AN: Thank you for all the reviews! It really gives us inspiration. Aslo a special thanks to barbiedoll123. You made us feel really special that our moment with Bella brought you to tears.

Disclaimer: We aren't Stephenie Meyer because there are two of us...and Stehenie is one person...obviously.

This chapter was inspired by the song Trouble by Coldplay.

Last time: We sat in the car in another half awkward silence until we got to school…that's when he laughed.

Bella's POV

His laugh was a sound so beautiful and melodic I couldn't help the smile that spread across my face, his smile was something like seeing the sun rise after the longest and darkest of nights. I looked at him and for some reason seeing him smile made me exceedingly happy. Now the only thing on my mind was:

Why was he laughing?

I found my answer when I looked straight ahead and I saw that Mike—sporting a lovely black eye—was getting yelled at by Jessica. Things were starting to get heated, than all of a sudden Jessica drew her hand back and slapped Mike right in the face. I heard Jasper start laughing again but this time I joined in. When they moved away I looked at Jasper with a smile still in place, and he looked back at me with the brightest smile I had seen. We shared a moment of comfortable silence until I looked at the clock.

"Come on Jasper, we have to go to the front office," I said hurriedly.

He nodded, grabbed his back pack and exited the warm comforts that my truck offered. I followed suit and after maybe ten minutes of walking past numbered buildings, we finally reached the one that said 'Front Office'.

I walked up the steps and into the office that was bustling with students and teachers. I saw the long line filled with people whose attitudes ranged from indifferent to pissed; my guess was that they were all there to negotiate grade changes on the latest report cards. I peered around a tall blond to see if the line was moving…no such luck… I looked at my watch and saw that we were already twenty minutes late for class…great!

I decided that it was now time to work things in my favor. I grabbed Jasper by the hand and pulled him to the front of the line, ignoring the rude comments as I tugged Jasper behind me. When I reached the front desk I looked at Ms. Cope and smiled.

"Hello, Ms. Cope this is the new student Jasper Whitlock, he needs his schedule and a fresh slip for each of his teachers to sign throughout the day."

Ms. Cope peered at me over her glasses. "Well, Miss Swan I received a call from your mother saying that you and-"

She stopped short when she looked at Jasper; her eyes glazed over and her mouth flopped open. As she stared in awe, I glanced at Jasper who looked annoyed and slightly amused. I decided it was time to end this before she drooled on her lovely purple blouse.

"Jasper, his name is Jasper Whitlock and it would be damn great if he could have his schedule and slip…please," I said, being a smart ass.

"Oh, yes, right," she said as she continued to gaze at Jasper dreamily.

"Also, we will need late slips." I looked at her and saw she was still not moving. "Today!"

She jumped at the volume of my voice and began to shuffle around her messy desk looking for the items I requested. I looked back at Jasper to see he was now staring blankly at the window behind the front office. After she returned from the printer with Jasper's papers, she leaned down to sign our late slip giving us—well me really, seeing as Jasper was looking off into space—a full view of her cleavage. I sighed and rolled my eyes as she righted herself and began to hand Jasper the papers. I took the papers from her hands, not liking the way she was leering at him. Ugh…that is sick…

The sun happened to make an appearance as we were walking to our first class, and the golden shining down brilliantly on Jaspers hair illuminated all the different tones of blonde in a way that only I would notice. I smiled brightly at the sight, for the first time I saw jasper in a whole new light—no pun intended—I saw him as beautiful and extraordinarily mystifying instead of strange and despondent.

As we reached the door I looked up at him and smiled weakly, knowing that this would probably suck as much for him as it would for me. "You ready?"

His eyes probed into mine as he shook his head 'no' and then he pulled the door open for me, truthfully neither was I.

When we entered the classroom everything froze in its place, everyone stopped talking, working, walking…hell, I'm pretty sure some even stopped breathing. Everything just stopped. I walked over to the teacher and took a deep breath.

"Good morning, Ms. Stein this is Jasper Whitlock, a new student, he is deaf and I am serving as a translator for him. Here are out late passes and Jaspers slip for you to sign." I recited as I handed her the necessary items.

"Well, this is a surprise! Thank you Miss Swan, you and Jasper take a seat and we will continue with class," she said as her eyes appraised Jasper when she handed him back his slip.

She turned to the class. "Students, this is Jasper Whitlock he is a new deaf student, be sure to make him feel welcome throughout the day!" Ms. Stein said cheerily.

As we walked to the back of the class I could feel every single eye on us. I mean when did it become acceptable to blatantly stare at people? When we took our seats Jasper took his chair and subtly moved it farther away from mine. That was a major blow to my self esteem, but I don't know why. Well, I guess it makes sense that a guy as obscenely gorgeous as himself would not want to be associated with me, I'm nowhere near pretty enough to be grouped with him.

When Ms. Stein spoke again the class paid attention but still kept an eye on Jasper and I. It was really pissing me off the way Jessica and her army of skanks would turn around to leer at Jasper and then glare at me like I did something wrong.

And who the hell did Jessica think she was, just because one decent looking guy comes to our school she thinks he is hers. He is no one's property and I'll be dammed if she thinks that he will be Mike's replacement! She has been a bitch to me ever since Mike started coming on to me, not that she didn't treat me like the scum of the earth before then, but still she has always made it her business to hate me more than anyone else.

I took out my note book and began to doodle on it, trying not to think about anything but my drawing, when I looked up I caught the end of Ms. Steins lecture.

"…Making Edgar Allen Poe one of the greatest gothic authors of the century. You will receive your book, "Fall of the House of Usher" tomorrow. It is to be read by Monday, your poems are to be turned in on Wednesday and on Friday I will have selected the person whose poem will be read in front of class. Good afternoon!" She sang the last part as the bell rang.

I reached out and tapped Jaspers shoulder. "The bell rang, it's time for the next class," I signed.

He nodded and grabbed his book bag; as we made our way out the door I noticed that I forgot my note book under the desk. I went back cursing my forgetfulness and concentrating on not tripping due to the ridiculous amounts of loose paper on the floor. When I retrieved my notebook and went back outside I noticed that Jasper was not at the door…stupid! You didn't tell him you were going back!

My heart picked up and my head began to spin, as I looked around and saw no trace of him anywhere. I began to jog to my next class hoping he would have just asked for directions to the class printed on his schedule. When as I passed building ten I saw Jessica and her bimbos surrounding something…or someone.

When I came up on the circle I saw Jessica standing in front of Jasper, she had one hand rested on Jasper's shoulder and the other slowly making its way down her body in a sad effort to be sexy. I looked and saw Jasper's face disgusted and his eyes unmistakably irritated. I decided to break the up the party before Jasper vomited on her. So I reached out and took Jasper's hand, pulling him behind me an attempt to get out of Jessica's vicinity. That's when I felt something yank me backwards by my hair.

"Look who's come to join the party girls," Jessica sneered as she billed me closer to her. "Where the hell do you think you are going, bitch?"

My eyes started to water when I felt another yank on my hair, but then I felt my hair being released. When I turned around I saw a livid Jasper holding Jessica by her wrist.

"Mmm, I like it rough," she said looking at Jasper as he released her.

Jasper grabbed my hand and pulled me away from the circle, I was relieved to say the least when we reached the sidewalk. We stopped and Jasper looked me over as if he were appraising any damage that may have been caused.

"I'm fine, It only hurt so much because my head was still sore from yesterdays encounter," I joked trying to lighten the mood. "Trust me Jasper, I'll be okay," I said willing my eyes to make him believe.

When he looked down at our still clasped hands I blushed, he let go and we continued on our journey to our next class. We made it on time so there weren't hordes of people staring shamelessly at us this time; we went through pretty much the same routine with all the teachers. As we were leaving our last class before lunch I heard Ms. Cope's voice ring out over the PA system:

"Would Jasper Whitlock and Isabella Sawn please report to the office immediately! Thank you."

Shit! What now? I thought as we walked to the front office. When I looked up at Jasper but couldn't see anything in his vacant eyes, I tried really hard not to care about his reaction to things but I couldn't seem to resist.

I took a deep breath before we walked in the office and I prayed that this was something quick, painless and simple, but with my luck I knew that it would be none of the above. When Ms. Cope spotted us she sent us straight back to the principal's office. When we walked in, I saw three things at once, one being Jessica Stanley sitting in one of the chairs in front of Mr. Banner's desk, the second being Jessica's mother standing in the corner, and the third being that Mr. banner looked very exasperated.

"Hello Miss Swan, Mr. Whitlock, please have a seat," he said.

I looked at Jasper and signed Mr. Banner's instructions. He complied by sitting in the end chair, leaving me the seat right next to Jessica…gee thanks Jasper!

"I called you both here to discuss an incident that occurred right before your last class involving yourself, Mr. Whitlock and Miss Stanley. I would like your account of what happened, Miss Swan."

"Well Mr. Banner it's quite simple you see. Jasper and I were leaving Ms. Steins English class and I noticed I forgot my notebook, I ran back to get it but when I returned Jasper was gone. I looked around and didn't see him, so I figured he must have followed his schedule to our next class. As I was walking I saw Jessica and her ar- friends surrounding Jasper.

"Now you must understand that Jasper it my responsibility and getting him to class on time is of great importance. When I walked over I saw that Jessica has Jasper in a compromising situation, and Jasper didn't look comfortable. I decided that it was best for Jasper and I to get back to our studies, so I took Jasper's hand and pulled him away but Jessica grabbed me by my hair and said some very crude things to me. Jasper saw that she was inflicting pain upon me so he simply intervened," I explained playing the part of example student.

Mr. Banner looked at all three of us. "Well, Miss Stanley informed us that Jasper here was more influential than necessary when he intervened. Can you translate that for him?"

I signed Mr. Banner's words and Jasper responded in the same fashion. "Mr. Banner, Jasper said that he only touched her because she was starting to get violent with me. If he did hurt her he is sorry and that Jessica should learn to keep her hands to herself."

That's when Mrs. Stanley jumped in. "I will not have my daughter being man handled like some common prostitute. Mr. Banner I want justice, he cannot go without penalty for this vile act!" she shrilled.

That's when I lost it "Jesus Christ on a fucking cracker woman! You make it seem as if he grabbed her and stole her virtue or something—now if you want to punish someone for that vile act I can give you a full list of names—he was simply protecting me!"

"You little bitch!" Jessica shouted.

"Listen to me you little sleaze, I will not have you defiling my daughter like that and the same goes for that other reject over there!" she pointed at Jasper.

"Enough! This is a school not an episode of Jerry Springer, Now Mrs. Stanly you will act respectfully to the children or you will leave. Do you understand me?" Mr. Banner said severely.

Mrs. Stanley glared at him and took a seat. "Now, all three of you will serve detention this weekend and the next, violence is not something I am going to tolerate," he said sternly. "As for you Mrs. Stanley you need to apologize to Mr. Whitlock and Miss Swan."

She looked at us and narrowed her eyes. "I'm sorry," she spat.

"Now, all three of you are excused. I will have your detention slips delivered to your next class period," he finished.

We all left and made our way to lunch, Jasper stopped at the bathroom and I decided I would wait. As I leaned against a locker Jessica approached me.

"You listen and you listen well, Jasper is mine… You better not touch, or even think about being near him! I mean it, if you don't take note of this warning I promise that you will regret it," she hissed.

Just then Jasper came out and Jessica smiled at him as she stepped away from me. Jasper noticed how mad I looked and raised an eyebrow. I just ignored him—like he had done to me so many times— and started walking to the cafeteria.

With only fifteen minutes left in lunch I grabbed a coke and an apple, taking my seat at the table in the farthest corner while Jasper sat, staring at the empty space in front of him. I put my bag down and tried futilely to open my coke, then without asking Jasper took the bottle and in one smooth motion opened it. I reached out for the bottle, but instead of handing it back to me, he put it to his lips and smiled sexily before taking a drink.

When he handed it back to me I put the bottle carefully to my lips and did the same, now technically speaking, Jasper and I shared a kiss via coke bottle. I would forever remember this as the day that I kissed my foster brother.

When the bell rang, I touched Jasper's hand and mouthed "time to go", he nodded and we exited the cafeteria. The rest of the day went smoothly, I received a satisfying grade on my Biology exam and Ms. Cope delivered our detention slips to us as promised. In PE I 'accidently' hit Lauren—one of Jessica's army of skanks—in the head with a dodge ball, but then I fell and nearly broke my nose, so I guess Karma was making its rounds.

On the ride home I noticed Jasper writing in a spiral bound notebook that had lovely art work on the cover. I decided not to try for conversation and just settled for the comfortable silence. At home Renée was as cheery as usual, but when I explained the day's events to her at the dinner table she was absolutely livid, to say the least.

After my shower I decided that today was something to write about, but surprisingly the first thing I wrote down in my journal wasn't how much I wished Jessica would disappear from the face of the earth nor was it about hitting Lauren in the head during PE. Nah, the first thing I wrote about was how Jasper tasted… fiery, erotic and perfectly sweet…figures.

--Trouble By Coldplay--

O no, what's this?
A spider web, and I'm caught in the middle,
So I turn to run,
The thought of all the stupid things I've done,

And I never meant to cause you trouble,
I never meant to do you wrong,
And I, well if I ever caused you trouble,
And oh no, I never meant to do you harm

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