The Swans Major

8

Alex POV

The quick walk to the cafeteria was quiet, and I was starting to grow nervous as I thought of how everyone would be staring at us when we walked in. Suddenly, I felt a wave of calm rush over me, and I saw Jasper smile at me.

I gave him a small one back as we stopped in front of the cafeteria doors. He looked at me and when I nodded, he opened them.

At first, no one seemed to notice us as we went to get our trays, Jasper paying for mine as well, no matter how much I protested, and made our way to his table.

It was going good until I heard someone squeal and I moved my tray just in time for Alice to hug me. This made the room grow quiet as everyone started looking at us.

I laughed, “Hi, Alice. Good to see you too.”

SHe pulled back, “Sorry, I'm just so excited you are going to eat with us! Come on!” She grabbed my hand and pulled me over to the table where I saw Rosalie and Emmett sitting close together with Edward to the side, alone.

Alice sat by Edward, in the middle, leaving two seats on the end for Jasper and I.

Jasper went in front of me and grabbed my tray, setting it down beside Edward, before pulling out my chair and sitting in his.

I rolled my eyes at this, “Thanks,”
As I sat down, I noticed how quiet it had gotten, and when I looked around, I saw that pretty much ever person in the room was looking at us, or me.

I looked down at my plate as I felt my face heat up, ‘I might be talkative and outgoing when there's a few people, but a whole cafeteria? No thanks.’

I felt another wave of calm fall over me as Jasper grabbed my hand and smiled at me. I smile back and after a moment, he turns toward the rest of the room and glares.
For some reason, they all look away and it's like they forgot I was even there as they began talking again, ‘weird’.

The rest of lunch was uneventful as I ate and talked with the Cullen’s. I noticed that they didn't eat anything on their trays, ‘curious’.

When lunch was over, I said goodbye to Jasper before Alice pulled me off to geometry.

The rest of the day passed fairly quick, and before I knew it, Bella and I were standing beside her truck in the lot, talking and listening to music.

I sigh and roll my eyes as Bella, yet again, looks over at Edward, “Bella. Bells, Belle.” I put my hands on her shoulders, “I know you think he's hot, but you can't just keep sta-” before I could finish, there was a high pitched screech.

I quickly turn around to see Tyler’s van skidding on the ice toward us. For a moment, its as if time had slowed to a crawl as my eyes met Jasper’s panicked ones across the lot.
I see him and Edward start moving, surprisingly fast, but I didn't think about it as I turned towards Bella and pushed her out of the way.

As she fell, everything started to speed up again. I could see Jasper ahead of Edward, racing towards me, but I knew he wouldn't be fast enough as I looked at the van now fifteen feet in front of me.

I could see in his eyes that he was scared. Sound was slowly coming back again as I could hear Bella screaming at me as I dropped to the ground under the truck, “ALEX! ALEXANDER!”

By the time I was under the truck, everything was full speed again and I closed my eyes, bracing myself for the impact, but instead I felt cold hands pull me from under the truck as it hit. 

I blinked and we were standing beside Bella, and I could see a dent in the door of the van where I was once laying. I looked at the person holding me and saw the frantic, panicking eyes of Jasper.