A/N: So, like I said, I had the beginning of this chapter already written so it wasn't that hard for me to finish this. I actually really enjoyed this chapter (and the last chapter) it was fun to talk about Castel Poenari. I finally reached 1k which is like ten times more than I thought this story would do. When I first started this story, I did not expect this kind of reaction. I hoped for this type of reaction but never expected it. Thanks for getting me to 1k guys! :D

Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight.

Seducing the Vampire

After touring Castle Poenari (and getting followed by a pack of stray dogs) Edward was finally taking me to a little meadow that was only a few kilometers away from the castle. Romanians uses kilometers instead of miles –it was kind of confusing at first, but Edward helped me figure it out.

"So a kilometer is about sixth of a mile?" I asked, trying to make sure that I got my information right.

Edward nodded.

"So what would that be in feet?"

"3280 feet." Edward answered as soon as I finished the question.

"Now do that in inches." I smiled at him.

He chuckled softly and wrapped his arm around my shoulder, pushing me closer to him. "Are you trying to stump me?" He asked, rubbing my arm.

"If you don't know it, just tell me." My smile was slowly turning into a grin.

"39,370 inches are in a kilometer." Edward answered my question.

"There are also a 100,000 centimeters and 1,000,000 millimeters in a kilometer." It was my turn to sound like the smart one.

"You know fifth grade science." Edward ruined my moment with his mock surprise. "I'm so proud of you."

I stuck my tongue out at him and pulled away from his grip. I didn't know where I was going, just that I didn't want to be around Edward at the moment. I could hear his laugh echo through the valley we were walking through. A shiver went down my spine and started to run, I didn't know why I was running, I wasn't afraid and I knew that he could easily catch me but I still ran away from him.

I made sure to stay on the road so I didn't accidently run into something that could hurt me and I was less likely to fall on concrete. My breath started to become heavy and I finally got enough courage to turn around to see if Edward was following me – he was nowhere to be seen. I frowned but didn't stop running; he was probably just messing with me.

I turned my attention back in front of me so I could see where I was walking. Years of tripping over random objects had taught me to pay attention to where I was going.

I let out a strangled scream when Edward was suddenly standing in front of me, his arms were crossed over his chest and a smirk was painted on his face. I jumped in the air and gripped at my heart. I hated when people scared me, it was one of the reasons I never went to see horror movies or road on roller coasters.

"You scared me." I finally breathed out the obvious. I didn't look at him, though I was pretty sure he was still smirking at me.

"I scared you?" Edward laughed at me.

I took a deep breath and looked up at him. He wasn't smirking anymore, he was smiling. I nodded my head slowly. He took a step towards me, his smile never twitching. I pulled my hand away from my heart but I didn't smile back at him. I was still angry at him, though, I wasn't sure if it was from the attack on my intelligence or because he scared me – I concluded because he had scared me.

"Well I'm sorry," Edward apologized, wrapping his fingers around my arms. "It was very rude of me."

"You know when most people apologize, they don't smile." I tried to sound aggravated but it was hard when he his lips were hovering so close to mine.

"I'm sorry," Edward whispered – his smile didn't fade.

I closed the distance between us and wrapped my arms around his neck. He was the one who pressed his lips onto mine. His hands gripped tightened on my arms as he pushed me closer to him. I was on the tip of my toes with Edward's fingers wrapped around my arm holding me close to him. The moment could have not been more perfect – which is probably why Emmett ruined it for us.

"I'm really starting to regret the cameras not being here." Emmett laughed at us.

I waited for Edward to let me go but he only pushed me closer to him. I blushed.

"Ok," Emmett made sure to let us know that he was still there. "If you're not going to talk, then listen. The picnic is all ready and the dogs that were walking around here are gone. I made sure of that."

My eyes widened and I pulled away from Edward so I could look at Emmett. His eyes were a bright topaz and the purple bags under his eyes were almost nonexistent. I turned back to Edward, he was growling at Emmett. I didn't know why it shocked or scared me. It's not like I didn't know that they drank animal blood but the thought of Emmett admitting about it so openly scared me.

"Thanks Emmett," Edward snarled. "Thanks a whole bunch."

Emmett laughed and decided that he had caused enough damaged so he left us.

Edward turned back towards me and frowned. "It's not as bad you think." He tried to calm me. "It was just stray dogs and –"

I shook my head and smiled up at him. "Don't worry about it." I directed the statement towards him but I was talking more to myself. "He just surprised me, that's all." I reached for Edward's hand that was gripping my arm and wrapped my fingers around it. "I'm okay."

Edward smiled back at me. I expected him to kiss me again, but I guess I was pushing my luck, instead he led me to the side of the road where we would be walking through damp grass and trees covered with moss. The only upside was that it looked like we would be going downhill instead of uphill.

"What's your favorite?" I asked when the silence got awkward.

Edward frowned at me.

"What's your favorite type of animal to – drink?" I didn't know if I should say eat because technically they didn't eat animals.

Edward chuckled. "I like mountain lion."

"I'll have to remember that." I mumbled to myself.

This earned another confused frown from Edward.

"You know," I added quickly. "If you end up picking me and I have to buy you a gift. I need to know what type of animal blood I want the butcher to drain for me."

Edward chuckled while he shook his head.

It didn't take long to find the meadow that we were going to have our picnic. There was a blanket laid out with two candles in the middle. The grass was a perfect shade of green, and the sun was actually shining. It was absolutely perfect.

I pulled away from Edward and walked into the light. I sighed in relief when I felt the warm rays of the sun hit my skin. I felt like I hadn't seen the sun in years. I couldn't understand how Edward and Emmett could live in darkness for so long. It would bother me. I turned back to Edward when I realized that he wasn't enjoying this with me.

"You're not going to turn into dust, are you?" I teased him when I saw he was still hiding in the shade.

He shook his head and smiled slightly. "I'm just a little embarrassed."

"Why?" I frowned.

"Do you really want to know?" He didn't wait for my response before taking a step into the light.

My eyes widened and my mouth dropped. "Oh my God." I breathed.

He was sparkling. It was like he had rolled around in a coffin filled with glitter. I had a slight idea why he would be embarrassed by this, it wasn't very manly, but it was beautiful. I walked over to him and gently touched his cheek.

"So this is what Lauren was mumbling about." I whispered, running my thumb over his cheek bone.

"They told you?" Edward asked, raising an eyebrow.

"No," I shook my head. "They kept their promise. Lauren wouldn't stop mumbling about sparkles though. I thought you took her to a planetarium or something."

Edward chuckled and leaned into my hand. "No," He shook his head. "I think I took her boating."

"You think?" I giggled. He laughed along with me. "Are we just going to stand here or are you going to join me in our picnic."

I grabbed his sparkling hand and led him to the blanket that Emmett had laid out for us. I grabbed my hair and pulled it in to a tight ponytail as I kneeled down across from him. Edward reached into the cooler that was by the picnic basket and pulled out a bottle of champagne. I quickly shook my head and held out my hand.

"No," I continued to shake my head. "I don't drink."

"Why?" Edward frowned.

"Because I'm the biggest klutz ever and if I drink that champagne I won't be able to walk."

Edward laughed. "You can barely walk now."

"So you see my point." I nodded agreeing with him.

He chuckled and put the bottle back into the cooler. "I was always curious to why you never drank with the other girls." He reached into the cooler and pulled out a two liter of coke. "Is this better?" He asked.

"A lot," I handed him my wine glass. He unscrewed the top and filled the glass half way with the carbonated sugar and flavored syrup.

"I'm really glad you decided to come to Romania with me." Edward smiled at me.

"I am to." I took a sip of my drink.

"I'm also glad that you didn't crash the plane." Edward added quickly, ruining the moment.

"Thanks for ruining the moment." I smiled through the wine glass.

Edward laughed, loudly.

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I stepped out of Edward's shower. He invited me to stay the night with him and I accepted it. I knew where this was going to go. Alice had told me to do whatever it takes to get Edward to pick me and I was going to do just that. I was grateful that the cameramen couldn't see me. I didn't want my name to get ruined by spending the night with Edward. I really did love him and even though I was scared, I was also excited. I couldn't imagine anyone else - in the world - that I would want to do this with besides him.

"Ok," I ran my fingers through my damp hair. "You can do this." I breathed out. "You can do this."

I took a deep breath and tightened my robe around me. I didn't have an extra pair of clothes and it would have been pointless to put on my old damp clothes (it started to rain half way through the picnic), so I stuck with the complimentary white robe that the hotel left for Edward.

When I walked out of the bathroom, Edward was sitting on the white couch, flipping through the channels on the TV. He heard me and turned towards me. His jaw dropped and his eyes widened.

"I'm sorry," I bit my bottom lip. "I didn't have an extra pair of clothes and this is the only thing that wasn't dirty. I hope you don't mind." I tightened my grip around the robe, so nothing would be exposed.

Edward shook his head. "I don't mind." He finally choked out. I could tell that he was having trouble talking. "I mean, you lo – it looks – would you like – you must be tired." Edward finally concluded. "I mean not that I want to get you – I didn't mean to –"

"I get it Edward." I giggled. "I am a little tired."

I walked the short distance from the bathroom to the bed. I got under the covers immediately, incase that something slipped off. Edward followed me to the bed, staying above the covers.

"If you want I can ask one of the girls to pack you some clothes." Edward offered, wrapping his arms around the blankets that were covering me.

"No," I shook my head, still clutching to my robe. "I don't want to make things awkward for them."

"I can make Emmett do it." Edward offered.

We exchanged a glance before shaking our heads. "No," We said together.

"Thank you for taking me to Castle Poenari." I smiled at Edward.

"It's no problem." He nodded. "I should be thanking you. When we first started the show I didn't think I could find someone that would be interested in going."

"I really enjoyed it." I pulled my arms from under the covers and wrapped it around Edward's neck. "It was entertaining, beautiful, and besides getting rained on and attacked by a pack of stray dogs, it was also romantic."

Edward pushed his lips onto mine. I closed my eyes and kissed him back. It was now or never. If I wanted to stay with Edward, which I did, I would have to do this now.

I wrapped my fingers into his hair and rolled over so I was on top of him. He didn't pull away from me; in fact he pushed my closer to him. My ego boosted and I got excited. Edward wanted this just as much as I did.

I licked his bottom lip and reached for his hand, I was trying to put it close to my boob – like they did in the movies when the girl was trying to prove that she was ready – but Edward pulled his hand away and stopped kissing me. I frown at him as he rolled me back over to my side of the bed.

"Go to sleep Bella," Edward chuckled, "Before you get too excited."

"I'm not tired." I answered truthfully and tried to kiss him again but Edward pushed me back.

"What are you doing?" Edward frowned at me.

"Trying to kiss you." I growled at him.

"Bella," Edward continued to frown. "What's gotten into you?"

I could feel my heart break. I quickly put one of my hands over my face and threw the covers off of me. I had just made a complete idiot of myself in front of a guy that I really liked, because his sister tricked me into believing that I actually had a chance with him.

"Bella," Edward yelled at me when I started to head to the bathroom to get my clothes. "Where are you going?" His voice was laced with confusion. "Are you crying?" He sounded appalled.

"No," I sniffed and wiped away the tears that had slipped down my cheek. "And I'm going back to the hotel room. I'll see you at eliminations."

I grabbed my damp clothes and was about to walk out of the bathroom but Edward was standing in the door way, frowning at me. I didn't look at him, I stared at the floor and I swallowed back my sobs.

"Alice told you, didn't she?" I hear could the pain in Edward's voice.

I nodded. "Why didn't you tell me?" I looked at Edward. "I wouldn't have stayed."

He flinched back like he was in pain. "I didn't want to scare you." His voice was laced with the pain that was obvious on his face. "I thought that if I kept it a secret from you, it would hurt you less when you found out."

"Well it didn't." I snapped at him. "Can you please move?" I made my voice less harsh.

Edward stepped out of my way. I walked into the hotel room and was close to walking out but something was bothering me. I turned around towards Edward, who was leaning against the door frame, and swallowed the lump in my throat so I could ask him my question.

"If you didn't want to date me, why did you keep me here so long?" My voice was loud and clear, there was no way he could misunderstand me.

"It's not that I don't want to date you." Edward didn't look at me. It made it hurt that much worst. "I didn't want to kill you. I don't want to make you a vampire and apparently you don't want to be one either."

"What do you mean make me a vampire?" I asked, my guard dropping. "No one mentioned anything about making me a vampire."

Edward snapped his head towards me. "You don't know?" He asked.

"Know what?" I asked. "I don't know a lot of things."

"What did Alice tell you?" Edward's voice was urgent as he took several steps towards me.

I took several steps back.

"That you were going to cancel the show if you didn't pick me and something about not wanting to lose to Emmett." I added the later part for my benefit more than his.

"She didn't tell you what would happen if I did pick you?" Edward asked, he was standing in front of me now.

I shook my head. "What will happen?" My voice was barely a whisper, I was afraid.

"They want me to kill you Bella." Edward finally admitted. "They want me to make the winner a vampire, like me."

End Chapter.

A/N: I'm excited to finally get this out of my head onto fanfiction. I hope you enjoyed it. Did the ending surprise you? Or did I hint at it long enough that you kind of realized it was that. Thank you for your amazing reviews. I finally got to 1k. It feels amazing. And I can end this story in peace now. Though by the rate it's going, it still has a few more chapters.

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