A/N: OHMIGOTO. I can't believe I did it again, I am the biggest airhead ever! I keep forgetting to thank MistyHaze420 for recommending my story on Lessons Learned. I sit there, every chapter, and think of what I'm going to put in my author's note and every time I'm like, "Dammit! Dillon, you're an idiot!" So thank you Misty, I feel horrible that I kept forgetting… I'm a dunderhead.

I must also thank my wonderful beta Dtav, who makes this story everything that it is. I also need to thank OCDJen who basically keeps me going! And lastly, all of my readers/reviewers, its all for you :) (oh, and thanks Penny! You know what you did!)

On with the show!

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"Let me get this straight. This is going to take three weeks to fix? I asked Nathan, the guy who works at Audi, in disbelief.

"Yeah. First, we have to order the tires and they'll take about a week to get in. Then, we have to completely repaint the car which means we have to buffer all that out and then apply a few more coats of paint leaving about a day in between each coat."

"But three weeks?"

"Yup," he sighed, seeming like he felt my pain. "Sadly, before we can start any work on the actual car, we have to wait and hear from your insurance company to see what they'll cover, and who knows when they'll get back to us."

"Why don't you just shoot me and get it over with?" I mumbled out.

"I wish it was that easy," was his reply, making me chuckle.

"But here's what we'll do since you're my favorite customer, Jasper," he said, putting an arm around my shoulders, leading me inside the dealership. "I'll go ahead and order the tires today and try and get ahold of your insurance company to see where they're at so we can get this ball rolling. In the mean time, we can get you set up in a rental while you wait. How does a nice A4 sound?"

"Not even an S4?" I sniffled.

"I'll see what I can do." He chuckled.

He left me to wait in his office while he went to check up on everything. I had been at the dealership now for about an hour going over what needed to be done for Ferdinand. I arrived here about ten minutes after they opened with Ferdinand following behind me on a tow truck. It was probably the saddest thing I had ever seen.

"All right," Nathan said as he walked into his office with keys in his hand. "I got an order out for the tires so that's already started. I got you a rental car and I'll call your insurance company in a bit."

"Thank you, Nathan. You've been awesome."

"It's just my job," he smiled. We set everything up and I signed all the necessary papers and he let me know that he'd call when he knew more. "The rental is parked out front. It's the black one."

"Thanks again, Nathan." I said.

"I'll see you soon, Jasper. Have a good day." I smiled and waved and made my way to the front of the dealership where he said my car was parked.

Walking out the front door, I only saw a couple cars parked in the lot. The only black one, an S4. Clicking the button to unlock it, I watched as it beeped in response. I couldn't help the smile that came to my lips. Nathan was the best guy I'd ever met.

Hopping in, I was just about to pull out of the spot when I felt my phone buzz in my pocket. Looking at the display, I saw that Edward was calling me.

"Hello." I said.

"Hi, Jasper. It's Edward." He said, making me smile.

"Hi, Edward." I said sheepishly.

"What are you doing right now?" I could tell he was smiling too.

I didn't feel like telling Edward about Ferdinand over the phone, "I was just driving home. What are you doing?"

"I was just sitting here wondering when I would be able to see you again."

"Were you?"

"I was." He confirmed.

"Well, if it was up to me I think it could be pretty soon."

"Really? How soon would that be?"

"Oh, I don't know…half an hour?"

"I like the way you think, Jasper Whitlock."

"So I'll see you then?"

"That you will. Bye, Jasper."

"Bye, Edward."

I hung up the phone and giggled. If I doubted that I liked Edward before—which I didn't—than this phone call was incontrovertible proof that I really liked this guy. He made me giggle like a little girl even when my baby was sick and I felt heartbroken.

Heaving a half happy half sad sigh, I pulled out of the spot and drove home. I wasn't in the mood for much noise so I kept the radio off and settled in with only my thoughts for company.

I couldn't stop thinking about Edward and his crooked smile, or his eyes and the way they just seemed to look right through me with an intensity that left my knees weak. Or, his hair and how it jutted off into all sorts of directions just begging to be grabbed and pulled as he ravished my body with his mouth.

Groaning out loud at the visual I produced, I started to drift in my lane before I quickly caught myself and jerked back into position. Waving a little "sorry I almost crashed into you" wave at another car, I told myself to stop thinking like that. It wouldn't do to be all flustered when Edward showed up. I already have one pretty big problem to deal with, I thought adjusting my erection.

Getting home fifteen minutes later, I walked in my house and decided to pick up a little bit. I wasn't a messy person so everything was pretty much in order but it couldn't hurt to pick up a few loose ends.

Looking at the clock and seeing that Edward should get here any moment, I dashed upstairs and threw on a different pair of jeans ones that I knew made my ass look amazing. I was just spraying on some cologne when I heard the doorbell ring.

I hopped down the stairs and skidded to a halt almost running into the door in my hurry to get there. Taking a quick breath to compose myself, I opened the door and grinned at the god standing on the other side.

"Hey," he said, smiling.

I smiled back, "Come in."

"Okay," he said about to step through the threshold before he stopped. "Wait, don't I need to go get your neighbor?" he asked with a smirk.

"Oh god! Get in here quick before she finds out you're here!" I said as I reached out and grabbed his hand pulling him flush to me forcing him to put his hands on my hips so we both didn't topple over. "You did that on purpose, didn't you?"

His only reply was to smile even more and lean in and kiss me. My hand that had held onto his arm had snaked its way around his neck while my other was still holding onto the door.

He deepened the kiss and tightened his hold on my hips making me groan into his mouth. He took the opportunity to go even further and I felt his tongue trace an icy path along my lower lip. That's what broke me. I wrapped both my arms around his neck and plunged my tongue into his mouth finally tasting the sweetness that was Edward. This time he groaned and I felt him lift me up so I wrapped my legs around his waist.

He kissed me further until I needed to breathe and I gasped arching my neck trying to find air. He took the opportunity to trail kisses along my jaw and onto my neck. Once I had a chance to catch my breath, which Edward didn't make any easier, I sought his lips again and gave him one long final kiss before I pulled back.

"Hi," I said.

"Hi," he chuckled, resting his forehead against mine. "Is it weird if I say I missed you?"

"Not at all, because I could say the same thing."

"Good," he said spinning us around in a little circle making me giggle. The things this man did to me.

"Come on, let's go inside before we give another free show." I said as he set me down giving me another peck on the lips. He shut the door behind him and I started the free tour. First, I showed him the downstairs. He made a few comments on what he liked like the TV which he said was probably his favorite thing about the twenty first century, aside from cars.

We made our way upstairs and I showed him the guestroom first and then my bedroom, "Nice bed." He commented.

"Thanks," I replied. "I love to sleep, so I just had to get the best."

"Yeah, it does look good…for sleeping." He said, making me blush.

Feeling a little flustered, I showed him the bathroom, "So yeah, this is the bathroom."

"I see." He walked over to me and slung an arm over my shoulders.

Being in the bathroom had me thinking, "So, um…I have a question."

"Ask away," he said.

"Do, um…vampires, you know, uh, go to the bathroom?"

He chuckled a little, "No. Our bodies absorb the blood."

"Oh, so you haven't gone to the bathroom in like a hundred years?"

"Give or take a few, yeah."

"That's kinda awesome and kinda sucky at the same time."

He raised an eyebrow, "How so?"

"Well it's awesome cause it sucks but then not cause it feels so good to pee."

He laughed outright then, "That, Jasper, is why I like you so much." He said and then gave me a quick kiss.

"So, what do you wanna do now that you've seen my place?"

"I don't know. Are you hungry? Because if you are you can eat if you want."

"I'm good for now. Let's just go downstairs and find a movie to watch."

"That sounds good to me," he said. We walked downstairs hand in hand and went into the living room to get ready for the movie.

"What do you feel like watching?" I asked moving over to the shelves that held all of my movies.

"You choose," he replied.

"Thanks for the help." I muttered.

"It's what I do."

I smiled and said, "Jerk." This felt really good. I liked having Edward over. We got along so well it felt as if we had been friends for a long time. I could joke around with him and he would joke right back. And then there's the whole 'he-is-super-fucking-hot" thing that didn't hurt either.

"Okay, fine. I'll come help." He said from right next to me making me jump and causing him to giggle.

We both looked through the rows of DVD's for a little while as I had a lot of movies, until we both grabbed a movie at the same time. I had grabbed Transformers 2, while he had grabbed the new Star Trek.

"Well, it seems like we have an even bigger decision to make now." I said. "How do we wanna do this?"

"You choose," he said.

"How about you pick a hand?" I said as I held both of my hands in front of me.

"How do I know you're not gonna cheat?" he asked, squinting his eyes at me.

I had enough decency to look affronted, "I would never!"

"Sure," he said. "But I'll trust you this time. Left hand."

"Wait, I hadn't chosen which movie was in which hand yet." I thought for a second. "Okay, now I'm ready."

He chuckled at me again, "Left hand." He repeated.

"Star Trek it is." I smiled.

He went to the couch while I went to the DVD player and put the movie in. When everything was ready to go, I went over to the couch and sat down next to him. He put his arm around my shoulders and pulled me closer to him and I snuggled deeper into his side and let out a content sigh. I could get used to this, I thought.

We had both seen the movie a couple times so we chatted a bit throughout it about nothing of great importance. We just shared more random facts about each other.

We had been silent for a little while when Edward asked, "So, you smelt a little off when I got here. Did you drive a different car or something?" Well, there goes my happy mood.

"You could smell that?" I asked.

"Yeah…"

"Damn, you're better than a bloodhound." I said making him laugh. "But yeah, I did drive a different car."

"You have two, then?"

"No, uh, Ferdinand is in the shop. He was kind of vandalized." I felt Edward stiffen next to me.

"What do you mean?" He asked in a clipped tone.

I told him what happened, but I didn't tell him I had a pretty good feeling that I knew who was the culprit. I wasn't going to get into the Adam/Maria drama today.

"Why didn't you call me?" He asked. His face was blank except for his eyes which seemed like they were made of fire.

"Well, I found out right before work so I didn't really have time."

"You should have called me, Jasper." He took a deep breath. "It had to have happened after I left. I saw the car on my way home and he was fine." He looked really angry and I felt bad for letting him down. Had I let him down by not calling? I couldn't be sure. Even though it was only our first date this did feel like so much more.

"I'm sorry, I just didn't want you to worry," I said.

"How can I protect you if I don't know when something has happened, Jasper?"

"Edward, you don't need to protect me." I said, placing a hand on his cheek turning his face so that he was looking at me. He seemed so sad.

"Jasper," he said before pausing. "Look, I—I didn't want to tell you this now because I realize how new this relationship is, but I really care for you."

"I care for you, too." I said.

"I know, Jasper." He said looking me in the eyes and placing his hand over mine which still rested on his cheek. "But with vampires change is…it's a big deal. When we are turned it's like everything we were as a human was frozen including our emotions so when something changes, it changes in a big way.

I don't want to freak you out Jasper, but I want you to know that you really mean the world to me. And I know that I like you a lot more than you like me at the moment and I hope that someday soon you'll feel the same, and I understand that. Just—do you understand what I'm trying to tell you?"

"Yeah, sort of. But I also want you to know that what we have feels like more to me, too. It feels like I've known you my entire life and I want to get to know you even better. I want to spend time with you."

"That makes me really happy, Jasper." He smiled. "Now, I bet you won't be surprised but I'm pretty old fashioned."

"You're right, I'm not surprised."

He squeezed my hand a little, "And I guess it is a bit early to ask but hey, we both just admitted we're in pretty deep. So, do you, uh…want to be my boyfriend?"

"Yeah, sure, hell yes." I replied.

"I didn't quite catch that, was that a yes?"

"Yes!" I said as I leaned forward and kissed him. "It took you long enough to ask, you know."

"Did it now? Should I have asked when we met in the coffee shop?"

"That would have been preferable."

"You're probably right." He chuckled.

"So, boyfriend, what next? It seems like we missed the movie." I said as I looked at the TV and saw the credits were rolling.

"Well, what time do you have to be at work?"

I looked at the cable box and said, "Not for a few more hours so we have plenty of time to sit and do nothing."

"Well, that seems like a plan to me. We could put in Transformers now."

"Sweet." I got up and set up the next movie. When I was walking back to the couch, I saw that Edward had switched to lying down. When I got near he patted the space in front of him indicating that I should lay there, which I did. Snuggled up in front of him, he put his arm around my waist pulling me closer.

The movie started and we both sat back and enjoyed the show only speaking on occasion. At some point I must have fallen asleep because the next thing I remember was Edward gently shaking me awake.

"Jasper," he whispered.

"Mmpf," I replied, snuggling deeper into his chest.

"Jasper," he tried again trailing his fingers up and down my side.

"Why?" I whined.

"Because the movie has been over for an hour and you should probably get ready for work."

"Wait, what? It's been over for an hour?" I asked, one eye popping open.

Edward was still lying next to me but he was propped up on one elbow looking down at me, "Yup."

"Why didn't you wake me up? This had to have been really boring." I said, stretching out a bit.

"It was far from boring. You're a very entertaining sleeper."

"Oh jeez," I smacked my forehead. "What did I do?"

"What didn't you do?" He said. "Aside from the talking—I'm glad you dream of me by the way—you were like a ninja.

"Fuuuck. A ninja?"

"Well, you tend to move around a lot and if I moved, you would punch me."

"Oh my god, that's so embarrassing."

He was definitely laughing now, "No, I thought it was adorable, my little ninja sleeper." He kissed me softly.

"It's still embarrassing," I mumbled against his lips.

"Think what you want. It was cute."

We didn't move for a while until Edward reminded me that I should probably get ready for work at some point.

"Ugh, I'm not taking a shower so we can sit her for another…" I looked behind me at the clock. "Four minutes."

"Why not five?" Edward questioned.

"Then I'd be late," I replied.

"You are so odd," he said, resting back down and pulling me closer.

"I really try."

We lay there in comfortable silence and exactly four minutes later Edward let me know that I needed to get ready. Reluctantly, I got up and went upstairs to grab my stuff. Coming back down a few minutes later, I saw that Edward had put everything away.

"You're so sweet," I said.

"Like a cookie," he replied, getting a giggle out of me.

"When am I going to see you again, boo?" I asked with a huge smile. One of the things I have always loved was pet names. In my past relationships, I rarely ever called my boyfriends by their names. It was always something different and most of the time it was quite silly.

Edward seemed fine with the name, "It all depends on when you want to. I'm pretty much free most of the time."

"Are you saying vampires are boring?"

"I'm saying that when you have pretty much no time limit you don't bother making a time schedule." He said with a smile.

"Well then, I think I should see you tomorrow." I said, grabbing his hand and leading him out of the door.

"That works for me," he replied. We reached my rental car and I noticed a new car parked a few spaces away in the visitor spots. A really nice, pretty Aston Martin.

I let out a low whistle and then I noticed it beeped open. Looking back at Edward, I saw him smiling and holding a set of keys.

"No," I said.

"Yes," he replied, his smile getting bigger.

"And you didn't tell me this why?"

"Figured I show you after the movie, but someone fell asleep."

"You are not blaming this one on me!" I said in mock anger. "You are lucky I have to go to work because if I didn't someone," I poked his chest, "would be in big trouble. And this just solidifies the fact that we are seeing each other tomorrow. Or should I say that I am seeing your car tomorrow."

"I knew you only liked me for my car," he said, wrapping his arms around my waist.

"Well duh," I replied, kissing him. "I really should go," I said, pulling away.

"Yeah," he agreed.

"But I'll see you tomorrow?"

"You will. I'll text you after work and we'll figure out when."

"Okay, bye."

"See you later." He got into his car, turned it on and was soon driving away leaving me shaking my head. If he wasn't perfect before, this definately completed the package. Good looking, nice and drives an awesome car? Great catch, Whitlock, I complimented myself.

I hopped into my own ride feeling a little down from the combination of Edward leaving and Ferdinand being in the shop. I didn't feel like being unhappy so I thought of Edward and I felt a smile reach my face the second his name popped into my head. I drove to work with those thoughts in my head and before I knew it I was pulling into the lot at Jungle.

Heaving a giant sigh, I got out of the car and walked into the club. Once again, Maria was nowhere to be found—not like that was a bad thing—and I felt my step get a little lighter. That's one thing I wouldn't have to deal with today.

"You seem to be in a good mood," Riley commented when he showed up to his station a few minutes after me.

"Oh, you know, I just got done hanging out with my boyfriend," I said, waiting for the words to kick in.

"Cool," he said, accepting the answer. Just when I was beginning to get disappointed, he turned to me wide eyed and said, "Wait, boyfriend?"

"Yup."

When he could tell I was fucking with him by only saying one word he hit my arm and said, "Well tell me more! Is it that guy Adam? The one you were seeing?"

"No, I stopped seeing him, you know why. I know this is pretty quick but I met Edward a few days ago and we really clicked. It's not too serious right now, but it has a lot of potential to be very serious. Like forever serious."

"Really?" He asked a bit dubiously.

"Yeah, I can see me spending the rest of my life with him."

"But you've only known him a few days." He pointed out.

"I know. I'm not saying I love him yet or anything, because I don't, but I can definately see myself falling for him."

"This is big, Jasper." He said a bit more happily.

"Yeah, there's only one thing that might make it a bit complicated."

"What's that?"

"He is a vampire…"

"Come again?"

"I said he is a vampire."

Riley was silent for a bit before he spoke. "I don't know, Jasper."

"I really like him Riley and he is a really nice guy. That's all that should matter."

"I know, Jasper, but this dude isn't even human."

"Don't say that."

"Well it's true."

"Look, I don't need to answer to you so I'm going to go. See you later." And with that I stormed off.

I couldn't believe that Riley would say something like that. He's supposed to be my friend and the last time I checked, friends pretty much backed each other up.

Tonight was just going to suck, I knew it.

A/N: Hey, look somewhat of a cliffhanger! I'm back, baby!

Please read and review and let me know what you think about the chapter. I'm glad it was a little more light hearted and basically all about our boys :D