Okay, here's the reason why I haven't updated for AGES. We've just come out of a flood, and I've been staying at my grandparents for a week. I have been writing SO MUCH, I'm currently writing the 15th chapter, but I've had no internet. So, the first morning I get internet, what happens? I get 'limited or no connectivity'. It's really shitting me, but I suppose that if I'm posting this, I now have internet. And, because I'm so nice, I'll post two chapters for you. Because I'm nice.

"Rise and shine sleepy heads! It's time to get ready for school!" I decided that Alice's voice was too bright for first thing in the morning. I heard some more murmured whispers and squeals of delight coming from the doorway.

I sat up fast to avoid more of those squeals, but the sudden rush made my head spin, and even when I sat still, it didn't stop.

So this is what a hangover felt like.

My eyes opened the whole way and I saw Alice and Rosalie standing about two inches away from my face. I fell back in horror, fully waking Jasper up as my head hit the truck with a sickening thud.

"Ow," I groaned as Jasper sat up, clutching his head.

"I don't feel good," he moaned, before proceeding to throwing up in the truck and on me. My head was spinning wildly, the bang on the head, the hangover, the nauseating scent of vomit....

I quickly got out of the truck and sprinted towards the bathroom, only just making it in time to be sick in the toilet.

* * * * *

Jasper and I received a 'sick day' pass from Alice, who was annoyed at us for spoiling the chance to 'announce our couplehood'.

"You only get to announce that once. After that, when your with someone else, its no surprise anymore."

"Alice we're not a 'couple', we just fell asleep in the truck. We're not a couple! Aren't we Jasper?"

I may have been imagining it, but Jasper's face looked a little disappointed. I know that I felt that way. We both made it very clear that we weren't a couple. I was disappointed that we weren't a couple, but I had never imagined he would feel that way as well.

"No, Alice. We're not a couple. Now please, can you move on and annoy someone else? What about Edward? Haven't you annoyed him yet?"

Alice grumped off, mumbling something about 'didn't want to do it' and 'alcohol didn't do it's job'.

"So," Jasper began, "we have the whole day to ourselves. The others are going to school and dad and Jen have gone fishing. What would you like to do?"

"First, I need to eat something or I'll pass out, then we could do something outside."

"I just fixed my dad's golf cart. We could take it for a spin if you want?"

"Sure."

We found some breakfast and I went back home to get some more clothes and then Jasper met me outside with the golf cart.

"You ready?" I climbed into the seat next to him.

"I was born ready," I replied.

He swung it around with such force that if I hadn't've held on at the last minute, I would have fallen out. He went over some small jumps that had been set up, and the large tree roots that stuck out of the ground. We swerved around the corners until he came to an absolute standstill.

"Did you like that?" he asked, but I was completely distracted about something else that I didn't hear his question.

"Can I ride on the back?" I asked, my voice rising in excitement.

"Dad only put the seat there because he didn't want Emmett to stand on the buggy rack again. Do you really want to ride there?"

"Yes! I do!"

"You have to hold on tight."

"I know, I know." Jasper seemed like he didn't want me to sit on the back.

I settled myself into the seat and gripped the edges of it tightly with both hands. He fired up the engine and started off fast. I left my stomach where we began.

He swerved around the corners tight, probably trying to make me rethink my decision. I didn't. It was better than any rollercoaster I'd been on in my life. He went over the tree roots faster this time and I bounced up and down in my seat. He went over the small jumps, then turned a way we didn't go before.

"Bella, do you trust me?" he yelled over the roar of the engine.

"Um, in theory," I replied.

"Then hold on tight!" I twisted around to see where he was headed. There was a massive big jump, that only the most daring of motorcyclists would have jumped. But Jasper was going full speed at it, in his dad's golf cart, with no seat belts. And did I mention that the person sitting on the back is prone to the most clumsiest accidents?

I felt us go up the ramp, then leave the ground and we were soaring through the air. The only sounds I could hear above the engine were my screams.

We hit the ground sharply, the vibration rattling my teeth as all the wheels were on the ground. He slowed it down until it came to an absolute standstill.

"Did you like that Bella?" he asked. I couldn't reply.

"Bella?" I couldn't move the muscles in my mouth. Instead, I just fell off the seat and onto the ground. I think that I regained my stomach from the start. I looked at my arm. It was just a bit red, but that was my only injury. Until I stood up.

"Ow," I hissed under my breath as I tried to walk.

"Bella? Are you okay?" Jasper asked. I'd almost forgotten he was there.

"I think I twisted my ankle." He hooked his arm under my arm and I used him as a support to get to the house.

Once inside, he sat me down on the couch and went to get an ice pack for my ankle. I looked on the top of the television cabinet where there was an array of photographs on top of it. There was a line of Jasper and Rosalie's school photo's. I remembered why Jasper's face was like it was in every one. One time he didn't want to smile because he got punched in the face by James, the school bully. Another time he was about to sneeze when the flash went off. And the last one from Forks, he actually had a good photo. We used to always joke around about what kind of face he'd have in the next one.

On the top was also a picture taken from our 8th grade dance. Jasper had asked me to it, feeling embarrassed about it. I was so excited. I picked my outfit before anyone had even asked me to it. I was just glad that I could go to it with my best friend, and not with some loser who I didn't know. In the picture I was in the middle of spinning around with Jasper, the biggest smiles on our faces. I also knew how much he hated wearing that suit, but he didn't mind wearing it with me.

Jasper was back with the ice pack. I flinched when it touched my skin, but I gradually became used to it.

Jasper suddenly became stiff and he looked uncomfortable.

"I've been meaning to ask you since the day before I left. You remember that day." I remembered it so clearly that it was almost as if I was there again.

"Yeah."

Jasper was looking down and I could see that his face was pink.

"I was wondering if you would go out with me. You don't have to if you don't want to," he added quickly on the end.

"I had been meaning to ask that the day that you left as well. I came around to your house the next morning, but you were gone."

"So..."

"Yes. I would be...words couldn't describe. Too many emotions in one."

Jasper turned the TV on and then sat down and took my hand. It was absolutely perfect timing that Alice, Rosalie, Edward and Emmett all had to walk in at that very moment. Of course, the only noise was Alice and Rosalie screaming. The noise bacame all too much for Jasper, and he went to the fridge.

* * * * *

Charlie had been fed and was now sitting infront of the TV, snoring away. I had replied to Angela's email, done all my homework and I was now faced with another hour of boredom until I felt tired.

A knock at my window startled me. Jasper's hair shone in the moonlight as he struggled to get my window open. I opened it with ease so that I could stick my head out.

"What are you doing Jasper? Charlie stays armed these days."

"You weren't about to go to sleep, were you? I'm sorry if you were, but I was wondering if you wanted to stay over."

"Sure, I'll just write Charlie a note."

I grabbed a scrap of paper and scribbled a note on the bottom of it.

Dad,

Don't worry, I'm just staying at Jasper's the night. Be home for breakfast. Love you.

Bella

xo

I stuck the note on my door and then crawled out the window, into the cold night air. The golf cart was glinting dimly in the moonlight. I climbed into the front with him, shivering because I was only wearing a singlet and shorts. Jasper put his arm around me to try and warm me up.

When we got to his house, he didn't lead me to his room, but I knew exactly where he was taking me.

The truck had been properly set up with a little mattress, pillows and a thick duvet. It was colder in the garage then it was in any other part of the house.

I crawled in eagerly and sat there for a minute, trying to warm myself up.

Jasper returned, getting into the truck with me, embracing me against his warm chest where we fell asleep to the sound of each others deep breathing.

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