Finding My Place | Jasper Hale

Temper Check

The next morning at the Swan household, the residents were alarmed by the massive crash that followed the sound of the eldest sister's alarm clock. A groan was heard from Kira's bedroom and after rushing to her room, Charlie was only met with a still sleeping Kira, and the remains of the clock that had once been brand new, smashed against the wall opposite from where Kira lay. Charlie sighed, having been used to this behaviors from when he used to live with Kira. She may seem like a sweet, quiet child, but when something set her off, he often found that he temper could be almost explosive, though he had never known her to get physical with anybody. Kira knew this fact as well, and often worked to either keep her temper in check, or to find other, less stressful ways to release it.

Charlie walked towards Kira's bed cautiously, before gently shaking her awake, and leaving her to get ready for the day. Kira had been out late the night before with Jacob Black, and though they had a great time together, and their distance in the past years hadn't changed that, Kira found that Jacob and the other La Push residents had very strong opinions towards Jasper and his family.

Jacob and the others had made in quite clear to Kira that she should not be spending time with influences like him, and though she had not received the same feelings as Jacob, she had still promised to keep his words in mind, and be wary of the Cullens.

Jacob's insistence definitely left Kira with something to think about, as she had not yet considered that they could be dangerous to her in any way, but Kira attempted to push his words to the back of her mind for as long as she could, as Kira had larger problems to focus on.

Kira did not want to stay sitting with Bella and her friends at lunch. Bella was being nice by offering Kira a spot at their table, but Kira did not want to intrude, and strain the sister's relationship further. Besides, Kira did not enjoy sitting with Bella's friends as they were all a year younger than her, and would often talk about the people and events happening in their grade, leaving Kira feeling even more out of place.

After the short ride to school in Bella's truck, Kira bid a quick goodbye, before rushing into the building, hoping to reach her locker and first class without being stopped by anybody. Not that it was likely that anybody would stop Kira, as she had really only spoken to one person the previous day, but she made it her personal goal to avoid that one person for as long as she could, Jacob's words ringing loudly in her ears. On the way into the building, Kira had noticed that the Cullens were all standing around their cars, talking, but as she turned away, she felt more than one pair of eyes following her into the building.

Kira weaved through the crowds of teenagers, all chatting with friends or going to lockers, and quickly found her own locker. As she quickly typed in the combo and opened the door to begin putting in her books, she felt the closeness of someone leaning against the locker next to hers. Kira spared a quick glance over, surprised to find Jasper standing there, watching her as she unloaded her books.

Kira tried to force a small smile, but couldn't manage to escape Jacob's words, which, despite how hard she tried, would not leave her mind.

As Kira struggled to fit her many books into the small locker, Jasper spoke, "What's your first class?"

Kira glanced over at him, surprised that he was speaking. "So he does speak," she said. "If you must know, my first period is English."

Jasper was about to open his mouth before Kira cut him off, "I need to go to class now. And so should you." Kira slammed her locker door closed and turned to walk away, but before she had made it to far, she felt Jasper walking beside her. She looked at his out of the corner of her eye, but after seeing him watching her, decided to keep her mouth shut, and continue her journey to class. As Kira turned into her class, she felt Jasper stop and stand by the doorway as she made her way to her seat, only moving once she was sitting down and had started getting her books out.