Tuesday 17th September
In the morning I checked my phone after forgetting the night before and sure enough jasper had gotten home fine. I got up and did my usual morning things, shower, dressed, breakfast. Stuck and note of the fridge to say what was for lunch and left to go to school.
I pulled up into my usual space, smoothed my frazzled hair before grabbing my rucksack and climbing out the car, locking the door behind me. I was rather surprised to find Jasper not Jasmine waiting under the shelter.
"Hey," I said walking up to him," Where is Jasmine?" I peered behind him childishly as if she may be hiding.
"Connor said she's snowed in and can't be bothered to clear the drive so she's not coming in. He was going to wait to tell you but he'd already been waiting a while when I got here so I told him to go in a warm up," He said pushing the corridor door open as we headed inside.
"Lazy swine," I said laughing, "That's just like Jasmine" I smiled to him as we went into our history class room. Emmett and Connor waved us over and I was surprised to see they were the only ones there.
"Where's Rosalie?" I said as we went over towards our tables.
"She's not feeling good today so Carlisle said she should stay home," He said as I took the seat behind him, next to Connor
"The cold weather not agree with her?" I said laughing.
"Something like that," Emmett said grinning.
"Girls are all the same... one inch of snow and their nowhere to be found," Connor said shaking his head.
"Oi! What am I then hmm? I'll have you know that I'm female and I'm in school aren't I?" I said pouting childishly.
"You're female? That's news to me! Are those breasts under that huge sweater? I was certain you were just a fat long haired bloke!" Emmett said grinning like a mad thing.
"Watch it mate! I may not be a pretty girl, I know I'm butt ugly, but I am not a bloke! And I definitely ain't fat!" I said waggling my finger at him. He laughed at me as the teacher walked in to start another uninteresting lesson.
Jasper's p.o.v
I turned to the teacher to listen to him ramble on about stuff I already knew. I was thinking about what Lizzie, or Vamp, as everyone else called her, said, that she was ugly. She was the opposite of ugly. She was slightly shorter than me with wavy light brown hair, clear pale skin and chocolate brown eyes. Her baggy grey sweater hung loosely around her hiding her figure, but her skinny jeans that led in to big brown boots showed off her nice legs. Her pale pink lips where shiny from lip balm and always curving into different forms of smiles, she always smiled, and I liked that. She was beautiful in my eyes and her blood smelt delicious. Very different to Alice.
I clenched my hand when Alice crossed my mind. Shortly after our last meeting with the Volturi about Renesmee Alice had taken off after announcing she had had a vision about her falling in love with Alec. I had been mortified. That was three years ago now and I still bore the emotional scare to go along with my physical ones. I hadn't at the start thought I would or could live without Alice but my family had been there and over time they coaxed me back to civilisation. I had been glad to move away from Forks, everything reminded me of her, the house, the trees… even the clouds. But now here I was, after one day seeming to become friends with a Human. I doubted Alice could have even seen that one coming. The only human I had ever been friends with was Bella, and now she was a Vampire and married of Edward.
I felt a tapping on my shoulder and turned around to see Lizzie smiling at me.
"You wanted to ask sir about the due date for our project, class ends in like 3 minutes so I'd get a move on if you want to ask," She said with a friendly smile. I nodded in thanks and raised a hand.
"Yes...?" The teacher said.
"Jasper, sir. I was wondering when our projects are due," I said sitting straight in my chair.
"They're due in next Monday, class dismissed," He said before going back to marking papers.
I put my books into my bag and turned to wait for Lizzie to walk to maths.
"So Lizzie," I said looking to her. It took her a moment to realize I was talking to her.
"Oh, yeah?" She said grinning.
"Do you want to come around to mine tonight to finish the project?" I asked, content in just watching her face, her sent wafting into my nose as she swished her hair over her shoulder.
"Sure, but it's still snowing again so I doubt I'll be able to drive anywhere this afternoon, any chance of a lift?" She grinned sheepishly as we reached our classes.
"Sure, you can come home with us. Emmett brought his jeep so we'll be able to get home ok," I said smiling to her. She grinned, thanked me and then went into her class.
Lizzie's P.O.V
I sat in maths staring at my sheet blankly. He had called me Lizzie, no one called me Lizzie, my dad and teachers still called in Elizabeth, refusing to shorten it and everyone else called me Vamp. I kinda liked it, him only calling me that, I preferred it to my full name or Vamp which was good, because to be honest I preferred him to a lot of things to. Soon the lesson ended and after a toilet stop and water break I made my way to chemistry. Emmett was waiting for me outside the class.
"Afraid to go in alone?" I asked him, laughing slightly. He grinned and ruffled my hair with one of his huge hands.
"You know it... those girls are crazy like" He said slinging his arm around my shoulders.
"Oh and you think that is going to help?" I said shoving his arm off, "Rosalie wouldn't like that..." He looked at me sheepishly.
"You..."
"Worked it out? Yes... you and Rosalie...Edward and Bella? Yes I did...it's not hard when you make gaga eyes at each other all through lunch..." I said pushing the classroom door open.
He was very right, those girls had taken to the 'Cullen' boys very well, I mean who wouldn't? You don't often get new kids this far out into the middle of nowhere. Luckily I could control my teenage hormones, unlike the wild pack of teenage girls in here.
"Back off, back off," I said shooing them away as me and Emmett made our way to our table, "He's taken!" They all looked at me.
"VAMP HAS A BOYFRIEND," A girl called Ashley squealed, she had been trying, without success to set me up with some one for two years now.
"NOT BY ME YOU NIT WIT!" I growled rolling my eyes.
"Oh..." She said and then grinned, "You with one of his brothers then? Which one? I'll set you up!" I gave her a look and she quickly took her seat. Emmett was just snickering.
"Can it you!" I said flicking him on the ear.
"So do you have your eyes on one of my brothers?" He said after we had started our practical, titrations, my favourite. Not. I looked at him blankly.
"I've never had a boyfriends before and I don't feel like starting now, so to answer your question you and your brothers are very lovely but I cannot see myself dating anyone, let alone someone who looks like a supermodel been put through Photoshop twice. It would bloody look like beauty and the beast," I said pointing at myself when I said beast.
"If only you knew," Emmett muttered and then grinned, "You don't give yourself enough credit Vamp, you are a very pretty girl!" He laughed and turned the burette only to let the acid spill onto the desk.
"You bloody forgot the conical flask again! Are you trying to kill me!" I said grabbing the rag and mopping up the luckily not very corrosive acid.
"Whoops!" He said scratching the back of his head.
Next I had biology alone as Jasmine was skiving before heading to lunch. I went and sat with the new kids who welcomed me warmly.
"Hey Vamp!" Bella said smiling.
"Hey Bella," I said sitting down as the others weren't there yet, "Where's your lover boys hmm?" She looked at me and I just grinned.
"You worked it out? Well... he's decided to skip the rest of the day," She said with a lop sided smile. I laughed.
"On the second day of school? Idiot!" I said chuckling as Jasper sat down in the seat next to me.
"Hey Jasper," I said smiling to him as I picked up my sandwich.
"Hello," He said as Bella watched him carefully.
"You two seem very friendly... and didn't Emmett say you went round Vamp's house last night?" Bella said with a grin. I glared at Emmett who had just sat down.
"What did I do?" He said looking at me.
"What the hell have you been telling Bella?" I said patiently. He burst out laughing.
"What did he tell you Bells?" Jasper said seeming annoyed. Bella was embarrassed, her bottom lip between her pearly white teeth.
"He said that she had a thing for you and that you went round to hers last night to 'get to know her'. I...I...I guess I believed it because I was hoping you had gotten over Al..."
"Enough," Jasper said in a growl and got up, "I'm going out to the car," He left quickly, very quickly.
"Well that's torn it," I said finishing my sandwich, "Learnt your lesson about spreading rumours yet?" I looked sternly at Emmett. He nodded and sighed.
"I'm so sorry Vamp... I should know better than to listen to Emmett. Urm... What were you doing at yours last night?" Bella asked curiously, really seeming sorry.
"It's not your fault Bella... and we were doing our history project on the Civil war," I said and then leaned back spotting Jaspers bag, "Bugger he left his bag," I reached over and picked it up.
"I'll take it out to him, see you at the end of school," I said and got up and left hearing Emmett say,
"Rather you than me," as I left.
I found Jasper in the back of Emmett's jeep looking miserable, like he was going to cry. I tapped on the window and held up his bag. He looked over and pushed the door open, sliding over to the far seat. I held out the bag and he motioned for me to get in. Well I wasn't going to say no, it was freezing outside.
"You ok?" I said quietly putting his bag on front seat as I climbed in and shut the door behind me. He just looked at me with frighteningly sad eyes and then collapsed onto my chest, body shaking, as though he was crying without any tears. After a second of surprised stillness I wrapped my arms around him and held him tight, rubbing my hand up and down his back, in what I hoped was a soothing fashion. We sat like that for what seemed like forever, the clock on the dash slowly ticking by the minutes before soon I heard the bell for class go. When the ringing stopped I just told myself that French could wait, Jasper's happiness was more important than knowing how to order a baguette. After another twenty minutes he seemed to stop crying, his body stopping shaking. With a sigh he sat up and looked down, his gaze fixed firmly on his knees.
"I'm sorry about that," He said quietly, "I've made you late for class," I shrugged and lent against the window.
"No problem, I don't like French that much anyway," I said with the smile. He looked at me and smiled crookedly, it was an awkward and forced look but I returned it encouragingly. I bit my lip slightly, Jasper was an orphan, he must have had some quite hard times in his past, no wonder he could break down like that. I at least had my dad.
"Any time you want to talk I'm here you know?" I said quietly. He nodded to me and sighed seeming to toss the idea around in his head.
"Three years ago I lost some one very precious to me, she just left saying she loved someone else. She was my life," Jasper said, leaving it at that. I didn't push I any further, he looked close to tears again and without a second thought I scooted over and wrapped my arms around him.
"You really shouldn't be alone with me," He whispered, seemingly half to himself, "You're in so much danger,"
"You could be a serial killing rapist and as long as you were you I would be here Jasper," I said with a smile to the boy who just rested his head on my chest, "You are my friend and I can't just leave you here like this now can I?" He laughed, the sound muffled by my sweater.
"You smell really nice," He mumbled and then sat up and leaned his forehead against the window, his breath fogging up the glass.
"You still coming over later?" He said after five minutes of silence. He seemed to want to change the topic.
"Of course I am, I'm definitely not camping out here all night," I said sitting back on my side again. He turned to look at me and half smiled.
"I thought you would have had enough of seeing me by now," He said his eyes fixed on mine. I froze, I couldn't stop staring at him, it was almost as if I were hypnotised by him. I finally snapped out of my trance and noticed he looked slightly amused.
"You're my friend, why would I not want to spend time with you," I said happy with my choice of words. He was about to say something when Emmett and Bella climbed into the car.
"You two have been out here all this time? Jeez, what the hell have you two been doing," Emmett said, earning a whack on the arm from Bella, "OW! That hurt!"
"Good! Now leave them alone," She said as Emmett started the car.
"Buckle up," Jasper said strapping himself in. I followed and soon we were off to the Cullen residents.
Their house was huge and modern, with lots of glass and shiny expensive cars.
"You never said you were loaded," I said looking at a jag which was parked next to a merc which was next to a porche.
"It's not important," Jasper said as we made our way inside, kicking of our shoes in the entrance hall. Their "mother" was there to greet us.
"Hello!" She said hugging everyone, "Nice day at school?" She asked them and they mumbled something or other in reply. Wow...this is what a mothers like? This is what I missed. I watched Esme fuss over them and then looked to me.
"You must be Lizzie," She said and came over and gave me a quick hug.
"Nice to meet you Mrs Cullen," I said smiling warmly. She smiled back.
"Sush, Please call me Esme and it's nice to meet you too. Thank you for making my children feel so welcome in Peak," She said and then fussed about taking my coat and making sure I didn't want anything before Jasper grabbed my arm and pulled me off towards his room. I heard Esme and Bella talking.
"Is he alright with her up there do you think?" Bella said to Esme.
"They spent the whole of last lesson in the back of the car, they'll be fine," Emmett said chuckling.
"Did they now," Esme said seeming amused.
"I CAN STILL HEAR YOU," Jasper said at the top of the stairs.
"That's nice!" Emmett called back. Jasper growled slightly and let go of my arm.
"My rooms on the next floor," He said showing me up another flight of stairs and into a large room with a whole wall made of glass. In the room was a large double bed with grey and white patterned sheets. I had to do a double take of the room as it was filled with Civil war memorabilia, and when I say full I mean full. The walls where covered in maps, there where glass cabinets with uniforms and weapons and shelves full of books.
"Urm...I guess you like the Civil war..." I said dumping my bag on the floor. He laughed and nodded slightly.
"You could say I was slightly interested in it," He said sitting on his bed, project and school text book in front of him. I laughed and sat opposite him.
"Slightly?" I said grinning.
"Ok very..." He said and then opened the book.
After another hour and a half we had a rough draft finished that Jasper said he would go through again when he typed it up and added pictures.
"So...what do you like besides the Civil war?" I said stretching slightly and taking off my big grey sweater as Esme seemed to have turned the heating on full.
Jasper's p.o.v
She took of her sweater, hanging it over the footboard of my bed. My eyes ran along her outstretched arm, down her back to the curve of her bottom and then along her legs. She was something to behold, curvy but athletic and almost feline in her stance, the shadow cast on the wall like something from a Bond film. Now you I see perfect bodied vampires daily but a human with a shape like hers blew my mind. I shoved the thoughts out of my mind.
"Jasper? You ok?" She said stretching out at the bottom of my bed.
"Hmm? Yeah... oh...urm... I guess I like music and reading," I said remembering vaguely that she had asked me what I liked.
"Porn?" She said with a smirk as she caught me staring at her. If I could have blushed I would have been bright red.
"No..." I said trying to redeem myself, she just rose her eyebrows and left it.
Esme had cooked us a pizza and brought it up with fries and soda. After I had forced down two slices and some fries to keep up the human facade and drank some soda and she had eaten her fill we started to talk again.
"Let's play twenty questions," She said grinning. I looked at her and she laughed.
"I ask a question and then you have to answer, then I will answer and then you ask one. It's simple," She said grinning.
"Ok fine..." I said hoping I wouldn't have to lie, lying to as sweet a girl as her wouldn't have sat right with me.
"Ok... have you ever looked at porn," She said with a grin. Oh crap, I thought.
"...yes..." I said making myself not lie. She smiled wickedly.
"You?" I said. She laughed.
"No..." She said smiling, "Your go," I sat trying to think of a good question for a minute.
"How many people have you ever kissed," I said, trying to make the questions as relevant to her generation and teenage life as possible.
"None," She said and I could tell it was the truth, "You?"
"Urm..." I counted through with my head, "About 10... I think..." She laughed and smiled.
"Lucky you... ever had any pets?" She said slowly braiding her hair.
"Urm... I had a dog when I was little... I think..." I said trying to remember but my human memories were hazy at best, "You?"
"I have Monty," She said with a smile.
"Monty's a cat," I said reminding myself, "What's your favourite type of music?"
"Anything with a beat I can dance to, "She said with a grin, "you?"
"Urm... I like something with some emotion behind it, a song someone put their heart into writing," I said thinking of all the songs I liked. She smiled and scooted up to sit next to me.
"What's your favourite period in history," She said with a grin.
"That's easy... Civil war," I said with a smirk, "You?"
"I like the world wars," She said after a moment's thought.
"Do you play any instrument?" I said watching her lean down on to my pillows.
"Nope, you?" She said sheepishly.
"Piano and guitar," I said and she looked impressed, which made me feel good.
"Your favourite festive holiday?" She said with a smile. I had to think about this for a moment.
"Christmas," I said with a smile, "I like spending time with the people I care about,"
"I like valentine's day... although I have never celebrated it... I like seeing people with those they love, looking happy," She said quietly. I half smiled to her and the leaned back.
"Favourite movie?" I asked, she looked up to me and grinned.
"Dracula: Dead and loving it," At this I burst in to hysterical laughter.
Carlisle poked his head around the door.
"Everything ok Jasper?" He said stepping in. I saw him looking at Lizzie with some alarm, I regained my composure quickly.
"This is Lizzie, a friend from school. She came round to do our history project. Lizzie Daxon this is my dad Carlisle," I said introducing them. She smiled to him and sat up.
"Nice to meet you Dr Cullen," She said with a smile.
"It's Carlisle, I'm only Dr Cullen at work... you're father's a doctor isn't he?" Carlisle said smiling.
"Yes he is," She said and then Carlisle gave me a look which said be careful and left.
"Anyway, my favourite movie is...urm... The Grinch with Jim Carrey," I said, thinking quickly of a film I liked. I liked playing this with Lizzie, it was a way to get to know her without seeming to be nosey.
"I like that one too... favourite class?" She said.
"History,"
"History...even though our teacher is rather boring,"
"Hottest celebrity,"
"Urm... Johnny Depp?"
"uhh.. bugger... hmm... Taylor Swift?"
"Who wouldn't you kiss to save the world?"
"Urm... Rosalie?"
"Connor... I don't know where he has been,"
"Would you kiss Emmett?"
"No..."
"Really?"
"Really...you?"
"No..."
"Biggest fear," This one really got me.
"Hurting someone I care about," I couldn't say it was draining her of her blood, even though every time I was near her I was oh so tempted. Right now I was having an internal battle about whether to bite her there and then, no one would know until it was too late. But I knew if I hurt her I would kill myself, literally.
"Hmm... spiders... I hate the little eight legged freaks!"
"Are you afraid of vampires?" I said curiously.
"No... hypothetically speaking if were to meet one then what happens happens. If I die I die, that's how life goes. You,"
"I'd be terrified," She smiled to me and laughed her amazing laugh.
"Best memory," I had to think of something quick.
"Meeting the Cullen's,"
"Winning the dance competition when I was four, my mum and dad where both there, smiling. They were really proud of me"
"Favourite book,"
"Any Children of the lamp books,"
"Shadowmancer,"
"Number 17, Favourite colour,"
"Blue"
"Green"
"Best gift,"
"Jewellery, something which lasts forever,"
"Cars" She laughed and smiled.
"Favourite vacation?"
"Urm... we went to brazil once,"
"Me and my dad went to Barcelona in Spain a while back" I thought of one to really catch her out.
"Number 20, hottest person in school,"
"Simple... you" I stared at her for a moment, she didn't in falter, she was still smiling.
"I thought you were meant to answer first," She laughed and grinned.
"I did... my answer was you!" My jaw dropped.
"Oh... urm... I see,"
"And your answer?" She said, an amused grin on her face. If I said her like I wanted too then it would just get awkward. She could not fall for me, she would just get hurt, there was no way I could have any control like Edward, however nice she was to me. I had to think of a lie fast, the only lie I would tell in this game.
"There's a girl in my maths class called Sophie, she's pretty cute," I lied waiting for a change in her emptions, disappointment perhaps but I only felt happiness come off her. Then I remembered she thought she was ugly.
"She is pretty," Lizzie said smiling.
I felt horrible. I realised now I had only confirmed her belief she was ugly. What an idiot. She yawned.
"Time to go?" I asked. She shrugged.
"Even if I go home I won't sleep," She said.
"I forgot you are an insomniac," I said and picked up the car keys, "Still you need to at least try and I'm going to bed soon anyway," Another lie.
Lizzie's p.o.v
So he liked Sophie Moored. I wanted to tell him she just used boys but after admitting I thought he was hot I didn't want to sound like I was just being bitchy because he didn't say me. I knew I was ugly. He drove me home and flicked the radio on to a dance station. I laughed and smiled to him.
"You're favourite I believe,"
"Yes," I said as we pulled up outside my house.
"It's still snowing so I'll pick you up tomorrow ok?" He said before I climbed out. I nodded opening the door, putting one booted foot out into the snow hearing it crunch.
"Oh and Lizzie... you are very very beautiful," He said as soon as I was on my feet, turning to shut the door. My cheeks burned bright red and closed the door as he started to pull away.