My Mate JasperXOC

CH5-Lunch

Elizabeth's POV

It's the end of class and again Jasper and I are the last ones out. Before we part ways he asks me, "Would you like to eat lunch with my siblings and I?" I'm a little taken aback by this. I think about his question and a smile lines my face as I say, "Sure."

As we make our way out of the classroom I notice that Bella's already walking with some friends to lunch. In all honesty, it kinda hurt to see her with other people besides me then again we don't have to be with each other all the time. Right?

I feel Jasper grasp my hand in his and I turn to face him and he gives me an understanding and sympathetic smile. I shake my head lightly and gently squeeze his hand with mine. Then he slightly pulls me away from the classroom door and to the courtyard where he tells me his siblings are waiting.

We get to the courtyard and I see 5 people standing just outside the door to the cafeteria. I stop gradually and Jasper gets tugged back gently when I come to a halt. My nerves are getting the better of me at this moment and the confidence I once had is now dissipated.

Jasper comes up next to me and puts his open hand on my right shoulder and leans down to my level and says: "Hey it's ok if you don't want to meet them." I shake my head and continue the way we're headed and I subtly tug him along. We get closer and closer until we're right next to them. Jasper starts, "Guys this is Elizabeth Swan. Elizabeth these are my siblings."

The 5 people standing in front of us looked at me skeptically. There are 3 guys and 2 girls. There's a petite girl with short dark spiked out hair. The other girl is taller with light blonde hair. One guy standing near the short girl has dirty blonde hair like Jaspers and a medium build. There's another guy behind the others and he looks to be the loner of the group. He has lighter brown hair than the short brunette and it's cropped. The last guy is extremely tall with black hair and he's standing near the blonde.

"This is Alice and Adam." Pointing to the short girl and the blonde boy. "This is Edward." Pointing to the loner guy. "And the last two are Emmett and Rosalie." Pointing at the tall guy and the blonde girl glaring daggers at me. "Hi I'm Elizabeth like Jasper said, but you can call me Liz or Lizzy or anything you want really." After I say that, the petite girl known as Alice, comes up to me and pulls me into a tight gripped hug. Using the energy that she hasn't squeezed out of existence, I look at Jasper to see him trying not to laugh.

He looks at me and I mouth 'I hate you' with an eye roll. He mouths back 'I know' with a big smile on his face. I feel myself start to lose stability and black dots start to cloud my vision. Jasper says, "Alice, you should probably let go, you're killing her." She instantly lets go of me and I fall to the ground out of loss of breath. Jasper slumps next to me and holds me close to him and asks: "Are you OK?" His voice is full of concern.

"Yeah, but you weren't kidding when you told her she was killing me," I say as I'm regaining focus and my breathing regulates. Jasper helps me up and lets me lean on him as I'm still a little weak. "I'm so sorry. I guess I just don't know my own strength." Alice apologizes. "It's ok Alice, I understand. I get my strength from my dad and sometimes I just forget about it until something gets bent or broken."

We all share a laugh, then Jasper suddenly starts to take a protective stance in front of me and looking at someone in particular. I look away from Alice to his line of vision and I see the blonde, Rosalie, continuing to glare daggers at me. I look at Jasper and see him glaring back. I put my right hand on his left arm, nonverbally telling him that it's ok and I feel him relax a little.

I look back at Rosalie to see that her eyes have softened a fair amount. "Did I do something wrong, Rosalie?" I ask guiltily, curiously and cautiously. Her eyes soften a lot more and she gently smiles at me. "No I just am having a bad day, but I think it just got better." She finishes with a bright smile on her face. I nod and glance around the other faces in the group and notice they all have shocked facial expressions.

I clear my throat and say politely, "Maybe we should head into the cafeteria now." They all come out of their shocked dazes and Rosalie grabs my arm and pulls me to the door with Jasper not far behind us walking with Emmett.

When we enter everyone in the cafeteria is looking at us and some of their mouths drop. I move a little closer to Rosalie feeling self-conscious. I think Jasper notices because he and Emmett go on either side of Rosalie and I grabbing both mine and Rosalie's hands.

We go to a table near the window and we all sit down in this order: Edward and Alice right next to each other by the window, Adam next to Alice, Emmett on the other side of Edward, Rosalie next to Emmett, Jasper next to Adam and me in the middle between Rosalie and Jasper. "What do you want to eat? I'll get it for you," Jasper asks. "Oh, I don't usually eat lunch."

They all look at me with understanding looks besides Jasper and Rosalie. They both give me disapproving looks. "What?" I ask the siblings. "Why don't you eat lunch?" Rosalie asks while Jasper still holds his disapproving gaze on me.

"I have ADHD and I have to take a pill every morning to help me concentrate in school, but the side effect is it causes me to lose my appetite," I explain. As I finish my explanation I glance at Jasper and his disapproving gaze turns to an understanding look.

I feel eyes on me and I turn around and notice Bella looking right at me with a minor scowl on her face I smile lightly at her and she frowns and turns back to her new friends.

I turn back around and glare at the tabletop.

Jasper must notice my discomfort because he puts a comforting hand on my arm. "If you wanna get out of here, we can." He looks at his siblings for confirmation and they nod their heads. "If you guys don't mind....." They all shake their heads no and we all stand up, walking back out the doors.