* J *
It has been two long years since I had been in Fork's. I still wondered if the little girl, Alice, was still in Fork's. Tanya had been generous to me but it was time to leave. I haven't seen my family in two years.
" Tanya..."
" I know Jasper. Tell everyone I said hello." She said with a smile.
" Thanks, Tanya." I got into my car, a silver Camry, and drove back to my home. I wondered what had changed. I knew this coming school year I would be a senior. That means Alice would be a junior. She would be grown up she'd be different.
" Jasper!" Esme called excitedly. She ran up and hugged me in the living room, as did Emmett, Rosalie, Edward, and Bella. We all talked and laughed until the kids had to go to school.
" Welcome home, Jazz." Carlisle whispered to me before I went to school with the others.
* A *
" Jessica, come on, your hair isn't as important as my education. And I don't want to be in detention for the first week of school." I had really warmed up to Forks now. I was used to this place. And all the memories of before I hardly ever remembered.
But today something flickered in my brain, an image of Jasper Hale. Something I hadn't gotten in two years. I shook it off as Jess came running down the stairs.
" Bye, Mom." She called. We ran out into the rain to her car. When we got to the parking lot she checked her phone.
" No way!" She said.
" What?"
" I got a message from Lauren that says Jasper Hale is back!" My eyes widened. The beautiful, blonde boy from my dreams was back?
" Really?" She nodded and squealed. She forwarded to her entire contact list. I rolled my eyes. We got out of the car. She went to find Lauren, while I searched the parking lot for Angela, my best friend.
" Alice, over here!" Angela called, I ran over to her.
" So have you heard the latest gossip?" I asked being overly sarcastic. She giggled.
" Yeah. Pretty stupid how everyone is talking about it." I nodded in agreement. " We should go to class."
I had biology for my first class, great. I walked into the room and scanned the area. Edward Cullen was in this class. There were no more seats left so I had no choice but to sit next to him.
Mr. Malina, the biology teacher, started out with reviews from last year so it wasn't hard. I felt myself slipping into rest. Edward was freaking me out but he never talked to me.
The rest of the school day was pretty dull. After school Angela went home while I took Aunt Marge's mini van out to La Push. Jacob had grown but he was still the cute, little twelve year old I knew.
" Movie?" I asked him when I got to his house.
" No. How 'bout something free? The beach?" Jacob offered. I smiled and said yes. We got to the beach and just walked around aimlessly.
" So, I heard Jasper Hale is back in Forks." He said.
" How do you know?" I asked.
" My friend, Tyler, goes to Forks. He told me." I nodded I had seen Tyler doing stupid stuff.
" Rebecca told me the Cullen's aren't allowed here. What's the dirt about that?" I asked suspiciously.
" The Quiluete tribe has those old legends about the wolfs and stuff, you remember, right?" I nodded then gestured him to go on. " Well, the Cullen's were found hunting on our land. Mt great- great grandfather made a treaty with them."
" So what are they then?"
" Cold ones. Or vampires. See they have marble skin, yet it's cold. And they hunt animals instead of humans, or so they say." My eyes widened. So they are vampires. A chill ran down my spine.
* J *
I came so close to touching her. She didn't notice me, though, thank god. Alice was standing by Jessica's car when I was walking toward her back. I could have killed her.
" Nice." Edward said. Edward, Carlisle, and I were trying to figure out what to do.
" You could try to get to know her. If you get to know her then maybe you'll be tempted not to hurt her. Try to be around people more often." Carlisle suggested. I could try that. I will try that.
* A *
Tuesday came by slowly. Biology was going so slow.
Jasper is in the cafeteria holding Jessica's hand. He leaned down and bit her hand. He sucked her blood until she was dead. He turned around and looked at me. He put on a sweet smile then sauntered toward me. He cupped my throat and leaned down.
Edward looked at me in astonishment. Like he knew what I just saw. His mouth was hanging down. We were dismissed from our class. I glided through the rest of my morning classes nicely. Then lunch came. Edward was whispering to Jasper. I passed the table to greet Angela, who was waiting for me at the lunch line.
We got our food and sat down. The vision hit me hard again. I got instantly dizzy.
" Angela, I'm gonna get some fresh air." She nodded as I got up. I left quickly and sat down by a big tree. I sat thinking and for the most part, crying. I immediately decided to forget about Jacob's silly tales.
" Excuse me." A male voice asked me.
I looked up to see Jasper Hale. " Oh, hello." He didn't scare me; it was the thought of losing Jessica like that. She served as my sister for two years now. " What?" I asked.
" I just was making sure you were okay." He claimed.
" Why the heck would you care?"
" Because when people feel bad I kind of feel their pain." I nodded. He looked around as if he needed something to say. " Um. So just making sure."
" Well, thanks for caring." He ducked his head like a southern gentleman and made his way back to the cafeteria.
* J *
" She saw that vision." Edward said, after still explaining Alice's weird vision. I shook my head.
" What should I do?" I asked.
" Talk to her still. Like you're a normal person who knows nothing of her visions." I agreed as soon as I saw her pass us to the doors. " Here goes nothing." I said.
I saw her sitting outside by a big tree. I walked up, then I realized, she was crying. I didn't know what to say. " Excuse me?"
The tiny, beautiful girl looked up and answered, awed by my appearance. " Oh, hello." She said, wiping off her tears. " What?"
" I was just making sure you were okay." I claimed.
" Why the heck would you care?" That stung. I wish I could tell her that I was getting attracted to her but that would freak her out.
" Because when people feel bad I kind of feel their pain." I looked around, searching for something to say. " Um. So just making sure."
" Well, thanks for caring." She smiled. I ducked my head like a gentleman from the south would do and walked back to the cafeteria.
The feelings growing inside of me were different. They felt... good. Like she was the best thing that ever happened to me.
