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The Major

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Previously…
(Jasper's POV)

Suddenly, I heard my Bella's voice as I neared the end of the hall.

"Look Edward, if you're looking for forgiveness, you can have it. But it doesn't mean that it's going to change anything between us." She said warningly.

The two pairs of footfalls came to a swift stop. "What happened to you, Bella? This isn't you; how did you become….this?"

I sped up to a fast human pace.

Rounding the corner of the practically vacant hallways, I froze, an involuntary growl rumbling from my chest as I saw the copper-haired vampire that I now knew was Edward gripping my Isabella by her wrist.

"Let go of her, Cullen!" I snarled, my eyes darkening as the Major tried to push his way to the surface.

Chapter 15
(Bella's POV)

I watched as Edward's eyes widened at the sight of Jasper as he strode this way with purpose; his fists clenched, his eyes pitched black and his jaw tight.

Edward loosened his grip in his shock and I wrenched my arm from him and quickly made my way over to Jasper. He was growling as he kept his eyes on Edward, his glowing black eyes never leaving who he deemed a threat to me.

"Jasper, honey," I reached up with both of my hands and placed my hands on either side of his face, bringing his gaze down to meet mine. His black eyes softened as they reached my face and he wrapped his arms around my, pulling me against his body and buried his face in my neck.

"Bella -" Edward began, only to be interrupted by Jasper's growl as his head snapped up and glared at him.

I looked over my shoulder and glowered at him before bringing Jasper's attention back down to me once again. "Jasper, sweetheart, we can't do this here. We're at school and there are humans nearby." I looked around us, relieved to see that the last of the slackers had gone and made it to their class rooms.

He looked down and nodded in shame.

I shook my head, bringing his eyes back up to meet mine with my fingers under his chin. "There's no reason to be ashamed; you were only trying to help me because you thought that I was in danger and that someone was trying to take your mate from you."

He growled at that, glaring over my shoulder at Edward. I could tell that he was balancing on the edge, the Major rattling inside of his head. I would have to handle this delicately if I wanted everything to go smoothly.

"Let's hurry up and get to class," I suggested, running my fingers gently up and down his back.

"But Bella -"

I whipped my head around to glare at Edward as Jasper let out another growl in his direction.

"We'll talk about this later," I told him through gritted teeth, even though I could care less if we ever talked since, in my opinion, there was nothing to discuss.

"I would listen to her, pretty boy," Peter said, appearing from around the corner behind Edward at the end of the hallway, striding towards us with purpose. Edward didn't look surprised to see him, so I guessed that he had probably heard his thoughts before he appeared.

I looked towards him and quirked a brow in a silent question.

He shrugged, "I figured that I should stick around; I had a feeling that you'd need my assistance."

I smiled and nodded, grateful. "Thanks Peter."

"Anytime, Sug," he winked, wrapping an arm around Edward's shoulders. "Why don't the two of you get to class? I've got this covered."

I nodded, reaching around my back to grab Jasper's hand and pried it from behind me to my side, interlacing our fingers and smiled up at him reassuringly. He was still stiff and glaring angrily in Edward's direction, but noticed me looking up at him. I gave his hand a gentle tug and he allowed me to pull him along.

He kept his eyes on Edward and Peter as we walked until we rounded the corner in the direction that he had come and began to make our way towards where I knew our English class would be.

"Are you alright to go to class?" I asked when I noticed his eyes begin to lighten in their shade behind his brown contact lenses.

He nodded, "I'll be fine. I just don't like him touching you."

I sighed, "You knew that was Edward?" I asked, remembering how he had called him by his last name.

He shrugged, "I suspected it was him since I had Alice an' Emmett in my gym class with Char an' Hannah."

I nodded absentmindedly as a wave of pain shot through my body. Jasper had immediately noticed it as he pulled us to a stop just outside of our classroom door.

"Are you okay?" He asked, concern flashing in his eyes.

I nodded once again, "I guess their abandonment still hurts, is all."

He reached up and tucked a stray strand of hair behind my ear. "I'll never leave you, Darlin'. You can count on that."

I smiled at him, sending him my emotions of gratefulness, love, security and happiness. "I know you won't, just like I couldn't bear to leave you, either."

A small smile of his own tugged at his lips as he leaned in to press them against my own. I sighed into the kiss, giving his hand a gentle squeeze before pulling back.

I sighed, "I guess we should get in there. We're late enough as it is."

He nodded in agreement and reached for the door with his free hand and held it open for me to enter in front of him.

(Jasper's POV)

I took a breath of clean air before entering the enclosed class room full of human heart beats, holding it in as I followed behind Bella. All eyes turned to meet us as we made our way over to the teacher, who stood in front of the dry erase board with a black marker.

"Can I help you?" He asked Bella and I, turning the marker around in his fingers before pulling the cap from the end and snapping it back on over the tip.

"Yes, actually," Bella smiled her dazzling smile at him, no doubt trying to soften him up since we were ten minutes late. "I'm Bella McLaughlin and this is Jasper Whitlock. We're new and both starting here today." She batted her eyes and smiled, using her vampire allure as she spoke. "I'm so sorry we're late, we kind of got lost on our way here looking for this class."

He rapidly blinked a few times, snapping himself out of his dazzled state and turned to his desk, picking up the clipboard on the left side of his desk. After looking over it for a second, he nodded and looked back up at us with a smile.

"Ah yes, I have you right here!" He said as he checked off our names and placed it back on his desk. He then turned and made his way across the room to a large floor-length cabinet and opened it. I could hear the other students begin to whisper to each other about us as he grabbed what looked to be two text books and two paperback work books.

"God, he's so hot!"

"I heard that they're together! Like together-together!"

"What I wouldn't give to get with that piece of ass…'

I couldn't help but to internally scowl at the last one, which came from a group of boys towards the back.

However, I didn't have time to think too much on it as the teacher made his way back over to Bella and I, handing us one of each of the two books.

"I'm Mr. Green and I'll be teaching you English for the rest of the year." He announced, introducing himself to us. "Now, since we've already gotten started, I'm not going to make you introduce yourselves to the class. You can take one of the empty seats in the back, since this class is a little on the smaller side."

I looked to see where he meant and saw that there were several empty seats on the last two rows; thankfully there were two right next to each other in the last row.

But as my eyes picked out those two seats, I couldn't help but immediately notice the blonde female who sat just in front of those two empty seats. However, it wasn't because of her beauty, because I'll admit, she was very attractive to anyone's eye, but because she, like the other three I've come across today, had golden eyes.

My God, how many of them are there?

Bella's voice brought my attention back to her and the teacher as she spoke, "Thank you, Mr. Green."

He smiled and nodded, "Why don't you go and take your seats and we'll continue on. We're talking about Hamlet. It's the book that we're reading this month." He walked back over to the supply cabinet and made his way back over to us with two books in his hands and handed them to each of us. "He's a copy of the book."

"Thank you," I nodded at him.

Bella and I weaved our way through the desks to the back of the class. As we passed the blonde female vampire, Bella's eyes widened and her nostrils flared. She looked down at the blonde, who was looking back up at Bella with wide eyes, but said nothing as we took our seats behind her and turned out attention to Mr. Green, who continued where he started when Bella and I had entered the class room.

The class flew by quickly and I couldn't help but notice how the blonde vampire continuously looked back at Bella and I out of the corner of her eye, yet didn't say a thing to us. Finally, the bell rang, dismissing class. She was up and out of the room at a quick human speed, her emotions anxious and impatient with the same shock that swirled through her emotions since first laying eyes on Bella.

"That was Rosalie Hale," Bella murmured as we gathered our books. "She's Emmett's girlfriend, or mate."

"She's a Cullen, then," I observed, reaching down to take Bella's hand in mine as we made our way out of the class room and into the hall towards our next class, which was Trig with Mrs. Holden, the same teacher that Char and Hannah had just previously had.

Bella nodded, "Yes. She was the only one out of their family who never really liked me. I never found out why." She sighed.

I smiled sympathetically at my mate, "Who cares what she thinks. She was probably just jealous."

She rolled her eyes, "Yeah, sure. The beautiful Rosalie Hale was jealous of the human, Isabella Swan; that's likely."

I shook my head in exasperation, "You don't see yourself very clearly, do you?"

"So I've heard," she mumbled.

I chuckled and leaned in to press a kiss to her temple as we finished making our way to our next class.

The rest of the classes up until lunch flew by, though we didn't have any more encounters with the Cullen coven. I wasn't sure if they were just skipping class, or if they just weren't in those classes, but either way, we didn't see them.

Peter, Bella, Charlotte and I walked through the double doors that led to the cafeteria, stopping to take everything in. There was a line of students at the far right where older human women were serving the food to the human students. In the center of the room was what looked to be a salad bar, with two large trash cans on either side, as well as arranged here and there throughout the room, as well as dozens of large round tables surrounded by chairs that the students would sit in.

In the far corner, I immediately spotted the four Cullen's, staring at us as we entered, along with the rest of the students within the canteen. Again, just like in each of our classes when we entered the room, the whispering began.

"Hey guys," Hannah appeared next to us, carrying her tray of what appeared to be fried chicken, mashed potatoes and a brownie, along with a Snapple iced tea.

"Hey Hannah," Bella smiled at her while the rest of us greeted her.

Peter slung his arm around Charlotte's shoulder. "So, where are we sitting?" He asked.

"You can sit with us!" Alice Cullen said as she came up beside us with a bowl of salad in her hand and a hopeful look in her eyes, as well as her emotions as she gazed in my direction.

A/N: So, what will happen next?! Will they sit with the Cullen's or somewhere else? Will Bella discover Alice's crush on Jasper, will Edward continue his pursuit of Bella? Any thoughts? What did you think of the chapter? I'd love to hear your thoughts! Review!

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