A/N: So guys, I never finished this chapter, and I procrastinated on my History project to finish this long over due project. People who can regularly update, WE NEED TO CHAT. How do people do it? Juggling school, homework and work, I barley have a second to sit down! So it's about midnight-ish, and I still need to do like two hours worth of History. I know it's far from perfect, I had it planned out so much better in my head. Next chapter will be the date, so you don't wanna miss that!
Chapter 3:
"I understand your concerns Mrs. Patterson, but here at Switch we do the best we can to make our customers happy," I heard my business partner and best friend Sue Clearwater say into the phone. "Yes, you have complete say in whatever we decide to do." I heard another pause as Mrs. Patterson continued to speak. "Okay, so you do want to go through with it?" Sue grabbed a sticky note and wrote down Mrs. Patterson's information. "Excellent. We'll create a team, and take a look at your house next Monday." Sue finally hung up the phone and sighed.
"Let me guess, old rich single rich woman?" I asked jokingly.
"Yes, who wants everything to be perfect. She wants her house to be completely redone."
Sue and I created Switch five years ago after we both realized our love for interior design. Although it was rocky the first two years, Switch has really taken off. You'd be surprised how many people in the Olympia Peninsula want their house redecorated.
"Do you mind if I leave a little early today?" I asked.
"Not at all. Why?"
"Jasper has his first baseball game of the year at three. He's upset that his old coach left, so I'd thought that I would go to support him."
"That's nice," Sue said with a sweet smile. "You know, it's already two-thirty right now, you better get going."
My eyes widened. "Already? This is why I need a watch," I joked. "I'll see you tomorrow Sue."
"Bye Esme," I heard just before I closed the door to her office. I walked to my office, which was right next door. I grabbed my bag, and my jacket and headed out the door.
I walked through the line of cubicles outside Sue and I's offices. On the desk there were sketches, measurements, and a whole lot of papers.
"Esme!" Karen called from behind me. "If I could just have a few minutes, I would like to discuss the master bedroom for the King's"
"Leave it on my desk and we can discuss it tomorrow."
"Okay, thank you!" She said enthusiastically.
I kept walking smiling to everyone as I left, and saying a quick good-bye to the receptionist, Gianna.
The drive to the game was short. My office was only about ten minutes away from the school. I got a call from Emmett's mom, Kendall.
"Please tell me you're coming Esme!" She said after I said a quick hello.
"Yeah, I'm coming. What's wrong over there?" I asked, a little concerned.
"Let's just say, Missy and Thomas Harrison just arrived, with a bodyguard…" She replied. Thomas Harrison used to be a baseball play for the Mariners. Now, he his son plays Baseball for Beaver, Fork's ememies. Missy Harrison used to make Kendall and I's life a living hell. She would always blame our children for picking fights with her son James. Let's just say Jasper and Emmett didn't get along with James very well, and vice versa.
"People don't recognize Thomas anymore. No one ever did!"
"I swear to God, if Missy comes over here when James and Jasper and Emmett get into a fight…"
"Calm down, I'm pulling into the parking lot right now," I interrupted.
"She's walking over, run Esme, run!"
I smiled and hung up the phone. As soon as I parked the car, I rushed over to the bleachers, not spending anytime fixing my hair or makeup. I sat down next to Kendall who was shooting Missy death glares, as she was talking to other parents.
"God, I hate her…"
"Hello to you too," I said to Kendall.
She sarcastically smiled at me, the same way Emmett always does.
Just then Missy walk up the bleachers in her 500 dollar shoes and her 200 dollar designer jeans. She sat down right in front of us and turned around with the fakest smile known to man.
"Hello ladies," She said.
"Missy," Kendall nodded.
"I hope your boys down cause any trouble this game,"
"Same for your kid," Kendall replied. Missy got up and walked back over to her husband, and their bodyguard. "how was that?" Kendall asked, as soon as Missy was out of ear shot.
"Good girl, I'm so proud out you!" I said patting her head like a dog.
The game started on time. Jasper and Emmett were in their usual positions. Emmett was always catcher and Jasper was pitcher. First up with James. Emmett and James said a few words that no one besides each other could make out. People probably didn't need to head their insults to each other. James hit the fastball and made it to first base. The inning continued with two strike outs, and one fly ball.
Rosalie and Alice showed up halfway through the second inning. They arrived just as Emmett was up at bat. He had two strikes and one ball.
"You can do it Babe!" Rosalie called to him. Emmett turned around and looked into the stands. He saw Rose and winked. Emmett then hit a double. Emmett always claimed that Rose was his good luck charm, and sometimes, I believed she was.
"Woah, hottie alert!" Kendall said. Sometimes Kendall acted more like teenager than a 40 year old. "Did you see the new coach yet?"
"No, I haven't, why is he cute?" I asked.
"See for yourself!" She said, turning my head. That's when I looked straight into the eyes of Carlisle Cullen.
"Wait… wait a minute…" I stuttered. I blinked a few times to see if I saw him correctly.
"What is it?" Rose asked.
"I have a… uhh… date with him on Saturday…" I trailed off.
"You have a date with him? Mom, you said he was good looking, but you failed to mention flawless!"
"Godlike," Alice added.
Kendall looked at the girls in disbelief. "You guys are missing something. Sexy."
Alice and Rose looked at her. "Uhh, I wouldn't call my mom's date sexy… that's weird."
"Not to mention extremely creepy…" Alice added again.
"So, let's discuss this man." Kendall said. "What's his name?"
"Carlisle. Carlisle Cullen." I said.
"Okay, now what does he do?" Kendall asked again.
"He's a general surgeon." I told her.
We spent the next two innings discussing Carlisle.
In the middle of the fifth inning, Jasper got onto double base. Forks was only trailing by one point. If Jasper got a homerun, then this would tie up the game.
Mike Newton got a single bringing Jasper to home plate. Jasper made it to third base and was half way to running it home, when a mother's worst nightmare occurred. It happened to fast, I didn't even realize it. Jasper was hit in the eye with a near eighty mile per hour baseball by James. Jasper was on the ground laying their motionless. A scream escaped Alice's lips. Kendall, Rose, Alice and I ran down to the bottom of the bleachers behind the medal fence. I told them to stay right there, ask I ran onto the field. I was shaking with fear as I approached Jasper, who was still not moving.
Carlisle knelt down next to Jasper along with Emmett and the other team's coach.
"You're Jasper's mother?" Carlisle asked.
"Yes." I said, too nervous to come up with a cute comeback.
"He'll be okay, he's just knocked out. He's a strong boy. He'll be okay. I promise." Carlisle told me. His golden eyes looked into mine, and my heart melted. "But due to protocol, he will need to go to the ER."
"Of course." I nodded.
"I'm going to kill Harrison." Emmett said getting up furiously. "Harrison! You want to go?"
"Em, he's not worth it," I heard Rose call from the sidelines.
"Stay out of this Rose."
"Emmett calm down!" Kendall called.
"Don't wanna heard it Mom!" He snapped. "Harrison, get your ass over here!"
A bunch of the Forks baseball players tried to hold back Emmett from attacking James, but it was no use. Emmett was much stronger.
"You wouldn't have the gut McCarthy. Look even your girlfriend and your mom are trying to fight your own battles for you." With that, Emmett charged him, but was held back by the umpire.
"Your out of the game McCarthy!" The umpire yelled.
Emmett got out of his grip and shoved him aside and ran back to Jasper. "Buddy, you need to wake up now. Show's over, we proved that James is an ass." Emmett said, his voice wavering. "Seriously Jasper wake up!"
"Emmett he's knocked out, he can't hear you." I said to him. I placed my hand on his arm.
"You mean to tell me that James nearly kills my best friend, and get away with it?" Emmett nearly yelled.
"Emmett," Carlisle started to say.
"That's crap. That is complete crap." Emmett and Jasper completed each other's lives. They were the perfect fit for best friends.
An hour later, Jasper woke up in his hospital bed. Emmett and I were sitting next to him.
"what happened?" Jasper asked sleepily.
"Do you remember anything?" I asked him sweetly.
"I remember running and then everything with black." He said.
"James hit you with the ball in your eye." Emmett explained.
"That's why I have a headache?" Jasper asked.
"Let me go get a nurse to give you some more painkillers." I said leaving the room.
I walked over to the nurses' station right outside of the door. As I waited for a nurse I head the boys talking.
"Did we win at least?" Jasper joked.
"I don't know, I got kicked out." Emmett replied.
"Wait, how?"
"I may or may not have tried to kill Harrison." Emmett said, you could hear the pride in his voice.
"You what? Come on man, you didn't have to do that."
"Remember when we were in second grade and we made that pact, we'd have each other's backs? Well, you always had mine, and I've always had yours so why not now? I remember when we were about twelve and I broke my leg, and the whole summer you sat with me as we watched endless hours of movies."
"Ferris Buellers Day Off, I remember." Japer replied. "Where's Alice and Rose?"
"Waiting room, along with the whole baseball team."
"Could you get them for me? Oh and tell the baseball team to go home, I'm fine."
"Sure thing," Emmett said walking out of the room.
"Esme?" Carlisle asked. "How's Jasper?"
"Awake and alert. He just has a headache. I'm looking for a nurse to give him some painkillers."
"I can do it." Carlisle said smiling.
"Coach, I'm fine. I can play next game. The doctors said I could." Jasper said. His face turned red. He truly was the worst liar.
"Really? What's your doctors name?" Carlisle asked playing along.
"Umm Hannibalism..ian."
"Ahh, Hannibalismian, great guy, but horrible doctor. Worked with him for many years. The odd thing is, he quit last week…"
"Ohh then maybe it wasn't him." Jasper said.
"Do you know who your doctor is?" Carlisle asked.
"No…" Jasper replied.
"Me." Carlisle smiled. Jaspers eyes opened in shock.
Rose and Alice ran into the hospital room. "Don't you ever scare me like that again!" Alice said sternly.
"I'll try." Jasper replied smiling.
"I was so worried about you." Alice said softer.
"Pixie, don't worry about me I'm fine." Pixie was always Jasper nickname for Alice ever since they were little. He stopped using it for a while, but now uses it as a term of endearment. Oh to be young again… Jasper reached his hand out to take Alice's. He pulled her down for a soft kiss on her cheek.
Carlisle gave Jasper some pain killers, and pull me out into the hall to talk. "Jasper looks fine, and should recover fully in three weeks. But in the meantime, I need to keep it kind of easy."
"How long will he be in the hospital for?" I asked.
"I'm going to keep him overnight, and we'll see from there. Trust me Esme, everything will be alright. He will be up and running in no time. He can even play baseball in a month."
"Baseball isn't on the top of our priority list right now."
"I know it's not, I'm just trying to put things into perspective."
I nodded looking down. "Would it be inappropriate to still go on a date with my patient's mother?"
"Not at all."
"So we're still on for Friday?"
"Of course we are." I smiled. "But Jasper…"
"Okay then we can reschedule. Maybe Sunday or something."
Most guys I've ever dated never planned around Rose or Jasper.
"Yeah, Sunday sounds good."
A/N: Show me some love to get me through this week of hell. I have tons of project due, yet I am procrastinating. Review please?
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