Title- Blue Jeans (3/?)
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
Bella hummed under her breath as she swapped books in and out of her locker. It was the kind of random tune one heard on the radio and then proceeded to twine in her thoughts the rest of the day- without knowing the actual title. She sighed as she pulled the last book into the pile in her hands, finally shutting the metal locker door. The brunette stepped back with a squeak, coming face-to-face with Mike. He smiled slightly at her...it looked rather predatory in her opinion.
"Hi Bella."
"Mike. How are you?" She clutched the books, taking a step back.
He shifted slightly closer. "I was hoping you'd reconsidered coming with me to the formal next month."
She shrugged slightly with a slight sigh. "Mike, if I may be frank with you, I don't know you!"
"Great time to learn." he leaned in with another one of those smiles. "I'm sure we could have fun."
Bella continued, ignoring the last comments. "And I don't think I'll be going."
"Come on Bella, surely I can do something to change that pretty mind of yours."
She frowned slightly, getting annoyed at his insistence and his infringing on her personal bubble of space. "Take another step towards me and I will kick you in the balls. I've said no and that's my final answer on the matter. You ask me again and you will be getting up close and personal with my foot."
An ugly look passed his face as he grabbed her upper arm, pulling her sharply. "Being a frigid bitch wasn't what I was looking for."
Bella stilled as she felt someone stop extremely close behind her, resting a hand against the lockers. "Nobody's that fucking stupid. What part of the no answer did you not actually GET?"
"Fuck off Whitlock. This doesn't concern you."
"Sure it does." Jasper grinned darkly. "Because I plan on holding you still so Bella gets a good shot at your nuts. How's that sound Bella?"
"I'm wearing my steel-toed boots today!" she chirped with a grin to the lanky blond.
He glanced down with a matching grin. "I suggest you apologize unless you don't want children."
If looks could kill, Jasper thought he may have been a dead man. Fortunately they didn't as Mike muttered. "Sorry." he stepped back, glaring at the tall blond who looked far too comfortable almost hugging the brunette. "Might want to keep Whitlock on a short leash Bella. Hanging out with the wrong crowd this soon will kill your good graces."
Jasper glanced down as Bella smiled confidently, leaning back against his chest. "I think I've already spotted the bad apples, thanks."
Mike finally turned after getting several paces back. She shook her head, turning into him. "Thanks for the save Jasper. You're a prince."
He grinned. "Not quite. Besides, you were doing just fine on your own. I figured I'd just offer some help."
"Now he won't leave me alone- what a creep."
Jasper paused a moment, debating before finally wrapping an arm around her shoulder, pulling her a tad closer as they walked down the hall. "He is. I've got your back you know."
She smiled at his warmth wrapped around her as she looked up. "I know. You are a prince."
He arched an eyebrow with a smile. "You don't know me well enough yet."
A grin touched her lips as they approached their room. "Jasper I already know I'll still be right even after I learn."
***
"Hmm." The tall blond paused thoughtfully as she sat at the lunch table watching her friend. He looked awfully happy. Jasper and the new girl Bella were sitting across the lunch hall by themselves again today. Jasper was animated and his eyes sparked as he joked around with her. She was just rolling her eyes and sighing deeply. Emmett poked her in the shoulder.
"You keep ignoring me."
"I'm not ignoring you." she paused. "I'm preoccupied with something else at the moment."
He followed her line of site before shrugging. "That's the same as ignoring in my book."
"You have a limited book doll." she smirked at him. "And stop acting like a baby."
Emmett huffed before starting back into his lunch. "So Jasper has decided to not be a recluse. Throw him a party why don't you."
"Ooh."
He looked up sharply at that response. "JOKE Rose! It was a joke for God's sake!! You'll embarrass the piss out of him!"
She crossed her arms over her chest, leveling a gaze at him. "Actually it was a good idea. We can do a nice party this weekend to give him the chance to invite her. If he doesn't then I'll do it for him."
Emmett sighed deeply, his head hitting the wooden tabletop with the dull thunk. "Me and my big ass mouth..." he felt the table shift, glancing up at his friend. "Edward, stop her, please."
He arched an eyebrow before grabbing french fries. "I obviously missed something important. Who am I stopping and why exactly?"
"Rose. And because SOMEONE needs to..." he groaned.
"Still a little unclear on what precisely is going on Em." he crammed more fries in his mouth. "Wanna explain Rose?"
"Emmett had a great idea-"
"Don't pin this on me."
"About having a party." she smiled slightly. "I'd like to do something smallish, give Jasper the chance to ask out Bella. Don't you think that'd be nice?"
He shrugged, looking thoughtful. "Sounds like a decent plan." he grinned as Emmett groaned his disagreement. "It is. And if Jasper doesn't ask her, Rose will make sure she comes." he glanced back over his shoulder at the two across the room. "Don't think he'll need the help though."
"Hmm."
"Dear God she keeps making that noise! Stop encouraging her!!"
Edward grinned in response as he moved to the burger on his plate, watching as Rose plotted silently across the table.
***
Bella entered the art room with a slight smile on her lips. She felt like she was fitting in pretty well in most of her classes for the most part. You have the odd unpleasant people, but that aside, not bad. She sighed softly as she sat at the open table she sat at previously. There was another girl there this time though- perhaps she'd been absent. She looked up with brilliant brown eyes as Bella met her insightful gaze. "Hi. I'm Bella. You must have been out the other day when I started. I'm not sitting in your seat am I?"
"Oh no." she cocked her head, her face perfectly framed by the spiky curls. "And I had the stomach flu."
"Feeling better?"
She finally smiled slightly. "Much, thank you for asking."
Bella returned the smile before going to retrieve her questionable painting from the dry rack. Her table mate already had half a painting in front of her, her palette spread with a rainbow of colors. She cocked her head as she looked at it. "Wow...that's really good."
"Thank you." A brighter smile lit her features. "Art is my favorite class!" she frowned slightly. "Feels like it's the only one I'm good at most the time..."
"I understand." she shrugged. "By contrast, I stink comparatively, so hopefully we'll get along pretty well."
Bella smiled as the other girl finally giggled a bit. "It's not that bad. You just need a little different shade is all." she mixed up a beautiful burnt orange before pushing the palette over. "Try this one."
She added the burnt orange, marveling at the drastic difference with just the one color. "Wow! That was awesome!" she laughed. "I think you just saved it even!!"
A grin touched her lips as she worked on her own painting. "Save is a little extreme."
"Not in my case." Bella muttered with a drastic shudder. She looked back up with a grin. "What's your name so I don't call you 'hey you!' the rest of the day?"
"Sorry!" she extended a hand with paint under her nails. "My name is Alice."
Bella shook her hand. "Nice to meet you Alice and your wonderful painting-saving talent!"
Alice just grinned.
End Chapter 3
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