Still with the not owning anything thing.

Bella POV

I sat there trying not to make any sudden movements, or somehow piss off the now black eyed vampire anymore than I seemed to have. If anything I was starting to get a little offended. It's pretty rude to make the killing gaze at someone you've never met before.

I wondered why he was having this reaction. He fed on animals right? And surely he wouldn't be in school if he wasn't able to control himself. So what? One whiff and he's heading for the bomb shelter? What the hell?

I drowned out Mr Banner's dull voice and attempted to make mental contact with the pain in my ass Shanna. It was a little difficult because she wasn't right next me, but I was hoping that it would still work. We didn't really know what the limit of it was but it was worth a shot so I could lecture her.

Luckily it worked. -Hey! Want to explain to me why I'm sitting next to a volatile vampire?

Hey.She sounded somewhat apologetic. Ummm, this was the only way. You'll be fine though. Probably...

I stayed silent.

Okay, I'll admit it. It was a little touch and go for half a second, I almost barreled through the door, but it's all back on track and it will all be fine.

I sighed and let it go, I would give her hell for it later. There was one thing I was still wondering about though.

-Why is he so affected by me? His eyes went pitch black the moment I sat down. I'm trying real hard not to freak right now, but you put me with a vampire who looks like he wants to eat me like one of those tube yogurts.

Umm... Well there's a slight chance that your blood is the sweetest he's ever smelt.

I froze for a second, Miss Pretty Red's words coming back to me.

-Are you telling me that you let me into a room with this vamp, knowing that I was his goddamned La tua canteen-cantante or whatever the fuck it's called? Are you shitting me?

I knew, for the most part, that it would be okay, and you really need to trust me more, we'll talk after, when the day is over. I'll explain everything I can. Believe me, this was the better option. I know you'll get it, and I trusted you to be able to handle as much of the situation as you could. By the way, he's going to talk to you soon, don't try and hit him; that would be really bad.

I sighed to myself as I withdrew from the conversation, she was probably right. She usually is, but I reserved the right be mad. At least until she explained everything.

I focused on the teacher again, he was still talking about a topic I already knew about. I started to make a little doodle on my book when the teacher called my name, actually saying it right, "Bella?"

I looked up at him, he asked me a question expecting to catch me not paying attention. I rolled my eyes at his futile attempt to embarrass me but as I opened my mouth to answer him I heard Edward Cullen whisper the answer to me, "The Krebs Cycle."

I clenched my teeth together and repeated the answer, "The Krebs Cycle," Mr Banner nodded grumbling to himself as he continued talking.

I focused on the board, my eyes narrowing slightly. Did Edward think I was an idiot? I already knew the answer, I didn't need him to give it to me, I was clearly about to give the answer myself. I was getting irrationally angry about it, did he really not notice that I knew the answer? I wanted to hit him right now. Oh. That explained Shanna's warning earlier. I sighed, trying not to send anymore of my scent towards Edward. I carried on doodling trying to distract myself.

The rest of the class went without incident and as soon as Mr Banner dismissed everyone with the bell, Edward practically ran out of the room, a little too quickly for a human, but no one seemed to notice. I put my books in my bag and left the room, Shanna was waiting outside the room with an apologetic look on her face. I narrowed my eyes at her as I walked to our next class, she caught up to me.

I'm sorry, but you'll be thanking me later. I'll tell you everything when we get back to yours.

I gave a curt nod, I already forgave her but that didn't mean that I would let her off the hook so easily. I had just found out today, well sort of today, that vampires exist and she let me go into a room with a vampire that wanted my blood more than anything else.

I saw her pout at me from the corner of my eye and I couldn't help but crack a small smile. She beamed at me and linked her arm through mine as we went into the classroom.

The teacher addressed us, "Ah, you must be Shanna and Isabella."

I sighed, back to normal. I covered up my annoyed expression with a polite smile, "It's Bella."

Edward POV

I practically ran from the classroom, not caring if someone saw how fast I ran. My singer. That girl was my singer, and I couldn't hear her thoughts either. It was something that I had only realised once I'd left the classroom. I had never wanted someone's blood so much in my existence. I heard the thoughts of my brother and sister as I headed towards the forest, I needed to hunt now.

I understand Edward, I can explain to everyone why you're leaving. But please don't be gone too long, we'll miss you. That thought came from Alice, my sister and best friend.

Hmm, I wonder who made Eddie-boy piss his pants. That was Emmett, he would be forever immature, I would miss his pure thoughts, he never thought anything that he wouldn't say out loud.

Rose and Jasper's thoughts weren't about me, they didn't seem to know yet that I was leaving, Alice would explain it to them.

As I got out of eye-line I ran at top speed to Carlisle to tell him I was leaving. I wasn't sure where I was going to go, I'd figure that out on the way. I could go to the Denali's. Either way I needed to get away from Forks and those silent, torturous, brown eyes.

Bella POV

The rest of school passed fairly quickly and without any more drama. Me and Shanna had separate classes for last period, so I was meeting her at the truck. I was on my way, trying to organise my books and put them into my bag, when I walked into the wall. I felt my face go red, but as I looked up in embarrassment I realised that I hadn't walked into a wall but into Jasper Hale. My blush escalated, it felt like my face was on fire.

"I'm so sorry, I wasn't paying attention to where I was going." I tried to explain.

He was grinning down at me, hands on my arms to stop me from falling. I could feel the coldness of his skin through my jumper but for some reason he only made me feel warm.

"No worries darlin'." I melted at his voice. I straightened up and he dropped his arms. It was awkward for a few seconds whilst I stared into his eyes. I came back into reality, nodding at him and walked to the truck.

I could feel that I was still bright red, and I felt his eyes burning into my back. I refused to turn around and embarrass myself further. When I finally made it to the truck, Shanna was lying back on the hood with her eyes closed, like she was trying to get a tan from the grey skies. I leaned against the door and closed my eyes, my face pointing towards the sky.

"That was super smooth Bells."

I moved to sit on the hood next to her, mimicking her position. "How much did you see?"

"All of it, I just wanted to see what was holding you up. I then saw it was the blonde beauty. I couldn't help but watch the rest."

I sighed, "Why am I a fool?"

Shanna laughed, "You're not a fool, you're just 18."

I turned my head to look at her, and she did the same, "You want to tell me what this whole thing is about?"

"Sure, but we should probably go and pick up some groceries then head to your house."

I narrowed my eyes at her. She held her hands up in surrender, "I'm not trying to stall, we need to pick up groceries."

I nodded at her, "Okay then, let's go."

We both hopped down from the truck and got inside. I turned the keys in the ignition and the truck came roaring to life. I drove towards the exit of the parking lot, passing by the Cullens, I got to have one final look at Jasper Hale before we left for the grocery store. I had no idea why I felt drawn to him when I didn't even know him, but it was just another thing I would decide not to think about. Though Shanna's side glances and knowing smiles were making that very difficult for me. I shot her a glare and continued to drive.

We had finished grocery shopping, got to the house, packed everything away and started on dinner. I decided lasagna would be good for tonight. When we had finished the preparation and put the lasagna in the oven, I turned to Shanna.

"So what's going on?"

She looked at me, "I don't want to ruin it by telling you too much, so first you'll have to tell me what you feel about the Cullens."

I raised an eyebrow at her, "Well, I've only met Edward and he was fighting everything in him to not kill me."

"What about the others?" She probed.

I rolled my eyes, "Well, I haven't met the others so I don't really have much to say about them."

It was Shanna's turn to raise an eyebrow at me.

I sighed, "Okay, Jasper Hale is... very pretty."

Shanna stayed quiet, waiting for me to say more.

I sighed, "He makes me feel warm, I don't know why but I feel drawn to him. I want to get to know him."

Shanna smiled and nodded approvingly, "Well you know that they're vampires, and you remember what Pretty Red told us about their kind. So what do you want to know?"

I thought for a moment, "Why did you put me in a room with Edward?"

Shanna sighed, "It wasn't ideal but Edward needed to meet you properly in a setting like that. It wasn't a full proof plan, but he needed to leave and think so that you could get to know a certain cowboy better." She waggled the her eyebrows at me, but this just left me with more questions, and guilt. I didn't want to be the reason why Jasper lost a family member. I didn't want him to be sad, I shook myself out of it. Why was I being like this? I didn't even know Jasper.

"I get why that would make Edward run away, but why did he have to leave? Wouldn't I be able to get to know Jasper with him here? I don't want Jasper to lose a family member just because of this weird pulling thing I feel."

Shanna's eyes and smile got wider, "I didn't know whether you'd be able to feel it already, you really like Jasper Hale don't you?"

I sighed, there was no point even attempting to hide something from Shanna, she knew me to well. "Yes, okay. I really like him, but I don't understand why. There's been a weird pulling in my chest from when I first saw him and it only got worse when I bumped into him and got a whiff of his amazing scent."

Shanna chuckled and mumbled, "She is truly made for this."

I frowned at her, "Don't laugh at me, what am I truly made for?"

She shook her head refusing to answer me, "You have all the information you need about vampires in your head, I won't ruin this for you. It will be so much better if you figure that one out for yourself. But the rest I can answer, because you may still need to be on your guard."

She took her breath and answered my previous questions, "I put you in the room with him because if he had met you in another setting, then he would have either drained you or decided that you two were meant to be mates. And you being you would have gone along with it even though you would have been miserable."

I frowned, "Why would he think we were mates? And why would I have gone along with it?"

She gave me a look, "You've met you before right? You don't think you deserve anything, so you'll go for the first option believing that you would receive the love you want. Anyone would have done the same. And I'm not sure why he would think you're mates, maybe he confused the pull to your blood for a mates bond? You know I don't know everything, but that's my best guess."

I thought about that for a second, if anyone else had said that to me then I probably would have gotten defensive but there really is no point with Shanna, I knew she wasn't trying to be cruel.

"Why did he have to leave for me to talk to Jasper? Why do I need to talk to Jasper?"

She smiled at me, "You don't want to talk to Jasper?"

I rolled my eyes at her, "Of course I do, but you're making it seem like I have to."

"Of course you don't have to, but it would be really good for you guys to get to know each other. You've already admitted you like him so there should be no problem there."

"But why did Edward have to leave for that?" I asked, bringing us back to the main topic.

"Because he would have stifled you, he would have deemed Jasper too dangerous and wouldn't let you be around him. You would have given up on the idea. It wasn't good."

"He wouldn't let me? Why would I listen?"

Shanna put her hand on my shoulder, "There's no point going this deep into it, it's not going to happen like that anymore."

I took a deep breath, "You're right, but I don't understand why it would all go down like that. That's not what I'm like."

She looked at me sadly, "It's not going to happen, trust me."

I nodded, I needed to let it go. It's like what I said before, if you ask a question you either don't get an answer or don't like the answer.

I shut what could have been out of my head. I knew that it would never happen now. I could be strong here. I could be strong.

Shanna gave me a small smile, "You are strong."

I smiled back, wanting desperately to believe her. I took a deep breath.

"So what happens now?"

She smiled with a gleam in her eye, "You get to know lover boy, you be yourself, and we possibly screw with the vamps? Have some fun of our own?"

I laughed, "How do we do that?"

The mischievous glint in Shanna's eyes only got brighter, "With innocence? Making small comments about their vampirism and brushing it off? I feel like we could really have some fun with it, and don't forget Halloween isn't too far away."

I laughed again, she was a cruel woman but I couldn't help but approve of the plan and get excited, "Will we be able to tell them that we know their secret?"

Shanna shrugged, "I don't know, I only know bits and pieces. I'm really hoping that we don't have to come clean until after Halloween though. I'm already trying to come up with plans."

I grinned in anticipation, Shanna looked back at me, "What did Edward say to you by the way? I didn't know what it was going to be, I just knew it was going to happen."

I sighed, "He gave me an answer to a question I already knew, I was about to answer and everything."

"I knew you had your own shield. I just knew it."

I looked at her and blinked, "What are you talking about? What shield?"

She smiled at me, "Looks like you've got a little supernatural in you to. A shield around your mind, and maybe a physical one but I'm not sure."

My mouth fell open in shock, how could I be supernatural?

Shanna just smiled at me waiting for me to calm down while she explained, "I've had the suspicion that you had a shield, something that would block certain powers from affecting you but I had no way to prove it. Our soul bond changes things, so I couldn't test it. But I could tell there was something."

I just looked at her, "What are you talking about? How does Edward giving me an answer prove that I have a shield?"

She smiled, "Do you remember Miss Pretty Red explaining the 'extras' of being a vampire?"

I nodded, "Super speed and reflexes, amazing hearing and sight, super hard skin and some..."

I frowned, "Some of them have other abilities, do the Cullens have freaky deaky powers?"

Shanna grinned and nodded, "Alice is a seer, though it's based on decisions, Jasper is an empath and Edward is a mind reader."

Her finger twitched slightly when she mentioned Alice, I frowned.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

She looked at me, and gave me a small smile, "I'm not too sure, Alice seems really familiar to me. I think I may have met her before. A long, long time ago."

Her eyes had a far away look in them, her face scrunched up slightly in confusion. By a long, long time ago I knew she meant another life. Shanna was very weird, she remembers that she'd had lot of her past lives, though she never explained how it worked.

"A past life? How does that work? Like reincarnation?" I asked.

Shanna shook her head, "Not exactly, I don't really understand it. I've never looked myself up to see if I'm in history anywhere. I remember some sections of different times but it's blurry, like they're old childhood memories or something. Sometimes they become clear but only if I need them. I really don't understand how any of it works so I can't really tell you. I think I'm the same me each time, but I really don't know. I tend not to think about it, there's no point. I could think about it all day and still not understand it. And I've never seen a person from another 'life' before, but vampires kind of change the dynamic. I think I've met Alice before. I can't see anything specific, just dim and blurry images. It gives me a headache."

It wasn't really a concept I could grasp and obviously Shanna could't either. It was too confusing a thought to think of at the moment but I knew that when she figured it out, she would let me know.

I blinked, "So this shield..?"

Shanna grinned, "Edward can't read your thoughts, but I'm not sure if it would affect Alice and Jasper."

I breathed a sigh of relief, "Our cover isn't blown then, what about you, would he be able to read your mind?"

Shanna shook her head with a slight smile, "I have a similar sort of shield as you, and I'm pretty sure because of the bond some of our 'freaky deaky' powers mingle. But honestly, I have no idea how it works."

She sighed in frustration, she described it once as tying her own hands behind her back. She had powers but didn't know how to use them all and was only given glimpses of things when she truly needed them, or if it wasn't too important. I frowned in frustration on her behalf and focused on things she was more likely to know about.

"Would Alice and Jasper be able to use their powers on you?" I wasn't sure if Jasper would be able to feel my emotions but I'm pretty sure that if he could it would be really embarrassing.

Shanna grinned, "Only if I let them. And no, you will go out there and deal with it if he can feel your emotions."

I whined, clinging onto her arm, "But I don't want to."

Shanna grinned, "Just subdue your emotions you nut. It's a little suspicious if you walk in with no emotions, he'll think you're a sociopath or something."

I pouted at her, "Please?"

She stood her ground, "No, let's get the lasagna out of the oven before it burns. What did you think of Biology and English?"

Charlie's back.

I nodded, "They were alright, pretty easy but still okay." I heard the door open and close as Charlie came in. He gave us a small smile and I heard his stomach growl as I pulled the lasagna out of the oven.

Me and Shanna laughed as his face turned pink, "How was school? You staying over Silvers?"

"It was good," I responded, Shanna shook her head, at the second question, "I've got to head home."

Charlie nodded, tucking into the big slice of lasagna I had put in front of him. He stopped to take a breath after 4 shoveled forkfuls, "You staying for dinner?"

Shanna grinned, "I can, but I need to get home soon." Charlie nodded again and went back to inhaling his food.

I passed Shanna a plate with a portion of lasagna and salad, and then grabbed my own. We all moved into the living room, Charlie turned on the TV and we all sat in a peaceful silence and finished our dinner.

Shanna washed up for me despite my objections, then she grabbed her stuff, hugged me, said good bye to Charlie, and headed out the door. I grabbed her arm just before she could walk off, Are you staying here with Liam? I needed to know.

She smiled at me, Not at the moment. "I'll see you tomorrow Bells."

I let go of her arm and frowned after her retreating form. I felt the chill of the evening breeze brush against me, I hugged myself trying to fight it off as I walked back into the house. Charlie was still sitting and watching TV, I smiled, "I'm going up Dad, good night."

He looked up and smiled, "Night Bells."

I walked upstairs and into my bedroom and collapsed onto my bed. I thought about Jasper, his perfect voice, his perfect face and his deep, golden eyes.

I drifted off into sleep quickly, my mind enticed by the idea of seeing Jasper Hale in my dreams.

Jasper POV

I chased after the deer, letting it have a few seconds head start, not that it mattered. I quickly grabbed it, snapped it's neck and took nourishment. I dropped the lifeless carcass and began to dig a hole to bury it.

When doing a mundane activity like this, it becomes almost impossible for my mind not to wonder. I started thinking about today. Edward had run off, left the family for some time. He had found his singer and ran from her. Isabella Swan, or Bella Swan as she seemed to have been correcting everyone. My thoughts lingered on her. Her long, mahogany hair, her beautiful brown eyes. I shook my head, trying to dispel the image of the young woman, the mortal. But no matter how much I tried, her face continued to plague me.

I knew why, though I wouldn't want to admit it, least of all to myself. But still, I knew. I knew from the first moment I looked into her eyes and smelt her scent that she was mine, my mate, my other half. That mouth watering scent that made me drool but had nothing to do with my thirst. The mere thought of draining her could bring me to my knees.

I shook my head again and tried to distract myself. Math, geology, Bella, the height of Everest, the amount of bricks in an average house, Bella, how many leaves in the forest, Bella, Bella, Bella. Nothing worked, a small, delicate human had managed to become the center of my world. I hated and loved her for it. I could feel the pull in my chest telling me to go to her. I could tell it wasn't as strong as the other couples around me, but that was simply because she was still human. It was rare to feel the pull with a human at all.

But she was human, and that was the source of my pain. I couldn't take her life away from her, I couldn't subject her to being with a monster like me. It was likely that she didn't even feel the pull, she could go on and have a full life. I sighed, the pain of not being with her burning at my heart.

I heard a rustle not far off and footsteps come slowly towards me. Alice, I looked up and grinned, "Come to hunt Alice?"

She bounced through the bushes and sat cross legged in front of me, just looking at me. I felt her anticipation and excitement brush against me. I finished burying the deer, looked back at her and raised an eyebrow, "What's up Alice?"

She just grinned at me, bouncing slightly, almost bursting at the seams with excitement, I sent a wave of calm to her and she visibly calmed down.

"You like that Swan girl don't you?" She grinned at me, her all knowing eyes glinting in the moonlight.

I didn't answer, but I didn't need to. Alice continued, "You can get to know her more this week. And you might want to do that before Edward comes back. He keeps changing his mind but I think he's going to be coming back in 2 weeks."

I looked back at Alice, "She's human Alice, I could hurt her. You know I'm not as strong as you guys with this diet."

Alice gave a very unladylike snort, "We both know that you're incapable of hurting her. And I haven't seen anything that would suggest you even remotely hurting her."

I brightened up at that, maybe I could get to know her. It couldn't hurt, and we could at least be friends. I'd love to at least be able to get to know her.

Alice's eyes glazed over as she was plunged into a vision. When her eyes refocused she was grinning and clapping her hands.

I rolled my eyes at her, "Let's head back to the house."

She nodded and jumped up, "Race you." And she took off running towards the house, I smiled at took off after her.

I caught up with her and we reached the house at the same time. Esme was sitting on the sofa, cuddled up to Carlisle, I felt a twinge of envy whilst looking at them. Their feelings were full of contentment and love. They looked up at us, smiles on their faces. I smiled back, nodding in greeting, and ran up to my room. I lay down gently on my bed. It was something I didn't need, since I didn't have to sleep, but it was nice to lie down and read every once in a while. I grabbed a book and lay back relaxing, my mind drifting back to the events of today. I had first noticed Bella at lunch time. I was walking into the cafeteria, all of the human's emotions were full of excitement, but it was no struggle for me to push back the feelings and not let them effect me.

They were like that because of two new editions to the school. Humans were very easily distracted, the smallest of things made them happy or sad. I looked up and saw the two new students. They were both looking towards us with curiosity, the one with green eyes had very subdued emotions, I couldn't quite grasp what she was feeling, but I stopped caring as I made eye contact with the other girl. Her deep brown eyes bore into me, I had to look away, though the moment I looked away I was consumed by the need to look at her again. I immediately blocked my thoughts from Edward. Vampires were able to think multiple things at once, Edward was only able to pick up passing thoughts so most of the family had managed to come up with ways to keep most of their thoughts a secret from him. Rose often thought of herself and her beauty, Alice kept her mind on the latest fashions and I just recycled through certain memories of the newborn wars I was a part of. As far as we knew he hadn't figured it out.

I saw him cringe from the corner of my eye and felt a small amount of disgust brush against me as Edward saw my thoughts. I saw the corner of Rose's mouth twitch. She knew what I was doing.

I refused to allow myself to look at Bella for the rest of lunch, though when I felt her emotions change suddenly from calm to overwhelmed, I sent a wave of calm to her. It was more difficult for me to calm her than it should have been, but I didn't think about it as I felt her emotions go back to normal and heard her join a conversation. I stopped listening in, I didn't want to eavesdrop.

I opened my eyes as Rose knocked on my door and walking in. She sat down on my bed. "Want to tell me what's got the Pixie in a whirl?"

I grinned at her, "The new girl apparently."

Rose frowned disapprovingly, "Why? She's just a human."

A small hiss escaped my lips and Rose raised and eyebrow at me, clearly evaluating my reaction to her words. I looked away from her, reading my book, but I knew she figured it out when I heard her sigh, "Oh Jasper."

I looked at her, I really didn't want to have this conversation here. She nodded, "Join me for a walk?"

"Sure thing Rose." We jumped out the window and ran into the forest, stopping when we got out of earshot.

Rose went and sat down on a boulder, looking at me and waiting. When I didn't speak she asked me, "What's going on Jasper? What's with this human?"

"She's my mate." I said simply, there was no point dancing around the issue with her.

Rose sighed, "She's human Jasper."

"I know."

I looked away, why did she have to be human? I heard Rose walk towards me. She put her hand on my shoulder, "Sorry, twin. I want you to be happy. You deserve it after all you've been through, but she's human. It would be dangerous, and not just for her but for the family."

I felt nothing but protective feelings from her. We stood for a while in silence, my mind had naturally drifted back to Bella, when I felt a good dose of humour coming from Rose. "What happened with Edward earlier?"

I grinned, "I saw Bella and I didn't want him to hear my thoughts. Did some blocking, Edward can't stand my war memories."

Rose grinned at me, "He's very delicate isn't he?"

I chuckled, "You haven't felt his emotions when he hears you and Emmett go for it. He gets so embarrassed."

Rose laughed, "I'll have to remember that next time I need to block him. Should we head back?"

I nodded and stood. Rose turned back to me as we were about to run, "About the human-"

I cut her off, "I'm at least going to talk to her. But that doesn't mean that I'll tell her our secret or anything else."

Rose looked at me, analysing me, before she nodded and headed back to the house.

I followed behind her as I thought about how to approach her. I didn't want to scare her, maybe I could bump into her again. Start a conversation with her. I wouldn't have any classes with because we were in different years, but maybe I could find time else where. We reached the house, Alice was waiting outside. Rosalie ran past her and over to Emmett who was playing games inside. I slowed down and came to a stop next to Alice.

She had a big grin on her face. "Don't worry about meeting her, she's smart. She has a senior class, lucky you happens to have that class with her."

I frowned at Alice, "Did you change our schedules? I could have met her somewhere else."

Alice shook her head, "Nope, you just happen to have the same class. I couldn't have planned it better. Even fate wants you to talk to her."

I rolled my eyes at Alice as she pranced back into the house. I jumped up into my room through the window and lay back on my bed, thinking about all the things I could talk about with Bella. I smiled until the sun came up.