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Because Esme was sidetracked with her grief over killing the little girl nothing was done straight away about enrolling the others in school. Carlisle managed to find a job at the local hospital and they all knew Esme had reached a turning point when they returned from a hunting trip to find her sitting in the dining room with papers spread all over the table in front of her.

"What's all this?" Rosalie grinned.

"School enrolments for you all," Esme smirked. "You didn't think I forgot did you?"

"We hoped," Edward laughed.

"Not a chance," Esme grinned. "I'll organise the enrolments tomorrow and you can start on Monday."

"Welcome back Mom," Jasper groaned.

"Thank you son," Esme smirked. "But you're still going to school."

"Drats," Jasper sighed and they all laughed at him, including Esme and it was the first time she had truly been happy since the day she had slipped.

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On Monday morning Jasper, Alice, Edward, Rosalie and Emmett climbed into Rosalie and Edward's cars and headed off for their first day of school. When they arrived they called into the office to collect their schedules and then they gathered in the hall to compare them. Esme had enrolled Emmett and Rosalie as seniors and Jasper, Edward and Alice as juniors and they were all reasonably happy with their schedules.

They raced off to their first classes with a promise to meet up in the cafeteria at lunchtime. When Jasper and Alice walked into the cafeteria the others were already there and they hurried over to join their table.

"How was your morning?" Rosalie smiled as Jasper and Alice sat down.

"Pretty normal," Alice grinned. "There are some really curious kids here but most of them think we are weird."

"They do," Edward confirmed. "Although there are a few exceptions."

"Like?" Emmett prodded.

"Well," Edward started as he glanced over at a group of girls gathered around a table and they noticed one in particular was staring at them.

"Oh, you're kidding," Alice laughed when she saw what he was going to say.

"What is it?" Rosalie asked in amusement.

"A certain young lady who keeps staring thinks Jasper is cute," Edward grinned.

"What?" Jasper frowned.

"It's okay Jazz," Alice smiled. "I think you're pretty damn cute myself."

"You're allowed to," Jasper growled softly.

"Don't worry about it Jazz, I'm not," Alice brushed off easily, not the least concerned that one of the girls in their new school liked Jasper.

The talk drifted onto other things then but Jasper noticed that the girl across the cafeteria kept staring at him and it was making him extremely uncomfortable. As soon as the bell rang they left the cafeteria to head to their next classes and Jasper was pleased to get away from the girl's scrutiny.

He walked Alice to her next class, which she shared with Edward, and then he headed to his own history class. He was always nervous about entering classrooms by himself but over the years he had plenty of practice. When he reached the classroom it was still nearly empty and that made it a lot easier for him.

He walked into the room and quickly took a seat in the back corner and he pretended to flip through the textbook for the class and the other students began to enter the room. As usual he was aware of their scents floating around him but he concentrated on the book and tried to ignore them.

Suddenly a sweeter scent invaded his nostrils and he realised that the owner was standing beside the empty desk next to his. He lifted his head slowly and his eyes immediately locked on the girl from the cafeteria.

"Is this seat taken?" she smiled sweetly.

"No," Jasper sighed, wishing he could say yes.

"I'm Shannon Winters," the girl said as she sat down.

"Nice to meet you," Jasper mumbled, turning his gaze to the front of the room.

"Do you have a name?" Shannon giggled.

"Jasper Hale," Jasper sighed.

"Like our town, that's cute," Shannon grinned.

"Yeah, thanks," Jasper muttered.

"I could show you around a bit if you like," Shannon offered. "There are some great things to do around here but if you're new you won't know where they are."

"No thanks," Jasper mumbled, relieved when he saw the teacher walk into the room.

"Well the offer is open if you change your mind," Shannon shrugged as the teacher called the class to attention and Jasper was glad to concentrate on the work for once.

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When school finished for the day Jasper hurried to find Alice and he was relieved to see her standing at her locker with Edward waiting for him. He rushed over to her and Alice smiled sympathetically at him, having seen what he endured in his history class.

"Don't stress about it baby," she suggested as she hugged him. "Let's go home." Edward laughed at them and Jasper stashed his books in Alice's locker and then they headed out to the car park to find Emmett and Rosalie. The others were already waiting for them and they had just reached them when a human conversation drifted to them.

"Hey Trish do you think Jasper Hale hot?" Shannon's voice said and Alice giggled as she glanced over at them.

"Who?" the girl named Trish frowned.

"The new guy," Shannon smirked.

"Which one?" Trish asked as she glanced over at them and she frowned when she saw them watching them although she knew they wouldn't be able to hear them.

"The blonde one," Shannon giggled.

"Yeah he isn't bad," Trish admitted. "Who are all the people with him?"

"I don't know," Shannon shrugged. "They all started today. Brothers and sisters maybe?"

"Probably," Trish murmured. "So you really like this Jasper guy? Are you going to ask him out?"

"Yeah I think I might," Shannon giggled.

"Go for it honey," Alice smirked. "He isn't available."

"I don't like her Alice," Jasper said quickly.

"I know baby," Alice assured him. "Come on, let's go home you hot little thing." Emmett and Rosalie laughed and even Edward looked amused and Jasper just rolled his eyes and followed Alice to Edward's car.

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The following day Jasper was walking towards his locker with Alice and Rosalie when he glanced down the hall and noticed Shannon standing nervously at his locker with her friend Trish.

"What does she want?" Jasper growled in a low voice.

"You," Alice giggled.

"Alice, this isn't funny," Jasper sighed.

"I know sweetheart," Alice murmured. "Don't worry, we'll stay with you won't we Rose?"

"Of course," Rosalie nodded. They walked the short distance to Jasper's locker and when they reached where the girls were standing Jasper looked straight at Shannon.

"Excuse me," he mumbled and pointed to his locker behind her.

"Sorry," Shannon murmured and stepped aside but she didn't move completely.

"Can we help you with something?" Rosalie demanded.

"Do I know you?" Shannon asked and Rosalie had to admit the girl had guts with the way she glared at Rosalie.

"Nope," Rosalie snapped. "I'm Jasper's sister."

"It's nice to meet you," Shannon offered.

"No it isn't," Rosalie corrected. "What do you want?"

"I just wanted a quick word with Jasper," Shannon murmured as Trish stepped closer to her.

"If that is okay with his sisters," Trish added pointedly as she glanced between Alice and Rosalie.

"Hmm, you got that kind of wrong," Rosalie smirked.

"Aren't you their sister?" Shannon asked as she looked at Alice.

"Oh no, I'm not," Alice grinned sweetly as she snaked her arm around Jasper's. "I'm Jasper's girlfriend." The look of devastation on Shannon's face was priceless and Alice kept her sweet, innocent grin in place as Trish mumbled something unintelligible and grabbed Shannon's arm and pulled her down the hallway and as soon as the girls disappeared Rosalie and Alice started laughing.

"There you go Jazz, she won't bother you again," Rosalie grinned and rushed off down the hall, still smiling to herself.

"Thank you sweetheart," Jasper smiled as he pulled Alice into his arms.

"You're always welcome," Alice whispered and leaned up on her tip toes to kiss him softly.

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That afternoon after school Jasper was waiting with Rosalie and Emmett for Alice. Edward had gone home earlier because Carlisle had wanted him to go to a medical convention in Toronto with him that night.

"Here she comes," Rosalie announced and Jasper looked up and smiled as Alice stepped out of the school building door and began to descend the stairs.

"Hey, is she okay?" Emmett frowned suddenly and at the same time Jasper began to feel the waves of embarrassment and anger coming from Alice.

"That wasn't what she was wearing this morning," Jasper commented as he watched her with a frown.

"She had gym last," Rosalie shrugged. "Maybe she didn't bother changing."

"No, something is wrong," Jasper murmured as he watched Alice walk slowly towards them. As soon as she was near them Jasper stepped forward to meet her and she smiled tiredly at him as she leaned up and kissed his cheek.

"Sweetheart, what is wrong?" Jasper asked instantly.

"Nothing," Alice lied and they were all aware it was a lie.

"Alice," Jasper chided gently.

"I just had a bad day, nothing major," Alice shrugged. "I just want to go home, chill out and forget my bad day."

"Of course," Jasper smiled and instantly guided her to the car but Rosalie stayed still as she watched them carefully.

"Rose, we going?" Emmett frowned when he noticed she hadn't moved.

"Yeah," Rosalie mumbled as she walked to the driver's side and got into the car but she couldn't help wondering what was really wrong with Alice, she didn't believe the 'just a bad day' excuse one bit.