Mid-April
Bella"Bella, it's time to wake up." Jasper cooed in my ear.Groaning I rolled over pulling the pillow over my head. "Not yet.""Come on sleepyhead. You're sleeping the day away."Groaning again I rolled back over and glanced out the window to find it still dark outside. My eyes went to the clock and then to Jasper as I brought my pillow around to smack him in the head. Of course he moved out of my way."4am is not sleeping the day away you ass."He chuckled quietly. "It got you awake though didn't it?""No because I have every intention of going back to sleep.""You can't. You have to go get ready so we can go.""Number 4?" I asked grumbling."I thought you liked the list.""I do when I don't have to be up at 4 in the morning.""Come on. It takes almost 4 hours to get there and we have to be there at 9. You can sleep in the car.""Fine," I huffed throwing the covers off me. "This better be worth it."I heard him laughing as I continued to mutter my annoyance at being up so early.While I was taking my shower I thought back over the two weeks since, what I've dubbed in my head as Jasper's dumbass spastic moment. We hadn't talked about it, my angry rant, or my dream. I was glad just because it had been hard enough the day of and I didn't want to dwell on it anymore, especially when my dream ended up being a one time thing.Even though we didn't talk about it I still thought about it. How could I not though since it seemed to bring us closer together. We somehow found more time to just have fun with out taking away from the list. We ended up playing putt-putt again and even bought a Wii, all the accessories, and quiet a few games. We spent a lot of nights bowling, playing tennis, boxing, or playing carnival games and laughing our asses off when I some how would end up beating him.The two weekends we'd had we spent on the motorcycle. Saturdays just riding all over and Sundays with me learning and getting better at driving it. I hadn't driven on the main road yet, but Jasper said I was close to getting there.As I finished up my shower a few minutes later with the last motorcycle practice run in my head I had an idea. Rushing threw getting dressed I braided my hair quickly and shot down the stairs. Jasper was in the kitchen toasting me a bagel.As I poured a cup of coffee I asked, "Can we take the motorcycle?""If you want, but I figured you'd want to sleep.""Not if we can take it.""Okay." He said smiling over at me.Ten minutes later we were leaving the house. The ride was amazing like always. Hardly any traffic was on the road and Jasper didn't feel the need to push the bike as fast as it would go like he normally did.We'd been on the road awhile when Jasper finally exited. I had no clue where we were going since he'd already passed where we'd normally turn off to go to Seattle.After another twenty minutes or so Jasper pulled over to the side of the road. I watched him warily through the visor of my helmet as he slid off the bike and removed his own helmet."What are you doing?""I need you to take off your helmet." He said pulling something from his jacket pocket.As I slid it off my head Jasper stepped behind me and immediately my vision went black."What the hell are you doing?" I asked freaking out just a little bit."Blindfolding you. We're almost to our destination and you'll know what we're doing as soon as we pull into the parking lot.""Jasper how am I supposed to ride without being able to see?""You aren't driving so don't worry about it." He said as he took my helmet from my hands and put it back on.I hated being blind, but there wasn't much I could do about it. I couldn't pull the blindfold off with my helmet on.I felt Jasper get back on the bike and my hands went straight to his waist. "I don't like this. I already feel like I'm going to fall off and we haven't even moved yet."I heard his laugh as he took my hands and pulled them around to lock in front of him. "Just hold tighter. I promise we'll be there soon."I huffed but didn't say anything else as he started up the bike. It was the weirdest fucking feeling in the world. So much that I couldn't even tell you what it felt like really.Jasper was right though and in no time we were stopping again. I felt him get off first before helping me off. He quickly removed my helmet, but softly smacked my hand away when I reached for the blindfold."No touching until I say so.""Ass."He didn't say a word as he took my hand and led me toward wherever.We stopped after just a few steps and I heard a buzz and Jasper say, "We have an appointment at 9."Another voice sounded, "Name?""Hale.""Please wait, someone will be right out to get you.""Thank you.""You're going to love this." His voice came from beside me. I think."What are we doing?""You'll see."A few minutes later I heard a door open and some guy grunt, "Follow me."We started walking again and I heard another door open."Your suits are there. When you're dressed, follow the hallway till the end. Your instructor will be waiting." He said, before leaving the room.I was thoroughly confused. "Instructor for what?" I asked."You'll see. Let's get your suit on." He answered.Jasper led me a few feet before stopping. "Okay this might be a little difficult, but just do what I say.""Do I have a choice?""Yes. Haven't you figured that out yet?" He asked.I couldn't stop the smile that came on my face. "What do I need to do?"He lifted my hands to rest on his shoulders before he squatted down. I felt a tap on my ankle, "Lift up."I kept my balance with my hands and raised my foot up. He slipped something over it and then did the same with the other leg.As he stood up I let my hands drop, but he picked one up at time, slipping them into sleeves and zipping me up."Okay let me get mine on and then we'll be ready.I nodded and in just a few moments I felt his hand slide into mine. Pulling me along beside him we exited the room and walked a few moments before a door was opened.Once we stopped Jasper said, "I know you used to have a problem with driving fast. I hope you've gotten over that."He pulled my blindfold off then and my eyes immediately fell on the oval track in front of me before going to the two mustangs sitting to the side, one red with white racing stripes and the other yellow with black racing strips.I don't know how long I stood there staring, but Jasper's finger on my chin, closing my mouth snapped me to attention.Hearing laughter I looked to my left and found two guys standing there. Hell I hadn't even noticed them before now."Do we get to ride in one of them?" I asked tearing my eyes away from the two men to look at Jasper."You get to drive one." He said."Seriously?""If you're okay with it and you listen to everything they tell you to do while they're driving."I started clapping my hands and jumping around like a fucking idiot.The instructor, or who I assumed was the instructor, started laughing again and said, "It's nice to see that level of enthusiasm.""It's a surprise really. She usually gets upset if anybody goes over the speed limit." Jasper said."New experience." I said smiling over at Jasper who returned it and nodded his head."Well, let's get started then." The instructor said. "I'm Bobby and that's Jesse. Jasper you will be with him and Bella will go with me. The morning will be spent with us driving. We'll go over everything you need to know. The first two laps around will be at normal speed for the track. After that we'll slow the pace down and spend a few hours going over everything you need to know, what everything is used for things like that. When we're done we'll take a quick restroom break and then you two will be in the driver's seat. Once again for a couple of hours it will be slow, letting you get the feel of it and how it handles. After that Jesse and I will get out and you two will have a little twenty lap race. Winner will get a trophy. Any questions?"Jasper and I both shook our head no and Jesse walked over with our helmets asking, "What car will it be?""Jasper, which car do you want?" I asked looking at him."Whichever one you don't choose." He said.I looked at the two cars and thought for a minute, "Red.""I should have known." he said, putting on his helmet.I smiled as I watched him walk to the yellow car."You ready?" Bobby asked."Definitely," I said.Bobby helped me into the passenger side of the car and got me buckled and then slid into the driver's seat. As he started the engine I almost jumped out of my seat. It was a lot louder than I expected it to be.We pulled slowly out of the pit area, opening it up when we made it onto the track. It was exhilarating, just like the motorcycle. You could just feel the power vibrating through your body. Maybe I should have been a little scared since Bobby didn't have the reflexes that Jasper and the rest of the family had, but I couldn't find it in me anywhere.After a few laps he slowed down and started talking. He went over what each gage was used for, when to slow down going around the curves, when to open it back up, when to shift, and anything else there was he though I should know.After what seemed like forever he finally pulled back into the pit, coming to help me out when he was unbuckled.Jasper and Jesse were both getting out of their car as well."Okay," Bobby said when they got over to us. "Run to the bathroom and grab a drink of water. Then it will be your turn."We nodded and made our way toward the building."You having fun?" He asked as he pulled the door open for me."I am Jasper. Thank you so much for this.""You're welcome. This was one I was excited about as well.""Good." I said as I disappeared into the restroom. I was glad we were doing something for him.A few minutes later we walked back out of the building to find Bobby under the hood of my car and Jesse filling the gas tank.I got worried that something was wrong and I wouldn't be able to drive it until Jasper whispered, "Jesse said that since we were 'rookies' they couldn't let us go as fast as they do. He's just fixing that.""Oh okay."When we were standing back over by the cars Bobby and Jesse finished up what they needed to do and then once again we were sliding into the car, but we were in the driver's seat this time.Don't make a fool of yourself, and don't crash. I thought to myself, before I heard Bobby tell me to start the engine."Take it slow for a while. Get the feel of how it turns and everything. I'll be telling you things that you need to do if it's not right. Other than that just have fun." He said, his voice coming through my helmet.I nodded. And pulled out of the pits.I thought it was fun riding in the passenger seat, but it in no way prepared me for the amazing rush that came from driving it. To be in charge of that much power was fucking awesome.After driving quiet a few laps slowly Bobby started to let me pick my speed up until I had it maxed out. I was so proud of myself for doing this.Awhile later I heard Bobby say, "Stop at the starting line."I pulled along side Jasper's car, stopping and Bobby and Jesse both got out.Bobby came around to the driver's side. Leaning into the window he checked my seatbelt again."It's all you now. Just remember what I told you and you'll be fine." He said."I will." I said nodding taking a deep breath.As I was waiting for Bobby and Jesse to get off the track, I heard Jasper's voice, "You ready, little one?""Yes. You?""Absolutely. Please be careful though, okay?""I will."I looked over and saw him give me a thumbs up.Bobby came over the speaker in my helmet again and said, "You two ready?"I heard Jasper say yes as I did."Okay. Twenty laps. I'll let you both know when you're on the last one. Once you cross the finish line start slowing down and head back to the pits."We both said okay and then he was telling us to go and we were off.I tried to keep up with what lap I was on, but by the third one I wasn't worried about it anymore. Jasper kept trying to go around me. I figured he was just pretending and would let me win, like Edward would have if he'd have even let me near a car this fast, but once again Jasper proved me wrong. He snuck by me on the 13th lap, shooting way ahead and I never caught back up. I didn't care though. That was more fun to me than even skydiving.When we made it back to the pit area and stopped. I started trying to get my seatbelt undone when all of a sudden Jasper was there, helping me. He already had his helmet off, so while he was unbuckling me I took mine off.As he pulled me out of the car I threw my arms around him and before I even thought about what I was doing, I kissed him straight on the lips. My brain kicked in about a second later and I stepped back quickly."I'm so sorry," I said, looking down."It's okay."Fuck why in the hell did I just do that. God, I was so embarrassed. I could feel Jasper's eyes on me, but I couldn't look up.Thankfully, Bobby chose that moment to come over. "Good job," he said, patting me on the back. "You almost had him."For some reason that caused me further embarrassment, I knew I had to be bright red.We made our way back to where we had put the suits on and Bobby brought in Jasper's trophy. I could feel him looking over at me while we were taking our suits off and leaving the building, but I just couldn't meet his eyes.Thankfully we had the motorcycle and I didn't have to worry about him saying anything about it.Once we made it home I wanted to just disappear upstairs, but as I started up I felt Jasper's hand on my arm.Finally bringing my eyes up to his he asked, 'Why did you do that?""I don't know. I guess I got caught up in the moment. I'm sorry.""Don't worry about it. I was just wondering."I nodded as he let me go. When I got to the top he said, "I'm going to go hunt.""Okay."As I went into my bedroom I heard the front door open and close. Sinking onto the bed I thought about why I had kissed him. Yes I was caught up in the moment, but something inside kept asking was that the only reason.There was no way I could even think about that though. I needed to put it out of my head and never let it happened again. I didn't want to do anything that would make Jasper uncomfortable and scare him off.Standing up I grabbed some clothes and went to take a bath, taking my ipod with me. As I soaked in the tub I let my music swirl in my head shoving out all my thoughts on the day. I would not let my idiot moment ruin our friendship and to be able to do that would be to forget that I had even crossed that line, unintentional or not.A few hours later I lay tossing and turning in bed not being able to get to sleep. I was anxious and couldn't figure out why. Turning over for the millionth time I heard the door open downstairs before sleep finally took me under.
