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Jasper and Bella Headcanons as requested by anon ♥
(Keep in mind my personal HC for Jasper that he was a Black free man who was coerced into fighting for the confederacy until he could escape to the north, only to be psychologically enslaved by Maria before breaking free)

• It starts out with Edward becoming intrigued by Bella and his inability to read her mind
  
• Of course, upon bringing her home to meet his family, Edward notices Jasper’s ability to pick up on how she’s feeling
• Seeing as how Edward cannot pick up on any subtleties without reading someone’s mind, he encourages Jasper to get to know Bella 
• These visits were always supervised and awkward
• Bella pointed out how awkwardly they were thrust together into this situation neither one of them wanted to be apart of
• Jasper finds her humanity and lack of self preservation amusing and finds he actually enjoys spending time in her company 
• They can both easily silently communicate and are both relatively taciturn in their own ways
• Eventually they begin to mimic one another’s laughs and mirror each other’s smiles
• Bella always asks historical questions and how they personally affect Jasper
• Jasper always downplayed his experiences both negative and positive because he was embarrassed by all the attention
• Bella could always see through his bullshit and called him out on it
• Jasper always said he hated that she could tell, but he’d give himself away with a slight half smile

• After the dreaded 18th birthday party fiasco Bella is heartbroken by Edward breaking up with her for her safety
• Encouraged by their friendship, Jasper reaches out to Bella through email to make amends
• Bella demands to see Jasper face-to-face for her to accept his apology
• Upon arriving Bella lets Jasper know that he was already forgiven, she just misses Edward and the rest of the Cullens
• Jasper offers to stay in Forks as part of his penance
• Bella and he grow closer but Jasper keeps his distance physically 
• After graduating high school with a dual associates degree, Bella asks Jasper to change her into a vampire so that they can be in one another’s presence without Bella’s life constantly at risk
• Jasper tells her that he isn’t sure he could resist the temptation of her blood, but does it anyway because he knows how much Bella wants this life