Title- Blue Jeans (1/?)

Author- Cristal

Rating-PG13 Swearing will happen in this at some point as will random rude gestures.

Pairing/ Environment- Bella/Jasper AH and DEFINITELY OOC

Disclaimer- All known characters belong to S. Meyer and are being borrowed for my own selfish creative entertainment. :)

Summary- An all-human romance tale of the meeting between Bella Swan and Jasper Whitlock. OOC- that's your second warning which means I'm serious. =D

"So, I'm confused."

"That sounds like a surprise."

"Witty." he grinned at her deadpan as they walked. "Why'd you move here of all places? You came from someplace that could conceivably be considered hotter than hell with what, two inches of rain a year? By contrast they're lucky if it breaks eighty degrees and you get like, three hundred days of rain."

She arched an eyebrow with a shrug, hiking her books higher into her arms. The tote bag wasn't quite able to handle them all. "Well...I needed to give my mom some room. She just recently got remarried to-"

"A dickhead?"

"Jasper, not at all!!" Brown eyes flashed as he held up his hands in mock surrender. "Not at all...she wants to travel with him when he plays minor league ball and I don't want to burden her. I moved out so she could be happy with him." she shrugged. "It seemed fair. I just have a couple more years of school and my dad doesn't see me as much as he used to, you know?"

Jasper shrugged slightly, a small frown tugging his lips. "I guess..."

She glanced over, eyebrow arched but not pursuing it further. Bella hiked the books up again as they trudged down the long hallway. Jasper absently reached over, pulling them into the pile in his hands, continuing to walk. "Sounds like your home life is decent anyway."

"Mm. I can carry my own books you know."

"Yeah, noticed that. That's why I took them for you." He shot a sly grin at her, slight draw in his voice at end. "Lady in distress."

"Ugh, don't call me that." he laughed as she pretended to retch.

"All right, all right." he smiled as they turned into the crowded lunch hall. She cocked her head looking at all of the tables. Rectangles, circles and the odd square, all the same panel style wood brown on an off yellow tile floor. Lips pursed, the looked for a table before glancing at Jasper. "You don't have to sit with me if you don't want. I'm assuming you have a girlfriend who's probably picturing my head on a pike."

He let out a loud laugh, a rich sound that gave her just a small tremor down the spine. "Nah. No girlfriend for me." he laughed again at Bella's further widened eyes. "What, don't believe me?"

"Uh, no, I don't." she cocked her head again. "Are you gay?"

That rich laugh escaped again as they strolled together towards the lunch line. "Wow Bella, zero for two and tactless. You can't guess worth a damn!"

A sneer crossed her lips- he seemed a tad too pleased with himself at the moment. "You're a tall blond hottie, why else would you not have a girlfriend?" Bella paused a moment before slapping her forehead lightly, light blush on her cheeks. "Why'd I say that out loud?"

"You're distracted." he hissed into her ear with a devilish grin. Jasper grinned further as Bella muttered something that sounded vaguely dirty under her breath. "You know-"

"Hiya kids!"

Both were tugged down hard at the shoulders as someone leaned their considerable weight against them. Bella looked over at a tall relatively cute guy. Curly dark hair and dark eyes that sparked wickedly. He had broad shoulders and was much taller than herself. Jasper was taller comparatively but definitely on the lankier side. She arched an eyebrow at Jasper. "One of your friends?"

"One for three- you're doing better." he shrugged before grinning at his friend. "This is Emmett. Em, this is Bella, she's new."

"I guessed." he smiled brightly at her before shaking her hand. "You seem nice enough. You won't turn evil on me will you Bella?"

"That would require more effort than I'd be willing to expend Emmett. And nice to meet you." she smirked as she shook his hand. He seemed sweet and relatively goofy in a football player way. "Why would I turn evil?"

"Eh..." he waved a hand vaguely. "If I said 'past bad experience' would you let it drop?"

Bella shrugged as she and Jasper grabbed trays for lunch. "For the time being."

"That works for me." he smiled sweetly again. "How'd you run into Jasper here?"

"Literature." she took a slice of pizza from the lunch lady and grabbed an apple, finishing with a carton of white milk. "We sit next to each other. We're also in fourth period drafting together. You?"

"It involves a long story featuring mud wrestling, cattle branding and midgets."

"I didn't have you pegged for the kinky type."

Jasper snorted as Emmett laughed. "Now you know." he winked at her. "Maybe I'll see you around Bella. You guys can eat with us if you want."

Jasper arched an eyebrow before paying for his lunch. "He's a dork."

"Yes...yes he is. But in a cute way!" she grinned at him as they picked their way to a recently cleared square table. "I don't see you ever getting bored around Emmett though."

"Mostly because he doesn't allow that kind of thing to happen around him." he bit into one of his three slices of pizza.

"I figured." Bella ate quietly a moment as she looked around the cafeteria. She recognized several people from her five classes so far.

"What's on your mind?" Jasper asked, already in the middle of his second slice of pizza.

"Just thinking about my last three classes for today..." He watched as she trailed off glancing around the room. "Art, biology and gym. The last of which should be a complete and utter disaster..."

He arched an eyebrow. "Why's that?"

"You noticed I tripped just a bit coming into the lit class?"

"Who didn't?"

"Smartass." he grinned as she rolled her eyes. "Let's just say it gets much, much worse. Anyone in a twenty foot radius probably should have good health insurance."

"You mean you'll smack someone with a racket or you'll take out yourself and six others with it?"

"The latter."

Jasper chuckled as she blushed slightly. "I admit that is impressive. Hopefully you won't put out your own eye with a paintbrush or something."

"Wow you're just hysterical Jasper!" she stuck her tongue out at him.

"May not be a positive thing per say, but I think you have bio with one of my other friends."

"Was that a warning?"

"Nah." she watched his lips pull slightly into a frown before he looked back with a smile. "He's a good guy. He's probably going to be valedictorian, you just wouldn't know it. He's got... an interesting mindset let's just say."

Bella looked down at her hands with a sigh. They were covered in four different colors of paint, three of which she wasn't positive what they would be called. And the bird she was painting didn't come out very...bird-like. Ah well.

She stopped at the teacher's table, vaguely registering all the common black tabletops behind her. He signed her sheet without making her introduce herself so it all worked out. Bella took her newly assigned seat, pulling out her notebook and pencil yet again. The day was almost over and it had went fairly well. Everyone was nice, she made a few new friends and had some decent classes. She tucked the tote bag underneath the table before dating her paper corner.

The girl sitting to her left at the next table was whispering under her breath and eying the door greedily all of a sudden. Both girls heads went down as they giggled behind their hands. Bella arched an eyebrow before she felt the table shift slightly. Her eyes drew over to a rather handsome guy. So that was what had their attention. He smiled brightly at her, extending a hand. "Hi. Looks like we're neighbors."

She took his hand with a shrug. He had lovely green eyes and an infectious smile. He was also very handsome otherwise. Especially his hair. It stuck out at odd angles and was the most beautiful shade of copper- like a penny. The girly girls next door seemed to fancy him and his penny goodness anyway. "Appears that way. My name is Bella, it's nice to meet you."

His other hand came to rest gently on top of the hand he clasped as he continued to smile with a nod. "My name is Edward and the pleasure is all mine."

End of Chapter 1

Author's notes- Well this is turning into fun for me! :) I hope you all are enjoying reading it as much as I'm enjoying writing it! Thanks again for taking the time to read, I appreciate it very much.