CHAPTER 2

I went to my locker before study period so I could put my books away and grab my purse out so that I could run to the corner gas station before heading to the library to work on my French homework that really had to get done at some point today. I figured that I either did it here or waited till tomorrow night(or if momma made me do it tonight before my party, ya know, as punishment for this morning) and then I would have to stay home while everyone went out to hunt. Granted, I didn't hunt like the rest of them but I did like to accompany them occasionally. I used to go with my brother Edward but since he had Bella now, she usually kept him company. Emmett had Rosalie but I still kept him company occasionally. My sisters Alice and Rosalie normally went together for fun which left Jasper to hunt by himself. He had been my best friend for as long as I could remember and he and I had always been inseperable.

These last few months though, things had changed between us. I'm not sure if anyone had picked up on it but I, well I still didn't want anything to come out about us doing anything because not only would it break Alices heart but it would also be stopped quickly by my parents.

My parents. Carlisle and Esme Cullen. My father was a renowned doctor and my mother had stayed home to raise me. I loved them both dearly. But sometimes I feel as if maybe they were too protective of me since I had grown up in the childhood that I had. They wanted me to be away from this life. They wanted me to choose to leave home at 18, go to college, meet a nice HUMAN boy, get married and have children and eventually die even though I know that whole concept would just break my mothers heart.

I guess they just wanted to give back to god what he had given them as an abnormality in the first place. I was a human child that had been born to two vampires. I was my mothers dream come true. My fathers princess. I was their whole world. Then the kings of our world had heard about me and sent for my parents to present me to them or else be sentenced to death. My mother was terrified but with the kings (or Voluturi as we call them) being old friends of my fathers he knew that he had to do as he was told because he wasn't about to put his wife or childs lives in danger if he chose not to listen.

So we went to Voulterra. My momma tells me that I was in my brother Emmetts arms because she knew that he could and would keep me safe should anything happen to them. They (my parents) talked to Caius, Aro and Marcus about me and that I was as normal as any other human child. That I ate food, slept 8 hours, and grew at the rate of any child. When all of this happened I was 6 months old. From then on out Caius, Marcus and Aro were invited to my birthday parties so that my parents could prove to them that they had nothing to hide. Normally they just sent a gift but I knew that this year since it was one of my milestones that they would be coming, god help the rest of Forks, Washington.

Today was my 16th birthday and tonight was my "family party". I hated dealing with all of it but I did it because my parents asked me to. Dealing with Aro, Caius and Marcus I mean. They were like extended Uncles, well if you could consider them Uncles when they could just snap their fingers and I would be dead. The thought made me chuckle.

"Hello beautiful" I heard from behind me as arms wrapped gently around my waist and a chin rested on my shoulder bringing me out of my thoughts.

I sighed and stepped out of his embrace. " Jasper…we can't." I sighed looking deep into his dark eyes. He hadn't fed in awhile which meant that tomorrow he would be going "out for the day" and I would be home doing homework or watching tv. Tomorrow was Saturday after all. Woot for Saturday morning cartoons. Just wish they were as good as they were when I was a kid, then they would be worth getting up for.

But I did still get up on Saturday mornings to watch TV from the comforts of my bed. The beautiful flat screen TV that was mounted above my fireplace in my bedroom was perfect and I loved it.

"Brianna.." he growled as he brushed my cheek.

"Jazzy…we can't" I told him. "my mom caught us this morning…who is going to catch us next?" I asked him.

"I love you Brianna…you are 16 today. This is your day to finally say how you feel and to make a decision" He told me.

"I choose you Jasper, I will always choose you but I shouldn't choose you and that's the issue. There are too many people that can get hurt from me choosing you and me letting you choose me." I told him as I shut my locker and began walking away from him.

"I still love you" he told me

"you think I don't know that" I reminded him.

He smiled and he kissed me and as much as I wanted to resist, I couldn't. This was my best friend. The only man I had ever loved in my life (although that isn't saying much since I am only 16) but god did I love him.

"come on." He said as he grabbed my hand and led me out to my car which was parked in the back of the parking lot near the trees. All of our cars were parked back there so if we ever had to make a quick get away we could. I unlocked the doors of my car with the remote and he climbed into the back seat. I moved the passenger seat up and I got in with him. Thankfully I had worn a skirt today because of my birthday and it was at least semi warm out (My birthday is in April). I slipped my panties off while he un did the zipper and button on his jeans and I straddled him losing my virginity to him in the back seat of my brand new car.

After we both finished, I was sore, as was to be expected and I didn't want to leave him. My head rested on his chest and I panted, barely able to keep my eyes open from exhaustion.

"no one can know about this" I told him quietly.

He didn't say anything but I felt him tense up under me which means he was angry with me. I just didn't want to hurt anyone.