Right outside the border, we saw Jasper's car. He was leaned against it and wearing a dark shirt with dark wash jeans. As usual, his arms were covered. I smiled then got out of the truck. I waved to Noah as he drove off. I walked over to Jasper and he gently kissed my cheek.

"Where do you want to go?" he asked.

I shrugged and said, "Where ever. I don't really care."

He smiled.

"I've got the perfect place. It's in Seattle," he told me.

"Perfect. Plenty far enough from here."

We laughed and got into his car. As we were riding down the road, Jasper's hand brushed my leg as he turned up the heat. I blushed before realizing how cold his skin was. We pulled into the parking lot of a club in Seattle where most of our school came to hang out. Jasper came and opened my door and the crowd outside the club gasped as I got out and Jasper put his arm around me. I looked down and blushed. Jasper tilted my head up.

"Don't be embarrassed," he told me.

"But everyone's staring."

"Don't worry about it."

We walked into the club. The pulsing lights inside reflected weirdly off Jasper's skin. He pulled me onto the dance floor and pulled me close. A slow song started to play and I laid my head on Jasper's chest. He held me closely.

I was running again through the forest again. This time, I could clearly see Jasper behind me. We kept running and when I turned, he was a little farther behind and we were smiling. For the first time, I noticed that though I took long, slow strides, the forest was moving at a blur.

I realized that I had stopped dancing was staring into the distance. Jasper looked at me quizzically.

"Alice?" he asked.

I blinked out of my vision and looked up.

"Yes?" I asked.

"What happened?"

"Nothing," I said quickly, "It's nothing."

He hesitantly nodded then brought me close again.

The rest of the night passed quickly and we were soon headed back to the reservation. We parked at the border. Noah wasn't there yet so we waited in the car.

"I had fun," I said after a while.

"Good. I'm glad," he told me.

He leaned over the console and kissed me gently. I kissed him back and put my arms around his neck. He placed his hands on my back. Noah walked over and tapped on my window. I sighed as Jasper pulled away. I got out and gave Noah a "you're dead" look. He only smiled sweetly like he did nothing wrong. I walked to his truck and angrily got into the passenger side.

"Awe come on, Alice. Don't be like that," he said as he got in the truck.

I was silent the whole ride back. When we got home, I got out and went straight to my room where I found another rose on my bed. I changed into my pajamas and laid down in my bed to sleep.

The next week was sunny. I walked into the lunch room everyday and looked at the Cullen's table to see that no one was there. I walked over to Nikki's table and sat.

"Hey. Do you know where the Cullens have been?" I asked Veronica.

"Normally, when the weather's nice, Dr. and Mrs. Cullen pull them out and they go camping. It doesn't work on my par-"

The fire drill bell rang and we exited the cafeteria. I saw something out of the corner of my eye and when I looked over, Jasper was standing in the shadows. He motioned me over and while everyone else was distracted, I ran over to him. He held out his arms and I jumped into them. He backed deeper into the woods and our lips met. I tangled my fingers in his hair.

He put me down and said, "I've missed you so much."

"Where have you been?" I asked.

"...That's what I came to talk to you about."

I gave him a quizzical look.

"I have to tell you something. Now I don't want you to freak out or run away. Trust me. You won't make it."

"What are you talking about?"

I looked and saw his normally golden eyes were black. He picked me up and ran with blinding speed up the mountain into the sun. He put me down then walked forward a little ways and took off his shirt. His marble skin sparkled like a million diamonds. I gasped.

"I'm a vampire, Alice," he said.