Jasper's Pov

"Mom? Have you seen my black polo shirt anywhere?" I felt myself smile as I heard Josh's voice crack as he hollered from his room. He and Bella had demanded their own rooms two summers ago when Josh finished up the fifth grade.

"Honey, did you check your hamper?" Esme called from the bottom of the stairs, her and Rose were trying to whip up some dinner before Josh and Bella went their middle school social. For some reason the school could play down the fact that it was a dance by calling it a social. Tonight's social was apparently special as it was the last one of the school year, our finals were starting next week and by next Friday would be free for the summer. Esme wasn't looking forward to the summer because both Josh and Bella had been accepted into a summer abroad program and would be spending two months going up and down the coast of Australia with a large group of other kids their age. They were leaving a week after school let out

"I looked there first, it's not on the floor either."

Alice chuckled and got up the comfortable embrace I hope my arms were providing. "It's in the bottom of his closet," she explained before walking briskly from the room. I grabbed my book from the nightstand and started to thumb through, it was difficult to really concentrate with all that was going on.

"I'm not wearing a sweatshirt Emmett!" I finally gave up trying to read when I heard Bella shouting. I got up from my spot on the bed and headed down the hallway to her room.

"Why not?" I opened Bella's door and laughed as I saw Emmett holding up an over sized hooded sweatshirt while Bella frantically pulled items from her closet. Alice had seen this happening of course and knew Bella would be soon asking for her help in deciding on an outfit. Until that moment arrived Alice was happy to bother Josh while he tried to get ready. I felt waves of frustration rolling off Bella and I suddenly felt the urge to smack Emmett and remove him from the room with force. I sent a few calming waves Bella's way, smiling to myself as her breathing and heart rate began to return to normal.

"What do you think Jazz?" She turned to me and held up a navy top with spaghetti straps. I felt a growl building in my chest but Emmett beat me to action and sprinted across the room at top speed to snatch the top out of Bella's hands. He returned to my side half a second later and I felt his anger towards any male that would appreciate that outfit on his baby sister. "Emmett!" Bella stomped her foot and glared at him before turning to me.

"What?" I raised my palms questioning her glare as I felt her anger that replaced her frustration.

"Aren't you going to help me?" Her eyebrows perked as she looked to me for help.

"Absolutely not, you're just lucky Edward's hunting or you'd leave wearing a wool sweater" Emmett clapped my back, pleased that I was agreeing with him.

"Hmphh" she gave an exaggerated roll of her eyes before turning back to her closet. Under normal circumstances I wouldn't be bothered at all by Bella going to this social but this time she was meeting up with some thirteen-year-old deviant at the dance. Sean was a friend of Josh's and very cute according to what Emmett read in her little journal/diary thing she kept, that alone was enough to make me despise the kid. I chuckled lowly to myself as Emmett lifted the box springs under Bella's bed and tossed the hardly appropriate top underneath before setting the box brings back down. I headed down the hallway to see how Josh had fared after finding his shirt.

Just as I got to his door it opened from the inside and Josh walked out, I struggled to suppress my smile as I took in his outfit. He was in a black polo shirt, khakis and a pair of wing tip shoes; if I hadn't known any better I'd of thought he was getting ready to go golfing. He flashed me a small smile, his braces shining in the light. Bella only required braces on her top teeth to correct a few misaligned teeth but Josh had some form of metal on just about every tooth he had. Their orthodontist hoped he would be out of the metal work by the time he reached high school but that didn't look like it was going to happen. "Is Mom done with dinner?" I fought off the urge to laugh again as his voice cracked slightly.

"Sounds like it" I offered and walked downstairs with him. He was feeling oddly confident, it was rolling off of him in waves. By the smile on his face I knew something must be up but because Edward was gone, I'd have to wait until Alice saw something until I could find out what was going on. Josh headed straight for the kitchen, grinning as he saw the turkey burgers Rosalie and Seem had made. Turkey burgers for them was a compromise, Josh wanted nothing but fast food, while Rose and Esme wanted him to eat healthy food. We were all sort of blown away by how much Josh was eating; he could easily eat twice what Bella did in a day during a single meal. Whenever him and his little friends came by the house after soccer they would eat just about everything we had in the pantry, poor Esme was having to go grocery shopping multiple times a week now.

I watched almost in awe while Josh downed three of the average sized turkey burgers and finished off a plate of some all natural potato chips. By the time he was finished Bella was finally downstairs, with Alice's help she had decided on a nice looking light pink polo shirt and had her hair up in a ponytail. It was conservative enough for my tastes and Bella looked pleased, Alice loved having Bella to dress up. Josh had finally seemed to be growing out of what Alice called his disgusting boy phase but Bella always, often reluctantly, but always never the less, allowed Alice to pick out her outfits.

"Took you long enough, come on let's go" Josh got up from the table and took his dishes and glass straight to the dishwasher. I could feel his sudden anticipation; whatever was supposed to be happening at this social was starting to make him nervous. I wanted to know what was going on but had to think twice about asking as I remember Rose and Esme were still in the room. The last time he had been at a social he had been written up for having a "public display of affection" with some girl in his class. He was embarrassed about it and wouldn't elaborate more than that but according to Alice and Bella all they had been doing was slow dancing. I had a feeling that whatever it was this time was bigger than that.

"Oh shut up, Josh" Bella shot him an annoyed glare and grabbed her burger. Josh groaned and watched as Bella dramatically enjoyed her burger, it wasn't really the burger she enjoyed but the anxiety she was able to cause Josh. Ten longs minutes later they were in the car with Esme on the way to their dance.

A/N the next chapter will be split between Josh and Bella's Pov. Review and I'll update sooner.