A.N. Well here I am again!! Not much to say here except another huge thanks to Silversmile for her brilliant help and for being my Beta. BTW I have gone back and fixed one little thing that I don't think will help my story. If you want to go back and re-read you can, but you don't really have to to read the rest, on with the story!!!

Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight

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Chapter 5

Bella POV

Nothing of much excitement had happened since the dinner with Billy and Jacob Black the night before. Unless you count Mike Newton once again congratulating Bella about her sprint time before she even managed to put her car into park in the morning.

The first time that something of any great excitement happened was at lunch, when Alice Cullen came bouncing up to her just after she had gotten out of the lunch line.

"Hi! My name's Alice! I just know we are going to be best friends. Do you want to come and sit at my table? I saw you yesterday when you were sitting with Mike and his friends and you didn't look like you were having much fun. You should come and meet my boyfriend Jasper, you two will be the best of friends too!"

Turning to look at the pixie like creature that had just appeared in front of her, Bella could only stare dumbly at the sheer speed that she was speaking at. Not waiting for an answer, Alice latched herself onto her arm and started dragging Bella across the cafeteria to the table that she had seen Alice sitting at with her family yesterday. Glancing over to where she sat yesterday, Bella noticed that Mike Newton was looking over in her direction and looked as if someone had just shot his puppy.

"And then there is Emmett, he may seem a little scary at first but he wouldn't hurt a fly. It's true, just yesterday he tried to kill a bug and he couldn't bring himself to actually squash the thing, Rose had to do it for him. Rose is Emmett's girlfriend by the way. She's really fun when you get to know her and she is really into cars. Then there is Edward, I think he said that he had met you already, he is ok, but he has been really weird since yesterday though. Oh well, hi everyone!"

Blinking and moving her eyes away from the little ball of energy, Bella noticed that they had arrived at the table, which was already filled with the rest of Alices' family. Slipping into the free seat next to Alice, Bella let her eyes drift around the table. The Cullen's were even more beautiful up close.

Putting her lunch on the table and starting to pick at the limp salad that she had bought Bella smiled as she saw Alice bounce up and trying to get everyone's attention so that she could start the introductions. She seemed to fail miserably at gaining Edwards attention though as he just sat there, eyes not leaving the energy bar that he was picking apart.

"Ok," chirped Alice clapping her hands together, and then started pointing around the table, "Everyone, this is Jason Swan, Jason this is Jasper, my boyfriend. Over there is Rosalie, jaspers twin sister. Next to her is Emmett, and you already know the anti-social over in the corner."

"Hi," was all Bella could force out. Everyone, except Edward, had turned to look at her as soon as Alice had started the introductions.

"So Jay," Boomed Emmett suddenly, making Bella jump slightly in her seat, "I hear you gave little Eddikins here a run for his money in gym yesterday."

Feeling a light blush spread across her face, Bella dipped her head down to hide her face, silently cursing Emmett for bring up the track times in front of Edward. He was already mad at her for that as it was, and Emmett was only going to make it worse.

"I would have liked to have seen that, Edward needs to be taken down a couple of pegs," a song like voice said. Peeking up from underneath her lashed, Bella discovered that it was actually a smiling Rosalie that had made the comment.

'I guess first impressions aren't always accurate, when I saw her yesterday I thought she looked like a total bitch,' thought Bella as she grinned sheepishly back at Rosalie.

A crashing sound from the opposite end of the table caused everyone's heads to turn in unison, only to find a very red faced Edward and his lunch tray no where to be seen. Almost immediately Emmett started snickering and within two minuets he has full out howling with laughter, as Edwards face got redder and redder with embarrassment and anger.

"So Jason," said Alice, bringing Bella's attention back to her and away from the Emmett who was now teasing Edward about his rapidly reddening face, "Jasper and I are going shopping tonight and I really really really want you to come, you really need a new wardrobe."

It was almost as if she has started to freeze, as she felt a cold dread start to work its way up her stomach. Alice wanted to take her shopping. That in itself wasn't so bad, rather the fact that shopping for clothes includes trying things on, and trying things on includes change rooms with only thin fabric separating the half naked person from the rest of the world.

"I don't think that is such a good idea Alice," mumbled Bella as she sunk down further in her seat, "I don't really like shopping. Besides, I don't really have any money for new clothes."

Pouting, Alice all but crawled up into Bella's lap, "please please please! You have to come,"

"Sorry Alice, maybe later though, ok?" reasoned Bella, trying to get Alice to get rid of the pout and puppy dog eyes before she completely caved in.

"OK," moving back into her seat Alice turned and whispered in Rose's ear, who in turn faced Emmett and slapped him across the back of the head and told his to shut up stop teasing Edward.

Turning her attention back to her salad, Bella let her self relax and take in the noise of the people around her. At least it was better sitting here then sitting with Newton.

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Rounding the corner of the school administration building, Bella let out a sigh of relief as she spotted her monster of a truck sitting at the end of the almost abandoned lot. The tension rolling off Cullen in Bio and Gym had been almost unbearable. In Bio, he sat bolt upright and flinched at every sound that came from her side of the desk. He was even worse in Gym, staying as far away from her as humanly possible without getting in trouble.

Rolling her solders back to release some of the built up tension during the last two classes, Bella pulled open the passenger side door and threw her bag in and slammed the door shut and started to walk around to the other side of the car.

"Hi Jason!"

Jumping in fright and spinning around on the spot, Bella came face to face with none other than Alice Cullen herself.

"Hi Alice, what are you still doing here?" she asked as she turned and continued to make her way around the car to the drivers side.

"I've been waiting for you," Alice chirped as she ran around to stand back in front of Bella again, "this time I am not going to take no for an answer, you are going to come shopping with me right now, you really need my styling advice."

"Alice, really I can't afford to just go and buy clothes on a whim," Argued Bella, but before she could get any further, Jasper seemed to materialise out of nowhere and stand next to Alice.

"There really is no use arguing with Alice, you will give in eventually. Besides, I think she was planning on buying everything anyway," he drawled as he bent down and wrapped his arms around her waist.

"Exactly, now get your ass in the car," commanded Alice, pointing to the bright yellow porche three spots down from where they currently standing.

Grumbling to herself about annoying pixies and their boyfriends, Bella opened her door and lent over, snatched up her bag and slowly made her way over to where Alice was now sitting behind the wheel and was honking at her to hurry up.

'What have I gotten myself into?'

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Shopping with Alice Cullen was probably one of the most exhausting experiences in Bella Swans life. She just did not slow down, let alone stop. Leaving Jasper, and the ten different bags of clothes that Alice had already bought for Bella, outside the entrance to the sixth store, Alice went straight for the men's section and started pulling put a range of stylish shirts and stuffed them into Bella's arms.

"You need to go straight to the change rooms and change into these and I will be back in a minuet, we don't have long before the store closes and you are in dire need of some proper fitting shirts," commanded Alice, her voice slightly muffled by the fabrics that were currently surrounding her head as she searched for something specific.

Humming in acknowledgement, Bella headed to a free change room and pulled the curtain across in front of her firmly and tugged her shirt over her head. Rummaging through the small pile that Alice had picked out, Bella let a groan as she noticed that none of them were in the least bit baggy.

'How am I going to get away with hiding anything with these shirts?'

Dropping the shirt to the ground, Bella ran a hand over her face in annoyance. Bending down to pick up the shirt that she had let drop to the ground, she turned back to the front of the change room just in time to see the curtain fly open and Alice rush inside, the mound of fabric in her arms almost obscuring her view.

"You need to try these on too; I think that you should stick with neutral..." trailing off, Alice took in the sight before her. There standing in shock with a deer in the headlights look on their face, was a half naked Jason Swan, with only a thick bandage that was not so successfully disguising her true gender.

"Jason..." whispered Alice cautiously, "What is going on?"

'Oh crap'

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Edward POV

Never before had Edward realised there were exactly 32 cracks in his bedroom ceiling. Although, that could be because he had never had a reason to count the cracks in his bedroom ceiling before now.

Glancing away from his ceiling and back out of his window, Edward searched for Alice's obnoxiously bright car for the seventeenth time since she had called him. Telling him that she and Jasper were taking Jason Swan shopping and to tell Esme and Carlisle not to worry.

Sighing in frustration, and dragging his hand roughly through his hair, he pushed himself up from his bed and strolled into his bathroom, leant against the sink and raised his hand to pinch the bridge of his nose.

'What the hell is wrong with me?'

Turning the cold tap until a steady stream of water was flowing into the basin, Edward cupped his hands beneath it until they were full, and splashed the water onto his face. Shaking the excess water out of his eyes, he turned off the tap and looked at himself in the mirror.

The same emerald eyes he had seen thousands of times before stared back at him, framed by a mass of dripping burnt copper hair. But something seemed different from the last time he had really looked at himself; he just could not put his finger on it.

Huffing in frustration, he walked back out into his room and sat on his bed facing the window. He had been feeling annoyed and strangely restless since the beginning of lunch, when Jason Swan had come and sat with his family again.

Flashback

Edward walked quickly into the cafeteria, glad that his class had been let out early so that he could beat the line, he made his way over the lunch line and grabbed himself an energy bar and a Hamburger, shoving them on a tray as he went. Paying for his food, he let his gaze drift over to where he and his family always sat, it was currently empty and for once he did not have to dodge the rest of the school while trying to reach the table.

Sitting down and taking a huge bite of his burger, he saw Emmett, Rose and Japer wander into the cafeteria and get in to the gradually building line. Shovelling more of his burger into his mouth and swallowing, Edward nodded to his siblings who had managed to get through the line faster than most and had taken their seats at the table.

Stuffing the rest of his burger into his mouth and swallowing, he moved his tray to the side of the table and started unwrapping his energy bar and began pulling it to pieces. Looking up he saw Alice standing up at the end of the lunch line, talking to none other than Jason Swan, and she grabbed his arm and seemed to be leading him over to their table.

"Yes!" shouted Emmett, looking in the same direction as Edward, "Alice is bringing the new guy over, this is going to be so much fun. Ha ha, and Newton looks like someone has kicked him in the balls and taken away his favourite toy!"

"Oh well, hi everyone!" said Alice as she came into hearing range and put her lunch down and sat in her usual spot next to Jasper, leaving an open seat next to her for Jason.

Turning his attention back to his energy bar, Edward noticed that he had lost his appetite as soon as he had laid eyes on Jason, so instead of actually eating it, he just sat there picking it apart, ignoring Alice as she tried in vain to get his attention.

"Ok," he heard Alice chirp, as she clapped her hands together, "Everyone, this is Jason Swan, Jason this is Jasper, my boyfriend. Over there is Rosalie, jaspers twin sister. Next to her is Emmett, and you already know the anti-social over in the corner."

"Hi,"

That one sound had shot a jot through Edwards's spine and made him shift uncomfortably in his seat. 'What was that?'

"So Jay," he heard Emmett boom suddenly, "I hear you gave little Eddikins here a run for his money in gym yesterday."

Growling in annoyance, Edward looked up suddenly and sent a glare at Emmett, who just smirked back at him. Seeing Rose next to Emmett with an identical mischievous smirk on her face, he felt his stomach drop. She was going to get in on the fun too.

"I would have liked to have seen that, Edward needs to be taken down a couple of pegs."

All of a sudden, Jason lifted his head slightly and sent a shy looking smile at Rose. It was as if a thousand worms had suddenly decided to start moving around in Edward stomach at the sight of that one shy smile. Wiggling around in his chair, trying to get rid of that uncomfortable feeling in the pit of his stomach, he shifted his arm that was laying on the table.

Unfortunately for him, when he had moved his lunch tray out of the way earlier, he had moved it too close to the edge and when he moved his arm, he sent it crashing to the floor. Immediately he felt his face redden and he knew that any moment Emmett was going to start laughing at him.

Almost as if he could read his thoughts, Emmett let out a few snickers before he bust into full out howls of laughter. Edward could feel himself getting redder and redder out of angrier and embarrassment the longer Emmett went on. He was now trying to block out Emmett's taunts of how red really was his colour after all.

Hearing a slapping noise and then Emmett grumble and shut up, Edward was for the first time thankful towards Rose for being able to shut the big oaf up. Glancing over at Jason, who was quietly eating lunch, Edward wondered if he would ever live this down.

Snapping back into the present Edward sighed and, before he had consciously thought about it, his eyes drifted over to the window again. There was still no sign that Alice was going to be turning up any time soon, even though the shops closed over half an hour ago. Lying back on his bed he let his eyes drift closed. All this stress was exhausting, thank god that it was almost the weekend and he might actually be able to get some rest then.

Just as he was settling into his bed and letting himself relax, Edward heard a car door slam. Sitting bolt upright, he peered out of his window just in time to see Alice and Jasper step onto the porch.

Moving over to his door, he opened it a crack, glad for once that the house was silent. It was not even a minuet before he heard Alice's overly cheery voice float up the stairs towards him.

"He is going to look so great those new clothes, I didn't realise how bad his clothes actually were before I got him into those new jeans and that cream shirt. I think he is going to be getting a lot more attention. I was thinking of going over there in the morning to help him pick out what to wear; if he is anything like the rest of you he will need my help, no offence Jazzy!"

Closing his door again, Edward moved back to lie on his bed. Sighing in frustration, he rolled over and buried his head into his pillows. Why was he so interested in Jason Swan; better yet, how did he make it stop?

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Alice POV

"Jason..." Alice whispered cautiously, not really grasping what she was seeing, "What is going on?"

Not getting any response from the frozen person in front of her, Alice stepped further into the change room and turned to securely close the curtain. Taking a deep breath to calm herself, she turned around and found her new friend still standing still, completely motionless. Reaching out, Alice grabbed hold of his – or her, she supposed – arms and, ignoring the slight flinch, pushed Jason down onto the small bench in the changing room.

"Ok, Jason, just start from the beginning. I promise I'll listen till the very end before saying anything." Alice said, for once completely serious about staying quiet.

Her calm words and promise seemed to shake Jason out of his... her?... frozen state and with a shuddering breath Jason began speaking.

"Back in Phoenix, I was the best track athlete in my age division." Taking this as a hint to sit, she made her way to sit next to Jason and took his... her... hand in her own as a gesture to continue. "I was a great all-rounder, but my best event was the 100 meters sprint. I was the best."

Taking a shuddering breath of air, he continued, "then last month, it was the biggest track and field meet for the greater Phoenix area and I was in the finals. My mother, she always came to my races. That day, when it was time for me to run, she wasn't there. I found out later that day that she had gotten into a car crash on the way to see me run.

"When I found out she was in the hospital I went numb, and when I got there... they told me... they told me that she had passed away... it happened only minuets before I got there. When that happened, I lost it. No one could calm me down and I pushed everyone away. A few days later, when Charlie came down to help me with all of arrangements I went to see my boyfriend... James.... he went crazy at me, shouted that I was crazy and that when I had pushed him away he had enough and that I deserved to be alone, because I just end up hurting everyone in the end.

"So when Charlie told me that I was going to be moving to Forks to stay with him, I decided that I wasn't going to let myself get hurt again. The only way I could see to do that was to become someone completely different from myself. I became the brother I never had, Jason Swan. I thought that if I dressed as a boy, I wouldn't have to put up with all the boys drooling over me. I guess I didn't realise that I may be attractive to the girls, or that someone would barge in on me in the changing rooms."

"So," said Alice slowly, trying to wrap her head around what she had just been told, "you're really a girl?"

Seeing Jason nod her head, Alice nodded to herself still trying to work everything out, "and you dressed as a boy to save yourself from being hurt again?"

Another nod.

"I guess you want me to keep your secret then? If you want to keep dressing like a guy that is."

"I really would Alice, you don't have to stay friends with me if you don't want to, just please... don't tell anyone."

Seeing the sad and pleading look on her new friends face, Alice wrapped her arms around her and held her tight. "Just do me one favour ok? Don't push me away?"

Jason sighed and leant her head on Alice's shoulder, "don't you want to know my real name?"

"Where's the fun in that?! Besides if I did know I might accidentally let it slip at some point! Now... which shirts did you like?"

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Jasper POV

Glancing up at the large antique looking clock that hung above the main entrance to the mall, Jasper noticed that it was almost time for the mall to close, and Alice and Jason had yet to come out of the store that they had entered over half an hour ago. Standing and stretching out his legs, he heard Alice's laughter from behind him.

Turning, he caught a glimpse of Alice and Jason walking arm in arm out of the store, both carrying two shopping bags each and wearing grins, even if Alice's was twice the size of Jason's. Picking up the shopping bags that were strewn at his feet, Jasper raised his eyebrows at his girlfriend and new friend.

"All ready to go?"

"Ready!" came Alice's reply, as a mischievous glint lit up her eyes.

She was up to something and something told jasper that it had something to do with the other boy walking along beside her.

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