Here's the next chapter! I figured that I'd do a new chapter each weekend and see if I had time for any more in the week so i have no idea how long it will be in between each new chapter. Hopefully not too long!

Anyway, disclaimer: I do not own twilight

And enjoy!

Part II

Chapter 10

As I sped over the ground, having to rely on scent to find Edward due to the trees blocking my vision, I realised there was not a chance I'd catch him like this. I decided that the only way to win an impossible race was to cheat.

"When I get my hands on you, Cullen, you'd better start praying to that cross you've got hanging in your hallway," I shouted, knowing he'd hear. I heard him chuckle and I doubled my efforts to get to him. I quickly slipped into Edward's figure, the illusion meaning my own speed now matched his before bulking up the leg muscles so I had more power to propel myself through the air. The feeling of such speed was exhilarating as the leaves were sent dancing on their stems in my passing and a broad grin spread across my face.

Gradually I began to catch sights of Edward ahead of me through breaks in the trees and switching from Edward to Muscles gave me the strength to leap over his head to land in front of him. The confused look on his face as Emmett dropped from the sky made it all worthwhile before switching back to my usual appearance. The quizzical pout gracing his face soon left, replaced by joy as he tackled me to the floor. I cried out in mock outrage as I felt the damp mud seep through my jacket and into my top. So much for getting changed.

But he silenced my protest as our lips met and my hands began to comb through his hair, marvelling, as always at its softness and the way it glinted in the sun. One of his hands had wandered from their usual spot at the base of my neck to my waist and the other had deviated even further south. I can't say I was complaining.

We were brought all too soon from our exploration session by Pixie's voice scaring the birds from the trees.

"I know you're there somewhere and if you'd actually look at the watch I bought you, Edward, you'd know that it is actually time to be setting off." Edward and I both glared in the direction of the interruption. "There'll be plenty of time later so stop your pouting and hurry up." With a sigh we stood up and continued the race, Edward slowing down to keep pace with me.

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On arriving back to the Cullen house I saw both a red car and my truck waiting at the front, the red car with Blondie driving, Muscles in the passenger seat and Pixie and Jasper in the back. My truck sat with the door open and the key in the ignition, the steady roar of the engine bellowing from its hiding place underneath the rusty hood.

"We picked it up and brought it over after school," Pixie explained. Without breaking my stride I thanked Pixie and flew into the driver's seat. Edward took a running jump over the top of the cab before opening the passenger door and leaping inside. I turned toward him and his lips met my forehead. I looked up at him as I waited for the BMW (it said so on the badge) to set off.

Just as I noticed that we'd been waiting a while to set off the horn sounded and Muscles' head peered through the window.

"You're blocking the driveway," he shook his head and looked up to the sky in a gesture that was so condescending… But the laughing look that accompanied the mock desperation at my unobservant nature got me giggling as I started down the driveway first.

It was a short journey and Edward and I carried on the chatting about each other, asking questions and trying to figure each other out. Whenever I was silent Edward would ask in frustration what I was thinking. I usually told him. I just couldn't ignore the pleading look.

Of course on arriving at school we were all that was talked about. We were the centre of attention and every nerve I had was screaming out with such intensity to run. I had never liked attention aimed my way and since I'd changed, every illusion I had ever cast was put in place to make me as ignorable as possible. This was certainly a change. I took comfort in the fact that most of the chat was about Edward and what had made him decide that such a plain little thing as me was worth asking out.

Our first stop was to the lady at reception where I let the glamour over my face alter slightly to show a face nearer to that of Blondie's and her unparalleled beauty. Seeing both Edward and I together left her mouth hanging open and it was easy to ask her to change our timetables.

We left the office hand in hand and my face back to its plain mask.

The day passed quickly and we noticed little of anything or anyone else, thankful for the ability to carry a written conversation of our own whilst listening to the class discussion and causing each teacher to grow in anger as any attempt to fault our distracted behaviour proved futile.

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At lunchtime Edward had agreed to go with me after school to the warehouse to get some wallpaper for the house, yet when we I saw my truck in the parking lot I also saw the long blonde hair of Blondie and Pixie's short black crop. Edward at east had the decency to look sheepish when I raised my eyebrows in his direction.

"They overheard our conversation at lunch and insisted they come along, I swear," he held up his hands in mock defence; as if I could hurt him.

"We agreed that you could have the bigger, faster car to go the further distance in comfort and still get there today, while we struggle to get over 50mph in this thing," Muscles explained, a hand over his heart in a solemn stance that bespoke the sacrifice he was making in giving us the car that could seat the four of us and, to their knowledge, the faster of the two vehicles to get us to the store and back quicker. He jerked his thumb at my truck as he called it the thing.

He held his hand out, palm upwards and curled his fingers toward him quickly twice, beckoning the keys. I held them out and, before dropping them into his outstretched hand, made them promise to take care of the truck and not be too reckless. They did so with a roll of their eyes.

Pixie, Blondie, Edward and I stood back as Muscles and Jasper leapt into the cab and Muscles put the keys in and revved the engine to life with a deafening growl. Any passers by scrambled out of the way which was just as well as a second later Muscles, who thought the truck was as decrepit as it looked, lurched out of the space as he had probably just stamped on the gas pedal.

Blondie laughed as Muscles rolled the window down and stuck his head out.

"What the hell is in this thing?" Muscles asked with a half revolted, half awed voice. The steady ear-ripping growl that was just beyond comfortable hearing and causing many of the onlookers to clean out their ears wondering why they felt as if their ear-drums were trying to escape through their nose.

"I knew a good mechanic and he fixed it up for me. Can you handle it or would you prefer the Volvo? It's safer and I don't know if I can trust you with such a dangerous toy…" I questioned, trying my hardest not to laugh at the indignant horror on Muscles face.

In reply he stuck it back into reverse and began to back out of the space.

"Remember to be careful with it!" I shouted to him as he drove away. The others were chuckling at the pout on their faces when I'd questioned their safe driving but as soon as Pixie had dragged me into the back with her and Blondie, the conversation was all business.

I lost track of the conversation as the decorating of my house leapt from my hands and Pixie and Blondie discussed with serious faces whether I needed double lined curtains or if one would be enough.

I rolled my eyes at Edward in the mirror before grinning and watching the dark blue clouds chase each other across the sky.

Rosalie's not too nasty because Bella's already a vamp. and no drama about the kid thing etc.

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