A/N: Hey everyone, I really enjoyed writing this chapter because I know you all have been dying for Bella to get closer to Jasper and Carlisle. In this chapter Bella and Carlisle will get a little more well acquainted ;D

Yummy.

I read the reviews from chapter 9 and noticed that a few people were confused on whether or not this was still a Carlisle/Bella/Jasper story, and just to clear it up, YES! This is still a story about Jasper and Carlisle being Bella's sole mates. I just thought that it would be more realistic to have them both get to know Bella and fall in love with her separately before they all come together in a relationship. Carlisle got his turn with her and next will be Jaspers!

And for those of you who prefer Jasper over Carlisle... don't worry, Bella and Jasper time will be coming up soon here! ;)

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A New Heart:

Chapter 10: Love

CPOV:

"Carlisle…" Bella sighed into my neck as she placed a soothing kiss there.

"Yes" I replied soothingly as I stroking her back.

She drew in a deep breath and turned her head away before speaking again "What- what are we doing Carlisle?"

I knew there was a deeper meaning to that question but I would really rather not think about the answer to it at the moment... but I should have known better with Bella.

"Whatever this is, I don't want it to stop Carlisle... I don't think that I'll be able to stay away from you now even if I tried, but I really don't think that we should tell Jasper about this. He seems very attached to me already and I don't want him to ever feel betrayed by this, the both of us. We're all he has right now. I mean... I really think we can help him, and even tell him later on once he gets better, I'm sure he'll handle it a lot better then. Are you alright with that?" A part of me wanted to jump up and down with joy that she actually said what I've been feeling. That she finally admitted we have something...

That I wasn't just imagining it all in my head.

As jealous as I did get when Jasper and Bella got very close, I still do know that her idea is for the best. I've already seen improvements in Jasper in the short time that we've been with Bella, so I have complete faith that his guilt will stop eating at him and he'll finally become whole again. Keeping things hidden between Bella and I should definitely be better for everyone... that is, if I can stay sane.

"I think that would definitely be for the best Bella... As much as it might kill me to stay away from you" I admitted somewhat grudgingly.

"Well, good. Now back to the fun stuff!" Bella added cheekily before finally raising her gaze back to me with a smile firmly in place.

With that she brought her mouth up to my ear "Sexy? Why don't you take me up to my room now?" Bella purred.

She blew her hot breath on my ear and across my neck, letting me know that she wanted me to do more than just carry her to bed.

I swallowed hard and nodded eagerly. I made sure to get a better grip on Bella before standing up swiftly and carefully cradling her against me as I turned and made my way to the stairs. I walked up the first level and passed the room that I was going to be staying in and went straight for the stairs that lead to the third level. As soon as I was at the top of the third floor Bella reached up to my face and covered my eyes with both of her hands.

"I want to show you and Jasper the last level tomorrow together, so you can't peek, okay?" she said after she secured her hands more firmly over my eyes.

"Alright" I sighed "But how am I supposed to find your bedroom Bella? I don't want to run into something and end up hurting you..."

Bella let out an amused huff "I'll tell you exactly where you need to go, don't you trust me Carlisle?"

...And the truth was that even thought I really had no reason to trust Bella as blindly as I did, I really did trust her with my life. I smiled while keeping my eyes closed and took one of her hands from my face to kiss the back of it gently.

"Lead the way beautiful, I do trust that you know the way around your own house" I teased and lightly stroked her outer thigh.

I felt her shift in my arms and as she moved the warmth of her body closer and closer to my face, creating a very pleasant feeling compared to the usual frigid cold of my skin. I smelled the sweetness of her breath fan over my mouth before she leaned the rest of the way in toward me and placed a soft, slow kiss on my lips before pulling back slowly. "Well, I'm glad. Soo... Go forward."

I took three careful strides forward before she spoke again "Okay, now turn left and walk until I say stop"
I did as she said and walked to the left for ten paces when Bella finally told me to stop and shifted away from me. I heard the sound of a door clicking open and smelled the strong scent of Bella coming from the room even more than it did in any other area of the house that I've been in so far...

So this must be Bella's bedroom.

"Alright, now go a few steps forward and then go right...Okay, now turn left and take a step."
I carefully followed the instructions that Bella gave me, and felt my knees bump into something soft.
"Now you can open" She whispered into my ear and proceeded to nip and suck on it with her teeth before blowing it with cool air.

I shivered and felt a strangled groan come up the back of my throat, and snapped my eyes open to take in the scene before me.

The first thing that I saw when I opened my eyes was silky Burgundy sheets, on what looked to be a California King sized bed. All in all, it seemed very inviting... though I did wonder what Bella needed all of the room for in her bed. I took a deeper breath in and was happy to find no traced of Tommy's scent coming from the sheets, but it did linger in the room some. That thought caused my eyes to narrow without my permission.

Ugh…honestly Carlisle, just stop being a jealous bastard already.

She's with you, isn't she?

Before I could get carried away worrying about things that didn't matter, my vision was blocked by Bella. She was in the middle of stretching in my arms and trying to yawn inconspicuously. Considering the fact that it's almost impossible to get that kind of thing past a vampire, I definitely noticed.

I stroked her soft hair and placed a kiss on her head while speaking quietly "It's alright to be tired Beautiful, we have all the time in the world."

"Can you help me get this off Sexy?" Bella asked smiling tiredly at me now that she knew she would have to try a lot harder to get things past me from now on.

"Uh-Of course" I stuttered slightly as I set her downgently with her back toward me. Bella wobbled a little on her feet and I waited a minute until she steadied herself to let go of her sides before reaching for the zipper on her dress.

I wanted nothing more than to pull her up against me and continue what we started earlier on the couch but I knew that Bella was tired, not to mention she was likely more drunk than she realized. I'm sure taking advantage of that wouldn't be a very gentlemanly move right now.

Even though that ship sailed a while ago…

I got a firmer grip on the zipper in my hands and pulled it down tooth by tooth until the anticipation of what would happen next was almost killing me from the inside. By the sound of Bella's heavy breathing her thoughts weren't too far from mine either.

Once the zipper was all the way down, and I could see the familiar lace that tortured me earlier tonight my breathing became labored.

"Thanks" she murmured and turned around letting the dress pool around her legs before slowly stepping out of it, one pretty manicured foot at a time.

I don't think that I've ever seen a more beautiful site in all of my years.
The tan legs that seemed to go on for ages, the perfect breasts that I could tell would be more than a handful... not to mention her perfect skin that was softer than seemed possible.
Ohhh, yes…

Gentleman or not… no man could possibly resist this beautiful woman.

I couldn't stop staring even if I tried, not that I actually did try, but I imagine it would be impossible...until I heard a little giggle.

Bella.

I let my gaze slowly roam back up her body as my lust filled haze lifted and I came back to reality. I'm so glad that I don't have the ability to blush; I have a feeling I would be doing that a lot around Bella.
When my gaze came back to her face I realized that I was right. Bella was standing in front of me staring at me with a blatant amusement in her eyes and started to openly laugh at me again for staring at her like an invalid... I guess I can see why.

Once Bella's laughter subsided she slowly sank down onto the bed and leaned back on her elbows while beckoning me with the crook of her finger.

"Lay down with me Carlisle." she said with a pat on the spot nearest to her on the oversized bed.

"You are so gorgeous…." I sighed almost inaudibly as I admired her before coming toward the bed.

I looked her in the eyes as I fell to my knees on the bed next to her. I was a few inches from her when she got a glint in her eyes and smirked.

"Well, that makes one of us." She said in a serious yet mocking tone but soon ended up chuckling and giving herself away.

I narrowed my eyes at her as I slowly crawled toward her as if she were my prey.

"Poor Bella... You're going to regret saying that" I purred, quickly pouncing on her faster than she could comprehend, being careful not to hurt her before my hands found their place on her sides.

"Tell me that you're sorry Bella, or else...I will have to tickle it out of you" I gave her a mock glare as my fingers started to move lightly across the skin of her sides and back.

"Noo.. Don't even try it! I'll have to tickle you if you do that. I don't care if vampires are ticklish or not, I'll try anyway" Bella warned stubbornly in a determined voice.

"Fine Bella..." I sighed "Have it your way." With that I moved one hand up to her neck and tickled her relentlessly, only stopping when she was squirming and squealing with laughter.

But I should have known better than to think I had won with Bella, because as soon as I stopped she took the opportunity to take my by surprise and actually managed to somehow knock me flat on my back with her legs pinned on either side of me. She wasted no time as she started trying to tickle every inch of me she could reach with no luck. As soon as Bella realized that tickling a vampire was useless, she pulled away with an adorable pout.

"Carlisle..." She whined "Can't you at least pretend to be ticklish? ...For me?" She asked softly as she looked down at me with her wide doe eyes and batting them lightly.

Oh, the power this woman had over me...

I let out an unnecessary sigh before I gave in to her wish.

"Alright." I groaned "But only if you give me a goodnight kiss.."

"Good deal" Bella grinned happily and continued where she left off in attempting to tickle me, only this time I started squirming and gave a fake high pitched giggle.

This caused Bella to still her movements and laugh loudly. I joined her and soon Bella couldn't keep herself upright and ended up falling on my chest. My own laughter died abruptly as I realized that Bella's practically naked body was completely pressed against me from head to toe.

I couldn't control my hands as they slid smoothly up and down her arms and continued on a path down to her waist and hips. When my hands brushed against the sides of her bra Bella let out a soft gasp and arched into my touch. I sighed a little before pulling back from her.

"Beautiful, we can finish this in the morning when you've had some sleep." I breathed in her ear.

I guess I have perfect timing because the second I was done talking Bella let out a huge yawn for the second time tonight, only proving my point further.

Bella placed an open mouth kiss on my neck before letting out a long breath. "Yeah, you're probably right. Will you stay with me until morning?"

"Only if I get that kiss you promised me…" I smirked stroking her back.

Bella was relaxing against me more and more with every stroke of my fingers "I didn't forget about your kiss Sexy, How could I? You're the best kisser I've had to date." She winked and leaned forward until her plump lips were barely touching mine before pressing them against me more firmly. This was different from all of our other kisses; because unlike the others this kiss wasn't full of need, but... something more... Maybe it was just wistful thinking, but I hoped the feeling wasn't one sided.

...But now wasn't the time for thinking, it was a time for feeling, and right now all I could feel at the moment was...contentment.

And...Love?

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A/N: What do you think should happen once Bella wakes up? Should Jasper find out about Bella and Carlisle?

Do any of you have ideas about what Jasper and Bella could do during their alone time? Places they could go, maybe?

Please review and tell me please! I love to have other opinions! :D

With Love,

Tasha

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