(Bella's POV)

Halloween. It's my favorite holiday. A day where I can be whatever the hell I want to be without anybody judging me.

It's been ten years since I've been changed and we're currently living in Canada. Jasper, Alice, and I are posing as juniors at the local high school. Emmett and Rosalie are seniors.

Edward leaves every now and then. He never tells us where he's going, and we never know when he'll be back. He's been gone for the last three years.

We had to fake my death. Carlisle called Charlie from the hospital and told him I was in a horrible car crash and my body was unrecognizable. Jasper, Emmett, and Rosalie took me to the Denali clan and the others joined us within a year. We moved as soon as I was sure I could handle being around humans. I still go down to Forks sometimes with Jasper. Just to check in on Charlie. But I don't stay long. I can't bear to see the pain I caused my father.

The first year as a vampire was the hardest. But my blood lust wasn't as great as everyone else's. My inability to stand blood in my human life had led to me being able to resist it more easily in my vampire life.

While it may have been hard, Jasper was there to help me. He has experience with newborns, and now my self-control is almost as good as everyone else's. I adjusted to the vegetarian diet easily. The mere thought of drinking human blood made me queasy...

I was brought back to the present when I heard the love of my life calling my name. "Bella! You ready?"

I looked at myself in the mirror and put the finishing touches on my makeup. Alice had organized a Halloween party and the whole school was invited.

I was Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas. Alice had made my dress for me, in all it's patchwork glory. I had dyed my hair red for the occasion. I didn't need to paint my face, it was pale enough. I just added the stitches and the eye makeup.

I opened the door of the room that Jasper and I shared and ran at vampire speed downstairs.

Running. It was exhilarating. I felt free! Like nothing could touch me or harm me as long as I was moving. Running on my own was a thousand times better than being on someone's back.

I stopped on the bottom step. The rest of my family was there. Carlise was Dracula. I had to laugh at that. Esme was Morticia Addams, her normally brown hair dyed black for the night.

I looked over at Alice, who was setting up the music. She had turned the mansion into a haunted house, complete with cobwebs and fog machines. Alice was a gothic fairy. She was wearing a black and purple corset top, black and purple plaid miniskirt, black and purple ripped lace fairy wings, fishnets, and black scuffed up combat boots.

I had helped her with her makeup and hair. She had grown her spiky black hair out and gotten it cut. She now had sideswept bangs and her hair was messy and spiky in the back. Her makeup involved lots of heavy liquid eyeliner, eyeshadow, and black lipstick. She looked amazing.

I was confused by Emmett's costume. He looked like he always did. "What are you supposed to be?"

He rolled his eyes. "I'm a superhero in his undercover clothes." He looked at me as if to say, 'Duh!'

I laughed. "Good one." Rosalie was Emily from Corpse Bride.

The last person I focused on was Jasper. His blond hair was dyed black and he was wearing tight-fitting camo pants, DC shoes, a red shirt, and a lavender hoodie, unzipped with the hood pulled up. He was also wearing eyeliner (which made him look hotter than he usually does), and fake vampire teeth.

I smiled at him. "Nice costume."

He smiled back, showing off his glued in vampire teeth. "I'm Pete Wentz as a vampire." (A/N: See the video for "A Little Less Sixteen Candles A Little More 'Touch Me'" to see what I'm talking about. I personally hate Pete but he was hot in that video.)

I jumped down the last step and walked over to Jasper. He pulled me into his arms. I brought my hand up to his face and brushed his bangs out of his face so I could see both of his eyes. "You look nice with black hair."

"And you look good with red."

Alice started the music and made her way back to the group. "People are coming."

And just like she predicted, the doorbell rang.

Alice skipped over to the door to open it. Max, Jamie, Elyssa, and Erin, who are some of our friends from school, were the first to show up.

They looked around at how cool the house looked. "Whoa. This is sick!" Max said.

More and more people showed and the party got started.

Alice blasted the music, which was now on Marilyn Manson's version of "This Is Halloween" from The Nightmare Before Christmas. People started mingling.

Only Alice could put together a party like this.

The music changed to something danceable. I knew neither Alice or Jasper liked hip-hop, but Alice was playing what people wanted to hear.

Jasper, standing next to me, covered his ears and squeezed his eyes shut. "Make it stop! This music is shit!"

I wrapped my arms around him and stood on tiptoe to kiss his neck. "It's almost over, Jazzy."

He relaxed a bit and uncovered his ears, moving his hands to rest them on my waist. "Better?" I asked.

"Yeah."

The song changed soon enough to something more hardcore. Jasper jumped up and down happily. "Ohmygod! Ohmygod! She's playing The Sex Pistols!" He looked like such a little kid that I couldn't help but laugh and tickle him.

He squirmed.

"I can't believe you're ticklish."

"I hate being ticklish." He pouted.

I hugged him again and laughed. "You're so cute."

We just stood there in each other's arms, not dancing, and not talking. Just enjoying each other's presence. It was like we were the only ones in the room.

It wasn't long before Alice switched it to a slow song. Everyone split into pairs.

The song was "We Are Broken" by Paramore. I have become much less musically challenged since I started dating Jasper.

Jasper smiled down at me. "May I have this dance?"

"Of course."

He took my hand and led me to the dance floor. I snaked my arms around his neck and he rested his hands on my waist. We looked into each other's eyes as we swayed to the music.

I smiled and rested my head on Jasper's shoulder. But not before noticing Alice dancing with Max. Max is probably about the only punk kid at our school. He has black and bleach blond, spiky hair, a nose and lip ring, tongue piercing, and two ear piercings (gauged). And he wore band shirts, skinny jeans, and eyeliner a whole lot.

I could tell that Alice liked him.

"Hey Jazz," I whispered so only he could hear.

"What?"

"Look at Alice and Max. Don't they look cute together?"

"She's ecstatic. I'm glad she's happy."

"Me too." I sighed, content.

I felt Jasper kiss the top of my head. "I love you, Bells."

I lifted my head off his shoulder to look at him. He looked so adorable with his long, sideswept bangs falling in front of his left eye. I smiled. "I love you too, Jazz." I pulled him closer to me so I could kiss him. I didn't care if my lipstick got smudged, I hadn't kissed Jasper since this morning.

He stopped me, took out his vampire teeth, smiled, and then let me kiss him.

It was amazing to able to make out with him and not need to pull back to breathe.

He deepened the kiss and I pulled his hood down so I could tangle my fingers in his hair.

I was the one to break the kiss. If we made out for too long, people would get suspicious.

I noticed that he had some of my bright red lipstick was smudged on his lower lip and I wiped it away with a smile.

By now the song had ended and another hip-hop song was playing. We didn't care.

The rest of the party seemed to fly by and by midnight, everyone but Max had left.

He was talking to Alice in the kitchen. I could hear them clearly. Jasper and I were sitting on the stairs listening to every word.

He said, "This was a really fun party."

"Yeah. I know!" I could just picture Alice's expression.

"Um..."

Jasper whispered to me, "He's nervous."

"I can imagine."

We fell silent again and eavesdropped some more.

Max said, "So, um, would you, you know, wanna go out sometime?"

"I would love too."

"Movies on Friday at six?"

"Sounds great!"

They walked into the entrance hall, where cups and trash and food littered the floor.

Alice looked at Jasper and me funny. She knew we were eavesdropping. But then she turned back to Max, who was putting on his hoodie.

Alice held the door open for him. "See you at school, Max."

And then he did something none of us were expecting. And that's saying a lot when your sister's a physic. Max leaned over and gave Alice a light kiss on the cheek. "See you at school, Alice." He disappeared.

Alice closed the door behind him and squealed. "Oh my Carlisle!"

I stood up and squealed with her. "Omg! I'm so happy for you!"

She squealed again. "And he's cute!" She skipped off to her room.

I made my way back over to Jasper, who was looking at me with an amused expression on his face. "I don't think I've ever seen you squeal that much."

I stuck my tongue out at him. "So...? I'm happy for Alice."

He laughed and grabbed my hand. "Yeah. I know." We started walking up to our shared bedroom at a human pace.

There was a song playing softly on the stereo, "Decembers" by Hawthorne Heights.

Jasper smiled at me and didn't even need to ask what he was thinking. I held my hand out and let him lead me to the middle of our room, where the red couch had been pushed against the wall.

Jasper held me close as we shared our second dance of the night.

Let's try to remember

These days back in December
Our lives were very different
I was lonely when we first met
A small upstairs apartment
Driving through the darkness

To get back home
Before they knew

You were even gone

You don't have to speak because I can hear your heartbeat
Fluttering like butterflies searching for a drink
You don't have to cover up how you feel when you're in love
I'll always know I'm not enough to even make you think

Please, slow down, girl
We're moving way too fast for their world
We've gotta make this last

I miss you so much

A self-inflicted coma
The days drag on

Like marathons

Running with bare feet
And when I feel the stress

I'm lonely and depressed
I picture you in the dress you wore four weeks ago

Jasper sang along with the pre-chorus the second time around and I smiled even though he couldn't see because I had my head rested on his shoulder.

Once the song faded, Jasper said, "Bella, I love you."

"I love you too, Jazz."

He pulled back to look at me. Then he got down on one knee.

I wondered what he was doing, when he pulled something out of his pocket.

"Bella. I find myself falling in love with you more and more each day. And now I know I want to spend the rest of eternity with you. Will you marry me?"

A/N: Cliffie!!!!! So, here it is, the sequel to "Another Girl, Another Planet." I chose the song "Decembers" for this because it reminded me a little of Jasper and Bella and it's a nice slow song. And I didn't want Alice to be alone, so that's why I brought Max into this fic. Lemme know what you think.

Disclaimer: I'm not Stephanie Meyer. Don't sue me!!!