The house was silent when Khalea opened the front door, slipping off her shoes she watched as Jasper mimicked her actions before following her through the house, she walked straight into the kitchen and watched her father stare down the laptop in front of him. Ask Remy to break into a bank – no problem, find out information about anyone alive or dead – easily done... ask him to send an email and he would stare at the screen for hours with no idea. The teenagers barely made a sound yet Remy turned towards them, the smile was wiped off his face when he noticed a boy standing behind his daughter.

"What are you doing home Cheri'?" Remy closed the laptop and gave the pair his full attention, the boy stood straight with his arms behind his back. He reminded Remy of a solider but knew there was no way, the boy wasn't even old enough to join the army.

"I wasn't feeling well, Jasper gave me a ride home" Her father gave her a stern look, she knew they would be talking about this later. One of her fathers rules was she wasn't to be alone with anyone that wasn't family.

"That was nice of him" The look Remy was giving the vampire would make any human fear for their lives yet the immortal couldn't help the amusement filling him. Her father was the same height as him but with Jaspers enhanced strength, speed plus the fact of being indestructible would make him a sure winner. Jasper stepped forward and held his hand out.

Remy's hands adored the same black leather gloves that Khalea always wore, his handshake was strong and Jasper felt like he gripped his hand tighter than what was needed. "Jasper Hale, Khalea and I have a study period together" Remy's eyebrows rose at hearing his Southern accent.

"Where are you from?" Remy grabbed three cups out of the cupboard and proceeded to pour everyone a drink, Jasper didn't respond until handed the glass which he knew he couldn't drink.

"I was born and raised in Texas until Carlisle adopted me and my sister"

"You're one of the doctors kids then? Heard a lot about your family from a couple of guys down at the diner. They really like to talk don't they" Anyone hearing the conversation would think Remy was just making general conversation and trying to get to know the boy his daughter had brought home, the three knew though he was judging him , deciding if he was a threat.

Jasper knew exactly what Remy was doing, he felt respect for the tall man in front of him. His daughter was obviously the most important thing in the world to him, he obviously didn't like Jasper and that was okay with him "People in small towns don't have much to talk about". Remy released a small laugh before nodding in agreement.

"Were going to my room" feeling the tension in the room Khalea finally spoke, giving Remy a quick kiss on the cheek she led Jasper to her room.

It was not what he expected. Normally rooms were a reflection of the owner, his personal bedroom was filled with books about the Civil War, he had a collection of fire arms from his time in the army and his old guitar yet Khalea's room was empty. A single mattress took up most of the space in the small room with a laptop placed on top of the blanket, a two shelfed bookcase was filled with books filled with nothing but school books and a single stack of playing cards. Scorch marks lined most of the walls and a large chunk of carpet seemed like it had caught on fire, there were no candles though.. Maybe it was there when they had moved in.

Not a single picture was placed, no CD's or movies or anything to suggest a hobby filled the room, it was like no one actually lived there. Khalea watched his reaction to her room, he walked around looking over the books which were placed on her bookshelf. Her room was vacant, they moved around so much she wasn't able to have to many things. Sometimes they would just up and leave not being able to pack anything before fleeing, she had lost to many books and electronics and now just didn't see the point in buying them anymore.

Khalea took a seat on her bed watching as Jasper copied her actions, neither spoke for a moment just stared at each other. The moment Jasper had found her crying his willpower had vanished, he knew he wasn't able to keep away from her, he could breathe when she was around, she made everything in his life worth it. "You have questions".

"Of course I have questions, are you actually going to answer them?" Her reply was laced with sarcasm but he barely reacted, she had every right to be upset with him.

"You ask one ill answer then ill ask one. Deal?"

Khalea decided to start off simple, if he was honest then she would change to the harder questions "What's your favorite color?"

"Red, favorite animal?"

"Moon bears, what sibling are you closest to?"

"Rosalie is my twin, I know she might seem rude and not affected by anything but she has always been there when I needed her. Alice is a close second, I love how happy she is all the time" Which was the truth, Alice's emotions always made him feel better, after feeling nothing but pain and sadness for so long being around someone who was always in a good mood was amazing.

Khalea suddenly gasped which caused Jasper to look over her for injury, when he didn't find anything he finally looked at her face. Guilt was practically rolling off her and her eyes were clouded with tears. "I'm a horrible person" she whispered.

"You could never be horrible" he reached towards her as if to bring her into his arms yet quickly pulled back at her reaction. She pulled herself away from him, wrapping her arms around her legs and pulled them against her chest.

"I yelled at Alice"

Khalea couldn't bring herself to look at Jasper, she had been terrible to his sister and probably lost one of the only people who wanted to be her friend. Alice was insensitive to what had happened to Khali but looking back it seemed like she just wanted to distract the girl from what had happened.

"She has already forgiven you" This caused her to look at Jasper, he had to be lying. Sure, Alice had tried to speak to her even though it was only through a note in class, she wouldn't blame the girl if she never wanted to see her again. She didn't get a chance to respond before Jasper was speaking again "She has been waiting for you for a long time, there is no way you could scare her away.

Hours had passed without either of the teenagers noticing, the questions had gone from favorite movie to what decade they would love to live in. Jasper loved just hearing her talk, he knew he would have to leave soon – her father had been pacing the kitchen for the last twenty minutes mumbling under his breathe about Khali having a boy in her room and knew it was only a matter of time before he would come and tell Jasper he had to leave.

"How can Alice see the future?" The questions had changed from light and happy to the more hard-hitting facts.

He knew she would ask this and barely paused before responding "Our kind sometimes have certain gifts, how many places have you lived?"

"I've lost count, normally move every few months since I was twelve. Do you have a gift?"

"Yes. Do you have a gift?" Khalea paused, she knew she wasn't meant to tell anyone of her ability, it was dangerous yet she had a certain level of trust with this man. They barely knew each other yet he was comfortable enough to tell her the truth.

"I do, are you a mutant?" He had been waiting for this question, Carlisle had suggested that might be what she is and it would make sense. The world had been talking about mutants since they admitted their existence over twenty years ago, right now it was the argument of if they should be forced to register or not.

"No" He didn't bother to ask her another question, they would be staying on this subject for a while. Khalea paused, as far as she knew nothing else existed.

"What do you mean?" God, she sounded stupid.

Turning his body more towards her he dove into her emotions, he didn't feel fear which surprised him. When he first found out what he was his body was paralyzed with fear yet she was just curious.

"I can't tell you right now but I promise to soon" though she wanted more than anything to know at this moment she knew she would have to wait. Brushing it off she asked the next question "What can you do?"

"I'll show you mine if you show me yours" Jasper had never come across as flirty but the smirk on his face made Khalea's cheeks turn bright red. Doing everything she could to avoid eye contact she pulled at the loose thread on her rainbow socks waiting until the blood faded from her cheeks.

Her embarrassment vanished as quickly as it came, her eyes looked towards Jasper as he continued to smirk at her. Happy, sad, angry flew through her but were gone before she could fixate on any of them, they faded yet the embarrassment never returned instead it was trampled by curiosity.

"Was that you?" Instead of responding verbally he just gave her a nod, his smirk changed to a smile watching her eyes widen with amazement, he could watch her all day.

"Your turn"

Khalea raised herself off the mattress and grabbed the playing cards of her old bookcase, all the face cards we're missing after her practice session the other day. Grabbing the first one she touched she flipped it between her fingers, she had never purposely showed someone what she could do, sure Jasper had seen her accidently charge her ruined clothes but he didn't actually understand what had happened.

Putting the card between her pointer and middle finger she watched at it slowly began to glow red, refusing to look at his face she spoke "I have the ability to convert potential energy into kinetic which on impact can make an object explode" with that she flicked the card at the wall and watched at it exploded with a loud bang.

"That's amazing!" he praised watching his mate with pride. The happiness wasn't mutual as she looked at the boy with sorrow filled eyes.

"You saw my kitchen the other day. Every time I touch someone there is the chance I will kill them".

Yay more Jasper !

I just wanted them to get to know each other a bit more, they now know what the other can do and this will affect a lot of stuff. Omg I love flirty Jasper, trust me he will be flirty again in the future.

The relationship between Jasper and Remy will be an important one, just wanted to get the foundations down before I drive more into that.

More Cullen family in the future don't worry!

Thanks everyone for the follows, favourites and reviews. I really appreciate every single one of you!

xxHouse