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Ok so i had some free time today so i wrote another chapter! im such a nice person aren't i!
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anyway, on with the story...

I wiped my eyes and we both stood up. To my complete embarrassment, my stomach growled. I blushed one of the deepest shades of red know to man.

I heard him chuckle. "I guess someone's hungry. Why don't I take you to get something to eat?"

He said it like a question, almost like he wasn't sure I would say yes. It was so cute.

"Sure, are you sure your willing to take out a girl who you just met, and who's mother just died?" I raised my eyebrow at him.

All he did was smile. I guess that's a yes.

We made our way down to the parking lot and I asked where he parked.

He shifted uncomfortably on his feet for a second. "Oh, um… I got a ride from my brother."

Why would that make him so uncomfortable?

I smiled at him. "Follow me." I led him to my bike and handed him my helmet.

He just looked at it, then back at me. "What am I suppose to do with it?"

The look on his face was classic. Where was a camera when you need one? "You're gonna put it on and take me to dinner, silly."

"Am I really?" It was his turn to raise his eyebrows at me.

"Mmhmm. Now hop to it." I thrust the helmet at him.

"I don't think I need this. You take it." He tried to give it back.

I stepped away form him. "No, you are the one who is driving this thing, you keep it."

He grudgingly put it on while climbing onto the bike. I hopped on after him, wrapped my arms around his waist and was so glad he couldn't see me blush.

He started the engine and I gripped him even harder. I could feel that he was really cold, it seeped through his clothes. How can someone be this cold when they are wearing a jacket and when they have been in the warm hospital? This is another mystery I have to solve.

I took a deep breath to stop from thinking about that, and I noticed something. He smelled extremely good. It wasn't anything I have ever smelled before, so it couldn't be cologne.

I also ignored that thought. I looked out at the passing town, just thinking.

I thought about Jasper. For some reason I cant stop thinking about him and the secrets him and his family possess.

Today, when I saw them at first, they looked almost inhuman in their beauty. Alice stared off into space like she is either thinking really hard, or is in some sort of trance. Whenever I'm around Jasper, I've noticed, my emotions are wacky, like I'm not really controlling them. And what was with Jasper and Dr. Cullen at the hospital? They were talking about someone with no smell, what could that mean?

This was all really crazy, and why are they so damn cold?

I also thought about how uncomfortable Jasper must be. Taking a girl he just met out on her motorcycle, and having her cry on him after her mother just died.

I really hope he doesn't mind. I would feel really bad if I made him feel like he had to stay with me.

The next thing I knew, Jasper stopped the motorcycle. I looked around and saw that we were in front of this little restaurant called "Pueblos". It was so cute. It was red with orange trims and had big glass windows by the glass door in the front. From outside, you could see that there was like no one inside.

"Come on Bella. Let's go." Jaspers voice brought me back to him.

He held the door for me as I walked in. There goes that gentleman-ness again.

The little place smelled like tacos and hot sauce. I laughed at myself because I didn't know if hot sauce had a smell.

He led me to a small booth in the back part of the restaurant. I bet if I had a chair, he would have pulled it out for me.

Their was a little pause where neither one of us said anything. Talk about awkward. So I picked up the menu to occupy myself.

"Pick whatever you like, I don't really mind." He told me.

"You don't have to pay for me, you know. I practically forced you to take me out."

He laughed. "What kind of gentleman would I be if I let a 'girl I just met who's mother just died' pay for her own meal?"

I noticed he added my words in there and I laughed. "I guess you wouldn't be a gentleman then."

At that moment the waiter came over. He asked us for our order, no, he asked me for my order. He didn't even look at Jasper. I didn't like the way this waiter guy was looking at me. I was kind of like the creepy 'I'm gonna molest you' look, and it made me completely uncomfortable.

"Um, I'll have the veggie tacos and a raspberry tea please."

He wrote that down and looked at Jasper, who had an angry glint in his eyes. "And for you sir?"

"Nothing, thank you."

The waiter walked away and I looked at Jasper suspiciously. He seemed to sense that.

"I ate with Carlisle at the hospital, before we saw you." He informed me.

"Oh" was all I could say. So his fathers name is Carlisle.

"I really am sorry about your mother Bella."

"It's ok. I knew it was going to happen some time. You see, she has been that way for a year." I looked away and surprisingly I didn't cry.

"Do you mind if I asked what happened?" He asked.

I looked over at him, to see if he really wanted to know, and sure enough, all I saw was curiosity in his topaz pools. I sighed.

"No, I don't mind. Last year, about a month after school started, my mom had to work late to finish up what she was doing. She usually got home about 2 hours after I did. That day, I went over to my friends house because I didn't want to go home. I got into an argument with my mom that morning and didn't feel like facing her yet.

"I got home at around 7:00 and she still wasn't home. I just thought she was still at work, even though she was later that she usually is, even when she does stay late."

The waiter interrupted my story to drop off my food and drink and to ask Jasper if he would like anything. Jasper just scowled, wanting to hear the story.

After the waiter left, I took a couple sips of my drink and started my story again.

"Anyway, after a while I started to worry. I thought she was avoiding me because of the argument, like I was earlier. I got a call from the hospital not to long after. They said that she was in a car accident, involving a drink driver. Why someone was drinking that early I have no idea. It took about an hour for the fire department to get her out of the vehicle because it was really smashed up.

"The truck that hit her, caused her to got into oncoming traffic. She missed most of the cars, but one ended up hitting her. Her car hit a pole and flipped over. She hit her head on something, causing her to go unconscious. She never woke up."

I thought I was all out of tears, but more came but the time I was done with my story. I put my head in my hands.

"I didn't get to tell her I was sorry. I didn't even get to say goodbye." I mumbled into my hands, I'm not sure he even heard me.

He lifter up head and whipped away some of the tears. I didn't look at him though. "I'm pretty sure your mom knew you were sorry Bella."

I finally looked up at him, about to say something, but when our eyes met, I didn't feel sad anymore. I actually felt a little better. That didn't stop me from being embarrassed that he was, yet again, comforting me.

"I'm sorry." Wait, why is he apologizing?

"Why?" I was really confused. This dude was really hard to read.

"Well, I feel like I'm making you open up to me. I don't want you to force yourself."

Oh. I took a bite of my untouched food. "I guess to make it up to me, you have to tell me about yourself. Like your family."

He didn't say anything at first, but watched me eat. I was never really self conscious, but right now I was.

I hoped him telling me about his family would help me figure them out.

He finally started talking. "Well, I have a twin sister."

"Really?" I interrupted him.

"Rosalie."

"Wait, which one is that?" It couldn't be the pixie-like one.

He sighed. "Do you want me to just tell you which ones they are?"

I smiled. "Yep, that would be helpful. I have no idea who any of them are."

He rolled his eyes. "Rosalie Hale is the blonde girl, Emmett Cullen is the huge, muscular one, Edward Cullen is the other boy and Alice Cullen is the black haired girl. Rosalie and I are twins. Carlisle and Esme adopted us when our mother died, and Esme is our aunt. Emmett, Edward and Alice were adopted before Esme and Carlisle adopted us."

"So your last name is really Hale?" I was just making sure.

"Yes."

"But you go by Cullen, because your aunt and Carlisle adopted you?"

"Yes."

"Ok. I guess that makes sense." I smiled at him.

"Good." He smiled back.

I was almost finished and he watched me eat. I was done pretty quickly.

"Don't you want any meat?" He asked me when I was finished.

"No. I'm a vegetarian."

He chuckled. I scowled at him. "That's not funny."

"Oh, its not that."

I knew he wasn't going to say anything else so I let it drop.

The waiter came by to see how we were doing, Jasper asked for the check. The waiter pulled it out and Jasper just handed him a 20.

I still was drinking my drink, so we stayed in the restaurant for a bit.

I got bored of the silence, so I decided to play a game. "So, lets play a game."

He was suspicious. "What game?"

"It's nothing bad, just 20 questions." I smiled at him. He sighed in relief. "What, you thought it would be worse?"

He just smiled. We both laughed. I really did have a reason for playing this game. I need to find out more about him and his family.

"Ok, I'll go first."

He nodded to let me know he understood.

"Hmm… What's your favorite color?"

He laughed. "Green"

"Question 2. What's your favorite animal?"

"Anything in the forest."

"Huh? Why?" That's a weird answer.

He looked uncomfortable; it was gone so fast though. "I don't really know." He smiled.

I looked at his suspiciously again, but went on and finished my game.

I asked about his hobbies, his likes and dislikes. I learned a lot. This boy is very interesting.

"Well you have one more question, you better make it good." He said after a while and smiled at me.

"Hmmm… I will have to think about that, and come back to you."

"Well, while you're doing that, would you like to go?" He asked me.

"I guess." I sighed.

We got to the bike and I climbed on. "So where do you live?" I was driving this time and of course he wasn't happy about that.

"You know what, why don't I drive?'

"No deal, mister." He just picked me up and put me behind him. "HEY!" He just laughed.

I lost track of where we were going and suddenly we were heading down this dirt path that I didn't see. When we made the corned, my jaw dropped.

The most magnificent house I have ever seen was there. It was three stories and white. A wrap around porch made the whole house feel a lot homier. The windows were huge and I'm pretty sure the inside was even prettier.

"Wow." I wasn't actually sure I said that out loud.

He stopped the bike and I got off. I stared at the huge mansion in awe.

"You like it?" I looked over at him, he was watching me.

"Duh! It's beautiful!"

I looked at the house one more time, and then looked back at him. "Well, mister, I have better get going. I have a feeling my dad is going to be trouble."

He handed me back my helmet. It started to rain a bit, for the first time that day.

"I also think I have some thinking to do too." I winked at him. He chuckled.

I hopped on my bike, but my helmet on and took one last look and the guy in front of me, and at the gorgeous house.

While I was looking back at the house, I noticed two people looking at me from one of the second story windows. One was Alice and the other was a beautiful woman who I expect to be Esme. Esme didn't look too happy with me, but I brushed that off.

I started the engine and spun around to leave.

Crap! I forgot to tell Charlie about mom! This is going to be one hell of a night.

So this was a pretty long chapter. It was sad to write, but it was needed. So now you all know what heppened to Bella's mom.

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