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Chapter 3

An hour had gone by since my stomach had growled. Luckily Jasper was able to remember I was human because apparently he took the best lifeboat available. The two huge survival kits had enough food and water to last a couple days. I had already eaten what Jasper had called rations. He was holding my water bottle for me. Note to self vampire skin can also be used like a refrigerator for some things. I wonder what other bonuses will present themselves.

"Jasper, do you know where we are going?" I couldn't help but ask. It was at the back of my mind this whole time along with others that I knew I would also ask. His lighthearted expression had fallen at my question. Immediately I felt bad for causing his now sorrowful look.

"I'm sorry" he spoke. "The best I could do was to follow the cruise's original direction." Jasper's answer didn't surprise me. The fact that he at least tried to follow the cruise ship's path was admirable. He gracefully rose to his feet. The lifeboat didn't noticeably change it's rhythmical movement unlike when I myself had moved. My horrible balance had almost caused me to go overboard. Only prevented because of my shining blond savior.

Setting my water down he seated himself and readied the oars. In slow even strokes the lifeboat started going a lot faster. Jasper looked like he had always handled a boat. His upper body was rocking backwards with each stroke of the oars. Jasper's long sleeve shirt was being pulled tight across his chest accentuating the muscles along his torso.

My hands started fidgeting with a zipper. When I looked down I wanted to smack myself at my own idiocy. The black hoodie I had put on last night to ward off the cold breeze on the deck was still on my body. While it had most likely saved me from hypothermia last night it certainly wasn't going to help me in regards to the heat of the sun. Neither would my shoes and socks. All they did was trap the heat within my body. I shed them from myself. I sighed out happily. I was better already the light breeze felt amazing on my skin.

Jasper laughed at me. Obviously amused at my enthusiastic removal of heat trapping clothing. "Laugh it up all you want but if you felt the heat like I do you would react the same." I said pouting at him. Stupid laughing vampire being amused at my human expense.

The blond vampire stopped laughing with a grin firmly in place. I couldn't help but notice that he sped up his movements at the reminder of my humanity. Maybe he was concerned that I would get heatstroke. His happy mood affected me causing me to grin back.

We picked up talking again. Making lighthearted conversation to distract ourselves from the reality of the situation. He eagerly told me stories about Emmett's many mishaps. My stomach was aching from my laughter. His favorite was when Emmett had tried to prank Jasper by dying his hair pink. Instead Jasper had found out and in revenge had then put super glue in Emmett's shampoo. In ended up with both Emmett and Rosalie having to rip out their hands from their hair.

Rosalie was pissed and my poor teddy bear brother was punished by going shopping with Alice for a month. I cringed at that because it would honestly be one of my worst nightmares.

We moved onto more serious topics soon after. He face was somber when he talked about when he was human. He had been born in Texas in the year 1843. At the age of seventeen he had left home and joined the Confederate Army. Lying about his age he was able to join. Rising in the ranks quickly because of his natural charisma he became the youngest Major. Then at Twenty a vampire named Maria changed him to suit her own purposes.

I wanted to cry for him when he told me the reasons he had those scars. Newborn wars. It was cruel what his creator had forced on him. With his empathy he had felt the pain of every vampire that he fought along with those that were around him. His two friends Peter and Charlotte had eventually rescued him from Maria's newborn wars.

Wandering for many years he eventually met Alice and she led him to his new much improved existence. Hearing this I had never felt more love towards my pixie like best friend. I leaned forward and hugged his legs. I pulled back after nearly a minute and reached for some more food. Several hours had already gone by and it looked like it was around dinner time.

He let me eat in silence but he watched me with what I assume was fondness. Not unfathomable to me for I already felt like he was my newest best friend. A new warmth had invaded my chest towards Jasper.

However another pressure inside my body quickly made itself known. I needed a human minute. My cheeks were engulfed in a blush. "What's wrong?" Jasper asked in worry. "Bathroom" I whispered barely able to get the words out of my mouth. I'm positive that if a vampire could blush he would be. He looked embarrassed for once.

"You could use the ocean" He stuttered out the words. "How?" Was blurted out in a instant. He stopped rowing. "When the boat starts naturally drifting you can use one of the tin cans that house the food and then wash it out with the ocean water." It was logical. I was left with no other choice and a few minutes later I used his idea. His back was turned to give me privacy.

"That was the most mortifying moment of my life." I groaned out into my hands several minutes after said moment. Once again rowing he silently replaced my mortification with calm. I had never felt closer to someone as I did to Jasper. He was three feet from me the whole time. Trusting him to not turn around and not make fun of me. I resisted the urge to hug him with all my human strength. He smiled softly at me. Empathy made it pathetically easy to read me. Like I once said I was an open book.