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She sucked all the venom out quickly, stopping when Josh pulled her back. The fire was out, and all wanted to do was sleep. "Josh," I muttered, "Sophia, Peter, thank you."
"I love you Juliet," whispered Josh, holding me in his arms. I closed my eyes, enjoying the feeling of his body next to mine. Josh picked me up, then. I was so tired. "Sleep now," he said, "You're safe now." I fell asleep in his arms.
I had no idea how we got to my house, but somehow we did. I was still in Josh's arms when he woke me up. "Juliet," he said quietly, "time to wake up. I don't think your father will appreciate you being dead when I return you home." I stood up, looking him in the eye.
"Thank you," I said, "for everything. I love you." I reached up and kissed him. It was perfect. I then went inside and fell asleep in bed.
The next morning, I woke up at six. I had to be on set at seven. We were shooting the fight scene, the one where Bella gets bitten by James. Somehow I didn't think I'd have a problem with that. I threw on jeans and a t-shirt, then went down for breakfast. Dad was already in kitchen, with a bowl of Lucky Charms waiting for me. "How was your date?" he asked.
"Nothing special," I responded, smiling. I went to set and filmed the scene. It took almost all day. When I was done, Josh surprised me by showing up on set.
"Hey," he said, sweeping me into his arms, "I'm taking you to dinner in Port Angeles." I was thrilled, but of course, Kellan saw Josh and had to act big brotherly. Josh introduced himself to all of my cast mates, then took me to dinner on the bike.
We went to a cute little Italian place for dinner. "I wanted to talk to you Juliet," said Josh after we were seated and had ordered, "You know I love you right?" I nodded, and he continued, "I just need to know if you can love me too, after all I put you through yesterday. It was all my fault for exposing you like that, and I would totally understand if you never wanted to see me again."
I opened my mouth wide before saying, "Josh, do you honestly think I could have fallen out of love with you? I love you. I want you to stay with me forever."
"Good," said Josh, "I hoped so, but I couldn't be sure. I love you, and need to stay with you. You are my universe. There is no light without you."
"I do love you," I said, "and I do want to be with you." Just then, our waiter arrived with our dinners. I got mushroom ravioli, and Josh got two orders of spaghetti.
"Thank you," we both said without taking our eyes off the other.
"Have you ever been in love?" Josh asked, and I shook my head.
"But I like it," I told him. We ate, then went to First Beach again, because I had two hours before curfew.
"Josh," I asked timidly, "You loved her didn't you? Sophia I mean. Then only reason you love me is because you have to isn't it?"
"No," Josh cried, "yes, I did love Sophia, but I love you. It's not because I have to because of imprinting. I swear. I love you."
I believed him. "Hey, Josh? Can we continue what we were doing yesterday before the vampires interrupted?" We started kissing, and laying on top of him, I finally decided that everything would be alright.