Alice told us that she still needed a little while to think all of this through. She wanted to be alone, and there wasn't much else we could do, so we went back downstairs.
"Thank you, Edward. I'm not sure how far I would have gotten with her if it wasn't for you."
"It was no problem, and I've recently come to realize that I would most likely do anything for you," he admitted. I wondered if this realization had had anything to do with the kiss, or it was as recent as when he had time to himself to think while I tried to talk to Alice.
I smiled at him. "You know, I think I feel the same. Glad I'm not the only one," I joked. Hesitantly, he wrapped his arms around me. I leaned into his touch and they tightened around me securly. I felt safe, protected, and cared for. It felt right. I turned in his grip and wrapped my arms around him as well, clasping them together behind his back. I leaned my head against his chest and he pressed his cheek to the top of my head. It was the perfect moment.
I sighed semi-contentedly and pressed myself even closer to him. I still had the weight of Alice's reaction on my shoulders and I still worried if we could be friends even with the right feeling I had gotten earlier. Edward kissed the top of my head, seeming to sense what I was thinking.
"I promise it will be okay. If I keep saying it, will you believe me any time soon?"
"I doubt it, but it helps. Thanks again, Edward."
"You say thank you too much." I laughed.
"Yeah I know."
"But I like that about you."
I was about to respond when the front door opened. Edward and I broke apart, but stayed only about a foot away from each other. Jasper walked into the kitchen, glaring at us. Alice must have called him.
"Hey, Jasper," I said meekly. If Alice hated me, then Jasper would hate me. Anything that upset Alice upset him double. Great... enemy number two made. I should have counted him in the moment Alice ran out of the room. I should have known I would have to face the wrath of the angry boyfriend.
"Were you trying to mess with Alice's head? You know she hates being taken by surprise. Some warning would have been nice."
I hung my head. Then, Jasper smiled. He walked over and high-fived Edward.
" 'Bout time, man. Took you long enough." When I stared at Jasper with a confused look, he turned to talk to me, recieving a warning 'don't say anything!' look from Edward. "Edward here has had a crush on you for a while now. I've been telling him to tell you for a while now. At least he finally did something."
"And Alice didn't know about this!? That's surprising. She knows everything."
"Well, let's not tell her I knew about this, just in case she decides to stab me with a kitchen knife."
We all laughed.
"So... y'all can continue now..." Jasper said, his Texan origins showing in his speech.
"What?"
"You know, with whatever Alice interrupted earlier that made her so mad..."
I blushed. "Gladly," I heard the smooth, velvet voice say. And he spun me around, his warm lips on mine again for a second before he pulled away again to let me catch the breath that had whooshed out of my lungs when he had spun me around.
Alice squealed upstairs. Obviously Jasper had made it up there...
Jasper and Alice were perfect for each other. He calmed her down, and she got him to be happy. He had always been so serious when he wasn't with Alice. He had moved here from Texas, and Alice had been the welcoming commity. She had been the one assigned to show him around the school, and they had a lot of classes together. They had just clicked. And Jasper being the 'smooth' southern gentleman that he was had held out her chair for her at lunch and held doors for her the rest of the day and they had been together ever since. If you believed in soul mates, you could say that the two definetly were meant for the other. Of course they had their fights, but they always made up. And while they were each their own unique person by themselves, they were truly complete together. And they were obviously in love. It was the kind of love I hoped I could have one day. The kind I wanted with Edward. And our just started, confusing, and not yet defined relationship was already heading that way.