I'm going to do things a bit different for the next couple of chapters. We're going to hear from both sides. I'm not doing my job if I don't give you all a chance to look inside Edward's big brain and maybe change your minds about wanting to push him down an abandoned mine shaft. I've been this Bella, I know it's not easy to understand the boy's point of view. I'm just asking you to give him a chance.

Hugs and kisses to my beta, Mullet86. This week she started a new job, moved into a new house AND still took the time to give this a once over.

SM owns Twilight. But I own a carved Halloween pumpkin that is rapidly decaying on my front porch. Pumpkin pie anyone?

Reflections

Chapter 25

"I don't believe you." I pulled away from him and headed for the door into the house. I paused with my hand on the doorknob and turned to look at Edward. There were real tears rolling down his beautiful face.

"Good bye, Edward."

It's been three weeks since I'd left Edward sitting on my aunt's deck with tears dripping down his face. It had taken every ounce of strength I possessed to not turn around and forgive him. I didn't even make it up the stairs. Aunt Janet found me on the bottom of the staircase sobbing into my folded arms. Without a word, she took me gently by the shoulders, guided me to my room and tucked me into bed, leaving me with a kiss on the forehead.

I lay in bed the rest of the day alternating between hating myself for telling him good bye and hating him for making me do it. By Sunday morning I was exhausted physically from crying and emotionally from the knowledge that every dream I'd ever had of a happy ever after with Edward was never going to happen.

When Charlie came to pick me up that night, the look on his face told me that I looked as bad as I felt.

One solemn shake of his sister's head had stopped any questions he was about to utter and we drove home in blessed silence.

Monday morning arrived and brought with it a determination to survive the carnage that Edward's actions had wrought. In the meager early morning light, as I dressed for school, the strength that I'd shown on the deck slowly returned. I wasn't over him. Not even close. But I promised myself that one day soon, I would be.

As per our routine, Jasper picked me up for school and tortured me with corny country music. Though that first morning, I found myself indentifying with the over the top emotions so prevalent in that music.

The only reminders of what had happened a scant forty-eight hours earlier were already starting to fade from his face and knuckles.

Edward wasn't in Drivers Ed lab that morning. His absence allowed me to breathe easier as the intricacies of parallel parking were diagrammed on Mr. Birdie's white board. I even managed a smile or two at Derick's animated retelling of his Sunday afternoon. After helping Liam clean up from the party, he never mentioned the fight, he'd spent the rest of his weekend chasing after his new puppy, a Golden Labrador that he'd named Emmett. As he described 'Emmett-Two's' fondness for pooping in his puppy bed and eating dirty Kleenexes he'd stolen from waste baskets, I found myself thinking less about the friend I lost and more about the ones I'd gained.

"So, I said, 'If you spent as much energy working on your basket toss as you do on trying to sleep with the gym teacher, we wouldn't be having this conversation.' "

"Oh my God! What did she say then?" Alice asked.

"She just flipped me off and walked back into the school. Case closed." Rose finished her tale with a large bite of cheeseburger.

Without knowing Irina Mitchell personally, I had to take Rose's word for it that she was attempting to sleep with the gym teacher and that her basket tosses were 'sloppy'.

With Irina's attempt at over throwing Rose's rule of the varsity cheerleaders' squashed, our corner booth in diner fell silent. Neither girl had mentioned the weekend's events all day. Nor did they explain Emmett's absence from school.

As thrilled as I was to accept their invitation to dinner, their avoidance of the topic was killing me.

Finally the dam broke. "Rose, where was Emmett today?"

She and Alice shared a quick look before she daintily wiped the ketchup from her mouth and answered quickly. "He was home."

"Why?" Having pretty much broken down after I'd left Edward, I hadn't had a chance to check on Emmett.

Rose let out a heavy sigh. "He's been suspended for the week."

"What? Why?"

"Because he beat the shit out of his brother and about ten other guys."

"Oh." My shoulders slumped and I leaned back into the padded bench seat. I knew that the consequences of Friday night would be bad, but I'd hoped that they would leave my friends relatively unscathed.

"Jesus, Rose! Have you ever heard of tact?" Alice slid close and put her arm around me.

"Look, Bella, it wasn't your fault. Okay? Edward had it coming and Emmett took care of things."

"But what about football?" I remembered Jasper cautioning Em about fighting during the season.

"Oh, don't worry about that. Since the fight took place off campus no one's season will be affected. They all just have to spend the week home."

"They?"

"Yeah, Felix, James, Alec, Alistair…" She rattled of several more names of guys I didn't know.

I guess that explained why Edward hadn't been in Drivers Ed this morning.

"Jazzy got lucky. If Edward hadn't covered for him…"

"What? What do you mean, what did Edward do?"

Alice removed her arm at my harsh demand. "Well, when the cops showed up…"

"Wait! The cops were called?"

"If you'd let her finish a thought, you'd get your answers." Rose rolled her eyes at my impatience.

"Sorry." I muttered.

"No, it's okay. Um, well from what Jasper told me, Kate got scared and called the police when the fighting rolled out by the pool. I guess she was afraid someone would fall in and drown. The cops showed and everyone started to scatter. By then Emmett had James and Felix on the ground and Jazz was," she paused and looked at Rose, who gave her a slight nod. "Well, he was fighting Edward. Edward grabbed Jazz and threw him through an unlocked gate. Jasper tried to get back to help Emmett but Edward locked the gate and told him to go home and take care of you."

Edward had saved Jasper? Why would Edward send him to take care of me? Why hadn't Charlie said anything?

"Hey, it wasn't your fault." Alice assured me.

"Of course it was. If I hadn't gone to the party none of this would've happened."

"Nah, ah girlfriend, none of that. What happened needed to happen. Justice was served and those little shits got what was coming to them. Emmett doesn't regret a damn thing and neither should you." Her blue eyes bored into mine until I nodded. "Good. Now, let's talk about something much more fun. I hear you have a birthday coming up."

Over warm apple crisp and vanilla ice cream, it was decided that I would be celebrating my birthday this year and in Alice's words, "You will enjoy yourself or pay the consequences."

The next Monday, Emmett's suspension lifted and he returned to school. On his first day back, I ran to him in the cafeteria and gave him a big hug. I never even considered that the whole school would be watching. I just needed to let him know how much his sacrifice had meant to me.

"I missed you too Stumble B." His tight embrace spoke volumes to me. I wouldn't undervalue his feelings for me again.

Not a word was spoken about the green eyed boy who sat in the corner table. He wasn't alone. But there was a distinct change in the attitudes of his lunch partners, they seemed slightly detached from him. Or rather he was detached from them. Tanya, Lauren and the others were seated around him while he nodded appropriately during their conversation, the frown he wore never moved from his face.

I knew that seeing Edward at school would be an issue I'd have to deal with I understood that just because I'd walked away from our friendship, it didn't mean that I could pretend he didn't exist. Not only was Forks too small, but his influence on my past was too great.

I took every day one at a time and enjoyed the company of people who chose to be with me.

"Alice, I'm not so sure about this party."

"What? Eighteen is a milestone and you need to recognize it! "Alice admonished me and continued leafing through her current edition of 'Part Planning Monthly'.

"Alice, if balloon bouquets, mirror balls and ice sculptures aren't her thing then you should back off." I tried not to laugh at the glare Alice shot the clearly unaffected Rose.

"Alice, I will agree to dinner, a movie or two and cake. But that's it."

"But, Bella, that's not a celebration worthy of a milestone." Alice pouted.

I had a feeling that if left up to Alice, Saturday afternoons would be celebrated as milestones.

"Take it or leave it."

Her eyes narrowed as she thought over my offer. "Hmmm, I guess the theater room would have enough room for everyone."

"Whoa. Who is 'everyone'?"

"Just a few people from school."

"How many?"

"Ten?"

"No."

"Eight?"

"No."

Rose chuckled as Alice and I negotiated.

"Fine! Five people. Can we have five lousy students from Forks High School attend your pizza and movie bash in the Whitlock's basement?!"

I pretended to think over her offer. "You drive a hard bargain. Okay. I will allow five Forks High students to help me celebrate my birthday." Her eyes lit up and she practically shook with excitement. "But I get to pick the five people."

"Sure. Sure." She readily agreed, and grabbed her planning notebook and sparkly gel-pen. "Give me their names so I can get the invitations designed and printed. I can't believe I only have a week to get everything ready."

I almost felt badly for what I was about to do to her. "Are you ready?" She nodded.

"Okay, Emmett Cullen, Rosalie Hale, Jas…"

"What the hell, Bella?!" She demanded.

"You said five Forks High students. You, Emmett, Rose, Jasper and I are all Forks High students."

Rose erupted into laughter. "She's got you! Oh my God! Someone finally outwitted the 'Party Planning Fairy'! I have to tell Emmett." Rose grabbed her phone and started texting.

"Screw you, Rose!" Alice screamed, throwing a piece of red licorice in the blonde's direction.

"Bella, c'mon. That's not fair. You have to give me something. It's no fun planning a party for these people," she waved her hand at Rose. "Emmett eats peanut butter right out of a jar with his finger; Jasper will like anything I like, because that's who he is, Rose is a bitch and isn't impressed by anything." Alice threw herself onto my bed in an exasperated heap muttering something about cheap frozen pizza and ice cream cake.

"Hey! I'm not a bitch." Rose complained, looking up from her texting.

Alice turned over and gave Rose a withering look.

"Okay, maybe a little." Rose admitted, giggling slightly.

As funny as it was to watch Alice throw tantrum over a party I didn't want, I did feel slightly wrong for tricking her.

"Would it make things better if I let you invite one person?"

She rolled over and opened one big hazel eye. "Who?"

"My friend, Derick."

~~EPOV~~

"I need you to move your car." Emmett ordered from the doorway of my room.

"The keys are right there." I pointed to the corner of my desk and turned back to my history homework. My report comparing and contrasting the Bloody Sunday shootings in Ireland, of 1920 and 1972, wasn't due for another week, but I had nothing better to do, having already turned down Lauren's invitation to a party at her house.

"You need to move it. Now!"

"Jesus, Em! Why can't you do it?"

"Because it's not my fucking car! Move it or I'm going to run the little foreign piece of shit over with my truck." He sneered and walked away.

I let out a deep sigh and grabbed my keys. I slipped on my shoes and followed him down the stairs. It had been almost a month since our fight and he still wouldn't speak a civil word to me. I guess I couldn't really blame him. If I were him, I wouldn't speak to me either.

I was an asshole.

"Give her this and tell her Happy Birthday from your father and me." Mom handed Em a medium sized box wrapped in black paper with white polka dots. "Oh, tell her if she doesn't like it, we can easily exchange it for something else."

"Will do." He grabbed her box and another smaller box that was wrapped in what looked like last Sunday's comics, off the hall table. I guess Emmett hadn't turned down any party invitations for tonight.

"Hey!" I exclaimed as he pushed me into the doorframe on his way through. "That hurt you dick!"

"Oh yeah? Does it sting as much as having your best friend sell you out for a little bit of popularity?" He taunted.

I felt my fingers clench and jaw tighten in reaction to his words. I advanced on him, ready to add more scars to my face and hands. Emmett's eyes narrowed and his breathing picked up. I knew he'd be willing to accommodate my wish.

"Boys! That's enough!" My mother admonished both of us from the hallway. Emmett huffed in annoyance and went to his truck.

I turned to follow when mom's words stopped me. "He's still very upset over what you did."

I sighed heavily and stared at the floor. "Mom, I understand his anger, I just don't know why he thinks he has to keep reminding me. I won't ever forget what I did."

"Edward, I still can't believe that a child I raised would say those horrible things. I want to smack you myself when I think about what you did," she sighed. "You'll just have to deal with your brother's anger. You dug that hole, now you have to lie in it. But, I'll talk to him about the violence. I won't put up with anymore fighting."

"Yes, ma'm." I hung my head, remembering the disappointment and shock on her face when she learned what I'd done.

"Hurry up, Edward!" Emmett yelled out his passenger window.

"Emmett! Stop screaming. Bella won't be mad if you're a little late. It's her birthday all day."

Today was Bella's birthday. I clutched my side as pain ripped through me. I forgot her birthday. How could I have forgotten something so important?

"But mom, I still have to pick up Rose and Mauser." Emmett protested.

Bella was having a birthday party and I wasn't invited. The pain in my side got worse.

"Settle down, you have plenty of time. Edward, are you okay?" I brushed off her comforting hand.

I wasn't invited but that freckle –faced bag boy was?

I reached around my bewildered mother, grabbing my letterman's jacket from the coat rack, and rushed down the stairs to my car. Ignoring the icy glare from Emmett, I started my car and reversed out of the driveway, leaving black tire marks in my wake.

I didn't particularly want to be around Lauren and the rest of them, but losing myself for a couple of hours in a crowd, sounded a hell of a lot better than sitting alone in my room thinking about what I'd lost and what others, mainly that melanin deficient sack-stuffer, had gained due to my despicable action.

~~~BPOV~~~~

"You are not seriously going to wear that?" I rolled my eyes as Alice proceeded to go through my closet again.

"Here, wear the skirt with this blouse and…" she crouched down to look at my shoes.

"No."

Her head swiveled around as if it were on a pole. "What? Why not?"

"Because this outfit is fine."

"Bella, jeans, a sweatshirt and loafers are not appropriate to wear for a first date."

"Maybe not, but they're more than appropriate to wear when you're attending a high school football game in October. Besides, this isn't a date." Or was it? I wasn't sure.

Alice shot me one of her famous, I have so much to teach you looks. "Did he ask you to go to the football game with him?"

"Well, it was more of a, can I sit by you at the game kind of thing."

"Did you decide to go to the game based on the possibility of sitting with him?" I nodded. "And will he be going out for the customary after game pizza with all of us?" I nodded again.

"It's soooo a date." She sang and returned to rifling through my closet.

I dropped heavily down onto my bed, the springs croaking in protest. Did I want to date Derick? Sure I liked him and he'd been hanging out more with all of us since he came to my birthday party last month. Since Edward had opted out of Driver's Ed, it was now just the two of us sharing the class car. And I had to admit, I looked forward to Friday's because I got to start my day with one of his smiles.

Oh God. It was a date. I started hyperventilating and my palms started to sweat.

"Alice, what do I do?" I asked, panicking.

"You wear this." She smiled as a navy blue, low cut sweater hit me in the face.

~~~EPOV~~~

My prowess on the baseball mound had earned me a permanent spot at the top of the Forks High School social ladder, so I was never alone. Unless I wanted to be, which was becoming more and more of an inviting option as the school year dragged on.

Even though my brother would just as soon set my hair on fire as look at me, I still cheered for him every Friday night, sitting in the frigid cold surrounded by people I didn't like, and a few that I downright detested.

The stands were full tonight. All of us cheering loudly as our first place Forks Spartans trounced the visiting, Hoquiam Grizzlies to clinch the top position in the state playoffs. My parents were here somewhere. I couldn't see them, but I could hear the cow bell my mom shook incessantly to signal every blessed tackle or sack Emmett accomplished.

"You don't mind giving Kate and Irina a ride to the 'Shack' do ya, honey?" I rolled my eyes at the unwelcome endearment.

I shook off Tanya's hold on my arm. "I'm not your fucking 'honey'. Get off me."

Surprise and rejection flashed in her eyes. She recovered quickly with a laugh. "Uh, oh, someone needs a little sugar to sweeten his mood." Before I could move out of the way, she leaned in and planted her lips on my cheek in a loud kiss.

"Dammit, Tanya!" I pulled away and rubbed vigorously at the bright red lipstick mark I knew she'd left on my face.

The girls all laughed and went back to their stupid conversation.

"Trouble in paradise, Cullen?"

"Shut up, Tyler!" He and Alistair laughed at my obvious annoyance. Just as they and everyone else had since the 'incident' at Liam's. They all knew they had me over a barrel. I had no other friends and would have to endure their teasing about my reluctance to permanently attach myself to Tanya or any other girl in that crew, unless I decided to go the route of the loaner-weirdo guy who never left his room.

Again, an option that was starting to look fairly freaking inviting.

I would have to sit quietly and take their snide and cruel remarks about me being a chubby-chaser. Fuck! I hated that term. But they wouldn't go any further than taunts and insults; I was the lynchpin to their season. Despite the fact that my lie had been the catalyst to a great number of them being severely beaten by my brother, my arm was in fact golden and they all knew it. Without me, their hopes for college scholarships and looks from major league scouts would die.

They needed me to play, but they didn't have to like it.

And I didn't have to like them.

"Thirty-three seconds to go in the fourth quarter and the Spartans lead the Grizzlies by three touchdowns. Folks, I think we can all agree that the unanimous player of the game is number seventy-seven, Emmett Cullen. He might just be the best defensive end in the state of Washington."

The crowd erupted loudly as Em's name was called, as did my mother's cow bell. In spite of our differences of late, I smiled at my brother's good fortune. He'd worked really hard over the last two years and had become a powerhouse on the field. There was a lot of talk around town that Emmett would have his choice of colleges after graduation.

The final buzzer went off and the Spartans chalked up another win for the season. I zipped up my coat and fell in line with the rest of the crowd and proceeded down the stands and out to the parking lot. I didn't wait to see if Tanya and the rest of her crew were following behind me, I could hear their ridiculous chatter echo off the darkened lot.

As much as I loved my new car, at the moment I sincerely wished I was still depending on my mom for a ride. The embarrassment of needing a ride from my mommy would have been more desirable than dealing with the chaos that was currently going on inside this car.

"Dammit, Tanya, don't touch the radio!" I quickly grabbed my iPod and changed the music from Taylor Swift back to Vampire Weekend.

"Jesus, Edward. What's the problem?" The geese in the back seat all giggled at Tanya's discomfort.

I ignored her question and kept my eyes on the road. She recovered quickly from the snub and went back to chattering with Kate and Irina.

I wasn't surprised that the parking lot at 'The Shack' was already full. Not only was it the only pizza place in Forks, but unless you wanted to spend the evening with the 'over 60 crowd' that tended to hang out at the diner, this was really your only choice.

I waited at the car long enough to make sure the girls got all of their shit out of my car. If I had my way, they'd be finding another way home. Once the car lock beeped, I turned and quickly made my way to the restaurant.

The place was packed. It looked as if the entire population of Forks High School was crammed into the small restaurant. I'd been coming here after home football games for the last two years as the confident, popular and yes, arrogant starting pitcher for the Spartans. I would walk through the door and the crowd would part like the Red Sea, clearing my path to one of the big corner booths. No matter when I arrived, everyone would shift around so I could sit on the right end. Had to protect my pitching arm, don't you know?

Tonight, the crowd still parted for me, but unlike previous visits to the Shack, I would've been happier to have blended into the mob. As we approached the big, corner booth, I could see Tyler, Demetri and Alec already sitting down with several pitchers of soda in front of them. I knew from experience that we could easily stuff another ten people around the table. The girls piled in and engaged the guys in conversation. I was grateful for the break from their benign chatter.

I took my customary seat with a head nod to the guys and grabbed a menu. I knew I was going to order my usual, a medium thin crust with sausage, mushrooms, black olives and extra cheese, but the menu gave me something to focus on besides the assholes I was with.

Actually, to be fair Tyler, Demetri and even Alec, had been halfway decent to me after the fight thing. In fact, with the exception of Felix and James, most of the guys had been mostly silent and dismissive of the whole thing. After my suspension was lifted and I returned to school, the guys took every chance they had to taunt me about my relationship with Bella. But one more black eye to Felix and a kidney punch to James was all it took to shut the worse of the insults off. Once they learned that I wasn't afraid of another suspension or damaging myself if they dared to even mention Bella, they left me alone. For the most part.

"Yo, Edward, your brother was a freaking animal tonight." Even though Emmett had beaten the crap out of nearly every one of these guys that awful night, the prospect of winning a football state championship had healed most of their wounds.

"Yeah, he was." Emmett had really beaten down the Grizzlies' quarterback. I wonder if he'd envisioned my face on number seven's body?

"I heard there were scouts from UDub and State in the stands. Has Emmett been approached by anyone?"

I shrugged my shoulders. Unless one of my parents decided to tell me, I was completely in the dark about my brother's post high school football career. Or anything about his life, really.

Alec picked up his glass of Mountain Dew and held it high over the table. "Let's hope that the upcoming baseball season earns us all our own looks from the scouts." We all clinked glasses at his words. Despite everything, we were a team and would have to function as one if we wanted a successful season.

I was halfway through my pizza when my already sour mood was made worse.

"Never fear, the party may now begin." Felix's arrogant voice carried across the crowded room.

Having lost my appetite at their arrival, I threw the remainder of my slice into the greasy plate and slouched back into the weather beaten booth.

"Hey, hey, hey. It looks like the gang's all here." Felix and his date, a dark haired girl I didn't know, edged into the booth opposite of where I was sitting. They were closely followed by a silent James, who was with a red haired girl. Also someone I didn't know.

James sat directly opposite of me, the girl was perched on his knee, halfway into the aisle.

"Guys, allow me to introduce Leah and Vicki. They're sophomores at Peninsula College." James introduced the two girls.

The guys all looked duly impressed that he and Felix had snagged college girls, albeit community college girls, while Tanya and her crew all looked predictably jealous that these 'outsiders' had infiltrated their group.

Felix wasted no time and began poaching slices of pizza off everyone's trays. Every tray but mine. He hated mushrooms, which was why I'd begun ordering an extra helping.

"Damn Cullen, you have the fucking worst taste in pizza!" He exclaimed, making a face at my left over slices.

"I'll eat it." The red head answered loudly through her giant red lips.

"Vicki, I bet if you asked Cullen nicely, he'd let you have some." James crooned into the girl's ear.

She smiled seductively and slid off his lap and slinked over to me.

The strong stench of her perfume made my eyes water.

"So, what do I have to do to get a bite of your slice?" I cringed as she breathed her question into my ear. She leaned in closer and pushed her boobs into my arm.

"Just take it." Answered quickly, pushing my tray over to her.

"Are you sure I can't give you something back?"

"Fuck!" I exclaimed as her hand palmed my crotch.

"Okay. When?"

"Get off me!" Her eyes widened in surprise as I pushed her hand off my dick in disgust.

The whole table silenced as she slid back onto James' lap.

"I guess you were right about his tastes in women." She whispered loudly to James, while taking a huge bite of my pizza. Every one chuckled, though Felix and James were the loudest. Felix laughed so loudly, he started to choke. Tyler had to beat him several times on the back to dislodge the bite of stolen pizza.

"Screw you!" I threw down my napkin, grabbing my soda and crunching the ice loudly in irritation. Dr. Good was going to be so pissed at my next dental check-up.

"Aww, don't get your panties in a knot. There's your girl now." James leaned across the red head and pointed across the room.

I wouldn't put it past James to lie. Yet, I found myself glancing towards the door.

I saw Emmett walking through the crowd with Rosalie at his side. Everyone was patting him on the back in congratulations as he walked past.

I could make out Jasper and Alice as they followed a gleaming Emmett and Rose through the crowd to a table. But I couldn't see Bella.

I was just about to call James a freaking liar when I recognized a laugh that always brought a smile to my face.

My head swiveled back to the entrance.

I hardly recognized her.

Her long, shiny hair was pulled up into one of those high-tail things that girls like. I always thought her hair was prettiest when it was down, all loose and flowing. Especially, when we were outside where the sun would highlight all of the deep warm colors that resided within its depths.

She must've been cold because her skin was shining and there was a red tint to her cheeks. She was only wearing a thin blue sweater and jeans. My Bella always had a coat handy to cover up with.

I grabbed my warm jacket and started towards her.

I was three feet from her when I saw him.

Bella turned towards the table where Emmett and the rest of them were waiting.

He was behind her; his freckle-covered hand was on the small of her back, as if he were pushing her out of his way. My blood began to boil at the thought of someone pushing her. She'd been through enough!

I went to knock his hand away when she suddenly turned and laughed at something Derick said. I watched her slap at his arm playfully and then took a seat next to him at the table.

My brain churned with the facts I'd just witnessed.

She'd walked in with him.

She was laughing at something he'd said.

She didn't even notice me.

My hand clenched around the collar of my jacket as I plowed through the rest of the crowd and out the door.

As luck would have it, my car was parked right in front of the damn window where they were all sitting. I could see their smiles and practically hear their laughter as I got into my car.

As much as I wanted to leave, I sat there staring at the group, the group that I used to be a part of.

A group that I would still be part of if I wasn't such an asshole.

Amidst all of their merriment, Alice's eyes caught mine through the smudged glass. Her wide smile disappeared as she stared at me.

I couldn't take it anymore. I couldn't take the looks of hate and disgust on their faces.

Even if I deserved them.

I started up my car and pulled out of the parking lot kicking up a light sprinkling of gravel in my haste.

~~~APOV~~~

"What are you staring at, muffin." I loved it when Jasper used endearments.

"I just saw Edward."

"He was leaving, I hope."

"Yes, but…"

"But what?"

"He looked really sad."

"Don't you think if anyone deserves to feel sad it's that jerk?" My usually sweet Jasper scoffed.

"No one deserves to feel that sad."

Okay, I'm ready. Hit me with your thoughts.

Thank-you so much for reading!

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