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Chapter Ten: A Sunny Weekend

I awoke to an empty bed. I sat up and stretched then climbed out of bed and ventured downstairs to see all of the Cullen's packing their bags. I felt panic begin to rise up in me. Were they leaving again? Were they finally sick of me? They all turned and finally noticed my presence but by this time I was running up the stairs trying to hold back the tears. Of course being vampires they were all surrounding me before I could blink. Jasper stepped forward.

"I guess I should go pack." I asked.

"No Alice has already done it for you, to save you the trouble."

"Thanks." I mumbled.

"Bella why are you feeling upset?" I stared at him.

"Did none of you think that I would be upset when you are leaving again? I love all of you, of course I'm upset!" I explained. I was instantly wrapped in Jaspers strong arms.

"Bella we aren't leaving you. We are taking you to Texas for the weekend, its another one of our family fun days." I blushed.

"Bella we would never leave you. We all love you too."

"I second that!" Emmett boomed which earned a giggle from me.

"Thanks guys." Well that was a relief. Wait did he say TEXAS!

"Now chop chop Bella. Go get dressed and we will meet you downstairs. Esme has some breakfast which I'm afraid you will have to eat in the car."

"Erm okay. But I can't afford to go to Texas guys, I hate to burst your bubble but…"

"Bella you're not paying!" They all said in unison. Weird.

"O-Kay then." I ran off to the bathroom eager to escape the spotlight.

JPOV

I am actually excited. I am a 200-year-old vampire and I am excited. Bella really has brought a different side out of me, but I like it. Bella came stumbling over to the car. We were going to drive to the airport. We figured catching a plane would be quicker plus Bella hates our fast driving and cars aren't as comfortable as first class planes.

We boarded the plane and after it had taken off Emmett decide that he wants to play a game to pass the time. Bella agreed, little does she know that this is Emmett Cullen game ideas and they never turn out well. Carlisle and Esme had ended up seated separately.

"Okay I've decided on a game!" Oh no.

"We are all going to play… eye spy!" Wow I received a lot of waves of shock for that one. Emmett was grinning as he knew very well that this would happen.

"What? I thought Bella would like to play this nice, sensible safe game." He grinned. Emmett being responsible for once, well there's a shock. He is the joker of the family. After what seems like an age of eye spy are finally landing and we ran at human speed- off the plane just to get away from Emmett and his ridiculous game of eye spy.

We drove for a about an hours until we got to our secluded area with a beautiful farmhouse. From my faded memories of my human life, I remember growing up in a house just like this one.

"Jasper? Are you coming inside?" Bella's sweet voice interrupted my thoughts. I don't have any idea what to do. I love her but from my close monitoring of her emotions she doesn't feel the same way. I pushed away my disappointment and headed inside with the family.

BPOV

"Wow, its beautiful." I gasped. We all explored the house and it worked out that me and Jasper would be sharing a room but I guess that's ok. My heart gave a tiny flutter at the thought of sharing a room with him. Oh no, I did not just think that about Jasper, he would never like me like that. I mean he has had Alice as a partner and look at her in comparison to me…

APOV

Bella and Jasper are sharing a room. Obviously we all did this to try and bring them closer together and make them realise that they are soul mates, I just hope it works. Bella and Jasper have gone for a walk together to explore the stables whilst the rest of us gathered together.

"Any visions of Jasper and Bella?" Esme asked eagerly. I could tell that she wanted them to be together and happy as soon as possible.

"No nothing actually." I frowned.

"Aw is the pixie losing her touch?"

"Shut up Emmett." I slapped him round the head.

"Ouch Alice that hurt, shall I tell you where, it hurt right here." He pointed to his chest. I rolled my eyes.

"Stop it you two, you are technically adults." Carlisle said. We laughed.

"I think we are a bit older than adults." Emmett scoffed.

"Then act like it." I laughed, Carlisle would have made, no in fact is a great father figure just like Esme is a wonderful mother figure to us. I went into a brief vision.

Jasper and Bella walk through the door hand in hand.

"Okay everyone Jasper and Bella are coming in like, 10 seconds." We all started a general conversation just as Jasper and Bella walked through the door hand in hand. Aww how sweet.

BPOV

Esme made me some dinner and I went off to bed fairly soon after, flying always makes me feel exhausted.

I woke up the next morning to a bright sunny day shining through my window. I was, as usual, curled up into Jaspers side.

"Morning darlin." Wow that southern drawl was very sexy. No! I didn't just think that. I hopped out of bed.

"Good morning." I skipped off to the bathroom miraculously not tripping. I put on the clothes that Alice had laid out. Was this horse riding gear? I went downstairs to find the Cullen's all dressed similarly.

"Right then everyone. Lets go horse riding." I groaned.

"Alice I have two problems with that idea. One being I don't know how and two being I will probably break my neck when I fall off."

"And I have two answers to your problems. One we are going to teach you and two…"

"I will catch you if you fall." Jasper added looking very amused.

"Fine." I huffed. Alice clapped excitedly.

We went out to a huge open space to find seven horses. Jasper sent the horses calm and trust so that they let the Cullen's, whom we know are vampires, near them. They all took off galloping at high speeds whilst Jasper stayed behind with me.

"You don't have to do this you know if you want to go off with high speeds and stuff then I don't mind sitting out." I offered.

"I would be more honoured if you trust me enough to teach and ride the horses with you."

"Okay let's do it." Jasper lifted me onto the horse. My skin tingled where he touched it and I could have sworn my heart skipped a beat. He led me around on the horse and I was doing fairly well. He even joined me. He went in front and I sat behind and wrapped my arms around his waist breathing in his scent. We stopped for lunch – for me only – and then carried on. By this point the rest had come back and we did high speed riding and of course I clung to Jasper the whole time. It was exhilarating and actually good fun.

When it began to get dark we rounded the horses up and returned them to their owners stables (Alice had borrowed them) and we headed back so that I could eat dinner. On the evening we all gathered into the living room where we watched films and talked and laughed like one big happy family. It was a perfect moment. The last thing I remember was drifting to sleep on Jasper.

After yesterday I felt achy and awoke with a bit of pain. Jasper got me some ibuprofen, which did the job. After we had all dressed and gathered downstairs Alice was ready t announce today's plans.

"Okay, today we are going to do our own thing for the afternoon and on the evening we are going to a country dance. We will be leaving tomorrow morning." Jasper and I decided to go our own way and go to a spot that Jasper found when he hunted yesterday night whilst I was sleeping. He carried me and ran to a beautiful waterfall. I was wearing denim shorts and a tank top so Jasper thought it would be fun to jump from the top. I was shocked, Edward would never have let me do anything so reckless, so fun, so free.

"Lets do it." We stood at the top. Jasper held me hand tightly.

"3…2…1…now." And we jumped. The air was whipping past my face and it felt great. We hit the ice cool water and it felt good on my burning hot skin. We splashed each other and did it again and again. We eventually climbed out.

"Esme packed some lunch for you, you should eat." Jasper reminded me.

"Okay." As I ate, he talked and tried to recall bits of his human memories. It was harder for him as he is much older but he was definitely from the south. We were in his home country and I was happy to be sharing these experiences with him. Afterwards we jumped a couple more times before Alice called and demanded we got back home.

Everyone was shocked and curious when they took in our appearance but Alice was annoyed.

"They were brand new shorts." She grumbled. "Oh well, come on Bella we need to get you ready for tonight's dance." Oh joy.

After an hour and a half of beauty torture I was finally ready. I looked in the mirror to see a reflection of a stunning woman. And that woman was me, I even had a proper country girl dress on for the dance, wait it's a dance so that means dancing. I was dreading it already.

"So what do you think?" She asked eagerly.

"It's a great job Alice, as always." I smiled.

"Well lets get going." As I came down the stairs all I felt all of the eyes on me but a certain pair stood out. And that particular pair was looking at me with awe and astonishment? Where did that come from, I am just plain Bella, nothing special. But Jasper made me feel special.

"You look amazing Bella." Jasper took my hand and kissed it!! I quickly tried to gather my thoughts.

"Why thank you kind sir." I played along.

We arrived at the dance to see many couples already on the dance floor, truth be told I was feeling very nervous and apprehensive. Rosalie winked at me as Emmett led her to the dance floor. What was that about? I also noticed that Carlisle and Esme were dancing and even Alice had a partner!

"Would you like to dance with me Bella?"

"I don't know how though."

"Don't worry, I'll look after you. Do you trust me?" He looked deep into my eyes.

"Yes." At that word he took my hand and led me to the dance floor. I found that I actually picked the dancing thing up, or maybe it was just because I liked being close to Jasper and being held in his arms whilst we stared into each other's eyes. Time was forgotten as we danced. I even danced with Carlisle and Emmett. However Jasper took most of my attention. He was wearing a suit that fitted him perfectly. He looked even more beautiful if that's even possible. Too soon the night came to an end and I realised that tomorrow we would be leaving Texas and heading back to rainy Forks. I loved this place and hope to come back one day and back to the place I consider to be mine and Jaspers, our waterfall.

I fell into a dreamless yet peaceful sleep and awoke to the long drive to the airport leaving behind the beautiful farmhouse. I looked back on it as we drove away and remembered the weekend we had spent there and al the happy memories I would cherish forever. As the plane landed and we drove towards the Cullen mansion I wondered what I ever did to deserve such a wonderful family…