Author's Note: I am so sorry for not updating! I got stuck again but you'll be happy to know that romance is beginning to bloom!

Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight, Wuthering Heights, Gossip Girl, and Little Women

EPOV

English passed incredibly slowly, the clock moved slower than a snail's pace and I worried that time was beginning to stop. Thankfully class ended and I exited the classroom a bit faster than the other humans all in a rush to leave and snag a few minutes with friends before the next class started.

I headed towards my next class; French, something I had taken over and over again and knew the language just as well as I knew English. So to find it was canceled shocked me. I knew before I walked up to the door, my fellow class mates' excited thoughts mixed with some others who were disappointed.

Having a free was quite strange I headed to my car to listen to music for the block or read Bella's journal. My plan was pushed aside as I noticed Bella was also in her car it seemed my feet had a different plan as I walked towards her truck. I knocked on the window; she looked up surprised then slowly rolled down her window.

"What?" she asked her surprised tone still matching her face

"Do you have a free as well?" I asked

She nodded in reply looking back down at what looked to be Wuthering Heights

"Is that for English?" I asked her as it seemed to be the only reason someone would read it in this date and time. Unless you had a taste for classical books.

"No, enjoyment." she said, her eyes still trained on the book in front of them

"Really?" I asked surprised

"It's a classic," she stated

"I know, I just thought you would be more of a Gossip Girl fan then Emily Brontë," I said

"I like Jane Austen too," she clarified

"How about Louisa May Alcott?" I asked

"Little Woman? I guess. How about you?" she asked

"I like the classics too," I answered

"Better then Gossip Girl?" she asked her mouth spreading into a grin that if I were human would knock the breath out of me.

"I never actually read it," I said

"It's a waste of time," Bella said followed by a few giggles

"What?" I asked her

"Aren't you cold?" she asked

Had she noticed my low body temperature? Had I not been super careful around her?

"I mean it's around thirty degrees outside aren't you cold?" she asked

"I guess." I answered, to prove her right I tightened my grip on my fleece jacket and pulled it closer to my body.

"Here jump into the passenger's seat," she said leaning over to open it

"Thanks." I said

"No problem," she said then she turned back to the window to roll it up, it did not budge.

"Here I'll help you," I offered

She nodded

I leaned over her, trying to avoid as little contact between our bodies as possible. She may have not noticed the chill radiating off my body yet and I was hoping she never would, or would it really be that bad? I couldn't make up my mind was it good to let us get closer or worse? Her blood taunted me and we were in a very compromising position. Finally the handle budged and the window went up but I did not move. My mind was still caught up in… was it fantasies or wishful thinking?

Her heart sped up and her breathing hitched, that's all it took for me to break out of my reverie.

"Sorry I guess I spaced out," I apologized. 'Spaced out' where had that phrase come from? It was so human!

"Oh that's fine you were just a bit close," she mumbled her cheeks turning pink as she blushed

I had to hold myself back from licking my lips at the mouth watering scent. I had a choice. I always had a choice I reminded myself. A choice to let the monster win and in the process disappoint Carlisle. Or a choice to be the man that would make my adoptive father proud. The second choice won, out of the fact that the first was trumped by my love for the fragile human girl before me.

Yes love, something I never thought I would feel. Something I had found so ridiculous in the past. So hard to understand. But now I knew it, it was so clear it was as if someone had finally turned the light on and I was blinded by it. Love a feeling so amazing as if you were flying. I thought I knew flight or at least speed but that was nothing compared to this. And she hadn't even told me she loved me too!

Reality hit me. It hit me hard. I turned to her she was lost in her book again as if she had forgotten I was there. How did she feel about me?

"Bella." I breathed I couldn't say anything, for once in my vampire existence my mind was blank.

"Yes?" she asked her eyes looking up at me but her head was turned down still to the book.

"I-uh heard you were planning to go to Seattle instead of the dance…" I started

"I am." She interrupted

"Well I was wondering since I'm not going to the dance…"

"…you're not going to the dance?" she asked

"No I have no one to go with me and could you please stop interrupting me this is hard for me…" I said as her mouth opened again. "…would you mind if I drove you down to Seattle?" I asked

"Like a date?" she asked

"It doesn't have to be. I could just wait in the car, I don't mind," I said

She waited a few seconds "I have a car you know," she said

I smiled, "yes I know,"

"It might not be in the best condition…" she started

"I say!" she glared at me

"…but I can get there by myself, unless… you really want to come with me?" she asked, she looked up at me the book now lying on the dashboard, there seemed to be a hint of hope in those brown beautiful eyes.

"I did offer didn't I?" I asked

"You did."

"Is that a yes then?" I asked hopeful

"Sure." She said

I smiled

"Are you sure it's not a date?" she asked

"We'll see," I responded

She just smiled, and I smiled back. We spent the rest of the free block in silence, I watched out the windows and she went back to her book.

The block ended. And we went our separate ways, she left first. It wasn't until she was in the school did I slip my hand into my coat pocket and pull out her jour-diary.

"I have no more use for you," I whispered, slipping it under her passenger seat.

I walked off happier than ever.

A/N: I hope you enjoyed this chapter, again sorry for the late update.