Notes: Edward's point of view.
Title: Dancing Dirt Into the Snow
Pairing: Edward/Jasper
Fandom: Twilight series (Poison universe)
Theme: #5 - "ano sa" ("hey, you know...")
Words: 664 words
Disclaimer: The Twilight series isn't mine in any way, and I don't make any money from writing any of this. Although, the plot line this is based on is mine...

Dancing Dirt Into the Snow

I knew that there were a lot of women, and even a few men, would be very envious of either myself or Jasper. This was a fact which I was very proud of, and loved to show him off. My little lamb is shy, and rather self-conscious about the inadequacies he sees in himself when comparing himself to others.

Of course, he knew that he had nothing to worry about, but it didn't stop him from feeling just a little insecure. But Jasper was the only one who I would ever want, vampires are much too set in their ways to change or move on easily. What worried me was that he would tire of me or move on; I wasn't sure how well I'd be able to deal with that.

"Hey, you know Edward... you and Jasper should have a dance." I looked up, and Jasper looked away, his cheeks a bright red and his heart pounding. But Alice pretended not to notice any of that, instead, she continued to look up at me with innocent expectation.

It was a good idea, actually.

I smiled and nodded to her. Then, turning to Jasper, I gave him an elaborate bow and extended my hand to him, "Would you do me the honor of sharing this dance with me?"

If it was at all possible, he turned an even brighter shade of red. He placed his hand in mine despite his dark mutter of, "You know I can't dance."

With a gentle pull and a twirl, we joined Rosalie and Riley on the dance floor. I knew precisely what I was doing from many years of practice, and Alice had insisted on teaching Jasper how to dance so he had a fair idea of what to do. Though it was rather cute to watch him struggle to learn the steps under Alice's strict tutelage. Of course, I wasn't allowed to bring it up because I wasn't supposed to know about it.

The lessons, though, had definitely paid off because he could now easily take my cues and follow through with steps which had been impossible for him before. And he had a certain confidence about him which had been absent before. I was very proud of him. Rosalie definitely had competition now.

His cheeks were still a little pink, but his eyes never left mine. They were almost challenging in their intensity, and I would have him no other way. Jasper's stubborn and passionate fire was what had won me over in the first place. Those soft edges which marked his being human masked that strength in him, after all not everyone has what is needed to fall in love with a vampire.

Even when he spun away from me, his eyes stayed locked with mine and I wondered what he saw. Unlike everyone else, he and Bella were the only two people who I knew of in the world who could completely block me from their minds. It was a curious talent which some of my kind would definitely covet.

"You're thinking too hard again Edward." Jasper's voice snapped me out of the dark path my thoughts were going down. "If it's because I'm a shitty dancer, then we can stop."

Faster then the human eye could follow, I leaned in and brushed my lips over his. My steps didn't falter, but Jasper did stumble a little as I pulled away; it was his almost natural reaction. I hoped that he wouldn't notice that Alice was filming this. Sadly, said vampire decided to have some fun with my human.

"Hey, you know Jasper, you look so cute on film!"

"What - Alice put that way!" His face turned the color of a tomato. Alice grinned and continued to film.

"Nope!"

Jasper growled, "Give me that camera Alice!" Of course, that didn't work either, and Alice giggled before she started backing up towards the stairs, then Jasper broke away from me to chase her and the small camcorder that she held.

I sighed, well, it had been enjoyable while it lasted.

FIN.