PREVIOUSLY:

"I like... Bella Hartley"

"ooh, Bella Hartley, she ain't half bad.."

Jasper's POV

(After Emmett and Jasper's talk)

Trying to get to sleep tonight is more difficult then usual, I can't stop thinking about Bella, we've only talked a few times, she's popular with a lot of the boys, she seems to shake them off though. I wonder if she's saving herself for someone, someone she likes. I wonder who she likes? she's so mysterious but outgoing, I want to know everything about her, what music she likes, her favorite food...

Suddenly, my phone on my bedside cabinet lit up the pitch-black room giving the message that it had run out of charge. I groaned. I couldn't be bothered to put it on charge, so I just left it and decided to try to get some sleep.

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!

I could hear my alarm roaring into my ear I sighed as I turned over to see what time it was

7:30!

I'm going to be late for school!

I jumped out of bed and hopped around the room with only one leg of my boring grey school trousers on. I continued to get washed and dressed and about fifteen minuets later I had my uniform on. We wear a striped tie (even the girls), a plan white cotton button up shirt, grey school trousers (grey/black skirt for the girls) with black leather shoes and if your a girl you have to wear knee high socks the same colour as your skirt. I don't understand why we have to wear all this uniform, I live in The boiling place of the Gold Coast, Australia and every day it's an average of 30-40 degrees.

I slumped downstairs and walked into the kitchen where I found my dad, Carlisle, my mom, Esme, and my two brothers, Emmett and Edward.

"morning" I said limply

My mom was preparing our dinner, she's an excellent cook and prepares our dinner in the morning so then when my dad comes in late from work she can just put it in the oven and it's ready in a few minuets. Dad was reading the headlines of the "Golden Coast" times. Something about the mangroves at Mako island. Mako is a place where no one goes, the hole island is surrounded by sharks. Emmett and Edward were both greedily eating a breakfast muffin mom made. Edward's only 13, but he apparently has a girlfriend, Alice Brandon. Alice is small and very 'pixie' like according to Edward.

My mom looked up from her cooking.

"Jasper!" she said in that mothering voice of her's as she poured me a glass of water and hurried over to me. "are you okay?" she set the glass of water down and felt my forehead with the back of her hand.

Dad looked up tentatively

"Are you okay, son?" Carlisle asked

"maybe he should take the day of school today, maybe he's coming down with something" Esme said

"No! i'm fine" I insisted "I just didn't get much sleep. No problem."

"you know you need to have at least 8 hours of sleep" dad said in his professional voice.

Dad's a doctor, the very best there is in Golden Coast, dad could work somewhere better, like Sydney, anywhere he liked all over the world, but instead he decided to work here.

"I know." I replied casually.

"Were going to be late for school" Emmett chimed in. "Are you coming Jasper?"

"Yeah"

I walked over to mom and kissed her cheek.

"bye mom" I said

"bye darling, what time are you coming home?"

"same time as usual, I'll ring you if I stay any later."

"Okay sweetie. Love you."

"Love you too mom"

"bye dad" I said quickly as I could hear Emmett and Edward waiting.

"bye son, have a good day at school" He looked up from his paper again.

I went to the front door and waited with Emmett. I could hear mom making a fuss of Edward's tie, the knot in it was big and square. I could also hear Edward moan and complain when mom wiped some toothpaste off of the corner of his mouth.

I stumbled into my shoes and opened the front door.

Again, I apologize for this chapter being so long, I promise the next chapter will be the one about maths class.

I will update tomorrow, (6/6/13)