...Chapter 2...
...Pleasure To Meet You...
"Hi" She said showing her most beautiful smile.
He lifted his head and looked into her eyes with his dark ones "hello"
She almost felt breathless he had the voice of an Angel
"I recognise you from my English class; you kept looking at me "he said twitching his lips upwards just a bit showing a little smile
"Yes "She chuckled nervously trying to change the subject quickly
"I'm Alice by the way, Alice Cullen "She said cheerfully offering a hand to shake
He took her hand gently "It's Nice to meet you Alice, my names Jasper, Jasper Hale "he said showing her a bigger smile revealing a perfect set of white teeth.
She noticed as he spoke he had a southern drawl to his tone of voice which made him even more attractive to her.
"Why don't you grab a seat?" he asked gesturing towards the chair across from him.
Without hesitation Alice was sitting across from him in a second
"So" she began "where about did you move here from?"
He smiled again "if thought you would have guessed because of my accent, I'm from down South"
"Cool!"She exclaimed sounding a bit to overexcited "Why did you move to Forks "she questioned him avoiding eye contact, looking down and drawing circle patterns on the table with her finger.
"Well it's a long story" he said
"I'm listening" she happily said.
He shifted forward so his arms were resting on the table
"My Mom died a couple of months ago "
She gasped "oh I'm so sorry, we don't need to talk about this", she stood to leave
"Hang on, hang on" he grabbed her by the wrist softly and turned her to face him.
"You don't have to worry about upsetting me, I can talk about it" he explained in a soft calming voice. He pulled the chair out for her to sit down again; she obliged and sat refusing to look into his eyes, still feeling guilty about the fact that she may have been bringing back bad memories.
He spoke again "so where were we?, yea my mom died a few months ago, and my dad couldn't handle being in the house that reminded him so much of her, so it is time for a change, we moved to forks, my dad got a new job at the police station and yea"he said giving a bit of a smile
Alice just sat there focusing on his eyes, his face, she had only just met this guy and he could open up to her so much.
"Have you been living in forks very long?" He asked
"Born and raised" she said with giggle, he joined in on the laugh bell rang and they both didn't move, they just sat and gazed into each other's eyes, she was the first to look away
"We should get to class" she said quickly
"What subject do you have now?" he asked"
"Design in Block F, what about you?" she said
"Music in Block G"Sounding a tad bit disappointed that they didn't have the same class "let me walk you to class" he offered in a gentlemanly fashion
"Okay" she couldn't refuse
While they were walking they discussed simple things such as their hobbies.
He told her that he liked music, he spent a lot of time playing his guitar, he also liked to play Baseball and reading, etc.., while she just walked next to him drinking in everything he said.
"Well, here is your class "he announced as they arrived at the room.
"Thanks for walking me to my room" she said softly
"Anytime" he shot her an approving smile "What are you doing tomorrow?" he asked her before she could retreat to her classroom.
"Umm" she had to think "nothing I hadn't really planned my weekend"
"You should come over, I'm watching the game and I wouldn't mind some company" he flashed her another dazzling smile she felt as if her heart was melting
"Sure I'd like that" she said her cheeks flustering a Rosie pink colour
"Sweet! What's your number and I'll call you later on"
They exchanged numbers and parted ways to their separate ways to their classes.
As Alice walked into the classroom Bella was sitting on the edge of her seat anticipating to see what happened since her friend did not return to her, and was ready to bombard Alice with questions, Alice was expecting it. As Alice sat down Bella started
"Ali! What's his name? Where'd he move from? Does he like you? How old is he?
Alice couldn't help but laugh
"Bells settle down and try to ask one question at a time"
"Okay" Bella replied "What's His name?"
"Jasper Hale" Alice simply answered "he's from down south" adding to her answer
"Ooohhh a southern boy eh?"She asked with a slight giggle
"Yea, you know what the best part is; he asked me to his house tomorrow to watch the game "Alice could not contain her well hidden smile any longer and beamed
"Did you say yes" Bella dumb fully questioned her.
"Of course I did" Alice said still smiling "he's going to call me later on"
"You're so lucky" Bella said with a sigh
"So my brother isn't good enough for you then?"Alice asked eyeing her curiously
"That's not what I'm saying Alice" she replied with a tone of annoyance
"Uh-huh whatever" Alice said then fell silent as the teacher walked in...
Throughout the whole lesson Alice couldn't pay attention, she couldn't stop thinking about him, he was on her mind constantly.
When the bell rang she walked with Bella and Edward to their cars and glanced around till she met the same beautiful face from before.
He was looking at her, he smiled at her then waved, and she smiled back at him and gave him and wave back.
"Who is that Alice?" came Edwards's husky voice from behind her.
But before she could answer her brother Bella jumped in to answer for her.
"That's Jasper Hale, Alice has a crush on him" she said giggling
"Shut up Bella, you and you're loud mouth" Alice said playfully giving Bella a jab to the ribs.
Bella squealed and jumped back
"Ouch Ali!" she moaned and rubbed where Alice had jabbed her.
Edward spoke;
"Okay Bella I'm gunna take you home, so you don't cause any more trouble, See you later on Alice" he took Bella by her hand and led her to his Volvo, she looked back at Alice
"Cya Ali, CALL ME!"
"Bye Bells" Alice yelled after her giving her a wave.
Alice turned back to where jasper had been standing but he was no longer there, she walked to her yellow porche, got in and drove home.....