The Twilight universe and everything in it belongs to Stephenie Meyer.

I have to thank and give credit to my 8th grade Social Studies teacher, Mr. Ricard. I may have hated learning about the stock market but it sure came in handy while writing this one-shot!

-Stocks-

The house was quiet for once. Everyone minus Edward, Alice and myself had left for an extended hunting trip for the weekend.

I was sprawled on the couch in the living room, flipping through the business section of the local newspaper. I was on my way to the stock quotes when Edward breezed past me.

I didn't need the darkness surrounding the house to know where he was headed. The excitement of seeing Bella was practically rolling off of him.

I heard him stop at the open doorway as a short laugh burst through his lips. I turned my head to stare at him and was greeted with a quick smirk and a shake of his head before he disappeared into the night.

Eager to get to the stock quotes, I didn't bother trying to decipher what that may have meant and returned to flipping through the newspaper.

I was just beginning to scan the page when I felt Alice's emotions shift. She had been in our room, shopping online for the past few hours. So it caught me off guard as I felt a sudden rush of excitement, tinted with both nervousness and apprehension.

Before I could even make sense of the sudden change, I heard her. It sounded like she was… everything clicked into place as Edward's actions filtered through my mind.

I heard the air rushing past her body a second later. I chuckled as I turned suddenly, catching her out of the air by the waist and then flinging her into the couch, covering her small body with mine.

"Were you trying to sneak up on me?" I cocked my head to the side and smiled down at her as she struggled to get free.

"How… did you… do that?" She huffed, still struggling.

It was then that I heard the ripping of a newspaper. It must have gotten stuck under her as I had caught and pinned her. All of her squirming had ripped it… probably into shreds.

My eyes narrowed, "I was reading that."

She stopped squirming and stared up at me. Her eyes unfocused for a second and then a smirk formed on her lips.

"The Dow will be up 200 points and your Intel stock is projected to do better than expected this quarter."

That did it. She knew I enjoyed reading about the stock market… not hearing her visions of it.

"You'll pay for that…" I growled playfully as I grabbed both of her small hands in one of mine and yanked them above her head.

A smile spread across her face and it suddenly occurred to me that this must have been her plan all along.

"Go ahead and make me pay," she arched her back, pushing her perfect body more firmly into mine. If I hadn't caught the hint from her body, the lust rolling off of her told me everything that I had to know.

I could only think about how wonderful an empty house was as I lowered my lips to her neck.

"Oh, I will."

I was serious with what I said at the top. I hated learning about the stock market (including the year long project we had to complete by pretending to invest in certain companies and then tracking our earnings... I was so in the red by the end of the year lol).

Anyways... I hope you all really enjoyed this one. It was fun to write because I'd react just like Jasper. I can't stand to have my reading material taken away (or in his case ripped to shreds lol).

Also, a HUGE thanks to all of you who reviewed my first two chapters. If you enjoyed this one-shot, or would like to give any feedback please leave a review (they mean alot to me and I'll try to take the time to thank each of you personally!)

I'll be at a Music Education Convention for the next few days so expect another update sometime over the weekend.

Thanks for reading!

Fannye