A/N: Anyways, I'm really excited right now for a number of reasons. Firstly, Breaking Dawn comes out at the end of this week; I'm totally pumped for that. Secondly, I finished my CALM ahead of schedule; so I don't have to worry about that anymore. And thirdly, all the feedback that I've been getting; I feel very famous at this moment. Okay okay, so I'm kidding with that; but seriously, thanks you guys, the comments and the reviews really make me feel so much better. :D
Also, I'm not even remotely familiar with the city of Seattle, so I hope that you all can forgive me for any inaccuracies that may be present. Like I've said, I'm just an ignorant Canadian student with very limited knowledge of American cities; I've only ever been to New York, Orlando, and some places in California when I was really little. So sorry if there's any blaring problems.
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Disclaimer: Twilight and its characters are the property of Stephanie Meyer, and not me. I am only borrowing them for this and make no attempt to claim them as my own (even though I really wish they were mine). The ideas and the plot (semi-so), do belong to me however. I don't own New Moon, or Bleach, or the Chronicles of Narnia; they're the property of Stephanie Meyer, Tite Kubo, and C.S. Lewis and Disney, not me.

Chapter 11: Cold As Ice

Thursday more then lived up to my non-expectations. Mike spent the entire day glowering at Edward which only put him more on edge and in even more of a foul mood then he'd been when I'd first seen him that day way back in Biology. I could only imagine what sort of thoughts were going through Mike's head; and frankly, I wasn't sure that I wanted to know.

Unfortunately, Mike hard glares and his lack of attention on Jess was causing a lot of stress to their relationship. In fact, she was now sending me dirty looks; which didn't improve Edward's mood at all. You see, it's one thing to have a protective vampire for a boyfriend; it's another when people seem to be purposely looking for ways to piss them off further.

Honestly, can't anyone NOT hate me?

So there I was, sitting in Biology with a raging vampire beside me who also seems to have a huge possessive streak. Edward's hand was tight on mine as we listened to Mr. Banner drone on about something that I'd already learned; I was largely tunning it out and trying to figure something out that didn't involve us having to be at school tomorrow. By this point, I didn't care what others thought about me and Edward. I was perfectly and utterly content.

Edward seemed to be of the same mind, as he'd somehow managed to get me out of Gym in the space of just one day. I was incredibly surprised at how quickly he'd gotten me out of that one class where I was alone with Mike; I got the feeling that he didn't want me to be anywhere alone with him. For that, I was relieved.

So I found myself at home earlier then usual, sitting on the couch with the TV turned to a news channel and the volume low. Edward was resting with his head in my lap and his feet hanging off the arm of the sofa. I was curled up a little, running my hand absently through Edward's hair. I could smell Renée cooking in the kitchen, and I wondered just what it was she was whipping up for tonight. Probably something special to make up for Esme's little problem with the wine last night; it still made me smile.

A drunken Esme is rather funny to see.

"You're really tense right now Edward," I muttered as some murder case in Seattle was brought up in the news. "What was Mike thinking about that's got you in such a foul mood?"

Snorting, Edward crossed his arms, "Newton," he stressed the name with venom, "seems to firmly believe that I'm out to hurt you. As well, his fantasies are getting on my nerves. I've never seen such a... horrendous mess of hormones before in my life."

Oh, now I was pissed. "He's fantasizing about me?!" I was going to throttle Mike first chance I got.

No wait, running him over with Edward's car sounded better. Maybe if I threatened him enough, he'd leave me the hell alone. Apparently, Edward was of a similar mindset.

"Honestly, does he not get the meaning of the word 'no'? I believe you were quite clear that you wanted nothing to do with him in any romantic sense," Edward wasn't happy at all. I wouldn't be surprised if this led to a fight; Mike seemed to have an aptitude for pushing all of Edward's buttons.

"Do you think if I tried to run him over he'd give up on me? Or what about if I punched him in the face?" Edward chuckled a little.

"I'd rather not see you hauled in for attempted murder or assault Jasper," Edward gave a tiny smile and reach up to lightly touch my cheek. "Why don't we give him a few days to blow off some of his aggression?"

I looked down at him sharply, "You wanna skip tomorrow?"

"It's healthy, every now and then." I grinned.

"Sure, that is, if you've got something planned that you wanna do with me." Edward smiled and took my hand in his; tracing the lines that were there.

"Well, I was thinking about maybe driving out to Seattle a day early and you and I could do something; you know, just the two of us."

My cheeks warmed up all of a sudden, "Y-you mean like a... date?!"

"Does that not suit you?" Edward was smirking now, which didn't help my blush one bit. I must have been redder then a tomato by this point; I could feel the heat radiating from my cheeks and I looked away.

"That's not it, it's just... I've never been on a date before, so..." Edward smiled and trailed a finger down my cheek. "I mean... oh, I don't even know what I mean anymore." I shrugged and smiled at him. "Sure, why not."

This seemed to cheer Edward up exponentially, so I decided not to let him onto the butterflies that had settled into my stomach. It wasn't that I was nervous about being alone with Edward; I was worried about how our date tomorrow would go. I had absolutely no idea how to act or what to do on a first date; like I'd said before, I've never been on a date before. Well, I guess it was a little late to hate my lack of a dating history. Maybe I could ask Emmett...?

Oh wait, I wouldn't get a reply until the date was already over at best.

Crap.

Edward left me after another two hours of watching the news, just about an hour before Esme got home. In the meantime, I slipped upstairs with the intent to check my email. I was getting behind on that, I know, and I felt a little guilty that I was neglecting my cousin so; but I guess I have a screwed up priority list. Eh, I'm more concerned with the here and now at this point. And my relationship with Edward seemed to be a little more important to me then my relationship with Emmett.

Clicking on the little icon after I flopped onto my desk chair, I deleted all the junk mail before finding the reply from Emmett. I opened it.

'You're whipped already? Huh, I never figured that you'd fall in love so quickly, or even find that sort of thing in Forks of all places. But then, aunt Esme does say that you have a tendency to fall hard and fast so I'm hoping this guy is going to take very good care of your heart; otherwise there'll be blood to pay. So you'd better be right (you usually are) that he's in love with you too.

'Oh? A date for this Saturday? I thought you were coming down to Seattle then, so how about the two of you come down and you can introduce him to me? I'm hearing so much about this guy that I'm starting to get a little jealous that you've seemed to have found this perfect guy. Since this is so surprising, are there any other hot single guys in Forks? Or girls for that matter? Dude, I should come down first chance I get!'

I smiled and rolled my eyes at Emmett's response. Emmett had come out about three years ago that he batted for both teams, I hadn't judged him at all; but I had asked to quit trying to find me someone when he first started university in Seattle. At that point I'd only been fourteen and nowhere near old enough to date. Emmett had laid off, but he'd gotten back onto my case a little more lately. My relationship with Edward would probably turn him off completely from doing his matchmaking. I started typing out a response.

'No I'm not whipped, very funny Emmett. And I didn't think I'd fall in love this much, or find the person of my dreams in Forks. But Edward's... well he's different. He's got that sort of old-world charm and I suppose chivalry too; he's really a unique and special guy, I've never met anyone like him. By the way, I know I'm right. Edward really does love me; he's even defended me against a jealous guy who seems so convinced that he'd be better for me then Edward, but I can make my own choices. Besides, I'm happy where I am.

'And um... we're leaving for Seattle tomorrow. Edward's taking me on a date; I'm excited and nervous, I've never been on a date before. But we'll definitely stop by to visit you on Saturday, that was the original plan and I'm going to make sure that Edward sticks to it. So I'll see you then, alright? We can talk more later.'

I sent the email and flopped back into my chair and stared at the screen for several long moments. Then sighed. Emmett could be annoying and persistent when he wanted to; I just hoped that he wouldn't push Edward off the edge that Mike had gotten him so close too.

There was suddenly a cold hand on my shoulder, I turned my head back to see who it was. Renée smiled at me.

"Dinner's ready, Esme will be home in a little while."

I followed her down the stairs and into the kitchen. She'd set the table for two and had a playful grin on her face as she served out the food; I had to admit, it looked good. Just as I was sitting down, there was a thump outside the kitchen door. Esme was home.

She came in, and Renée looked at me; trying to communicate something with her eyes. I got what she meant immediately. I wasn't to say anything to Esme about why Renée wasn't eating with us; she'd make up some excuse, I'd just have to play along. Esme hung up her belt and coat, kicked off her boots before turning around.

"What's this?" She looked between me and Renée, who was perched on the counter near the sink.

"It's dinner," Renée replied. "I made it, for the two of you. I already ate, but the two of you can enjoy it."

"Aw, you're so thoughtful Renée, thanks!" Esme beamed and she flopped down into her chair before digging in. I followed suit, my stomach still a little nervous. "Did you help her with this Jasper?"

I shook my head, "I was in the living room; watching TV with Edward."

That seemed to surprise Esme, "Edward? Edward Swan?"

I nodded, "Yeah mom. Edward was here, he left about an hour ago."

She was giving me a hard look now, "And just why was Edward Swan here?"

"Um... you remember what I said mom? About really liking him? Well um... I don't know how to put this really... but... Edward and I are sort of dating." There, I said it. Yay for me.

For several long minutes, Esme just stared at me with her mouth wide open and her eyes like dinner plates. Eventually she seemed to find her voice, "You're... dating?!"

"Mom... please don't panic or make a big fuss out of everything."

"Why are you just telling me this now?"

"Um, because you were drunk last night so I didn't get the chance to tell you until now...?" It sounded a bit too much like a question to my ears, but I was hoping that Esme wouldn't notice. Especially when I was going to be skipping school the next day to drive to Seattle with Edward; I'd give her a little white lie instead. Wouldn't do to give her ALL the details of my relationship with Edward.

Esme blushed, and moved on, "Alright, so when is your first date?"

"Edward's driving me to Seattle tomorrow after school and we're going to visit Emmett on Saturday. That's fine right?" Esme was pretty open, and I hoped that she'd actually let me go and not ban Edward from the house for offering that; it wasn't even the full truth, but Esme didn't need to know.

"Well umm... I guess that's fine..." Esme's cheeks were a pale pink, and I noticed that Renée was grinning as she looked at her. It wasn't an innocent grin either. Oh god, I was suddenly so relieved that I was going to be out of town for the next little while; I didn't want to be clued in at all to my mom's sex life.

Internal twitch.

Dinner was relatively normal after that, with somewhat regular conversation. When dinner was finished, Renée gathered up the dishes and started to wash them; Esme joined in. I left at the point when they started their own little mini bubble war, and went up to my room where I found Edward waiting for me.

He was lounging in my desk chair, the light from the sunset reflecting off his skin. I stared, my jaw dropping. Edward looked up when I opened the door, "Jasper." He was suddenly on his feet and he caught me before I could hit the ground. I stared up at him, noticing how different he looked in the fading sun.

"Jasper..." I stared up at him, not exactly sure what I could say. The light was faint, yes, but... Edward looked almost like I'd pictured zombies.

Corpse-like. His skin was pale, it was always incredibly pale, but this was whiter then a sheet; and the circles around his eyes looked like black bruises and his eyes looked more sunken then usual. My knees had already given completely away beneath me and I would've been on the ground if it wasn't for Edward's frozen hands. Now, everything that he'd said really sank in.

"Oh." My head was swimming, I needed a little time to wrap my head around everything; I felt a little dizzy, but otherwise fine. Edward was worriedly searching my face, his eyes wide and a little panicky. I couldn't force myself to smile, my lips only twitched and the ground seemed to swirl below me. "You're... you're really... really not alive..."

"Yes." With the simple admission, my vision nearly went black and it was only through sheer force of will that I managed to keep myself conscious. I'd known Edward was a vampire, that he wasn't alive anymore, but I hadn't expected anything like this; like this corpse-like vision of Edward in the sunlight.

But I'd promised myself that I wouldn't be afraid or go back on what I said, and looking at this closer, I realized that it wasn't fear. There wasn't a touch of fear at all. It was just... the shock of it all. Edward had never said anything about the myths of the sun or what would happen if he was in it, so I'd never thought to think about it. The light was fading, but I reached up and lightly cupped Edward's cheeks in both my hands.

His cheeks were as cold as I remembered them always being, and smooth like a stone, but soft. It was like human skin, but at the same time it wasn't. His eyes were still the warm gold that I knew extremely well, but as the sun continued to set, the corpse-like appearance that he'd held in the light vanished; replaced by the beautiful countenance that I knew so well.

Once the shock had worn off, I could smile again. I gave Edward my best reassuring smile as I leaned my forehead against his and our eyes met. "Don't worry Edward, you just surprised me. I'm not afraid of you."

Silence filled the air, and I could feel my heart pounding wildly in my chest. I was nervous now, and scared; if Edward took my reaction the wrong way, there was the chance that he could just get up and leave me. If that was the case... I'd either break or follow him to the ends of the earth. He wouldn't get away from me now, I wouldn't let him.

"Say something!" I hissed at him. "Something, anything! Just tell me that you heard me damn it!"

There was a loud exhalation of breath, and I looked at Edward's face. It was tense, and there was a set to his jaw that I wasn't sure should sit well with me; my fingers clung frantically to his frozen cheeks, pulling him down more so that I could easily look into his eyes.

"I keep thinking... that some day you'll find someone... someone better. And I want that, I do, because I know how dangerous I am to you; something that you don't seem to grasp. But I won't deny that... it hurts, to think of that. It's more then that too. Having you know... know almost everything, I feel... well, I feel relieved." His brow furrowed.

A sigh slipped past my lips, my eyes drifted closed and I let my head rest against the base of his neck, "That's good... I was worried there..." Slowly, I could feel my raging heart begin to slow and Edward's arms came around me; pulling me tightly to him, like he always did. Gently, I nuzzled his neck. "You just surprised me. I wasn't expecting anything like that."

"My apologies." One of his cold hands moved from around me to softly rest against my chest, right over my heart. I didn't move until he let out a breath, and I dropped my hands to press against his; his hand was now flat against my chest, right over my heart. If he wanted to, if he couldn't control himself, he could very easily tear my heart out.

"I trust you. I trust that you'll tell me what I need to know, that you'll protect me. I wasn't lying when I said that I feel safe with you. You'll keep me safe, I know that."

His hand twitched under mine, and he gave a tiny smile that was laced with pain. When he spoke, his voice sounded strained, "This faith you have in me... I do not think I will ever understand."

I smiled broadly at him, "You will, don't worry."

Lips brushed over my temple, and I shivered at the contact. Edward's hand slithered out from under mine and slid up to my neck and jaw, tilting it so that he had a better angle to kiss me. Fiercely, his lips descended on mine and I nearly had the breath knocked out of me from the force; not to mention the surprise.

It took a while for me to get to bed that night.

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The next morning was a cloudy day, but the clouds didn't look like they'd last too long. I groaned and rolled over, then cold lips met mine and I was suddenly jerked into consciousness. Edward smiled at me when I pulled him in.

"Come now, Esme's left already. We should leave too if we want to arrive in Seattle by this evening," Edward's breath ghosted over my ear. I sat up and stretched, feeling cold hands massage my shoulders and back, releasing the tension and kinks there. Edward smiled as I rolled out of bed and stumbled to the bathroom. I quickly ran a brush through my hair and just as quickly brushed my teeth before dashing back into my bedroom and tossing my toothbrush and toothpaste on top of my clothes in my backpack.

Next I quickly changed into clean clothes and stuffed my pajamas into the bag too. Zipping it up, I took my bag and grabbed my iPod from the desk. Hey, you never know.

Edward was waiting for me in the front hall, a small duffle bag slung over his shoulder; I wondered what was in it, considering that he didn't need to sleep nor did he need to eat. I gave him a smile, which he returned when he saw me. He took my hand and pulled me to him, taking my bag from me in the process.

"I'll take that, shall we?" He gestured to the door.

"Let's go!"

We proceeded in the normal way to the driveway where Edward's Volvo was waiting for us. I climbed into the passenger side, as usual, and Edward tossed our bags into the backseat before he climbed into the driver's seat and started the car. The Emilie Autumn CD was still in there, and I reached out and popped it out; noticing that there was a player for an iPod there. Pulling mine out from where I'd shoved it into my pocket, I plugged it in and scanned through my playlists quickly before hitting the Bleach one.

Edward smiled and rolled his eyes, "Japanese music?"

"Oh stuff it, I can be a dork if I want to." I crossed my arms. We had a long drive ahead of us, and I was wondering how we were going to spend it. I noticed that there was a book tucked into the side pocket of the door. I pulled it out and raised an eyebrow. "You read romance?"

Looking over, Edward shrugged, "Actually, I think that Bella might have left that there from the last time I drove the others to school."

"Who's covering for us?" I asked, curious about how our absences were going to be explained. Edward smirked.

"Charlie and Renée called in, they said that you were going to visit a relative and that I was going camping with Riley; who is also conveniently not at school as well. It covers anything," he was obviously happy to be away from Mike and Jess. "Alice and Bella will pick up the work that we miss. You don't have to worry at all Jasper. Everything is covered in Forks; you can relax."

"Alright..." I replied, turning away from him and back to the book that I'd pulled out. Bored, and having nothing else to really do, I read the back cover. It was called New Moon, and was by someone named Stephanie Meyer. I wasn't familiar with the author or the title, but there was nothing else to do really, and the summary was a little intriguing; so I opened the book and started to read.

On the other hand, Edward seemed perfectly content with the silence as well as driving at the crazy speed that he was; I happened to noticed it when I glanced over at him and the speedometer at one point during the drive along the highway (he was going in excess of a hundred miles an hour). But I wasn't too worried, Edward's driving might have scared some; but I'd seen more reckless and crazy driver's then him. Besides, he seemed rather level-headed and calm; not to mention perfectly in control of the car.

We spent the drive in relative silence, with only the occasional conversation to break the silence. It didn't take as long as it had with Esme driving, and I wondered if it had to do with the difference in their driving styles. That was probably it.

Oh well, I wasn't complaining.

Edward and I arrived in the late afternoon, and he easily blended into the traffic of Seattle. He seemed to know precisely where he was going the entire time. I set the book aside; I'd finished it anyways, and he pulled up in front of a rather nice hotel in a rather nice section of town near the university. He pulled into the parking lot and parked. He grabbed both our bags and took my hand as he led me into the hotel.

The check-in was simple, Edward had apparently made a reservation ahead of time, but the clerk did give us a strange look. Edward gave her a harsh look which immediately shut her up.

"Have a pleasant stay," she greeted in that bland, mock-cheerful voice that I recognized all clerks using. Her smile was fake and there was a strange emotion, almost akin to disgust, in her eyes. Edward's eyes were hard as he guided me to the elevator. Once we were alone in the small space, did I look to him for answers.

"I had forgotten that not everyone supports our sort of relationship," his voice was low, angry almost.

I wrapped my arms around his waist and buried my head into his chest, "So? It doesn't matter to me, so don't let it bother you. As long as you're with me then nothing else matters to me."

Edward wrapped his free arm around me, "I know... but their thoughts can be so... irritating. I can normally block it all out, but sometimes it's not that easy. I worry that someone may try to take advantage of you, like they did in Port Angeles." My heart nearly stopped and I froze up, my eyes wide.

"... Edward..." My voice trembled, I didn't want to go through that again, ever.

His voice was soft in my ear, "Don't worry Jasper, I will protect you."

The door pinged open and we stepped out. Edward's arm remained firmly around my waist as he led me to our room. Swiping the key card, he opened the door and let me go in first before he entered behind me; closing the door firmly behind us.

It was just like almost every other hotel room I'd ever been in, the curtains were some stiff fabric with weird print that matched the bedspread on the single queen bed that dominated the room. There was a TV situated on the bureau and two nightstands on either side of the bed and a table and chair in the corner. Other then that, there was a digital clock and a rather old phone on one of the nightstands; also two lamps were nailed to the nightstands.

"I know it's not the greatest, but it is better then some of those seedy motels and hotels that you find in every city," Edward replied, dumping our bags on the bureau next to the TV. "You go clean up and then we can figure out what we want to do."

I rolled my eyes as I walked towards the bathroom, saying over my shoulder, "Yeah right, I bet you've already made plans. You're just waiting to run it by me."

"Of course."

i washed my face and ran my fingers through my hair after using the bathroom, and then walked back out into the main room to join Edward who was sitting on a corner of the bed with the TV on, volume on low; I could barely hear it.

He looked up when I came in, "So you want to hear what I have planned?"

"Go right ahead, I'm fine with pretty much anything."

"Well," Edward began. "I was thinking of walking down to one of the restaurants and then going to see a movie, how does that sound to you?"

I smiled, "That sounds perfectly fine. What were you thinking of seeing? As long as it's not a horror flick, then I'm fine."

"You're not a horror fan?" A smile danced across Edward's lips and I rolled my eyes. "I'm just fooling with you, I was thinking something else. There's always the new Narnia movie, does that sound okay?"

"Yeah, that's fine." I sat down on the bed beside Edward, letting my head rest on his shoulder as I took one of his hands in both of mine and traced along the lines there. Edward sighed and let his head rest on the top of mine as he took my hands in both of his, giving them a soft squeeze and gently kissing my temple.

"Shall we?" I nodded.

I wasn't ashamed of my relationship with Edward at all, but apparently other people didn't think that it was 'acceptable'. The black look on Edward's face told me everything as we walked down the street, hands entangled. People were giving us dirty looks, which were mostly directed towards me; I guessed that people didn't actually think that I actually deserved Edward, just because of how perfect and handsome he was. Several girls gave me glaringly envious looks, but I ignored them; or at least, I tried too. Edward had picked me, not them, me. But still, I couldn't deny it that I was hurt.

Edward kissed my forehead and murmured, "Ignore them. If anyone steps out of line, I will make sure they don't do it again." The threat in his voice was real, I shivered but refused to let any of my fear show. It wasn't fear for myself, it was the fear that Edward just might get into trouble defending me. I didn't want that to happen, I loved him too much to let him sacrifice that much for me.

The restaurant that he'd picked out was nice, and the hostess, or should I say host, was incredibly friendly and nice as he showed us to a table. When he sat us down, he winked at me and mouthed, 'Nice catch.' I couldn't help but smile as he walked away after saying that our server would be right with us. I noticed the quirk of Edward's lips and my smile grew.

"It's not so bad," I murmured. Edward gave me a tiny smile, his eyes softening a bit as he did so.

"Oh I suppose not. That host is jealous that you've gotten such a good-looking guy, but he respects our relationship. I wouldn't be surprised if he asked if I have any single family members." I rolled my eyes.

"You should keep what you learn to yourself, I don't need to know everything you hear." Our server showed up then, she was a cute girl; a little short and with a shock of strawberry blond hair. She smiled brightly at us as she handed us our menus.

"Hi, I'm Luna and I'll be your server for the evening. What can I get you to drink?" She pulled out a small notepad and pen.

"I'll have a Coke please," I replied. She scribbled it down and turned to Edward.

"And you?"

"Water is fine."

"Alright then." She walked away; her cheerfulness was contagious. Edward was smirking as she walked away.

"What's got you smirking?"

"Oh, she's thinking that we make the cutest couple ever. What was it she thought about you? Oh yes, that your the most adorable guy she's ever seen and that I'm like the Greek god who's come down to protect you," he rolled his eyes as he chuckled. Something hit me at the moment.

"I've been meaning to ask..." He turned to me, eyebrow raised. "Can you, you know, actually eat food?" Edward grinned as I flicked through the menu.

"Well, I will say that I can't eat in the way that a human can," Edward's voice was light, amused. "It more or less simply passes through my system with absolutely no effect or anything on me."

Luna returned at that moment, putting our beverages on the table, "Are you ready to order or do you need some more time?"

"I'll have the garden burger with fries," she scribbled it down and took my menu from me before looking to Edward. He smiled.

"Oh, I'll just have the same thing." She nodded and added another scribble to the notepad and took Edward's menu from him as well.

"Your menus will be ready shortly," she walked away, a bounce in her step.

"Ah yes, she's used to seeing couples like us here. That's why I picked this place, a lot of people frequent it who are perfectly fine with our sort of relationship." I smiled sheepishly and blushed.

Dinner passed pleasantly, with us just chatting and enjoying the time we had together. Edward talking about the thoughts of those who passed us by and were in the restaurant, while I either laughed or disapproved of the entire thing; for the most part though, I was relieved that he was opening up so well to me with his... unusual ability. It made my heart warm up and I couldn't help but smile throughout the entire evening.

After dinner, we walked back down the street, hands entwined and ignoring everyone else around us as we made our way to a theater. We were in luck; there was a showing of The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian in just a few minutes. Edward bought the tickets and we went in. I wasn't hungry, we'd just eaten dinner, so we went straight into the theater and found seats.

The movie was pretty good, and I really enjoyed it; though I wasn't too sure how Edward felt about it. I asked him but he didn't say anything about how he felt about the entire movie. He held my hand throughout the entire movie on the armrest between our seats and I let my head rest on his shoulder. The feeling of complete content washed through me in waves, and I felt extremely safe with Edward. I didn't care that he could be a killer, that he could kill me right then; what mattered was that I loved him and that he loved me and wouldn't ever hurt me. My face was in a permanent smile the entire time.

Our date was a perfect first date. I was incredibly happy.

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Ugh, you so owe me Jen! I wrote this because you insisted that I finish it up before I went to bed, and I did! It's now nearing one in the morning, so I hope that you'll be nice and finish writing that lovely Panic At the Disco fanfiction that you were telling me about. I am SO looking forward to reading it!

Anyways, I hope that you enjoyed this eleventh chapter of Poison! I am really enjoying writing this and can't wait for more feedback! So, Breaking Dawn comes out at the end of this week, and I'm pumped for that too. I might not have achieved my goal of finishing this fanfiction before it came out, but I'm proud of what I've completed thus far. Maybe I'll have another chapter up before it comes out? Maybe, who knows.

I HOPE YOU ENJOYED.

Oh yes, and Emmett shall be in the next chapter, aren't you all happy?

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