Chapter eight
Monday 7th October
It was soooooo cold today i couldn't stop shivering. Jasmine and I sat under the shelter waiting for Jasper and Connor to show up. I had been dreading and looking forward to today for one reason. Jasper and I had to act like a couple at school to fool Alice. She had decided as she couldn't go back to Italy until tomorrow she may as well come in to school for the day and stalk us. Brilliant.
When i saw the jeep and Rose's red convertible turn up i knew my world was going to end.
"Urm mini... i have something to tell you" I said quietly. She looked to me, lollipop hanging from her mouth.
"What is it hun?" She said and twirled the stick in her fingers.
"I'm kinda dating Jasper," I said and knew what was going to happened next. She squealed and hugged me until i couldn't breathe.
"Can't breathe!" I wheezed as Jasper made his way over to us.
"Jasmine, release her before you suffocate her," Jasper said, tugging me from her arms and into a hug. Jasmine squealed again and ran off to tell Connor who just showed up. Connor just laughed.
History was a nightmare. Connor and Emmett had a lot of fun trying to sneak the condom from Connor's wallet into Jasper's bag. Jasmine and Rosalie where interrogating me. Luckily it would seem Alice usually pretended to be the grade bellow so she was with Bella and Edward during class. Connor had moved forward a row and Rosalie back one so the boys where in the front and the girls in the back.
"So have you done IT yet?" Jasmine said giggling. Rosalie smirked.
"You're disgusting Mini!" I said whacking her arm.
"From what Carlisle told me you where on your way to," Rosalie said, flicking her hair over her shoulder.
"No...i'm not an idiot Rose... however much some people would say i am... there is no way i'd do that," I muttered, "Edward would kill us if we did... dirty hypocrite," They laughed, although Jasmine had no clue about what i really meant.
"That's true... but you have to show Mini your neck," Rose said smirking. I pulled my hoddie up to my chin.
"Never!" I said.
WHACK. Jasper had Emmett's arm behind his back.
"Dude! You have like, ninja reflexes!" Connor said in awe.
"Fuck! That hurts!" Emmett said as Jasper released his brothers arm.
"Well if you'd just stop i wouldn't have to hurt you now would i?" Jasper said, his patients thin.
"But Carlisle did say you needed to be careful," Emmett said with a grin as he leant back in his chair. I saw Jasper tensing up.
"Emmett if you value your life if shut the hell up," I warned him. He glanced to Jasper and grinned.
"Aw have i got you mad?" Emmett said laughing. Connor reached down and was about to try again.
"Connor what are you doing?" Mr Jeffrey said walking past our tables.
"Urm... nothing sir," He said sheepishly.
"What's in your hand?" He said his beady eyes on Connor's left hand.
"Urm... well..."
"Open your hand," Connor opened it and sir snatched the packet out of it.
"You think this is funny do you? Playing tricks on Mr Hale are you? Detention! For you and Mr Cullen!" He then walked off. I burst out into hysterical laughter as Connor starting banging his head against the table.
Maths was a breeze but Chemistry was hell.
"OH MY GOD!" My friend Karli said as i walked into Chem, "JASPER FREAKIN' HALE!" I sighed and seeing that Emmett wasn't there yet i walked over to her and my other friends.
"What do you mean?" Tom said looking up from his 'zombie survival guide'.
"Don't you know?" Becca said laughing at him, "Tom you're so gay! Vamp is dating Jasper Hale!" I looked at them dubiously.
"So who told you? Jasmine or Connor," I said hopping onto Tom's desk.
"Both," They said in unison.
"You're kidding right? I mean Vamp doesn't date and he's like a god!" Tom said prodding me, "What did you do? Drug him or something? Use your Vampire powers," I whacked his head then got prodded in the other side, hard.
"Ow!" I said and turned around and whacked Emmett's arm, "Don't sneak up on me!" He laughed and ruffled my hair.
"Aw come on Lizzie!" He said grinning, "You can't be mad at me can you?" I pouted.
"After History i'm more than freaking mad!" I said poking his chest. Damn was he buff, abs like freaking mountains.
"It was only some fun and anyway i got detention..." He sighed like a child.
"Wait till Jasper tells Carlisle and Esme... you gonna be toast!" I said smirking.
By the time i got to lunch, the whole school new. Jasper looked mortified.
"Going to have to rethink our plan of acting like it was to get rid of Alice," Jasper said as we drove to my house. I let him drive my car, he was so old fashioned some times it was hilarious.
"If you want to... it would be something hard to explain to Jasmine..."I said, flicking between radio stations.
"Maybe we should just leave it for a week and then make a scene of breaking up..." Jasper said, more to himself than anything.
"What and then me act comatose for a few months and then go cliff diving like Bella did?" I said with a grin, "I mean if this where real and we did break up you can't expect anything less than a good show," He looked and me a laughed.
"But you're different from Bella so we would have to come up with something new," He said as we pulled up outside my house.
"Like breaking furniture?" I said cheekily and got out the car then my face fell.
"What's dad doing home?" I said and then mentally slapped myself, "Jasper you better prepare yourself to meet my father," He straightened up at that and when i looked at him i could really see him in a uniform.
"Elizabeth!" My dad called when i came in.
"Yeah dad," I said kicking of my shoes.
"Dr Cullen told me you where dating his son!" He yelled from the living room, "Why didn't you tell me?" Oh crap.
"Urm... i thought you'd like to meet him as i told you, he's here now," I said wincing as i took Jasper's hand and lead him into the front room.
"Dad this is Jasper Hale," I said smiling as a wave of calmness came over me. Thank you Jasper!
Dad looked over him in a scrutinizing fashion, seeming to feel slightly inadequate next to Jasper. We sat down on the couch opposite him. And then came the questions.
"How old are you?"
"17," Lie
"Were where you born?"
"Huston, Texas," Truth
"How long have you lived in Alaska," He knew the answer already.
"About a month," Truth and lie at the same time.
"Have you ever had sex with my daughter,"
"No"
"Have you ever touched my daughter in an intimate way,"
"yes, and my father has already told you all of that," Jasper said with a friendly smile. My dad was silent for a moment.
"You seem like a nice boy so i will allow you to date my daughter... any funny business or you hurt her and you're a dead man, understand?" He said trying to be tough and intimidating, he wasn't.
"Yes sir, i would never dream of hurting her," He said and squeezed my hand.
"Good, now go watch a movie or something," My dad said shooing us out.
"That was horrible," I said falling face first onto my bed when we got to my room. Jasper laughed at me and sat beside me.
"He took meeting me a lot better than Bella's dad took meeting Edward... he kept calling him anything that started with E but Edward," Jasper said relaxing. I laughed.
"I was surprised he didn't start yelling...that was how i expected him to react," I said and hugged him, "He treats me like i'm still a kid,"
"He can't say you're not a woman now you've brought a boy home," Jasper said, stroking my hair.
"You're such a liar... 17? I think not!" I joked and tickled him, which surprisingly worked. He was jerking around trying not to laugh.
"You're ticklish?" I said with a grin.
"NOOOOOO!" Jasper shrieked as i started the tickle war. He won.
Dad cooked dinner for the three of us. Roast. Jasper was horrified when he smelt it.
"I'm going to have to eat aren't i?" He said with a groan.
"Yes..."I said simply and watched as his phone went off.
"Hello?" He said flipping it to speaker phone.
"Jasper you and Lizzie need to be careful, we can't find Alice, she disappeared a minute or so ago" I felt the colour drain from my cheeks as Carlisle's worried voice filled my ears.
"Act as normal as you can, as human as you can," He said and jasper sighed.
"Ok, i'll call if i sense her," He hung up reached across and kissed me.
"It'll be fine," He whispered.
"DINNER," My dad yelled up the stairs.
Dinner went smoothly with no sign of Alice. I could feel the dread bubbling inside me, but i had no clue why. Sure Alice was jealous but she wouldn't hurt me would she? I mean sure she was pretty bitchy to me but she wasn't malicious was she? She was a vegetarian. Jasper could feel the fear in me and kept calming me down. After dinner i told dad we where going to finish our history project so Jasper wouldn't be going till late. And then we went up stairs.
We where lying on my bed talking about math, acting normal, when i saw jasper tense up. He smirked seductively at me and tugged me over to him by my belt loop. I blushed furiously.
"My dad's down stairs!" I said playfully as he started to kiss my neck.
"Oh well," He whispered sexily in my ear, "I'll be as quiet as i can...just make sure not to scream to loud," I knew this was an act, i knew that Alice must be in the tree across the street watching us, but i didn't care. I loved Jasper and any time i got with him like this was precious. Edward had told me how difficult it was for him, to start with a kiss took all of his control, and he was unnerved at how easily Jasper controlled himself with me, how intimate he was with me.
"I'll try," I said, trying to be seductive. He grinned at me and kissed my neck, chest and started heading down to my low cut top. I bit my lip slightly when i felt him run his ice cold tongue down my cleavage. Friends definitely shouldn't do that. Jasper tensed again and i saw the tree shake slightly. Alice had moved.
This seemed to make him more determined. Off came his shirt. I couldn't help but stare at his perfect body. I ran my hands down his chest and stomach. The lust in me rose and his hands slid up my top, peeling it off of me.
"Maybe i should have taken Connor's gift," He said winking at me. There was a tap on my window and i peered out with horror.
"Shit..." Jasper muttered as we watched Edward and Carlisle climb in my window.
"How the hell did you get up there!," I hissed pulling my top back on. But it was too late; my bra had been seen by all. But luckily my act of dumbness was still intact.
"Sorry for interrupting but neither of you where answering you're phones... the Volturi are here for Alice... Alice told them about Lizzie and they have decided to test her knowledge themselves," Carlisle said.
"Knowledge about what? You being freaking spidermen! How the hell did you get in my window! And why do you keep going on about these Volturi people?" I hissed looking pretty pissed off. Carlisle smiled to me.
"Come back home now... we'll meet you there," Edward said and they left, once again climbing out the window.
"What the actual fuck?" I said running over to peer out my open window, "Was i dreaming that or did your dad and brother just come through my window?" I said. Jasper gave me a half smile and pulled me down stairs and into my car.
The Cullen home was full of oddly dressed people, about seven of them. I frowned as i looked around.
"Did we not get the memo about the costume party?" I whispered to Jasper who pulled me close. I didn't feel scared anymore, i couldn't. Jasper was pumping me full of fabricated emotions. I didn't even flinch when i saw they had red eyes.
"Nice contacts," I muttered to myself as i was sat down opposite two teenagers who where introduced as Alec and Jane. Alice was perched on the arm of the sofa next to Alec, looking smug.
"Hello Lizzie," Alice said snidely. I smiled to her.
"Hello again Alice," I said pleasantly, with the same snide hint to my voice. Edward and Bella joined us on the sofa and the other Cullens made themselves present as well as the other Volturi.
"You're very silly... to date someone like Jasper," Jane said coldly. I just looked confused.
"What do you mean? Hansom or charming? Why wouldn't i want to date someone like that? He's amazing? And who are you anyway, i mean i was brought over to meet friends of the family not to be told what i should and shouldn't do with my private life," I said lightly. She looked at me blankly.
"Don't act dumb, we know you know what we are," Alec said cooly. I raised an eyebrow.
"What are you talking about?" I glanced to Jasper who just looked stern, like a solider, my soldier. I then looked to Edward who was watching Alec VERY closely.
"Is this a joke? Are people with camera's going to jump out? I mean how can people in CAPEs be interrogating me about nothing?" I said to Jasper sounding annoyed.
"Lizzie just ignore them..." He said stroking my hair and kissing the top of my head gently. I smiled to him and rested my head on his shoulder.
"Alice i think you brought us here for nothing," Jane said sounding angry, "We'll be kicked out the magic circle at this rate," Jane was fabricating a secret and i had to try really hard not to laugh.
"You're MAGICIANS!" I said excitedly, "Can you teach me some tricks? Do all Magicians wear capes!" Alec sighed and glared at Alice who looked terrified.
"Now she knows! Brilliant!" Alec said standing up and bowing curtly to Carlisle, "Sorry for intruding on your home, i knew you where not stupid enough to make the same mistake twice," I was looking around wildly.
"Are you all Magicians?" I grinned to Jasper who looked at me amusedly, "Can you teach me a trick? Ooooh! Please!" The Volturi left and after a few minutes Emmett and Rosalie went to make sure they left properly.
I broke into hysterics.
"Magicians?" I said through laughing, "That was hilarious," Jasper looked drained.
"I don't believe you fooled them," He said releasing me.
"She's finally gone!" I said and danced around the room, "No more acting and no more being watched from a tree! Good!" Edward frowned slightly.
"You relationship was fake?" He said and sighed, "How the hell did you manage to keep that from me?" Jasper gave me a half smile and i smiled back at him. Edward knowing meant we couldn't do anything in private again without him thinking we were actually together.
The Cullen's took the fabricated idea of our relationship only being to get Alice away from Jasper for the truth. Bella and Rosalie where very disappointed and it seemed that they were plotting something. Nessie ran in once we were all sat down and sat between me and Edward. She was leaning against my arm and it felt really weird. One half of me was comfortably cool from Jasper and the other half warm from Nessie. Edward laughed at me and pulled his daughter onto his lap.
"You'll boil Lizzie if you sit that close," He said soothingly to his not to happy daughter. I smiled to Nessie who grinned back.