Chapter 2

Days went by and Bella still wasn't able to confront Edward. He never showed up to school, which is weird to me.

Jasper and Alice seemed to avoid me too. I was a little depressed when I realized that, but I shook it off. Maybe she didn't like the idea that I have a small crush on her boyfriend?

Bella and I were walking to her truck. She seemed to be a tad bit happier than she was this morning.

"What's going on?" I asked. "You seem…happy."

She tossed her bag into her truck and turned to me. "Edward is back and I…spoke to him. He's, I don't know, very different."

I turned my head towards where the Cullen's are. "They all are different, but then again you and I are weird."

Bella laughed slightly and lightly punched my arm. "You wanna hang out at my place? I kind of want to talk about this whole Edward thing. You're the only one that listens and doesn't judge me."

I smiled at her and nodded. "Sure. Let me call my mom first, let her know I'm coming home later." I took out my phone and went to find my mom's contact number on it.

There was a loud screeching noise, like breaks trying to stop a moving vehicle. I turned my head towards the sound and saw a vehicle coming at Bella and I.

On instinct I put my body in front of Bella, like I was her meat shield. A sudden blur had me taken aback when I found myself on the ground with Bella, after I hit my head on the ground.

The vehicle was stopped by a pale hand. I was dazed and confused. I didn't know what was happening. My eyes landed on Edward. He was looking at Bella like he made a horrible mistake.

Edward took off and left Bella and I alone.

Bella and I were at the hospital, getting checked out. We felt fine, but Charlie wasn't going to have it.

In came a very smart, gorgeous looking doctor came in. He had blonde hair and golden eyes. His eyes reminded me of the Cullen's eyes.

"I heard the Chief's daughter was here." He said with a soft and smooth voice.

If I was older, I'd love to hear that every time I woke up.

Shaking my head, I relaxed a bit. He checked out Bella and then went over to me. He shined a light in my eyes and made me follow his finger.

"Where did you hit your head?" He asked me.

I turned my head slightly and moved my hair to show him where I hit my head. He pressed around the spot. His hands were cold too. He must be a Cullen, judging by everything I know.

"It's swollen, but nothing to worry about. Put ice on it when you get the chance to. If you have any pain, regular pain medication will do the trick." The golden haired doctor said to me.

"If it wasn't for Edward, Bella and I would be dead." I muttered.

"Yeah, he just came out of nowhere. He wasn't near us at all." Bella added and looked at the doctor's face.

"Well, I'm glad he was there to help." He said and nodded at Charlie. "See you around."

If Edward didn't save us then we would have been Bella and Lori pancakes.

How did he get over to us? He was across the parking lot. I know this, because I was watching him and Jasper talk to one another.

Jasper Hale. My heart fluttered slightly. I wonder if he was scared for me. Probably not.

I was checking out of the hospital when I felt a hand on my lower back. I turned around and found it was Jasper. Alice was right next to him, looking slightly worried.

"Hi…?" I greeted with confusion in my voice.

"I saw what happened." His voice sounded strained. "Are you okay?"

He got closer to me and I heard him take a breath in. I swallowed and looked up at his eyes.

"Yeah, I am. Thanks to Edward, I'm alive." That seemed to have snapped him out of a trance. "Are you okay?"

"Yes, I'm fine."

"Jazz, we need to go." Alice said in a soft warning tone.

Jealousy hit me hard when I saw her hand grab his hand. I wanted to hold hands with him.

"Thank you for checking up on me." I added before he turned around. "It was nice to know I was in someone's thoughts and to be concerned about."

Alice furrowed her eyebrows. "Where are your parents?"

I shrugged and gave the lady back the paper and pen. "They don't seem to really care much for me. I'm just there." I felt an urge to tell them how I feel and what I think. "I think my step dad doesn't like me because I'm not his kid, that I'm a stalkers kid." I laughed awkwardly. "And I think my mom just ignores me to make him happy."

Jasper looked over at Alice and gave her a look. She nodded and let go of his hand and walked away. He turned his attention to me and smiled warmly at me. He took my hand and we walked out of the hospital together. To me he seemed more relaxed when he was touching me, but that could just be me.

"Where are we going?" I asked.

"I just wanted to get out of there, but also talk to you." He said and we stopped by a bench outside the hospital. Jasper was looking at me and looked down at my lips before looking back at my eyes.

"Is this your way of saying you have a girlfriend and that I need to stop looking at you? That I need to stop talking to you?" I asked, feeling the jealousy coming back.

"First off, Alice isn't my girlfriend. People just made that up because we are always together. Truth is she's a very dear sister to me. She helps me stay…calm."

"I've seen you when you're with her and I've seen you how you are now. You look calmer with me than her." I furrowed my eyebrows. "I'm sorry; I don't know why I said that."

Jasper sat down, taking me with him. "I don't know how to explain myself right now. There are no words I can use besides possessiveness and protection. I feel the need to protect you, but if I get too close…I'm afraid you'll get too close to me."

I was trying to understand but I failed. "Okay, now what about possessiveness?"

"I feel very possessive over you. I feel like I need to take you as mine."

"But that involves me being close to you, Jasper." I whispered his name. It felt so right when I said his name.

"I know, just right now…please try to understand that my family and I are different. Right now we are split deciding on telling you and Bella things that should be kept a secret. Esme, my mother, is all for you two knowing. Carlisle is in the middle. Emmet and Rose say no. Alice says yes. I say yes. Edward is in the middle as well. There is a rule in our house that we all need to agree on something before it happens."

"I have no idea what you are going on about. If you want to be with me then why not be with me? If Edward and Bella like each other, which I know Bella is head over heels for him, then they should be together."

"It's not that simple, Lori." My name has never sounded so sweet.

"Okay, look." I stood up from him and felt the urge to sit back down and hold his hand, but I resisted. "We don't know each other that well. Why not…just go out to eat? We could catch a movie? I could come over or you come over to my house and chat?"

Jasper took my hand in his. His hand felt slightly colder than mine. I was cold from the winter weather.

"All that sounds wonderful, but I need to make sure everyone is okay with this." He stood up and brought my hand to his lips. He held my hand there, taking a deep breath before letting me go. "If it's alright with you…may I have your number?"

"Depends." I answered and gave him a small smile. "Are you going to talk to me again?"

"Yes, I am. Sorry about before. Things were weird with Edward and I didn't want to make it harder on him. You're always with Bella and if I got near you then I would have her scent on me too."

"Scent?" I questioned.

Jasper's smile faded. "Sorry. Never mind." He turned away and walked off before I could speak to him. He didn't even get my number.

The next day Bella and I were by her truck. We were going on a small field trip.

"I don't know, Bella." I answered her when she asked me what I thought the Cullen's are hiding. ]

"They are cold. They are fast. Their eyes change color…" She started to say a list of things.

"Bella, we should just drop it. What if they aren't telling us, whatever it is, to protect us?" I felt eyes on me. I turned my head and saw the Cullen's were looking at us.

Bella leaned over and whispered in my ear. "We'll talk later."

"Lori! Bella!" Mike said when he popped up in our view, distracting us from the Cullen's.

"Hi…" I trailed off, trying to look past him to look at Jasper.

"So I was wondering…if you would want to go to the dance with me."

I turned to Bella and she looked at me. Her eyes just screamed out 'help me'.

"Sorry, Mike. Remember she's going to Jacksonville?" I said, pulling words out of my ass.

"Jacksonville?"

"Right…yeah. Sorry I didn't tell you. I'll be out of town." Bella said, going along with what I was saying.

Bella's mom lives there, so that gives her an opportunity to use that as a getaway.

"Oh, okay. How about you?" Mike asked, turning to me. "Do you want to go?"

I raised my eyebrows and then shook my head. "Yeah, um…I don't dance. I'm a hermit." I rubbed at my arm, feeling uncomfortable. I looked past him again and saw Jasper was gripping onto a car mirror. I think that was Mike's mirror.

He didn't look happy at all. I watched as the mirror started to get crushed in his hand. Holy fucking shit.

I turned to look at Mike. I forgot that Jasper felt possessive over me.

"I bet Jessica would love to go. She'll say yes."

Mike looked over and saw Jessica looking at us. He gave her a small smirk and then looked over at me. "You think so?"

"Yeah and she's totally into you, by the way." I said, trying to get him to leave us alone. "Go get her." I awkwardly punched his arm lightly.

He walked away and I looked over at Jasper. He wasn't touching the mirror anymore, and it was crushed.

I gave him a reassuring smile and nodded to the mirror. He looked down at the mirror and then back up at me. Jasper shrugged and I let out a giggle. Really a giggle?

"Stop flirting, Lori. Let's go." Bella said with a roll of her eyes.

A/N: Yay an update! :) Please let me know if there are any questions or opinions. :)