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Chapter Seven: Pinky Promises, Questions, and Freaks.

Previously…

Someone pushed me from my side causing me to connect with the gravel with a loud smack. I heard laughter, but it slowly turned to a dull pounding sound echoing in my mind. But something awoke my senses, a soft calming voice. I opened my eyes to see…

Complete darkness; that's all I saw. I felt the ground disappear under me, and I felt something warm and strong envelope around me. I felt safe, causing my mind to slowly fall asleep.

~000~

"I warned her yesterday." I heard a moody voice mumble.

"She really is getting hurt all of the time." Someone said seriously.

"Maybe we should teach her self-defense."

"That's a good idea Rose." Spoke a soft voice.

"No way! She's too small and fragile, no matter if she knew how, it would still end this way." A voice whisper yelled. The voice was extremely close to me, and really familiar.

WHOA! Is that Jasper? Some emotion swelled in my chest, I wondered about what emotion it was as they all continued to talk.

"Hey lover boy, you don't know our Mar-Mar as well, last week she defended herself pretty well." The serious voice spoke.
"You mean when she wound up in the hospital with a concussion?" The voice next to me said angrily.

They're talking about me? I didn't like all of them talking about me like this…I'm not that weak am I?

"Maybe he has a point." The moody voice spoke again.

"Ugh! What is your problem with girls learning to defend themselves?"

"Rose, it's not that…it's they shouldn't have to." Jasper whispered in a strained voice.
"He's right. I don't want Mary fighting, but the only idea I have…well I don't think she'll agree." The serious voice said.

"Em, she won't agree to that at all! We cannot treat her like a child." The moody voice suddenly said sympathetically.

"What's the idea?" The soft voice asked.

"He is thinking that someone stays with her at all times. Like house arrest, she cannot leave without one of us." The moody voice replied.

"That's not very fair. You can't lock her up." The soft voice said.

"I think it's a good idea." The voice next to me said.

"Of course you would! This is entirely your fault!" Someone snapped loudly.

The loud sound made my head hurt. The pain, which I just become aware of, started aching near my left temple. I was about to open my eyes when someone's voice caused me to stop.

"Rose, don't you think I know that?" Jasper hissed.

"Maybe we should ask her what she thinks about all of this." The soft voice spoke, which caused everyone to go quiet.

I don't want them to always be put out and worrying about me… I thought sadly, but I didn't want to open my eyes to be barraged with questions, worried faces, and the pity in their eyes that I am once again in the hospital.

"Uhm, maybe Mary would say she doesn't want us to worry." The moody voice said suddenly, "She doesn't need our worry, but maybe just our support."
"Ed's right about that. Mary needs our support." The serious voice spoke.

"What's that mean exactly?"

"I mean, that she has had a stressful week, and we were only all worrying about her stress, but forgetting that she has other feelings." The moody voice said.

THANK YOU EDWARD!

"I think we shouldn't overwhelm her when she wakes up." The voice I now recognized as Edward said.

"I think your right. Emmett can you take me home now?"

"Sure Bella. Rose do you want a ride too?" The once serious voice spoke cheerfully.

Emmett's rarely serious. Was he so serious because of me?

"Yes, please…I think Jasper is going to be here awhile."

"Em, I think I'll stay here too then." Edward said.
"Oh Edward, then please call me later and tell me how Mary is." Bella asked.

"Of course." Edward said.

I can hear the smile in his voice…AWE!

"I'll walk out with you guys." Jasper said. I heard him stand up, and I felt gloomy as he walked away.

Once the door shut, I peeked through my eyelashes to see Edward sitting where Jasper just was. He gave me a small smile.

"To answer all of your questions and thoughts. No you are not weak, and yes Emmett was in that mood because of you. You're family Mary to him and me, and surprisingly I think Rosalie looks at you that way too. She called Emmett freaking out, and Emmett had to restrain her from going after Maria." I raised my eye brows at this, and a shooting pain in my left temple caused me to close my eyes.

"Ow!" I said involuntarily as I reached my hand up to my temple. I felt bumps.

"You have six stitches. I'm not surprised you don't remember. You looked like you were in shock, which Carlisle realized at once was the PTSD, so he put you in this room and we all sat here with you till you fell asleep." As he said this his eyes looked pained.

"Who found me? The last thing I remember is when I pushed to the ground."
Edward nodded, "Yeah Carlisle said you weren't going to remember much." Then he gave me a grimace, "Jasper found you; he was walking by on his way home and saw you on the ground, as soon as Maria and her friends saw him they ran. He carried you to the hospital and called Rosalie, who called Emmett, and Emmett called dad."

Jasper lives by that park? And he carried me all the way to the hospital?! But it's about a fifteen minute drive…so walking…what thirty minutes?

"No, it took him about ten minutes." Edward said, answering my thoughts.

"What?!" I said, incredulous.

"He ran. When we got to the hospital he was freaking out. Rose said he was even worse when she first got there. He hasn't left your side until now." Edward gave me a small smile, "And to answer another one of your thoughts from earlier. I think that emotion was love Mary…"

"What?!" I asked again. I blushed, but then frowned. But he doesn't…

Edward looked at me hesitantly, "Actually…"
I sat up at his words, "Spit it out!"

Edward chuckled, "I wish you could have seen him. He was very protective of you. I mean he sat here for five hours as you slept; the rest of us at least at dinner in the cafeteria."
Something suddenly occurred to me, "How did Bella get here?"

Edward's face flushed, "Uhm, she and I were on our way to dinner when Emmett called me."

"Oh my gosh! Edward, I am so sorry I ruined your date!" I felt so bad.

"Don't feel bad." He smiled at me, "Us freaks have to stick together right?"
I laughed at him. Oh…wait a second. "Jasper sat here for five hours?! What time is it?"

Edward grimaced, "About midnight."

"I ruined another day for everyone." I sighed, maybe I really do need a babysitter…then I'd only ruin one person's day.

"I'm going to smack you if you think that again." Edward said seriously.

KNOCK KNOCK

Edward grinned at me, and wiggled his eyebrows in an Emmett like fashion. "Come in!"

Jasper walked in, he looks disheveled. His normally combed hair laying in every direction, and he looked tired with bags under his eyes. But despite all of that he was still beautiful.
Edward looked at me with his eyebrows raised, his eyes showed his amusement, but also he looked like he would of rather not heard that.

"Okay, well now that you are awake I am going to tell dad." Edward said getting up, walking out the door.

I felt a little awkward with it just being Jasper and I. He stood there by the door for a minute, but then came and sat down on the chair beside me. I sat up all the way, so I could face him better.

"Thank you." I whispered.

He looked into my eyes, he looked pained. "Don't."
I was taken aback by his harsh tone. "What…what do you mean 'don't'?"

He continued to stare into my eyes, "It was my fault. Maria was only did this because she thought I broke up with her because of you."
I looked down; my heart ached at his words. For some ridiculous reason I felt like crying. "Oh. Well it's not your fault that's what she thought." Of course you weren't the reason Alice …so why did a small part of me hope and think so? Jasper put his hand on my cheek; it was warm, cradling the right side of my face in his hand.

"There is just something about you, I don't know if it's the absolute cheerfulness that swirl in your eyes, or the way you dance as you walk, or maybe it's just the way that when you look me in the eyes I feel like you can see straight to my soul; maybe it's all of that, but I'm drawn to you." He laughed a little shakily, "It sounds crazy, I've only had a single decent conversation with you; but I can't shake these feelings." He stared into my eyes, hand cradling my face, the entire time he spoke. "I want you to know, that I didn't break up with Maria because of you…I didn't even realize I had these feelings towards you till afterwards, that relationship with her was toxic, and wrong. But it wasn't until I saw you that I realized how terrible it was."
I felt shocked, and thoroughly thankful that Edward could read minds. This must be why he left the room! I made a mental note to thank him later.

Jasper suddenly smiled nervously, and breathed out a ragged breath looking down at his lap. "I'm sorry."

He removed his hand from my face, but it felt like he took a half of my soul as he did. He snapped his head up and looked at me seriously.

"I have no idea what you are thinking, but why do you look so sad?" He asked, looking me in the eyes.

I hesitated before I spoke, "Uh, uhm…whooaaa." I laughed self-consciously. "I-I just wasn't expecting you to say that."
He looked a little rejected at me words. I quickly spoke so he wouldn't get the wrong idea.

"You're right, everything you said sounded crazy. But since I first saw you," I took in a deep breath, and nervously kept talking, "goodness, it's like you, a person I didn't even know, was suddenly everything."

Oh geesh Alice! Now you sound like an idiot!

I laughed nervously at myself, and dropped my eyes because Jasper looked like a fish out of water. We sat in an extremely awkward silence for what felt like forever. Suddenly Jasper laughed loudly.

"Who knew?" He whispered.

I looked up at him, and he was grinning.

"Mary, I really want to get to know you. But I just got out of a bad relationship, and we barely know anything about each other. So I don't want to jump head first into things. I mean, that didn't work out so well for Romeo and Juliet. But maybe start as friends?" He asked me, a million emotions swimming in his eyes.

I felt a little disappointed, but also curious and amused. Curious of the emotions in his eyes and amused that he just referred to us as Romeo and Juliet.

"Friends…" I contemplated.

"I want to do this right, and take things slow. You're worth doing this right." He smiled softly at me.

He grabbed both of my hands in his, as he did so his smile turned into a goofy looking grin.

"Now I have a good feeling that you heard our conversation about locking you up earlier."
I sighed, "Yes."
He squeezed my hands.

"I want you to know, none of them think you are a burden, especially Rose." He said softly.

I looked at him doubtfully. "I don't know."
"At the least trust me about Rose, she is my twin sister; I know her pretty well." He smiled at me, never taking his eyes off of mine.

"Okay." I said, I couldn't help but trust him when he looked at me like that.

We sat there for a few minutes, holding hands, just staring into each other's eyes, grinning like fools. As we were a thought crossed my mind. Should I tell him about my visions? … I wish Edward was here to help me figure out if I can tell him that without freaking him out yet…

BBBBUZZ BUZZZZZ BBUZZZZ

It was my phone vibrating in my pocket. It can't be… Jasper let go of my hands so I could grab my phone.

From: Edward

Little freak! UHM without giving too much away, I can only tell you that you should tell him. Honesty is the best policy right? Also, you're really lucky I had just come back to check on you guys to see if you were done with your little chat…I was going to wait it out, but eh it was WAAAYYY to lovey dovey. Anyway, good luck! He is right about you're worth him taking this slow and right. But since you two seem to be working things out, I am going to head home. Dad said that he will check on you in the morning and that you should sleep. It is almost one am…be good, I'll know if he wasn't as nice as his thoughts were before I left…and to be honest, for being a guy; well he must really like and respect you. You could stay up and get to know each other, anyway I'm done rambling. Have fun!

I couldn't help but smile and laugh at his text message. I silently thanked him, Thanks freak!

I looked back at Jasper as I put my phone back in my pocket and he looked a little upset.

"Edward is just letting me know that he is leaving, and that Carlisle told me to stay here over night and he'll check on me in the morning."

"Are you tired?" Jasper asked me, he looked at me almost like a parent worry about their child.

"Nope."
"Does your head hurt?" He asked, "And don't even think about lying, I'll be able to tell." He warned.

I smiled, "A little, but talking to you is distracting me."
He smiled back at me. I patted the space in front of me with my hand.

"Could you sit up here? This is going to sound crazy, but it's really being eye level with someone. It's making me feel like I have grown two feet." I said, slightly embarrassed. But it was true; it has been bugging me a little.

Jasper laughed, "Sure."

~000~

It was around four am now, and we have just been sitting on the hospital bed asking each other questions. I learned that Jasper works at a bakery, and he has a major sweet tooth; but he hates anything with cranberries. His favorite color is green, he likes goat cheese, his favorite subject is history, and he loves the history channel. He is a total geek; he loves Dr. Who, Stargate, and almost everything Sci-Fi. He asked me all of my favorite things and then I asked him about his childhood, but even thinking about how he would turn around and ask the same question. He had told me that his dad left and his best friend Peter's parents died, and now Peter lives with him. I decided that this would be the best time to bring up the visions, after he had turned the question back to me.

"Well I didn't really have many friends; most kids thought I was really weird." For the first time tonight I dropped my eyes from him, it felt like my heart broke when I did.

"Why would they do that?" He asked grabbing both of my hands like he did earlier.

"Because, eh, I-I am. I am weird, I mean. It's kinda strange, and complicated, and uh-uhm." Suddenly what Edward had told me earlier came to mind, about practicing. "Maybe I can show."
I closed my eyes, trying to focus and concentrate. It took a minute or two, and Jasper sat silently holding my hands the whole time.

*"Jazz!" I squealed, "Yes, yes, yes, a million yes'!" He grinned goofily at me, as he put a ring on my finger. As soon as the ring on my finger he stood up and enveloped me in a tight hug. "I love you Alice."*

WHOA! We're going to get married?! We are really soul mates! I couldn't help but grin. But I can't tell him that! I was hoping for something a little sooner…crap.

"Uhm, give me another minute."

Now I was irritated that it wasn't working like I wanted it to, but secretly bubbling inside with joy and excitement. Jasper still sat there, I saw the curiosity and confusion burning in his eyes right before I closed mine. Come on, come on! I yelled in my head.

*BRRINNNGGG BBBRRRRRRINNG BBRRRRINNGG, Jasper fumbled with his pocket getting his phone out, he had a strange look on his face. "Hey Pete, no I forget to go to the grocery tonight…I know, we totally need to figure out what that lady's name was. Maybe Rose can figure it out tomorrow…But hey it's like four am why are you calling me?"*

"Perfect!" I squealed, pulling out my phone. "What's your number?"

I asked without even thinking about it, but after it escaped my lips I felt a little embarrassed. Jasper looked at me confused, but then he smiled and gave me his number.

"Now, I'm not complaining, but why did I just give you my number?" Jasper asked with that goofy grin.

"I'm going to text you something, but you cannot read it until you're done with your phone call. Oh and you have to promise not to freak out, because it's weird."

Jasper nodded, "Oh so you texted me why people thought you were weird? Why can't you just say it? And wait, what do you mean after my ph-"

BRRINNNGGG BBBRRRRRRINNG BBRRRRINNGG, Jasper fumbled with his pocket getting his phone out, he had that same strange look on his face.

"Hey Pete, no I forget to go to the grocery tonight…I know, we totally need to figure out what that lady's name was. Maybe Rose can figure it out tomorrow…But hey it's like four am why are you calling me?" Jasper looked a little shocked, he looked me in the eyes, and a weird smile appeared on his face.

"Hey Pete, I will be home later. I'll explain it all then."

Jasper then proceeded to read the text message I had sent him. He sat there for about five minutes staring at him screen. I was starting to feel extremely nervous, Oh no, Edward was wrong! He's going to leave, this is just too weird! I was mentally freaking out, but when Jasper looked back up at me he was grinning.

"T-that was, uhm…wow." He said. Even though he was grinning I could still see he was in shock.

"I told you I was weird…" I said, what's going to happen after he calms down? I was starting to worry, but then he spoke and it was my turn to be in shock.

"Mary, uh, I was wondering how to tell you this all night, and no one besides Rose knows this." He took a deep breath, "I can feel and see other people's emotions."

What? He can read people's emotions? I stared at him for a moment, but then I grinned mischievously. I closed my eyes and thought the first time I met Rose.

"Intimidated…I'm guessing the first time you met Rose? Almost everyone, except for Emmett Cullen, has felt that way when they first met her." He said casually.

I felt my jaw drop.

"Hey! Don't look so shocked that I was telling the truth." He said grabbing my hands, he was laughing as he did so.

"Well, friend. This is a relief." I said laughing. I wonder if Edward would be mad if I told Jasper about him?

*"You did what?!" Edward hissed when I told him I told Jasper. We were eating breakfast together in that little café that we were in Thursday. To stop him from freaking out I explained to him about Jasper. I had been keeping my mind guarded since the hospital. Edward's eyes widened, "That makes sense, his thoughts were always very aware of everyone in the room. He even noticed when you were asleep at the hospital and noticed his voice. His mind was filled with thoughts of love."*

"Mary!? Mary?!" Jasper was yelling and shaking my shoulders when my eyes focused.

"Why are you shaking me?" I asked.

He stared at me for a few moments, he looked panicked.

"Y-your eyes! Mary, they just like went blurry! You zoned out and couldn't hear me!" He was saying in a strained voice, and then he looked at me seriously, "Did you just have a vision?"
I smiled at his question, "Yes…man you and Edward almost had the same reactions."
Jasper frowned, "Edward knows?" he said quietly.

I grinned, "Yes, well I didn't have to tell him he just knows…see my vision was of his reaction of me telling you how he knows, and since he didn't react badly, well I'm going to tell you."

Jasper raised his eyebrows, "Okay?" He said unsure.

"Edward reads minds." I said quickly.

Jasper's eyes widened, haha that's just the reaction Edward has in my vision!

"He…reads….minds…?" Jasper asked incredulous.

~000~

We talked the rest of the morning away; from everything to stories of our weird abilities to our favorite hobbies. Sometimes we would just stare at each other for minutes. I felt so safe and free when I am with him. After Carlisle came to check on me, and since he wasn't surprised to see Jasper I guess Edward warned him, we went home. He insisted on walking me home, on the way we made plans to go out to dinner tomorrow. We also talked about how Edward, him, and I needed to hang out more. By the time we got to the house Esme was coming outside to leave for work.

"Oh Mary! I was so worried about you! You're no longer allowed to go to that park by yourself, okay? I can't handle you getting hurt all the time!" Esme said in relief and also sadness in her voice.

I smiled brightly at her, "Okay, that's probably a good idea."

I looked over at Jasper who was gaping at Esme his eyes wide and jaw dropped.

"You work at the grocery store down the road!" He said, for some reason he looked relieved.

Esme chuckled, "Yes, you and your brother come in all of the time right? You never use a shopping cart?"
This time Jasper chuckled, "Yes. My name's Jasper. I'm Mary's friend."

I sighed inwardly at the word 'friend' but smiled because I knew the outcome.

"Anne. I'm Mary's older sister." Esme smiled motherly at us both. "I'm off to work. Mary, please stay safe!" She said giving me a hug and waving to us both as she left.

Jasper and I sat there for a few minutes just looking at each other. He grinned his goofy grin at me and brought his face close to mine. I closed my eyes without thought. I felt his lips on my forward.

"This is where we part." He put his forward on mine as he said this.

"Text me later when you wake up, and maybe we can do something?" He looked at me questioningly.

I grinned at him, "I promise."

He smiled down at me, "Pinky promise?" His goofy grin came out again.

I giggled, "Pinky promise."
We crossed our pinky and held our hands like that, just looking into each other's eyes.

I could stare into those eyes for the rest of my life. I thought happily.

He kissed my hand and then we said goodbye, for now.

I feel like I am living out a fairy tale… I fell asleep dreaming of my future with Jasper Whitlock.

A/N Happy chapter! I pretty much had a grin on my face the entire time I wrote this. What did you guys think? Let me know!
Oh and a special thanks to those who comment, follow, and favorite the story. Also a very special thanks to those who comment on every chapter, (you know who you are!) thank you; you're the encouragement that has been making me write so much, and not only encouragement but inspiration.

Okay, I will give you the title of the next chapter. (:

Chapter Eight: Group Date.

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