A/N: I am sooo sorry it has been a while. Hidden Moon has been kicking my ass... anyways.. here is a special treat and we are finally to the library date.

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Chapter 9

I couldn't tell you what we did in gym. I was there, I am sure even Alice was there, but I have no recollection of doing anything. My mind was too busy thinking about the hours of completely uninterrupted time I would spend with Bella. It was going to be heaven and I could not wait. If it was up to me, I would have whisked Bella there after Biology.

Even now I could feel her in my arms and how perfect she felt there. Her lush curves molded along the hard planes of my body. We were two pieces of a puzzle and we just fit. End of story. Then the way she responded when I was kissing her neck and nuzzling with her, I had to suppress a groan at that memory. I had to stop my thoughts from replaying them all, I was already hard enough and there would be no time for me to take care of it once school was done.

I dressed in a rush and walked swiftly to where Bella's last class was getting out. The smile the spread across her face made me smile in return. She looked so happy to see me. I could not help but hope it means she will care for me as much as I was starting to care for her and that she could be my mate. But there was so much unknown between us and until that was settled, I would have to play a patient waiting game.

"Are you ready for our marathon study session at the library?" I tried to sound like that idea did not appeal to me but I could not contain my smile.

She rolled her eyes, "Yes. I am sure it's going to be positively boring." She gave me a dismissive wave and tried to walk past me. Oh, she wasn't going to get rid of me like that. I wrapped my arms around her waist as she walked past and I swung her in a small circle while burrowing my nose in her shoulder.

"You think I am boring? I am hurt." I spun her to see me and the exaggerated pout on my face. I even batted my eyes at her. I did not expect the rather loud giggle that erupted from her.

"You are such a bad pouter, Edward. You need practice." I scoffed at her absurd idea. I was a very skilled actor; I had to be at times. "Like you could do any better." I challenged her with a quirk of my eyebrow.

In a low, sultry voice she replied without hesitation, "Of that I have no doubt." With that she pushed her lower lip out slightly and pursed it, she lowered her face a fraction of an inch and looked up at me through the dark fringe of her lashes. Her eyes were soft and pleading and she even swayed slightly from side to side with her hands clasped in front of her. I had never seen her look more beautiful and undeniably sexy.

I had an urge to kiss her, to ease her, to hold her and protect her. I swallowed convulsively as I watched her. She was mesmerizing and there was no way I could take my eyes off her. I prayed she did not see the strain she was putting on my cock. It was painful and I was harder than I had ever been. I shifted my weight trying to find a position that would ease the ache.

"Please," the word was soft and gentle, "come spend some time studying with me at the library?" Her words were breathed low and seductive and I was putty in her hands. Words escaped me and all I could was nod.

A split second her demeanor changed and she smirked, "That is how you pout the right way." She flicked me on the nose and walked outside towards her car leaving me behind. I was so played and I loved it. I came up behind her swiftly and pulled her close. Her gasp of surprise made me laugh.

"That was cruel Ms. Swan and I will get my revenge." I heard her moan as I placed a soft kiss just below the hollow of her ear and trailed my tongue down the side of her neck and back again. She relaxed in my arms and melted into me. "Now, let's get to the library." Pushed her slightly off me and she whimpered at the lost of contact between us. I could not help the chuckle that escaped.

She threw me what I think she meant to be a glare, but the excitement in her eyes gave her away. "I'll be right there. I just realized that I forgot some material I had started to pull together at home. I should be there in like 10-15 minutes."

To say I was disappointed that I had to wait was not far from the truth, but I could deal. I mean I have been waiting for her for over hundred years; I could wait a lousy fifteen minutes. I gave her a kiss on her nose and sent her on her way. "I'll save us a table."

In a matter of five minutes I was at the Forks library, which wasn't much of anything. The library in Port Angeles was better stocked but only marginally. It was a square, one level brick building that may have been a beautiful red. Now it was weather beaten and a faded rust color. It was downright depressing. But I could not be happier; here is where I would get to spend some quality time with Bella, alone. The thought made me smile.

I found a table in one of the quieter and secluded corners. I laid out my notebooks and pens and that was when I noticed my iPod was sitting at the bottom of my bag. I knew I did not put that in there. When I looked at it closely, I notice a note was wrapped around it and then it made sense, Alice.

Trust me, this will come in handy. You can thank me later.

Alice… always meddling and for once I was fine with it. I placed the ear buds in and pressed play, knowing that she set it to a certain song. When the opening chords of Claire de Lune began, I felt my body relax. The nerves and anxiousness that had steadily risen higher and higher began to melt away. My breathing slowed, my nerves calmed and I felt at peace. Unconsciously I gave myself over to the music, my hands flying over an invisible piano keyboard.

So into the music that I did not realize she was there, watching me until the heating vents blew her scent my way. My eyes flew open and locked with her. She was staring at me with the most curious expression. It was a mixture of surprise, awe and love? It was hard to put my finger on it. She had this soft smile and her eyes were bright.

She sat down next to me as I paused the music. "Do you play piano? You looked really into the music. I hated to disturb you."

"Yea, I play piano and this is one of my favorite songs to play." Without asking she grabbed one of the ear buds and placed it in her ear, "Turn it on, and let me hear." I placed the other bud in my ear and hit play. Her mouth opened in shock when she heard the music.

"I love Debussy and this is my favorite song." If it was even possible, she became even more adorable. She was unlike any girl I had ever met, she astounded me. After we had let the song play out, she reluctantly turned towards our table.

"As much as I wish we could listen to music all night, maybe we should tackle these projects sooner rather than later. What do you think?"

I could care less what we did as long as I got to spend it with her. But she had a point, we did have two projects to get started on, so I nodded yes and we gathered our books. For the next hour we discussed our English project, pouring over the book lists that we were to choice our selections from. Several of the books Bella had not read and so I spent time talking about them and what they were about. It amazed me that Bella was rather well read. Out of the fifty books on the list, she had read a majority of them. Some she considered her favorites.

We were able to narrow our choices to four books, but Bella had not read two of them. She wanted to read them before we committed to the two we needed to compare and contrast. What we were able to settle on was the themes we would use for our paper, the role of society in relationships. It was a broad enough topic and all four books were excellent examples of the extremes that society could go.

The entire time we were working, we were in constant contact. We would bump knees under the table, our arms would brush against each other, and she would grab my arm when trying to make a point. Other times she would reach over and squeeze my fingers or I would brush her hair back behind her ear. There was one time when we reading summaries of the books and we both reached for the other to hold hands.

It was distracting to a point for it also meant that charge was constantly swirling around us. My body felt jittery and tingly. I had grown harder and harder with each touch and the desire to kiss her several times was nearly consuming. I refused to give in to that temptation, I was afraid once I started I would not be able to stop. So I forced myself to remain calm and get our work done. Once it was, I knew I had to kiss her.

We turned our attention to the Biology project and decided to make a list of native vegetation. Bella had the wonderful idea of getting pictures of the various trees, plants and flowers to use as background for our power-point presentation, which in turn gave me the brilliant idea to ask her to go hiking.

"Hiking?" Her voice was high and panicky. "You do know that I can barely walk a straight line on a flat surface without stumbling, right?" There was true fear in her eyes, I could not have her afraid of anything.

I held both her hands and rubbed soothing circles on the back of her hands. "Don't worry. I will be there the whole time." I paused and lifted her chin up so I could see her eyes, "Don't you know I will always catch you when you fall?"

Her eyes held me captive and she was searching mine, for what I do not know, but I was powerless to look away. I didn't want to look away. I wanted to stare into those deep pools of brown, so warm and soft, and see my future.

"I have no doubt you would never let me fall." The words were said softly, but I knew she wanted me to hear them because she stared right at me when she spoke. Reaching to cup one side of her face I pulled her close so that our foreheads touched. "I will always keep you safe. I promise." Her eyes closed and she relaxed, as if that was what she was waiting to hear and was happy I finally did.

Knowing that my control was slipping, I gave one last push towards our work. "So, will you go hiking with me tomorrow and we can start taking some pictures?" She gave me a small nod and a smile. We divided up the rest of the work which would be to research the items we were going to use in the final report. I offered to take on more of the research, but she was adamant that she pull her weight. I had to admire her for that.

With everything done that could get done we packed up our bags and headed to the check-out. Bella had several books she wanted to use to do her research. I told her that since our family hiked so much we had plenty of books at home for me to use. I held her hand as I walked her to her truck. I tried to hide the grimace when I looked at her truck. Of course, Bella noticed and became defensive.

"It's a good truck. It's perfect for me. If I drove anything else, I could be in more danger." She tried to laugh, but there was some kernel of truth to what she was saying and it only added to my frustration. She reached up to smooth the worry lines that settled between my eyes. "Hey, no moping, smile." She was right; I had no reason to be moping, not when she was with me.

"I think we accomplished a lot, don't you agree. It would be nice if we could get these out of the way as soon as possible, then we don't have to sweat them at the end of the year." I liked that idea, maybe it would mean more time with her.

"Sounds like a plan to me. So can I come pick you up tomorrow around eight, or do you want to sleep in?" I did not contain the eagerness in my voice; I wanted to spend as much time with her as I could. "Eight sounds fine." Then she looked at me and I was undone.

It was a shy smile, one that had her biting her lower lip in anxiety and I wanted to smooth it out. Her heart picked up its tempo and it never sounded sweeter. Her breathing sped up and all around us the air crackled. I slowly pulled her lip free from her teeth and smoothed it with the pad of my finger. I cupped her face in both of my hands, my thumbs circling her cheek and my fingers stroking the nape of her neck.

Her eyes darted from my eyes to my lips and there was a need, a desire that shone through. I swallowed the groan as I realized she wanted me to kiss her and I wanted to give her everything she desired. Ever so slowly I inched my face closer to her. Her breath fanned my face and it caressed my own lips, scenting them with her aroma. Her hands were fisted in my jacket and she leaned closer still, then the lightest of pressure of lips.

It was soft and tentative. Silk and marble, cold and hot and I wanted more. Gently I captured her lips and felt them mold against mine. Suddenly her lips were moving faster and I followed her lead. We moved together in a frantic pace, sucking, nibbling, pushing and demanding, she moaned and I swept my tongue into her mouth and truly tasted her. My tongue explored her mouth and soaked up her essence, I was intoxicated by her taste. She pushed herself closer to me and her hands traveled up to my hair and she pulled.

I could not help the groan that escaped when she did that and my body reacted violently. I pushed myself even closer to her, not caring that she could feel my arousal on her hip. One of my hands fisted behind her head and the other traveled down her side and around her waist to hold her to me. I could not get her close enough and I needed her to be closer.

I pulled away to allow her to breathe but just moved my kisses to her cheek, her eyes, her nose. I skimmed her jaw with my nose and then kissed my way back to her lips. I was swimming in a pool of emotion and sensation and I left myself go. It was like I was falling, but I knew I would never land. I was connected to a force too powerful. I felt as if a piece of my very being had finally clicked into place and I was almost whole. Her lips also traveled over my face and down my jaw to my neck where she licked and nibbles every inch of skin she could.

I pulled away to look at her and when her heavy-lidded eyes focused on me, I knew that she was it, she was my mate. I could feel the bonds as they wrapped who she was into me. My heart, my mind, my love, my very soul was now contained in this frail human. All that I am and will be will exist for her. But it was such an incomplete feeling for it only went one way. I wanted to be upset by this, but I knew that it was only a matter of time before she would feel the same.

Her heart was pounding so furiously against my chest it almost felt as if mine was beating once again. Her breathing was ragged and melted into me. I placed several more quick kisses on her face before I settled once more on her lips. This time I was gentle and unrushed. My hands traveled the length of her back, feeling her warmth. In my head I chanted: mine, mine, she is mine.

I had started the claiming and nothing else had ever felt so right, so perfect. This beautiful creature was made for me, she was my match, she was my soul-mate and I would never let her go. Staring deep in her eyes I made her a verbal promise, "I will never hurt you." I also made a silent one as well- I will never let you go, Bella. I claim you as my mate, you belong to me.

A/N: Soo did ya like the kiss? I did.. swoon.. lol.. OK... leave me some love! Please! With FF not allowing responses.. I'll try to write back.. but.. not sure how well that will go.. but I love reviews.. they are like Edward's first kisses...