Disclaimer-I do not own Twilight, or any of the characters. This counts for the first chapter too.

EPOV

That day after school, I dropped Bella off and went to have a conversation with Jasper. I wondered if he would know why she seemed to be fascinated by him. I pulled up the long drive that led to our house on the river. I thought about what I was about to do, and realized that an awkward conversation lay ahead of me. I walked through the door to find Jasper and Alice on the couch talking.

I cleared my throat. "Uh, Jasper? Can I talk to you for a minute?" I managed.

"Sure Edward, no problem," he replied. Alice shot me a look and laughed, I imagined she'd already heard our conversation.

"Jasper, today in biology, I was trying desperately to hear Bella's thoughts," I looked up, expecting him to roll his eyes or say something that would imply that I was too stubborn for my own good. His golden eyes were on me, not judging, encouraging me to continue. "And, well…I got some snippets that I…I have to say kind of disturbed me." I paused and looked at him.

He raised his eyebrows, not appearing to have anything to hide, "Oh?" was all he said.

"Well, she…I heard her think about you, and then it all turned fuzzy. I concentrated again, and well…I heard her wonder about doing something…um, well, I believe the word she used was 'orally'," I explained.

Jasper's eyes grew wide, "I don't know what you're thinking, Edward, but I have Alice, and Bella is in love with you, I can tell every time she's here, so…I don't know why she would be thinking something like that, did you try talking to her?" I could tell he was telling the truth by his thoughts:

Oh my God, why on Earth would Bella be thinking about me that way? I've never even… I just, I don't know what to think!

I could tell he was just as flustered as I was by this. Well, at least I knew that my brother wasn't to blame. I turned my thoughts to Bella, and then answered Jasper's question, "I tried to ask Bella in a subtle way, because I didn't want her to be mad at me for trying to listen to her thoughts. I guess I should probably bring it up tonight when I go see her."

"Well, good luck with that, Edward," Jasper winked as he sent a wave of calmness through me. I could hear Alice's tinkling laugh from the other room, and was glad that Emmett, Rosalie, Carlisle and Esme didn't seem to be home. I stepped out the door and ran to Bella's house and paused at the window, wanting to break the barrier once again.

Jasper's POV

I waited patiently for Edward to leave before turning back to Alice. I pondered what he had said about doing something orally.

Not that I wouldn't like doing something orally…I mean, just to change it up a little, maybe I'll ask Alice…

BPOV

What was wrong with Edward after biology today? I wondered. He seemed so worried when I mentioned Jasper and the Civil War. He'd told me that he had to stop at home and decided to just run over afterwards. That left me with a few minutes alone with my thoughts. I sighed and decided to grab a snack before Edward got there. By the time I got back to my room, he was there.

EPOV

I managed to get through a little before jumping through her window.

Biology…worried…Jasper and…

I knew I was being unreasonable; Jasper was my brother, after all. He would never do anything, knowing how much I loved her. I couldn't help it. That night seemed like an eternity when she fell asleep and I still hadn't asked her about her thoughts.

APOV

I'd heard Edward's conversation with Jasper before they even had it. I tried to suppress my laughter, but it just wouldn't stay in. Bella and Jasper? That's too funny. I excused myself to go to the kitchen. I couldn't hold in laughter anymore when Edward was on his way out the door. I knew Edward wouldn't bring this up with Bella, so I decided to interfere.

The next day, I cut her off in the cafeteria. "Bella, I need to talk to you," I seemed to have startled her.

"Alice, where did you come from? What do you need?" she asked.

"Edward is having a little problem, Bella. He really wants to know what you are thinking," I started.

Bella cut me off, "Yeah, Alice, I've noticed. Why is he all of a sudden so tense and desperate to know what I'm thinking?" she asked, worry filling her eyes.

I smiled a big smile before continuing, "He got through your barrier yesterday. And last night. He thinks you're in love with Jasper."

"WHAT? Why on Earth would he think that? Alice, I wasn't even thinking remotely close to that!" she practically screeched.

"Shhhh, you don't want people to hear, do you?" I hissed. I took her by the arm and led her to the girls' bathroom, where everyone who previously felt the need to be in there took one look at me and left. "I'm not sure what the exact words he heard were, but it sounds to me like you thought 'Jasper, do it orally' in biology and then at night when he came to your window you thought 'worried, Jasper' or something to that effect. Bella then started laughing quietly.

"Alice," she started, "I was wondering what Jasper's opinion was about Civil War museums. I explained that to Edward, I thought he knew," she finished.

"He is still worried about the whole 'orally' deal. He thinks you were talking about…"

"Ew. That's just gross. I was thinking about a report we have to give in English. I was upset that we have to do it orally, and I wanted to hand in a written one. Oh, and about when he was at my window, I was worried about Edward, I thought there might be something wrong, because he was so weird. He seemed so tense when I asked him about Jasper." She explained in a tone that had gone from "that's funny" to annoyance in seconds.

"You might want to explain that to him," I told her.

"Yeah, Alice, I think I will explain that to him," she said, a smile playing on her lips.

A/N- I don't know when I will have the next chapter up, I have to read Oliver Twist for English Lit. and am only just over halfway through it. :( I will get it up as soon as possible, though.