We sat in Jasper's dad's truck, and being a truck it had a small cabin. It was odd to sit in such close proximity to Jasper. Previous to today I had only ever seen him give me a slight smile, or wave every now and then. I had no idea what to say to him.
"Hey Jasper, I'm sorry I cut myself today but my mum died and I can't handle it. Eddie pushed me over the edge." Hmm, somehow I don't think I'll be saying anything like that to him. I looked over to him, he looked so calm all of the time. Well, maybe not all the time. His blue eyes were focused on the road ahead of him, one hand on the steering wheel, the other on the gear stick, right next to my knee. He was wearing a grey button up shirt, he'd rolled the sleeves up and i could his muscled forearms. Jasper was, in my opinion, far more attractive than Edward. But he always seemed to be overlooked by the female population.
I was wondering why i had never noticed Jasper with a girlfriend when he glanced over and caught me staring. I blushed furiously and quickly looked away. I stared straight ahead until i heard Jasper chuckle. I swung my head around ready to yell at him for laughing at me.
"No need to be embarrassed, i'd probably stare if i wasn't driving." I blushed again at his confession. He thought i was pretty? No, my morbid side told me, he thinks you're a freak. I kept my eyes on the road until we pulled into the parking lot next to the theatre.
Jasper walked by my side into the lobby and we looked up to the schedule. "What'd you wanna see?" he looked over at me. I scanned the titles.
"Marley & Me. I love Owen Wilson, he's so funny." I smiled up at Jasper, and he returned it. He grabbed my elbow and pulled me over to the counter. After picking up our supplies of popcorn and creaming soda we made our way into the theatre. There was only a few minutes until the movie started. I pulled off my cardigan so that i could put it on once we got outside.
Jasper pulled my arm into his lap. He stroked his fingers over the bandage around my wrist. He had that look of extreme sorrow on his face. "It's fine." I tried to pull my arm back. I shouldn't have taken my cardigan off.
"No, it's not. I just want to hit him." He let go of my arm and looked into my eyes. "You always seemed so strong, like he never affected you. It annoyed him no end."
"I'm not strong." I whispered my reply. I hung my head. It was true, i wasn't. I could barely function.
Jasper seemed about to say something but we got shushed because the movie started. As the lights went out Jasper grabbed my hand and held it in his. I glanced up at his face as his thumb began to trace circles on the palm of my hand. He smiled and looked toward the screen.