Jasper walked me to the door even though I told him I was quite capable of managing myself. He just told me that his 'mama' had raised him to be a gentleman. I stopped as we reached the front door.

"Thanks Jasper, for everything." I smiled and went to turn and walk inside but he quickly wrapped me up in a hug. I felt like my entire body was tingling, he lifted me so my feet were no longer touching the ground.

"You're welcome." He whispered into my ear. I shivered as his lips touched my ear. He put me down and walked back to his truck, I waved and went inside. "It was just an accident; I am just imagining all this chemistry." As I walked inside I looked into the lounge room, Charlie was already asleep on the floor, I sighed and went upstairs to take a shower.

I was just bunking down to go to sleep when Charlie mumbled, "Love you, Bells." I smiled into my pillow.

"Love you too, Dad." I sighed and for the first time in a long time I fell asleep straight away.

I was standing in the middle of a highway with cars rushing by me, I felt as if I was in slow-motion. It was raining heavily, my hair hung down in clumps, water ran down my face. As I spotted Phil's truck in the distance I spun around and saw an old man, barely awake, in a little red car. I knew what I had to do. I began to run as fast as I could toward Phil's truck. I was too slow; the little red car drove past me.

Everything slowed down as the car swerved in front of Phil's truck. The little car hit the truck and the tail end of the truck lifted into the air. I watched in horror as the little car spun away into safety. The truck rolled and landed hard on the roof. I saw my mum's face. She looked horrified, but then as she noticed me she relaxed and smiled. I screamed as her eyes closed. "Bella"

"Bella, it's ok. It was only a nightmare." I opened my eyes and looked at Mrs Peter's gently smiling face. She handed me a glass of water. "I can get some sleeping pills for you, if you want?"

I shook my head. "No, thanks. I'm ok." It seemed like that was my catch phrase. I was so exhausted all the time, pretending to be ok.

"Okay then. Have you made any friends?" She was a lovely woman; she was good at her job. She knew when to change the subject, and when to keep on it.

"Kind of, I think." I smiled as I recalled seeing Jasper that morning. He had been waiting in the parking lot for me. He walked me to my first class then promised to see me in biology.

"That's good. If they feel the need to speak to me, it's a heavy topic," She smiled again. "Let them know to just come and see me." I nodded and stood.

As I stepped into the corridor I noticed a tiny little girl I had never seen before. She looked how I felt. Completely lost. She saw me staring and perked up, as she bounced over I internally groaned.

"Hi!" She was too bubbly, how could anyone be this happy? "I'm Alice!"

"Bella," I gave her my half hearted smile, and she smiled brightly in return. She had black hair spiked up all over the place and beautiful big brown eyes. She was very pretty.

"Do you know where the biology lab is?" She smiled hopefully, this girl smiled way too much. Didn't her face hurt?

"Yeah I have bio now. I'll walk you." I walked over to my locker and grabbed my books. My mood lifted as I remembered that this was my only class with Jasper. Alice babbled about moving here from Florida. She couldn't believe how little the sun came out, and about her mum who was a surgeon who was working with Dr. Cullen. Why did I offer to walk her?

"Yeah, Mum and I have moved a fair bit since dad died, but that was years ago now. I still have to go to counselling; apparently I can't handle loss very well. Oh my, I'm sorry, I babble when I'm nervous." I wasn't sure what to say, it was such a bizarre situation.

"It's ok, I only moved here a couple of months ago, my mum died, too." I had meant to make her feel more relaxed, not burden her with my baggage. I gave her an apologetic smile. She took my hand and squeezed it tightly.

"I'm sorry to hear that Bella." She looked very upset. I shrugged as we walked into biology. I took my seat next to Angela Weber. She was a quiet girl, so we got along fine.

"Alright, since we have a new member of our class it is a good time to rearrange. I've had a request from a certain individual that they be removed from their current position in the class. So I've written up a new seating plan which I believe will benefit everyone." As I listened out for my name I noticed that long time couple Emmett and Rosalie had been placed apart from one another. They must have asked to be moved.

I listened as Alice was placed with Emmett. Although I'd never spoken to him before, I knew that he was extremely nice. I waited to hear who Jasper would be seated next to. That is until my name preceded his, my stomach fluttered as I gathered my things and sat next to him.

He spun around so he was facing me and gave me a huge smile. I couldn't help but return it, I had an, almost impossible to deny, desire to lean in and wrap my arms around him. I managed to control myself though; he'd just laugh at me anyway. "I see you've made friends with the new girl." He nodded his head in Alice's direction. I glanced over and saw that she was trying to make conversation with a very distracted looking Emmett.

"Yeah, I guess. Her name's Alice." I shrugged and opened up my notebook. Mr. Varner had left the classroom without me noticing, he was pushing the TV into the room as Jasper scooted his chair closer to mine.

"Wanna come over for dinner tonight?" My head nearly came off my shoulders with the force that I spun around to look at Jasper. He began to chuckle and I realised that my mouth was hanging open. He leaned forward and held me close as he whispered into my ear, "I want to be your friend, Bella. I like you." His lips came so close to my ear that I could feel his breathe. "Let me be your friend." I had begun to melt, I was incapable of speaking so I nodded my head slightly, which was a bad idea as it made his lips come into contact with the shell of my ear. My breath hitched in my throat as he lifted his head to remove himself from such close proximity, but this further increased the trouble I was having in focusing by causing his lips to drag along my ear.

A slight moan escaped my lips and even though I blushed as Jasper stared into my eyes I was glad only he could hear it. I could see nothing beyond his impossibly blue eyes. I felt the calmest I had been since hearing him sing in that dingy little cafe those few days before. He made me forget how miserable I was. If only he liked me the way I liked him, then maybe we could spend more time together.

He looked away as Mr. Varner requested our attention. I adjusted myself so that I could see the screen, I began to take notes. That is until I heard Jasper's seat scrape the floor, I glanced back to see what the hell he was doing. Until I realised just how close he was to me now. I spun my gaze back to the front of the room, I tried to concentrate but gave up when his hands were on my hips and he was pulling me back in my seat so that I was leaning against him. He wrapped his arms around my waist and dropped his head so that our cheeks were touching.

I gingerly placed my arms on his forearms, and once again I was taken aback as to how muscular he was. His appearance was deceiving, he seemed so thin and gangly, but he was muscled and strong. I nearly jumped out of my skin as his fingers began to dance at my sides, as if he wanted to lift my shirt but was afraid to.

We sat like that through the rest of the lesson; I was getting more and more flustered as time went on. Does this mean he really likes me? I had no idea; maybe this was all wishful thinking. As I grabbed my things from the bench Alice bounced over, she looked even more cheerful.

"Hi Bella, is this your boyfriend?" She looked at Jasper expectantly. Who looked at me questioningly, and I'm sure I looked shocked.

"Um, no. Not my boyfriend. We're just friends, Alice." Jasper looked like he frowned for half a second. Alice looked a little confused but shrugged slightly.

"Would you like to sit with us at lunch Alice?" He extended his hand and Alice looked dazzled. She giggled slightly and I felt a surge of jealousy rush through me. Ridiculous.

I turned to leave the room when I saw Edward leaning against the door frame smiling at me, I could tell he was waiting for me because he looked menacing. I looked down at the floor, hoping against hope that he wouldn't see me when I saw him shift out the corner of my eye.

"Hey Bella," I could tell that he was smirking from the tone of his voice. "I heard about what you did, cheer up emo kid." He chuckled at his own wit. I just stood, waiting, staring at the floor. I could hear Alice and Jasper chatting and walking towards us. I wished that I could disappear; I didn't want Jasper to see me being ridiculed. "You know, Swan, I even have a tip for you. Don't cross the road, go straight down it."

"You piece of shit." I heard Jasper growl and then the sound of a stool being knocked over. I looked up to see him punch Edward right in the face. "You absolute fuck head." Jasper grabbed him by the collar and pushed him onto the floor. "You don't speak to her; your skanks don't speak to her. She is ten times the person you will ever be." Jasper gestured for me to step over the glaring and bloody Edward. I could not help myself.

"Cullen, go fuck yourself."