"Thanks, Emmett." Jasper smiles as Emmett pulls back into the school.
"Any time, bro. And now that I'm not in school, we can do this a lot more often. No more homework, no more late nights of studying, not more tests." Emmett sighs happily. "Man, I should have dropped out the moment I turned sixteen."
"Carlisle's going to be pissed, though."
"Yeah, he will. But I really think this is the best choice for me."
Jasper nods. After spending the day with his older 'brother', he has to agree with him. Emmett told Jasper about how he struggled with school since elementary. All the hours spent studying, all the tortures, all the learning games and DVD's. Nothing helped him, and Carlisle's high expectations of college and a career just put more unneeded pressure on Emmett. But now he finally can stop that pressure.
Rosalie and Edward spot the Jeep and head over, dragging their feet in the snow. Jasper climbs from the front seat to the back, and Rosalie jumps in with him, letting Edward take the front seat. She raises her perfectly plucked brows at her brother and Emmett.
"So, where were you guys today?"
"We just took a little field trip." Emmett says with a smile. Rosalie shakes her head.
"Dad's gonna kill you if you tore up the Johnson's property again!" Edward warns. Emmett rolls his eyes.
"Oh, don't worry, Edward. Dad won't kill me for that."
"Dad's home early." Emmett murmurs as they pull into the driveway. His father's black Mercedes is pulled into the garage, the overhead door left open. Edward smirks, earning a hard elbow to the side from Emmett. "Don't you rat on us, dude."
"Ow!" He whines and glares at Emmett.
They pulls in next to the Mercedes and Emmett cuts the engine. As the foster siblings bail out of the Jeep, Emmett eyes the snow, dirt and grass packed under the wheel wells.
"Jazz, give this to Dad." Emmett tells him, pulling Carlisle's credit card out of his pocket. "I'm going to get rid of our incriminating evidence."
"Sure thing." Jasper agrees. He slides the card into his pocket, right behind his phone. Rosalie smiles at Emmett.
"I'll help you." She promises.
Jasper looks over his shoulder to see Emmett and Rosalie giving each other loving looks and flirty eyes. It kind of makes him want to gag, but he also is happy that out of all the guys Rosalie could be interested in, Emmett is the one she's pursuing. At least he can keep an eye on them.
Jasper and Edward walk into the house and kicked off their shoes. Before they can even shrug off their backpacks, Carlisle's voice echos through the house.
"Emmett, Jasper!"
Jasper snaps his head up, his wide eyes seeing Carlisle storming from out of his bedroom, through the living room and towards the two boys. Edward smirks at Jasper, pushes his shoes out of the way before getting himself out of the way.
"Where's Emmett? Why weren't you in school?" Carlisle questions angrily.
"We, uh, well," Jasper stammers before pointing to the door. "Emmett's in the garage!"
Carlisle gives Jasper a little shove out of the way and flings the door open. He inturups Emmett and Rosalie. The youngsters are tied in an embrace, their lips locked together. Emmett's hand is in the process of roaming up Rosalie's shirt, but Carlisle demands his attention elsewhere.
"Emmett! In the house, now!"
Emmett's hand shoots down. His spins on his heel and quickly abandons his new love interest to obey his father. Rosalie's cheeks burn red, but Carlisle and Emmett ignore her embarrassment.
Once Emmett's inside, Carlisle grabs him and Jasper by their elbows and leads them into his office. Slamming the door, he points to the couch and that's all it takes to send Jasper and Emmett to their new seats.
"Why weren't you in school? What possible excuse do you have for dropping off Rosalie and Edward, and then tearing out of the parking lot like a bat out of hell?"
"How did you find out?" Emmett asks sadly. "Did Edward text you?"
"No, Emmett, Edward didn't text me." Carlisle eyes Jasper. "Alice text me, worried sick that something bad happened to you."
Right, Jasper thinks with a scowl, Alice was 'worried'. Jasper highly doubts that. She just saw an opportunity to hurt Jasper, and she took it.
"Wipe that dirty look off your face, Jasper. She cares about you and that's no reason to get a nasty attitude. Now I'm going to ask both of you one more time, and you better have a good answer. Why weren't you in school?"
Jasper and Emmett exchange nervous glances. Jasper isn't about to rat Emmett out, and Emmett isn't going to tell his father about Jasper's failing love life, but they both know someone is going to have to give an answer. Emmett takes in a deep breath before looking Carlisle in the eye.
"I was the one who suggested that Jasper spend the day with me instead of going to school."
"That doesn't answer my question. Why weren't you in school?"
"Because I dropped out. Yesterday was my last day."
Carlisle's jaw drops. He stares Emmett down and points to the office door.
"Go to your room, Jasper. Emmett and I need to talk."
Jasper stands quickly and hustles out. He throws Emmett a sympathetic but appreciative nod before leaving. Emmett returns it before Jasper leaves, and prepares himself for the yelling that's bound to come.
Jasper can hear Carlisle screaming from the second floor as he flops down on his bed. It puts a knot in his stomach as he realizes how quickly his day started as shit, turned to fun brother time, and back to shit just as quickly. Now Alice is pissed, Carlisle's pissed, Esme is probably pissed too. His newest partner in crime is busy being reamed out, and his classic partner in crime probably doesn't want to hear about his sex life with Alice and most definitely can't know about his life with Maria. No one can. That secrete was better kept, though, when he and Maria could actually be together. If only they were closer, if only he could see her again.
He sighs. Texting will have to do for now. It's been a while since they've exchanged pictures, so he listens for any signs that Edward is coming down the hall before pushing his jeans down. His phone and a piece of plastic fall on the bed. He pulls his brow together questioningly as he grabs both of them. He smiles once he realizes what it is. It's his ticket to see Maria.
After yanking his jeans back up, Jasper grabs his phone and frantically types a message to Maria.
Let's meet up. I'll pay for the hotel.
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