Sorry this chapter is quite short :) It's just a little filler until the next chapter, where the excitement begins. Thank you so much for your reviews! Special thanks to Coa who reviewed a few of my chapters anonymously, cannot thank you personally so here's a shout out!

Chapter 10- Bliss

Rosalie's POV

The blissful hours passed by too quickly, cutting short my time with my love. The sky was already beginning to lighten and I could sense the nocturnal animals becoming still and silent in the forest around me as the others began to grow restless. Leah and I would have to part soon if we were to return home under the cover of darkness and my heart began to grow heavy at this thought.

Leah lay on the grass beside me, her slender figure and exotic copper skin so enchanting, so tempting that it took all of my will power to stop me from pouncing on her and having her again and again. I skimmed my fingers over her warm skin, down from her neck to her shoulders, over her waist and stomach. She sighed contentedly and smiled up at me, her full lips so beautiful. The happiness radiating from her body made her glow like the sun and her warmth that coursed through me made me feel as though I was basking in her glorious rays. I leaned over to kiss her and I couldn't stop my lips from curving upwards at the corners as I tasted her delicious skin. Leah made me a different person. I was so happy that I wanted to sing, not the heartbroken melodies that I usually played but lyrics that were filled with love and beauty.

I snuggled against her warm, soft shoulder and wrapped my arms around her as she planted a gentle kiss on my forehead and absentmindedly stroked up and down my arm. I was so relaxed, so blissfully happy. It felt as though we were in our own little bubble floating into space, far away from the earthly troubles that loomed over us like dark clouds. For now, we could simply be together, peaceful and free. But time was ever present, lingering in the air and on the gentle breeze, governing the moon as it grew lower in the sky, a constant reminder that our time was simply borrowed and soon it would have to be given back.

Her hands were stroking through my hair now, her fingertips smoothing out the natural waves and I purred like a cat, making her giggle.

"I love you," she chuckled, my body melting at her words that I knew I would never get tired of hearing.

"I don't want to leave," I whined like a child who didn't want her parents to take her home after a day at a fairground.

"Neither do I," she sighed sadly.

As her lips touched mine I suddenly remembered something, something that I couldn't believe I had been so foolish to forget. I sat up in excitement, my body quivering.

"I've just remembered!" I beamed happily. "My family are all going out on a hunting trip on Friday, they'll be gone for until Sunday!"

Leah caught on quickly to my excitement and sat up too. "Really?" she asked, her face in an expression which told me that she thought this was too good to be true.

"Yes! They're going quite far away, they do it a few times a year to go and hunt some big game. I've told them that I don't want to join them... the house will be empty." My eyes sparkled with mischievous delight.

"So... I can spend the weekend with you?" Her eyes widened as she spoke.

I nodded fervently. It was early on Wednesday morning already, Friday was only two days away. I could feel the excitement bubbling up within me with increased eagerness. "Will you come over?" I asked, though I knew this question was unnecessary, Leah's gleeful expression told me plainly that she would never miss an opportunity like this.

"Yes!" she exclaimed loudly and threw her arms around me.

"Great," I grinned. "It's a date."

"I think we're a little past the dating stage, don't you? Seeing as we've already said that we love each other," she joked.

"Tch," I made a little disgruntled noise to show how little I cared. "It's more fun doing things the non-traditional way."

She grinned broadly, her dazzling teeth contrasting against her dark skin. "When shall I come over?"

"About 6. What food do you like?" This question set me on edge a little. I had no idea about human food, apart from that it all looked and tasted like dirt to me. I had no idea what to feed Leah.

She laughed. "I thought you didn't eat?"

"We don't but we have to keep up the human charade or the townsfolk would get suspicious," I explained. "Pizza?" I knew that pizza was a simple food to prepare, just open the box and shove it in the oven until it went golden brown, and it seemed to be popular with humans.

"Pizza's great. I'm not fussy, I'll eat anything."

I vision suddenly flashed before my eyes, Leah stood next to me in the kitchen as we made breakfast together, coming up behind her to wrap my arms around her waist and kiss her neck and shoulders as she stirred a pan of something on the stove. She wore nothing more than a plain, tight fitting t shirt and panties and she looked utterly stunning. I snapped back into the present, smiling to myself, knowing that I would have to make this vision come true.

"Maybe this parting won't be quite so difficult," I said softly as I stroked the bare skin of her torso. I still felt downhearted that we would have to leave each other, no matter how much anticipation was placed upon our reunion. I breathed in her warm, exotic, flowery scent as she rested her forehead against mine and closed her eyes.

Her lips met mine, gentle at first, placing a delicate kiss upon mine. But the knowledge that I would soon have to leave her, to run away from that intoxicating scent and the warm, comforting embrace of her arms, made urgency pulse through me. I poured all of my unspoken emotions into the movement of my lips; my longing, my lust, my desire, my heartbreak and my sadness that I could not stay with her always. The kiss became slowly more frantic in our desperation to absorb as much of one another as possible in the short space of time that we had left.

My hand rested on her cheek, cupped her chin, stroked over her elegant curves, ran through her silky hair and my lips did not leave hers until she was forced to break free, gasping for oxygen. I kissed her jaw, her throat, her arm and her palm as she breathed deeply, interlocking our fingers together and tracing little patterns on her hand with my thumb.

We didn't speak, I simply gazed into her dark eyes as I listened to her heartbeat slow to a normal pace and her breathing became less ragged. She smiled and stroked my cheek softly, leaving a trail of blazing flames across my skin, before getting slowly to her feet and putting her t shirt back on. I did the same, feeling a twinge of unjustified resentment towards the material which so cruelly covered up her breasts and sat close to her skin where I longed to be.

She folded herself into my embrace and I clung to her desperately, her flesh moulding around my fingertips. I kissed her more softly than before and her lips warmed mine, leaving them burning even when she had pulled away.

"I love you," she said quietly, her liquid gold voice filled with emotion.

"I love you," I whispered. "Come back to me."

Her dark eyes pierced mine, again like she was looking past my skin and into my soul, her expression pained as her eyes sparkled with tears. She gave a small smile and then her fingers broke free of mine, leaving my hand feeling cold and empty. I turned and ran into the trees, away from my beautiful, away from my love, away from my everything, and into the darkness which swallowed me mercilessly.

So Leah and Rosalie will be having a "slumber party"! Keep an eye out for the next chapter and remember to review!