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Previously: "Someday she will tell me what's wrong, and I'll help her. But no matter what, I'll make sure she's always smiling," I vow to myself.
JPOV:
When the elevator doors opened, Bella shot out the door then stopped abruptly and waited for me to get out. I looked at her questioningly with one eyebrow raised and in response she just rolled her eyes and looped her elbow through mine.
We walked to her room in contemplative silence, for the first time not saying anything to each other. "I'm going to go to my room B, I'll see you later."
"You're not coming in?" she asked, looking at me curiously.
"No, I'm going to go talk to Emmett and Edward and then we'll come back. Kay?" I asked making sure she was looking at me.
"Yup." She said cheerily but I noticed her smile slip into a frown as she shut the door quickly behind her. I pulled on my hair in frustration as I walked into my own room, closing the door behind me. Why won't she tell me?
"Tell you what Jasper?" Em asked making me jump.
I turned around confused, "Huh?"
"You said 'why won't she tell me'. Why won't she tell you what?"
"Oh. Nothing." I said pointedly looking away from him.
He raised one eyebrow at me, "So you're mad because she didn't keep anything from you? Yes, that seems justified."
I groaned quietly. "Just let it go Emmett."
"Fine. But you're going to have to tell us eventually." He said giving me a serious look.
I rolled my eyes, "Whatever. Anyways, what was up with you and Edward today?"
"Whatever do you mean?" he asked, with a look of fake innocence plastered onto his face.
I narrowed my eyes at him before speaking, making sure to enunciate every word so he would understand exactly what I was talking about. "Every time I talked to Bella you two would look at each other with this knowing look. And I want to know, what the hell the knowing look was about."
Edward chose this moment to finally walk back into the main room and I looked at him expectantly waiting for an answer. "Jasper, if we tell you you're just going to say we're being ridiculous."
"It can't be that bad. Just tell me; I can handle it."
"You're in love with Bella." Emmett blurted out before covering his mouth with his hands, like that would help.
I stood with my jaw hanging open and my eyes wide enough to be mistaken for saucers. "Wha... me… Bella." I stuttered out, unable to form a complete sentence in my shock.
Finally, I seemed to get it together enough to complete a sentence. "Explain now." Well not necessarily a complete sentence, but at least I strung together two words that made sense.
Emmett rolled his eyes at me and motioned for Edward to explain, probably figuring he would just end up blurting out something else stupid.
I turned to look at Edward expectantly. "You're in love with Bella."
This time, I rolled my eyes at him instead of freaking out. "Emmett already said that; what I want to know is why you would even begin to think that."
"Dude, Bella knows more about you than anyone else and anyone can tell that you care more about her than just about anyone else."
I looked at them exasperated; their reasoning did absolutely nothing to prove that I was in love with Bella.
Clearly seeing the look of exasperation on my face, Em finally decided to speak up. "Jasper, how'd you feel when you saw Seth and Bella kiss?"
As I thought about them kissing, it felt like someone was stomping on my heart and I'm sure the look on my face turned to one of pain.
"Why do you look you're in pain at the thought of them kissing if you don't love her?" Em asked, looking smug.
That one was easy. "I do love her, that doesn't however mean I'm in love with her. She's like my sister, the reason I'm so close with her is because she's always been there for me. And the reason I look like I'm in pain is because she's like my sister; I will never like the idea of some guy kissing her." I said, as my face now held an expression of disgust at the idea of some imbecile trying to kiss my Bella.
"This is why I said we wouldn't tell you; you think it's a ridiculous idea." Edward said knowingly.
"Of course I do! You're trying to tell me that I'm in love with the girl that's been my best friend for practically my whole life! Did you think I'd say, 'Yes of course I'm in love with her.'?"
"No, that's why we weren't going to tell you."
I rolled my eyes at them before going to my room and splashing cold water on my face. It was really hot outside and my face felt like it was on fire, especially after the little yelling match we just had.
I walked back into the main room, "I'm going to B's room. Are you guys coming?"
They shared another look, only stopping when I glared at them. "Yea, we'll come." Emmett said.
"Alright, well then let's get on with it." I said, annoyance lining my sentence.
We walked quietly from our room to their room as I tried not to think about what they had tried to tell me. If I kept thinking about it, I would just get angry and then I'd have to explain to Bella why I'm mad.
Just before I knocked on the door to their room I seemed to get myself in control enough that I didn't look like I wanted to kill someone. When nobody came to the door, I knocked again and this time she opened the door with a surprised look on her face.
"Em, Edward; you two go ahead. I want to talk to Bella about something." I said with my eyes locked on Bella's.
I vaguely heard them mumble okay as I waited for them to get out of earshot. When they walked into one of the bedrooms and shut the door behind them, I moved closer to B.
"Why do you look so surprised to see me? I said I was coming back."
"Sorry, Alice, Rose and I were talking about something and I just got caught up in the conversation."
"I'm guessing you're not going to tell me what that conversation was about?" I asked already knowing the answer.
She shook her head sadly, "Sorry J. Not yet, I will tell you. I just... I need some time."
As much as I wanted to know what was going on, I wouldn't make her tell me. "I'll wait Bella, until you're ready. But, I'll always be here for you. You know that right? No matter what you tell me, I'll never leave you."
She kissed me lightly on the cheek and whispered into my ear, "Thanks Jasper."
I smiled at her happily, "Anytime, now why don't we go to that room?" I asked, tilting my head in the general direction of the room Em and Edward had disappeared into.
She took my hand and we walked into the room silently, this time in comfortable silence. As we walked into the room, I noticed that Em and Edward were engaged in a heated debate and when I saw them, I tried not to burst out laughing.
"What are they fighting about?" Bella asked Rose and Alice who were trying not to laugh at them.
When it looked like Alice was going to choke on her laughs, Rose decided to enlighten us. "We were all talking about the trip and how cool it would be when suddenly these two started arguing about whose summer would be more amazing."
When she said that, I couldn't control my laughs anymore and I burst out laughing. That was such an Edward/Emmett thing to argue about. I was laughing so hard that Bella slipped her arm around my waist to keep me from falling on the ground.
When I finally got control of myself I noticed that Bella was looking at me with a small smile on her face and I looked at her questioningly. In response she shook her head slightly before replying. "It's been so long since I've seen you laugh that happily."
I looked down at her with a small smile on my face before both of us turned to listen to Em and Edward's ridiculous argument.
"Dude, mines obviously going to be better. I mean, have you seen me?" Emmett asked incredulously.
"Sadly I have seen you. And, that's why my summer is going to be better. I'm amazing!" Edward argued back.
By this time, Bella seemed to think she had enough of their ridiculousness so she ran in between them causing them to stop their glaring competition.
Em sighed exasperatedly, "Yes Bella?"
"Obviously, my summer is going to be the best so why don't both of you shut up so we can do something interesting." She requested in such a sweet voice that Em and Edward looked at her dumbfounded.
"Did you just tell me to shut up?" Emmett asked, clearly surprised that a girl about 1/3 his size told him what to do.
"Yes. Now, are you done asking me stupid questions?"
He nodded bewildered and him and Edward walked over to us, still looking surprised. I bit my lip so I wouldn't laugh at the fact that they were scared of a girl not even half of their size.
"Good. Now, what do you guys want to do?" Bella asked, looking at all of us expectantly.
"Uhm." Emmett said with a conflicted look on his face. "We could go to the carnival, or Waterloo, or the Castles or.." Emmett said excitedly before I cut him off.
"Okay, apparently we have to decide." I said loudly, talking over Emmett's excited voice.
Bella's face suddenly lit up and I looked at her expectantly, "Let's go to the carnival! It'll be fun!"
Sounds fun to me. "What do you guys think?" I asked looking around, when everyone nodded in agreement I smiled happily.
"YES! THE CARNIVAL!" Emmett yelled excitedly before running out the room, presumably to go downstairs.
All of us laughed loudly at his unending enthusiasm before all of us took the elevator down and walked outside to the parking lot. When we got to parking lot all of us saw Em standing there impatiently, tapping his foot on the ground as he waited.
When we saw the impatient look on his face all of us burst out laughing once again causing Emmett to stick his tongue out in response. "Well come on, we don't have all day!" He said.
"Alright Em; but, I'm driving my car." Bella said seriously, giving us a look that dared us to argue with her. Rose and Alice quickly agreed with her, making it clear that none of us would ever be allowed to drive their cars.
"Okay, so two people can go in each car. Who are Emmett and Edward going with?" Bella asked, conveniently leaving out my name making it obvious to the others that I was going with her.
I smiled happily and walked over so I was standing next to B, watching as the other 4 just stared at each other, as if that would magically decide who was going with who.
I knew Emmett wanted to go with Rosalie, but I also knew he wouldn't say anything so I nudged Bella in the shoulder to get her to look at me.
She looked at me questioningly and in response I pointed at Emmett who was looking at Rosalie longingly. She smiled at what she saw and winked at me, showing me that she understood what I was trying to say.
"Okay, clearly I'm going to have to decide who goes with whom. Edward, you're going to go in Alice's car. Em, you're going in Rosalie's car." Bella said, looking at Emmett expectantly.
When his face lit up in response she looked back at me with a satisfied look on her face.
"Alright, but which car is Rosalie's?" Emmett asked confused but still excited.
"It's Rose." She corrected. "And it's the red Ultimate Aero EV." She said proudly.
Emmett turned around and whistled lowly when he finally saw her gorgeous car. "Nice car. It's the same color as my Jeep." He said appreciatively.
"Thanks Emmett." She said, with a smile. Anybody could clearly see how proud she was of her car. "Now if you don't hurry up, you're going to be walking to the carnival."
"Okay, I'm coming. Bye guys!" He shouted, as he ran to catch up with Rose.
Edward and Alice walked over to her canary yellow Porsche and Bella and I walked up to her car. Just before we got in the car, Rose yelled, "We'll race you guys there!"
"You're on!" Bella and Alice yelled in agreement.
"Bella, stick to the speed limit!" I warned, with a smidge of fear evident in my voice.
"There is no speed limit here Jazz." She said happily as she got in the car." I turned to look at Edward fearfully only to see the same look on his face.
I gulped in fear before getting in the car, hoping she wasn't going to kill me. The second she started driving, I gripped the seats tightly, scared for my life. Bella always drove fast, but this was borderline insane.
I had to do something to calm down, so I turned to Bella trying not to look as scared as I felt. "Wanna talk about something interesting?" I asked as I leant back in my chair and closed my eyes so I wouldn't have to see us flying by.
"Hmmm. How about some of my amazing jokes?" she asked.
I opened one eye and looked at her just in time to see her wink at me. "Are these going to be the good ones or the lame ones and the blond jokes that still manage to make me laugh?" She seemed to think telling me blond jokes was hilarious, considering I was blond.
"Obviously, they're going to be the lame ones and the blond ones Jasper. I wouldn't be able to make you laugh with good jokes." She said in a fake exasperated voice causing me to laugh and close my eyes again.
"Alright, lame jokes it is."
"Hmm… oh I got it! What did the farmer say when he lost his tractor?"
What would a farmer say if he lost his tractor? "I don't know. What did he say?"
"I lost my tractor." She said cracking up. Her laughter succeeded in making me laugh, both at the lame joke and at her happiness at the lame joke.
"Nice one B, what's next?" I asked teasing her.
"How many blondes does it take to screw in a light bulb?"
"Making fun of blondes now are you?" I asked, pretending to be offended.
"Oh just shut up and answer the question." She said playfully, knowing I wasn't really offended.
"How many?"
"One, he was an electrician." She said, trying her best not to burst out laughing. However, this time I couldn't stop myself and I cracked up falling forwards in my seat with the intensity of my laughter.
"Funny Bella, you really shouldn't make fun of blonds you know."
She turned and raised one eyebrow at me questioningly. "Yea, cause I totally have something against blonds. That's why my best friend, my sister and my boyfriend are all blond right?"
I shook my head at her, knowing she would never give in. "Any more jokes? Or is that all you can come up with?"
She narrowed her eyes at me before thinking of something that would no doubt be lame, once again. "What did the peach say to the apple? Nothing, peaches can't talk!" She said, not even waiting for me to reply this time.
I couldn't help but laugh and I smiled at her, happy that she always knew what to say. Even if it was extremely lame. The rest of the ride consisted of her telling me extremely lame, funny jokes and after a few minutes I completely forgot that we were driving at around 130 mph.
"We're here!" Bella said cheerfully when she noticed we were the first ones there.
Suddenly, something struck me and I turned to look at her accusingly. "You distracted me!"
"What are you talking about Jasper?" she asked with a look of fake innocence on her face. The look she gave me reminded me so much of what Emmett had done before that I had to try not to laugh.
"You kept telling me really lame jokes because you realized I was scared." I said softly, keeping the accusation out of my voice.
She looked at me with a small smile. "Would it be wrong if I admitted that I did?"
I laughed at the completely innocent question that only she would ask me. "No, but how'd you know I was scared?"
"Two reasons. Reason number 1: You've never liked it when I drove past 100 because you think I'm going to end up hurting myself. Reason number 2:" she said, holding up another finger to accentuate her point. "I can tell when you're scared Jasper, even if you try hiding it from me."
When I finally managed to wipe the shock off my face I smiled at her, "Thanks Bella."
"Anytime, now let's go outside. I can't wait to see Rose and Alice's face when they find out I beat them." She said giddily as she nearly jumped out of the car.
I shook my head at her with a smile on my face as I opened the door and got out a lot calmer than she had.
A/N: Hey guys, this chapter's shorter than usual but this seemed like the natural place to stop. Next chapter is going to be more about Bella's story, so please R&R! Sorry for the wait this time!