The next day was better and worse. Better because I was, for the first time in my life, ahead. Better, because I had a history class with Jasper today. Worse because I hadn't seen Elena all day, worse because we were eating at the cafeteria today. I was waiting for him at lunch in front of the cafeteria. I didn't dare go in there alone for the moment, people were running around and I was a little afraid to run into anyone or have to fight for it with a free spot.

My body would automatically relax when I saw that little blonde head. She was accompanied by another girl, Adorna, a strange name for a strange girl. But she was also one of my closest friends. Adorna was a girl smaller than me, she was very thin and looked almost frail. Like Elena, she had a heart of gold, but she was even more withdrawn than I was. She was the smartest girl I knew, she excelled in literally every class. I thought she was pretty enough with her face that kept a shy look, with big cheeks and framed by pretty waves. After welcomed we were finally going back to hell.

It was a long room, in the center there was a kind of buffet and trays, this is where we could serve. All around and throughout the room there were several tables, separated from each other, and they were practically all occupied. It was always the slipper here, two boys I recognized as Mike and Tyler were running around the room laughing and fighting for a chair. It was two boys of the year below mine. They weren't especially mean, Tyler even invited me to a party once but I politely refused and found an excuse. It was more their friends that I couldn't stand, Lauren and Jessica were kind of Emily, Amelie and Julie. So I didn't find any interest in them talking with me.

"You tend to immerse yourself too much in your observations Eli." Elena tells me "comes to pick up a tray before there is nothing left"

"I am coming."

I smiled amused at his remark. The three of us headed for each other, and after we grabbed a tray we filled it with food, before we went to one of the only empty tables, opposite all the others because it was in one of the corners of the room. The others seldom went to the four tables, all of which were in each corner of the room, because they were the tables farther away from the trays and they were darker than in the centre of the room because of the lack of light.

But I noticed, for once, one of the remaining three tables was busy. Like yesterday, when my eyes were on the Cullen family I froze on the spot, completely dazzled by their beauties. I noticed that, like yesterday, they were whispering and talking to each other. They were one of the only groups not to scream to speak. Looking more in detail, I saw that they each had an intact tray in front of them, no one had eaten anything yet. At that moment I met the stealth look of one of them, Edward, it was so brief that I thought I was dreaming. A second later, he had a bite of the apple on his plate and Emmett was chewing his teeth out of his burger. Maybe I was crazy to notice insignificant things. I was focusing again on my table and my own meal.

We talked about banality during the meal, I talked a lot with Elena, Adorna answered only when we asked her a question directly, or if she had something relevant and indispensable to tell us.

"I think Jasper is looking at you." Elena was amused

Surprised I looked up to look at him. Among them all, he was, undeniably the one who spanked me the most effect. His eyes seemed to transform my heart and soul. Panicked by this sudden attention I quickly lowered my eyes to my plate.

"Distract me, tell me Something" I was panicking as if they could hear us when at least 5 tables separated us.

"I tried to bake a cake last night and…"

I was not listening to the rest of the sentence, and then what I had noticed the eyes for all the observations. I felt disappointed when he stopped looking at me. I didn't know why but I wanted it to stop. Becoming one of their groupies wasn't at all in my plans.

"… of course the icing was beautiful but with a failed cake it was useless."

I barely reacted at the end of her sentence and then what I had missed three-quarters of it, she had noticed but did not seem to care much. Besides, I barely ate what was on my set. We get up to store our trays about 10 minutes before the start of the next course. So I went to my history class alone, a little anxious, and I didn't even know why. As I had arrived relatively early, I had the luxury of choosing my place among a wide selection of empty tables. I chose the second row, against the wall this time though.

Quickly the room filled up and when Jasper entered I struggled against myself not to follow him with my eyes. I would have felt like a psychopath if I had done it.

The teacher of this course, Madame Bibon, was a chubby little woman with big round glasses. She was not very relevant, neither seemed to excel in her field and seemed easily lost with all the dates.

"Well, since it is the second day, I hope you have all returned to your good habits."

She was giving a break, like she was waiting for an answer, but we all knew that wasn't the case. She was just giving our slow brains time to stew everything she told us.

"I decided for your last year to change the pedagogy of my course a little bit."

I would freeze and panic and pray she wouldn't do what I thought she'd do.

"Groups of 2-3 for one presentation per session"

I already felt more reassured when I saw that I was clearly not the only student dismayed by this news. I wanted to bury myself alive.

"Keep your mouth shut!"

The silence was made immediately, it was better not to irritate her then what she had the heavy hand on the additional duties. A boy, farther to my left that I recognized as Newt, the most desired boy before the arrival of the Cullens, with a smile to make them pale with jealousy anyone, and built like a footballer.

"Can we choose our partner?"

"No, I know you too well, we will do them at random. Everyone writes his name on a piece of paper and you put it here, she says by pointing a box on his desk."

By grumbling we get up by tidying up to do what she asked us to do. This day was ultimately worse than good. I was just hoping to fall with a relatively serious partner and especially not with one of the three plagues. Please, especially not one of the three plagues. Quickly, and after a mixture of approximate papers, Bibon began to make the groups.

"Miss Elizabeth and... Mr Jasper"

My heart was missing a beat, or maybe two or three. Caught up in the enthusiasm of the class, of the presentation and the formation of the group, his presence was complement me out of the mind. I quickly turned my head towards him but he didn't look at me. His face seemed more suffering than yesterday, his eyes, which I would have sworn were golden was an ink black. His hands on his table were even paler than the rest of his skin and he squeezed them with all his strength, I even noticed a vein near his jaw come out, sign that he was squeezing his teeth.

I lowered my head on my uncomfortable table, I didn't understand. I didn't do anything to him, but being my partner wasn't so problematic. Everything I was asked to report executed seriously, and I was not mean. I even smiled at him yesterday. I was wondering what his problem was. The course continued as if nothing had happened while the teacher explained to us in more detail what we had to give back to her and then she always chose randomly a passage date for each of the groups.

I was disappointed and sad, at the end of the course I was getting up very quickly ready to go and talk to him and confront him, but as the day before it was the first to leave the room. I didn't even have time to talk to him about our duty.

As I climbed into my car, I noticed that there was a Cullen missing near the Volvo. Rosalie and Edward gave me a cold look, Emmett didn't look at me and Alice gave me some sort of apology look. I had tears in my eyes, I was totally hurt, because I had done nothing and certainly didn't deserve that. I was speeding home with my car, I had burned at least three red lights, and I was driving way too fast. When I was mad, I was doing everything irresponsible behind the wheel.

I was practically running into my room and trying to make as little noise as possible, because I didn't want to report my condition to my parents at the moment. After I took a shower and calmed down by convincing myself that they were just stressed and acting weird, I went down to see my mom and dad in the living room. I wore black leggings and a big sweet that belonged to my father when he was young.

I started right between my parents and went into my father's arms for a big hug.

"How did you get through school, my little princess"

"It sucked as Always"

"I hated it too at your age princess"

I chuckled and then turned to give my mother the same big hug. That gave it back to me with even more enthusiasm.

"What about your baby day ?" she asked

"Null"

She laughed but didn't ask for more detail knowing full well that if I wanted the developed I would do it later.

We spent an evening in calm, finally in relative calm with the ball of joy and energy that was my mother had complicated to be in calm. We were eating pizza, ice cream and candy, and then of course Mom bought the junk I told her not to take. We were watching two movies before I went to bed.

The next morning I was ready for that day, maybe it was easy to step on my feet, but I refused to get a bad grade because of it. I was ready to go and see Jasper. But I noticed very quickly that he wasn't there all day. I thought at first it was because we didn't have a class together that day, but in the cafeteria I saw all the Cullens but a seat was empty. Rosalie and Edward were staring at me today full of animosity but I ignored them, refusing to go into their games.

The next day, no sign of Jasper Cullen, the next day either. No sign of blond all week. So I almost didn't expect to see you again in class and I was desperate for my presentation. Luckily I was one of the last ones to pass, it gave me time to make a presentation that was supposed to be just the two of us.

That's why I was surprised when I saw him sitting on Tuesday in our history class, in the second row, near the wall. In my place, and that the only one he remained was beside him. I was clearly anxious to go, and was ready to simulate a fainting. But I didn't wait for a full week to confront him to pass out now that he was there and didn't seem as hostile as last week. I approached his table, did not ask permission to sit down and quickly pulled out my belongings in silence.

"My name is Jasper Cullen, are you Elizabeth?"

I quickly looked up surprised to look him straight in the eye. These dark circles already looked less thick than the last time I saw her, and her eyes were even more golden. I was surprised, I could have sworn they were black. Maybe he was wearing contact lenses, that was the fashion at the time, and more than one student had them. Since I was lost in my remarks and I did not answer him, he continued.

"We have to make a presentation for in a few weeks, if I remember correctly"

I was shivering focusing on his deep, smooth voice. It was downright mesmerizing, as everyone else would think. I was finally coming to my senses so I wouldn't look like a complete idiot.

"Yes, that's right"

"Hold on" he was handing me a piece of paper "we'll agree on a place to do it quickly"

I didn't answer and just took the paper with what seemed to be his phone number. I was embarrassed, he did not give me more attention but he had been much more than kind, whereas last week he seemed ready to murder me on the spot. I was trying to talk to him, more because I wanted to be on good terms with him for our presentation than anything else.

"So...so you moved this summer"

"Yes" he said without developing, even though his face was more open today, it always seemed to tense and freeze in constant pain

"And were you or before? If it is not indiscreet" did I continue to try to fuel the conversation

"Alaska" did he respond vaguely

"You choose the places where there is the least sun in the world or…"

He gave me an amused look, as if I had made a particularly relevant joke but I did not pick up.

"We prefer the cold in my family"

I'm smiling nicely and not saying anything else because the teacher was coming. At the end of the classes I quickly drove to my car, much more thrilled now that everything seemed to be settled in order. Not totally, Rosalie was glaring at me, but at least Edward was ignoring me again. Jasper gave me a tiny smile from afar and I blushed faintly by returning it. I was taking my keys to open the door when suddenly a squeaking tire made me turn my head to the right.

I opened my eyes wide, stunned. It was then a flood of emotion, fear, misunderstanding and especially panic. A car, which was probably driving too fast in the parking lot, had suddenly punctured a tire, deviating from its trajectory, namely the road, and was veering towards me, at full speed. My whole body was freezing, everything was going really fast and I didn't even have time to think about how to get out of it that the car was already hitting me. I just had time to close my eyes and prepare for the impact, I was between my car, and the one that was running towards me, I was going to die crushed.

Suddenly, I felt two powerful hands pulling me. I would fall back on a hard torso and hit my head on my car door in the process. I didn't even dare open my eyes, the pain was pounding in the back of my head and I wanted to vomit. When I opened my eyes it was only to see Jasper, stop the car with one hand. I opened my eyes wide, shocked. Because, not only did he get here way too fast when I didn't have time to push by a metre he had gone through at least 10. And because he stopped a fucking car with his hand.

"Is it okay?" he asked me hastily with a real look of panic on his face

"How did you do that…"

"Did what?" His face closed and he suddenly let go of me as if my contact had burned him

"How you stopped the car"

"She knows how to stop herself, I think you would have hit your head"

Without a word more, he would come out of here. I did not have time to protest that already, everyone was around me to extricate me from both cars. I did not object when I was put in a stretcher before taking me to the hospital. I fainted on the way.

I resumed the car accident because I thought it was a trigger for questions about the Cullen family. I thought it was important that he be there for my story as well. For the moment, it follows a relatively similar pattern to that of books and film. In some chapter it will change a little. There will be things that are not mentioned in the books, such as the malice of some teenagers.