because I want a chance for you to get to know me better first. There is something you don't know about me, something you don't want to know." He sighed. "Sometimes I won't be able to talk to you, other times I will…it is just something you're going to have to understand if you still want to be friends."

I stared blankly at him because I didn't know what to say. Nothing he said to me had made any sense so I didn't have a clear reply. "Well maybe I could get to know you if you stop acting like you have some deep dark secret."

"Maybe I do." He said looking down.

"What are you some kind of monster?" I chuckled playfully moving my fingers the way people do when they are telling ghost stories. "A vampire that is longing to dine on my perfect red velvet blood." I laughed again.

I felt the wind being knocked out of me as I crashed against the hallway wall. I opened my eyes and met Jasper's pitch black ones. His eyes shooting daggers at mine and his lips curled into a frown. He let go and stepped back turning away from me before he turned the corner and disappeared.

I was in shock, I'm sure I looked like a fool just standing there with my body still pushed up against the wall. I made my way back to the gym locker room; I didn't want to go back to class so I changed into my regular clothes. I grabbed my school books and headed to the parking lot making my way to my brother's jeep. Maybe I shouldn't have mocked him like I did; it was really childish and rude of me. Maybe he really did want to stay away from me for my own good. Maybe he was a vampire; I shook my head at the thought. Okay, I was becoming a lunatic.

Everyone was still in their class, so I was the only one in the parking lot. It wasn't raining today but the sky was a dark shade of grey. Something I have become used to, I will even admit I was found of it. While I waited I sat on the hood of the jeep, I pulled out a book and began to read. The parking lot was quite which made it easy to hear the shuffling … it was hard to pin point where it was coming from. I decided to ignore it and continue reading. Until I heard it again but this time it was closer. I stood up placing the book on the hood of the car.

'Shit.' I thought to myself when the noise moved to the small garden of bushes off to the side of the school.

I still followed it quietly, but it seemed to stop when I got close. I picked up a rock and threw it toward the bushes, looking for some kind of animal. I waited a minute or so but nothing happened.

"What the hell!" I screamed when an overly big squirrel came rushing out and ran up a near by tree.

I let out a sigh and made my way back to the jeep. I couldn't believe I just spent ten minutes of my life following a squirrel around a school parking lot. I didn't know what was getting into me; I was becoming more paranoid of things lately. Like I knew something was up, but the truth was I didn't. I didn't know anything, I didn't understand anything, I didn't want to… not on my own. The school bell rang and students started to pour out of the buildings.

"Hey." Someone said from behind me.

I turned around. "Hi." I said softly to Emmett. I didn't have anything else to say to him.

"Jasper told me he freaked out on you in the hall. He wanted to say he was sorry." Emmett explained closing the distance between us.

"Oh, tell him it was my fault. I shouldn't have pushed him like that I guess." I replied putting my book back into my book bag.

"I'm sure he will disagree with you on that one. Look I wanted to say I was sorry for not helping you out in Spanish the past couple days." He added.

I shook my head. "Don't worry I can't count on someone else to get me by."

"You can count on me though; I seem to have a good record on being there for people." Emmett smiled.

I returned his smile with a small one of my own. "That's good to know I guess."

"Yea. Well I'll see you in class." He said turning around.

"Yea, see you later."

Jasper was in the backseat of the Volvo again, just like other times before. The only difference is this time I didn't have to wonder why.

A/N: Is this story going down hill? Let me know how I'm doing please.