Chapter 11
Bella finally noticed how cold she was when she went to move a strand of hair away from her face, placing it behind her ear. The tips of her fingers felt frozen, like popsicles touching her cheek. She pulled her sweater tighter around her frame and decided she needed to warm up. She hadn't realized she spent so much time next to the water lost in thought because it was much darker when she turned around.
It was easy to see where the fire was and she slowly made her way in that direction, weaving around and through the people on the beach, though there was not as many as earlier. It was basically down to couples now. Her nervousness returned at the thought. She hadn't spoken to anyone since she arrived and she wondered where Alice and Rosalie were. She hoped they were by the fire, or close by.
The girl in question could already feel the temperature difference between the light and the dark. She picked up her pace because now she was freezing all over. Bella recognized her petite friend as she emerged from the blackness, next to the fire.
"Let me in here," Bella spoke as she stepped over the log that Alice was sitting on. She lowered herself into place next to Alice, and placed her hands next to the fire. She was only thinking about the warmth of the fire and how cold she was, now that her head was back in the present.
"There you are." Alice's voice sounded, and she was excited. "Bella, this is –," words failed Alice as she went to introduce Bella to the blonde haired man that had sat down a short time ago, only then realizing that she had never asked him his name, and Edward hadn't said it either. Alice never forgot to find out someone's name, ever, well, until now.
"The name's Jasper... Jasper Whitlock, Darlin'," Jasper said, filling in the blank of Alice's sentence. His accent, in full force, let everyone know that he was, in fact, not from Washington, but somewhere else. Somewhere warm. The timber of his voice caused a tingling reaction in Alice and she looked him in the eyes. His steely blue eyes were a reflection of her own and she smiled, thoughts of Edward forgotten.
"And this," he continued, pushing Edward on the shoulder, "is Edward."
When Alice didn't look away, he gave her a quick wink, gauging her reaction.
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