Chapter Five: Lissie

Bella cleared her throat, which of course wasn't needed. "Alrighty, then... Here we go on Lissie."

A few months later, Edward said almost everything fell back to how it was before my parents left them. Except fo the fact that there was now me, Jasper showed another side to him other than the silent, blood-lusty war vampire, and Bella and Mom's new friendship.

"You're getting along!" Esme cried happily.

Bella smiled.

I still didn't enjoy Jasper's company, nor did he mine. In fact, when we did have to be near each other (I think Mom and Alice regret that happening the first time when we nearly blew up the kitchen),

"What!" exclaimed Esme. "My kitchen!"

we tormented each other. Yeah, we had supervised like little children.

"You're acting like them," Carlisle said.

Who knew Jasper had the nerve to pour my lunch down my shirt?

"Jasper!"

"Sorry, Mom," Jasper apologized.

Twice, in fact.

"What!" Esme nearly shouted. "Twice."

Like a hurt puppy, Jasper shrank away, which happened to be quite hard because of his height.

Low cut shirts aren't great to wear anymore, other than to annoy Jasper because of the other students.

"Consider turtlenecks, sweets, if you want me to stop," he said to me in a mocking fatherly way the second time. And the last.

Today, the shirt I wore was one of those ones you buttoned. It wasn't mannish or anything. It was tight, short sleeved, and perfect for my plan today when it was a class where it was just the two of us.

Jasper had an idea what her plan was. Buttons and Lissie and him all in one class without any supervision from the others was a bad, bad idea.

-Insert evil laugh-

"Why doesn't she just laugh out loud instead of saying insert?" Jacob asked his wife.

"So nobody else knows she's slowly going insane because of Jasper," Leah answered.

Yeah... Jasper Whitlock was going to pay for ruining my favorite purple shirt!

-Still evilly laughing-

"Still?" Edward sighed.

I smirked. The plan was fantastic. I was fantastic! And I would have my revenge!

I got weird looks as I walked down the hall with my fingers doing that thingy where you placed the thumbs together and tapped the fingers together.

"Okay..." Bella murmured. "She has lost it, much like you have, Jasper."

At the end of the hall, I could see Jasper entering the classroom. I followed him in quickly, and a few dudes glanced my way with approving smiles. Until their girlfriends elbowed them and glared. I was so hot.

"Vain," Seth said.

In my haste, I accidentally dropped my pen, and bent down to retrieve it. I think my bra showed.

"What print?" Bella wondered. "Lace? No lace. Animal print?"

Jasper looked at me with widened eyes and a horrorfied expression as I rose.

"Why?" Edward inquired.

The kid I paid to run into me did so, and grabbed onto me to keep herself steady, and ended up popping off a few of my top buttons.

"Ah." Edward nodded.

And so more of my chest was exposed. Great. And I didn't mean it sarcastically. You knew I wanted it that way.

"I think we got that," said Leah.

Drooling. I noticed it from most of the straight guys. But, I was proud to note that a few dudes were loyal to their girlfriends. That couldn't really be said for many of these guys.

"True," Bella agreed.

"This is getting old, Elisabeth," Jasper whispered into my ear as I sat down.

"I know," I replied in the same hushed tone. "But it works every single time, and still drives you insane. Am I right?"

He didn't respond thankfully, because the teacher had called attention and started to take roll.

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"Time skip," Bella called out.

"Don't kill each other," ordered Mom.

It was after school, and we all were at the Cullen home. The family wanted to leave Jasper and I alone together so they could hunt. But I didn't want to stay with Jasper. I wanted to kill him.

"Just this one time," Esme said gently. "We don't to endanger the town more so than usual."

Pull the Esme card on me. Great Mom. You just had to.

Edward chuckled from the little corner he stood in, obscured by the shadows like some murderer. Which he was in a sense, for he killed animals. But I ate animals too, so it couldn't be too different. As opposed to the human drinkers.

"Fine," I huffed. "But if I die, I am blaming it on you all."

"I wouldn't kill her. Everyone seems to love her," assured Jasper.

In seconds they were all gone, and Jasper was nowhere to be seen, because he ran away to his room to plot my downfall. Or so I thought. Until he snuck up behind me, and whispered roughly into my ear, "They can't hear us anymore."

"Are you going to change her or something?" Jacob asked.

Everyone was on the edges of their seat, and shushed Jacob, wanting to hear what Jasper would do. Hopefully not eat her.

I was going to die. I want my Mommy. She couldn't inflict major damage on Jasper. Easily. Her angelic beauty did not go with the killing machine my mother would become after my murder.

Edward let out a little, humorless laugh. "Don't we know it."

Jasper didn't bite me. He spun me around and pushed me into the wall. "Stop with all of these games," he ordered.

"Oh my God," Leah whispered. "Are you going to kiss her?"

I rose an eyebrow at him. "Huh?"

He pointed to my shirt. The shirt that was still low as ever and showing a leopard print bra. Peachy.

Bella's wondering got answered, which was great for her, but no one else really cared.

"Oh," I said quietly.

"You are driving me insane, Lissie," he groaned, slapping a hand over his eyes. "Must you torture me so? You torture more than you know."

"You're so going to make out with her!" Leah shrieked.

"What?" I squeaked as his mouth got closer to my quite breakable neck. But they didn't end up there.

They ended up on my own lips. And I found myself actually kissing him back. Quite happily.

"AH!" the girl screamed.

I was almost sad that he pulled away until I realized who exactly it was that I was kissing.

"Jasper," Jacob said slowly, as if Lissie was stupid.

I was kissing Jasper.

"Book me kissed her!"

Alice smiled at her husband. "You should have waited a little longer, Jasper," she said to the in shcok vampire.

Oh my God. I sounded like one of those girls out of those sappy romantic teen books. We both did.

"Yeah," agreed Leah.

Awkward silence followed afterwards.

"Figures."

"Go on, Bella, love."

"So..." I began as he scratched the back of his neck.

"Yeah..." he continued. We were stumped.

"You're a great kisser," I blurted out like a fool. Please tell me I didn't just say that.

"Sorry to burst your bubble," Edward drawled.

Jasper snorted. "Now what?"

"Forget all about that?" I suggested, even though I really kind of didn't feel like it.

"Get to know each other," he said at the same time. I go with his idea.

"Get to know each other," I repeated.

"'Kay..." Jasper mumbled. "Favorite color?"

"Of course." Bella sounded somewhat whiney when she said that.

Easy, baby steps into friendship. "Violet."

"Like your eyes." He zoned out for a second before shaking his head as if to clear some thought out of it.

"You liker! You like her!" sang Jacob.

Carlisle looked almost grave. "Remember what Emmett said? About vampire/human relationships."

If it was possible, all the vampires in the room would have instantly paled.

"What about you?" Hmm... Was it blue? Green?

"Violet," he answered quickly. "Violet purple. Purple violet."

"Because of her eyes." Alice was so sure.

"Ali!" Jasper finally realized his wife was there, and began apologizing profusely.

She smiled a small, knowing smile. "We never were meant to be."

"And Lissie and I were?"

"Yes."

Yes. that one little word. One syllable, one single breath to say it aloud. It changed his future, and every Cullen members. Because of it, yet another human would walk amongst them.

"I'm sorry," Jasper whispered on last time.

Alice laughed. "You shouldn't be. Not with Lissie waiting for you somewhere. Read on, Bella."

Okay. "What's your favorite channel on TV?" I asked.

"History." He chuckled. "They get some of the Civil War stuff wrong though. Not always, but they screw it up sometimes."

"I like learning about the World Wars for some reason," I told him. "I like the second one. I mean, I don't like it, I just like learning about it more for some reason." I sounded so stupid. I said 'for some reason' twice. Idiot. And it wasn't him this time.

He nodded. "How about we focus on your homework," he said suddenly.

Great. No more of the tormenting. Only awkwardness. I wish he had waited longer to kiss me.

"So she admits she wants to kiss you..." whispered Jacob in a creepy voice while tapping his finger on his chin.

"Hand the book over, please, Bella. I'd like to know what I think of this awkward situation."

A/N: Sorry it wasn't a couple of hours. It's actually almost 1 in the morning as I am posting this. Last minute vacation stuff had to be done. But, at least I have two chapters up so soon to make up for the long wait I left you few readers with.

And, one thing else. Review. Pretty please with Jazzy on top with whipped cream? I hate asking you know, though I would like one.

~Rose~