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"Jasper," Evadne greeted me with her sweet smile, her long, black hair seeming to have more volume than ever before. I could hardly believe I had been friends with Evadne for a month.

I'd been to her house three times in just this week; each time her parents were there, and I'd thought about asking her about it on several occasions, but each time I decided it would be better not to pry.

One by one, each and every one of the members of my family told me that they were okay with me seeing Evadne. I was surprised over and over and over again, not expecting it from any of them, though I'd hoped that Alice would. I supposed that Evadne was just overall a really sweet girl that you instantly fell in love with.

Not literally, of course.

Ever so slowly, I'd broken away from Rosalie and Emmett, getting closer and closer to Evadne. She was my best friend now; I sat with her every day at lunch, talked to her in between classes, and went over to her house frequently. It was such an odd couple, the two of us, with Evadne; sweet, kind…her hair so dark, her eyes so light; and me; lost, quiet, unknown…my own hair as wild and light as could be, and my eyes sometimes pitch black. It was terribly ironic.

Yet I didn't regret hanging out with Evadne even a fraction. I still had plenty of time with Alice, who spent her own time with Bella, and every once in a while she joined Evadne and I. They were so similar; they got along very well.

Evadne told me as much as she could about Death Cab for Cutie along the way, showing me a lot of their best…and their strangest. They were all very odd, in truth, so completely unlike any other music I'd ever heard, and they took a while to get used to. It was sort of like you were put off a bit by their songs, but after a little while of forcing yourself to listen to it over and over again, it grows on you, and soon you can't imagine how anybody could ever hate it. I didn't understand it, but since Evadne loved them so much I tried to accept it.

My own personal favorite was still the first one Evadne had shown me… "Brothers on a Hotel Bed", she'd called it, and I thought of it often, trying to decode exactly what it meant. Death Cab was very hard to decode, I'd noticed, especially for a vampire that often got distracted.

Every evening I saw the picture of the glowing-green black aeonium above my dresser, and every morning when I saw Evadne I couldn't bring myself to ask about it. I never saw that green gleam in the gray eyes above it again, and soon, even with my advanced memory, I nearly forgot about it.

At the present it was Friday, and I planned to go over to Evadne's house for a fourth time after school.

"Hey, Evadne," I couldn't help smiling back at her; it was contagious. "Are we still on for after school?"

"As long as you're still up for it," Evadne said sweetly. "But I was kind of thinking…" she trailed off, then shook her head. "Never mind."

"No, what?" She had done so much for me in the last month; it was the least I could do to hear what she had to say.

"It's just…I thought maybe sometime we could go over to…your house." Evadne turned a light shade of pink. "It's stupid, I know."

"No, no," I shook my head quickly. "That's not stupid at all. You're right. I never thought about...I'll ask Carlisle. I'm sure he won't say no; everyone in my family loves you."

"Really?" Evadne asked shyly, turning a deeper shade of pink.

"Oh, yeah. Even Rosalie; she's probably the most resistant to…other people." Whoa, that was close, I thought. I had been about to say "most resistant to humans." It was a good thing I caught it. It sounded off, so I added, "Than our family. Since she became an orphan, she's been a little distrusting. She likes you, though. You must have the magic touch."

Evadne turned an even deeper shade of pink, if that was even possible. "Oh, I don't believe that," she said.

"Well, you must," I said. "Because everyone just flat out fell in love with you as soon as they heard about you. Maybe it's just…genetic."

"You don't share genetics," Evadne pointed out.

"Oh." I gave her a grin, offering no other explanation. She laughed, and her face lost a tint of its redness. "Anyway, I'll ask them all at lunch and give Carlisle a call then. Don't worry; it's as good as a yes."

Attach the next part to this chapter. Should I? Should I not? I shouldn't…but I will.

I approached Edward, Alice, and Bella as comfortably as I ever had; Evadne had given me the chance to grow in resistance, and though my throat began to burn a little, I wasn't that bothered by Bella's delicious scent. I gave Alice a good, long kiss, which surprised her a bit, and when I surfaced I saw Bella looking at me uncomfortably and Edward with amusement in his eyes.

"Hey," I said with a little wave, a goofy smile on my face from the joy of kissing Alice.

"Um…hey, Jasper," Bella said quietly; I knew she was shy around me and couldn't figure out the reason of anything I was doing.

"What's up, Jazz?" Edward asked, as if this was the most normal thing in the world. The Cullens had a way of doing that. "How've you been?"

"Oh, same as usual," I said, though we all knew that wasn't true. "Hey, can Evadne come over today? I think she's getting a little mad that I've just been invading her house for a month."

"Oh…sure, Jazz," Edward looked caught by surprise, even though he could read my mind, which I found a little odd. "As long as everyone else says it's okay…"

I looked to Alice. She gave an encouraging smile and a nod. "I'd love to get to know her better," she added.

"Aw, great," I said happily. Then I turned to Rosalie and Emmett, which was slightly more terrifying. I wasn't as good of friends with them as Edward and Alice, though I loved them both a lot.

I cleared my throat, and the two looked up at me. "Jasper," Emmett said with one of his full-faced grins. "What's up? We haven't seen you in a while." Rosalie looked at me with a calm patient stare, which you rarely saw from her. You rarely saw that from anyone, really.

"Would it be alright with you if Evadne came over after school?" I asked.

They exchanged looks.

"Sure," Rosalie said, a look on her face that was far too pleasant to be a normal Rosalie-look. But I didn't question it, and Emmett nodded.

"Of course," he said.

I gave a sigh of relief. "Excellent," I breathed. I waved over my shoulder as I began to walk back to Evadne.

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