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𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹
I SIT IN THE WAITING ROOM in the hospital as Bella gets a check up. Suddenly someone sits down in the chair next to me. Jasper. "How's your sister?" he asks. "I don't know yet, I'm sure she's fine though" I say.
There is a tension between us, he wants to know my thoughts and I want to know his. "Look, I want to know how you got to me so fast" I start.
He opens his mouth to interrupt me but I continue speaking "But I'm not going to force you to tell me. You can tell me in your own time, eventually" I say.
"Thank you" He says as he stands up. I smile up at him "I really thought you'd be more curious" he says. "Oh, I am, I'm just not one to push" I say. He smiles at me one last time before walking away.
———•———
I lay in bed that same night, not being able to sleep. I pull out my sketch pad from the draw next to me and draw whatever comes to mind. I continue to sketch lines and circles until I feel although it's done. I look over my drawing, I had drawn Jasper.
I sigh and rip out the sketch and place it on top of the book on my night table. I lay down and eventually fall to sleep.
———•———
I wake up the next morning to get ready for the field trip, I look at my dresser to see the drawing of Jasper is gone. I shrugged it off and got dressed. I met Bella out front and we drove to school.
When we got there two yellow busses where parked out front. "I need everybody's permission slips, okay?" Mr Molina yells. I step out of the truck just as Mike appears. He's clearly about to ask Bella out.
"Bella I'll save you a seat" I say as I wiggle my brows at her. She glares at me and turns her attention back to Mike. I pass the teacher my permission slip and climb onto the bus. I sit right at the back behind Angela and Jess, next to a window.
Bella comes on and sits down beside me. "So did you say yes or no?" I ask her. "I said no and told him he should ask Jess" She shrugs. "Fair enough, he's cute but he's not hot" I comment looking out the window briefly at Jasper who stands outside the other bus.
"Yeah I guess you're right" she says. "Oh Bells, I'm always right" I say smirking at her. She laughs as the bus drives forward.
———•———
We finally arrive at some greenhouse and Mr Molina makes a cup of compost tea. Tyler snatches it out his hands and and walks next to me with it. "Ten bucks if you drink it" I smirk. Tyler actually goes to drink it before Mr Molina snatches it back "don't drink it, it's for the plants!" he yells causing me to laugh.
Tyler runs ahead leaving me by myself, I stop and look at the single white rose that's planted in the soil. "You like roses?" a voice I know far too well speaks up. "Yeah, they're such delicate flowers" I say.
I turn to look at Jasper and see him smiling down at me "what?" I ask with a grin on my face. "Nothing" he says. We walk together around the green house until we have to leave.
I walk beside him as we walk up to Bella, Edward, Alice and Sam. "So, will you guys be riding with us?" Alice asks. "No, our bus is full" Edward says staring at Bella. 'Jerk' I think as he slams his hand against the door.
Alice turns to me, I offer her a smile "I would love to but I better go after my sister" I say. "Bye" I say walking away after Bella.
———•———
I walk into the cafeteria the next day and Eric asks me "La push, baby. You in?" I raise an eyebrow. "It's La Push Beach down at the Quileute Rez" Mike tells me. I nod "Yep, count me in" I say knowing Jake lives down there.
"Hey, I'll speak to you guys later" I say before leaving the cafeteria. I make my way to the art room to paint, my teacher saying it was okay for me to finish my work whenever.
I finish my painting in time luckily. "So any theories?" Jasper says as he enters the room. I place my hand over my heart "stop doing that" I say. "Sorry, I didn't mean to startle you" he says.
"Theories about what?" I ask. "How I got to you so fast in the parking lot" he reminds me. "oh I was thinking steroids or radioactive spiders" I say. He laughs but brushes past it "Your art work is incredible Nova" he compliments.
I blush and look down "Thanks, hey you know what, you should come to the beach later" I suggest. "What beach?" he asks. "La push".
"No thanks that beach is a little too crowded" he says. I don't believe him but nod anyway. "okay, well I'll see you soon" I say hopeful. He nods with a smile "yeah".
———•———
When we get to the beach it's practically deserted. Eric, Mike and Jess surf as me, Angela, Tyler and Bella sit in Tyler's van. "So I keep thinking Eric's gonna ask me to prom, and then he just doesn't" Angela sighs.
"You should ask him" I suggest. "take control, you're a strong, independent woman" Bella says. "I am?" Angela asks. "Yes" I reassure.
"Bella, Nova" Jacob says as he comes over. "hi Jacob" Bella says. "Hey Jake!" I say as he gives me a hug. "You guys should keep Bella company, her date bailed" Jess says. "What date?" Eric practically yells.
"She invited Edward" Jess laughs. Thank god I didn't tell them I invited Jasper. "To be polite" Bella defends herself. "I think it's nice she invited him, nobody ever does" Angela says. "Yeah, cause Cullens a freak" Mike says. 'None of them are but okay' I think.
"You got that right" one of Jake's friends says. "you guys know him?" Bella asks. "The Cullens don't come here" Jake's other friend says.
I walk with Bella and Jake along the sand. "What did your friends mean about, you know, The Cullens don't come here" I ask. "You caught that huh?" Jake says.
"I'm not really supposed to say anything about it." he says. "Hey, we can keep a secret" Bella says hoping he'll talk. "Really it's just an old scary story" he says. "Jake, we wanna know" I say.
He finally gives in "Okay did you know Quileutes are supposedly descended from wolves? Well that's the legend of our tribe." he says. "Okay, so what's he story about the Cullens?" Bella asks.
"Well, they're supposedly descended from this, like enemy clan. My great-grandfather, the chief, found them hunting on our land. But they claimed to be something different, so we made a treaty with them. If they promise to stay off Quileute lands, then we wouldn't expose what they really were to the palefaces."
"I thought they just moved here?" I ask confused. "Or just moved back" Jake says.
