As the season progressed, we continued to win. Every time someone underestimated me, I brought out my new pitch. After a while, most of the boys had heard of me. Some of them shook my hand after the game, and congratulated me. Baseball was awesome.

Lauren, on the other hand, would not believe that I had 'won what was rightfully hers.' A.K.A, Edward. She was always nasty to me, and always had to have the last word. And even though she was failing every class possible, she wasn't completely stupid. She kept devising different plans, none of which were successful, but they came very close.

One time she dropped a note in the hallway saying telling Lauren to meet me behind the school, signed Edward. When he saw it, he laughed out loud. It still bothered me, of course, but I knew that he would never do anything like that. At least I thought I did.

The day before our semifinal's game, I was coming off of practice a little later than usual. Coach had had to talk to me about batting order for our next game, and it kept me after. When I walked into the girl's locker room, I stopped and stared. Lauren and Edward were pressed up against the locker, kissing. I turned and walked straight out again, ignoring him calling after me.

I was lucky. I had come to school on my motorcycle today since my car was in the shop. I hopped on, and sped off. I needed to think.

When I got home after driving around aimlessly, Alice, Emmett, and Jasper were there. They were laughing at something, but they immediately stopped when they saw me. I guess I hadn't hidden my expression as well as I thought I had. I tried to run up the stairs, but Emmett and jasper grabbed me and put me on the couch between them. After several pleadings, wheedling, and finally threats, I spilled out the situation.

Jasper was completely shocked and just sat here staring at the wall for a while without saying anything. Emmett was furious, and I had to convince him not to go and beat up Edward right then. Alice started sobbing, which set me off, and we held each other, both of us not speaking.

Jasper suddenly stood up, and punched the wall full on; not even flinching afterwards. He turned to face me, breathing heavily. "Bella, I have to tell you something. Edward, before you came, was always sort of a …player. Rosalie and I slowed him down somewhat, but he never really cared. I thought that, since I had never seen him react that way to a girl before, that it would be different. I'm sorry."

He then turned, and tried to leave. But Alice wouldn't let him. She grabbed his arm, and made him stay.

"Jasper," I choked out, "It's not your fault. I guess it was never real anyway." He looked at me with a sad expression, but didn't deny it.

Once Alice and I had calmed down some more, Jasper went home. He said he needed to talk to Rose. Emmett and Alice wouldn't let me make dinner, instead making me sit on the floor and go through old picture albums with them. By the time Charlie got home, I was curled up asleep on the floor.

Jasper's POV

I was pissed. No, I was beyond pissed. Edward had done a lot of things in his past, but this one took the cake.

When I stormed into the house, Rosalie stared up at me in shock. I usually kept my emotions hidden; she was the one who put them out there for the world to see.

"What's goin' on?" she asked hesitantly, and I was so mad it took me a few seconds to speak. But when I did…

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Bella's POV

When we went to school tomorrow, we drove together. Emmett, Alice, Rosalie, Jasper, and I. Edward was left on the curbside for some reason. He broke my heart, so I couldn't stand being around him. That meant that everyone else was mad at him. I don't know how that works, but apparently it does.

We pulled up at school, and everyone turned to look at us. Lauren sat in the corner of the building, smug as can be. Victoria and Jessica stood by her, along with the rest of the cheerleading squad. I squared my shoulders, and marched determinedly into school. If he was what she wanted, then fine. He could have told me better, but if he was happy then I could deal.

He tried to talk to me the first time I saw him. Alice and Rosalie glared him off, while Emmett cracked his knuckles threateningly. He gulped, then fled.

Since I had first period with Jasper and Alice, I didn't have to worry about him trying to talk to me. I walked to and from the class without any problems.

Second period I had with Rosalie, and when Edward tried to talk to me, she gave him the glare of all glares. She even scared Lauren's posse so bad that they ran away screaming. That sure cheered me up. Rose walked me to my next class, which was the first class I had with Edward. She quickly sat between the two of us, preventing any conversation. Not that he didn't try. Mr. Banner finally yelled at him for bothering the 'sweet, hardworking girls.' can you say Eww?

Lunch was next. We all sat down, inviting several of our friends from the baseball team and the football team to sit with us. Not only was the table filled, but Alice and Emmett told them what happened. Edward turned completely white when he saw the looks he was getting. He didn't even attempt to sit next to me after that.

I played football with the team for my free period, and everyone cheered as I got a touchdown. I had played harder than I usually did because I wanted to get my mind off of things. I guess it worked.

Trigonometry was the most difficult. Since Edward and I were desk partners, there was no avoiding him. I got there first, so I sat down and pulled out my headphones. When he tried to talk to me, I turned the volume up. He crossed the line when he pulled off my headphones, however.

I sighed, rubbing my temples as he prattled on about how she had come on to him, and that he would never do something like that. I finally had enough, and cut him off. "Look, Edward. I don't care anymore. You made a choice. After a decision like that, there really isn't any going back. No matter how much you wish. Get over it. Besides," I said, straightening up. "You can go back to your old ways." he stared at me in shock, and I took that chance to put my headphones back on.

After class, I left before he could catch me. Government went by in a blur, and before I knew it, school was out. Whoo-hoo.