Twilight

Pairing: Jasper/ Bella

Genre: Romance/ Drama

Summary: When Charlie tells them that he's getting married to Maria, siblings Emmett and Bella Swan roll their eyes. When Charlie tells them that they're all moving down to Texas, they laugh. But Charlie was serious. Emmett and Bella get the shock of their lives when they actually move down to Texas. Now, Bella is the type of girl who doesn't care about anything. At all. But when she goes to Texas, she meets Jasper Whitlock. He turns her world upside down. And while Bella doesn't care about a lot of things, she does care about the fact that Jasper's her stepbrother.

Chapter 10

After setting my bag on the bed, I headed to my bathroom. I turned on the faucet and plugged it in. I watched the water fill up for a few seconds before I turned to the mirror. I took out the scrunchie and watched my hair fall down, framing my face. I shook it out more and laughed when it became mussed and static-y. The water finally filled up, so I turned the faucet off. I reached under the sink to look for bubble soap. You know, that was a funny word. Bubbles. I giggled quietly to myself. I poured in the bubble soap and watched bubbles and foam build up. This was my favorite part of a bubble bath.

It looked bubbly enough, so I stopped and put the bottle under the sink again. I nodded to myself and began stripping. I took off my volleyball shorts and tank, putting them on top of the toilet seat. Of course, I made sure that the toilet seat was down. I had made that mistake once. Never again. Of course, it was dark and I didn't see that the toilet seat was up. I took off my bra, leaving my underwear on. I went back into my room and looked for my iPod for a few seconds before finding it on top of my dresser. I grabbed it and hurried back into the bathroom, shutting the door behind me.

I put a foot into the water, testing it. It was warm enough. I put the other foot in and slid down, feeling the water on my body, I held the iPod over my head, to prevent it from getting wet. I leaned back and when I was settled, turned on the iPod and put the headphones in. I closed my eyes.

A couple of minutes later, I felt the door opening. I didn't open my eyes, seeing as it was probably Em, he liked to go to my room and say good night before he went to bed.

"Hey, Em, the water's nice, want to join?" I asked, smirking.

"Well, I'm not Em, but does the offer still stand?" I shrieked and splashed in the water a little bit.

"JASPER!"

"… Yes, dear?" Jasper asked, a cocky smirk on his face as he took off his shirt. I was met with his finely toned stomach. I shook my head a little bit.

"What the fuck do you think you're doing, you crazy son of a bitch?" I asked. My tone wasn't as fierce as I would've liked it to be, but given the circumstances, I think I could forgive myself, just this once.

"… What does it look like? I'm getting in the bath with you. Granted, the bubbles aren't manly, but I'll make an exception, just for you, babe." And there went his pants. That was where I had it.

"Jasper! Get the hell out, you creep! I'm serious!" I was this close to just standing up and storming out, showing him what my momma gave me on the way out.

"…You know, I don't think I will." He laughed and put his hands on the waistband of his boxers. I shrieked and closed the sliding door, grabbing the towel I had hung up on the rack and standing up, bubbles on my body. I opened the sliding door to find him looking at me amusedly. He was still in his boxers, bless me.

"You're a creepy creep, Whitlock. I'll walk you out, so you don't steal any of my underwear on the way. Come on, move it!" I wrapped a hand securely on the towel around me. We must've looked comical what with me with a towel and bubbles on my body and hair, Jasper only in his boxers. He was laughing, I wasn't. Well, not that much anyway. I walked through my room, a hand on his back.

"Just so you know, I'll always be here if you ever decide to take me up on the offer." Jasper said.

"Fat chance, buddy."

"I left my clothes on your bathroom floor so you can go to sleep with them… who knows, maybe sniff them a little bit?" He said, chortling. I rolled my eyes, not that he could see.

"Once again: Fat chance, buddy." I said. Jasper reached forward and opened the door, revealing Emmett and Rose, her hand poised as if to knock. Everything was quiet for a few seconds. We all looked at each other, nobody making a sound.

"Hey, guys…" I said, trailing off in the end. Gosh, this was really awkward. Not to mention bubbles from my hair were trailing down and going into my eyes, making them burn. I did not have to deal with this shit right now, man.

"… What. The. Fuck." Emmett said this slowly, punctuating every word. It appeared as if he hadn't even opened his mouth, making him pretty scary right about now.

"Um…" Jasper and Rose said simultaneously. I seriously didn't need this right now, honestly. Stupid, creepy Jasper just had to come into my shower and stupid Rose and Em just had to come at the most inopportune moment. Today really wasn't my day.

"What the hell was going on in your room?" Em was getting redder by the second and if someone didn't explain this to him in the next five seconds, Jasper was going to have a mangled face.

"Guys, come in. I pulled Jasper back into the room, Em and Rose following. I closed the door behind them.

" Okay, Emmett, before you disfigure Jasper's face, let me explain to you that none of this was my fault." I said, smirking at the idea of Emmett disfiguring Jasper's face.

"Go on, sister dear." Em's voice was dangerously low… not to mention scary.

"Okay, so I was in my bathroom, taking a bath, right? I'm minding my own business and in walks Jasper and starts taking off his clothes because he wants to join me. So we argue a little bit and then I take my towel and I'm leading him out of the room because I don't want him to steal any of my underwear." I took a deep breath and looked at the current occupant of my room. Em was smiling now, Rose was looking at Emmett, Jasper was smirking in a random direction.

"Is that true?" Rose asked Jasper. Jasper nodded, looking in my direction. I pointed my finger at him triumphantly.

"A-ha! He has confessed! Em, DISFIGURE HIS FACE!" I was melting in my own puddle of excitement, practically dancing around in glee. Everyone looked at me oddly.

"Um, actually, I was only coming in to say goodnight with Rose…. So goodnight, you two have fun!" Em waved at me, as did Rose as they left my room. I stared after them in shock. What the hell just happened? A pair of arms snaked around my waist, Jasper rested his hands on my shoulder. I stiffened as my back warmed and tingled.

"Now that your brother and my sister have given us their blessing, I say we get this party started, huh?" Jasper was snuggling in my shoulder. I stiffened even more.

"You know what, Jasper? How about you get the hell out of my room before I knee you where the sun-don't-shine." I extracted myself from his hands, feeling colder.

"Alright, alright. I can take a hint."

"Actually, I don't think you can, goodbye!" I said, shutting the door in his face. Ah, sweet silence and peace and serenity and soon, sleep. But first, I should wash the bubbles from me.

I stretched my arms way above my head, yawning. I really hate waking up in the morning, knowing that the place I'm going to is (gag) school. I headed to my bathroom to take a shower and see if I could fully wake up.

The shower worked. I was fully awake and grumpy. I looked through my clothes, grabbing a pair of dark denim shorts and a black tank top. I grabbed my black converse. Yeah, that'll keep me cool under the sun. I put everything on. I looked at my hair in the mirror, my hair was a mess. It was at times like these that I hated having such long hair. I grabbed a brush and rain in lightly through my brown locks. I rolled my eyes and grabbed my black beanie, putting it on over hair, leaving my bangs out in the front. Yeah, that worked. I grabbed my eyeliner and doing my eye makeup. When I was finished my green eyes looked brighter due to the heavy amount of eyeliner I put on.

I stepped back and admired my handiwork. I nodded and smiled, grabbing my messenger bag and putting it over my shoulder, I left my room, locking it behind me and headed to Em's room. I found him leaving his room. Em was dressed more like himself today, wearing a pair of dark jeans and black shirt with black converse. I nodded in approval.

"Book bag." I reminded him. Em cursed and walked back into his room, returning with his bag slung over one shoulder. I grabbed his hand and pulled him after me, eager to eat breakfast. I stopped when Em stopped walking.

"Why are you wearing your messenger bag?" He asked quizzically. I looked at him curiously.

"'Cause this is my bag?" I asked, not really sure where this was going.

"You need your sports bag, you made volleyball, remember?" He asked, rolling his eyes.

"Fuck!" I cursed and headed back to my room. I unlocked it and grabbed my black Nike sports bag. I stuffed all my school books inside. I also put in my knee pads, spandex, and a white tank top, along with my running shoes. I slung it across my chest. It didn't really weigh that much, thankfully. I headed out and hurried downstairs, again. Everyone was already seated at the table eating.

"Bella, honey, why do you have that sports bag?" Maria asked, smiling in a sickly sweet way.

"I'm pretty sure that I explained this yesterday, but then again, people of your age do tend to forget things quickly." I huffed, sitting down next to Jasper, the only available seat open. I grabbed the French toast off his plate. I was surprised he let me take it.

"Bella—"Charlie began before Emmett interrupted him.

"Bella's on the volleyball team at school, Maria." It wasn't that Emmett liked Maria and was trying to be nice to her, more like he was trying to prevent a fight between Charlie and I this early in the morning. Maria nodded in understanding. I was miffed. I mean, I had told them yesterday. And what the fuck did she care anyway? I rolled my eyes, stealing more food from Jasper's plate.

"Come on, everyone. Let's leave before we're late." Rose stood up and grabbed hers and Emmett's plate and took them to the kitchen. Jasper just stood up and began walking towards the door, leaving his plate on the table.

"Jasper, your plate!" Maria yelled after him, but he ignored her and kept walking. Yes, I admit it; I thought that was completely hot. I stood up, sending a smirk Maria's way and walking out after Jasper. He was already in the garage, starting up the Mercedes. I opened the passenger seat and slid in, settling my bag on my lap. I looked up at Jasper. He had his eyes closed.

"So what was that just now?" I asked Jasper. He opened his eyes and looked at me with a frown on his face.

"What was what?" Jasper asked.

"The blatant disobedience." I was giddy still thinking about it. He smirked at me.

"Oh, that. Nothing, I'm just not a morning person, as you shall soon learn." I smiled and leaned back into the seat. Jasper put the Mercedes in gear and drove up to the front door, waiting for Em and Rose.

"I have to admit, Whitlock. That little display back inside was fuckhot." I murmured. Jasper turned his head so fast, I was surprised he didn't get whiplash. He was grinning. I think that was the first time I had ever seen him actually smile. I got shivers all the way down to my toes from his grin. I looked away and turned my gaze to the front door.

"So you're into bad boys, huh." Jasper stated. It was safe to look at him, he had stopped grinning. I turned my gaze back to him.

"What can I say, they turn me on. I have no control over that." At this point, I was leaning over the console and so was Jasper. We were practically face to face; the only thing separating us was the console. We were both smirking; Jasper's eyes had darkened once again.

"Really? No control? I can work with that." Jasper said. I almost got lost in the blue of his eyes, yeah cheesy.

"Problem is, where's the bad in you?" I said, teasing. Jas raised an eyebrow.

"Baby, I can show you how bad I can be," I could literally feel his hot breath on my lips. If I leaned forward just a little bit more, we can—

"Are you-"(Here both Jasper and I straightened, as the voice hadn't come from either of us), "—guys done yet?" Em asked from the back seat. I turned back and voila, there was Emmett and Rosalie sitting in the back seat.

"When the fuck did you guys get here?" I asked, bewildered.

"A while ago. You would've noticed but you guys were busy. Can we go now?" Emmett asked impatiently. I turned back, facing forward.

"You could've warned us."

"I hate that guy, man!" I complained to Emmett about Mr. Riley, our biology teacher. We were heading to lunch, Jasper and Rose had walked ahead of us. Riley had yelled at me for arriving late, so of course I talked back. Then, all throughout the period he called on me, trying to catch me at a moment where I wasn't paying. Of course I was and knew the answer, angering him even more. At the end of class, he gave us a 4 page essay, due in two days. Just thinking about it made my blood boil. Emmett was as always, calm.

"Just calm down. The essay itself is easy. I wonder what they have for lunch…" I rolled my eyes and shook my head.

"I don't know, Emmett!" Emmett glared at me and was about to retort, however two girls stopping directly in front of us stopped him. They had their arms crossed and were glaring at me. They were both blonde, only one was a real blonde.

"Are you Bella?" Bottle Blonde asked, her tone was screechy.

"Yes, may I help you?" I asked. I was curious to see where this was going.

"Well you better stop being a whore." Real Blonde said. I smirked. Em stiffened next to me.

"Whatever do you mean?" I asked. They both rolled their eyes, looking like trolls.

"You know! Stop trying to steal Jasper from Alice! He and Alice have been together for a long time." Bottle Blonde said, even doing the little head wiggle, this bitch had her finger in my face waggling it around. I rolled my eyes, grabbed her finger and started bending it backwards. Bottle Blonde started squealing like a pig and trying to pull her finger out of my grasp. Real Blonde had already bolted. Em was behind me, keeping lookout for any teachers.

"Did Alice tell you to do this?" I asked, my tone calm. Bottle Blonde didn't say anything. I rolled my eyes at her mistake. I started bending her finger harder. She started screaming.

"Yes! Yes, she did! Let go!" She gasped out. I nodded and got up in her face.

"If you ever come up to me like that to me again, I'll be bending more than your finger, got it?" Bottle Blonde frantically nodded. I let go of her finger. She cried out and sunk down, holding her finger. I stepped over her legs and grabbed Emmett.

"I think they have mozzarella sticks today."

They did have mozzarella sticks. I paid for my own food this time. I walked after Emmett to the table. I chose the seat next to Garrett, setting my plate down roughly on the table. Everyone looked at my plate then at me. Alice and fellow cheerleaders were seated at the end of the table, Jasper was in between them and the cool people. I noticed that Charlotte and Angela weren't there today.

"Alice," I called out. Emmett shook his head and took the seat next to Rosalie, across from me. Alice looked up at me and flashed me a look of annoyance. Jasper looked up too, as if he knew something was about to go down. I think everyone at our table did, given the complete silence.

"What do you want, Bella?" She said my name as if it was diarrhea.

"Next time you have a problem with me, you say it directly to my face and don't be a pussy sending minions to tell me." I said, my voice hard. Alice paled and shook her head.

"What are you talking about?" She asked, her voice high-pitched.

"Don't act like you don't know, Bottle Blonde told me everything." I said crossing my arms. Alice stood up, looking enraged.

"She did? Where the hell is Aubrey?" Alice asked. I shrugged.

"I don't know, probably at the nurse's office." Everyone gaped at me. I simply turned around and headed to the vending machine.

"Why won't you take my dollar? You think you're too good for it, huh?" I muttered to the vending machine as it once again spit out my dollar.

"Most of the time it doesn't take dollars. You have to put in quarters." Peter said, sticking in 4 quarters. I pressed B4 for the spicy Doritos. I bent down grabbing my Doritos.

"Thanks!" I told Peter. He nodded.

"Hey, I wanted to apologize for yesterday." Peter said awkwardly. I looked up from my Doritos and into his green eyes.

"What was that anyway?" I asked. Peter looked down causing his blonde hair to fall forward. Today he was wearing dark skinny jeans and just a black shirt. He had a black and white checkered bandana around his neck. I marveled at how alike we dressed. We both looked like black dots, with all the black we were wearing.

"I was angry at Char and I used you to vent and I'm sorry." He said.

"Are you two okay now?" I asked. He looked up at me.

"We broke up." He said matter-of-factly. I narrowed my eyes at him.

"You seem devastated." I stated.

"It wasn't anything big. It's just we both know that we're better off as friends than as a couple. The break up was amicable. We're still friends." Peter said.

"Huh. Okay." I said and began walking back to the table. I noticed that Alice, Lauren, and Jessica were no longer sitting there.

"Wait, so do you forgive me?" Peter asked.

"Yeah, yeah, dude. It's all cool." I said, ruffling his blonde hair. He grinned and stepped away from me.

"Hey, watch the hair." He said, sitting down next to Angela. I laughed. It was funny how it was only my second day here and already I had been involved in drama. I knew that this school was going to be an interesting experience.

I am extremely sorry about the long wait. Nothing to blame but myself.

If you guys are still out there, drop a line.

-Katherine