(Jasper)
2 WEEKS LATER

We fell into a routine, Alice and I. I knew she wasn't stupid, she had picked up on the fact I was following her after the first day. But she never said anything she just went along with her everyday style. After about the 3rd day however when she walked into English and sat beside she said "if you're going to follow me around the least you could do is say hello in the morning" with a smirk before turning back to her open notebook. I starred at her in shock, had the little human girl really just confronted a vampire? "Hello" I mumbled under my breath to appease her, and from the corner of my eye I saw her face break out into a smile. I smiled into my hand; she was a silly little creature. And as time went on the greetings became more personal like, "hello ma'am" "how are you" and all together became more fun "hey little Alice" I would regularly taunt her and her reply to that each time was "hey giant how's the weather up there?" and stick her tongue out. She was my friend. This silly little human was my friend. And when i was talking with her the sting in the back of my throat didnt hurt nearly as bad, i could resist it, almost completely ignore it when i was talking to her. She gave me a reason to be excited in the morning because I didn't know her life the story the way I knew everyone else's, she was exciting and new like reading a new book everyday, so every English class we would it in the back of the room and talk, not about our lives because she knew not question mine and I knew not to question hers. We talked about the rain, the teachers, the students, music, TV, food, animals, everything. School was quickly becoming my favorite part of the day. She was growing on me. The nights were far too long, and English class was far too short. I couldn't seem to get everything I needed to tell her out in those short 45 minutes in the morning. I walked to her almost every class, and she never questioned it. She liked talking to me too; she liked making a new friend.

But on the 3rd of December Carlisle had a talk with me.

"Jasper, we all know the girl won't say anything so I think it's about time you stop talking to her" he said quietly "getting attached to the people here won't make leaving any easier" he didn't want to take away my happiness but he was right, befriending a human had never been a good idea, and I knew I had stepped to far out of line. My job was to "babysit her" not become attached to her. And so on December 4th I went to school and ignored Alice for the very first time. She sat down next to me with a smile on her tiny face.

"Jazz you'll never guess what happened this morning! The rain turned to snow. Yay!" she cheered sarcastically. I knew she hated the snow and rain, and I wanted so badly to smile at her joke but I kept my face flat.

"Jaasper" she almost sang "anyone home?" she poked my arm. It was the first physical contact we had ever had and it sent shocks through my body. Warming me up like nothing before it had. I leaned away from the electrical touch and continued to look forward when I nearly hissed

"We shouldn't be friends Alice" The words burned my throat.

"Oh" she squeaked. I could hear it and I could feel it the hurt she was trying so hard to mask, the betrayal that was stabbing her small body. Why did she have to be... so endearing? I didn't want to hurt the little human next to me, but Carlisle was right, it would be better for her if I left her alone. It made the silence a little more bearable, but only marginally. The days passed and our silence continued, she would take attentive notes and I would watch her constantly from the corner of my eye. Sometimes out of habit I would open my mouth to tell her something but snap it shut just as fast. It felt like high school had became worse, mushc worse than before i had met her. I almost couldnt bear to come to school when I knew i couldnt talk to her, joke with, learn new things about her. It was torture, burning me. I waited endlessly for the pain to weaken, but it did not.

But one day it became too much for her. I could feel her sadness so strong that day it almost felt like my own, "Hi" she said weakly, the first thing she'd said to me in a month exactly but when she realized I had no intentions of answering she sat down and looked the other way. If only she knew how bad i was for her, how me not talking to her would make her life easier. She was angry it seemed which she had every right to be, but it was only when I heard the sniffling did I realize she was trying to hide her tears. Had it affected her that strongly? Was me ignoring her really causing her that much pain? The same pain it was causing me? I couldn't bear it. It wasn't fair for her to be suffering; our separation was supposed to be doing the exact opposite.

"Alice" it rolled off t tongue like I had known the name forever. She turned to me in shock, her eyes puffy from crying.

"I said we shouldn't be friends, not that I didn't wanna be" I whispered in shame for hurting her. For the first time I felt the anger flare in her emotions,

"Well you really should have thought about that before you started following me don't you think? Maybe it would have made things a lot easier! What did you think I was going to te-!" she cut of mid sentence and looked around the room realizing that more people than she thought were listening.

"Regardless" I started keeping my voice low "I apologize for my rude behavior ma'am" my accent leaking through the cracks. I could see the happiness swimming in her eyes the blue eyes I had missed looking into oh so very much, but her jaw stayed clenched, trying stubbornly to hold onto her anger it would seem.

"Well it's going to take a lot more than an apology to win me over" She sneered sticking her little tongue out. No it wouldn't I thought sarcastically, but I humored little Alice, trying my hardest to put a smile back on her face.

"You see my family thinks it would be better for us to not be friends" I began looking her intently in the eyes. "And they're right" I added to myself more than to her "But I don't have the… strength to stay away from you any longer" I whispered in defeat. I was always so weak. The weakest of the family, this time would be no different I could see.

"Then don't" She replied with an intense look. She was stronger than I was. She felt no fear towards this growing relationship like I, she was fearless. She was my rock. I should have realized the second I knew she was different that it would be hard, almost impossible to be away from her. And if she wanted me around why should I try? I wouldnt put her in trouble my family thought was so inevitable, I would protect her. She was the first thing to make me happy in almost 300 years. I wasnt letting go without a fight.

A little shorter than my usual, sorrry.
Yay for chapter five! Aw little jasper doesnt even know how much he loves alice yet. how cooote.

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